He is considered to be one of the best Test bowlers of his generation[6] Rabada made his debut for the Gauteng in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition against Border in December 2013.

[7] Rabada was chosen to represent South Africa's Under-19 side for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

[10] Rabada's performances in the Under-19 World Cup saw him catapulted into the Lions franchise for their last two games of the Sunfoil Series season.

[12] In February 2016, it was announced that Rabada had signed a short-term deal to play county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in June and July of the English domestic season, passing up the opportunity of an IPL contract to gain experience in English conditions.

[18] In February 2017, Rabada was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for INR 50 million.

[29] In the fourth Test of England's 2015–16 tour of South Africa, he finished with figures of 13/144 helping his team win the game.

In the process, he became the youngest South African to take a ten-wicket haul in a Test, and the figures were his team's second best ever, after Makhaya Ntini's 13/132.

He became the fourth South African bowler to cross 900 points after Vernon Philander, Shaun Pollock and Dale Steyn.

[47][48][49] In September 2021, Rabada was named in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

[52] On Day 2 of the first test match of the series against England in August 2022, Rabada took his first five-for at Lord's which earned him a place on the coveted honours board.

[53] He is only the fourth South African bowler to achieve this feat since re-admission after Allan Donald, Makhaya Ntini and Vernon Philander.

[55] Rabada took his 300th Test wicket on 21 October 2024, on the first day of South Africa's match against Bangladesh, becoming the 39th bowler to reach the milestone.

[56][57][58] In 2020 Kagiso Rabada and Cameron Scott founded Kingdom Kome Productions,[59][60] their first project is a short film called "The Ring of Beasts".