Thought this might be an interesting point to reflect on with the ongoing series between Australia and India, particularly given Warne's shit talking about spinners post his era.
Spinners have two primary goals, taking wickets, and doing so without conceding many runs. So, they'll be rated by a geometric mean of these two, done as wickets per match and the reciprocal of bowling average.
As to the era... well, I honestly can't be bothered with the 'was Barnes a spinner' discussion today. It's very interesting, but would kind of detract from the point otherwise. There's a big change in averages etc from before to after WWI, so it makes a natural splitting point.
Additionally, I'll be scaling bowling averages by era, so all have an effective era average of 30, using the aggregate average for that era, taking away the contribution of the player themselves.
With that out of the way, here are the top 25 spinners since the end of WWI, min 100 wickets, players active since 2015 are bolded:
| Player | Matches | Wickets | WPM | Average | Era Value | Adjust | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) | 133 | 800 | 6.015 | 22.73 | 33.60 | 20.29 | 0.5445 |
| CV Grimmett (AUS) | 37 | 216 | 5.838 | 24.22 | 32.37 | 22.45 | 0.5100 |
| WJ O'Reilly (AUS) | 27 | 144 | 5.333 | 22.60 | 32.28 | 21.00 | 0.5039 |
| R Ashwin (INDIA) | 73 | 375 | 5.137 | 25.22 | 32.17 | 23.52 | 0.4673 |
| SK Warne (AUS) | 145 | 708 | 4.883 | 25.42 | 32.99 | 23.11 | 0.4596 |
| Saeed Ajmal (PAK) | 35 | 178 | 5.086 | 28.11 | 34.80 | 24.23 | 0.4582 |
| JC Laker (ENG) | 46 | 193 | 4.196 | 21.25 | 30.02 | 21.23 | 0.4445 |
| RA Jadeja (INDIA) | 50 | 216 | 4.320 | 24.49 | 32.08 | 22.90 | 0.4343 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 93 | 433 | 4.656 | 28.08 | 33.43 | 25.20 | 0.4299 |
| SCG MacGill (AUS) | 44 | 208 | 4.727 | 29.03 | 33.30 | 26.15 | 0.4251 |
| Yasir Shah (PAK) | 43 | 227 | 5.279 | 30.85 | 31.66 | 29.24 | 0.4249 |
| JH Wardle (ENG) | 28 | 102 | 3.643 | 20.39 | 30.31 | 20.18 | 0.4248 |
| PP Ojha (INDIA) | 24 | 113 | 4.708 | 30.27 | 34.54 | 26.29 | 0.4232 |
| WA Johnston (AUS) | 40 | 160 | 4.000 | 23.91 | 31.83 | 22.54 | 0.4213 |
| HJ Tayfield (SA) | 37 | 170 | 4.595 | 25.91 | 29.40 | 26.44 | 0.4168 |
| A Kumble (INDIA) | 132 | 619 | 4.689 | 29.65 | 32.84 | 27.09 | 0.4161 |
| MW Tate (ENG) | 39 | 155 | 3.974 | 26.16 | 32.75 | 23.97 | 0.4072 |
| GP Swann (ENG) | 60 | 255 | 4.250 | 29.97 | 34.46 | 26.09 | 0.4036 |
| H Verity (ENG) | 40 | 144 | 3.600 | 24.38 | 31.98 | 22.86 | 0.3968 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) | 49 | 208 | 4.245 | 29.84 | 32.45 | 27.58 | 0.3923 |
| BS Chandrasekhar (INDIA) | 58 | 242 | 4.172 | 29.75 | 32.03 | 27.86 | 0.3870 |
| R Benaud (AUS) | 63 | 248 | 3.937 | 27.03 | 30.27 | 26.79 | 0.3833 |
| BS Bedi (INDIA) | 67 | 266 | 3.970 | 28.71 | 31.63 | 27.23 | 0.3818 |
| LR Gibbs (WI) | 79 | 309 | 3.911 | 29.09 | 32.22 | 27.09 | 0.3800 |
| GAR Lock (ENG) | 49 | 174 | 3.551 | 25.58 | 30.82 | 24.90 | 0.3776 |
For those playing along at home, 4/25 have played in the last 6 years, which is very decent for an all time list. I don't know, it is interesting though that Australia's third best leg spinner chats so much shit on commentary.
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