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 West Indian 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

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non 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

Nations Filter

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from West Indies.

The Rating of the players from West Indies remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from West Indies.

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	JO Holder	WI	2014	2026	2020	92	108	131.71
2	R Shepherd	WI	2020	2026	2023	72	81	98.78
3	DJ Bravo	WI	2006	2021	2013.5	77	78	95.12
4	AS Joseph	WI	2022	2025	2023.5	44	62	75.61
5	AD Russell	WI	2011	2025	2018	75	61	74.39
6	SS Cotterell	WI	2014	2023	2018.5	44	52	63.41
6	OC McCoy	WI	2019	2025	2022	42	52	63.41
8	DJG Sammy	WI	2007	2017	2012	59	44	53.66
9	KA Pollard	WI	2008	2022	2015	63	42	51.22
10	JE Taylor	WI	2006	2018	2012	30	33	40.24

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	SS Cotterell	44	1245	52	23.94	23.72	74.94
2	OC McCoy	42	1202	52	23.12	24.19	73.48
3	AS Joseph	44	1525	62	24.60	25.46	69.82
4	DJG Sammy	59	1116	44	25.36	25.83	68.83
5	DJ Bravo	77	2036	78	26.10	26.92	66.04
6	JO Holder	92	2919	108	27.03	27.01	65.80
7	JE Taylor	30	863	33	26.15	27.43	64.81
8	R Shepherd	72	2223	81	27.44	27.79	63.97
9	KA Pollard	63	1188	42	28.29	28.08	63.30
10	AD Russell	75	1919	61	31.46	32.35	54.95

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	OC McCoy	33	972	44	22.09	22.69	113.48
2	SS Cotterell	32	940	36	26.11	24.15	106.64
3	AS Joseph	33	1186	47	25.23	24.69	104.30
4	JE Taylor	27	779	30	25.97	26.37	97.67
5	DJ Bravo	59	1608	60	26.80	26.58	96.90
6	JO Holder	74	2445	82	29.82	28.69	89.75
7	R Shepherd	63	1987	67	29.66	29.06	88.63
8	KA Pollard	51	995	32	31.09	29.54	87.19
9	DJG Sammy	47	858	28	30.64	29.98	85.91
10	AD Russell	56	1508	43	35.07	34.19	75.32

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	DJG Sammy	59	916	1116	7.31	7.58	83.77
2	SS Cotterell	44	918	1245	8.14	7.79	81.48
3	DJ Bravo	77	1505	2036	8.12	8.27	76.83
4	KA Pollard	63	856	1188	8.33	8.30	76.49
5	JO Holder	92	2013	2919	8.70	8.34	76.14
6	OC McCoy	42	826	1202	8.73	8.49	74.76
7	AS Joseph	44	990	1525	9.24	8.80	72.17
8	JE Taylor	30	600	863	8.63	8.85	71.76
9	AD Russell	75	1221	1919	9.43	9.26	68.60
10	R Shepherd	72	1332	2223	10.01	9.48	67.02

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	DJG Sammy	47	697	858	7.39	7.45	177.04
2	SS Cotterell	32	665	940	8.48	7.85	167.95
3	DJ Bravo	59	1158	1608	8.33	8.30	158.94
4	KA Pollard	51	688	995	8.68	8.47	155.58
5	JO Holder	74	1610	2445	9.11	8.53	154.56
6	OC McCoy	33	643	972	9.07	8.66	152.20
7	JE Taylor	27	540	779	8.66	8.78	150.15
8	AS Joseph	33	744	1186	9.56	8.85	148.97
9	AD Russell	56	913	1508	9.91	9.47	139.30
10	R Shepherd	63	1158	1987	10.30	9.60	137.34

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	JO Holder	5/27	4/7	4/19	4/26	3/31	4.00	90.91
1	OC McCoy	6/17	4/22	4/26	3/14	3/25	4.00	90.91
3	DJ Bravo	4/19	4/28	4/38	3/25	3/37	3.60	81.82
3	AS Joseph	5/40	4/19	3/21	3/39	3/54	3.60	81.82
5	R Shepherd	4/31	3/15	3/21	3/29	3/36	3.20	72.73
6	SS Cotterell	4/28	3/28	3/28	3/29	2/20	3.00	68.18
7	DJG Sammy	4/16	3/21	3/22	2/6	2/16	2.80	63.64
7	AD Russell	3/19	3/31	3/42	3/43	2/10	2.80	63.64
9	JE Taylor	3/6	3/14	3/30	2/29	2/29	2.60	59.09
10	KA Pollard	3/30	2/6	2/17	2/22	2/29	2.20	50.00

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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/4	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	1.87	150.00
1	DJG Sammy	2.0/6	4.0/14	4.0/16	4.0/16	2.0/9	3.95	70.98
2	JO Holder	3.4/7	4.0/19	4.0/19	4.0/19	4.0/20	4.09	68.54
3	JE Taylor	3.0/6	4.0/14	3.0/16	4.0/24	2.0/13	4.68	59.98
4	SS Cotterell	2.0/5	2.0/5	4.0/20	4.0/24	4.0/25	4.73	59.34
5	AD Russell	2.1/10	4.0/19	4.0/19	3.0/15	4.0/21	4.80	58.42
6	OC McCoy	4.0/17	3.0/14	3.0/15	4.0/22	2.0/12	4.86	57.69
7	AS Joseph	4.0/17	4.0/19	4.0/21	4.0/21	4.0/25	4.90	57.23
8	KA Pollard	2.0/7	2.0/10	2.0/11	2.0/11	4.0/22	5.07	55.37
9	DJ Bravo	4.0/19	4.0/20	4.0/20	4.0/20	3.0/17	5.15	54.54
10	R Shepherd	4.0/15	4.0/22	4.0/23	3.0/20	2.0/14	5.23	53.63

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	JO Holder	131.71	155.55	230.70	90.91	68.54	677.40	270.96
2	DJ Bravo	95.12	162.94	235.77	81.82	54.54	630.19	252.07
3	OC McCoy	63.41	186.96	226.96	90.91	57.69	625.93	250.37
4	SS Cotterell	63.41	181.57	249.43	68.18	59.34	621.94	248.77
5	AS Joseph	75.61	174.12	221.14	81.82	57.23	609.92	243.97
6	DJG Sammy	53.66	154.74	260.81	63.64	70.98	603.82	241.53
7	R Shepherd	98.78	152.60	204.36	72.73	53.63	582.11	232.84
8	JE Taylor	40.24	162.48	221.91	59.09	59.98	543.70	217.48
9	KA Pollard	51.22	150.49	232.07	50.00	55.37	539.15	215.66
10	AD Russell	74.39	130.27	207.90	63.64	58.42	534.61	213.85

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	OC McCoy	33	47	19.66	8.39	662.03	13.24
2	DJG Sammy	25	28	15.82	6.36	659.75	13.19
3	JO Holder	36	48	23.15	8.43	656.29	13.13
4	DJ Bravo	35	39	21.18	7.32	599.93	12.00
5	SS Cotterell	19	22	22.64	7.55	571.36	11.43
6	AS Joseph	25	35	24.20	9.11	556.58	11.13
7	R Shepherd	35	39	27.08	9.90	535.28	10.71
8	AD Russell	36	30	29.43	9.29	504.02	10.08
9	JE Taylor	10	11	24.27	7.85	500.00	10.00
10	KA Pollard	27	17	28.82	7.42	473.42	9.47

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	JO Holder	56	60	30.13	8.88	582.85	46.63
2	SS Cotterell	25	30	24.90	8.59	570.55	45.64
3	DJ Bravo	42	39	31.03	8.77	563.50	45.08
4	R Shepherd	37	42	27.79	10.12	531.82	42.55
5	KA Pollard	36	25	27.92	9.10	530.52	42.44
6	JE Taylor	20	22	27.09	9.03	505.41	40.43
7	OC McCoy	9	5	55.60	10.11	500.00	40.00
7	AS Joseph	19	27	25.11	9.42	500.00	40.00
9	AD Russell	39	31	33.42	9.55	489.59	39.17
10	DJG Sammy	34	16	42.06	8.11	482.45	38.60

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	JO Holder	67	80	26.85	8.75	713.16	14.26
2	DJG Sammy	41	38	20.32	6.79	680.86	13.62
3	OC McCoy	40	52	22.17	8.76	660.56	13.21
4	AS Joseph	41	60	23.57	9.18	651.31	13.03
5	DJ Bravo	56	59	23.66	7.94	641.55	12.83
6	SS Cotterell	31	35	25.11	8.31	599.91	12.00
7	JE Taylor	24	32	22.56	8.49	599.88	12.00
8	R Shepherd	56	58	29.78	10.09	582.73	11.65
9	KA Pollard	45	32	27.09	8.00	559.53	11.19
10	AD Russell	53	42	32.45	9.74	535.89	10.72

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	JO Holder	25	28	27.54	8.57	655.13	52.41
2	R Shepherd	16	23	21.57	9.76	640.35	51.23
3	DJ Bravo	21	19	33.68	8.53	627.44	50.20
4	AD Russell	22	19	29.26	8.76	606.12	48.49
5	KA Pollard	18	10	32.10	9.35	512.25	40.98
6	JE Taylor	6	1	141.00	9.40	500.00	40.00
6	SS Cotterell	13	17	21.53	7.76	500.00	40.00
6	OC McCoy	2	0	NA	NA	500.00	40.00
6	AS Joseph	3	2	55.50	10.09	500.00	40.00
10	DJG Sammy	18	6	57.33	8.82	411.52	32.92

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	JO Holder	46.63	13.13	52.41	14.26	126.43
2	DJ Bravo	45.08	12.00	50.20	12.83	120.10
3	R Shepherd	42.55	10.71	51.23	11.65	116.13
4	SS Cotterell	45.64	11.43	40.00	12.00	109.07
5	AD Russell	39.17	10.08	48.49	10.72	108.45
6	OC McCoy	40.00	13.24	40.00	13.21	106.45
7	AS Joseph	40.00	11.13	40.00	13.03	104.16
8	KA Pollard	42.44	9.47	40.98	11.19	104.08
9	JE Taylor	40.43	10.00	40.00	12.00	102.43
10	DJG Sammy	38.60	13.19	32.92	13.62	98.33

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	AD Russell	25	29	20.59	8.22	632.11	94.82
2	DJ Bravo	27	27	28.96	8.82	607.66	91.15
3	SS Cotterell	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
3	OC McCoy	4	3	20.33	7.47	500.00	75.00
3	AS Joseph	7	13	13.62	7.22	500.00	75.00
6	DJG Sammy	19	11	28.00	6.90	484.20	72.63
7	JE Taylor	10	9	35.89	8.97	421.89	63.28
8	KA Pollard	14	7	34.43	9.51	379.93	56.99
9	JO Holder	10	11	26.27	8.76	372.51	55.88
10	R Shepherd	8	8	24.00	10.47	272.18	40.83

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	JO Holder	92	37	40.22	587.87	88.18
2	DJ Bravo	77	31	40.26	560.12	84.02
3	SS Cotterell	44	24	54.55	500.00	75.00
4	AS Joseph	44	15	34.09	466.42	69.96
5	DJG Sammy	59	20	33.90	456.30	68.45
6	JE Taylor	30	10	33.33	408.36	61.25
7	OC McCoy	42	13	30.95	374.85	56.23
8	AD Russell	75	19	25.33	361.43	54.22
9	R Shepherd	72	18	25.00	306.95	46.04
10	KA Pollard	63	17	26.98	302.24	45.34

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	OC McCoy	30	47	18.32	8.36	801.39	80.14
2	SS Cotterell	30	38	21.95	7.93	720.25	72.03
3	AS Joseph	30	41	24.07	8.73	716.21	71.62
4	JO Holder	30	37	25.27	8.41	712.04	71.20
5	DJ Bravo	30	39	22.72	7.84	702.79	70.28
6	DJG Sammy	30	23	24.00	6.72	656.67	65.67
7	R Shepherd	30	37	24.81	9.42	649.62	64.96
8	JE Taylor	30	33	26.15	8.63	623.16	62.32
9	AD Russell	30	32	28.44	9.55	593.11	59.31
10	KA Pollard	30	23	25.70	8.44	570.83	57.08

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	DJ Bravo	91.15	84.02	70.28	245.45
2	SS Cotterell	75.00	75.00	72.03	222.03
3	AS Joseph	75.00	69.96	71.62	216.58
4	JO Holder	55.88	88.18	71.20	215.26
5	OC McCoy	75.00	56.23	80.14	211.37
6	AD Russell	94.82	54.22	59.31	208.34
7	DJG Sammy	72.63	68.45	65.67	206.74
8	JE Taylor	63.28	61.25	62.32	186.85
9	KA Pollard	56.99	45.34	57.08	159.41
10	R Shepherd	40.83	46.04	64.96	151.83

OVERALL RATING

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

RANK	OV RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	34	DJ Bravo	WI	252.07	120.10	245.45	617.63
2	37	JO Holder	WI	270.96	126.43	215.26	612.65
3	46	SS Cotterell	WI	248.77	109.07	222.03	579.87
4	52	OC McCoy	WI	250.37	106.45	211.37	568.19
5	53	AS Joseph	WI	243.97	104.16	216.58	564.71
6	58	DJG Sammy	WI	241.53	98.33	206.74	546.60
7	63	AD Russell	WI	213.85	108.45	208.34	530.64
8	71	JE Taylor	WI	217.48	102.43	186.85	506.76
9	72	R Shepherd	WI	232.84	116.13	151.83	500.81
10	74	KA Pollard	WI	215.66	104.08	159.41	479.15