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Top 10 English Fast Bowlers in T20Is

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Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date.Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 English Fast bowlers in T20I cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2025-10-12

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ECONOMIC
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)
3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from England.

  • The Rating of the players from England remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from England.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Impact Inns, Top Form
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 an 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.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Overall Wkts 25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The OVERALL Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS TG Southee NZ 2008 2024 2016 123 164 200.00
1 CJ Jordan ENG 2014 2024 2019 94 108 131.71
2 SCJ Broad ENG 2006 2014 2010 55 65 79.27
3 SM Curran ENG 2019 2025 2022 60 57 69.51
4 MA Wood ENG 2015 2025 2020 37 54 65.85
5 DJ Willey ENG 2015 2022 2018.5 43 51 62.20
6 JC Archer ENG 2019 2025 2022 35 44 53.66
7 RJW Topley ENG 2015 2024 2019.5 35 33 40.24
8 CR Woakes ENG 2011 2023 2017 33 31 37.80
9 TK Curran ENG 2017 2021 2019 29 29 35.37
10 BA Stokes ENG 2013 2022 2017.5 36 26 31.71

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 50
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS LH Ferguson 43 1088 64 17.00 16.98 100.00
1 MA Wood 37 1093 54 20.24 20.20 84.09
2 DJ Willey 43 1180 51 23.14 22.07 76.94
3 JC Archer 35 1027 44 23.34 22.55 75.31
4 SCJ Broad 55 1491 65 22.94 23.35 72.73
5 CJ Jordan 94 2846 108 26.35 25.38 66.91
6 SM Curran 60 1527 57 26.79 26.61 63.83
7 CR Woakes 33 822 31 26.52 27.55 61.64
8 TK Curran 29 907 29 31.28 28.96 58.66
9 RJW Topley 35 978 33 29.64 29.06 58.44
10 BA Stokes 36 856 26 32.92 31.12 54.57

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Umar Gul 48 1213 70 17.33 17.56 150.00
1 MA Wood 30 936 40 23.40 22.38 117.69
2 DJ Willey 40 1113 46 24.20 22.76 115.72
3 JC Archer 31 972 40 24.30 22.76 115.71
4 SCJ Broad 51 1396 58 24.07 24.39 108.00
5 CR Woakes 27 685 27 25.37 25.58 102.95
6 CJ Jordan 85 2656 96 27.67 26.16 100.67
7 RJW Topley 32 931 32 29.09 27.83 94.65
8 TK Curran 29 907 29 31.28 28.96 90.96
9 SM Curran 51 1333 42 31.74 30.69 85.82
10 BA Stokes 32 777 21 37.00 33.93 77.62

ECONOMIC

R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with ER.

Criteria: Points For R ER

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls 500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 74 1618 1714 6.36 6.34 100.00
1 JC Archer 35 772 1027 7.98 7.57 83.71
2 RJW Topley 35 706 978 8.31 7.93 79.94
3 SCJ Broad 55 1173 1491 7.63 7.95 79.72
4 SM Curran 60 1085 1527 8.44 8.07 78.51
5 DJ Willey 43 865 1180 8.18 8.09 78.31
6 MA Wood 37 776 1093 8.45 8.12 78.02
7 BA Stokes 36 612 856 8.39 8.16 77.68
8 CR Woakes 33 611 822 8.07 8.18 77.52
9 CJ Jordan 94 1953 2846 8.74 8.61 73.57
10 TK Curran 29 588 907 9.26 8.87 71.45

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 53 1152 1316 6.85 6.64 200.00
1 JC Archer 31 710 972 8.21 7.66 173.20
2 RJW Topley 32 658 931 8.49 7.99 166.13
3 SCJ Broad 51 1083 1396 7.73 8.00 165.82
4 SM Curran 51 919 1333 8.70 8.18 162.29
5 DJ Willey 40 793 1113 8.42 8.26 160.63
6 BA Stokes 32 538 777 8.67 8.30 159.99
7 CR Woakes 27 494 685 8.32 8.32 159.44
8 MA Wood 30 632 936 8.89 8.33 159.39
9 CJ Jordan 85 1774 2656 8.98 8.77 151.37
10 TK Curran 29 588 907 9.26 8.87 149.64

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams of all time. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/37 4.40 100.00
1 CJ Jordan 4/6 4/10 4/27 4/28 3/17 3.80 86.36
2 SCJ Broad 4/24 3/15 3/17 3/30 3/32 3.20 72.73
2 DJ Willey 4/7 3/20 3/22 3/25 3/27 3.20 72.73
2 JC Archer 4/33 3/13 3/23 3/25 3/40 3.20 72.73
2 SM Curran 5/10 3/12 3/25 3/28 2/11 3.20 72.73
6 MA Wood 3/9 3/20 3/24 3/26 3/26 3.00 68.18
7 RJW Topley 3/22 3/24 3/37 3/41 2/17 2.80 63.64
8 TK Curran 4/36 3/33 2/22 2/29 2/33 2.60 59.09
9 CR Woakes 3/4 3/26 2/23 2/33 2/36 2.40 54.55
10 BA Stokes 3/26 2/19 2/24 2/26 2/35 2.20 50.00

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 12+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 4.0/4 4.0/9 3.0/7 3.0/9 1.88 150.00
1 SM Curran 3.4/10 4.0/12 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.0/15 3.38 83.19
2 CJ Jordan 2.0/6 4.0/13 2.0/7 2.5/10 4.0/17 3.52 79.97
3 CR Woakes 2.0/4 4.0/9 4.0/12 3.0/14 4.0/23 3.69 76.21
4 SCJ Broad 3.0/10 3.2/12 4.0/15 4.0/17 4.0/18 4.09 68.77
5 DJ Willey 3.0/7 4.0/17 4.0/18 2.0/10 4.0/20 4.19 67.23
6 JC Archer 4.0/13 4.0/18 4.0/21 3.0/16 4.0/23 4.54 61.96
7 MA Wood 3.0/9 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.0/23 4.55 61.83
8 BA Stokes 4.0/19 4.0/19 4.0/19 2.0/10 2.0/11 4.74 59.40
9 RJW Topley 4.0/17 4.0/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 4.0/22 4.77 59.03
10 TK Curran 4.0/22 4.0/22 4.0/23 4.0/25 4.0/28 5.75 48.96

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 CJ Jordan 131.71 167.58 224.95 86.36 79.97 690.57 276.23
2 SCJ Broad 79.27 180.74 245.54 72.73 68.77 647.05 258.82
3 JC Archer 53.66 191.02 256.90 72.73 61.96 636.27 254.51
4 MA Wood 65.85 201.78 237.41 68.18 61.83 635.05 254.02
5 DJ Willey 62.20 192.66 238.95 72.73 67.23 633.75 253.50
6 SM Curran 69.51 149.64 240.80 72.73 83.19 615.87 246.35
7 CR Woakes 37.80 164.60 236.96 54.55 76.21 570.12 228.05
8 RJW Topley 40.24 153.09 246.08 63.64 59.03 562.08 224.83
9 TK Curran 35.37 149.62 221.09 59.09 48.96 514.12 205.65
10 BA Stokes 31.71 132.19 237.67 50.00 59.40 510.97 204.39

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Favourable Conditions 20.00
Unfavourable Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 CJ Jordan 31 34 29.03 8.65 557.20 11.14
2 DJ Willey 19 20 26.45 8.10 543.46 10.87
3 SCJ Broad 20 21 25.62 7.76 543.20 10.86
4 TK Curran 11 13 27.46 8.30 509.89 10.20
5 CR Woakes 6 3 49.00 7.74 500.00 10.00
5 BA Stokes 5 3 36.67 7.86 500.00 10.00
5 MA Wood 8 13 18.62 7.81 500.00 10.00
5 RJW Topley 9 10 29.10 9.29 500.00 10.00
5 JC Archer 8 13 18.54 8.22 500.00 10.00
10 SM Curran 15 11 32.82 8.60 428.33 8.57

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 CJ Jordan 63 74 25.12 8.80 705.32 56.43
2 SCJ Broad 35 44 21.66 7.55 659.51 52.76
3 SM Curran 45 46 25.35 8.40 650.93 52.07
4 MA Wood 29 41 20.76 8.65 637.53 51.00
5 JC Archer 27 31 25.35 7.91 632.14 50.57
6 DJ Willey 24 31 21.00 8.26 624.61 49.97
7 CR Woakes 27 28 24.11 8.15 592.35 47.39
8 RJW Topley 26 23 29.87 7.96 568.54 45.48
9 BA Stokes 31 23 32.43 8.48 519.53 41.56
10 TK Curran 18 16 34.38 10.00 451.22 36.10

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 CJ Jordan 64 80 24.90 8.87 724.01 14.48
2 SCJ Broad 41 48 23.88 7.89 670.91 13.42
3 SM Curran 46 47 25.87 8.76 661.08 13.22
4 DJ Willey 29 31 24.16 8.08 651.81 13.04
5 MA Wood 24 38 18.45 8.50 630.66 12.61
6 JC Archer 22 27 21.96 7.64 624.44 12.49
7 RJW Topley 28 24 32.29 8.29 574.22 11.48
8 TK Curran 27 29 29.00 9.14 565.47 11.31
9 CR Woakes 20 17 29.94 8.30 545.16 10.90
10 BA Stokes 22 17 28.29 7.97 542.06 10.84

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 CJ Jordan 30 28 30.50 8.46 709.73 56.78
2 JC Archer 13 17 25.53 8.51 705.22 56.42
3 MA Wood 13 16 24.50 8.37 684.93 54.79
4 DJ Willey 14 20 21.55 8.37 684.92 54.79
5 SCJ Broad 14 17 20.29 6.85 682.32 54.59
6 CR Woakes 13 14 22.36 7.73 628.07 50.25
7 SM Curran 14 10 31.10 7.40 585.51 46.84
8 BA Stokes 14 9 41.67 9.00 500.87 40.07
9 RJW Topley 7 9 22.56 8.40 500.00 40.00
9 TK Curran 2 0 NA NA 500.00 40.00

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC CON PTS
1 CJ Jordan 56.43 11.14 56.78 14.48 138.83
2 SCJ Broad 52.76 10.86 54.59 13.42 131.63
3 JC Archer 50.57 10.00 56.42 12.49 129.48
4 DJ Willey 49.97 10.87 54.79 13.04 128.67
5 MA Wood 51.00 10.00 54.79 12.61 128.41
6 SM Curran 52.07 8.57 46.84 13.22 120.70
7 CR Woakes 47.39 10.00 50.25 10.90 118.54
8 RJW Topley 45.48 10.00 40.00 11.48 106.97
9 BA Stokes 41.56 10.00 40.07 10.84 102.47
10 TK Curran 36.10 10.20 40.00 11.31 97.60

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00
WORLD CUP RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 CJ Jordan 23 31 19.29 8.06 727.92 109.19
2 SCJ Broad 25 30 22.37 7.73 668.66 100.30
3 SM Curran 11 16 16.44 7.59 604.76 90.71
4 DJ Willey 6 10 15.90 7.57 547.17 82.08
5 CR Woakes 12 12 26.92 7.98 503.13 75.47
6 TK Curran 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
6 JC Archer 8 10 19.00 7.22 500.00 75.00
8 BA Stokes 12 10 29.00 8.29 433.83 65.08
9 MA Wood 11 12 25.17 8.63 387.12 58.07
10 RJW Topley 8 3 58.67 7.94 313.20 46.98
IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

  • A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 4.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 12 balls and has a low ER.
  • The required ER increases as wickets increase.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 DJ Willey 43 19 44.19 599.92 89.99
2 SCJ Broad 55 25 45.45 588.45 88.27
3 CJ Jordan 94 34 36.17 549.34 82.40
4 JC Archer 35 16 45.71 539.20 80.88
5 BA Stokes 36 17 47.22 533.65 80.05
6 SM Curran 60 23 38.33 516.67 77.50
7 TK Curran 29 10 34.48 500.00 75.00
8 RJW Topley 35 15 42.86 473.50 71.03
9 CR Woakes 33 12 36.36 449.49 67.42
10 MA Wood 37 14 37.84 404.48 60.67
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 SM Curran 30 32 22.13 7.18 735.96 73.60
2 CJ Jordan 30 43 20.91 8.44 735.77 73.58
3 SCJ Broad 30 37 19.57 6.80 734.98 73.50
4 MA Wood 30 44 20.95 8.58 732.28 73.23
5 DJ Willey 30 37 21.76 7.98 719.70 71.97
6 JC Archer 30 36 25.22 7.94 691.81 69.18
7 RJW Topley 30 33 26.64 8.29 648.36 64.84
8 CR Woakes 30 29 24.76 7.82 639.66 63.97
9 TK Curran 29 29 31.28 9.26 576.48 57.65
10 BA Stokes 30 24 29.42 8.24 575.56 57.56

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER WC II TF SEC RAT
1 CJ Jordan 109.19 82.40 73.58 265.17
2 SCJ Broad 100.30 88.27 73.50 262.06
3 DJ Willey 82.08 89.99 71.97 244.03
4 SM Curran 90.71 77.50 73.60 241.81
5 JC Archer 75.00 80.88 69.18 225.06
6 TK Curran 75.00 75.00 57.65 207.65
7 CR Woakes 75.47 67.42 63.97 206.86
8 BA Stokes 65.08 80.05 57.56 202.68
9 MA Wood 58.07 60.67 73.23 191.97
10 RJW Topley 46.98 71.03 64.84 182.84

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BOWLER NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 16 CJ Jordan ENG 276.23 138.83 265.17 680.22
2 22 SCJ Broad ENG 258.82 131.63 262.06 652.51
3 28 DJ Willey ENG 253.50 128.67 244.03 626.20
4 33 JC Archer ENG 254.51 129.48 225.06 609.05
5 34 SM Curran ENG 246.35 120.70 241.81 608.86
6 42 MA Wood ENG 254.02 128.41 191.97 574.40
7 51 CR Woakes ENG 228.05 118.54 206.86 553.44
8 61 RJW Topley ENG 224.83 106.97 182.84 514.64
9 62 TK Curran ENG 205.65 97.60 207.65 510.90
10 63 BA Stokes ENG 204.39 102.47 202.68 509.54

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI SL US AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI

* Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

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