Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. They are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 7 West Indian Spin bowlers of all time in ODIs.

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)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

3.5.1. Against All Teams

3.5.2. Against Top Teams

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

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. TOP FORM

5.2. WORLD CUP

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. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

6.1.5. 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, Economy Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Economic	Economy Rate	250.00
Best Bowling (Wkts)	BBI by Wickets	150.00
Best Bowling (Eco)	BBI by Economy	100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1971 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 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3	MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Abdul Qadir	PAK	1983	1993	1988	100	132	210.00
1	IVA Richards	WI	1975	1991	1983	131	118	187.73
2	RA Harper	WI	1983	1996	1989.5	99	100	159.09

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	1993	2011	2002	341	534	250.00
1	CL Hooper	WI	1987	2003	1995	203	193	90.36
2	CH Gayle	WI	1999	2019	2009	199	167	78.18
3	MN Samuels	WI	2000	2018	2009	134	89	41.67

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	2006	2023	2014.5	241	317	230.00
1	SP Narine	WI	2011	2016	2013.5	65	92	66.75

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)	45

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	6275	288	21.79	22.65	100.00
1	SP Narine	65	2435	92	26.47	26.00	87.09
2	CH Gayle	199	5924	167	35.47	34.40	65.83
3	CL Hooper	203	6957	193	36.05	34.75	65.17
4	RA Harper	99	3431	100	34.31	36.09	62.76
5	IVA Richards	131	4231	118	35.86	36.25	62.47
6	MN Samuels	134	4127	89	46.37	45.20	50.11

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saeed Ajmal	77	2969	132	22.49	21.25	150.00
1	SP Narine	54	2044	74	27.62	26.22	121.61
2	CL Hooper	160	5640	161	35.03	33.10	96.31
3	RA Harper	75	2652	76	34.89	36.31	87.80
4	IVA Richards	95	3044	80	38.05	37.86	84.20
5	CH Gayle	136	4167	89	46.82	42.72	74.63
6	MN Samuels	98	3124	61	51.21	46.40	68.72

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	2000
Min Balls (TT)	1200

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SP Narine	65	3540	2435	4.13	3.86	100.00
1	SP Narine	65	3540	2435	4.13	3.86	100.00
2	RA Harper	99	5175	3431	3.98	4.14	93.17
3	CL Hooper	203	9573	6957	4.36	4.30	89.78
4	MN Samuels	134	5091	4127	4.86	4.60	83.86
5	CH Gayle	199	7422	5924	4.79	4.60	83.85
6	IVA Richards	131	5644	4231	4.50	4.63	83.29

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	Rashid Khan	27	1491	1084	4.36	3.83	150.00
1	SP Narine	54	2922	2044	4.20	3.86	149.02
2	RA Harper	75	3885	2652	4.10	4.27	134.47
3	CL Hooper	160	7686	5640	4.40	4.34	132.42
4	IVA Richards	95	4092	3044	4.46	4.55	126.32
5	MN Samuels	98	3790	3124	4.95	4.56	126.03
6	CH Gayle	136	4864	4167	5.14	4.83	119.06

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	Shahid Afridi	7/12	6/38	5/11	5/16	5/23	5.60	50.00
1	SP Narine	6/27	5/27	4/26	4/27	4/37	4.60	41.07
2	IVA Richards	6/41	5/41	4/42	3/27	3/29	4.20	37.50
3	CH Gayle	5/46	4/19	4/24	4/54	3/3	4.00	35.71
4	RA Harper	4/40	4/46	4/47	3/15	3/31	3.60	32.14
4	CL Hooper	4/34	4/37	4/52	3/9	3/22	3.60	32.14
6	MN Samuels	3/12	3/25	3/28	3/71	2/10	2.80	25.00

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	ST Jayasuriya	6/29	5/17	5/28	5/58	4/18	5.00	100.00
1	SP Narine	6/27	5/27	4/26	4/27	4/40	4.60	92.00
2	IVA Richards	5/41	4/42	3/29	3/34	3/38	3.60	72.00
2	RA Harper	4/40	4/46	4/47	3/34	3/38	3.60	72.00
2	CL Hooper	4/34	4/37	4/52	3/9	3/22	3.60	72.00
2	CH Gayle	5/46	4/19	3/22	3/37	3/48	3.60	72.00
6	MN Samuels	3/12	3/71	2/10	2/14	2/14	2.40	48.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBE	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	10.0/9	10.0/9	6.0/6	9.0/11	8.0/12	1.08	30.00
1	RA Harper	9.0/8	10.0/15	10.0/15	10.0/18	8.0/16	1.59	20.32
2	CL Hooper	6.0/10	10.0/18	10.0/19	4.3/9	10.0/22	1.90	17.08
3	CH Gayle	10.0/17	10.0/21	9.2/21	10.0/23	5.3/13	2.04	15.92
4	SP Narine	7.0/13	10.0/20	10.0/21	10.0/24	10.0/25	2.05	15.82
5	MN Samuels	5.0/9	8.0/15	9.0/20	10.0/25	5.0/14	2.12	15.28
6	IVA Richards	10.0/23	6.3/16	8.0/20	10.0/26	9.0/24	2.58	12.56

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBE	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	10.0/9	8.0/12	8.0/14	10.0/18	9.0/18	1.53	70.00
1	SP Narine	10.0/20	10.0/21	10.0/24	10.0/25	10.0/26	2.13	50.11
2	CL Hooper	6.0/10	4.3/9	10.0/22	10.0/24	8.0/20	2.18	49.08
3	MN Samuels	5.0/9	9.0/20	5.0/14	5.0/14	7.0/20	2.29	46.64
4	RA Harper	10.0/18	10.0/22	7.0/17	9.0/22	10.0/26	2.38	44.85
5	IVA Richards	10.0/23	6.3/16	8.0/20	10.0/26	9.0/24	2.55	41.82
6	CH Gayle	5.3/13	10.0/28	10.0/28	6.5/21	6.5/22	2.69	39.78

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	ATT	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	SP Narine	66.75	208.70	249.02	133.07	65.93	723.48	289.39
2	IVA Richards	187.73	146.68	209.61	109.50	54.38	707.89	283.16
3	RA Harper	159.09	150.56	227.64	104.14	65.17	706.61	282.64
4	CL Hooper	90.36	161.48	222.20	104.14	66.16	644.34	257.73
5	CH Gayle	78.18	140.46	202.91	107.71	55.70	584.96	233.98
6	MN Samuels	41.67	118.82	209.89	73.00	61.91	505.29	202.12

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five 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	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	ER	RAT	WTG
1	SP Narine	34	57	21.32	3.81	738.09	14.76
2	RA Harper	23	30	26.53	3.97	586.69	11.73
3	CH Gayle	82	70	34.79	4.59	559.25	11.18
4	IVA Richards	19	17	34.88	4.21	540.99	10.82
5	CL Hooper	54	41	45.29	4.39	506.54	10.13
6	MN Samuels	47	37	40.32	4.56	493.19	9.86

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	112	101	36.02	4.55	706.62	56.53
2	RA Harper	76	70	37.64	3.98	658.46	52.68
3	CL Hooper	149	152	33.55	4.35	655.25	52.42
4	SP Narine	31	35	34.86	4.50	571.42	45.71
5	CH Gayle	117	97	35.97	4.93	546.04	43.68
6	MN Samuels	87	52	50.67	5.05	458.98	36.72

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 Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	CL Hooper	74	79	31.63	4.38	820.54	16.41
2	RA Harper	46	42	38.24	3.88	727.53	14.55
3	IVA Richards	34	31	33.42	4.61	626.90	12.54
4	CH Gayle	46	37	37.59	4.72	608.66	12.17
5	SP Narine	17	21	31.38	4.35	581.82	11.64
6	MN Samuels	42	24	52.50	4.99	501.39	10.03

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	SP Narine	48	71	25.01	4.05	810.76	64.86
2	IVA Richards	97	87	36.72	4.46	772.96	61.84
3	RA Harper	53	58	31.47	4.07	728.80	58.30
4	CL Hooper	129	114	39.11	4.35	685.54	54.84
5	CH Gayle	153	130	34.87	4.81	665.60	53.25
6	MN Samuels	92	65	44.11	4.81	554.54	44.36

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	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	IVA Richards	706.62	135.25	772.96	156.73	141.72
2	RA Harper	658.46	146.67	728.80	181.88	137.26
3	SP Narine	571.42	184.52	810.76	145.45	136.97
4	CL Hooper	655.25	126.64	685.54	205.14	133.80
5	CH Gayle	546.04	139.81	665.60	152.16	120.29
6	MN Samuels	458.98	123.30	554.54	125.35	100.97

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
Top Form	100.00
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00

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: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	SP Narine	50	70	26.36	4.11	809.15	80.92
2	IVA Richards	50	52	30.63	4.29	705.45	70.54
3	RA Harper	50	53	34.11	4.20	689.86	68.99
4	CL Hooper	50	59	28.76	4.13	688.82	68.88
5	CH Gayle	50	43	36.19	4.95	584.36	58.44
6	MN Samuels	50	34	49.62	4.79	503.37	50.34

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ER	RAT	WTG
1	RA Harper	14	18	27.11	3.70	691.98	103.80
2	IVA Richards	14	10	34.50	4.16	525.78	78.87
3	MN Samuels	9	4	76.50	5.17	500.00	75.00
3	SP Narine	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
5	CL Hooper	17	18	36.61	4.28	491.49	73.72
6	CH Gayle	20	16	40.75	4.93	457.42	68.61

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 4 at a good ER.
The required ER is increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	SP Narine	65	39	60.00	684.62	102.69
2	RA Harper	99	37	37.37	595.53	89.33
3	CL Hooper	203	70	34.48	472.40	70.86
4	MN Samuels	134	36	26.87	366.88	55.03
5	IVA Richards	131	28	21.37	358.95	53.84
6	CH Gayle	199	54	27.14	347.48	52.12

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	TF	WC	II	SEC RAT
1	RA Harper	275.94	103.80	59.55	262.11
2	SP Narine	323.66	75.00	68.46	258.61
3	CL Hooper	275.53	73.72	47.24	213.47
4	IVA Richards	282.18	78.87	35.90	203.25
5	MN Samuels	201.35	75.00	36.69	180.37
6	CH Gayle	233.74	68.61	34.75	179.17

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	17	SP Narine	WI	289.39	136.97	258.61	684.97
2	18	RA Harper	WI	282.64	137.26	262.11	682.02
3	28	IVA Richards	WI	283.16	141.72	203.25	628.13
4	34	CL Hooper	WI	257.73	133.80	213.47	605.01
5	55	CH Gayle	WI	233.98	120.29	179.17	533.44
6	76	MN Samuels	WI	202.12	100.97	180.37	483.46

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 5 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.

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
This is generally 30 balls for a 50 over match and 36 balls for a 60 over match.
However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.