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Top 10 Spin Bowlers of All Time In T20Is

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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. 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 10 Spin bowlers in T20I cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
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. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts), BBI (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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 15

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 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Rashid Khan AFG 2015 2024 2019.5 96 161 200.00
1 Rashid Khan AFG 2015 2024 2019.5 96 161 200.00
2 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2006 2024 2015 126 149 185.09
3 AU Rashid ENG 2009 2025 2017 119 131 162.73
3 W Hasaranga SL 2019 2025 2022 77 131 162.73
5 MJ Santner NZ 2015 2025 2020 107 120 149.07
6 A Zampa AUS 2016 2024 2020 94 117 145.34
7 T Shamsi SA 2017 2024 2020.5 70 89 110.56
8 Saeed Ajmal PAK 2009 2015 2012 63 85 105.59
9 Kuldeep Yadav IND 2017 2024 2020.5 39 69 85.71
10 Imran Tahir SA 2013 2019 2016 38 63 78.26

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) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Imran Tahir 38 948 63 15.05 14.30 100.00
1 Imran Tahir 38 948 63 15.05 14.30 100.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav 39 971 69 14.07 14.54 98.38
3 Rashid Khan 96 2222 161 13.80 16.01 89.30
4 W Hasaranga 77 2019 131 15.41 16.34 87.53
5 Saeed Ajmal 63 1516 85 17.84 18.77 76.19
6 T Shamsi 70 1860 89 20.90 19.68 72.67
7 A Zampa 94 2457 117 21.00 21.31 67.10
8 MJ Santner 107 2661 120 22.18 22.36 63.95
9 AU Rashid 119 3190 131 24.35 23.56 60.70
10 Shakib Al Hasan 126 3117 149 20.92 23.62 60.53

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 26 622 44 14.14 14.60 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 26 622 44 14.14 14.60 150.00
2 Imran Tahir 32 810 47 17.23 16.38 133.73
3 W Hasaranga 56 1523 93 16.38 17.36 126.17
4 Saeed Ajmal 48 1159 67 17.30 18.20 120.32
5 MJ Santner 76 1956 87 22.48 22.67 96.61
6 T Shamsi 56 1477 61 24.21 22.80 96.07
7 A Zampa 72 1928 78 24.72 25.08 87.32
8 AU Rashid 97 2715 104 26.11 25.26 86.72
9 Rashid Khan 18 469 21 22.33 25.91 84.52
10 Shakib Al Hasan 64 1610 61 26.39 29.81 73.48

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 5.77 100.00
1 Rashid Khan 96 2192 2222 6.08 6.38 90.40
2 Saeed Ajmal 63 1430 1516 6.36 6.57 87.72
3 Kuldeep Yadav 39 860 971 6.77 6.66 86.54
4 Imran Tahir 38 845 948 6.73 6.67 86.39
5 MJ Santner 107 2268 2661 7.04 6.75 85.39
6 W Hasaranga 77 1734 2019 6.99 6.91 83.40
7 T Shamsi 70 1509 1860 7.40 6.92 83.34
8 A Zampa 94 2057 2457 7.17 6.96 82.84
9 AU Rashid 119 2600 3190 7.36 7.04 81.93
10 Shakib Al Hasan 126 2745 3117 6.81 7.07 81.58

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS DL Vettori 28 648 636 5.89 5.95 200.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 26 575 622 6.49 6.38 186.56
2 Saeed Ajmal 48 1098 1159 6.33 6.54 181.96
3 Imran Tahir 32 701 810 6.93 6.87 173.24
4 T Shamsi 56 1185 1477 7.48 6.99 170.22
5 MJ Santner 76 1586 1956 7.40 7.10 167.77
6 Rashid Khan 18 414 469 6.80 7.13 167.06
7 AU Rashid 97 2156 2715 7.56 7.22 164.86
8 W Hasaranga 56 1248 1523 7.32 7.24 164.35
9 Shakib Al Hasan 64 1372 1610 7.04 7.30 163.04
10 A Zampa 72 1529 1928 7.57 7.35 162.07

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 Shakib Al Hasan 5/21 4/9 4/34 3/24 3/27 3.80 95.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 5/17 5/24 3/12 3/13 3/19 3.80 95.00
3 T Shamsi 5/24 4/25 3/6 3/17 3/19 3.60 90.00
3 Imran Tahir 5/24 4/21 3/18 3/21 3/26 3.60 90.00
3 W Hasaranga 4/9 4/17 4/33 3/12 3/13 3.60 90.00
3 MJ Santner 4/11 4/16 4/31 3/12 3/15 3.60 90.00
3 Rashid Khan 4/12 4/17 4/23 3/13 3/22 3.60 90.00
3 Saeed Ajmal 4/23 4/26 4/30 3/17 3/18 3.60 90.00
3 A Zampa 5/19 4/34 3/14 3/16 3/16 3.60 90.00
10 AU Rashid 4/2 4/35 3/11 3/21 3/25 3.40 85.00

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 3.0/10 2.43 150.00
1 AU Rashid 2.2/2 4.0/11 4.0/11 4.0/14 4.0/15 2.76 131.83
2 W Hasaranga 4.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/13 2.92 124.81
3 MJ Santner 4.0/11 4.0/11 4.0/12 4.0/14 4.0/14 2.97 122.53
4 A Zampa 4.0/11 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/14 2.3/9 3.11 117.24
5 Shakib Al Hasan 3.4/9 4.0/10 4.0/13 4.0/13 2.0/8 3.11 117.08
6 T Shamsi 4.0/11 4.0/13 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.23 112.90
7 Rashid Khan 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 3.57 102.19
8 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/17 4.0/18 3.74 97.49
9 Saeed Ajmal 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/17 3.0/13 3.1/14 3.92 92.83
10 Imran Tahir 4.0/13 4.0/14 4.0/17 4.0/18 4.0/18 3.97 91.87

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 half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 W Hasaranga 162.73 213.70 247.75 90.00 124.81 838.99 419.50
2 Rashid Khan 200.00 173.83 257.46 90.00 102.19 823.47 411.73
3 Kuldeep Yadav 85.71 248.38 273.10 95.00 97.49 799.68 399.84
4 Shakib Al Hasan 185.09 134.02 244.62 95.00 117.08 775.80 387.90
5 MJ Santner 149.07 160.56 253.16 90.00 122.53 775.32 387.66
6 AU Rashid 162.73 147.42 246.79 85.00 131.83 773.77 386.89
7 Saeed Ajmal 105.59 196.52 269.68 90.00 92.83 754.62 377.31
8 Imran Tahir 78.26 233.73 259.64 90.00 91.87 753.51 376.75
9 A Zampa 145.34 154.42 244.92 90.00 117.24 751.92 375.96
10 T Shamsi 110.56 168.74 253.57 90.00 112.90 735.77 367.88

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 200.00
Away 800.00
Favourable Conditions 200.00
Unfavourable Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Shakib Al Hasan 52 69 18.16 6.56 783.40 156.68
2 Imran Tahir 14 27 12.48 6.61 758.86 151.77
3 MJ Santner 53 59 23.29 7.58 750.76 150.15
4 W Hasaranga 27 46 15.41 7.04 730.54 146.11
5 A Zampa 30 41 18.78 6.94 711.72 142.34
6 Saeed Ajmal 18 26 14.96 5.57 707.77 141.55
7 Rashid Khan 26 41 13.68 5.71 661.12 132.22
8 AU Rashid 35 41 23.51 7.65 656.01 131.20
9 Kuldeep Yadav 15 21 18.95 7.51 631.66 126.33
10 T Shamsi 29 25 35.28 8.24 565.00 113.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 70 120 13.84 6.22 857.92 686.34
2 T Shamsi 41 64 15.28 6.77 821.54 657.23
3 Kuldeep Yadav 24 48 11.94 6.34 807.79 646.23
4 W Hasaranga 50 85 15.41 6.96 798.85 639.08
5 AU Rashid 84 90 24.73 7.24 757.30 605.84
6 MJ Santner 54 61 21.10 6.54 742.59 594.07
7 A Zampa 64 76 22.20 7.28 726.46 581.17
8 Saeed Ajmal 45 59 19.10 6.69 704.01 563.21
9 Imran Tahir 24 36 16.97 6.80 679.08 543.27
10 Shakib Al Hasan 74 80 23.30 6.99 669.06 535.25

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS 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 Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 A Zampa 30 36 19.36 6.45 836.56 167.31
2 MJ Santner 29 29 23.03 6.35 808.72 161.74
3 AU Rashid 37 37 26.78 7.49 801.02 160.20
4 Imran Tahir 19 29 15.97 6.34 777.52 155.50
5 T Shamsi 19 23 19.39 6.90 757.54 151.51

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 66 114 13.00 5.85 877.78 175.56
2 W Hasaranga 50 87 14.97 6.90 846.45 169.29
3 Shakib Al Hasan 76 99 18.62 6.56 808.96 161.79
4 Saeed Ajmal 35 47 17.72 6.12 762.80 152.56
5 Kuldeep Yadav 18 25 18.56 7.37 669.32 133.86

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 MJ Santner 78 91 21.90 7.30 790.30 632.24
2 AU Rashid 82 94 23.39 7.31 786.45 629.16
3 T Shamsi 51 66 21.42 7.57 767.69 614.15
4 A Zampa 64 81 21.73 7.49 761.81 609.45
5 Imran Tahir 19 34 14.26 7.15 757.59 606.07

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Kuldeep Yadav 21 44 11.52 6.31 920.57 736.45
2 W Hasaranga 27 44 16.30 7.15 818.10 654.48
3 Rashid Khan 30 47 15.74 6.61 804.11 643.29
4 Saeed Ajmal 28 38 17.97 6.69 742.91 594.33
5 Shakib Al Hasan 50 50 25.48 7.22 721.06 576.85

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 Kuldeep Yadav 646.23 126.33 736.45 133.86 1,642.88 164.29
2 Rashid Khan 686.34 132.22 643.29 175.56 1,637.41 163.74
3 W Hasaranga 639.08 146.11 654.48 169.29 1,608.96 160.90
4 MJ Santner 594.07 150.15 632.24 161.74 1,538.20 153.82
5 T Shamsi 657.23 113.00 614.15 151.51 1,535.89 153.59
6 AU Rashid 605.84 131.20 629.16 160.20 1,526.41 152.64
7 A Zampa 581.17 142.34 609.45 167.31 1,500.27 150.03
8 Imran Tahir 543.27 151.77 606.07 155.50 1,456.61 145.66
9 Saeed Ajmal 563.21 141.55 594.33 152.56 1,451.65 145.17
10 Shakib Al Hasan 535.25 156.68 576.85 161.79 1,430.57 143.06

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 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
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 Saeed Ajmal 23 36 16.86 6.79 770.75 770.75
2 W Hasaranga 13 24 13.58 6.61 758.16 758.16
3 A Zampa 21 36 13.69 6.32 750.77 750.77
4 Rashid Khan 20 31 15.77 6.49 729.52 729.52
5 Imran Tahir 9 18 11.89 5.94 712.72 712.72
6 MJ Santner 21 25 18.72 6.34 697.75 697.75
7 AU Rashid 30 31 23.68 6.90 687.57 687.57
8 T Shamsi 12 23 13.26 6.96 678.91 678.91
9 Shakib Al Hasan 33 29 29.97 7.47 623.13 623.13
10 Kuldeep Yadav 5 10 13.90 6.95 500.00 500.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 25 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 25 44 14.27 6.54 904.78 904.78
2 Imran Tahir 25 43 14.30 6.70 889.36 889.36
3 Kuldeep Yadav 25 42 14.05 6.42 884.16 884.16
4 T Shamsi 25 34 17.21 6.16 861.50 861.50
5 Saeed Ajmal 25 41 14.71 6.34 848.23 848.23
6 AU Rashid 25 35 17.57 6.52 813.99 813.99
7 A Zampa 25 33 16.79 6.19 810.24 810.24
8 MJ Santner 25 32 19.28 6.56 781.02 781.02
9 Rashid Khan 25 35 17.11 6.18 774.39 774.39
10 Shakib Al Hasan 25 36 17.53 6.74 771.18 771.18
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: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 96 74 77.08 912.35 912.35
2 AU Rashid 119 73 61.34 856.11 856.11
3 Saeed Ajmal 63 43 68.25 802.00 802.00
4 A Zampa 94 60 63.83 789.81 789.81
5 W Hasaranga 77 50 64.94 783.99 783.99
6 Kuldeep Yadav 39 27 69.23 772.06 772.06
7 Shakib Al Hasan 126 69 54.76 748.41 748.41
8 MJ Santner 107 59 55.14 729.52 729.52
9 Imran Tahir 38 27 71.05 721.41 721.41
10 T Shamsi 70 37 52.86 629.52 629.52

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BOWLER WC TF II TOT SEC RAT
1 W Hasaranga 75.82 90.48 78.40 2,446.93 244.69
2 Saeed Ajmal 77.07 84.82 80.20 2,420.98 242.10
3 Rashid Khan 72.95 77.44 91.23 2,416.26 241.63
4 AU Rashid 68.76 81.40 85.61 2,357.67 235.77
5 A Zampa 75.08 81.02 78.98 2,350.83 235.08
6 Imran Tahir 71.27 88.94 72.14 2,323.49 232.35
7 MJ Santner 69.77 78.10 72.95 2,208.28 220.83
8 T Shamsi 67.89 86.15 62.95 2,169.94 216.99
9 Kuldeep Yadav 50.00 88.42 77.21 2,156.23 215.62
10 Shakib Al Hasan 62.31 77.12 74.84 2,142.72 214.27

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 W Hasaranga SL 419.50 160.90 244.69 825.08
2 Rashid Khan AFG 411.73 163.74 241.63 817.10
3 Kuldeep Yadav IND 399.84 164.29 215.62 779.75
4 AU Rashid ENG 386.89 152.64 235.77 775.29
5 Saeed Ajmal PAK 377.31 145.17 242.10 764.57
6 MJ Santner NZ 387.66 153.82 220.83 762.31
7 A Zampa AUS 375.96 150.03 235.08 761.07
8 Imran Tahir SA 376.75 145.66 232.35 754.76
9 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 387.90 143.06 214.27 745.23
10 T Shamsi SA 367.88 153.59 216.99 738.47

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA WI BAN SL AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA WI

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