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). It is to be noted that 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. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in T20I cricket in all matches.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

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 (WKTS)

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. WORLD CUP

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts), BBI (Eco)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form Home, Top Form Away, World Cup

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)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
The top teams are calculated by decades.
A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	20
Min Wickets (TS AVE)	25
Min Balls (TS ECO)	500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	2006	2022	2014	107	128	200.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	2006	2022	2014	107	128	200.00
2	Shadab Khan	PAK	2017	2022	2019.5	80	98	153.13
3	AU Rashid	ENG	2009	2022	2015.5	88	93	145.31
4	W Hasaranga	SL	2019	2023	2021	53	89	139.06
4	MJ Santner	NZ	2015	2022	2018.5	79	89	139.06
6	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	2009	2015	2012	63	85	132.81
7	T Shamsi	SA	2017	2022	2019.5	59	73	114.06
8	Ajantha Mendis	SL	2008	2014	2011	39	66	103.13
9	Imran Tahir	SA	2013	2019	2016	38	63	98.44
10	GP Swann	ENG	2008	2012	2010	38	51	79.69

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	24	617	44	14.02	13.98	150.00
1	Imran Tahir	38	948	63	15.05	14.30	146.61
2	W Hasaranga	53	1345	89	15.11	15.79	132.78
3	Ajantha Mendis	39	952	66	14.42	16.10	130.19
4	GP Swann	38	859	51	16.84	16.34	128.28
5	T Shamsi	59	1534	73	21.01	18.29	114.61
6	Saeed Ajmal	63	1516	85	17.84	18.77	111.68
7	Shadab Khan	80	2105	98	21.48	20.80	100.78
8	MJ Santner	79	1953	89	21.94	21.58	97.13
9	AU Rashid	88	2378	93	25.57	23.63	88.73
10	Shakib Al Hasan	107	2716	128	21.22	23.78	88.16

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	22	580	37	15.68	15.62	150.00
1	Imran Tahir	35	880	52	16.92	16.08	145.72
2	GP Swann	37	837	49	17.08	16.57	141.40
3	W Hasaranga	41	1087	68	15.99	16.70	140.33
4	Saeed Ajmal	53	1302	73	17.84	18.77	124.84
5	T Shamsi	51	1304	57	22.88	19.92	117.68
6	Ajantha Mendis	31	819	45	18.20	20.32	115.34
7	MJ Santner	64	1584	76	20.84	20.50	114.32
8	Shadab Khan	59	1567	68	23.04	22.32	105.01
9	AU Rashid	83	2233	90	24.81	22.93	102.22
10	Shakib Al Hasan	69	1750	73	23.97	26.87	87.23

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	DL Vettori	34	787	748	5.70	5.77	150.00
1	GP Swann	38	810	859	6.36	6.48	133.43
2	Saeed Ajmal	63	1430	1516	6.36	6.57	131.57
3	Imran Tahir	38	845	948	6.73	6.67	129.59
4	T Shamsi	59	1288	1534	7.15	6.78	127.55
5	Ajantha Mendis	39	885	952	6.45	6.78	127.48
6	MJ Santner	79	1646	1953	7.12	6.86	126.10
7	W Hasaranga	53	1186	1345	6.80	6.88	125.68
8	Shadab Khan	80	1795	2105	7.04	6.92	125.04
9	Shakib Al Hasan	107	2385	2716	6.83	7.11	121.60
10	AU Rashid	88	1922	2378	7.42	7.20	120.15

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	DL Vettori	30	696	683	5.89	5.95	150.00
1	GP Swann	37	786	837	6.39	6.51	137.20
2	Saeed Ajmal	53	1218	1302	6.41	6.63	134.72
3	Imran Tahir	35	773	880	6.83	6.77	131.86
4	T Shamsi	51	1096	1304	7.14	6.77	131.82
5	MJ Santner	64	1322	1584	7.19	6.93	128.93
6	Shadab Khan	59	1317	1567	7.14	7.02	127.25
7	AU Rashid	83	1808	2233	7.41	7.19	124.27
8	W Hasaranga	41	916	1087	7.12	7.20	124.01
9	Ajantha Mendis	31	714	819	6.88	7.23	123.44
10	Shakib Al Hasan	69	1498	1750	7.01	7.30	122.39

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top 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	YS Chahal	6/25	4/23	4/52	3/20	3/25	4.00	100.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	5/21	4/9	4/34	3/24	3/27	3.80	95.00
1	Ajantha Mendis	6/16	4/12	3/9	3/20	3/23	3.80	95.00
3	Imran Tahir	5/24	4/21	3/18	3/21	3/26	3.60	90.00
3	T Shamsi	5/24	4/25	3/17	3/19	3/20	3.60	90.00
3	Saeed Ajmal	4/23	4/26	4/30	3/17	3/18	3.60	90.00
6	MJ Santner	4/11	4/31	3/12	3/15	3/19	3.40	85.00
6	W Hasaranga	4/9	4/33	3/12	3/17	3/20	3.40	85.00
6	Shadab Khan	4/14	4/26	3/7	3/17	3/19	3.40	85.00
6	AU Rashid	4/2	4/35	3/11	3/21	3/25	3.40	85.00
10	GP Swann	3/13	3/14	3/24	2/14	2/17	2.60	65.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against top 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	3.0/10	3.0/11	2.58	100.00
1	W Hasaranga	4.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	3.0/12	3.09	83.65
2	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/11	4.0/15	3.0/12	4.0/16	3.13	82.43
3	Ajantha Mendis	4.0/9	3.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/16	3.21	80.48
4	MJ Santner	4.0/11	4.0/12	4.0/14	4.0/15	4.0/15	3.23	80.01
5	T Shamsi	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.27	78.88
6	Shadab Khan	4.0/7	4.0/14	4.0/14	4.0/16	3.5/16	3.32	77.76
7	Shakib Al Hasan	3.4/9	4.0/10	4.0/13	2.0/8	4.0/17	3.36	76.89
8	GP Swann	4.0/13	4.0/14	4.0/14	2.0/8	4.0/16	3.68	70.20
9	Saeed Ajmal	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/17	3.0/13	3.1/14	3.92	65.79
10	Imran Tahir	4.0/13	4.0/14	4.0/17	4.0/18	4.0/18	3.97	65.11

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	139.06	273.11	249.70	85.00	83.65	830.52	415.26
2	Imran Tahir	98.44	292.33	261.45	90.00	65.11	807.33	403.66
3	Saeed Ajmal	132.81	236.52	266.29	90.00	65.79	791.41	395.70
4	Shakib Al Hasan	200.00	175.40	243.99	95.00	76.89	791.28	395.64
5	Ajantha Mendis	103.13	245.53	250.92	95.00	80.48	775.05	387.53
6	T Shamsi	114.06	232.29	259.37	90.00	78.88	774.60	387.30
7	Shadab Khan	153.13	205.79	252.29	85.00	77.76	773.96	386.98
8	MJ Santner	139.06	211.45	255.04	85.00	80.01	770.56	385.28
9	GP Swann	79.69	269.68	270.64	65.00	70.20	755.21	377.60
10	AU Rashid	145.31	190.95	244.41	85.00	82.43	748.10	374.05

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for spin bowlers and In Asia for pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite. 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. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Imran Tahir	14	27	12.48	6.61	797.54	199.39
2	Shadab Khan	37	46	20.63	6.85	735.33	183.83
3	Shakib Al Hasan	42	52	20.31	6.67	729.37	182.34
4	Saeed Ajmal	18	26	14.96	5.57	728.93	182.23
5	Ajantha Mendis	13	26	12.73	6.49	728.68	182.17
6	MJ Santner	41	45	23.09	7.63	712.34	178.09
7	AU Rashid	27	33	22.24	7.57	666.65	166.66
8	W Hasaranga	13	20	16.90	7.09	661.47	165.37
9	GP Swann	16	17	21.06	6.39	638.44	159.61
10	T Shamsi	23	20	34.20	7.86	568.26	142.07

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	T Shamsi	36	53	16.04	6.66	822.45	822.45
2	W Hasaranga	40	69	14.59	6.71	806.36	806.36
3	GP Swann	22	34	14.74	6.34	743.02	743.02
4	Saeed Ajmal	45	59	19.10	6.69	739.87	739.87
5	MJ Santner	38	44	20.77	6.62	735.50	735.50
6	Shakib Al Hasan	65	76	21.84	6.94	703.81	703.81
7	Imran Tahir	24	36	16.97	6.80	703.52	703.52
8	Shadab Khan	43	52	22.23	7.20	701.80	701.80
9	AU Rashid	61	60	27.40	7.36	695.08	695.08
10	Ajantha Mendis	26	40	15.53	6.44	676.61	676.61

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AU Rashid	29	30	26.10	7.50	812.50	203.12
2	Imran Tahir	19	29	15.97	6.34	807.08	201.77
3	GP Swann	11	18	12.33	5.55	805.93	201.48
4	T Shamsi	19	23	19.39	6.90	780.64	195.16
5	MJ Santner	21	21	23.19	6.57	762.27	190.57

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	W Hasaranga	35	59	15.24	6.83	829.90	207.47
2	Saeed Ajmal	35	47	17.72	6.12	777.81	194.45
3	Shakib Al Hasan	66	82	20.07	6.63	761.01	190.25
4	Shadab Khan	39	49	20.22	6.76	719.16	179.79
5	Ajantha Mendis	20	34	15.82	7.03	675.49	168.87

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Imran Tahir	19	34	14.26	7.15	789.98	789.98
2	MJ Santner	58	68	21.56	7.32	764.07	764.07
3	T Shamsi	40	50	21.76	7.25	746.32	746.32
4	AU Rashid	59	63	25.32	7.38	718.54	718.54
5	GP Swann	27	33	19.30	6.71	682.66	682.66

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shadab Khan	41	49	22.73	7.30	882.79	882.79
2	Ajantha Mendis	19	32	12.94	5.83	829.68	829.68
3	Saeed Ajmal	28	38	17.97	6.69	803.36	803.36
4	Shakib Al Hasan	41	46	23.26	7.17	790.40	790.40
5	W Hasaranga	18	30	14.87	6.76	764.18	764.18

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	Shadab Khan	701.80	183.83	882.79	179.79	1,948.22	194.82
2	W Hasaranga	806.36	165.37	764.18	207.47	1,943.39	194.34
3	Saeed Ajmal	739.87	182.23	803.36	194.45	1,919.92	191.99
4	T Shamsi	822.45	142.07	746.32	195.16	1,906.00	190.60
5	Imran Tahir	703.52	199.39	789.98	201.77	1,894.65	189.47
6	MJ Santner	735.50	178.09	764.07	190.57	1,868.23	186.82
7	Shakib Al Hasan	703.81	182.34	790.40	190.25	1,866.81	186.68
8	Ajantha Mendis	676.61	182.17	829.68	168.87	1,857.33	185.73
9	GP Swann	743.02	159.61	682.66	201.48	1,786.77	178.68
10	AU Rashid	695.08	166.66	718.54	203.12	1,783.41	178.34

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And World Cup

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 15 consecutive innings of a bowlers against Top Teams such that his Rating Points are Maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. World Cup Rating gives points for performances in World Cups. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
WORLD CUP – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Imran Tahir	13	22	14.27	6.68	860.51	430.25
2	Shadab Khan	15	24	16.00	6.53	842.36	421.18
3	Saeed Ajmal	15	21	14.76	5.34	819.29	409.64
4	AU Rashid	15	23	17.70	7.27	801.02	400.51
5	Shakib Al Hasan	15	22	16.73	6.51	790.97	395.48
6	Ajantha Mendis	12	20	16.15	6.87	782.06	391.03
7	MJ Santner	15	23	17.35	8.03	773.85	386.92
8	W Hasaranga	13	20	16.90	7.09	766.90	383.45
9	GP Swann	15	15	22.27	6.30	667.71	333.85
10	T Shamsi	15	15	27.87	7.33	649.46	324.73

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	W Hasaranga	15	31	11.48	6.03	919.61	919.61
2	T Shamsi	15	23	13.39	5.40	876.90	876.90
3	Imran Tahir	15	25	14.36	6.32	801.39	801.39
4	GP Swann	15	24	13.54	5.91	800.21	800.21
5	Saeed Ajmal	15	26	14.96	6.86	797.99	797.99
6	MJ Santner	15	21	16.05	6.02	766.53	766.53
7	Shadab Khan	15	22	18.59	7.09	741.65	741.65
8	Ajantha Mendis	15	22	15.73	6.07	736.15	736.15
9	AU Rashid	15	22	17.68	6.78	729.18	729.18
10	Shakib Al Hasan	15	17	22.06	6.92	593.39	593.39

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Ajantha Mendis	21	35	15.03	6.70	836.17	836.17
2	Saeed Ajmal	23	36	16.86	6.79	799.70	799.70
3	Imran Tahir	9	18	11.89	5.94	684.74	684.74
4	MJ Santner	17	21	18.67	6.52	676.39	676.39
5	W Hasaranga	10	18	13.72	6.50	673.02	673.02
6	GP Swann	15	22	16.27	6.51	672.01	672.01
7	Shakib Al Hasan	27	26	28.42	7.46	638.38	638.38
8	AU Rashid	22	21	26.10	7.00	623.58	623.58
9	Shadab Khan	13	20	15.15	6.18	613.21	613.21
10	T Shamsi	7	12	14.75	6.56	508.45	508.45

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	TF HM	TF AW	WC	TOT	SEC RAT
1	Saeed Ajmal	409.64	797.99	799.70	2,007.33	200.73
2	W Hasaranga	383.45	919.61	673.02	1,976.09	197.61
3	Ajantha Mendis	391.03	736.15	836.17	1,963.35	196.33
4	Imran Tahir	430.25	801.39	684.74	1,916.38	191.64
5	MJ Santner	386.92	766.53	676.39	1,829.85	182.98
6	GP Swann	333.85	800.21	672.01	1,806.07	180.61
7	Shadab Khan	421.18	741.65	613.21	1,776.04	177.60
8	AU Rashid	400.51	729.18	623.58	1,753.27	175.33
9	T Shamsi	324.73	876.90	508.45	1,710.08	171.01
10	Shakib Al Hasan	395.48	593.39	638.38	1,627.25	162.72

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	W Hasaranga	SL	415.26	194.34	197.61	807.21
2	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	395.70	191.99	200.73	788.43
3	Imran Tahir	SA	403.66	189.47	191.64	784.77
4	Ajantha Mendis	SL	387.53	185.73	196.33	769.59
5	Shadab Khan	PAK	386.98	194.82	177.60	759.41
6	MJ Santner	NZ	385.28	186.82	182.98	755.09
7	T Shamsi	SA	387.30	190.60	171.01	748.91
8	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	395.64	186.68	162.72	745.05
9	GP Swann	ENG	377.60	178.68	180.61	736.89
10	AU Rashid	ENG	374.05	178.34	175.33	727.72