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 Spin 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 In Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Asians Outside 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	Abdul Qadir	PAK	1983	1993	1988	100	132	120.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	1993	2011	2002	341	534	200.00
1	M Muralitharan	SL	1993	2011	2002	341	534	200.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	SL	1990	2011	2000.5	368	323	120.97
3	HMRKB Herath	SL	2004	2015	2009.5	67	74	27.72

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	2006	2023	2014.5	241	317	160.00
1	BAW Mendis	SL	2008	2015	2011.5	84	152	76.72
2	W Hasaranga	SL	2017	2025	2021	65	108	54.51
3	MM Theekshana	SL	2021	2025	2023	56	77	38.86
4	MKPAD Perera	SL	2017	2024	2020.5	40	59	29.78

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	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	6275	288	21.79	22.14	150.00
1	BAW Mendis	84	3324	152	21.87	23.03	144.21
2	M Muralitharan	341	12326	534	23.08	24.16	137.47
3	W Hasaranga	65	2599	108	24.06	26.25	126.52
4	HMRKB Herath	67	2362	74	31.92	29.28	113.42
5	MKPAD Perera	40	1809	59	30.66	30.74	108.03
6	MM Theekshana	56	2114	77	27.45	31.48	105.49
7	ST Jayasuriya	368	11863	323	36.73	37.61	88.31

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saeed Ajmal	77	2969	132	22.49	21.56	150.00
1	BAW Mendis	56	2418	95	25.45	24.79	130.47
2	M Muralitharan	248	9404	372	25.28	25.25	128.09
3	HMRKB Herath	60	2081	68	30.60	27.45	117.84
4	MKPAD Perera	30	1343	44	30.52	29.76	108.69
5	MM Theekshana	28	1085	38	28.55	30.38	106.47
6	W Hasaranga	32	1391	43	32.35	31.99	101.10
7	ST Jayasuriya	287	9348	239	39.11	38.61	83.76

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	SP Narine	65	3540	2435	4.13	3.71	150.00
1	M Muralitharan	341	18811	12326	3.93	3.85	144.36
2	HMRKB Herath	67	3242	2362	4.37	3.92	141.69
3	MM Theekshana	56	2771	2114	4.58	4.12	135.04
4	W Hasaranga	65	3065	2599	5.09	4.29	129.66
5	BAW Mendis	84	4154	3324	4.80	4.52	122.93
6	ST Jayasuriya	368	14868	11863	4.79	4.64	119.79
7	MKPAD Perera	40	2115	1809	5.13	4.65	119.59

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SP Narine	54	2922	2044	4.20	3.71	150.00
1	HMRKB Herath	60	2852	2081	4.38	3.90	142.98
2	M Muralitharan	248	13858	9404	4.07	3.90	142.96
3	MM Theekshana	28	1385	1085	4.70	4.11	135.44
4	W Hasaranga	32	1582	1391	5.28	4.26	130.71
5	BAW Mendis	56	2842	2418	5.10	4.62	120.50
6	ST Jayasuriya	287	11509	9348	4.87	4.67	119.20
7	MKPAD Perera	30	1521	1343	5.30	4.70	118.60

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	Shahid Afridi	7/12	6/38	5/23	5/35	5/40	5.60	100.00
1	M Muralitharan	7/30	5/9	5/23	5/23	5/30	5.40	96.43
2	ST Jayasuriya	6/29	5/17	5/28	5/58	4/14	5.00	89.29
3	BAW Mendis	6/13	4/10	4/46	4/47	4/51	4.40	78.57
3	MKPAD Perera	6/29	6/54	4/19	3/44	3/50	4.40	78.57
5	W Hasaranga	4/10	4/27	4/40	4/45	4/58	4.00	71.43
6	MM Theekshana	4/34	4/37	4/40	4/44	3/25	3.80	67.86
7	HMRKB Herath	4/20	3/25	3/25	3/28	3/36	3.20	57.14

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	M Muralitharan	10.0/9	10.0/9	6.0/6	9.0/11	8.0/12	1.07	100.00
1	M Muralitharan	10.0/9	10.0/9	6.0/6	9.0/11	8.0/12	1.07	100.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	7.0/12	5.0/9	6.2/13	8.0/17	10.0/23	1.97	54.23
3	BAW Mendis	8.0/13	7.0/14	10.0/22	9.0/21	9.4/24	2.03	52.80
4	W Hasaranga	7.5/10	10.0/26	10.0/28	6.0/18	10.0/30	2.15	49.72
5	HMRKB Herath	10.0/20	5.0/12	10.0/28	8.5/25	6.0/18	2.32	46.13
6	MM Theekshana	8.0/19	8.2/21	10.0/26	9.0/25	6.0/18	2.37	45.14
7	MKPAD Perera	5.0/7	6.1/19	9.0/29	9.0/30	9.0/30	2.73	39.23

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	M Muralitharan	200.00	265.56	287.33	96.43	100.00	949.31	379.72
2	BAW Mendis	76.72	274.68	243.42	78.57	52.80	726.19	290.48
3	ST Jayasuriya	120.97	172.07	238.99	89.29	54.23	675.55	270.22
4	W Hasaranga	54.51	227.63	260.37	71.43	49.72	663.66	265.46
5	HMRKB Herath	27.72	231.26	284.67	57.14	46.13	646.92	258.77
6	MM Theekshana	38.86	211.96	270.48	67.86	45.14	634.31	253.72
7	MKPAD Perera	29.78	216.73	238.20	78.57	39.23	602.50	241.00

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	M Muralitharan	105	154	24.63	3.86	855.27	17.11
2	ST Jayasuriya	109	119	28.31	4.45	741.27	14.83
3	W Hasaranga	35	70	18.79	4.97	722.19	14.44
4	BAW Mendis	40	67	24.10	4.79	704.29	14.09
5	MKPAD Perera	24	48	23.46	5.33	668.28	13.37
6	MM Theekshana	33	42	27.62	4.43	653.67	13.07
7	HMRKB Herath	34	39	30.08	4.47	620.94	12.42

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	236	380	22.46	3.96	956.34	76.51
2	BAW Mendis	44	85	20.11	4.81	712.57	57.01
3	HMRKB Herath	33	35	33.97	4.28	655.20	52.42
4	ST Jayasuriya	259	204	41.64	4.94	627.60	50.21
5	W Hasaranga	30	38	33.79	5.21	559.75	44.78
6	MKPAD Perera	16	11	62.09	4.83	500.00	40.00
6	MM Theekshana	23	35	27.26	4.77	500.00	40.00

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 In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	206	319	22.89	3.83	955.41	19.11
2	BAW Mendis	61	114	21.21	4.80	763.22	15.26
3	ST Jayasuriya	234	225	33.92	4.67	716.29	14.33
4	W Hasaranga	48	82	23.67	5.09	675.50	13.51
5	MKPAD Perera	36	57	28.51	5.12	634.36	12.69
6	HMRKB Herath	34	39	30.08	4.47	602.06	12.04
7	MM Theekshana	44	49	34.41	4.65	596.60	11.93

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	135	215	23.37	4.10	955.05	76.40
2	HMRKB Herath	33	35	33.97	4.28	610.67	48.85
3	ST Jayasuriya	134	98	43.16	5.01	607.18	48.57
4	BAW Mendis	23	38	23.84	4.80	520.62	41.65
5	MKPAD Perera	4	2	92.00	5.23	500.00	40.00
5	W Hasaranga	17	26	25.31	5.09	500.00	40.00
5	MM Theekshana	12	28	15.29	4.30	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	M Muralitharan	76.51	17.11	76.40	19.11	189.12
2	BAW Mendis	57.01	14.09	41.65	15.26	128.01
3	ST Jayasuriya	50.21	14.83	48.57	14.33	127.93
4	HMRKB Herath	52.42	12.42	48.85	12.04	125.73
5	W Hasaranga	44.78	14.44	40.00	13.51	112.73
6	MKPAD Perera	40.00	13.37	40.00	12.69	106.05
7	MM Theekshana	40.00	13.07	40.00	11.93	105.01

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	M Muralitharan	39	68	19.63	3.89	950.21	142.53
2	ST Jayasuriya	31	27	39.26	4.84	603.10	90.47
3	BAW Mendis	5	7	19.14	3.14	500.00	75.00
3	MKPAD Perera	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
3	W Hasaranga	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
6	HMRKB Herath	7	6	46.67	4.39	441.46	66.22
7	MM Theekshana	8	6	63.67	5.36	383.96	57.59

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	M Muralitharan	341	150	43.99	860.74	129.11
2	MM Theekshana	56	21	37.50	546.38	81.96
3	MKPAD Perera	40	9	22.50	500.00	75.00
3	W Hasaranga	65	19	29.23	500.00	75.00
5	HMRKB Herath	67	24	35.82	485.58	72.84
6	BAW Mendis	84	24	28.57	451.76	67.76
7	ST Jayasuriya	368	60	16.30	328.52	49.28

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	M Muralitharan	50	92	16.77	3.23	973.30	97.33
2	BAW Mendis	50	84	24.11	4.70	737.63	73.76
3	W Hasaranga	50	71	29.30	4.98	664.89	66.49
4	HMRKB Herath	50	58	29.66	4.37	623.20	62.32
5	MKPAD Perera	35	52	29.81	5.12	610.56	61.06
6	ST Jayasuriya	50	64	30.66	4.98	600.03	60.00
7	MM Theekshana	41	52	30.96	4.77	588.84	58.88

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	M Muralitharan	142.53	129.11	97.33	368.97
2	BAW Mendis	75.00	67.76	73.76	216.53
3	W Hasaranga	75.00	75.00	66.49	216.49
4	MKPAD Perera	75.00	75.00	61.06	211.06
5	HMRKB Herath	66.22	72.84	62.32	201.38
6	ST Jayasuriya	90.47	49.28	60.00	199.75
7	MM Theekshana	57.59	81.96	58.88	198.44

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	1	M Muralitharan	SL	379.72	189.12	368.97	937.82
2	24	BAW Mendis	SL	290.48	128.01	216.53	635.01
3	29	ST Jayasuriya	SL	270.22	127.93	199.75	597.90
4	32	W Hasaranga	SL	265.46	112.73	216.49	594.69
5	38	HMRKB Herath	SL	258.77	125.73	201.38	585.87
6	42	MKPAD Perera	SL	241.00	106.05	211.06	558.11
7	44	MM Theekshana	SL	253.72	105.01	198.44	557.17

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