All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 10 Indian Spin bowlers in Test Cricket since 1950.

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. 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. WKTS/INN

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNINGS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

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, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Wkts Per Inn, Top Form, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	150.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present 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 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	148	309	220.00
1	BS Bedi	IND	1966	1979	1972.5	118	266	189.39
2	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	1964	1979	1971.5	97	242	172.30
3	EAS Prasanna	IND	1962	1978	1970	86	189	134.56
4	SP Gupte	IND	1951	1961	1956	61	149	106.08

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Abdul Qadir	PAK	1977	1990	1983.5	111	236	210.00
1	RJ Shastri	IND	1981	1992	1986.5	125	151	134.36
2	DR Doshi	IND	1979	1983	1981	55	114	101.44

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	1992	2010	2001	230	800	250.00
1	A Kumble	IND	1990	2008	1999	236	619	193.44
2	Harbhajan Singh	IND	1998	2015	2006.5	190	417	130.31

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2025	2018	262	567	240.00
1	R Ashwin	IND	2011	2024	2017.5	200	537	227.30
2	RA Jadeja	IND	2012	2025	2018.5	167	348	147.30

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 player has played.
Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	230	18180	800	22.73	23.67	120.00
1	R Ashwin	200	12891	537	24.01	25.14	112.99
2	RA Jadeja	167	8741	348	25.12	26.24	108.25
3	BS Bedi	118	7637	266	28.71	28.72	98.89
4	BS Chandrasekhar	97	7199	242	29.75	28.72	98.88
5	SP Gupte	61	4403	149	29.55	29.13	97.48
6	A Kumble	236	18355	619	29.65	29.48	96.32
7	EAS Prasanna	86	5742	189	30.38	30.88	91.98
8	DR Doshi	55	3502	114	30.72	31.13	91.22
9	Harbhajan Singh	190	13537	417	32.46	32.40	87.65
10	RJ Shastri	125	6185	151	40.96	38.40	73.95

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SK Warne	168	11491	451	25.48	23.55	180.00
1	RA Jadeja	123	6909	269	25.68	25.90	163.68
2	R Ashwin	144	9571	366	26.15	26.09	162.48
3	BS Chandrasekhar	77	5566	185	30.09	27.90	151.92
4	A Kumble	143	11577	368	31.46	29.59	143.25
5	BS Bedi	90	6090	191	31.88	30.04	141.13
6	DR Doshi	50	3106	101	30.75	30.31	139.86
7	SP Gupte	40	3201	94	34.05	31.33	135.29
8	EAS Prasanna	67	4569	134	34.10	32.41	130.80
9	Harbhajan Singh	115	8970	259	34.63	33.08	128.14
10	RJ Shastri	97	4716	115	41.01	37.01	114.54

ATTACKING

R SR

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

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	SK Warne	273	40704	708	57.49	54.86	120.00
1	BS Chandrasekhar	97	15963	242	65.96	57.77	113.94
2	R Ashwin	200	27241	537	50.73	60.83	108.21
3	SP Gupte	61	11284	149	75.73	65.60	100.34
4	A Kumble	236	40852	619	66.00	67.46	97.58
5	EAS Prasanna	86	14353	189	75.94	69.28	95.01
6	RA Jadeja	167	20241	348	58.16	69.89	94.18
7	BS Bedi	118	21364	266	80.32	72.58	90.70
8	Harbhajan Singh	190	28580	417	68.54	73.19	89.94
9	DR Doshi	55	9322	114	81.77	74.35	88.53
10	RJ Shastri	125	15751	151	104.31	91.71	71.78

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	SK Warne	168	25511	451	56.57	53.94	180.00
1	BS Chandrasekhar	77	12373	185	66.88	57.45	169.01
2	R Ashwin	144	20511	366	56.04	64.80	149.84
3	A Kumble	143	24536	368	66.67	67.15	144.58
4	SP Gupte	40	7375	94	78.46	67.65	143.52
5	RA Jadeja	123	16071	269	59.74	69.95	138.79
6	DR Doshi	50	8092	101	80.12	71.35	136.08
7	EAS Prasanna	67	11263	134	84.05	73.90	131.37
8	Harbhajan Singh	115	18113	259	69.93	73.92	131.35
9	BS Bedi	90	16276	191	85.21	74.67	130.03
10	RJ Shastri	97	12193	115	106.03	90.02	107.86

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

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.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	9/51	9/65	8/46	8/70	8/87	7/46	7/84	8.00	50.00
1	A Kumble	10/74	8/141	7/48	7/59	7/63	7/115	6/53	7.43	46.43
2	Harbhajan Singh	8/84	7/48	7/62	7/87	7/120	7/123	7/133	7.14	44.64
3	R Ashwin	7/59	7/66	7/71	7/83	7/103	7/145	6/31	6.86	42.86
4	BS Chandrasekhar	8/79	7/157	6/38	6/52	6/52	6/76	6/90	6.43	40.18
5	SP Gupte	9/102	7/128	7/162	6/90	5/18	5/45	5/63	6.29	39.29
6	EAS Prasanna	8/76	6/74	6/94	6/104	6/141	5/32	5/42	6.00	37.50
7	BS Bedi	7/98	6/42	6/71	6/127	6/226	5/27	5/37	5.86	36.61
7	RA Jadeja	7/42	7/48	6/63	6/138	5/21	5/30	5/41	5.86	36.61
9	DR Doshi	6/102	6/103	5/39	5/43	5/85	5/90	4/69	5.14	32.14
10	RJ Shastri	5/75	5/125	4/11	4/43	4/45	4/45	4/69	4.29	26.79

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	A Kumble	10/74	8/141	7/48	7/63	7/115	6/53	6/70	7.29	100.00
1	A Kumble	10/74	8/141	7/48	7/63	7/115	6/53	6/70	7.29	100.00
2	Harbhajan Singh	8/84	7/87	7/120	7/123	7/133	6/73	6/78	6.86	94.12
3	BS Chandrasekhar	8/79	7/157	6/38	6/52	6/52	6/76	6/90	6.43	88.24
3	R Ashwin	7/66	7/103	7/145	6/41	6/46	6/55	6/61	6.43	88.24
5	RA Jadeja	7/42	7/48	6/63	6/138	5/21	5/30	5/41	5.86	80.39
6	SP Gupte	9/102	7/162	5/90	5/107	5/180	4/43	4/76	5.57	76.47
6	BS Bedi	7/98	6/71	6/226	5/37	5/55	5/63	5/89	5.57	76.47
8	EAS Prasanna	6/74	6/104	6/141	5/42	5/70	5/121	4/16	5.29	72.55
9	DR Doshi	6/102	6/103	5/39	5/43	5/90	4/69	4/81	5.00	68.63
10	RJ Shastri	5/75	4/43	4/45	4/45	4/69	4/71	4/78	4.14	56.86

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 bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	RAT	PRI PTS
1	R Ashwin	227.30	275.46	108.21	131.09	891.90	356.76
2	BS Chandrasekhar	172.30	250.79	113.94	128.41	834.45	333.78
3	A Kumble	193.44	239.57	97.58	146.43	821.60	328.64
4	RA Jadeja	147.30	271.92	94.18	117.00	769.20	307.68
5	BS Bedi	189.39	240.02	90.70	113.08	763.21	305.28
6	Harbhajan Singh	130.31	215.79	89.94	138.76	706.15	282.46
7	SP Gupte	106.08	232.78	100.34	115.76	698.48	279.39
8	EAS Prasanna	134.56	222.78	95.01	110.05	693.77	277.51
9	DR Doshi	101.44	231.08	88.53	100.77	657.91	263.16
10	RJ Shastri	134.36	188.49	71.78	83.65	586.14	234.46

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

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

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

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	30.00
Away	120.00
Favourable Conditions	30.00
Unfavourable Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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	SR	RAT	WTG
1	R Ashwin	127	383	21.57	46.03	798.61	23.96
2	BS Chandrasekhar	55	142	27.70	64.68	768.62	23.06
3	A Kumble	115	350	24.89	59.41	741.67	22.25
4	RA Jadeja	105	256	20.96	51.20	704.58	21.14
5	BS Bedi	54	137	23.99	75.85	698.71	20.96
6	Harbhajan Singh	103	265	28.77	64.11	659.49	19.78
7	EAS Prasanna	41	95	26.95	70.45	621.93	18.66
8	SP Gupte	36	84	30.35	76.76	613.15	18.39
9	DR Doshi	37	77	25.39	73.38	597.36	17.92
10	RJ Shastri	61	73	38.93	102.32	463.56	13.91

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BS Chandrasekhar	42	100	32.66	67.78	721.94	86.63
2	A Kumble	121	269	35.86	74.57	712.29	85.47
3	R Ashwin	73	154	30.05	62.42	702.53	84.30
4	BS Bedi	64	129	33.72	85.06	668.51	80.22
5	RJ Shastri	64	78	42.86	106.18	633.00	75.96
6	SP Gupte	25	65	28.52	74.40	629.31	75.52
7	EAS Prasanna	45	94	33.85	81.49	612.62	73.51
8	RA Jadeja	62	92	36.70	77.55	566.87	68.02
9	DR Doshi	18	37	41.81	99.24	561.12	67.33
10	Harbhajan Singh	87	152	38.90	76.26	544.48	65.34

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable/Unfavourable Conditions 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	SR	RAT	WTG
1	R Ashwin	145	433	21.76	45.87	917.41	27.52
2	BS Chandrasekhar	59	150	28.79	65.07	878.16	26.34
3	A Kumble	144	419	27.00	61.37	808.45	24.25
4	RA Jadeja	109	269	21.33	51.14	790.71	23.72
5	BS Bedi	60	143	26.13	78.45	776.28	23.29
6	SP Gupte	45	105	28.81	77.23	722.88	21.69
7	Harbhajan Singh	130	300	32.02	68.61	710.36	21.31
8	EAS Prasanna	44	97	28.98	74.01	696.23	20.89
9	DR Doshi	42	85	28.74	76.06	670.08	20.10
10	RJ Shastri	75	86	42.58	109.69	517.12	15.51

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	A Kumble	92	200	35.20	75.70	842.99	101.16
2	R Ashwin	55	104	33.34	70.94	834.92	100.19
3	BS Chandrasekhar	38	92	31.32	67.41	811.19	97.34
4	BS Bedi	58	123	31.72	82.48	810.19	97.22
5	EAS Prasanna	42	92	31.86	77.98	761.81	91.42
6	RJ Shastri	50	65	38.82	97.20	731.72	87.81
7	Harbhajan Singh	60	117	33.61	68.34	704.56	84.55
8	RA Jadeja	58	79	38.00	82.09	668.48	80.22
9	SP Gupte	16	44	31.32	72.16	637.98	76.56
10	DR Doshi	13	29	36.52	98.52	555.20	66.62

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	R Ashwin	702.53	199.65	834.92	229.35	235.97
2	BS Chandrasekhar	721.94	192.15	811.19	219.54	233.38
3	A Kumble	712.29	185.42	842.99	202.11	233.14
4	BS Bedi	668.51	174.68	810.19	194.07	221.69
5	EAS Prasanna	612.62	155.48	761.81	174.06	204.48
6	RJ Shastri	633.00	115.89	731.72	129.28	193.19
7	RA Jadeja	566.87	176.14	668.48	197.68	193.10
8	SP Gupte	629.31	153.29	637.98	180.72	192.16
9	Harbhajan Singh	544.48	164.87	704.56	177.59	190.98
10	DR Doshi	561.12	149.34	555.20	167.52	171.98

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
Wickets Per Inn	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

WKTS/INN

WPI RATING

Points to note about WPI Rating:-

It gives points for three criteria.
The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams.
The number of bowled victims per inn.
The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	W/I	RAT	WTG
1	BS Chandrasekhar	97	242	2.49	737.00	36.85
2	R Ashwin	200	537	2.69	735.84	36.79
3	SP Gupte	61	149	2.44	722.61	36.13
4	A Kumble	236	619	2.62	691.29	34.56
5	BS Bedi	118	266	2.25	648.92	32.45
6	DR Doshi	55	114	2.07	618.28	30.91
7	RA Jadeja	167	348	2.08	612.39	30.62
8	EAS Prasanna	86	189	2.20	575.27	28.76
9	Harbhajan Singh	190	417	2.19	545.30	27.27
10	RJ Shastri	125	151	1.21	341.09	17.05

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	A Kumble	50	157	27.06	55.82	825.22	82.52
2	R Ashwin	50	127	20.55	45.22	780.45	78.04
3	BS Chandrasekhar	50	128	27.69	61.28	762.24	76.22
4	RA Jadeja	50	135	21.83	55.30	753.53	75.35
5	Harbhajan Singh	50	125	30.22	61.88	715.87	71.59
6	BS Bedi	50	122	29.60	77.32	665.70	66.57
7	EAS Prasanna	50	116	29.44	72.91	661.48	66.15
8	SP Gupte	40	94	34.05	78.46	611.75	61.17
9	DR Doshi	50	101	30.75	80.12	608.71	60.87
10	RJ Shastri	50	57	34.60	90.37	490.52	49.05

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

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

A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
The required AVE or SR is increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	A Kumble	236	118	50.00	789.43	118.41
2	R Ashwin	200	93	46.50	759.44	113.92
3	RA Jadeja	167	77	46.11	704.34	105.65
4	BS Chandrasekhar	97	41	42.27	657.10	98.57
5	BS Bedi	118	45	38.14	610.07	91.51
6	DR Doshi	55	22	40.00	595.54	89.33
7	EAS Prasanna	86	33	38.37	593.30	88.99
8	SP Gupte	61	23	37.70	554.97	83.25
9	Harbhajan Singh	190	68	35.79	549.16	82.37
10	RJ Shastri	125	30	24.00	468.39	70.26

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	TF	WPI	II	SEC RAT
1	A Kumble	82.52	34.56	118.41	235.50
2	R Ashwin	78.04	36.79	113.92	228.75
3	BS Chandrasekhar	76.22	36.85	98.57	211.64
4	RA Jadeja	75.35	30.62	105.65	211.62
5	BS Bedi	66.57	32.45	91.51	190.53
6	EAS Prasanna	66.15	28.76	88.99	183.91
7	Harbhajan Singh	71.59	27.27	82.37	181.23
8	DR Doshi	60.87	30.91	89.33	181.12
9	SP Gupte	61.17	36.13	83.25	180.55
10	RJ Shastri	49.05	17.05	70.26	136.37

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 RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	4	R Ashwin	IND	356.76	235.97	228.75	821.49
2	5	A Kumble	IND	328.64	233.14	235.50	797.28
3	6	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	333.78	233.38	211.64	778.80
4	11	BS Bedi	IND	305.28	221.69	190.53	717.50
5	12	RA Jadeja	IND	307.68	193.10	211.62	712.40
6	15	EAS Prasanna	IND	277.51	204.48	183.91	665.89
7	19	Harbhajan Singh	IND	282.46	190.98	181.23	654.67
8	20	SP Gupte	IND	279.39	192.16	180.55	652.10
9	30	DR Doshi	IND	263.16	171.98	181.12	616.26
10	46	RJ Shastri	IND	234.46	193.19	136.37	564.01

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
TS Bowling 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific conditions.