Top 5 Test bowlers with highest ICC rating points of all time

#2 George Lohmann - 931

George Lohmann's average is the best among all bowlers with at least 100 Test wickets

George Lohmann is, quite possibly, England's first great Test bowler. His career makes for astonishing reading. From 18 Tests, he picked up 112 wickets at a jaw-dropping average of 10.75 and unprecedented strike-rate of 34.1.

Among all bowlers with at least 100 scalps in the format, his average is comfortably the best. As was the norm during those days, he operated at medium pace and still managed to torment opposition batsmen with his relentless accuracy.

Retrospective rankings reveal that he was the best bowler in less than two years since making his Test debut. Lohmann's international career spanned between 1886 and 1896. During March 1896, the seamer garnered 931 rating points. In the 3-match series on South African soil, he had wreaked havoc by pocketing as many as 35 wickets.