List of current fast bowlers in international cricket

Fast bowling (also called pace bowling) is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket (the other being spin bowling). The following are lists of the top ten current fast bowlers using different criteria. They have all played at least one international game in the past year in the form listed.

Best average

Top ten current international fast bowlers by Test average

Average	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Wickets
18.78	Mohammad Abbas	Right Arm	28	6	32
21.68	Vernon Philander	Right Arm	33	48	182
21.96	Kagiso Rabada	Right Arm	23	24	110
22.32	Dale Steyn	Right Arm	35	86	419
25.00	Pat Cummins	Right Arm	25	10	44
25.77	Josh Hazlewood	Right Arm	27	36	139
26.10	Colin de Grandhomme	Right Arm	32	8	20
26.45	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Right Arm	28	20	59
27.40	James Anderson	Right Arm	36	134	523
27.73	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm	28	36	148
Qualification: At least one Test appearance in last year and 1200 career Test deliveries Last updated: 10 January 2018[1][2]

Top ten current international fast bowlers by ODI average

Average	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Wickets
19.79	Mustafizur Rahman	Left Arm	23	22	44
20.13	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm	28	68	134
21.57	Josh Davey	Right Arm	28	29	47
22.5	Jasprit Bumrah	Right Arm	24	37	64
22.66	Hasan Ali	Right Arm	24	21	42
23.85	Josh Hazlewood	Right Arm	27	38	64
24.69	Mohammed Shami	Right Arm	28	49	91
25.03	Corey Anderson	Left Arm	27	49	60
25.26	Matt Henry	Right Arm	26	32	61
25.48	Trent Boult	Left Arm	29	51	90
Qualification: At least one ODI appearance in last year and 1000 career ODI deliveries Last updated: 1 August 2017[3][4]

Top ten current international fast bowlers by T20I average

Average	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Wickets
14.92	Mustafizur Rahman	Left Arm	23	17	27
16.59	Ahsan Malik	Right Arm	31	31	44
16.96	Amjad Javed	Right Arm	38	22	33
17.27	Mohammad Naveed	Right Arm	31	22	29
17.78	Jasprit Bumrah	Right Arm	24	24	33
18.33	Paul van Meekeren	Right Arm	25	18	18
18.48	Kevin O'Brien	Right Arm	34	59	54
18.86	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm	28	22	30
18.92	Aizaz Khan	Right Arm	25	23	28
19.00	James Faulkner	Left Arm	28	24	36
Qualification: At least one T20I appearance in last year and 300 career T20I deliveries Last updated: 1 August 2017[5][6]

Most wickets

Top ten current international fast bowlers by Test wickets

Wickets	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Average
564	James Anderson	Right Arm	36	143	26.84
433	Stuart Broad	Right Arm	32	123	28.92
421	Dale Steyn	Right Arm	35	88	22.64
234	Ishant Sharma	Right Arm	30	81	35.94
220	Tim Southee	Right Arm	29	60	30.82
215	Trent Boult	Left Arm	29	54	27.84
205	Vernon Philander	Right Arm	33	55	21.54
182	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm	28	43	28.17
163	Kemar Roach	Right Arm	30	48	28.31
Qualification: At least one Test appearance in last year Last updated: 11 September 2018[7][2]

Top Ten current international fast bowlers by ODI wickets

Wickets	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Average
301	Lasith Malinga	Right Arm	35	199	28.39
247	Mashrafe Mortaza	Right Arm	35	191	30.72
199	Nuwan Kulasekara	Right Arm	36	184	33.92
188	Morné Morkel	Right Arm	34	112	24.48
180	Dale Steyn	Right Arm	35	116	26.62
179	Umar Gul	Right Arm	34	130	29.34
160	Tim Southee	Right Arm	29	119	33.22
134	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm	28	68	20.13
129	Thisara Perera	Right Arm	29	119	32.27
111	Angelo Mathews	Right Arm	31	187	34.04
Qualification: At least one ODI appearance in last year Last updated: 1 August 2017[8][4]

Top ten current international fast bowlers by T20I wickets

Wickets	Player	Bowling style	Age	Matches	Average
89	Lasith Malinga	Right Arm	35	67	19.65
66	Nuwan Kulasekara	Right Arm	36	58	23.18
54	Kevin O'Brien	Right Arm	34	59	18.48
54	Sohail Tanvir	Left Arm	33	57	26.92
52	Dwayne Bravo	Right Arm	35	66	28.26
46	Morné Morkel	Right Arm	34	41	23.84
46	Tim Southee	Right Arm	29	39	26.71
44	Ahsan Malik	Right Arm	31	31	16.59
42	Mashrafe Mortaza	Right Arm	35	54	36.35
41	Wayne Parnell	Left Arm	29	40	25.31
Qualification: At least one T20I appearance in last year Last updated: 1 August 2017[9][6]

Fastest

These lists are based on the most recent international game played by each bowler, but in some circumstances the necessary data is unavailable. In these situations, the data used is from the most recent game where this data is available, and is listed in italics. The main source of information on bowling speeds is Hawkeye data as published on the ICC website. However this is not universally used and depends on which system the host broadcaster / board use for ball-tracking. Matches in Australia and New Zealand currently use the rival Virtual Eye system, and though some speed data is available it is not comprehensive.

Top ten current international fast bowlers by top speed

Fastest Delivery (kph)	Player	Bowling style	Age	Average speed (kph)	Last International match	Match Start Date
152.4	Jofra Archer	Right Arm Fast	23	142.1[10]	53rd match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, 2018	19 May 2018
149.5	Pat Cummins	Right Arm Fast	25	141.9[11]	5th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India at Nagpur, 2017/18	1 October 2017
149.0	Tymal Mills	Left Arm Medium-Fast	26	131.5[12]	3rd T20I (N), England tour of India at Bengaluru, 2017	1 February 2017
148.9	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm Fast	28	141.6[13]	1st Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, 2018	7 October 2018
148.1	Shannon Gabriel	Right Arm Fast	30	141.7[14]	2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Hyderabad, 2018	12 October 2018
147.9	Dane Paterson	Right Arm Fast-Medium	29	137.8[15]	1st T20I (N), Bangladesh tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2017/18	26 October 2017
147.1	Lockie Ferguson	Right Arm Fast	27	143.6[16]	Final (N), Indian Premier League at Hyderabad, 2017	21 May 2017
146.9	Chris Morris	Right Arm Fast	31	140.2[17]	2nd Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, 2017	14 July 2017
146.8	Billy Stanlake	Right Arm Fast-Medium	23	138.6[18]	Only T20I (D/N), Australia tour of England at Birmingham, 2018	27 June 2018
146.7	Jasprit Bumrah	Right Arm Fast-Medium	24	136.9[19]	Final, Asia Cup at Dubai, 2018	28 September 2018
Qualification: Last international match for a player (in any format) in last year, sorted by maximum speed > 145kmph/90mph. Last updated: 14 June 2018[20]

Top ten current international fast bowlers by average speed

Average speed(kph)	Player	Bowling style	Age	Fastest Delivery (kph)	Last recorded International	Last recorded Match Start Date
143.6	Lockie Ferguson	Right Arm Fast	27	147.1[21]	Final (N), Indian Premier League at Hyderabad, 2017	21 May 2017
143.5	Hardus Viljoen	Right Arm Fast	29	149.3[22]	3rd Test, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, 2016	14 January 2016
142.7	Marchant de Lange	Right Arm Fast	28	149.4[23]	1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2016	3 February 2016
142.1	Jofra Archer	Right Arm Fast	23	152.4[24]	53rd match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, 2018	19 May 2018
142.0	Varun Aaron	Right Arm Fast	28	147.5[25]	2nd Test, South Africa tour of India at Bengaluru, 2015	14 November 2015
141.9	Pat Cummins	Right Arm Fast	25	149.5[26]	5th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India at Nagpur, 2017/18	1 October 2017
141.7	Shannon Gabriel	Right Arm Fast	30	148.1[27]	2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Hyderabad, 2018	12 October 2018
141.6	Mitchell Starc	Left Arm Fast	28	148.9[28]	1st Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, 2018	7 October 2018
141.2	Mohammed Shami	Right Arm Fast	28	144.8[29]	1st Test, West Indies tour of India at Rajkot, 2018	4 October 2018
140.6	Kagiso Rabada	Right Arm Fast	23	145.9[30]	Only T20I (N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2018	14 August 2018
140.2	Chris Morris	Right Arm Fast	31	146.9[31]	2nd Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, 2017	14 July 2017
139.1	Umesh Yadav	Right Arm Fast-Medium	30	144.1[32]	2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Hyderabad, 2018	12 October 2018
138.6	Billy Stanlake	Right Arm Fast-Medium	23	146.8[33]	Only T20I (D/N), Australia tour of England at Birmingham, 2018	27 June 2018
138.1	Usman Khan	Left Arm Fast-Medium	24	142.7[34]	5th Match, Group A, Asia Cup at Dubai, Sep 19 2018	19 September 2018
137.8	Dane Paterson	Right Arm Fast-Medium	29	147.9[35]	1st T20I (N), Bangladesh tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2017/18	26 October 2017
137.5	Lahiru Kumara	Right Arm Fast-Medium	21	143.1[36]	5th ODI (D/N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2018	12 August 2018
137.3	Lungi Ngidi	Right Arm Fast-Medium	22	143.2[37]	Only T20I (N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2018	14 August 2018
136.9	Jasprit Bumrah	Right Arm Fast-Medium	24	146.7[38]	Final, Asia Cup at Dubai, 2018	28 September 2018
136.4	Shardul Thakur	Right Arm Fast-Medium	27	138.4[39]	2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Hyderabad, 2018	12 October 2018
135.5	Nuwan Pradeep	Right Arm Fast-Medium	32	138.2[40]	2nd ODI, England tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, 2018	13 October 2018
135.4	Mark Wood	Right Arm Fast-Medium	28	142.8[41]	3rd ODI, India tour of Ireland and England at Leeds, 2018	17 July 2018
135.3	Junior Dala	Right Arm Fast-Medium	28	144.4[42]	Only T20I (N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2018	14 August 2018
135.2	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Right Arm Fast-Medium	31	144.4[43]	2nd T20I (N), Australia tour of India at Guwahati, 2017	10 October 2017
135.0	Miguel Cummins	Right Arm Fast-Medium	28	140.0[44]	1st Test, Bangladesh tour of West Indies and United States of America at North Sound, 2018	4 July 2018
Qualification: Last international match for a player (in any format) in last year, sorted by Last Innings Average Speed (> 140kmph/87mph) Last updated: 14 June 2018[20]

     Last Innings Average 140+ kmph.      Last Innings Average 135+ kmph.      Last Innings Average 130+ kmph.
     Last Innings Average 120+ kmph.      Last Innings Average 110+ kmph.      Last Innings Average Not Available (figures in italics are last recorded speed).

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