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Top 15 Spin Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 15 Spin bowlers with most Wickets Per Inning in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
4. CONSISTENT AGAINST T7
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
6. TOP TEAMS
6.1. Top Teams In Asia
6.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • The first part gives points for wickets taken per inn.
  • The second part gives points for wkts/inn of Top 7 batsmen.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 2 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 500.00
Consistent T7 Top 7 Wkts/Inn 500.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

  • TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  • TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 250.00
2 Yasir Shah 89 244 2.74 197.05
3 R Ashwin 200 537 2.69 192.98
4 Saeed Ajmal 67 178 2.66 190.95
5 A Kumble 236 619 2.62 188.52
6 SK Warne 273 708 2.59 186.40
7 HMRKB Herath 170 433 2.55 183.07
8 BS Chandrasekhar 97 242 2.49 179.32
9 SCG MacGill 85 208 2.45 175.88
10 SP Gupte 61 149 2.44 175.56
11 Saqlain Mushtaq 86 208 2.42 173.84
12 Taijul Islam 91 217 2.38 171.39
13 GP Swann 109 255 2.34 168.15
14 BS Bedi 118 266 2.25 162.02
15 AL Valentine 63 139 2.21 158.58

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 147 505 3.44 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 147 505 3.44 250.00
2 Saqlain Mushtaq 55 151 2.75 199.79
3 R Ashwin 146 388 2.66 193.39
4 Yasir Shah 59 156 2.64 192.41
5 SK Warne 242 638 2.64 191.85
6 A Kumble 183 464 2.54 184.52
7 Saeed Ajmal 53 132 2.49 181.24
8 SCG MacGill 45 111 2.47 179.50
9 BS Chandrasekhar 87 214 2.46 179.00
10 HMRKB Herath 117 275 2.35 171.05
11 GP Swann 81 189 2.33 169.80
12 AL Valentine 36 83 2.31 167.78
13 SP Gupte 51 115 2.25 164.09
14 BS Bedi 110 240 2.18 158.78
15 Taijul Islam 52 107 2.06 149.74

CONSISTENT AGAINST T7

Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 60
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 250.00
2 Yasir Shah 89 167 1.88 199.80
3 R Ashwin 200 365 1.83 194.33
4 A Kumble 236 418 1.77 188.60
5 BS Chandrasekhar 97 171 1.76 187.71
6 HMRKB Herath 170 297 1.75 186.03
7 Saeed Ajmal 67 117 1.75 185.95
8 Taijul Islam 91 155 1.70 181.37
9 SP Gupte 61 103 1.69 179.80
10 GP Swann 109 182 1.67 177.79
11 BS Bedi 118 195 1.65 175.97
12 SK Warne 273 445 1.63 173.57
13 AL Valentine 63 102 1.62 172.40
14 Saqlain Mushtaq 86 136 1.58 168.39
15 SCG MacGill 85 127 1.49 159.10

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 147 353 2.40 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 147 353 2.40 250.00
2 Saqlain Mushtaq 55 104 1.89 196.86
3 Yasir Shah 59 109 1.85 192.33
4 R Ashwin 146 263 1.80 187.54
5 BS Chandrasekhar 87 153 1.76 183.09
6 GP Swann 81 140 1.73 179.94
7 A Kumble 183 312 1.70 177.50
8 Saeed Ajmal 53 90 1.70 176.79
9 AL Valentine 36 61 1.69 176.40
10 SK Warne 242 404 1.67 173.80
11 BS Bedi 110 175 1.59 165.63
12 HMRKB Herath 117 184 1.57 163.72
13 SP Gupte 51 80 1.57 163.31
14 Taijul Islam 52 76 1.46 152.16
15 SCG MacGill 45 65 1.44 150.38

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON CON TT CON T7 CON T7 TT WPI RAT
1 M Muralitharan 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 1,000.00
2 Yasir Shah 197.05 192.41 199.80 192.33 781.60
3 R Ashwin 192.98 193.39 194.33 187.54 768.24
4 A Kumble 188.52 184.52 188.60 177.50 739.13
5 Saqlain Mushtaq 173.84 199.79 168.39 196.86 738.88
6 Saeed Ajmal 190.95 181.24 185.95 176.79 734.93
7 BS Chandrasekhar 179.32 179.00 187.71 183.09 729.12
8 SK Warne 186.40 191.85 173.57 173.80 725.62
9 HMRKB Herath 183.07 171.05 186.03 163.72 703.87
10 GP Swann 168.15 169.80 177.79 179.94 695.68
11 SP Gupte 175.56 164.09 179.80 163.31 682.76
12 AL Valentine 158.58 167.78 172.40 176.40 675.17
13 SCG MacGill 175.88 179.50 159.10 150.38 664.86
14 BS Bedi 162.02 158.78 175.97 165.63 662.39
15 Taijul Islam 171.39 149.74 181.37 152.16 654.66

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS ENG WI SA
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG NZ
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ PAK
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND PAK
2020s AUS ENG NZ SA IND WI

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