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 Spin 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 In Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2.2. 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

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	Rashid Khan	AFG	2015	2026	2020.5	115	193	200.00
1	Rashid Khan	AFG	2015	2026	2020.5	115	193	200.00
2	AU Rashid	ENG	2009	2026	2017.5	138	163	168.91
3	W Hasaranga	SL	2019	2026	2022.5	93	154	159.59
4	A Zampa	AUS	2016	2026	2021	112	147	152.33
5	MJ Santner	NZ	2015	2026	2020.5	130	137	141.97
6	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	2017	2026	2021.5	52	95	98.45
7	T Shamsi	SA	2017	2024	2020.5	70	89	92.23
8	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	2009	2015	2012	63	85	88.08
9	BAW Mendis	SL	2008	2014	2011	39	66	68.39
10	Imran Tahir	SA	2013	2019	2016	38	63	65.28

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	Imran Tahir	38	948	63	15.05	14.46	100.00
1	Imran Tahir	38	948	63	15.05	14.46	100.00
2	Kuldeep Yadav	52	1306	95	13.75	15.01	96.31
3	BAW Mendis	39	952	66	14.42	15.43	93.72
4	Rashid Khan	115	2650	193	13.73	16.19	89.30
5	W Hasaranga	93	2473	154	16.06	16.40	88.17
6	Saeed Ajmal	63	1516	85	17.84	19.07	75.82
7	T Shamsi	70	1860	89	20.90	20.06	72.07
8	A Zampa	112	3033	147	20.63	20.59	70.22
9	AU Rashid	138	3789	163	23.25	22.57	64.07
10	MJ Santner	130	3339	137	24.37	23.48	61.58

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	41	1039	75	13.85	14.78	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	41	1039	75	13.85	14.78	150.00
2	Imran Tahir	35	880	52	16.92	16.09	137.78
3	W Hasaranga	71	1986	113	17.58	16.98	130.56
4	BAW Mendis	31	819	45	18.20	18.23	121.56
5	Rashid Khan	44	1098	62	17.71	18.37	120.66
6	Saeed Ajmal	53	1302	73	17.84	18.39	120.50
7	T Shamsi	58	1518	66	23.00	21.13	104.89
8	A Zampa	92	2531	112	22.60	21.79	101.71
9	MJ Santner	98	2590	107	24.21	22.37	99.07
10	AU Rashid	116	3247	132	24.60	23.17	95.66

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	DL Vettori	34	787	748	5.70	5.60	100.00
1	Rashid Khan	115	2630	2650	6.05	6.31	88.77
2	Saeed Ajmal	63	1430	1516	6.36	6.40	87.42
3	Imran Tahir	38	845	948	6.73	6.42	87.23
4	T Shamsi	70	1509	1860	7.40	6.45	86.80
5	Kuldeep Yadav	52	1127	1306	6.95	6.66	84.06
6	BAW Mendis	39	885	952	6.45	6.70	83.52
7	W Hasaranga	93	2112	2473	7.03	6.77	82.70
8	MJ Santner	130	2772	3339	7.23	6.81	82.19
9	AU Rashid	138	3036	3789	7.49	6.97	80.30
10	A Zampa	112	2467	3033	7.38	7.02	79.72

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	DL Vettori	30	696	683	5.89	5.69	200.00
1	T Shamsi	58	1233	1518	7.39	6.27	181.50
2	Saeed Ajmal	53	1218	1302	6.41	6.33	179.69
3	Rashid Khan	44	1032	1098	6.38	6.38	178.29
4	Kuldeep Yadav	41	907	1039	6.87	6.45	176.44
5	Imran Tahir	35	773	880	6.83	6.50	175.20
6	MJ Santner	98	2060	2590	7.54	6.91	164.66
7	BAW Mendis	31	714	819	6.88	6.94	163.93
8	AU Rashid	116	2564	3247	7.60	6.98	163.18
9	W Hasaranga	71	1596	1986	7.47	7.00	162.70
10	A Zampa	92	1991	2531	7.63	7.13	159.56

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	YS Chahal	6/25	4/23	4/52	3/18	3/20	4.00	100.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	5/17	5/24	4/30	3/12	3/13	4.00	100.00
2	BAW Mendis	6/16	4/12	3/9	3/20	3/23	3.80	95.00
2	Rashid Khan	4/12	4/17	4/18	4/23	3/13	3.80	95.00
2	A Zampa	5/19	4/24	4/34	3/14	3/16	3.80	95.00
2	W Hasaranga	4/9	4/17	4/33	4/35	3/12	3.80	95.00
6	Saeed Ajmal	4/23	4/26	4/30	3/17	3/18	3.60	90.00
6	AU Rashid	4/2	4/32	4/35	3/11	3/19	3.60	90.00
6	Imran Tahir	5/24	4/21	3/18	3/21	3/26	3.60	90.00
6	MJ Santner	4/11	4/16	4/31	3/12	3/15	3.60	90.00
6	T Shamsi	5/24	4/25	3/6	3/17	3/19	3.60	90.00

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	Mohammad Hafeez	4.0/6	2.0/4	4.0/9	4.0/11	4.0/13	2.41	150.00
1	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/11	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/14	2.59	139.50
2	W Hasaranga	4.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/13	2.84	127.12
3	MJ Santner	4.0/11	4.0/11	4.0/12	4.0/14	4.0/14	2.92	123.67
4	T Shamsi	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.01	120.09
5	A Zampa	4.0/11	4.0/12	3.0/10	4.0/14	2.3/9	3.05	118.60
6	BAW Mendis	4.0/9	3.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/16	3.17	113.97
7	Rashid Khan	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.34	108.24
8	Kuldeep Yadav	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/18	3.64	99.26
9	Imran Tahir	4.0/13	4.0/14	4.0/17	4.0/18	4.0/18	3.81	94.74
10	Saeed Ajmal	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/17	3.0/13	3.1/14	3.82	94.49

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	Rashid Khan	200.00	209.95	267.07	95.00	108.24	880.26	352.11
2	W Hasaranga	159.59	218.73	245.40	95.00	127.12	845.82	338.33
3	Kuldeep Yadav	98.45	246.31	260.49	100.00	99.26	804.51	321.80
4	AU Rashid	168.91	159.73	243.47	90.00	139.50	801.62	320.65
5	A Zampa	152.33	171.92	239.28	95.00	118.60	777.14	310.86
6	MJ Santner	141.97	160.65	246.85	90.00	123.67	763.14	305.26
7	Imran Tahir	65.28	237.78	262.43	90.00	94.74	750.24	300.10
8	T Shamsi	92.23	176.96	268.30	90.00	120.09	747.58	299.03
9	BAW Mendis	68.39	215.28	247.45	95.00	113.97	740.09	296.03
10	Saeed Ajmal	88.08	196.32	267.12	90.00	94.49	736.01	294.40

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	Rashid Khan	64	114	12.76	5.88	887.98	17.76
2	Imran Tahir	14	27	12.48	6.61	739.69	14.79
3	W Hasaranga	32	54	16.04	7.24	735.53	14.71
4	MJ Santner	59	65	23.86	7.60	718.34	14.37
5	Saeed Ajmal	18	26	14.96	5.57	712.39	14.25
6	BAW Mendis	13	26	12.73	6.49	708.22	14.16
7	A Zampa	34	49	18.73	7.23	691.82	13.84
8	Kuldeep Yadav	19	27	19.11	7.82	640.86	12.82
9	AU Rashid	40	47	24.40	7.97	635.58	12.71
10	T Shamsi	29	25	35.28	8.24	577.01	11.54

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	33	68	11.62	6.48	827.76	66.22
2	T Shamsi	41	64	15.28	6.77	810.62	64.85
3	AU Rashid	98	116	22.78	7.30	810.24	64.82
4	W Hasaranga	61	100	16.07	6.92	806.23	64.50
5	A Zampa	78	98	21.58	7.44	748.03	59.84
6	Rashid Khan	51	79	15.13	6.26	740.55	59.24
7	MJ Santner	71	72	24.83	6.93	718.16	57.45
8	Saeed Ajmal	45	59	19.10	6.69	691.49	55.32
9	Imran Tahir	24	36	16.97	6.80	668.70	53.50
10	BAW Mendis	26	40	15.53	6.44	643.59	51.49

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 In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Zampa	37	49	18.04	6.63	850.93	17.02
2	AU Rashid	48	55	23.82	7.49	840.17	16.80
3	MJ Santner	41	36	28.64	6.96	768.84	15.38
4	Imran Tahir	19	29	15.97	6.34	703.06	14.06
5	T Shamsi	19	23	19.39	6.90	687.84	13.76

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Rashid Khan	83	143	13.20	5.88	917.24	18.34
2	W Hasaranga	66	110	15.96	6.98	860.85	17.22
3	Saeed Ajmal	35	47	17.72	6.12	776.66	15.53
4	Kuldeep Yadav	30	49	15.39	7.24	769.30	15.39
5	BAW Mendis	20	34	15.82	7.03	674.89	13.50

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AU Rashid	90	108	22.95	7.49	788.79	63.10
2	T Shamsi	51	66	21.42	7.57	767.75	61.42
3	MJ Santner	89	101	22.85	7.35	762.86	61.03
4	Imran Tahir	19	34	14.26	7.15	756.16	60.49
5	A Zampa	75	98	21.93	7.73	749.04	59.92

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	22	46	12.00	6.60	878.94	70.32
2	Rashid Khan	32	50	15.24	6.51	809.68	64.77
3	W Hasaranga	27	44	16.30	7.15	806.27	64.50
4	BAW Mendis	19	32	12.94	5.83	769.75	61.58
5	Saeed Ajmal	28	38	17.97	6.69	715.42	57.23

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	Kuldeep Yadav	66.22	12.82	70.32	15.39	164.74
2	W Hasaranga	64.50	14.71	64.50	17.22	160.93
3	Rashid Khan	59.24	17.76	64.77	18.34	160.12
4	AU Rashid	64.82	12.71	63.10	16.80	157.44
5	T Shamsi	64.85	11.54	61.42	13.76	151.57
6	A Zampa	59.84	13.84	59.92	17.02	150.62
7	MJ Santner	57.45	14.37	61.03	15.38	148.22
8	Imran Tahir	53.50	14.79	60.49	14.06	142.84
9	Saeed Ajmal	55.32	14.25	57.23	15.53	142.33
10	BAW Mendis	51.49	14.16	61.58	13.50	140.73

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	A Zampa	25	44	13.84	6.53	835.76	125.36
2	AU Rashid	38	44	22.36	7.18	806.46	120.97
3	BAW Mendis	21	35	15.03	6.70	806.16	120.92
4	Rashid Khan	24	37	16.11	6.53	786.84	118.03
5	Saeed Ajmal	23	36	16.86	6.79	770.76	115.61
6	W Hasaranga	14	27	13.00	6.58	745.93	111.89
7	T Shamsi	12	23	13.26	6.96	707.14	106.07
8	Imran Tahir	9	18	11.89	5.94	697.08	104.56
9	MJ Santner	28	27	24.19	6.41	684.71	102.71
10	Kuldeep Yadav	6	11	13.91	6.65	636.16	95.42

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	Rashid Khan	115	88	76.52	931.85	139.78
2	AU Rashid	138	84	60.87	806.74	121.01
3	Imran Tahir	38	27	71.05	757.94	113.69
4	A Zampa	112	66	58.93	754.21	113.13
5	Kuldeep Yadav	52	36	69.23	731.69	109.75
6	Saeed Ajmal	63	42	66.67	722.98	108.45
7	W Hasaranga	93	57	61.29	719.99	108.00
8	MJ Santner	130	68	52.31	680.31	102.05
9	BAW Mendis	39	25	64.10	606.89	91.03
10	T Shamsi	70	37	52.86	597.70	89.65

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	W Hasaranga	30	52	14.35	6.72	907.59	90.76
2	Kuldeep Yadav	30	53	13.77	6.53	899.79	89.98
3	Imran Tahir	30	50	14.38	6.43	897.41	89.74
4	T Shamsi	30	42	17.26	6.73	867.77	86.78
5	BAW Mendis	30	45	16.71	6.54	836.97	83.70
6	Saeed Ajmal	30	46	15.67	6.32	827.19	82.72
7	Rashid Khan	30	45	15.76	6.06	823.38	82.34
8	AU Rashid	30	41	18.88	7.14	801.78	80.18
9	MJ Santner	30	37	18.78	6.44	798.92	79.89
10	A Zampa	30	37	18.92	6.58	754.07	75.41

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	Rashid Khan	118.03	139.78	82.34	340.14
2	AU Rashid	120.97	121.01	80.18	322.16
3	A Zampa	125.36	113.13	75.41	313.90
4	W Hasaranga	111.89	108.00	90.76	310.65
5	Imran Tahir	104.56	113.69	89.74	307.99
6	Saeed Ajmal	115.61	108.45	82.72	306.78
7	BAW Mendis	120.92	91.03	83.70	295.65
8	Kuldeep Yadav	95.42	109.75	89.98	295.15
9	MJ Santner	102.71	102.05	79.89	284.65
10	T Shamsi	106.07	89.65	86.78	282.50

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	Rashid Khan	AFG	352.11	160.12	340.14	852.37
2	W Hasaranga	SL	338.33	160.93	310.65	809.90
3	AU Rashid	ENG	320.65	157.44	322.16	800.24
4	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	321.80	164.74	295.15	781.70
5	A Zampa	AUS	310.86	150.62	313.90	775.38
6	Imran Tahir	SA	300.10	142.84	307.99	750.93
7	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	294.40	142.33	306.78	743.52
8	MJ Santner	NZ	305.26	148.22	284.65	738.13
9	T Shamsi	SA	299.03	151.57	282.50	733.10
10	BAW Mendis	SL	296.03	140.73	295.65	732.42