PlayersSouth Africa

K Rabada

Bowler, South Africa, 75 Tests, 2015-2026. Debut v India, 2015

22.8Adjusted bowling average, 10th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 22.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 21.4 to 26.2.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

7OE RobinsonEngland22.3 8JR HazlewoodAustralia22.6 9JM AndersonEngland22.7

10K RabadaSouth Africa22.8

11BW HilfenhausAustralia23.0 12SR HarmerSouth Africa23.2 13KA JamiesonNew Zealand23.3

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2015	2	111	55.50	2.27
2016	46	1074	23.35	3.82
2017	57	1156	20.28	3.21
2018	52	1044	20.08	3.15
2019	33	904	27.39	3.68
2020	7	234	33.43	3.45
2021	23	437	19.00	2.54
2022	47	1046	22.26	3.91
2023	20	342	17.10	3.11
2024	34	678	19.94	3.02
2025	19	467	24.58	3.60
2026	10	247	24.70	3.43
Career	350	7740	22.11	3.35

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

22.9

Volume

Wickets

350

5 wkts

Quality

Average

22.11

Strike rate

39.6

Economy

3.35

Conditions

Away average

25.62

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

8.1

Volume

Runs

1104

Average

12.13

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

51.4

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

12.02

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	21	223	13.12
Pakistan	14	194	17.64
India	24	189	9.00
New Zealand	9	139	17.38
West Indies	10	132	18.86
Australia	18	124	8.86
Sri Lanka	14	100	8.33
Bangladesh	1	2	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	68	21.88	6/54	4
England	66	25.29	7/112	4
India	55	22.60	5/59	1
Sri Lanka	41	23.10	6/55	1
Pakistan	34	28.68	4/61	0
West Indies	31	14.26	6/50	2
Bangladesh	29	10.55	6/46	4
New Zealand	23	28.09	5/60	1

Home & away

Home

12.5bat avg

20.3bowl avg

Away

12.02bat avg

25.62bowl avg

Neutral

1bat avg

12.22bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	38	407	14.54
2nd	33	354	12.64
3rd	26	261	11.35
4th	15	82	6.83

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia0 & 24/137Newlands, Cape Town2026-10-27 v Australia—6/110St George's Park, Gqeberha2026-10-18 v Pakistan712/98Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2025-10-20 v Pakistan0 & 02/89Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore2025-10-12 v Australia19/110Lord's2025-06-11 v Pakistan66/170Newlands, Cape Town2025-01-03 v Pakistan13 & 312/103SuperSport Park, Centurion2024-12-26 v Sri Lanka23 & 83/119St George's Park, Gqeberha2024-12-05 v Sri Lanka153/75Kingsmead, Durban2024-11-27 v Bangladesh—5/54Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram2024-10-29

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 112
Not outs: 21
Runs: 1104
Average: 12.13
Strike rate: 51.4
Highest: 71
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 23

Wickets: 350
Average: 22.11
Economy: 3.35
Strike rate: 39.6
Best: 7/112
5 wickets: 17
10 wkt match: 4
Balls: 13868