Test Spin Bowlers With Best BBI by Strike Rate Featured

Top 50 Test Spin Bowlers With Best BBI By SR

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All Test Stats on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Strike Rate of a bowler. Best Bowling By Strike Rate (BBS) is simply the Relative SR of the bowler in the 7 Inns. Only 3+ Wkt performaces are counted in this criteria.

CONTENTS
1. QUALIFICATION
2. TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH BEST BBS IN TEST CRICKET
3. BRIEF EXPLANATION
3.1. Dynamic Nature
3.2. Top Teams (TT)
3.3. Abbreviations

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (Top Teams) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH BEST BBS IN TEST CRICKET

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is a more accurate type of SR. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active
RANK BOWLER NAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BBS
1 M Muralitharan SL 4/5.2 5/7.3 6/10.0 6/10.4 5/9.4 8/16.2 6/13.0 11.52
2 SK Warne AUS 4/6.5 3/5.1 3/6.5 7/16.1 4/10.2 4/11.0 5/14.0 13.42
3 NM Lyon AUS 3/3.0 3/5.3 3/6.0 4/8.1 3/7.3 3/8.0 4/11.0 13.67
4 GAR Lock ENG 5/11.3 4/9.3 6/16.0 3/8.3 4/12.3 7/24.0 5/21.0 15.59
5 R Ashwin IND 7/13.5 4/8.0 4/8.0 6/12.4 6/13.4 5/12.0 6/16.3 16.03
6 RA Jadeja IND 7/12.1 4/9.0 5/11.5 5/12.0 5/12.4 5/13.0 5/13.5 16.92
7 GP Swann ENG 3/5.0 4/7.0 4/8.0 4/9.0 5/13.5 4/14.0 5/21.0 17.25
8 KA Maharaj SA 7/10.0 7/12.0 4/10.4 5/16.4 3/10.0 6/20.2 5/17.3 17.32
9 SCG MacGill AUS 3/6.0 4/9.1 3/7.0 5/13.1 7/20.1 5/15.0 3/11.0 17.66
10 Harbhajan Singh IND 5/4.3 4/7.2 5/10.5 7/22.2 4/14.0 5/19.3 4/15.5 17.78
11 A Kumble IND 4/8.0 7/17.3 10/26.3 5/14.0 3/9.2 6/21.0 6/22.4 17.80
12 Danish Kaneria PAK 3/6.0 6/13.0 3/6.4 6/15.0 7/19.4 5/20.0 5/20.3 18.35
13 DL Underwood ENG 6/15.4 5/14.0 6/21.0 4/14.0 5/18.0 5/18.4 6/26.0 18.42
14 HMRKB Herath SL 7/18.1 4/11.0 8/23.0 4/11.3 4/11.3 7/21.0 6/18.0 19.03
15 R Benaud AUS 4/3.5 3/3.4 3/10.5 7/29.3 6/29.0 3/14.3 5/24.2 19.59
16 Abdul Qadir PAK 6/9.3 4/15.0 9/37.0 5/20.5 3/12.4 3/13.0 4/19.0 19.66
17 PR Adams SA 5/12.3 4/12.1 3/9.2 6/19.1 3/10.5 5/18.4 4/20.0 19.94
18 LR Gibbs WI 6/19.0 3/9.5 6/22.2 3/13.3 3/13.5 3/14.0 3/14.0 20.23
19 Maninder Singh IND 7/17.4 7/18.2 4/12.3 4/16.3 4/17.1 3/19.0 3/20.0 20.72
20 BS Chandrasekhar IND 6/18.1 6/18.5 5/20.5 6/26.4 3/14.0 4/20.0 3/15.0 21.26
21 MS Panesar ENG 3/7.4 6/17.0 5/16.0 6/22.0 4/16.4 3/14.0 5/24.0 21.55
22 MM Ali ENG 6/15.0 5/16.0 4/13.0 6/20.4 4/15.0 5/19.5 5/19.5 22.16
23 JG Bracewell NZ 6/17.4 6/22.0 3/11.0 4/16.0 3/16.1 6/34.2 4/28.0 22.37
24 AA Mallett AUS 4/7.0 8/31.4 3/12.0 5/25.0 6/32.3 4/22.1 4/22.3 22.52
25 Mushtaq Mohammad PAK 5/10.5 3/8.3 3/11.3 5/24.0 4/20.0 3/15.0 5/29.2 22.55
26 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 4/11.0 6/17.0 4/12.4 4/13.0 5/18.0 3/11.0 7/25.5 22.67
27 Mehedi Hasan Miraz BAN 4/6.4 7/16.0 4/11.5 6/21.3 5/18.1 3/11.0 5/19.0 22.68
28 DL Vettori NZ 4/12.1 4/13.5 6/22.0 5/19.0 6/25.0 5/22.3 3/14.0 23.19
29 EAS Prasanna IND 4/10.0 5/18.2 8/30.4 5/23.0 5/24.2 4/19.5 6/31.0 23.25
30 Abdur Rehman PAK 6/10.1 3/6.2 4/13.0 3/12.0 5/21.0 3/15.0 4/24.3 23.37
31 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 3/7.3 3/9.0 5/18.3 5/23.0 3/14.0 7/34.4 6/30.0 23.40
32 ST Jayasuriya SL 4/8.3 3/7.0 5/14.1 4/12.4 4/18.0 5/29.0 3/18.0 23.42
33 BS Bedi IND 5/16.4 6/21.3 5/18.3 5/23.0 6/30.5 3/16.0 4/21.3 23.60
34 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 5/13.5 5/16.4 7/25.5 4/15.5 6/24.0 4/19.0 5/24.0 23.99
35 NS Yadav IND 3/8.0 4/12.0 5/19.1 3/13.0 3/15.4 4/21.0 4/22.5 24.09
36 D Bishoo WI 8/13.5 4/9.0 3/11.0 3/14.0 5/24.0 5/25.0 4/21.0 24.12
37 Taijul Islam BAN 6/11.2 8/16.5 5/17.0 3/10.2 3/11.0 5/19.2 6/27.1 24.12
38 MJ Santner NZ 3/3.0 7/19.3 4/14.2 3/11.0 4/17.1 6/29.0 3/16.0 24.14
39 Yasir Shah PAK 8/12.3 6/21.4 5/21.0 7/30.1 4/17.2 4/17.3 4/18.0 24.18
40 PCR Tufnell ENG 6/14.3 4/13.1 7/34.3 3/16.0 3/17.0 7/46.1 5/34.3 24.89
41 MDK Perera SL 6/14.0 4/12.5 4/15.0 3/11.2 6/23.0 5/19.5 4/19.2 25.24
42 S Ramadhin WI 4/10.0 6/21.2 7/31.0 5/24.5 5/26.0 5/36.4 3/23.3 25.43
43 RJ Shastri IND 3/3.0 4/11.0 4/18.0 4/24.0 4/24.0 5/30.4 4/25.0 25.56
44 PH Edmonds ENG 4/8.0 4/15.1 5/20.0 7/44.0 4/26.0 3/19.4 4/28.0 25.61
45 SLV Raju IND 6/17.5 3/11.4 5/21.0 5/23.5 3/15.0 6/32.3 3/27.0 25.98
46 RL Chase WI 3/3.0 4/8.2 3/6.5 8/21.4 5/28.5 4/26.2 5/36.1 26.32
47 Saeed Ajmal PAK 7/24.3 6/23.5 3/12.2 4/16.4 4/18.1 7/32.3 3/15.0 26.58
48 JD Higgs AUS 4/8.0 4/16.1 4/18.0 3/16.5 7/41.3 4/24.5 3/24.0 26.61
49 RB Simpson AUS 4/11.4 5/20.0 3/14.0 5/30.4 3/18.4 4/28.0 3/26.4 27.03
50 FJ Titmus ENG 4/19.0 4/19.5 4/20.0 5/26.0 4/21.0 4/23.1 4/26.0 27.08

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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