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 7 Sri Lankan 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. Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. 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 Sri Lanka.

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

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

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Wasim Akram	PAK	1984	2003	1993.5	351	502	200.00
1	WPUJC Vaas	SL	1994	2008	2001	320	400	159.36
2	MF Maharoof	SL	2004	2016	2010	105	135	53.78
3	DNT Zoysa	SL	1997	2005	2001	93	108	43.03
4	CPH Ramanayake	SL	1986	1995	1990.5	62	68	27.09
5	KSC de Silva	SL	1996	2000	1998	37	52	20.72

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	SL Malinga	SL	2004	2019	2011.5	220	338	170.00
1	SL Malinga	SL	2004	2019	2011.5	220	338	170.00
2	AD Mathews	SL	2008	2023	2015.5	163	126	63.37

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	KSC de Silva	37	1323	52	25.44	25.13	122.80
2	WPUJC Vaas	320	11014	400	27.54	27.20	113.42
3	MF Maharoof	105	3789	135	28.07	28.10	109.82
4	SL Malinga	220	9760	338	28.88	28.14	109.65
5	CPH Ramanayake	62	2049	68	30.13	29.27	105.43
6	DNT Zoysa	93	3213	108	29.75	29.54	104.44
7	AD Mathews	163	4110	126	32.62	31.15	99.07

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	KSC de Silva	26	1065	39	27.31	25.82	119.94
2	CPH Ramanayake	50	1622	56	28.96	27.55	112.44
3	WPUJC Vaas	247	8905	298	29.88	28.37	109.19
4	DNT Zoysa	71	2580	84	30.71	29.32	105.63
5	SL Malinga	179	8295	261	31.78	29.98	103.30
6	AD Mathews	133	3339	94	35.52	32.85	94.29
7	MF Maharoof	75	2867	78	36.76	34.20	90.56

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	AD Mathews	163	5324	4110	4.63	3.85	137.56
2	WPUJC Vaas	320	15775	11014	4.19	4.03	131.57
3	CPH Ramanayake	62	2864	2049	4.29	4.27	124.18
4	DNT Zoysa	93	4259	3213	4.53	4.28	123.88
5	MF Maharoof	105	4640	3789	4.90	4.49	118.02
6	SL Malinga	220	10936	9760	5.35	4.59	115.48
7	KSC de Silva	37	1619	1323	4.90	4.93	107.50

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	AD Mathews	133	4388	3339	4.57	3.75	143.32
2	WPUJC Vaas	247	12170	8905	4.39	4.14	129.83
3	CPH Ramanayake	50	2268	1622	4.29	4.21	127.68
4	DNT Zoysa	71	3269	2580	4.74	4.37	122.91
5	MF Maharoof	75	3244	2867	5.30	4.66	115.17
6	SL Malinga	179	8971	8295	5.55	4.68	114.73
7	KSC de Silva	26	1221	1065	5.23	5.14	104.44

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	SL Malinga	5/28	5/34	5/44	5/52	5/54	5.00	80.65
2	WPUJC Vaas	6/25	5/14	5/39	4/20	4/22	4.80	77.42
3	MF Maharoof	6/14	5/42	4/20	4/31	3/9	4.40	70.97
4	AD Mathews	6/20	4/29	4/59	3/14	3/21	4.00	64.52
5	DNT Zoysa	5/26	4/28	4/34	3/27	3/29	3.80	61.29
6	CPH Ramanayake	4/17	3/15	3/25	3/25	3/28	3.20	51.61
7	KSC de Silva	3/18	3/40	3/48	3/58	3/59	3.00	48.39

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	WPUJC Vaas	6.0/6	7.0/8	8.0/10	10.0/13	8.0/11	1.18	88.93
2	MF Maharoof	10.0/9	8.0/11	9.0/14	10.0/19	10.0/20	1.42	73.93
3	AD Mathews	5.0/5	5.0/8	7.0/14	7.0/15	5.0/11	1.52	69.23
4	SL Malinga	8.0/14	7.0/14	10.0/23	9.0/21	9.2/22	1.86	56.61
5	DNT Zoysa	7.0/13	7.0/14	7.0/14	8.0/18	7.0/19	2.05	51.39
6	CPH Ramanayake	8.0/15	8.1/17	9.0/19	7.0/15	9.0/20	2.08	50.67
7	KSC de Silva	6.5/12	6.0/13	8.0/18	10.0/31	7.1/24	2.59	40.58

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	WPUJC Vaas	159.36	222.61	261.40	77.42	88.93	809.73	323.89
2	SL Malinga	170.00	212.95	230.21	80.65	56.61	750.41	300.17
3	AD Mathews	63.37	193.35	280.88	64.52	69.23	671.36	268.54
4	MF Maharoof	53.78	200.38	233.19	70.97	73.93	632.25	252.90
5	DNT Zoysa	43.03	210.08	246.79	61.29	51.39	612.58	245.03
6	CPH Ramanayake	27.09	217.88	251.86	51.61	50.67	599.11	239.65
7	KSC de Silva	20.72	242.75	211.94	48.39	40.58	564.38	225.75

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	SL Malinga	88	127	28.25	5.23	690.44	13.81
2	WPUJC Vaas	77	81	27.52	3.88	667.83	13.36
3	AD Mathews	76	60	33.23	4.57	621.22	12.42
4	MF Maharoof	32	46	23.91	4.36	602.15	12.04
5	DNT Zoysa	30	32	30.41	4.28	581.96	11.64
6	CPH Ramanayake	13	17	24.18	4.36	570.29	11.41
7	KSC de Silva	8	7	42.00	5.35	500.00	10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	WPUJC Vaas	243	319	27.54	4.27	847.90	67.83
2	SL Malinga	132	211	29.25	5.43	742.61	59.41
3	AD Mathews	87	66	32.06	4.70	642.36	51.39
4	KSC de Silva	29	45	22.87	4.79	591.84	47.35
5	DNT Zoysa	63	76	29.47	4.64	584.35	46.75
6	MF Maharoof	73	89	30.21	5.16	583.28	46.66
7	CPH Ramanayake	49	51	32.12	4.28	582.62	46.61

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 Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	WPUJC Vaas	147	201	27.43	4.34	821.57	16.43
2	SL Malinga	98	163	28.33	5.49	778.69	15.57
3	AD Mathews	57	44	31.30	4.65	593.39	11.87
4	DNT Zoysa	26	35	27.34	4.71	531.59	10.63
5	CPH Ramanayake	20	21	34.10	4.37	504.73	10.09
6	KSC de Silva	9	8	37.00	5.53	500.00	10.00
7	MF Maharoof	42	49	31.63	4.95	491.97	9.84

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	WPUJC Vaas	173	199	27.64	4.05	855.83	68.47
2	SL Malinga	122	175	29.39	5.24	778.12	62.25
3	AD Mathews	106	82	33.33	4.62	717.44	57.40
4	MF Maharoof	63	86	26.03	4.86	709.21	56.74
5	DNT Zoysa	67	73	30.90	4.45	669.84	53.59
6	CPH Ramanayake	42	47	28.36	4.25	664.27	53.14
7	KSC de Silva	28	44	23.34	4.75	661.79	52.94

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	WPUJC Vaas	67.83	13.36	68.47	16.43	166.09
2	SL Malinga	59.41	13.81	62.25	15.57	151.04
3	AD Mathews	51.39	12.42	57.40	11.87	133.08
4	MF Maharoof	46.66	12.04	56.74	9.84	125.28
5	DNT Zoysa	46.75	11.64	53.59	10.63	122.61
6	CPH Ramanayake	46.61	11.41	53.14	10.09	121.25
7	KSC de Silva	47.35	10.00	52.94	10.00	120.29

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	WPUJC Vaas	31	49	21.22	3.97	691.00	103.65
2	SL Malinga	28	56	22.88	5.51	639.05	95.86
3	KSC de Silva	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
3	DNT Zoysa	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
3	MF Maharoof	6	9	22.00	4.50	500.00	75.00
6	AD Mathews	17	19	25.84	5.12	450.79	67.62
7	CPH Ramanayake	8	5	53.00	4.10	400.26	60.04

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	WPUJC Vaas	320	113	35.31	612.64	91.90
2	SL Malinga	220	58	26.36	550.05	82.51
3	CPH Ramanayake	62	25	40.32	517.08	77.56
4	KSC de Silva	37	9	24.32	500.00	75.00
5	AD Mathews	163	38	23.31	397.21	59.58
6	DNT Zoysa	93	25	26.88	373.01	55.95
7	MF Maharoof	105	24	22.86	322.10	48.32

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	WPUJC Vaas	50	71	24.25	4.15	744.83	74.48
2	SL Malinga	50	87	25.17	5.08	727.70	72.77
3	MF Maharoof	50	70	24.94	4.76	711.37	71.14
4	DNT Zoysa	50	63	29.49	4.84	633.19	63.32
5	CPH Ramanayake	50	60	27.95	4.25	626.72	62.67
6	AD Mathews	50	38	35.32	4.40	571.63	57.16
7	KSC de Silva	35	49	26.10	4.96	561.78	56.18

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	WPUJC Vaas	103.65	91.90	74.48	270.03
2	SL Malinga	95.86	82.51	72.77	251.13
3	KSC de Silva	75.00	75.00	56.18	206.18
4	CPH Ramanayake	60.04	77.56	62.67	200.27
5	MF Maharoof	75.00	48.32	71.14	194.45
6	DNT Zoysa	75.00	55.95	63.32	194.27
7	AD Mathews	67.62	59.58	57.16	184.36

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	6	WPUJC Vaas	SL	323.89	166.09	270.03	760.01
2	17	SL Malinga	SL	300.17	151.04	251.13	702.34
3	71	AD Mathews	SL	268.54	133.08	184.36	585.98
4	81	MF Maharoof	SL	252.90	125.28	194.45	572.63
5	91	DNT Zoysa	SL	245.03	122.61	194.27	561.91
6	95	CPH Ramanayake	SL	239.65	121.25	200.27	561.17
7	108	KSC de Silva	SL	225.75	120.29	206.18	552.22

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	AUS	PAK	SL	SA	BAN	ENG	AFG	WI