Top 50 ODI Spin Bowlers With Best BBI By Ave

Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. They are updated till 2025-09-15. In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Average of a bowler. Best Bowling By Average (BBA) is simply the Relative Average of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 2+ Wkt performaces are counted in this criteria.

CONTENTS

1. QUALIFICATION

2. TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH BEST BBA IN ODI CRICKET

3. BRIEF EXPLANATION

3.1. Dynamic Nature

3.2. Top Teams (TT)

3.3. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

3.4. Abbreviations

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (Top Teams)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH BEST BBA IN ODI CRICKET

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

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	BBA
1	M Muralitharan	SL	2/1	2/2	5/9	3/6	2/4	1.64
2	Shahid Afridi	PAK	2/1	7/12	5/11	2/6	5/16	2.24
3	W Hasaranga	SL	3/7	4/10	5/13	7/19	6/24	2.86
4	DL Vettori	NZ	5/7	3/8	4/14	2/7	4/18	2.97
5	BAW Mendis	SL	6/13	4/10	3/11	4/15	5/22	3.42
6	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	4/8	3/8	3/11	4/16	3/15	3.62
7	A Symonds	AUS	4/11	2/6	2/7	5/18	2/12	3.64
8	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	4/6	2/7	6/25	4/18	5/25	3.71
9	A Kumble	IND	6/12	4/12	3/14	3/17	3/17	3.86
10	CL Hooper	WI	2/1	3/9	2/6	2/10	3/22	3.86
11	Rashid Khan	AFG	7/18	5/17	5/19	3/12	2/8	3.88
12	ST Jayasuriya	SL	5/17	4/14	3/12	4/18	4/19	4.06
13	CH Gayle	WI	3/3	2/6	4/19	4/24	2/12	4.14
14	Saqlain Mushtaq	PAK	3/9	5/20	4/17	4/17	3/13	4.16
15	GW Flower	ZIM	3/9	2/6	2/6	3/15	2/14	4.27
16	Abdul Qadir	PAK	4/9	4/17	3/15	4/21	2/13	4.58
17	A Zampa	AUS	4/8	3/16	2/13	5/35	3/21	4.70
18	TM Dilshan	SL	4/4	2/11	3/17	2/14	4/29	4.90
19	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	5/17	3/14	3/15	2/10	2/11	5.10
20	DS Lehmann	AUS	4/7	2/4	3/16	2/11	3/32	5.12
21	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	3/7	2/6	5/24	3/20	4/30	5.14
22	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	2/4	3/14	3/16	4/22	3/19	5.18
23	Yuvraj Singh	IND	4/6	2/5	5/31	4/28	2/18	5.23
24	UDU Chandana	SL	3/2	3/15	4/22	3/21	2/15	5.26
25	Shoaib Malik	PAK	3/6	4/19	3/15	3/18	3/26	5.32
26	SP Narine	WI	3/13	6/27	5/27	4/26	4/27	5.36
27	Imran Tahir	SA	6/24	3/19	7/45	4/26	4/27	5.40
28	RW Price	ZIM	2/5	2/9	3/16	4/22	2/15	5.56
29	SK Warne	AUS	3/11	4/19	3/16	4/25	5/33	5.65
30	Abdur Razzak	BAN	4/14	2/10	3/17	4/23	5/29	5.77
31	V Sehwag	IND	4/6	2/5	3/25	2/17	3/28	5.82
32	AG Cremer	ZIM	5/20	2/11	5/29	3/18	2/12	5.86
33	N Boje	SA	2/7	5/21	4/25	3/23	4/31	5.91
34	AR Border	AUS	2/2	2/13	3/20	3/21	3/23	5.96
35	YS Chahal	IND	4/17	5/22	6/42	3/25	3/30	6.04
36	MN Samuels	WI	3/12	2/10	2/14	2/14	3/25	6.09
37	Mahmudullah	BAN	3/4	2/6	3/13	2/19	2/28	6.15
38	RA Jadeja	IND	4/23	2/12	3/19	5/33	4/28	6.22
39	RJ Shastri	IND	5/15	2/14	3/24	2/17	3/26	6.23
40	PA Strang	ZIM	5/21	5/22	4/32	3/24	2/16	6.25
41	RJ Peterson	SA	2/5	4/12	3/22	4/32	3/32	6.36
42	AF Giles	ENG	2/3	3/18	2/12	3/26	3/29	6.51
43	SR Tendulkar	IND	2/8	2/10	5/32	3/21	4/34	6.56
44	AU Rashid	ENG	3/13	5/27	3/26	4/36	3/29	6.79
45	MJ Santner	NZ	2/0	3/15	5/50	2/20	3/31	6.80
46	GB Hogg	AUS	3/17	5/32	4/27	4/29	2/16	6.85
47	SB Joshi	IND	5/6	3/17	2/16	4/38	2/23	6.85
48	KA Maharaj	SA	4/22	5/33	4/33	3/25	4/46	7.21
49	GP Swann	ENG	5/28	3/18	4/34	3/26	4/37	7.23
50	Mohammad Hafeez	PAK	3/17	2/14	2/15	2/16	3/27	7.38

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.

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 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 condition.

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
This is generally 30 balls for a 50 over match and 36 balls for a 60 over match.
However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.