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Greatest Test Fast Bowlers                                                      Back

Last Updated: March 23, 2006

Rank Player Team Career Rating Mat I Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 SR Econ
                           
1 Richard Hadlee NZ 1973-90 918 86 150 21918 9611 431 22.30 36 9 50.9 2.63
2 Glenn McGrath AUS 1993- 911 119 232 27993 11684 542 21.56 28 3 51.6 2.50
3 Sydney Barnes ENG 1901-14 848 27 50 7873 3106 189 16.43 24 7 41.7 2.37
4 Malcolm Marshall WI 1978-91 815 81 151 17584 7876 376 20.95 22 4 46.8 2.69
5 Curtly Ambrose WI 1988-00 814 98 179 22103 8501 405 20.99 22 3 54.6 2.31
6 Courtney Walsh WI 1984-01 776 132 242 30019 12688 519 24.45 22 3 57.8 2.54
7 Imran Khan PAK 1971-92 767 88 142 19458 8258 362 22.81 23 6 53.8 2.55
8 Wasim Akram PAK 1985-02 750 104 181 22627 9779 414 23.62 25 5 54.7 2.59
9 Dennis Lillee AUS 1971-84 747 70 132 18467 8493 355 23.92 23 7 52.0 2.76
10 Allan Donald SA 1992-02 723 72 129 15519 7344 330 22.25 20 3 47.0 2.84
11 Waqar Younis PAK 1989-03 722 87 154 16224 8788 373 23.56 22 5 43.5 3.25
12 Fred Trueman ENG 1952-65 718 67 127 15178 6625 307 21.58 17 3 49.4 2.62
13 Shaun Pollock SA 1995- 686 97 179 22172 8764 385 22.76 16 1 57.6 2.37
14 Alan Davidson AUS 1953-63 673 44 82 11587 3819 186 20.53 14 2 62.3 1.98
15 George Lohmann ENG 1886-96 644 18 36 3821 1205 112 10.76 9 5 34.1 1.89
16 Joel Garner WI 1977-87 628 58 111 13169 5433 259 20.98 7 0 50.8 2.48
17 Alec Bedser ENG 1946-55 614 57 92 15918 5876 236 24.90 15 5 67.4 2.21
18 Ian Botham ENG 1977-92 609 102 168 21815 10878 383 28.40 27 4 57.0 2.99
19 Fazal Mahmood PAK 1952-62 581 34 53 9834 3434 139 24.71 13 4 70.7 2.10
20 Kapil Dev IND 1978-94 580 131 227 27740 12867 434 29.65 23 2 63.9 2.78
21 Michael Holding WI 1975-87 569 60 113 12740 5898 249 23.69 13 2 51.2 2.78
22 Bob Willis ENG 1971-84 553 90 165 17357 8190 325 25.20 16 0 53.4 2.83
23 Ray Lindwall AUS 1946-60 536 61 113 13650 5251 228 23.03 12 0 59.9 2.31
24 Brian Statham ENG 1951-65 498 70 129 16056 6261 252 24.85 9 1 63.7 2.34
25 Craig McDermott AUS 1984-96 493 71 124 16586 8332 292 28.53 14 2 56.8 3.01
26 Keith Miller AUS 1946-56 488 55 95 10461 3906 170 22.98 7 1 61.5 2.24
27 Andy Roberts WI 1974-83 488 47 90 11135 5174 202 25.61 11 2 55.1 2.79
28 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 1997- 478 42 75 7490 4240 165 25.70 12 2 45.4