Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date.Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 7 Sri Lankan Fast bowlers in T20I cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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, Impact Inns, Top Form

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 matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Overall Wkts	25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The OVERALL Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Economic	Strike Rate	250.00
Best Bowling	Top Inns (Wkts)	100.00
Economic Bowling	Top Inns (Eco)	200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	TG Southee	NZ	2008	2024	2016	123	164	200.00
1	SL Malinga	SL	2006	2020	2013	83	107	130.49
2	PVD Chameera	SL	2015	2026	2020.5	71	83	101.22
3	KMDN Kulasekara	SL	2008	2017	2012.5	58	66	80.49
4	NLTC Perera	SL	2010	2021	2015.5	67	51	62.20
5	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2024	2016.5	72	45	54.88
6	MD Shanaka	SL	2016	2026	2021	70	43	52.44
7	I Udana	SL	2009	2021	2015	32	27	32.93

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	50
Min Wickets (TT)	30

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	LH Ferguson	44	1129	66	17.11	16.97	100.00
1	SL Malinga	83	2225	107	20.79	20.13	84.29
2	KMDN Kulasekara	58	1530	66	23.18	22.73	74.66
3	PVD Chameera	71	2051	83	24.71	24.66	68.82
4	MD Shanaka	70	1053	43	24.49	24.79	68.45
5	AD Mathews	72	1389	45	30.87	30.10	56.37
6	NLTC Perera	67	1717	51	33.67	33.12	51.23
7	I Udana	32	915	27	33.89	33.18	51.14

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	29	812	46	17.65	17.18	150.00
1	KMDN Kulasekara	47	1212	53	22.87	21.38	120.56
2	SL Malinga	71	1975	85	23.24	21.73	118.59
3	MD Shanaka	53	808	34	23.76	23.21	111.05
4	PVD Chameera	52	1538	57	26.98	25.59	100.70
5	AD Mathews	57	1119	33	33.91	31.62	81.52
6	I Udana	29	832	24	34.67	33.51	76.91
7	NLTC Perera	57	1438	41	35.07	33.61	76.67

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	500

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	84	1846	2014	6.55	6.39	100.00
1	AD Mathews	72	1169	1389	7.13	7.29	87.67
2	SL Malinga	83	1799	2225	7.42	7.60	84.11
3	KMDN Kulasekara	58	1231	1530	7.46	7.71	82.85
4	PVD Chameera	71	1554	2051	7.92	7.92	80.71
5	MD Shanaka	70	773	1053	8.17	8.14	78.44
6	I Udana	32	631	915	8.70	8.63	74.04
7	NLTC Perera	67	1102	1717	9.35	9.45	67.61

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	63	1380	1616	7.03	6.65	200.00
1	AD Mathews	57	938	1119	7.16	7.21	184.47
2	KMDN Kulasekara	47	985	1212	7.38	7.48	177.61
3	SL Malinga	71	1569	1975	7.55	7.60	174.82
4	PVD Chameera	52	1133	1538	8.14	7.86	169.00
5	MD Shanaka	53	593	808	8.18	7.99	166.43
6	I Udana	29	578	832	8.64	8.54	155.59
7	NLTC Perera	57	930	1438	9.28	9.32	142.55

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 of all time. 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	Umar Gul	5/6	5/6	4/8	4/13	4/37	4.40	100.00
1	SL Malinga	5/6	5/31	3/12	3/17	3/20	3.80	86.36
2	PVD Chameera	5/24	4/17	4/20	3/30	2/14	3.60	81.82
3	KMDN Kulasekara	4/31	4/32	3/4	2/10	2/13	3.00	68.18
4	NLTC Perera	3/24	3/33	3/33	2/19	2/22	2.60	59.09
5	I Udana	3/11	3/13	2/17	2/38	2/47	2.40	54.55
6	AD Mathews	3/16	2/8	2/9	2/17	2/24	2.20	50.00
6	MD Shanaka	3/16	2/4	2/17	2/20	2/20	2.20	50.00

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 12+ 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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/4	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	1.88	150.00
1	AD Mathews	3.0/4	4.0/8	3.0/8	4.0/11	4.0/13	2.50	112.59
2	SL Malinga	4.0/6	2.0/5	4.0/11	4.0/15	3.4/14	2.95	95.21
3	KMDN Kulasekara	3.0/4	4.0/13	3.0/10	3.0/13	3.0/13	3.42	82.13
4	PVD Chameera	3.5/14	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/17	4.0/19	4.18	67.25
5	I Udana	2.4/11	4.0/17	4.0/18	2.3/13	3.0/17	4.66	60.34
6	MD Shanaka	3.0/6	4.0/20	3.0/16	4.0/22	2.0/12	4.73	59.43
7	NLTC Perera	3.0/10	2.0/8	3.0/15	4.0/22	4.0/24	4.99	56.37

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	SL Malinga	130.49	202.88	258.93	86.36	95.21	773.87	309.55
2	KMDN Kulasekara	80.49	195.23	260.47	68.18	82.13	686.50	274.60
3	PVD Chameera	101.22	169.52	249.71	81.82	67.25	669.52	267.81
4	AD Mathews	54.88	137.88	272.14	50.00	112.59	627.49	250.99
5	MD Shanaka	52.44	179.50	244.86	50.00	59.43	586.23	234.49
6	NLTC Perera	62.20	127.90	210.16	59.09	56.37	515.72	206.29
7	I Udana	32.93	128.05	229.63	54.55	60.34	505.49	202.20

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: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	30	40	22.35	7.85	643.65	12.87
2	AD Mathews	28	19	28.26	6.99	603.89	12.08
3	KMDN Kulasekara	22	20	28.50	7.22	544.73	10.89
4	PVD Chameera	19	20	28.00	8.48	521.83	10.44
5	MD Shanaka	20	11	26.18	7.78	505.80	10.12
6	I Udana	10	6	41.50	8.30	500.00	10.00
7	NLTC Perera	25	15	37.60	9.30	406.83	8.14

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	53	67	19.87	7.16	760.91	60.87
2	KMDN Kulasekara	36	46	20.87	7.61	700.31	56.02
3	PVD Chameera	52	63	23.67	7.73	679.33	54.35
4	AD Mathews	44	26	32.77	7.22	579.11	46.33
5	MD Shanaka	50	32	23.91	8.33	577.51	46.20
6	NLTC Perera	42	36	32.03	9.37	532.84	42.63
7	I Udana	22	21	31.71	8.86	517.28	41.38

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: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	37	48	19.06	7.00	773.84	15.48
2	KMDN Kulasekara	18	23	21.04	7.47	643.71	12.87
3	PVD Chameera	17	29	16.66	7.43	643.61	12.87
4	AD Mathews	21	14	27.93	7.11	553.05	11.06
5	MD Shanaka	15	8	21.13	7.68	497.04	9.94
6	I Udana	15	12	41.08	9.39	437.54	8.75
7	NLTC Perera	16	10	43.60	9.69	410.49	8.21

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	46	59	22.20	7.74	715.53	57.24
2	KMDN Kulasekara	40	43	24.33	7.45	639.24	51.14
3	PVD Chameera	54	54	29.04	8.08	635.29	50.82
4	AD Mathews	51	31	32.19	7.14	612.70	49.02
5	MD Shanaka	55	35	25.26	8.27	586.02	46.88
6	NLTC Perera	51	41	31.24	9.24	532.70	42.62
7	I Udana	17	15	28.13	8.01	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	AW	HM	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	SL Malinga	60.87	12.87	57.24	15.48	146.47
2	KMDN Kulasekara	56.02	10.89	51.14	12.87	130.93
3	PVD Chameera	54.35	10.44	50.82	12.87	128.48
4	AD Mathews	46.33	12.08	49.02	11.06	118.48
5	MD Shanaka	46.20	10.12	46.88	9.94	113.14
6	NLTC Perera	42.63	8.14	42.62	8.21	101.59
7	I Udana	41.38	10.00	40.00	8.75	100.13

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 RATING

Points to note:-

Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	31	38	20.08	7.43	792.12	118.82
2	AD Mathews	29	19	27.21	6.52	602.39	90.36
3	KMDN Kulasekara	18	17	25.29	7.31	550.25	82.54
4	NLTC Perera	12	7	28.71	9.00	394.34	59.15
5	I Udana	5	5	32.80	9.11	354.45	53.17
6	MD Shanaka	11	4	34.50	8.12	350.85	52.63
7	PVD Chameera	8	4	63.75	8.50	322.29	48.34

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 12 balls and has a low ER.
The required ER increases as wickets increase.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	83	41	49.40	699.91	104.99
2	KMDN Kulasekara	58	27	46.55	595.92	89.39
3	AD Mathews	72	27	37.50	529.62	79.44
4	PVD Chameera	71	27	38.03	504.40	75.66
5	MD Shanaka	70	15	21.43	280.58	42.09
6	NLTC Perera	67	14	20.90	264.21	39.63
7	I Udana	32	7	21.88	247.91	37.19

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 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	SL Malinga	30	48	17.21	7.13	852.35	85.24
2	KMDN Kulasekara	30	39	18.05	6.81	762.85	76.28
3	AD Mathews	30	24	25.00	6.65	683.08	68.31
4	PVD Chameera	30	31	26.10	7.56	642.11	64.21
5	NLTC Perera	30	27	26.15	8.64	568.48	56.85
6	I Udana	30	27	32.44	8.75	562.51	56.25
7	MD Shanaka	30	17	22.29	7.58	552.61	55.26

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	WC	II	TF	SEC RAT
1	SL Malinga	118.82	104.99	85.24	309.04
2	KMDN Kulasekara	82.54	89.39	76.28	248.21
3	AD Mathews	90.36	79.44	68.31	238.11
4	PVD Chameera	48.34	75.66	64.21	188.21
5	NLTC Perera	59.15	39.63	56.85	155.63
6	MD Shanaka	52.63	42.09	55.26	149.97
7	I Udana	53.17	37.19	56.25	146.60

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	7	SL Malinga	SL	309.55	146.47	309.04	765.05
2	20	KMDN Kulasekara	SL	274.60	130.93	248.21	653.74
3	37	AD Mathews	SL	250.99	118.48	238.11	607.59
4	43	PVD Chameera	SL	267.81	128.48	188.21	584.50
5	69	MD Shanaka	SL	234.49	113.14	149.97	497.61
6	74	NLTC Perera	SL	206.29	101.59	155.63	463.51
7	75	I Udana	SL	202.20	100.13	146.60	448.94