All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards. Our ratings are based on conditions and diverse oppositions. Before the above mentioned date, there were primarily only two teams which dominated cricket. Moreover, matches were of unequal length with some ending in 4 days and some being timeless. Post 1950, West Indies and South Africa grew as test teams. Moreover, Asian teams India and Pakistan started improving after 1950 and became compenent at home at least. Performance in Asia and outside Asia are integral to our overall rating. How the rating works is explained in highlighted sections. So, here are the Top 25 Spin bowlers in Test Cricket since 1950.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

CONTENTS

2.1. PROLIFIC

2.2. CONSISTENT

2.2.1. Against All Teams

2.2.2. Against Top Teams

2.3. ATTACKING

2.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

2.5. BEST BOWLING (AVE)

2.6. PRIMARY RATING

3. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

3.1. HOME/AWAY

3.1.1. At Home

3.1.2. Away From Home

3.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

3.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating

3.2.1.1. Non Asians In Asia

3.2.1.2. Asians In Asia

3.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

3.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

3.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia

3.3. CONDITIONS RATING

4. SECONDARY CRITERIA

4.1. TOP FORM AT HOME

4.2. TOP FORM AWAY

4.3. TOP 7 VICTIMS

4.4. SECONDARY RATING

5. FINAL RATING

6. TOP TEAMS

6.1. TOP TEAMS IN ASIA

6.2. TOP TEAMS OUTSIDE ASIA

Overall Rating

Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. It is to be noted that U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and all stats of Pakistani bowlers are calculated accordingly. The Overall Rating is divided into three main sections:-

Primary Rating: Which gives points for runs, average, top scores and strike rate.
Conditions Rating: Which gives points for performance of a batsman At Home, Away From Home, In Asia and Outside Asia
Secondary Rating: Which gives points for Top Form (Home and Away) and performances against Top 7 batsmen.

The Trend Setter

The Trend Setter (TS) is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated as percentage points of TS. Let’s taken an example to understand it:-

Let’s assume that Glenn McGrath has taken 500 wkts, which is the highest. This makes him the TS.
Another player, say Jason Gillespie, has taken 250 wkts.
If the rating is out of 250, McGrath will get the full points (pts), that is 250.
The points of Gillespie are calculated as His Wkts/McGrath’s Wkts*250. This comes out to be 125.
Thus the formula is (Wkts Taken/Wkts Taken By TS)*Max Points.
All ratings are calculated similarly with Wkts being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Obviously, for average the formula is reverased as lower average is better for a bowler.
For Average and Strike Rate, a bowler is eligible to be TS only if he has taken a minimum number of wickets, which are mentioned in the qualificaton.
Lastly, it is to be noted that it is not necessary for a TS to be part of the rating as he might have topped in a criteria but not done well in others.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	25
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR)	100
Min Wickets v/s Top Teams (TS AVE)	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Eras

The first criteria Prolific gives points for wkts taken. We have divided cricket from 1950 onwards into 3 broad eras. This has been done to make it fair for players from earlier era, when less cricket was played, and also for current players, who are in the middle of their careers. Let’s take an example:-

Let’s assume Murlidharan has taken 500 wickets, which is the maximum and gives him 250 points.
Now, say Underwood in earlier times took 250 wkts, which was the max for his era.
If there are no eras, he would get 50% of the pts, that is 125.
Instead of that, we reduced 50 pts (according to %age) from the max to arrive at the figure of 200 pts for Underwood.
Now, everyone in his era is compared to Underwood and not Murlidharan.
So a player who has taken 50 Wkts in Underwood’s era will get (50/250)*200 pts or 40pts.
Eras are calculated by MP, which is the mean of the years a player: First Played (FP) and Last Played (LP).

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 and 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	148	309	190.00
1	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	148	309	190.00
2	DL Underwood	ENG	1966	1982	1974	151	297	182.62
3	BS Bedi	IND	1966	1979	1972.5	118	266	163.56
4	R Benaud	AUS	1952	1964	1958	116	248	152.49
5	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	1964	1979	1971.5	97	242	148.80
6	Abdul Qadir	PAK	1977	1990	1983.5	111	236	145.11
7	EAS Prasanna	IND	1962	1978	1970	86	189	116.21
8	GAR Lock	ENG	1952	1968	1960	88	174	106.99
9	Iqbal Qasim	PAK	1976	1988	1982	86	171	105.15
10	S Ramadhin	WI	1950	1960	1955	76	158	97.15
11	AA Mallett	AUS	1968	1980	1974	71	132	81.17
12	B Yardley	AUS	1978	1983	1980.5	58	126	77.48

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	1992	2010	2001	230	800	250.00
1	M Muralitharan	SL	1992	2010	2001	230	800	250.00
2	SK Warne	AUS	1992	2007	1999.5	273	708	221.25
3	A Kumble	IND	1990	2008	1999	236	619	193.44
4	HMRKB Herath	SL	1999	2018	2008.5	170	433	135.31
5	Harbhajan Singh	IND	1998	2015	2006.5	190	417	130.31
6	GP Swann	ENG	2008	2013	2010.5	109	255	79.69
7	SCG MacGill	AUS	1998	2008	2003	85	208	65.00
8	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	1990	2003	1996.5	89	185	57.81

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2023	2017	217	460	210.00
1	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2023	2017	217	460	210.00
2	R Ashwin	IND	2011	2022	2016.5	166	449	204.98
3	Yasir Shah	PAK	2014	2022	2018	89	244	111.39
4	RA Jadeja	IND	2012	2022	2017	114	242	110.48
5	KA Maharaj	SA	2016	2023	2019.5	81	155	70.76

C Ave

The Comparative Average (C Ave) for bowlers is calculated by taken into account two factors:-

First is the average of batsmen in the decades the bowler played.
Second is the average of the opposition batsmen at Home, in Asia or outside Asia; whichever is applicable.
The average of the opposing team’s batsmen is also calculated by decades.
Higher C Ave suggest that more runs were scored by the batsmen in the above mentioned factors.
Thus it was difficult to get Wkts and the bowler will benefit from this.
Lower C Ave means the opposite.

R Ave

The Relative Average (R Ave) is calculated using the C Ave. Its formula is (Bowler Ave/C Ave)*A Constant Factor. This constant doesn’t affect the rating as it is the same for everone. If your C Ave is comparatively high, your R Ave will be low; which is better for bowlers. Broadly speaking, the following bowlers will benefit from this system:-

Bowlers who have played more in unfavourable conditions.
Asian fast bowlers and Non-Asian spin bowlers whereever applicable.
Bowlers who have played in an era where the batsmen dominated, like the 2000s
Bowlers who have played more against top opposition than weaker teams.

Top Teams (TT)

The R Ave Rating is divided into two parts:-

One is Overall which gives points for the overall R Ave.
The second part is Against Top Teams, which gives points for R Ave against 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.
To be a top team, the team should be among the top teams in the specific condition (Asia or outside Asia) or among the top teams of the decade overall.
A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if he palyed against it in the specific condition and in the specific decade.
The Top Teams may be found in the last section of the rating.

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	C AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	230	18180	800	22.73	34.41	23.12	150.00
1	M Muralitharan	230	18180	800	22.73	34.41	23.12	150.00
2	SK Warne	273	17995	708	25.42	37.76	23.56	147.20
3	R Ashwin	166	10912	449	24.30	34.25	24.84	139.61
4	DL Underwood	151	7674	297	25.84	36.39	24.85	139.55
5	RA Jadeja	114	5980	242	24.71	34.04	25.41	136.47
6	GP Swann	109	7642	255	29.97	41.17	25.48	136.09
7	GAR Lock	88	4451	174	25.58	33.60	26.65	130.12
8	HMRKB Herath	170	12157	433	28.08	36.05	27.26	127.22
9	SCG MacGill	85	6038	208	29.03	36.96	27.49	126.14
10	KA Maharaj	81	4974	155	32.09	40.80	27.53	125.95
11	Iqbal Qasim	86	4807	171	28.11	35.67	27.58	125.73
12	NM Lyon	217	14563	460	31.66	39.90	27.77	124.85
13	B Yardley	58	3986	126	31.63	39.82	27.81	124.69
14	R Benaud	116	6704	248	27.03	33.29	28.43	121.99
15	AA Mallett	71	3940	132	29.85	36.51	28.61	121.20
16	LR Gibbs	148	8989	309	29.09	35.31	28.84	120.25
17	A Kumble	236	18355	619	29.65	35.44	29.28	118.41
18	BS Bedi	118	7637	266	28.71	33.89	29.65	116.96
19	BS Chandrasekhar	97	7199	242	29.75	33.87	30.74	112.80
20	Yasir Shah	89	7657	244	31.38	35.61	30.84	112.42
21	Abdul Qadir	111	7742	236	32.81	36.62	31.35	110.59
22	S Ramadhin	76	4579	158	28.98	31.86	31.83	108.93
23	EAS Prasanna	86	5742	189	30.38	33.35	31.89	108.75
24	Mushtaq Ahmed	89	6100	185	32.97	35.80	32.23	107.57
25	Harbhajan Singh	190	13537	417	32.46	34.76	32.69	106.07

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	C AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SK Warne	211	14215	559	25.43	37.76	23.57	150.00
1	SK Warne	211	14215	559	25.43	37.76	23.57	150.00
2	M Muralitharan	142	12486	492	25.38	34.41	25.82	136.94
3	DL Underwood	118	6298	230	27.38	36.39	26.33	134.25
4	RA Jadeja	86	4872	190	25.64	34.04	26.37	134.08
5	R Ashwin	118	8029	304	26.41	34.25	26.99	130.97
6	Iqbal Qasim	66	3743	135	27.73	35.67	27.20	129.96
7	B Yardley	50	3501	111	31.54	39.82	27.73	127.51
8	R Benaud	116	6704	248	27.03	33.29	28.43	124.37
9	GP Swann	75	5618	167	33.64	41.17	28.60	123.60
10	LR Gibbs	134	8232	282	29.19	35.31	28.94	122.18
11	NM Lyon	172	11624	352	33.02	39.90	28.97	122.03
12	SCG MacGill	43	3183	103	30.90	36.96	29.26	120.81
13	Abdul Qadir	79	5959	193	30.88	36.62	29.51	119.80
14	HMRKB Herath	123	9187	299	30.73	36.05	29.83	118.52
15	AA Mallett	56	3124	100	31.24	36.51	29.94	118.06
16	A Kumble	159	12785	407	31.41	35.44	31.02	113.96
17	BS Chandrasekhar	83	6222	206	30.20	33.87	31.21	113.27
18	BS Bedi	104	6917	225	30.74	33.89	31.74	111.36
19	KA Maharaj	56	3964	106	37.40	40.80	32.08	110.19
20	EAS Prasanna	76	5086	158	32.19	33.35	33.78	104.64
21	GAR Lock	68	3806	117	32.53	33.60	33.89	104.32
22	Harbhajan Singh	132	10032	296	33.89	34.76	34.13	103.58
23	Yasir Shah	50	4355	123	35.41	35.61	34.80	101.59
24	Mushtaq Ahmed	62	4277	119	35.94	35.80	35.14	100.61
25	S Ramadhin	57	3626	113	32.09	31.86	35.25	100.30

C SR And R SR

The Comparative Strike Rate (C SR) and Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as in C Ave and R Ave with average replaced with SR. Points to note are:-

Bowlers from the earlier era benefit from R SR.
This is because more balls were taken to get a Wkt back then as batsmen had better defensive technique.
Rest of the factors are the same as in R Ave

ATTACKING

Criteria: Points For R SR or Relative Balls/Wkt

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	BALLS	WKTS	SR	C SR	R SR	RAT
TS	SCG MacGill	85	11237	208	54.02	77.32	55.89	250.00
1	SCG MacGill	85	11237	208	54.02	77.32	55.89	250.00
2	SK Warne	273	40704	708	57.49	81.64	56.34	248.03
3	B Yardley	58	8909	126	70.71	96.83	58.42	239.19
4	M Muralitharan	230	44039	800	55.05	73.67	59.78	233.77
5	BS Chandrasekhar	97	15963	242	65.96	86.59	60.94	229.29
6	KA Maharaj	81	9432	155	60.85	77.30	62.98	221.88
7	GP Swann	109	15349	255	60.19	76.35	63.07	221.56
8	R Ashwin	166	23569	449	52.49	66.52	63.13	221.35
9	DL Underwood	151	21862	297	73.61	91.40	64.43	216.89
10	AA Mallett	71	9990	132	75.68	92.77	65.27	214.10
11	Abdul Qadir	111	17126	236	72.57	88.37	65.69	212.70
12	Mushtaq Ahmed	89	12532	185	67.74	80.98	66.92	208.80
13	GAR Lock	88	13147	174	75.56	89.30	67.69	206.43
14	Yasir Shah	89	14255	244	58.42	68.93	67.80	206.09
15	NM Lyon	217	29770	460	64.72	75.76	68.34	204.48
16	HMRKB Herath	170	25993	433	60.03	69.86	68.75	203.26
17	A Kumble	236	40852	619	66.00	76.05	69.43	201.27
18	Iqbal Qasim	86	13019	171	76.13	87.16	69.88	199.95
19	R Benaud	116	19108	248	77.05	87.84	70.17	199.13
20	EAS Prasanna	86	14353	189	75.94	86.57	70.18	199.12
21	RA Jadeja	114	14751	242	60.95	66.75	73.05	191.28
22	BS Bedi	118	21364	266	80.32	86.52	74.26	188.16
23	LR Gibbs	148	27115	309	87.75	91.90	76.39	182.93
24	Harbhajan Singh	190	28580	417	68.54	71.31	76.89	181.74
25	S Ramadhin	76	13939	158	88.22	86.65	81.45	171.57

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE WT	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	9/51	9/65	8/46	8/70	8/87	7/46	7/84	8.00	100.00
1	M Muralitharan	9/51	9/65	8/46	8/70	8/87	7/46	7/84	8.00	100.00
2	A Kumble	10/74	8/141	7/48	7/59	7/63	7/115	6/53	7.43	92.86
3	HMRKB Herath	9/127	8/63	7/48	7/64	7/89	7/157	6/43	7.29	91.07
4	Harbhajan Singh	8/84	7/48	7/62	7/87	7/120	7/123	7/133	7.14	89.29
5	SK Warne	8/71	7/23	7/52	7/56	7/94	7/165	6/31	7.00	87.50
6	DL Underwood	8/51	7/32	7/50	7/113	6/12	6/41	6/45	6.71	83.93
6	R Ashwin	7/59	7/66	7/83	7/103	7/145	6/31	6/41	6.71	83.93
6	NM Lyon	8/50	7/94	7/94	7/152	6/49	6/60	6/82	6.71	83.93
9	Abdul Qadir	9/56	7/96	7/142	6/16	6/44	6/160	5/44	6.57	82.14
9	Yasir Shah	8/41	7/76	7/94	6/63	6/72	6/96	6/124	6.57	82.14
11	BS Chandrasekhar	8/79	7/157	6/38	6/52	6/52	6/76	6/90	6.43	80.36
11	LR Gibbs	8/38	7/98	6/29	6/39	6/60	6/76	6/98	6.43	80.36
13	KA Maharaj	9/129	7/32	7/40	6/40	5/36	5/59	5/94	6.29	78.57
14	SCG MacGill	8/108	7/50	7/104	5/43	5/56	5/57	5/65	6.00	75.00
14	EAS Prasanna	8/76	6/74	6/94	6/104	6/141	5/32	5/42	6.00	75.00
14	GAR Lock	7/35	7/51	6/20	6/53	6/65	5/17	5/28	6.00	75.00
17	Mushtaq Ahmed	7/56	6/78	6/78	6/84	6/87	5/35	5/57	5.86	73.21
17	BS Bedi	7/98	6/42	6/71	6/127	6/226	5/27	5/37	5.86	73.21
19	GP Swann	6/65	6/82	6/90	6/106	6/106	5/44	5/54	5.71	71.43
19	Iqbal Qasim	7/49	6/40	6/89	6/141	5/35	5/48	5/78	5.71	71.43
19	R Benaud	7/72	6/52	6/70	6/115	5/43	5/49	5/53	5.71	71.43
19	S Ramadhin	7/49	6/23	6/86	6/113	5/26	5/46	5/66	5.71	71.43
23	B Yardley	7/98	7/187	6/84	5/88	5/107	5/132	4/35	5.57	69.64
23	RA Jadeja	7/48	6/63	6/138	5/21	5/30	5/41	5/58	5.57	69.64
25	AA Mallett	8/59	6/64	5/53	5/91	5/114	5/126	4/21	5.43	67.86

BBA

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Average of a bowler. Best Bowling By Average (BBA) is simply the average of the bowler in the 7 Inns. Only 3+ Wkt performaces are counted in this criteria.

BEST BOWLING (AVE)

Criteria: Points For Average In Top 7 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R AVE	RAT
TS	SK Warne	4/8	4/11	4/13	7/23	3/11	4/15	6/31	3.50	100.00
1	SK Warne	4/8	4/11	4/13	7/23	3/11	4/15	6/31	3.50	100.00
2	M Muralitharan	5/13	5/15	6/18	4/14	6/26	5/23	6/28	3.70	94.53
3	GAR Lock	4/12	6/20	5/17	4/14	7/35	5/28	5/31	4.36	80.25
4	DL Underwood	6/12	5/20	7/32	3/16	5/28	8/51	6/41	5.00	70.00
5	LR Gibbs	3/11	3/14	8/38	6/29	6/39	5/37	3/26	5.71	61.34
6	RA Jadeja	3/12	5/21	4/17	5/30	7/48	3/24	5/41	6.03	58.03
7	R Ashwin	4/8	6/31	5/32	4/27	6/41	6/46	6/47	6.27	55.82
8	NM Lyon	3/12	3/14	8/50	3/19	5/34	4/31	6/49	6.53	53.59
9	GP Swann	4/12	4/16	3/13	3/16	5/44	4/38	4/42	6.70	52.21
10	Harbhajan Singh	4/10	5/13	5/29	7/48	7/62	3/30	5/51	6.75	51.85
11	KA Maharaj	7/32	7/40	4/25	6/40	3/21	5/36	5/59	6.84	51.19
12	BS Bedi	3/14	5/27	4/22	6/42	5/37	4/38	5/48	7.13	49.12
13	HMRKB Herath	4/15	7/48	6/43	6/43	8/63	5/40	6/48	7.14	49.00
14	S Ramadhin	6/23	5/26	4/25	7/49	5/46	4/39	4/50	7.37	47.48
15	Abdul Qadir	6/16	9/56	6/44	5/44	3/29	4/39	4/45	7.38	47.44
16	R Benaud	3/0	4/15	3/15	5/43	6/52	5/49	7/72	7.45	46.95
17	A Kumble	5/30	7/48	10/74	7/59	6/53	7/63	4/38	7.93	44.11
18	AA Mallett	3/14	4/21	4/22	8/59	4/40	5/53	6/64	8.03	43.59
19	Iqbal Qasim	6/40	4/27	5/35	7/49	5/48	4/41	4/44	8.11	43.13
20	BS Chandrasekhar	6/38	4/30	3/25	6/52	6/52	3/28	8/79	8.44	41.45
21	EAS Prasanna	4/16	5/32	5/42	8/76	4/40	5/51	4/41	8.51	41.11
22	SCG MacGill	3/18	7/50	3/22	5/43	4/39	3/33	5/56	8.70	40.23
23	Yasir Shah	8/41	5/51	6/63	7/76	4/44	6/72	4/50	9.93	35.26
24	Mushtaq Ahmed	5/35	7/56	3/32	3/34	5/57	6/78	6/78	10.57	33.11
25	B Yardley	4/35	4/38	4/40	3/41	6/84	7/98	3/49	12.42	28.18

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the Overall Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CONS	CONS TT	ATT	BB WK	BB AV	RAT	PRI PTS
1	M Muralitharan	250.00	150.00	136.94	233.77	100.00	94.53	965.23	482.62
2	SK Warne	221.25	147.20	150.00	248.03	87.50	100.00	953.98	476.99
3	R Ashwin	204.98	139.61	130.97	221.35	83.93	55.82	836.65	418.33
4	DL Underwood	182.62	139.55	134.25	216.89	83.93	70.00	827.23	413.62
5	NM Lyon	210.00	124.85	122.03	204.48	83.93	53.59	798.87	399.44
6	A Kumble	193.44	118.41	113.96	201.27	92.86	44.11	764.05	382.03
7	LR Gibbs	190.00	120.25	122.18	182.93	80.36	61.34	757.06	378.53
8	BS Chandrasekhar	148.80	112.80	113.27	229.29	80.36	41.45	725.97	362.98
9	HMRKB Herath	135.31	127.22	118.52	203.26	91.07	49.00	724.38	362.19
10	Abdul Qadir	145.11	110.59	119.80	212.70	82.14	47.44	717.78	358.89
11	R Benaud	152.49	121.99	124.37	199.13	71.43	46.95	716.36	358.18
12	GAR Lock	106.99	130.12	104.32	206.43	75.00	80.25	703.11	351.56
13	BS Bedi	163.56	116.96	111.36	188.16	73.21	49.12	702.38	351.19
14	RA Jadeja	110.48	136.47	134.08	191.28	69.64	58.03	699.99	349.99
15	GP Swann	79.69	136.09	123.60	221.56	71.43	52.21	684.57	342.28
16	SCG MacGill	65.00	126.14	120.81	250.00	75.00	40.23	677.18	338.59
17	Iqbal Qasim	105.15	125.73	129.96	199.95	71.43	43.13	675.36	337.68
18	B Yardley	77.48	124.69	127.51	239.19	69.64	28.18	666.69	333.34
19	Harbhajan Singh	130.31	106.07	103.58	181.74	89.29	51.85	662.84	331.42
20	KA Maharaj	70.76	125.95	110.19	221.88	78.57	51.19	658.54	329.27
21	Yasir Shah	111.39	112.42	101.59	206.09	82.14	35.26	648.90	324.45
22	AA Mallett	81.17	121.20	118.06	214.10	67.86	43.59	645.97	322.99
23	EAS Prasanna	116.21	108.75	104.64	199.12	75.00	41.11	644.82	322.41
24	S Ramadhin	97.15	108.93	100.30	171.57	71.43	47.48	596.86	298.43
25	Mushtaq Ahmed	57.81	107.57	100.61	208.80	73.21	33.11	581.12	290.56

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Here are those conditions and their weightage. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for spin bowlers and In Asia for pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite. Click on the Ratings to see how they were calculated.

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	134	493	19.57	50.83	969.29	242.32
2	R Ashwin	99	312	21.16	47.17	823.73	205.93
3	SK Warne	129	319	26.39	60.87	817.32	204.33
4	DL Underwood	73	145	24.24	68.78	799.74	199.93
5	GAR Lock	50	104	19.52	62.02	782.06	195.51
6	Abdul Qadir	68	168	26.82	62.29	779.99	195.00
7	A Kumble	115	350	24.89	59.41	760.35	190.09
8	HMRKB Herath	92	278	23.65	51.34	741.78	185.44
9	NM Lyon	116	238	31.46	65.43	712.41	178.10
10	RA Jadeja	71	172	20.66	55.13	707.47	176.87
11	BS Chandrasekhar	55	142	27.70	64.68	699.48	174.87
12	BS Bedi	54	137	23.99	75.85	678.00	169.50
13	SCG MacGill	54	135	27.69	53.30	670.00	167.50
14	Iqbal Qasim	50	111	25.15	72.70	662.23	165.56
15	Harbhajan Singh	103	265	28.77	64.11	661.70	165.42
16	LR Gibbs	59	126	29.66	88.17	654.34	163.58
17	B Yardley	36	79	32.18	72.53	649.52	162.38
18	GP Swann	57	120	28.94	56.97	636.43	159.11
19	Yasir Shah	41	130	25.85	53.24	616.19	154.05
20	EAS Prasanna	41	95	26.95	70.45	613.30	153.32
21	R Benaud	54	104	30.74	86.96	585.70	146.43
22	KA Maharaj	43	69	31.55	57.81	572.94	143.24
23	AA Mallett	39	63	32.81	78.62	562.02	140.50
24	S Ramadhin	32	58	32.78	95.66	496.24	124.06
25	Mushtaq Ahmed	37	67	34.73	69.64	452.23	113.06

Away From Home

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	144	389	24.61	54.72	975.27	975.27
2	M Muralitharan	96	307	27.80	61.82	827.39	827.39
3	NM Lyon	101	222	31.87	63.95	784.57	784.57
4	R Benaud	62	144	24.35	69.89	756.04	756.04
5	LR Gibbs	89	183	28.70	87.46	743.70	743.70
6	DL Underwood	78	152	27.36	78.22	739.89	739.89
7	R Ashwin	67	137	31.45	64.61	684.96	684.96
8	A Kumble	121	269	35.86	74.57	676.53	676.53
9	BS Chandrasekhar	42	100	32.66	67.78	669.72	669.72
10	GP Swann	52	135	30.88	63.06	662.54	662.54
11	Mushtaq Ahmed	52	118	31.97	66.66	642.49	642.49
12	KA Maharaj	38	86	32.52	63.29	636.34	636.34
13	BS Bedi	64	129	33.72	85.06	634.21	634.21
14	AA Mallett	32	69	27.14	73.00	631.55	631.55
15	Yasir Shah	48	114	37.69	64.33	615.19	615.19
16	S Ramadhin	44	100	26.78	83.91	611.86	611.86
17	B Yardley	22	47	30.72	67.64	603.48	603.48
18	EAS Prasanna	45	94	33.85	81.49	603.25	603.25
19	SCG MacGill	31	73	31.51	55.36	600.84	600.84
20	HMRKB Herath	78	155	36.01	75.62	599.95	599.95
21	Iqbal Qasim	36	60	33.58	82.48	576.82	576.82
22	Harbhajan Singh	87	152	38.90	76.26	558.67	558.67
23	RA Jadeja	43	70	34.66	75.26	533.07	533.07
24	GAR Lock	38	70	34.59	95.67	512.08	512.08
25	Abdul Qadir	43	68	47.59	97.97	498.72	498.72

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	46	127	26.82	52.65	914.85	228.71
2	NM Lyon	46	118	32.39	63.71	814.15	203.54
3	R Benaud	23	71	19.32	61.96	807.71	201.93
4	DL Underwood	38	73	26.66	78.93	736.95	184.24
5	GP Swann	24	73	25.97	54.82	694.33	173.58
6	LR Gibbs	28	54	24.11	78.63	669.91	167.48
7	AA Mallett	10	28	19.11	64.00	651.15	162.79
8	SCG MacGill	13	36	26.25	45.64	632.42	158.11
9	GAR Lock	12	32	30.13	88.59	516.90	129.23
10	S Ramadhin	8	11	19.27	62.91	500.00	125.00
11	KA Maharaj	11	32	37.94	67.94	476.60	119.15
12	B Yardley	10	19	39.79	83.05	405.31	101.33

Asians In Asia

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	171	612	21.69	53.21	986.21	246.55
2	R Ashwin	117	362	21.45	46.83	887.37	221.84
3	Abdul Qadir	80	179	28.46	64.94	817.12	204.28
4	A Kumble	144	419	27.00	61.37	775.32	193.83
5	HMRKB Herath	127	354	26.03	55.63	766.92	191.73
6	RA Jadeja	75	185	21.23	54.77	745.03	186.26
7	BS Chandrasekhar	59	150	28.79	65.07	738.12	184.53
8	Iqbal Qasim	67	140	26.96	75.68	737.89	184.47
9	Yasir Shah	55	173	26.10	52.63	700.67	175.17
10	BS Bedi	60	143	26.13	78.45	697.98	174.49
11	Harbhajan Singh	130	300	32.02	68.61	656.90	164.23
12	EAS Prasanna	44	97	28.98	74.01	629.58	157.40
13	Mushtaq Ahmed	49	88	35.98	70.66	491.75	122.94

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	227	581	25.11	58.55	970.77	970.77
2	DL Underwood	113	224	25.57	71.88	819.45	819.45
3	NM Lyon	171	342	31.41	65.06	784.47	784.47
4	LR Gibbs	120	255	30.15	89.68	748.49	748.49
5	GAR Lock	76	142	24.56	72.62	721.88	721.88
6	B Yardley	48	107	30.19	68.51	690.58	690.58
7	KA Maharaj	70	123	30.57	59.01	674.23	674.23
8	SCG MacGill	72	172	29.61	55.78	672.61	672.61
9	GP Swann	85	182	31.57	62.35	653.35	653.35
10	R Benaud	93	177	30.12	83.10	649.02	649.02
11	AA Mallett	61	104	32.74	78.83	606.99	606.99
12	S Ramadhin	68	147	29.71	90.12	603.35	603.35

Asians Outside Asia

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	59	188	26.09	61.04	927.50	927.50
2	A Kumble	92	200	35.20	75.70	776.85	776.85
3	BS Chandrasekhar	38	92	31.32	67.41	757.38	757.38
4	BS Bedi	58	123	31.72	82.48	729.61	729.61
5	EAS Prasanna	42	92	31.86	77.98	713.05	713.05
6	Mushtaq Ahmed	40	97	30.25	65.09	710.01	710.01
7	Harbhajan Singh	60	117	33.61	68.34	707.85	707.85
8	R Ashwin	49	87	36.18	76.05	688.61	688.61
9	Yasir Shah	34	71	44.25	72.54	641.96	641.96
10	HMRKB Herath	43	79	37.24	79.75	596.31	596.31
11	RA Jadeja	39	57	36.00	81.02	560.03	560.03
12	Abdul Qadir	31	57	46.44	96.51	540.61	540.61
13	Iqbal Qasim	19	31	33.32	78.19	504.48	504.48

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the Overall Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	SK Warne	975.27	204.33	970.77	228.71	2,379.09	237.91
2	M Muralitharan	827.39	242.32	927.50	246.55	2,243.76	224.38
3	NM Lyon	784.57	178.10	784.47	203.54	1,950.68	195.07
4	DL Underwood	739.89	199.93	819.45	184.24	1,943.51	194.35
5	A Kumble	676.53	190.09	776.85	193.83	1,837.30	183.73
6	LR Gibbs	743.70	163.58	748.49	167.48	1,823.24	182.32
7	R Ashwin	684.96	205.93	688.61	221.84	1,801.34	180.13
8	BS Chandrasekhar	669.72	174.87	757.38	184.53	1,786.50	178.65
9	R Benaud	756.04	146.43	649.02	201.93	1,753.42	175.34
10	BS Bedi	634.21	169.50	729.61	174.49	1,707.82	170.78
11	GP Swann	662.54	159.11	653.35	173.58	1,648.58	164.86
12	EAS Prasanna	603.25	153.32	713.05	157.40	1,627.02	162.70
13	SCG MacGill	600.84	167.50	672.61	158.11	1,599.06	159.91
14	Harbhajan Singh	558.67	165.42	707.85	164.23	1,596.17	159.62
15	Mushtaq Ahmed	642.49	113.06	710.01	122.94	1,588.49	158.85
16	Yasir Shah	615.19	154.05	641.96	175.17	1,586.37	158.64
17	HMRKB Herath	599.95	185.44	596.31	191.73	1,573.44	157.34
18	KA Maharaj	636.34	143.24	674.23	119.15	1,572.96	157.30
19	GAR Lock	512.08	195.51	721.88	129.23	1,558.70	155.87
20	B Yardley	603.48	162.38	690.58	101.33	1,557.76	155.78
21	AA Mallett	631.55	140.50	606.99	162.79	1,541.83	154.18
22	S Ramadhin	611.86	124.06	603.35	125.00	1,464.27	146.43
23	RA Jadeja	533.07	176.87	560.03	186.26	1,456.23	145.62
24	Abdul Qadir	498.72	195.00	540.61	204.28	1,438.61	143.86
25	Iqbal Qasim	576.82	165.56	504.48	184.47	1,431.33	143.13

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And Top 7 Victims

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowlers such that his overall points are maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. Top 7 Victims are defined as the wickets taken by the bowler against the top 7 batsmen by batting order. Moreover, only performaces against Top Teams are counted in T7 Victims Rating. To see how the ratings were calculated, click on the Rating. The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
TOP 7 VICTIMS – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	30	120	14.42	36.17	962.20	481.10
2	HMRKB Herath	30	115	19.19	42.30	824.49	412.24
3	GAR Lock	30	81	13.98	52.20	818.32	409.16
4	SK Warne	30	91	17.66	51.57	812.77	406.39
5	R Ashwin	30	113	18.06	41.08	808.47	404.24
6	DL Underwood	30	80	16.88	56.20	796.99	398.50
7	A Kumble	30	113	19.12	49.35	787.43	393.72
8	Abdul Qadir	30	103	21.68	54.11	765.21	382.60
9	Harbhajan Singh	30	104	21.53	51.83	736.30	368.15
10	SCG MacGill	30	88	23.07	47.98	700.58	350.29
11	Yasir Shah	30	106	24.33	50.60	699.69	349.84
12	RA Jadeja	30	86	19.41	52.16	694.50	347.25
13	Iqbal Qasim	30	77	21.61	60.27	663.52	331.76
14	BS Chandrasekhar	30	87	25.63	57.49	649.47	324.74
15	BS Bedi	30	88	21.44	70.28	648.48	324.24
16	GP Swann	30	67	24.57	48.09	632.35	316.17
17	NM Lyon	30	72	24.60	56.19	615.40	307.70
18	B Yardley	30	70	29.41	67.86	601.39	300.70
19	EAS Prasanna	30	77	25.64	64.19	599.22	299.61
20	LR Gibbs	30	73	26.03	80.12	580.40	290.20
21	R Benaud	30	71	26.70	76.08	542.00	271.00
22	Mushtaq Ahmed	30	62	30.77	63.55	521.87	260.94
23	AA Mallett	30	53	28.49	72.30	516.84	258.42
24	KA Maharaj	30	48	33.90	61.88	485.55	242.78
25	S Ramadhin	30	56	30.84	91.46	453.19	226.59

TOP FORM AWAY

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	30	106	18.91	38.68	988.55	988.55
2	M Muralitharan	30	108	20.70	45.06	866.90	866.90
3	R Benaud	30	96	19.70	61.94	807.63	807.63
4	NM Lyon	30	84	23.39	46.52	788.16	788.16
5	LR Gibbs	30	80	21.21	68.01	751.26	751.26
6	Mushtaq Ahmed	30	89	25.06	56.55	735.04	735.04
7	R Ashwin	30	78	23.35	44.86	717.14	717.14
8	DL Underwood	30	70	22.13	59.66	714.20	714.20
9	GP Swann	30	82	27.93	58.21	690.98	690.98
10	KA Maharaj	30	79	29.08	56.97	689.17	689.17
11	EAS Prasanna	30	83	27.18	64.24	680.38	680.38
12	BS Chandrasekhar	30	78	29.28	58.92	675.63	675.63
13	S Ramadhin	30	82	25.51	82.20	646.46	646.46
14	SCG MacGill	30	73	30.48	53.79	643.01	643.01
15	A Kumble	30	78	30.00	55.41	640.63	640.63
16	AA Mallett	30	67	26.67	72.64	636.84	636.84
17	Yasir Shah	30	83	32.23	58.19	631.66	631.66
18	BS Bedi	30	77	29.75	73.94	612.11	612.11
19	HMRKB Herath	30	65	28.98	60.35	592.03	592.03
20	Harbhajan Singh	30	70	34.53	68.16	583.37	583.37
21	B Yardley	22	47	30.72	67.64	576.64	576.64
22	GAR Lock	30	59	30.42	89.61	525.74	525.74
23	RA Jadeja	30	54	29.04	60.46	520.11	520.11
24	Iqbal Qasim	30	49	33.49	85.33	499.01	499.01
25	Abdul Qadir	30	51	45.65	94.76	451.26	451.26

TOP 7 VICTIMS

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	T7 WKTS	PERC	WT/IN	T7 RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	230	330	41.25	1.43	899.18	899.18
2	SK Warne	273	336	47.46	1.23	854.60	854.60
3	S Ramadhin	76	110	69.62	1.45	837.44	837.44
4	DL Underwood	151	175	58.92	1.16	823.06	823.06
5	LR Gibbs	148	188	60.84	1.27	820.26	820.26
6	BS Bedi	118	154	57.89	1.31	760.76	760.76
7	R Benaud	116	137	55.24	1.18	744.78	744.78
8	BS Chandrasekhar	97	120	49.59	1.24	697.98	697.98
9	NM Lyon	217	221	48.04	1.02	693.60	693.60
10	Iqbal Qasim	86	102	59.65	1.19	690.60	690.60
11	EAS Prasanna	86	105	55.56	1.22	679.39	679.39
12	HMRKB Herath	170	204	47.11	1.20	653.36	653.36
13	A Kumble	236	252	40.71	1.07	637.34	637.34
14	Mushtaq Ahmed	89	94	50.81	1.06	627.53	627.53
15	AA Mallett	71	64	48.48	0.90	618.55	618.55
16	GP Swann	109	113	44.31	1.04	595.46	595.46
17	R Ashwin	166	175	38.98	1.05	587.68	587.68
18	Abdul Qadir	111	119	50.42	1.07	587.45	587.45
19	GAR Lock	88	85	48.85	0.97	546.07	546.07
20	RA Jadeja	114	102	42.15	0.89	514.61	514.61
21	KA Maharaj	81	60	38.71	0.74	492.66	492.66
22	Yasir Shah	89	84	34.43	0.94	469.46	469.46
23	B Yardley	58	47	37.30	0.81	444.78	444.78
24	Harbhajan Singh	190	148	35.49	0.78	422.80	422.80
25	SCG MacGill	85	51	24.52	0.60	255.85	255.85

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the Overall Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF HM	TF AW	T7 WKTS	TOT	SEC RAT
1	SK Warne	406.39	988.55	854.60	2,249.54	224.95
2	M Muralitharan	481.10	866.90	899.18	2,247.18	224.72
3	DL Underwood	398.50	714.20	823.06	1,935.75	193.58
4	LR Gibbs	290.20	751.26	820.26	1,861.72	186.17
5	R Benaud	271.00	807.63	744.78	1,823.41	182.34
6	NM Lyon	307.70	788.16	693.60	1,789.46	178.95
7	S Ramadhin	226.59	646.46	837.44	1,710.49	171.05
8	R Ashwin	404.24	717.14	587.68	1,709.06	170.91
9	BS Chandrasekhar	324.74	675.63	697.98	1,698.35	169.84
10	BS Bedi	324.24	612.11	760.76	1,697.11	169.71
11	A Kumble	393.72	640.63	637.34	1,671.68	167.17
12	EAS Prasanna	299.61	680.38	679.39	1,659.38	165.94
13	HMRKB Herath	412.24	592.03	653.36	1,657.63	165.76
14	Mushtaq Ahmed	260.94	735.04	627.53	1,623.51	162.35
15	GP Swann	316.17	690.98	595.46	1,602.62	160.26
16	Iqbal Qasim	331.76	499.01	690.60	1,521.37	152.14
17	AA Mallett	258.42	636.84	618.55	1,513.81	151.38
18	GAR Lock	409.16	525.74	546.07	1,480.97	148.10
19	Yasir Shah	349.84	631.66	469.46	1,450.96	145.10
20	KA Maharaj	242.78	689.17	492.66	1,424.60	142.46
21	Abdul Qadir	382.60	451.26	587.45	1,421.32	142.13
22	RA Jadeja	347.25	520.11	514.61	1,381.97	138.20
23	Harbhajan Singh	368.15	583.37	422.80	1,374.32	137.43
24	B Yardley	300.70	576.64	444.78	1,322.11	132.21
25	SCG MacGill	350.29	643.01	255.85	1,249.14	124.91

FINAL RATING

Final Rating

The Final Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	SK Warne	AUS	476.99	237.91	224.95	939.85
2	M Muralitharan	SL	482.62	224.38	224.72	931.71
3	DL Underwood	ENG	413.62	194.35	193.58	801.54
4	NM Lyon	AUS	399.44	195.07	178.95	773.45
5	R Ashwin	IND	418.33	180.13	170.91	769.37
6	LR Gibbs	WI	378.53	182.32	186.17	747.03
7	A Kumble	IND	382.03	183.73	167.17	732.92
8	R Benaud	AUS	358.18	175.34	182.34	715.86
9	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	362.98	178.65	169.84	711.47
10	BS Bedi	IND	351.19	170.78	169.71	691.69
11	HMRKB Herath	SL	362.19	157.34	165.76	685.30
12	GP Swann	ENG	342.28	164.86	160.26	667.40
13	GAR Lock	ENG	351.56	155.87	148.10	655.52
14	EAS Prasanna	IND	322.41	162.70	165.94	651.05
15	Abdul Qadir	PAK	358.89	143.86	142.13	644.89
16	RA Jadeja	IND	349.99	145.62	138.20	633.81
17	Iqbal Qasim	PAK	337.68	143.13	152.14	632.95
18	KA Maharaj	SA	329.27	157.30	142.46	629.03
19	AA Mallett	AUS	322.99	154.18	151.38	628.55
20	Harbhajan Singh	IND	331.42	159.62	137.43	628.47
21	Yasir Shah	PAK	324.45	158.64	145.10	628.18
22	SCG MacGill	AUS	338.59	159.91	124.91	623.41
23	B Yardley	AUS	333.34	155.78	132.21	621.33
24	S Ramadhin	WI	298.43	146.43	171.05	615.91
25	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	290.56	158.85	162.35	611.76

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	ENG	SA
1970s	PAK	ENG	IND	WI	SA	AUS
1980s	PAK	WI	ENG	NZ	AUS
1990s	IND	PAK	SA	AUS	WI
2000s	AUS	SL	IND	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	ENG	PAK	NZ

TOP TEAMS OUTSIDE ASIA

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