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 10 Fast bowlers in T20I cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

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. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.2.2. 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

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	TG Southee	NZ	2008	2024	2016	123	164	200.00
2	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	2015	2025	2020	125	158	192.68
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	2018	2026	2022	103	136	165.85
4	Arshdeep Singh	IND	2022	2026	2024	83	127	154.88
5	JJ Bumrah	IND	2016	2026	2021	92	121	147.56
6	SL Malinga	SL	2006	2020	2013	83	107	130.49
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	2012	2022	2017	86	90	109.76
8	Umar Gul	PAK	2007	2016	2011.5	60	85	103.66
9	JR Hazlewood	AUS	2013	2025	2019	59	79	96.34
10	AA Nortje	SA	2019	2026	2022.5	46	56	68.29

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	Umar Gul	60	1443	85	16.98	17.78	100.00
1	Umar Gul	60	1443	85	16.98	17.78	100.00
2	JJ Bumrah	92	2188	121	18.08	19.03	93.40
3	AA Nortje	46	1187	56	21.20	19.99	88.90
4	SL Malinga	83	2225	107	20.79	20.12	88.36
5	Arshdeep Singh	83	2502	127	19.70	20.16	88.16
6	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	2904	136	21.35	21.55	82.50
7	JR Hazlewood	59	1680	79	21.27	21.78	81.60
8	TG Southee	123	3671	164	22.38	22.32	79.64
9	Mustafizur Rahman	125	3313	158	20.97	22.34	79.58
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86	2079	90	23.10	23.19	76.66

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	29	812	46	17.65	17.17	150.00
1	Umar Gul	48	1213	70	17.33	17.56	146.67
2	JJ Bumrah	68	1732	91	19.03	19.35	133.12
3	Arshdeep Singh	59	1813	90	20.14	19.80	130.07
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	80	2297	105	21.88	21.41	120.30
5	AA Nortje	35	956	39	24.51	21.47	119.94
6	SL Malinga	71	1975	85	23.24	21.72	118.59
7	JR Hazlewood	46	1371	60	22.85	22.41	114.91
8	TG Southee	108	3349	138	24.27	23.57	109.27
9	Mustafizur Rahman	69	1908	77	24.78	24.60	104.70
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	69	1758	66	26.64	25.92	99.36

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	92	2014	2188	6.52	6.35	100.00
1	JJ Bumrah	92	2014	2188	6.52	6.35	100.00
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86	1791	2079	6.96	6.92	91.74
3	AA Nortje	46	977	1187	7.29	6.97	91.13
4	JR Hazlewood	59	1348	1680	7.48	7.31	86.86
5	Mustafizur Rahman	125	2730	3313	7.28	7.44	85.36
6	Umar Gul	60	1203	1443	7.20	7.52	84.46
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	2223	2904	7.84	7.57	83.85
8	SL Malinga	83	1799	2225	7.42	7.59	83.67
9	TG Southee	123	2753	3671	8.00	7.79	81.49
10	Arshdeep Singh	83	1760	2502	8.53	8.13	78.12

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	68	1488	1732	6.98	6.59	200.00
1	JJ Bumrah	68	1488	1732	6.98	6.59	200.00
2	AA Nortje	35	737	956	7.78	7.16	184.19
3	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	69	1440	1758	7.33	7.17	183.91
4	JR Hazlewood	46	1042	1371	7.89	7.56	174.46
5	SL Malinga	71	1569	1975	7.55	7.60	173.56
6	Mustafizur Rahman	69	1474	1908	7.77	7.65	172.37
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	80	1701	2297	8.10	7.65	172.27
8	Umar Gul	48	968	1213	7.52	7.68	171.73
9	TG Southee	108	2419	3349	8.31	7.96	165.66
10	Arshdeep Singh	59	1259	1813	8.64	7.97	165.46

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	Umar Gul	5/6	5/6	4/8	4/13	4/37	4.40	100.00
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5/4	5/24	4/13	4/22	4/26	4.40	100.00
1	Mustafizur Rahman	6/10	5/22	4/12	4/21	3/13	4.40	100.00
4	SL Malinga	5/6	5/31	3/12	3/17	3/20	3.80	86.36
4	TG Southee	5/18	4/21	4/25	3/6	3/13	3.80	86.36
4	JR Hazlewood	4/12	4/16	4/30	4/39	3/12	3.80	86.36
4	Arshdeep Singh	5/51	4/9	4/37	3/12	3/14	3.80	86.36
8	Shaheen Shah Afridi	4/22	4/30	4/30	3/13	3/14	3.60	81.82
9	AA Nortje	4/7	4/10	4/41	3/8	2/7	3.40	77.27
10	JJ Bumrah	4/15	3/7	3/12	3/14	3/14	3.20	72.73

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	1.87	150.00
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/4	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	1.87	150.00
2	Mustafizur Rahman	4.0/6	4.0/9	4.0/9	4.0/10	3.3/12	2.41	116.42
3	AA Nortje	4.0/7	3.0/7	3.2/8	3.3/10	4.0/14	2.47	113.80
4	JJ Bumrah	4.0/7	2.0/5	3.0/8	4.0/12	4.0/13	2.58	108.82
5	Umar Gul	3.0/6	4.0/8	2.2/6	2.0/7	4.0/14	2.79	100.45
6	Arshdeep Singh	4.0/9	4.0/13	3.0/10	2.0/7	2.0/7	2.92	96.02
7	SL Malinga	4.0/6	2.0/5	4.0/11	4.0/15	3.4/14	2.95	95.04
8	TG Southee	2.1/6	4.0/12	4.0/13	3.0/10	3.0/10	3.07	91.33
9	JR Hazlewood	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.08	91.12
10	Shaheen Shah Afridi	2.0/7	4.0/15	3.1/13	4.0/17	3.0/14	3.94	71.14

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	JJ Bumrah	147.56	226.52	300.00	72.73	108.82	855.63	342.25
2	Mustafizur Rahman	192.68	184.28	257.72	100.00	116.42	851.11	340.44
3	TG Southee	200.00	188.91	247.16	86.36	91.33	813.77	325.51
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	109.76	176.03	275.66	100.00	150.00	811.44	324.57
5	Umar Gul	103.66	246.67	256.19	100.00	100.45	806.97	322.79
6	Arshdeep Singh	154.88	218.23	243.58	86.36	96.02	799.07	319.63
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	165.85	202.80	256.13	81.82	71.14	777.74	311.10
8	SL Malinga	130.49	206.95	257.23	86.36	95.04	776.08	310.43
9	AA Nortje	68.29	208.84	275.32	77.27	113.80	743.52	297.41
10	JR Hazlewood	96.34	196.50	261.32	86.36	91.12	731.65	292.66

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	Mustafizur Rahman	55	69	18.83	6.56	830.19	16.60
2	TG Southee	66	91	22.81	8.37	777.25	15.54
3	JJ Bumrah	42	48	21.35	6.94	744.98	14.90
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	43	59	19.00	7.25	717.68	14.35
5	Arshdeep Singh	34	50	22.76	9.17	673.31	13.47
6	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	33	34	26.03	7.59	654.74	13.09
7	SL Malinga	30	40	22.35	7.85	643.47	12.87
8	JR Hazlewood	22	33	21.03	8.16	604.40	12.09
9	Umar Gul	16	20	20.20	6.97	594.50	11.89
10	AA Nortje	7	6	40.00	9.23	500.00	10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	50	73	15.93	6.19	838.94	67.12
2	Umar Gul	44	65	15.98	7.29	817.16	65.37
3	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	53	56	21.32	6.57	807.89	64.63
4	Arshdeep Singh	49	77	17.71	8.06	793.78	63.50
5	AA Nortje	39	50	18.94	6.92	793.20	63.46
6	SL Malinga	53	67	19.87	7.16	758.83	60.71
7	Mustafizur Rahman	70	89	22.63	7.84	740.17	59.21
8	JR Hazlewood	37	46	21.43	7.06	729.10	58.33
9	Shaheen Shah Afridi	60	77	23.16	8.26	724.00	57.92
10	TG Southee	57	73	21.85	7.57	717.29	57.38

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

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	93	122	23.14	8.22	844.55	16.89
2	AA Nortje	28	37	19.41	7.14	749.69	14.99
3	JR Hazlewood	40	50	24.00	7.69	721.28	14.43

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Umar Gul	29	47	13.13	6.36	885.40	17.71
2	JJ Bumrah	33	50	15.68	6.17	846.47	16.93
3	Arshdeep Singh	37	62	16.32	7.93	825.67	16.51
4	SL Malinga	37	48	19.06	7.00	773.45	15.47
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	52	64	24.22	8.25	766.34	15.33
6	Mustafizur Rahman	31	39	21.10	7.21	682.62	13.65
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	36	33	25.91	6.93	665.27	13.31

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	30	42	20.19	7.34	893.94	71.52
2	JR Hazlewood	19	29	16.55	6.99	882.38	70.59
3	AA Nortje	18	19	24.68	7.52	743.25	59.46

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mustafizur Rahman	94	119	20.92	7.31	867.11	69.37
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	50	57	21.47	6.99	805.97	64.48
3	JJ Bumrah	59	71	19.77	6.73	801.94	64.16
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	51	72	18.81	7.41	770.88	61.67
5	SL Malinga	46	59	22.20	7.74	713.11	57.05
6	Arshdeep Singh	46	65	22.92	8.99	710.08	56.81
7	Umar Gul	31	38	21.74	7.98	650.17	52.01

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	JJ Bumrah	67.12	14.90	64.16	16.93	163.10
2	TG Southee	57.38	15.54	71.52	16.89	161.33
3	Mustafizur Rahman	59.21	16.60	69.37	13.65	158.84
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	64.63	13.09	64.48	13.31	155.51
5	JR Hazlewood	58.33	12.09	70.59	14.43	155.43
6	Arshdeep Singh	63.50	13.47	56.81	16.51	150.29
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	57.92	14.35	61.67	15.33	149.27
8	AA Nortje	63.46	10.00	59.46	14.99	147.91
9	Umar Gul	65.37	11.89	52.01	17.71	146.99
10	SL Malinga	60.71	12.87	57.05	15.47	146.09

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	AA Nortje	21	38	12.00	5.71	983.91	147.59
2	JJ Bumrah	26	40	13.65	5.67	936.93	140.54
3	Umar Gul	24	35	17.26	7.31	794.61	119.19
4	SL Malinga	31	38	20.08	7.43	783.68	117.55
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	22	31	19.61	7.40	766.11	114.92
6	Arshdeep Singh	22	36	17.36	7.81	741.95	111.29
7	TG Southee	25	36	17.92	7.00	736.68	110.50
8	JR Hazlewood	19	21	24.19	7.15	647.77	97.17
9	Mustafizur Rahman	19	22	20.91	6.57	638.75	95.81
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	13	8	30.38	5.98	479.82	71.97

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	JJ Bumrah	92	58	63.04	948.36	142.25
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86	53	61.63	849.85	127.48
3	Mustafizur Rahman	125	62	49.60	798.75	119.81
4	JR Hazlewood	59	36	61.02	797.94	119.69
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	53	51.46	785.65	117.85
6	AA Nortje	46	27	58.70	773.44	116.02
7	TG Southee	123	55	44.72	746.45	111.97
8	SL Malinga	83	41	49.40	703.13	105.47
9	Arshdeep Singh	83	39	46.99	686.59	102.99
10	Umar Gul	60	28	46.67	593.57	89.04

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	AA Nortje	30	44	17.23	7.16	906.77	90.68
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	30	40	16.53	6.51	897.64	89.76
3	Arshdeep Singh	30	56	16.02	8.19	895.49	89.55
4	Umar Gul	30	44	15.34	6.81	885.66	88.57
5	JJ Bumrah	30	46	16.46	6.83	875.18	87.52
6	SL Malinga	30	48	17.21	7.13	869.68	86.97
7	JR Hazlewood	30	47	16.87	7.17	866.96	86.70
8	Shaheen Shah Afridi	30	51	16.14	7.60	854.54	85.45
9	TG Southee	30	46	18.96	7.64	812.12	81.21
10	Mustafizur Rahman	30	41	19.22	7.14	805.03	80.50

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	JJ Bumrah	140.54	142.25	87.52	370.31
2	AA Nortje	147.59	116.02	90.68	354.28
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	114.92	117.85	85.45	318.22
4	SL Malinga	117.55	105.47	86.97	309.99
5	Arshdeep Singh	111.29	102.99	89.55	303.83
6	TG Southee	110.50	111.97	81.21	303.68
7	JR Hazlewood	97.17	119.69	86.70	303.55
8	Umar Gul	119.19	89.04	88.57	296.79
9	Mustafizur Rahman	95.81	119.81	80.50	296.13
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	71.97	127.48	89.76	289.21

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	JJ Bumrah	IND	342.25	163.10	370.31	875.66
2	AA Nortje	SA	297.41	147.91	354.28	799.60
3	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	340.44	158.84	296.13	795.41
4	TG Southee	NZ	325.51	161.33	303.68	790.52
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	311.10	149.27	318.22	778.58
6	Arshdeep Singh	IND	319.63	150.29	303.83	773.75
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	324.57	155.51	289.21	769.30
8	Umar Gul	PAK	322.79	146.99	296.79	766.57
9	SL Malinga	SL	310.43	146.09	309.99	766.51
10	JR Hazlewood	AUS	292.66	155.43	303.55	751.64