Analysis: Glenn McGrath tops the ratings-points table with 844.4 points, with 5 for 53

The only bowler to exceed 200 rating points per wicket is Voce. Next is the four-wicket haul by Iqbal Qasim in Bangalore during Sunil Gavaskar’s final Test match in March 1987.
This table is divided into two: an absolute rating points table and an average rating point per wicket. McGrath tops the ratings-points table with 844.4 points, with 5 for 53. The second best in Kandy is Asif’s 5 for 27.
The only bowler to exceed 200 rating points per wicket is Voce. Next is the four-wicket haul by Iqbal Qasim in Bangalore during Sunil Gavaskar’s final Test match in March 1987.
THE BEST 4/5 WKT HAULS
BASED ON THE RATING PTS
BOWLER RTG PTS FIGURES INNS VENUE YEAR VS RES
GD MCGRATH (AUS) 844.4 5/53 2 LORD’S 2005 ENG W
Mohammad Asif (PAK) 836.5 5/27 3 KANDY 2006 SL W
W VOCE (ENG) 834.1 4/10 2 SYDNEY 1936 AUS W
FS TRUEMAN (ENG) 824.4 5/35 2 Port of Spain 1960 WI W
NG COWANS (ENG) 823.4 5/42 4 LAHORE 1984 PAK D
VD PHILANDER (SA) 822.0 5/15 3 CAPE TOWN 2011 AUS W
VD PHILANDER (SA) 818.8 5/30 4 LORD’S 2012 ENG W
WW HALL (WI) 811.1 5/63 4 BRISBANE 1960 AUS D
SF BARNES (ENG) 810.1 5/44 1 Melbourne 1911 AUS W
CS MARTIN (NZ) 806.4 5/63 3 Ahmedabad 2010 IND D
I SHARMA (IND) 191.4 4/59 3 LORD’S 2011 ENG L
CEL AMBROSE (WI) 191.2 4/46 4 ADELAIDE 1933 AUS W
K RABADA (SA) 189.5 4/13 4 BRISBANE 2022 AUS L
BASED ON PTS PER WKT
BOWLER PTS/RUN FIGURES INNS VENUE YEAR VS RES
W VOCE (ENG) 208.5 4/10 2 SYDNEY 1936 AUS W
IQBAL QASIM (PAK)195.8 4/73 4 Bangalore 1987 IND W
HK OLONGA (ZIM) 194.2 4/42 3 PESHAWAR 1998 PAK W
MD MARSHALL (WI) 194.0 4/19 2 KANPUR 1983 IND W
JR HAMMOND (AUS) 192.6 4/38 3 Georgetown 1973 WI W
DW STEYN (SA) 192.1 4/40 2 PERTH 2012 AUS W
HC GRIFFITH (WI) 191.5 4/50 4 SYDNEY 1931 AUS W
Matches where bowlers dominated the stage in both innings are listed in the below table. These bowlers finished a match with the most Bowl-100 rating points.
TOP MATCH PERFORMANCES
Bowler Rtg Pts Figures1 Pts1 Figures2 Pts2 Venue Year Vs
AW GREIG (ENG) 1661.7 8/86 860.8 5/70 800.9 Port of Spain 1974 WI
Fazal Mahmood (Pak)1640.0 6/53 790.3 6/46 849.7 OVAL 1954 ENG
JC LAKER (ENG) 1583.4 9/37 819.2 10/53 764.2 Old Trafford 1956 AUS
AV BEDSER (ENG) 1577.5 7/55 784.1 7/44 793.4 Trent Bridge 1953 AUS
PS de Villiers (SA) 1577.1 4/80 662.2 6/43 914.9 SYDNEY 1994 AUS
RAL MASSIE (AUS) 1553.8 8/84 737.7 8/53 816.0 LORD’S 1972 ENG
Iqbal Qasim (PAK) 1546.5 5/48 763.2 4/73 783.3 Bangalore 1987 IND
Mohammad Asif (Pak)1539.9 6/44 703.5 5/27 836.5 KANDY 2006 SL
SNJ O’KEEFE (AUS) 1534.5 6/35 794.6 6/35 739.9 PUNE 2017 IND
FR Spofforth (Aus) 1522.1 7/46 727.4 7/44 794.6 OVAL 1882 ENG