All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 10 West Indian Fast bowlers in Test Cricket since 1950.

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. 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. WKTS/INN

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNINGS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

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, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Wkts Per Inn, Top Form, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	150.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	FS Trueman	ENG	1952	1965	1958.5	127	307	220.00
1	WW Hall	WI	1958	1969	1963.5	92	192	137.59

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	CA Walsh	WI	1984	2001	1992.5	242	519	240.00
1	CA Walsh	WI	1984	2001	1992.5	242	519	240.00
2	CEL Ambrose	WI	1988	2000	1994	179	405	187.28
3	MD Marshall	WI	1978	1991	1984.5	151	376	173.87
4	J Garner	WI	1977	1987	1982	111	259	119.77
5	MA Holding	WI	1975	1987	1981	113	249	115.14
6	AME Roberts	WI	1974	1983	1978.5	90	202	93.41
7	IR Bishop	WI	1989	1998	1993.5	76	161	74.45
8	CEH Croft	WI	1977	1982	1979.5	52	125	57.80

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	JM Anderson	ENG	2003	2024	2013.5	350	704	250.00

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	MA Starc	AUS	2011	2026	2018.5	202	433	230.00
1	KAJ Roach	WI	2009	2025	2017	159	294	156.17

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 player has played.
Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	99	4631	234	19.79	19.33	120.00
1	CEL Ambrose	179	8501	405	20.99	21.12	109.81
2	MD Marshall	151	7876	376	20.95	21.69	106.93
3	J Garner	111	5433	259	20.98	22.01	105.38
4	CEH Croft	52	2913	125	23.30	22.74	102.00
5	IR Bishop	76	3909	161	24.28	23.95	96.82
6	CA Walsh	242	12688	519	24.45	24.38	95.12
7	MA Holding	113	5898	249	23.69	24.74	93.75
8	AME Roberts	90	5174	202	25.61	25.82	89.83
9	WW Hall	92	5066	192	26.39	26.07	88.94
10	KAJ Roach	159	7968	294	27.10	26.31	88.15

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	83	4138	193	21.44	20.10	180.00
1	J Garner	72	3384	172	19.67	20.51	176.35
2	CEL Ambrose	92	4449	205	21.70	20.96	172.63
3	MD Marshall	86	4478	211	21.22	21.40	169.08
4	IR Bishop	41	2068	85	24.33	23.14	156.35
5	MA Holding	89	4697	208	22.58	23.22	155.78
6	CEH Croft	37	1972	82	24.05	23.44	154.30
7	AME Roberts	54	2763	112	24.67	24.38	148.38
8	CA Walsh	140	7418	293	25.32	24.45	147.97
9	KAJ Roach	93	5176	170	30.45	26.87	134.62
10	WW Hall	66	3938	130	30.29	28.73	125.93

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	M Jansen	38	3408	89	38.29	42.71	120.00
1	CEH Croft	52	6165	125	49.32	44.53	115.09
2	WW Hall	92	10421	192	54.28	45.16	113.49
3	MD Marshall	151	17584	376	46.77	46.33	110.62
4	MA Holding	113	12680	249	50.92	48.46	105.77
5	J Garner	111	13175	259	50.87	49.17	104.25
6	AME Roberts	90	11135	202	55.12	50.08	102.35
7	IR Bishop	76	8413	161	52.25	50.37	101.75
8	CEL Ambrose	179	22103	405	54.58	53.39	96.00
9	KAJ Roach	159	15406	294	52.40	55.35	92.60
10	CA Walsh	242	30019	519	57.84	56.40	90.87

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	M Jansen	28	2507	62	40.44	42.78	180.00
1	MD Marshall	86	9875	211	46.80	45.21	170.30
2	MA Holding	89	10041	208	48.27	45.25	170.16
3	J Garner	72	8376	172	48.70	46.53	165.49
4	CEH Croft	37	4240	82	51.71	46.63	165.15
5	WW Hall	66	7703	130	59.25	48.07	160.20
6	IR Bishop	41	4530	85	53.29	48.99	157.19
7	AME Roberts	54	6187	112	55.24	49.27	156.27
8	CEL Ambrose	92	11616	205	56.66	53.52	143.86
9	KAJ Roach	93	9431	170	55.48	55.08	139.80
10	CA Walsh	140	17747	293	60.57	57.40	134.14

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	9/83	8/85	8/106	7/56	7/220	6/63	6/77	7.29	50.00
1	MD Marshall	7/22	7/53	7/80	6/32	6/37	6/55	6/69	6.43	44.12
1	CEL Ambrose	8/45	7/25	6/24	6/34	6/51	6/52	6/74	6.43	44.12
3	MA Holding	8/92	6/21	6/57	6/62	6/65	6/67	5/17	6.14	42.16
3	CA Walsh	7/37	6/18	6/54	6/61	6/62	6/74	6/79	6.14	42.16
5	WW Hall	7/69	6/49	6/50	6/90	5/20	5/60	5/63	5.71	39.22
5	AME Roberts	7/54	7/64	6/37	5/39	5/50	5/56	5/57	5.71	39.22
7	J Garner	6/56	6/60	6/75	5/51	5/55	5/56	5/63	5.43	37.25
8	IR Bishop	6/40	6/87	5/32	5/41	5/43	5/84	4/22	5.14	35.29
8	KAJ Roach	6/48	5/8	5/17	5/41	5/42	5/47	5/53	5.14	35.29
10	CEH Croft	8/29	6/74	5/40	4/15	4/39	4/47	4/47	5.00	34.31

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	9/83	8/85	8/106	7/56	7/220	6/63	6/77	7.29	100.00
1	MA Holding	8/92	6/21	6/57	6/62	6/65	6/67	5/17	6.14	84.31
2	CEL Ambrose	7/25	6/34	6/51	6/74	5/25	5/35	5/43	5.71	78.43
3	MD Marshall	7/53	6/37	6/85	5/33	5/35	5/38	5/65	5.57	76.47
3	CA Walsh	6/54	6/61	6/79	6/80	5/22	5/39	5/73	5.57	76.47
5	AME Roberts	7/54	6/37	5/56	5/60	5/63	5/72	4/43	5.29	72.55
6	WW Hall	7/69	6/90	5/60	5/63	5/87	4/28	4/39	5.14	70.59
7	KAJ Roach	5/17	5/41	5/47	5/72	5/78	5/100	5/105	5.00	68.63
8	J Garner	5/51	5/55	5/56	4/30	4/36	4/38	4/43	4.43	60.78
9	CEH Croft	6/74	5/40	4/15	4/39	4/47	4/57	3/27	4.29	58.82
9	IR Bishop	6/40	5/41	5/43	4/22	4/47	3/45	3/49	4.29	58.82

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	RAT	PRI PTS
1	MD Marshall	173.87	276.01	110.62	120.59	851.40	340.56
2	CEL Ambrose	187.28	282.44	96.00	122.55	832.13	332.85
3	CA Walsh	240.00	243.09	90.87	118.63	826.73	330.69
4	J Garner	119.77	281.73	104.25	98.04	769.27	307.71
5	MA Holding	115.14	249.52	105.77	126.47	767.06	306.83
6	WW Hall	137.59	214.87	113.49	109.80	735.96	294.38
7	KAJ Roach	156.17	222.77	92.60	103.92	715.26	286.11
8	AME Roberts	93.41	238.21	102.35	111.76	702.01	280.80
9	CEH Croft	57.80	256.30	115.09	93.14	687.48	274.99
10	IR Bishop	74.45	253.17	101.75	94.12	680.68	272.27

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Ratings to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	30.00
Away	120.00
Favourable Conditions	30.00
Unfavourable Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW 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 Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MD Marshall	58	157	20.06	42.50	756.59	22.70
2	CEL Ambrose	93	203	21.19	55.79	744.92	22.35
3	CA Walsh	105	229	23.70	58.95	741.73	22.25
4	CEH Croft	22	66	19.71	39.17	736.76	22.10
5	KAJ Roach	89	196	22.30	46.19	698.63	20.96
6	J Garner	56	123	22.34	51.14	682.96	20.49
7	MA Holding	42	86	23.76	50.15	636.81	19.10
8	WW Hall	35	74	25.82	54.49	601.88	18.06
9	AME Roberts	34	72	28.75	57.97	548.78	16.46
10	IR Bishop	36	71	24.56	51.82	547.89	16.44

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	CEL Ambrose	86	202	20.79	53.36	789.16	94.70
2	MD Marshall	93	219	21.58	49.83	788.96	94.68
3	CA Walsh	137	290	25.03	56.96	781.60	93.79
4	MA Holding	71	163	23.65	51.33	732.84	87.94
5	WW Hall	57	118	26.74	54.14	713.76	85.65
6	J Garner	55	136	19.74	50.63	705.68	84.68
7	AME Roberts	56	130	23.88	53.55	679.83	81.58
8	IR Bishop	40	90	24.06	52.60	639.60	76.75
9	KAJ Roach	70	98	36.71	64.83	582.96	69.96
10	CEH Croft	30	59	27.32	60.68	521.16	62.54

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	SR	RAT	WTG
1	CEL Ambrose	169	387	20.92	54.49	832.84	24.99
2	MD Marshall	117	305	20.46	46.30	799.18	23.98
3	CA Walsh	211	442	25.13	60.03	785.25	23.56
4	J Garner	106	249	21.05	50.73	748.03	22.44
5	MA Holding	102	219	23.90	51.77	740.48	22.21
6	KAJ Roach	139	273	26.04	50.79	701.33	21.04
7	AME Roberts	73	153	26.92	57.71	661.00	19.83
8	IR Bishop	67	141	23.99	52.26	650.75	19.52
9	WW Hall	70	138	28.86	58.32	644.73	19.34
10	CEH Croft	45	108	24.18	49.86	626.61	18.80

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	CA Walsh	31	77	20.53	45.26	905.82	108.70
2	WW Hall	22	54	20.06	43.94	903.38	108.41
3	MD Marshall	34	71	23.06	48.75	827.95	99.35
4	AME Roberts	17	49	21.53	47.04	749.25	89.91
5	CEH Croft	7	17	17.76	45.88	652.67	78.32
6	MA Holding	11	30	22.10	44.73	633.98	76.08
7	IR Bishop	9	20	26.30	52.20	545.52	65.46
8	CEL Ambrose	10	18	22.50	56.33	539.35	64.72
9	J Garner	5	10	19.20	54.30	500.00	60.00
10	KAJ Roach	20	21	40.86	73.33	430.85	51.70

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	CA Walsh	781.60	185.43	905.82	196.31	248.30
2	MD Marshall	788.96	189.15	827.95	199.79	240.70
3	WW Hall	713.76	150.47	903.38	161.18	231.46
4	AME Roberts	679.83	137.19	749.25	165.25	207.78
5	CEL Ambrose	789.16	186.23	539.35	208.21	206.75
6	MA Holding	732.84	159.20	633.98	185.12	205.34
7	J Garner	705.68	170.74	500.00	187.01	187.61
8	CEH Croft	521.16	184.19	652.67	156.65	181.76
9	IR Bishop	639.60	136.97	545.52	162.69	178.17
10	KAJ Roach	582.96	174.66	430.85	175.33	163.66

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
Wickets Per Inn	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

WKTS/INN

WPI RATING

Points to note about WPI Rating:-

It gives points for three criteria.
The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams.
The number of bowled victims per inn.
The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	W/I	RAT	WTG
1	MA Holding	113	249	2.20	812.22	40.61
2	MD Marshall	151	376	2.49	786.75	39.34
3	J Garner	111	259	2.33	778.79	38.94
4	WW Hall	92	192	2.09	775.81	38.79
5	CEH Croft	52	125	2.40	732.02	36.60
6	CEL Ambrose	179	405	2.26	719.42	35.97
7	AME Roberts	90	202	2.24	710.67	35.53
8	CA Walsh	242	519	2.14	646.61	32.33
9	IR Bishop	76	161	2.12	635.62	31.78
10	KAJ Roach	159	294	1.85	604.44	30.22

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MA Holding	50	140	19.01	43.16	894.97	89.50
2	MD Marshall	50	139	18.60	41.49	891.51	89.15
3	CEL Ambrose	50	125	19.11	51.20	821.32	82.13
4	J Garner	50	118	19.03	50.58	768.32	76.83
5	CA Walsh	50	125	24.04	55.77	752.03	75.20
6	AME Roberts	50	105	23.55	52.56	743.26	74.33
7	WW Hall	50	103	28.39	55.50	714.54	71.45
8	KAJ Roach	50	100	25.05	49.68	689.92	68.99
9	CEH Croft	37	82	24.05	51.71	679.41	67.94
10	IR Bishop	41	85	24.33	53.29	660.69	66.07

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

Impact Innings (II) are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or strike rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
The required AVE or SR increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	MD Marshall	151	81	53.64	848.79	127.32
2	J Garner	111	59	53.15	802.20	120.33
3	CEL Ambrose	179	83	46.37	762.83	114.42
4	CA Walsh	242	99	40.91	739.73	110.96
5	IR Bishop	76	37	48.68	731.10	109.66
6	WW Hall	92	42	45.65	715.79	107.37
7	CEH Croft	52	27	51.92	681.37	102.21
8	AME Roberts	90	43	47.78	680.34	102.05
9	MA Holding	113	48	42.48	663.93	99.59
10	KAJ Roach	159	61	38.36	610.01	91.50

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	TF	WPI	II	SEC RAT
1	MD Marshall	89.15	39.34	127.32	255.81
2	J Garner	76.83	38.94	120.33	236.10
3	CEL Ambrose	82.13	35.97	114.42	232.53
4	MA Holding	89.50	40.61	99.59	229.70
5	CA Walsh	75.20	32.33	110.96	218.49
6	WW Hall	71.45	38.79	107.37	217.61
7	AME Roberts	74.33	35.53	102.05	211.91
8	IR Bishop	66.07	31.78	109.66	207.52
9	CEH Croft	67.94	36.60	102.21	206.75
10	KAJ Roach	68.99	30.22	91.50	190.72

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 RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	3	MD Marshall	WI	340.56	240.70	255.81	837.07
2	8	CA Walsh	WI	330.69	248.30	218.49	797.49
3	12	CEL Ambrose	WI	332.85	206.75	232.53	772.13
4	18	WW Hall	WI	294.38	231.46	217.61	743.45
5	19	MA Holding	WI	306.83	205.34	229.70	741.86
6	23	J Garner	WI	307.71	187.61	236.10	731.42
7	32	AME Roberts	WI	280.80	207.78	211.91	700.50
8	44	CEH Croft	WI	274.99	181.76	206.75	663.50
9	47	IR Bishop	WI	272.27	178.17	207.52	657.96
10	54	KAJ Roach	WI	286.11	163.66	190.72	640.48

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
TS Bowling 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

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