Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005. They are updated till 2026-03-08. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 7 South African Fast bowlers of all time in T20Is.

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 (WKTS)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

3.5.1. Against All Teams

3.5.2. Against Top Teams

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. TOP FORM

5.2. WORLD CUP

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. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

6.1.5. Abbreviations

Nations Filter

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

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

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Economy Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Economic	Economy Rate	300.00
Best Bowling (Wkts)	BBI by Wickets	100.00
Best Bowling (Eco)	BBI by Economy	150.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 2005 to present is divided into eras for this section. Players are compared with players of the same period. A few points are deducted if the top wicket taker of that era is not the overall top wicket taker. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 2021
Era 2	MP greater than 2020

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	TG Southee	NZ	2008	2024	2016	123	164	200.00
1	K Rabada	SA	2014	2026	2020	79	83	101.22
2	DW Steyn	SA	2007	2020	2013.5	47	64	78.05
3	WD Parnell	SA	2009	2023	2016	55	59	71.95
4	M Morkel	SA	2007	2017	2012	44	47	57.32

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	MR Adair	IRE	2019	2026	2022.5	100	142	190.00
1	LT Ngidi	SA	2017	2026	2021.5	64	90	120.42
2	AA Nortje	SA	2019	2026	2022.5	46	56	74.93
3	AL Phehlukwayo	SA	2017	2024	2020.5	39	50	66.90

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	50
Min Wickets (TT)	30

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	36	978	55	17.78	17.13	100.00
1	DW Steyn	47	1175	64	18.36	19.15	89.46
2	LT Ngidi	64	1866	90	20.73	20.24	84.66
3	AA Nortje	46	1187	56	21.20	20.32	84.31
4	AL Phehlukwayo	39	1112	50	22.24	21.12	81.10
5	WD Parnell	55	1513	59	25.64	25.11	68.23
6	M Morkel	44	1191	47	25.34	26.41	64.87
7	K Rabada	79	2378	83	28.65	27.56	62.17

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	29	812	46	17.65	16.31	150.00
1	DW Steyn	40	1043	52	20.06	20.45	119.58
2	LT Ngidi	49	1500	66	22.73	21.56	113.43
3	AL Phehlukwayo	32	962	37	26.00	24.03	101.78
4	WD Parnell	45	1274	46	27.70	26.53	92.19
5	K Rabada	57	1778	59	30.14	27.54	88.81
6	AA Nortje	31	907	29	31.28	27.85	87.81
7	M Morkel	39	1110	38	29.21	30.19	81.03

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	1000
Min Balls (TT)	600

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	92	2014	2188	6.52	6.54	120.00
1	AA Nortje	46	977	1187	7.29	7.16	109.62
2	DW Steyn	47	1015	1175	6.95	7.30	107.44
3	M Morkel	44	952	1191	7.51	7.96	98.49
4	K Rabada	79	1697	2378	8.41	8.20	95.62
5	LT Ngidi	64	1299	1866	8.62	8.24	95.15
6	WD Parnell	55	1094	1513	8.30	8.38	93.57
7	AL Phehlukwayo	39	748	1112	8.92	8.61	91.09

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	65	1416	1665	7.06	6.89	180.00
1	DW Steyn	40	871	1043	7.18	7.48	165.88
2	AA Nortje	31	648	907	8.40	7.93	156.49
3	M Morkel	39	862	1110	7.73	8.12	152.84
4	K Rabada	57	1243	1778	8.58	8.17	151.94
5	WD Parnell	45	903	1274	8.47	8.46	146.67
6	LT Ngidi	49	972	1500	9.26	8.67	143.15
7	AL Phehlukwayo	32	608	962	9.49	9.05	137.18

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	Mustafizur Rahman	6/10	5/22	4/12	4/21	4/36	4.60	30.00
1	LT Ngidi	5/39	4/19	4/29	4/31	3/26	4.00	26.09
2	WD Parnell	5/30	4/13	3/14	3/15	3/25	3.60	23.48
3	DW Steyn	4/9	4/17	3/15	3/22	3/38	3.40	22.17
3	AA Nortje	4/7	4/10	4/41	3/8	2/7	3.40	22.17
5	AL Phehlukwayo	4/24	3/19	3/25	3/28	3/36	3.20	20.87
6	K Rabada	3/18	3/20	3/30	3/37	3/39	3.00	19.57
7	M Morkel	4/17	4/20	2/15	2/16	2/21	2.80	18.26

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	Umar Gul	5/6	5/6	4/8	4/13	4/37	4.40	70.00
1	LT Ngidi	5/39	4/19	4/29	3/30	3/31	3.80	60.45
2	DW Steyn	4/9	4/17	3/15	3/22	3/38	3.40	54.09
3	WD Parnell	4/13	3/14	3/15	3/25	3/31	3.20	50.91
4	K Rabada	3/30	3/37	3/39	3/48	2/14	2.80	44.55
4	AL Phehlukwayo	3/19	3/28	3/36	3/39	2/21	2.80	44.55
6	M Morkel	4/17	2/15	2/27	2/28	2/28	2.40	38.18
6	AA Nortje	4/41	2/7	2/21	2/26	2/29	2.40	38.18

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBE	RAT
TS	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/4	4.0/8	4.0/9	3.0/7	1.72	50.00
1	AA Nortje	4.0/7	3.0/7	3.2/8	4.0/10	3.3/10	2.31	37.17
2	DW Steyn	3.0/6	4.0/9	3.0/9	4.0/13	4.0/15	3.04	28.30
3	WD Parnell	3.0/8	2.0/6	2.0/6	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.17	27.15
4	LT Ngidi	3.0/7	4.0/15	4.0/15	3.3/14	2.4/11	3.45	24.87
5	K Rabada	4.0/15	4.0/16	4.0/18	4.0/18	3.0/14	4.16	20.66
6	M Morkel	4.0/15	2.0/8	4.0/16	4.0/17	2.0/9	4.31	19.93
7	AL Phehlukwayo	4.0/15	2.0/11	4.0/23	4.0/25	4.0/25	5.31	16.18

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBE	RAT
TS	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	4.0/12	2.31	100.00
1	WD Parnell	3.0/8	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.5/14	4.0/15	3.40	68.02
2	DW Steyn	3.0/9	4.0/13	4.0/15	4.0/17	4.0/17	3.89	59.38
3	K Rabada	4.0/15	4.0/16	4.0/18	3.0/14	2.0/11	4.14	55.77
4	LT Ngidi	4.0/15	2.4/11	4.0/19	2.0/10	3.4/19	4.24	54.47
5	AA Nortje	3.0/7	3.0/14	2.0/10	4.0/21	4.0/21	4.31	53.63
6	M Morkel	4.0/15	2.0/8	4.0/17	2.0/9	4.0/18	4.40	52.50
7	AL Phehlukwayo	2.0/11	4.0/23	3.0/19	3.0/20	4.0/27	5.96	38.79

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	ATT	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	DW Steyn	78.05	209.04	273.32	76.26	87.67	724.35	289.74
2	LT Ngidi	120.42	198.09	238.30	86.54	79.34	722.70	289.08
3	AA Nortje	74.93	172.12	266.12	60.36	90.79	664.31	265.73
4	WD Parnell	71.95	160.41	240.25	74.39	95.16	642.16	256.87
5	K Rabada	101.22	150.97	247.56	64.11	76.43	640.30	256.12
6	AL Phehlukwayo	66.90	182.88	228.28	65.42	54.97	598.45	239.38
7	M Morkel	57.32	145.89	251.33	56.44	72.43	583.42	233.37

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five 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	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	ER	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	16	22	20.00	7.59	605.44	12.11
2	LT Ngidi	19	29	20.97	9.78	599.96	12.00
3	AL Phehlukwayo	23	26	23.65	8.37	540.97	10.82
4	K Rabada	18	20	30.75	8.72	522.06	10.44
5	M Morkel	15	14	26.93	7.11	513.02	10.26
6	AA Nortje	7	6	40.00	9.23	500.00	10.00
7	WD Parnell	17	17	30.29	9.36	462.05	9.24

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	31	42	17.50	6.61	725.97	58.08
2	LT Ngidi	45	61	20.62	8.15	720.24	57.62
3	AA Nortje	39	50	18.94	6.92	708.41	56.67
4	WD Parnell	38	42	23.76	7.84	692.56	55.40
5	K Rabada	61	63	27.98	8.30	675.30	54.02
6	AL Phehlukwayo	16	24	20.71	9.71	585.32	46.83
7	M Morkel	29	33	24.67	7.70	584.86	46.79

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	ER	RAT	WTG
1	LT Ngidi	45	64	21.05	8.87	739.77	14.80
2	DW Steyn	33	43	19.47	7.03	707.93	14.16
3	AA Nortje	28	37	19.41	7.14	698.59	13.97
4	AL Phehlukwayo	34	46	20.93	8.92	644.93	12.90
5	WD Parnell	39	42	25.38	8.49	638.49	12.77
6	M Morkel	29	33	23.39	7.43	617.63	12.35
7	K Rabada	48	51	28.63	8.56	607.30	12.15

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	14	21	16.10	6.74	838.97	67.12
2	LT Ngidi	19	26	19.96	8.03	794.29	63.54
3	K Rabada	31	32	28.69	8.17	790.20	63.22
4	WD Parnell	16	17	26.29	7.87	713.48	57.08
5	AA Nortje	18	19	24.68	7.52	685.46	54.84
6	M Morkel	15	14	29.93	7.64	613.79	49.10
7	AL Phehlukwayo	5	4	37.25	8.94	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	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	DW Steyn	725.97	151.36	838.97	176.98	151.46
2	LT Ngidi	720.24	149.99	794.29	184.94	147.96
3	K Rabada	675.30	130.51	790.20	151.83	139.83
4	AA Nortje	708.41	125.00	685.46	174.65	135.48
5	WD Parnell	692.56	115.51	713.48	159.62	134.49
6	M Morkel	584.86	128.26	613.79	154.41	118.50
7	AL Phehlukwayo	585.32	135.24	500.00	161.23	110.54

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
Top Form	100.00
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 40 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: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	40	52	20.06	7.18	819.76	81.98
2	LT Ngidi	40	58	22.19	9.62	771.35	77.14
3	WD Parnell	40	43	25.30	8.18	750.43	75.04
4	K Rabada	40	44	28.20	8.49	698.99	69.90
5	M Morkel	39	38	29.21	7.73	658.42	65.84
6	AL Phehlukwayo	32	37	26.00	9.49	637.07	63.71
7	AA Nortje	31	29	31.28	8.40	624.55	62.45

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	AA Nortje	21	38	12.00	5.71	879.17	131.88
2	DW Steyn	23	30	19.30	6.96	721.97	108.29
3	WD Parnell	14	18	17.17	6.74	720.40	108.06
4	K Rabada	29	33	25.55	8.08	675.39	101.31
5	M Morkel	17	24	18.83	7.21	654.76	98.21
6	LT Ngidi	11	19	15.95	7.77	613.89	92.08
7	AL Phehlukwayo	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

Impact Innings (II) are those innings in which the bowler has 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 equal to or more wickets than 3.
A Bowler bowls with good economy rate (ER).
The required ER increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	47	29	61.70	781.03	117.15
2	AA Nortje	46	26	56.52	775.14	116.27
3	LT Ngidi	64	32	50.00	724.61	108.69
4	M Morkel	44	21	47.73	634.81	95.22
5	WD Parnell	55	24	43.64	612.10	91.81
6	K Rabada	79	30	37.97	550.75	82.61
7	AL Phehlukwayo	39	15	38.46	351.51	52.73

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	TF	WC	II	SEC RAT
1	AA Nortje	249.82	131.88	77.51	310.60
2	DW Steyn	327.90	108.29	78.10	307.43
3	LT Ngidi	308.54	92.08	72.46	277.91
4	WD Parnell	300.17	108.06	61.21	274.92
5	M Morkel	263.37	98.21	63.48	259.28
6	K Rabada	279.60	101.31	55.08	253.82
7	AL Phehlukwayo	254.83	75.00	35.15	191.43

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	9	DW Steyn	SA	289.74	151.46	307.43	748.63
2	14	LT Ngidi	SA	289.08	147.96	277.91	714.95
3	15	AA Nortje	SA	265.73	135.48	310.60	711.81
4	23	WD Parnell	SA	256.87	134.49	274.92	666.28
5	27	K Rabada	SA	256.12	139.83	253.82	649.77
6	39	M Morkel	SA	233.37	118.50	259.28	611.15
7	55	AL Phehlukwayo	SA	239.38	110.54	191.43	541.36

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 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 conditions.

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 12 balls for a 20 over match.
However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.