ICC Mens Bowling Rankings 2026

The ICC Men's bowling rankings is a table where the international cricket players are ranked based on their bowling performance in the games. The ranking is based on a points based system and the players are rated on a scale of 0 to 1000 points.

The rankings are updated regularly by the ICC. As per the current system, the men's rankings are published on every Wednesday. While the ranking is usually described as a measure of a player's recent form, the ICC Men's bowling rankings also takes into account a player's entire career. However, the system gives more importance to the player's recent performances.

While calculating the points for a player, the algorithm does not only take his bowling performance into consideration. Apart from the bowling performance, the calculation also takes into account other factors such as the quality of oppositions, conditions as well as the importance of the game.

During the calculation of the point, the ICC also takes note of whether the bowler has bowled in a game or not. If the opposition team is bowled out for less than 150, then a bowler who has not bowled is not penalised, according to the ICC. However, if the opposition makes a big total, then bowlers who don’t bowl in the innings lose points.

The ICC has three categories for the ICC Men's bowling rankings, one for each former. At present, Jasprit Bumrah is the number one Test bowler in the world while Rashid Khan and Akeal Hosein are the number one bowler in ODI and T20Is respectively.