Best Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ODIAll-time500 entries
18/0Chaminda VaasSLBest return on the list
37/0Andy BichelAUS
57/1Glenn McGrathAUS
● LEADS
Chaminda VaasSL
8/0 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Shahid AfridiPAK
8 separate entries on this list · 316 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
7/7
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
12 of the top 50 · 14 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Chaminda VaasSL8/0
2Chaminda VaasSL8/13
3Andy BichelAUS7/0
3Andy BichelAUS7/0
5Glenn McGrathAUS7/1
5Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/1
5Shahid AfridiPAK7/1
8Mohammed ShamiIND7/5
9Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/6
9Rashid KhanPAK7/6
11Wanindu HasarangaSL7/7
11Aaqib JavedPAK7/7
13Rashid KhanPAK7/8
14Glenn McGrathAUS7/10
15Shahid AfridiGER7/12
16Winston DavisWI7/13
17Muhammad KhanCAN7/16
18Mohammed ShamiIND7/17
19Wanindu HasarangaSL7/18
19Trent BoultNZ7/18
21Waqar YounisPAK7/20
22Charlie CassellSCO7/21
23Tim SoutheeNZ7/28
24Aaqib JavedPAK7/31
24Imran TahirSA7/31
26Ashish NehraIND6/0
27Imran NiaziPAK6/3
27Imran KhanPAK6/3
29Stuart BinnyIND6/4
30AM GhazanfarAFG6/5
31Sir Viv RichardsWI6/6
32Paul StirlingIRE6/7
32Wanindu HasarangaSL6/7
32Akila DananjayaSL6/7
32Shane BondNZ6/7
36Azhar MahmoodPAK6/8
36Chris MpofuZIM6/8
36Thisara PereraSL6/8
39Colin CroftWI6/9
39Sanath JayasuriyaSL6/9
39Shoaib AkhtarPAK6/9
39Tangeni LungameniNAM6/9
39Dwayne BravoWI6/9
44Ajantha MendisSL6/10
44Abdul RazzaqPAK6/10
44Shaun PollockSA6/10
44Mohammed SirajIND6/10
48Waqar YounisPAK6/11
48Ashish NehraIND6/11
48Farveez MaharoofSL6/11
48Graeme CremerZIM6/11
48Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/11
48Mitchell StarcAUS6/11
48Paul CollingwoodENG6/11
48Aryan DuttNED6/11
48Chaminda VaasSL6/11
57Lameck OnyangoKEN6/12
57Anil KumbleIND6/12
57Angelo MathewsSL6/12
60Dilhara FernandoSL6/13
60Makhaya NtiniSA6/13
60Josh LittleIRE6/13
63Gary GilmourAUS6/14
63Waqar YounisPAK6/14
63Scott StyrisNZ6/14
63Mashrafe MortazaBAN6/14
63Zahoor KhanUAE6/14
63Vivian KingmaNED6/14
69Patrick PattersonWI6/15
69Waqar YounisPAK6/15
69Mitchell JohnsonAUS6/15
69Shane BondNZ6/15
69Mustafizur RahmanBAN6/15
74Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/16
74Kemar RoachWI6/16
74Kagiso RabadaSA6/16
74Shahid AfridiPAK6/16
74Shahid AfridiGER6/16
79Reece TopleyENG6/17
79Dale SteynSA6/17
81Kuldeep YadavIND6/18
81Gulbadin NaibAFG6/18
81Jayden SealesWI6/18
81Lasith MalingaSL6/18
81Jeffrey VandersaySL6/18
86Akila DananjayaSL6/19
86Charles AminiPNG6/19
86Henry OlongaZIM6/19
86Jasprit BumrahIND6/19
90Bryan StrangZIM6/20
90Ahmed RazaUAE6/20
90Rubel HossainBAN6/20
90Chris WoakesENG6/20
90Naved-ul-HasanPAK6/20
95Nahid RanaBAN6/21
95Mudassar BukhariNED6/21
95Allan DonaldSA6/21
98Josh DaveySCO6/22
98Fidel EdwardsWI6/22
100Chris WoakesENG6/23
100Imran TahirSA6/23
102Shaheen AfridiPAK6/24
102Lance KlusenerSA6/24
102Not on recordSCO6/24
105SreesanthIND6/25
105Henry OlongaZIM6/25
105Amit MishraIND6/25
108Rizwan CheemaCAN6/26
108Yasir ShahPAK6/26
110Murali KartikIND6/27
110Chad SoperPNG6/27
110John HastingsAUS6/27
110Sunil NarineWI6/27
114Jeremy GordonCAN6/29
115Lungi NgidiSA6/30
116Ajit AgarkarIND6/31
116Ken MacLeayAUS6/31
118Umar GulPAK6/32
118Yuzvendra ChahalIND6/32
118Josh HazlewoodAUS6/32
121Rashid KhanNEP6/34
122Mohammad HossainBAN6/35
122Ish SodhiNZ6/35
122Jofra ArcherENG6/35
125Tim SoutheeNZ6/36
126Tony GrayWI6/44
127Greg ChappellAUS5/0
127Stuart BroadENG5/0
129Dave GilbertAUS5/1
129Daniel VettoriNZ5/1
129Courtney WalshWI5/1
129Greg ChappellAUS5/1
129Glenn McGrathAUS5/1
129Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/1
129Mitchell JohnsonAUS5/1
129Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/1
129Oshane ThomasWI5/1
129Mitchell StarcAUS5/1
129Steven FinnENG5/1
140Kris SrikkanthIND5/2
140Robin SinghIND5/2
140Bernard ScholtzNAM5/2
140Aizaz KhanHK5/2
144Carl RackemannAUS5/3
144Shahid AfridiPAK5/3
144Yuvraj SinghIND5/3
144Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/3
144Nuwan KulasekaraSL5/3
149Sachin TendulkarIND5/4
149Khawar AliOMN5/4
149Shaul KarnainSL5/4
149Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/4
149Michael ClarkeAUS5/4
149Andrew FlintoffENG5/4
149Mervyn DillonWI5/4
149Sourav GangulyIND5/4
149Chaminda VaasSL5/4
149Shaun PollockSA5/4
149John BlainSCO5/4
149Dwayne LeverockBER5/4
161Sir Viv RichardsWI5/5
161Nikhil ChopraIND5/5
161Abdul RazzaqPAK5/5
161Sanath JayasuriyaSL5/5
161Brett LeeAUS5/5
161James NeeshamNZ5/5
161Farhad RezaBAN5/5
161Mohammed ShamiIND5/5
161Adil RashidENG5/5
170Mark WaughAUS5/6
170Saleem MalikPAK5/6
170Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/6
170Sunil JoshiIND5/6
170Nicky BojeSA5/6
170Rakep PatelKEN5/6
170Mark WattSCO5/6
170Luke JongweZIM5/6
170Graeme HickENG5/6
170Dwayne SmithWI5/6
170Vasbert DrakesWI5/6
181Alan HurstAUS5/7
181Wasim AkramPAK5/7
181Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/7
181Waqar YounisPAK5/7
181Cameron GreenAUS5/7
181Shahid AfridiGER5/7
181Daniel VettoriNZ5/7
181Shoaib AkhtarPAK5/7
181Shaun PollockSA5/7
181Tanwir AfzalHK5/7
191Jacques KallisSA5/8
191Daniel ChristianAUS5/8
191Shakib Al HasanBAN5/8
191William JacksENG5/8
191Glenn McGrathAUS5/8
191Robin SinghIND5/8
191Sanath JayasuriyaSL5/8
191Pedro CollinsWI5/8
191Fidel EdwardsWI5/8
191Ryan BurlZIM5/8
191Basil HameedUAE5/8
191Thisara PereraSL5/8
191Graeme CremerZIM5/8
191Glenn McGrathAUS5/8
191Mervyn DillonWI5/8
206Alex CusackIRE5/9
206Michael HoldingWI5/9
206Hansie CronjeSA5/9
206Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/9
206Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/9
206Josh DaveySCO5/9
206Lasith MalingaSL5/9
206Ashantha de MelSL5/9
206Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/9
206Jan FrylinckNAM5/9
206Ziaur RahmanAFG5/9
206Mitchell JohnsonAUS5/9
206Zaheer KhanIND5/9
206Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/9
206Mark EalhamENG5/9
206Mohammad NabiAFG5/9
222Joel GarnerWI5/10
222Chris CairnsNZ5/10
222Simi SinghIRE5/10
222Corey AndersonNZ5/10
222Shaun PollockSA5/10
222Sourav GangulyIND5/10
222Morne MorkelSA5/10
222Sompal KamiNEP5/10
222Abdur RazzakBAN5/10
222Tim SoutheeNZ5/10
222Mohammad RafiqueBAN5/10
222Waqar YounisPAK5/10
222Sachin TendulkarIND5/10
222Chris GayleWI5/10
222Peter OngondoKEN5/10
237Cooper ConnollyAUS5/11
237Danny MorrisonNZ5/11
237Kapil DevIND5/11
237Nuwan ZoysaSL5/11
237Upul ChandanaSL5/11
237Sarel BurgerNAM5/11
237Trent JohnstonIRE5/11
237Shahid AfridiPAK5/11
237Nathan BrackenAUS5/11
237Andrew SymondsAUS5/11
247Joel GarnerWI5/12
247Simon O'DonnellAUS5/12
247Rashid KhanAFG5/12
247Javagal SrinathIND5/12
247Heath StreakZIM5/12
247Shahid AfridiGER5/12
247Vic MarksENG5/12
247Brad WilliamsAUS5/12
247Makhaya NtiniSA5/12
247Thilan ThusharaSL5/12
247Harbhajan SinghIND5/12
258Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/13
258Sanjeev SharmaIND5/13
258Terry AldermanAUS5/13
258Craig McDermottAUS5/13
258Ottis GibsonWI5/13
258Lasith MalingaSL5/13
258Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/13
258Winston BenjaminWI5/13
258Josh HazlewoodAUS5/13
258Dale SteynSA5/13
268James HopesAUS5/14
268Abdur RazzakBAN5/14
268Shaukat DukanwalaUAE5/14
268Rahmat ShahAFG5/14
268Imad WasimPAK5/14
273Ian BishopWI5/15
273Ravi ShastriIND5/15
273Wasim AkramPAK5/15
273Mohammed ShamiIND5/15
273Clint McKayAUS5/15
273Wasim AkramPAK5/15
273Jimmy AdamsWI5/15
273Ben HilfenhausAUS5/15
273Taskin AhmedBAN5/15
273Rod LathamNZ5/15
283Anderson CumminsWI5/16
283Wasim AkramPAK5/16
283Abdul QadirPAK5/16
283Shoaib AkhtarPAK5/16
283Dushmantha ChameeraSL5/16
283Tanvir IslamBAN5/16
283Thisara PereraSL5/16
283Clint McKayAUS5/16
283Mushtaq AhmedPAK5/16
292Terry AldermanAUS5/17
292Matthew HartNZ5/17
292Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/17
292Manoj PrabhakarIND5/17
292Anil KumbleIND5/17
292Rumesh RatnayakeSL5/17
292Glenn McGrathAUS5/17
292Mohammad NabiAFG5/17
292Aaqib JavedPAK5/17
292Lungi NgidiSA5/17
292Richard NgaravaZIM5/17
292Merwe ErasmusNAM5/17
292Charlie LockZIM5/17
305Gary CosierAUS5/18
305Rusty TheronSA5/18
307Richard CollingeNZ5/19
307Danny MorrisonNZ5/19
307Aaqib JavedPAK5/19
307Johannes SmitNAM5/19
307Not on recordNZ5/19
307Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/19
307Andy McBrineIRE5/19
307Makhaya NtiniSA5/19
307Chris PringleNZ5/19
307Matt HenryNZ5/19
307Albert van der MerweIRE5/19
307Ravi RampaulWI5/19
319Bruce ReidAUS5/20
319Javagal SrinathIND5/20
319Arshad AyubIND5/20
319Shayne O'ConnorNZ5/20
319Newman NyamhuriZIM5/20
319Vic MarksENG5/20
319Brian VitoriZIM5/20
326Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/21
326Tony DodemaideAUS5/21
326Abdul QadirPAK5/21
326Sanath JayasuriyaSL5/21
326Aasif KarimKEN5/21
331Andy RobertsNZ5/22
331Nathan EllisAUS5/22
331Paul JarvisENG5/22
334Mudassar NazarPAK5/23
334Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/23
336Manoj PrabhakarIND5/24
336Alasdair EvansSCO5/24
338Ahmed RazaUAE5/25
338Lance KlusenerSA5/25
338Charitha BuddhikaSL5/25
338Matthew HoggardENG5/25
342Joel GarnerWI5/26
342Dennis LilleeAUS5/26
342Mohammad HasnainPAK5/26
342Richard SnellSA5/26
342Mitchell StarcAUS5/26
342Corey CollymoreWI5/26
348Lance CairnsNZ5/28
349Allan DonaldSA5/29
350Vanburn HolderWI5/30
350Len PascoeAUS5/30
350David WilleyENG5/30
353Mike HendrickENG5/31
354Gudakesh MotieWI5/32
355Ewen ChatfieldNZ5/33
356Shaheen AfridiPAK5/36
356Darren GoughENG5/36
358Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/38
359Blessing MuzarabaniZIM5/39
360Graeme LabrooySL5/48
361Not on recordPAK5/56
362Mike HendrickENG4/0
363Chris OldENG4/2
364Aamer SohailPAK4/3
364Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/3
364Dennis LilleeAUS4/3
364Phil SimmonsWI4/3
364Sachin TendulkarIND4/3
369Wasim AkramPAK4/4
369Jeremy ConeyNZ4/4
371Chris OldENG4/5
371Michael HoldingWI4/5
371Geoff LawsonAUS4/5
371Malcolm MarshallWI4/5
371Kapil DevIND4/5
376Ian BishopWI4/6
376Meyrick PringleSA4/6
376Mark WaughAUS4/6
376Joel GarnerWI4/6
376Chaminda VaasSL4/6
381Joel GarnerWI4/7
381Peter LeverENG4/7
381Heath StreakZIM4/7
381Steve WaughAUS4/7
381Kapil DevIND4/7
381Malcolm MarshallWI4/7
387Craig McDermottAUS4/8
387Derek PringleENG4/8
387Maninder SinghIND4/8
387Sarfraz NawazPAK4/8
387Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/8
392Sir Andy RobertsWI4/9
392John EmbureyENG4/9
392Hansie CronjeSA4/9
392Bob WillisENG4/9
392Abdul QadirPAK4/9
397Dennis LilleeAUS4/10
397Saleem MalikPAK4/10
397Aravinda de SilvaSL4/10
400John SnowENG4/11
400Sikander BakhtPAK4/11
400Bob WillisENG4/11
400Gladstone SmallENG4/11
400Courtney WalshWI4/11
400Craig McDermottAUS4/11
400Martin SneddenNZ4/11
400Mike WhitneyAUS4/11
408Larry GomesWI4/12
408Simon O'DonnellAUS4/12
408Dennis LilleeAUS4/12
408Manoj PrabhakarIND4/12
408Ijaz FaqihPAK4/12
408Madan LalIND4/12
414Glenn McGrathAUS4/13
414Abdul QadirPAK4/13
416Jalal-ud-DinPAK4/14
416Ashantha de MelSL4/14
416Rodney HoggAUS4/14
416Paul ReiffelAUS4/14
420Bob WillisENG4/15
420Chris PringleNZ4/15
420Gary TroupNZ4/15
420Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/15
424Michael HoldingWI4/16
425Courtney WalshWI4/17
425Malcolm MarshallWI4/17
427John LeverENG4/18
427Tony GreigENG4/18
427Sir Curtly AmbroseWI4/18
427Merv HughesAUS4/18
427Malcolm MarshallWI4/18
432Michael HoldingWI4/19
432Max WalkerAUS4/19
432Carl RackemannAUS4/19
435Jeff ThomsonAUS4/20
435Rodney HoggAUS4/20
435Bernard JulienWI4/20
438Len PascoeAUS4/21
439Sir Ian BothamENG4/22
439Keith BoyceWI4/22
439Dilip DoshiIND4/22
442Gary TroupNZ4/23
443Sarfraz NawazPAK4/24
444Wasim RajaPAK4/25
445Geoff ArnoldENG4/27
446Len PascoeAUS4/28
447John SnowENG4/32
448Dayle HadleeNZ4/34
449Sarfraz NawazPAK4/46
450Mudassar NazarPAK3/1
451Sarfraz NawazPAK3/6
452Sikander BakhtPAK3/11
453Wasim RajaPAK3/14
454Phil EdmondsENG3/17
455Hasan JamilPAK3/18
456Max WalkerAUS3/20
457Sir Ian BothamENG3/21
457Derek UnderwoodENG3/21
459Geoff ArnoldENG3/24
459Ian CallenAUS3/24
461Chris OldENG3/25
461Dennis LilleeAUS3/25
461Bruce TaylorNZ3/25
464Derek UnderwoodENG3/26
465Derek UnderwoodENG3/27
465Joel GarnerWI3/27
467John SnowENG3/29
468Bob WoolmerENG3/33
469Ashley MallettAUS3/34
470Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND3/36
471Keith StackpoleAUS3/40
472Robin JackmanENG3/41
473Sarfraz NawazPAK3/42
474Chris OldENG3/43
475Len PascoeAUS3/44
476Ashley MallettAUS3/47
477Ray IllingworthENG3/50
478Greg ChappellAUS3/51
479Clive LloydWI2/4
480Geoff ArnoldENG2/7
481Asif MasoodPAK2/9
482Roy FredericksWI2/10
483Sarfraz NawazPAK2/15
484Doug WaltersAUS2/16
484Ashley MallettAUS2/16
484Bob WoolmerENG2/16
484Imran NiaziPAK2/16
488Bev CongdonNZ2/17
488Asif IqbalUAE2/17
490Dayle HadleeNZ2/18
491Barry WoodENG2/20
492Graham McKenzieAUS2/22
492Saleem AltafPAK2/22
494Graeme WatsonAUS2/28
495Bob MassieAUS2/35
496Alan ThomsonAUS1/22
497Ken ShuttleworthENG1/29
498Basil D'OliveiraENG1/38
499Peter LeverENG0/30
500John SnowENG0/38
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