The 36-year-old left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc has become the world number 1 Test bowler in the latest ICC ratings. He has 881 rating points and moved to the top after claiming 15 wickets in the recent Test series against South Africa. His best bowling figures came in the Cape Town Test match, where he claimed 6/72 in the first innings and picked up 3/65 in the second innings.

South African star Marco Jansenwho was ranked number one last week, has slid to the second spot. The 26-year-old played a pivotal role with the bat and ball for the Proteas in their 2-1 series win. Jansen took 13 wickets with the ball, including a best of 5/33 in Gqeberha, and scored 198 runs with the bat with two fifties.

Kiwi seamer Matt Henry is number three, followed by Ollie Robinson and jasprit bumrahwho are fourth and fifth in the table. Mohammed Siraj has lost one place to be ranked 16th, while Ravindra Jadeja has gained a place and is 18th.

In the batting rankings, Harry Brook retains the number 1 spot, followed by Joe Root, who has moved up a place. Travis Head is ranked third, while South African skipper Temba Bavuma has now slid to the fourth spot, followed by veteran Aussie star Steve Smith.

Rishabh Pant is India’s best Test batter at number seven, while skipper Shubman Gill is ninth in the latest ranking charts. Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is in the 12th spot. Jansen and Jadeja are ranked one and two in the Test all-rounders ratings, with Wian Mulder at three, followed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz at four. Veteran Simon Harmer has gained three spots to be ranked fifth.

Mitchell Starc’s numbers in 2026

Mitchell Starc has played 110 Tests so far and claimed 460 Test wickets with 20 fifers and four ten-wicket hauls. He has played six Tests this year and picked up 32 wickets with two fifers and one ten-wicket haul. He began the year with five wickets during the SCG Test against England.

In the home series against Bangladesh earlier this year, Starc claimed 12 wickets, of which ten came during the second Test match, where he had match figures of 10/51.