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 Kiwi Fast 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. 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 New Zealand.

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

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	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1994	1986	221	253	150.00
1	RJ Hadlee	NZ	1973	1990	1981.5	112	158	93.68
2	EJ Chatfield	NZ	1979	1989	1984	112	140	83.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Wasim Akram	PAK	1984	2003	1993.5	351	502	200.00
1	KD Mills	NZ	2001	2015	2008	169	240	95.62
2	JDP Oram	NZ	2001	2012	2006.5	154	173	68.92
3	SE Bond	NZ	2002	2010	2006	80	147	58.57
4	GR Larsen	NZ	1990	1999	1994.5	119	113	45.02
5	C Pringle	NZ	1990	1995	1992.5	64	103	41.04

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	SL Malinga	SL	2004	2019	2011.5	220	338	170.00
1	TG Southee	NZ	2008	2023	2015.5	159	221	111.15
2	TA Boult	NZ	2012	2023	2017.5	113	211	106.12
3	MJ Henry	NZ	2014	2025	2019.5	89	165	82.99

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	SE Bond	80	3069	147	20.88	20.57	150.00
1	SE Bond	80	3069	147	20.88	20.57	150.00
2	TA Boult	113	5146	211	24.39	23.64	130.55
3	RJ Hadlee	112	3407	158	21.56	23.65	130.50
4	C Pringle	64	2458	103	23.86	23.81	129.57
5	MJ Henry	89	4094	165	24.81	24.08	128.15
6	KD Mills	169	6485	240	27.02	26.08	118.29
7	EJ Chatfield	112	3620	140	25.86	27.90	110.61
8	JDP Oram	154	5047	173	29.17	29.11	106.01
9	TG Southee	159	7448	221	33.70	31.64	97.52
10	GR Larsen	119	4000	113	35.40	36.41	84.74

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	J Garner	91	2615	139	18.81	20.65	150.00
1	SE Bond	62	2500	113	22.12	20.92	148.05
2	MJ Henry	66	3051	128	23.84	22.58	137.20
3	RJ Hadlee	90	2862	124	23.08	24.42	126.85
4	TA Boult	87	4155	157	26.46	24.99	123.95
5	C Pringle	53	1997	77	25.94	25.53	121.31
6	KD Mills	130	5249	176	29.82	27.53	112.49
7	EJ Chatfield	93	3056	115	26.57	27.95	110.82
8	TG Southee	116	5775	160	36.09	32.45	95.44
9	JDP Oram	113	3887	111	35.02	33.12	93.52
10	GR Larsen	96	3256	86	37.86	38.15	81.18

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	J Garner	98	5330	2752	3.10	3.53	150.00
1	RJ Hadlee	112	6182	3407	3.31	3.79	139.62
2	GR Larsen	119	6368	4000	3.77	3.90	135.86
3	SE Bond	80	4295	3069	4.29	3.93	134.62
4	EJ Chatfield	112	6065	3620	3.58	4.00	132.43
5	JDP Oram	154	6911	5047	4.38	4.01	132.13
6	TA Boult	113	6180	5146	5.00	4.07	130.21
7	KD Mills	169	8230	6485	4.73	4.14	128.00
8	MJ Henry	89	4734	4094	5.19	4.23	125.33
9	TG Southee	159	8075	7448	5.53	4.57	115.99
10	C Pringle	64	3314	2458	4.45	4.57	115.98

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	J Garner	91	4970	2615	3.16	3.58	150.00
1	GR Larsen	96	5165	3256	3.78	3.89	137.91
2	RJ Hadlee	90	4928	2862	3.48	3.94	136.24
3	SE Bond	62	3381	2500	4.44	3.99	134.71
4	EJ Chatfield	93	4989	3056	3.68	4.06	132.43
5	JDP Oram	113	5133	3887	4.54	4.06	132.34
6	MJ Henry	66	3562	3051	5.14	4.15	129.40
7	KD Mills	130	6436	5249	4.89	4.19	128.07
8	TA Boult	87	4793	4155	5.20	4.20	127.80
9	C Pringle	53	2696	1997	4.44	4.55	117.91
10	TG Southee	116	5955	5775	5.82	4.69	114.48

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	Waqar Younis	7/36	6/26	6/30	6/44	6/59	6.20	100.00
1	TA Boult	7/34	6/33	5/17	5/21	5/27	5.60	90.32
2	SE Bond	6/19	6/23	5/23	5/25	4/21	5.20	83.87
2	TG Southee	7/33	6/65	5/33	4/22	4/36	5.20	83.87
4	RJ Hadlee	5/25	5/26	5/32	5/32	5/38	5.00	80.65
5	MJ Henry	5/30	5/40	5/42	4/19	4/27	4.60	74.19
6	KD Mills	5/25	4/14	4/30	4/35	4/36	4.20	67.74
7	EJ Chatfield	5/34	4/20	4/28	4/32	3/14	4.00	64.52
8	C Pringle	5/45	4/35	4/40	3/21	3/24	3.80	61.29
8	JDP Oram	5/26	4/39	4/58	3/12	3/20	3.80	61.29
10	GR Larsen	4/24	3/16	3/17	3/20	3/26	3.20	51.61

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	CEL Ambrose	10.0/5	5.0/4	8.4/9	6.0/8	8.5/13	1.05	100.00
1	EJ Chatfield	10.0/8	9.2/9	7.0/9	10.0/13	9.0/13	1.28	82.10
2	RJ Hadlee	6.0/6	8.0/9	9.0/12	12.0/16	5.0/7	1.43	73.34
3	GR Larsen	10.0/12	7.0/9	10.0/14	9.0/15	10.0/17	1.51	69.81
4	JDP Oram	9.0/12	7.0/12	9.1/16	8.0/16	9.1/20	1.64	64.04
5	KD Mills	5.0/7	10.0/19	6.4/13	7.0/14	8.0/17	1.67	62.95
6	SE Bond	5.0/7	10.0/15	10.0/19	10.0/21	9.0/19	1.69	62.26
7	MJ Henry	10.0/14	10.0/19	6.0/12	10.0/27	9.0/26	1.77	59.30
8	TA Boult	10.0/21	7.2/17	10.0/25	10.0/25	7.0/18	1.95	54.03
9	TG Southee	6.0/14	10.0/26	7.0/19	8.0/25	7.0/22	2.30	45.70
10	C Pringle	10.0/21	5.0/11	8.0/18	10.0/28	5.2/15	2.49	42.25

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	RJ Hadlee	93.68	257.35	275.85	80.65	73.34	780.87	312.35
2	SE Bond	58.57	298.05	269.33	83.87	62.26	772.08	308.83
3	TA Boult	106.12	254.50	258.00	90.32	54.03	762.98	305.19
4	MJ Henry	82.99	265.35	254.73	74.19	59.30	736.56	294.62
5	EJ Chatfield	83.00	221.43	264.87	64.52	82.10	715.92	286.37
6	KD Mills	95.62	230.79	256.07	67.74	62.95	713.16	285.26
7	TG Southee	111.15	192.96	230.47	83.87	45.70	664.15	265.66
8	JDP Oram	68.92	199.53	264.46	61.29	64.04	658.24	263.30
9	C Pringle	41.04	250.88	233.89	61.29	42.25	629.34	251.74
10	GR Larsen	45.02	165.92	273.77	51.61	69.81	606.13	242.45

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	TA Boult	56	116	21.48	4.88	778.81	15.58
2	MJ Henry	36	73	19.27	4.49	761.39	15.23
3	RJ Hadlee	35	49	20.67	3.35	713.15	14.26
4	SE Bond	21	40	19.18	4.05	705.87	14.12
5	EJ Chatfield	28	38	22.95	3.33	642.10	12.84
6	TG Southee	76	99	37.56	5.71	613.22	12.26
7	GR Larsen	74	72	33.03	3.68	611.32	12.23
8	JDP Oram	56	55	31.33	4.27	603.00	12.06
9	KD Mills	67	87	31.17	4.82	599.11	11.98
10	C Pringle	26	38	25.95	4.62	525.09	10.50

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SE Bond	59	107	21.51	4.37	756.03	60.48
2	RJ Hadlee	77	109	21.96	3.29	753.90	60.31
3	KD Mills	102	153	24.66	4.66	745.02	59.60
4	EJ Chatfield	84	102	26.94	3.67	711.66	56.93
5	TA Boult	57	95	27.94	5.11	672.77	53.82
6	MJ Henry	53	92	29.21	5.65	650.82	52.07
7	C Pringle	38	65	22.65	4.34	650.80	52.06
8	JDP Oram	98	118	28.17	4.44	649.23	51.94
9	TG Southee	83	122	30.57	5.37	649.06	51.92
10	GR Larsen	45	41	39.56	3.90	544.04	43.52

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	RJ Hadlee	106	146	21.99	3.28	850.25	17.01
2	TA Boult	87	178	21.91	4.86	843.12	16.86
3	SE Bond	69	127	20.54	4.21	810.79	16.22
4	EJ Chatfield	88	119	23.89	3.47	784.14	15.68
5	MJ Henry	64	114	25.07	5.03	756.48	15.13
6	KD Mills	115	159	29.01	4.74	709.22	14.18
7	TG Southee	116	156	35.37	5.62	670.90	13.42
8	C Pringle	52	89	22.10	4.28	666.19	13.32
9	JDP Oram	106	121	28.56	4.39	656.73	13.13
10	GR Larsen	105	98	35.22	3.71	633.92	12.68

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	KD Mills	54	81	23.12	4.70	782.44	62.59
2	TG Southee	43	65	29.71	5.29	730.69	58.46
3	MJ Henry	25	51	24.24	5.61	725.12	58.01
4	JDP Oram	48	52	30.60	4.36	691.57	55.33
5	TA Boult	26	33	37.76	5.47	585.68	46.85
6	SE Bond	11	20	23.00	4.78	540.28	43.22
7	EJ Chatfield	24	21	37.00	4.06	540.06	43.20
8	RJ Hadlee	6	12	16.33	3.73	500.00	40.00
9	GR Larsen	14	15	36.53	4.20	479.06	38.32
10	C Pringle	12	14	35.07	5.27	442.87	35.43

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	KD Mills	59.60	11.98	62.59	14.18	148.36
2	MJ Henry	52.07	15.23	58.01	15.13	140.43
3	TG Southee	51.92	12.26	58.46	13.42	136.06
4	SE Bond	60.48	14.12	43.22	16.22	134.04
5	TA Boult	53.82	15.58	46.85	16.86	133.12
6	JDP Oram	51.94	12.06	55.33	13.13	132.46
7	RJ Hadlee	60.31	14.26	40.00	17.01	131.58
8	EJ Chatfield	56.93	12.84	43.20	15.68	128.66
9	C Pringle	52.06	10.50	35.43	13.32	111.32
10	GR Larsen	43.52	12.23	38.32	12.68	106.75

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	TA Boult	29	53	25.55	4.92	710.87	106.63
2	SE Bond	16	30	17.27	3.51	670.31	100.55
3	RJ Hadlee	13	22	19.14	2.88	614.11	92.12
4	TG Southee	22	41	27.07	5.68	607.09	91.06
5	JDP Oram	23	36	21.33	4.21	583.97	87.60
6	MJ Henry	18	27	29.37	5.22	544.86	81.73
7	C Pringle	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
7	KD Mills	4	6	17.67	3.98	500.00	75.00
9	GR Larsen	19	18	33.28	3.52	470.73	70.61
10	EJ Chatfield	13	14	37.50	3.99	435.61	65.34

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	RJ Hadlee	112	59	52.68	796.07	119.41
2	SE Bond	80	38	47.50	619.86	92.98
3	EJ Chatfield	112	45	40.18	579.64	86.95
4	TA Boult	113	39	34.51	533.06	79.96
5	GR Larsen	119	43	36.13	512.98	76.95
6	C Pringle	64	17	26.56	500.00	75.00
7	MJ Henry	89	28	31.46	487.84	73.18
8	KD Mills	169	56	33.14	478.60	71.79
9	JDP Oram	154	41	26.62	394.48	59.17
10	TG Southee	159	31	19.50	363.45	54.52

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	TA Boult	50	108	20.44	4.82	872.92	87.29
2	SE Bond	50	97	19.67	4.22	866.62	86.66
3	RJ Hadlee	50	79	17.34	3.07	864.17	86.42
4	EJ Chatfield	50	75	20.61	3.39	791.13	79.11
5	KD Mills	50	90	22.09	4.55	771.15	77.12
6	MJ Henry	50	97	24.73	5.26	755.62	75.56
7	C Pringle	50	88	21.13	4.28	734.34	73.43
8	TG Southee	50	82	26.46	5.22	726.34	72.63
9	JDP Oram	50	67	28.04	4.43	673.44	67.34
10	GR Larsen	50	65	26.48	3.90	649.09	64.91

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	RJ Hadlee	92.12	119.41	86.42	297.94
2	SE Bond	100.55	92.98	86.66	280.19
3	TA Boult	106.63	79.96	87.29	273.88
4	EJ Chatfield	65.34	86.95	79.11	231.40
5	MJ Henry	81.73	73.18	75.56	230.47
6	KD Mills	75.00	71.79	77.12	223.91
7	C Pringle	75.00	75.00	73.43	223.43
8	TG Southee	91.06	54.52	72.63	218.22
9	JDP Oram	87.60	59.17	67.34	214.11
10	GR Larsen	70.61	76.95	64.91	212.47

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	10	RJ Hadlee	NZ	312.35	131.58	297.94	741.87
2	13	SE Bond	NZ	308.83	134.04	280.19	723.06
3	15	TA Boult	NZ	305.19	133.12	273.88	712.19
4	26	MJ Henry	NZ	294.62	140.43	230.47	665.52
5	33	KD Mills	NZ	285.26	148.36	223.91	657.53
6	39	EJ Chatfield	NZ	286.37	128.66	231.40	646.43
7	51	TG Southee	NZ	265.66	136.06	218.22	619.94
8	58	JDP Oram	NZ	263.30	132.46	214.11	609.87
9	70	C Pringle	NZ	251.74	111.32	223.43	586.49
10	92	GR Larsen	NZ	242.45	106.75	212.47	561.67

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