Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). So, here are the Top 10 Indian Spin bowlers in ODI cricket in all matches.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS

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. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Asians Outside 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 India.

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

THE CRITERIA

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

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 and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Economic	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Inns (Wkts)	100.00
Economic Bowling	Top Inns (Eco)	100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3	MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Abdul Qadir	PAK	1983	1993	1988	100	132	120.00
1	RJ Shastri	IND	1981	1992	1986.5	136	129	117.27
2	Maninder Singh	IND	1983	1993	1988	57	66	60.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	1993	2011	2002	341	534	200.00
1	A Kumble	IND	1990	2007	1998.5	265	337	126.22
2	Harbhajan Singh	IND	1998	2015	2006.5	227	269	100.75
3	SLV Raju	IND	1990	1996	1993	52	63	23.60

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	2006	2023	2014.5	241	317	160.00
1	RA Jadeja	IND	2009	2025	2017	196	231	116.59
2	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	2017	2025	2021	110	181	91.36
3	R Ashwin	IND	2010	2023	2016.5	114	156	78.74
4	YS Chahal	IND	2016	2023	2019.5	69	121	61.07
5	AR Patel	IND	2014	2025	2019.5	63	72	36.34

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	100
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	6275	288	21.79	22.14	150.00
1	YS Chahal	69	3283	121	27.13	26.33	126.15
2	Kuldeep Yadav	110	4786	181	26.44	26.65	124.62
3	A Kumble	265	10412	337	30.90	31.37	105.86
4	Maninder Singh	57	2067	66	31.32	31.97	103.90
5	R Ashwin	114	5180	156	33.21	32.16	103.27
6	SLV Raju	52	2014	63	31.97	33.48	99.20
7	Harbhajan Singh	227	8973	269	33.36	33.61	98.82
8	RA Jadeja	196	8180	231	35.41	34.85	95.29
9	AR Patel	63	2372	72	32.94	34.90	95.18
10	RJ Shastri	136	4650	129	36.05	35.05	94.76

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saeed Ajmal	77	2969	132	22.49	21.56	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	76	3373	131	25.75	24.51	131.97
2	YS Chahal	48	2417	81	29.84	26.92	120.13
3	Maninder Singh	43	1618	53	30.53	29.36	110.15
4	R Ashwin	89	4119	117	35.21	32.59	99.24
5	SLV Raju	37	1511	47	32.15	32.74	98.80
6	A Kumble	182	7340	220	33.36	32.74	98.78
7	Harbhajan Singh	158	6517	190	34.30	32.81	98.57
8	RJ Shastri	117	4046	111	36.45	34.58	93.55
9	RA Jadeja	135	5858	148	39.58	36.16	89.46
10	AR Patel	43	1720	48	35.83	36.56	88.47

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	1500

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SP Narine	65	3540	2435	4.13	3.71	150.00
1	AR Patel	63	3167	2372	4.49	4.03	138.07
2	Harbhajan Singh	227	12479	8973	4.31	4.16	133.83
3	Maninder Singh	57	3133	2067	3.96	4.17	133.35
4	RJ Shastri	136	6613	4650	4.22	4.28	130.07
5	A Kumble	265	14496	10412	4.31	4.28	129.79
6	RA Jadeja	196	10116	8180	4.85	4.37	127.24
7	Kuldeep Yadav	110	5754	4786	4.99	4.38	127.03
8	R Ashwin	114	6303	5180	4.93	4.41	126.10
9	SLV Raju	52	2770	2014	4.36	4.42	125.76
10	YS Chahal	69	3739	3283	5.27	4.61	120.50

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SP Narine	54	2922	2044	4.20	3.71	150.00
1	AR Patel	43	2219	1720	4.65	4.10	135.73
2	Maninder Singh	43	2395	1618	4.05	4.19	133.12
3	Harbhajan Singh	158	8793	6517	4.45	4.22	131.88
4	RJ Shastri	117	5771	4046	4.21	4.27	130.56
5	A Kumble	182	9957	7340	4.42	4.33	128.81
6	RA Jadeja	135	7067	5858	4.97	4.39	126.93
7	Kuldeep Yadav	76	3936	3373	5.14	4.41	126.47
8	R Ashwin	89	4858	4119	5.09	4.47	124.66
9	SLV Raju	37	1990	1511	4.56	4.52	123.15
10	YS Chahal	48	2655	2417	5.46	4.72	118.02

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 in all matches. 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	Shahid Afridi	7/12	6/38	5/23	5/35	5/40	5.60	100.00
1	A Kumble	6/12	5/33	4/12	4/25	4/33	4.60	82.14
1	YS Chahal	6/42	5/22	4/17	4/46	4/47	4.60	82.14
1	Kuldeep Yadav	6/25	5/25	4/6	4/18	4/23	4.60	82.14
4	Harbhajan Singh	5/31	5/43	5/56	4/46	3/27	4.40	78.57
4	RA Jadeja	5/33	5/36	4/23	4/28	4/29	4.40	78.57
6	RJ Shastri	5/15	4/38	4/40	3/24	3/26	3.80	67.86
7	SLV Raju	4/46	4/58	3/19	3/26	3/30	3.40	60.71
8	Maninder Singh	4/22	3/21	3/23	3/24	3/34	3.20	57.14
9	R Ashwin	3/24	3/28	3/28	3/32	3/35	3.00	53.57
10	AR Patel	3/34	3/38	3/39	3/40	2/9	2.80	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 30+ 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	M Muralitharan	10.0/9	10.0/9	6.0/6	9.0/11	8.0/12	1.07	100.00
1	RJ Shastri	9.3/14	10.0/17	10.0/17	7.0/13	5.0/10	1.73	61.77
2	A Kumble	9.0/11	7.0/12	6.1/12	8.0/17	7.0/15	1.79	59.75
3	Harbhajan Singh	10.0/14	8.0/14	10.0/20	10.0/23	8.0/19	1.88	56.83
4	RA Jadeja	7.0/12	10.0/19	7.0/16	10.0/27	10.0/28	2.09	51.29
5	Maninder Singh	10.0/19	10.0/21	10.0/21	9.0/19	9.0/19	2.17	49.29
6	Kuldeep Yadav	5.1/7	10.0/25	9.0/23	8.0/24	10.0/31	2.29	46.80
7	R Ashwin	10.0/28	8.0/24	10.0/30	10.0/30	10.0/30	2.65	40.48
8	AR Patel	10.0/26	10.0/30	5.0/16	10.0/32	10.0/33	2.73	39.25
9	SLV Raju	8.0/19	10.0/26	10.0/26	10.0/29	10.0/30	2.75	39.01
10	YS Chahal	8.2/22	10.0/34	10.0/36	10.0/38	8.0/31	3.04	35.18

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	A Kumble	126.22	204.64	258.60	82.14	59.75	731.35	292.54
2	Kuldeep Yadav	91.36	256.59	253.50	82.14	46.80	730.39	292.16
3	Harbhajan Singh	100.75	197.39	265.71	78.57	56.83	699.25	279.70
4	RJ Shastri	117.27	188.31	260.63	67.86	61.77	695.84	278.33
5	RA Jadeja	116.59	184.75	254.18	78.57	51.29	685.38	274.15
6	YS Chahal	61.07	246.28	238.52	82.14	35.18	663.20	265.28
7	Maninder Singh	60.00	214.05	266.48	57.14	49.29	646.96	258.78
8	R Ashwin	78.74	202.50	250.76	53.57	40.48	626.04	250.42
9	AR Patel	36.34	183.65	273.80	50.00	39.25	583.03	233.21
10	SLV Raju	23.60	197.99	248.91	60.71	39.01	570.22	228.09

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: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	RA Jadeja	79	117	29.52	4.79	751.06	15.02
2	A Kumble	89	126	28.94	4.45	747.29	14.95
3	Harbhajan Singh	94	110	35.48	4.46	702.84	14.06
4	Kuldeep Yadav	49	78	29.90	5.52	655.70	13.11
5	RJ Shastri	50	52	34.15	4.57	653.26	13.07
6	SLV Raju	23	33	25.12	4.04	643.04	12.86
7	Maninder Singh	34	39	34.54	4.12	636.97	12.74
8	R Ashwin	45	70	30.41	5.04	632.85	12.66
9	YS Chahal	17	30	28.23	5.36	580.17	11.60
10	AR Patel	26	32	32.88	4.88	571.39	11.43

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	61	103	23.83	4.58	779.01	62.32
2	A Kumble	176	211	32.07	4.24	700.39	56.03
3	YS Chahal	52	91	26.77	5.24	698.86	55.91
4	RJ Shastri	86	77	37.32	4.03	677.17	54.17
5	Harbhajan Singh	133	159	31.89	4.21	672.37	53.79
6	Maninder Singh	23	27	26.67	3.69	649.48	51.96
7	RA Jadeja	117	114	41.46	4.90	632.86	50.63
8	R Ashwin	69	86	35.48	4.86	625.27	50.02
9	AR Patel	37	40	33.00	4.23	575.57	46.05
10	SLV Raju	29	30	39.50	4.62	510.97	40.88

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

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Kumble	171	222	30.88	4.38	734.73	14.69
2	Harbhajan Singh	150	189	31.91	4.35	723.80	14.48
3	RA Jadeja	113	153	30.57	4.73	717.86	14.36
4	Maninder Singh	54	64	29.98	3.91	688.21	13.76
5	Kuldeep Yadav	72	114	28.28	5.09	686.03	13.72
6	RJ Shastri	88	84	36.37	4.38	665.00	13.30
7	R Ashwin	60	95	29.07	4.89	638.83	12.78
8	SLV Raju	36	48	29.42	4.35	589.18	11.78
9	YS Chahal	28	46	29.00	5.09	584.82	11.70
10	AR Patel	45	53	34.02	4.72	584.33	11.69

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	38	67	23.31	4.80	792.44	63.39
2	YS Chahal	41	75	25.99	5.40	751.87	60.15
3	RJ Shastri	48	45	35.44	3.94	750.17	60.01
4	A Kumble	94	115	30.92	4.19	731.00	58.48
5	RA Jadeja	83	78	44.91	5.03	662.62	53.01
6	Harbhajan Singh	77	80	36.78	4.25	634.61	50.77
7	R Ashwin	54	61	39.64	4.98	619.09	49.53
8	Maninder Singh	3	2	74.00	4.77	500.00	40.00
8	AR Patel	18	19	29.95	3.89	500.00	40.00
10	SLV Raju	16	15	40.13	4.39	463.41	37.07

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	Kuldeep Yadav	62.32	13.11	63.39	13.72	152.55
2	A Kumble	56.03	14.95	58.48	14.69	144.15
3	RJ Shastri	54.17	13.07	60.01	13.30	140.55
4	YS Chahal	55.91	11.60	60.15	11.70	139.36
5	Harbhajan Singh	53.79	14.06	50.77	14.48	133.09
6	RA Jadeja	50.63	15.02	53.01	14.36	133.02
7	R Ashwin	50.02	12.66	49.53	12.78	124.98
8	Maninder Singh	51.96	12.74	40.00	13.76	118.46
9	AR Patel	46.05	11.43	40.00	11.69	109.16
10	SLV Raju	40.88	12.86	37.07	11.78	102.59

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

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	RA Jadeja	21	27	30.70	4.60	728.03	109.21
2	A Kumble	18	31	22.84	4.09	661.15	99.17
3	Maninder Singh	7	14	20.00	4.00	643.26	96.49
4	R Ashwin	11	18	25.39	4.27	633.34	95.00
5	Kuldeep Yadav	18	21	36.24	4.69	612.83	91.92
6	RJ Shastri	12	12	32.42	4.21	563.70	84.56
7	Harbhajan Singh	20	20	40.40	4.20	540.22	81.03
8	SLV Raju	10	13	28.15	4.15	519.94	77.99
9	AR Patel	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
10	YS Chahal	8	12	36.83	5.97	473.36	71.00

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 30 balls and has a low ER.
The required ER is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	Maninder Singh	57	21	36.84	652.82	97.92
2	A Kumble	265	93	35.09	635.71	95.36
3	RA Jadeja	196	65	33.16	621.48	93.22
4	Harbhajan Singh	227	83	36.56	587.20	88.08
5	AR Patel	63	23	36.51	533.68	80.05
6	RJ Shastri	136	35	25.74	533.50	80.03
7	Kuldeep Yadav	110	33	30.00	478.28	71.74
8	SLV Raju	52	18	34.62	476.76	71.51
9	YS Chahal	69	23	33.33	458.53	68.78
10	R Ashwin	114	32	28.07	389.44	58.42

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 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	Kuldeep Yadav	50	95	23.88	5.02	755.90	75.59
2	A Kumble	50	87	21.89	4.12	733.99	73.40
3	YS Chahal	50	92	26.76	5.46	721.53	72.15
4	RA Jadeja	50	76	26.33	4.72	689.26	68.93
5	RJ Shastri	50	61	27.87	3.87	681.49	68.15
6	Harbhajan Singh	50	70	27.40	4.09	670.10	67.01
7	Maninder Singh	50	61	29.38	3.85	646.60	64.66
8	R Ashwin	50	71	30.77	4.80	614.92	61.49
9	SLV Raju	49	58	33.14	4.45	571.43	57.14
10	AR Patel	50	55	35.47	4.72	544.81	54.48

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	RA Jadeja	109.21	93.22	68.93	271.35
2	A Kumble	99.17	95.36	73.40	267.93
3	Maninder Singh	96.49	97.92	64.66	259.07
4	Kuldeep Yadav	91.92	71.74	75.59	239.26
5	Harbhajan Singh	81.03	88.08	67.01	236.12
6	RJ Shastri	84.56	80.03	68.15	232.73
7	R Ashwin	95.00	58.42	61.49	214.91
8	YS Chahal	71.00	68.78	72.15	211.94
9	AR Patel	75.00	80.05	54.48	209.53
10	SLV Raju	77.99	71.51	57.14	206.65

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	8	A Kumble	IND	292.54	144.15	267.93	704.62
2	11	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	292.16	152.55	239.26	683.96
3	13	RA Jadeja	IND	274.15	133.02	271.35	678.52
4	19	RJ Shastri	IND	278.33	140.55	232.73	651.62
5	20	Harbhajan Singh	IND	279.70	133.09	236.12	648.91
6	23	Maninder Singh	IND	258.78	118.46	259.07	636.32
7	26	YS Chahal	IND	265.28	139.36	211.94	616.57
8	35	R Ashwin	IND	250.42	124.98	214.91	590.31
9	45	AR Patel	IND	233.21	109.16	209.53	551.91
10	57	SLV Raju	IND	228.09	102.59	206.65	537.33

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1970s	WI	ENG	AUS	NZ	PAK	SL	IND
1980s	WI	ENG	AUS	PAK	IND	NZ	SL	ZIM
1990s	SA	AUS	PAK	WI	IND	SL	ENG	NZ	ZIM
2000s	AUS	SA	SL	PAK	IND	NZ	ENG	WI	BAN
2010s	IND	SA	AUS	ENG	NZ	PAK	SL	BAN	WI
2020s	IND	NZ	SL	AUS	PAK	SA	BAN	ENG	WI	AFG