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
18/19Chaminda VaasSLBest return on the list
27/12Shahid AfridiGER
37/15Glenn McGrathAUS
● LEADS
Chaminda VaasSL
8/19 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
7/33
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 20 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Chaminda VaasSL8/19
2Shahid AfridiGER7/12
3Glenn McGrathAUS7/15
4Rashid KhanAFG7/18
5Wanindu HasarangaSL7/19
6Andy BichelAUS7/20
7Charlie CassellSCO7/21
8Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/30
9Muhammad KhanUSA7/32
10Tim SoutheeNZ7/33
11Trent BoultNZ7/34
12Waqar YounisPAK7/36
13Aaqib JavedPAK7/37
14Imran TahirSA7/45
15Winston DavisWI7/51
16Mohammed ShamiIND7/57
17Stuart BinnyIND6/4
18Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/11
19Anil KumbleIND6/12
20Ajantha MendisSL6/13
21Farveez MaharoofSL6/14
21Imran NiaziBHR6/14
21Gary GilmourAUS6/14
21Lameck OnyangoKEN6/14
22Colin CroftWI6/15
23Shoaib AkhtarPAK6/16
23Kagiso RabadaSA6/16
24Jayden SealesWI6/18
24Azhar MahmoodPAK6/18
25Shane BondNZ6/19
25Henry OlongaZIM6/19
25Jasprit BumrahIND6/19
25Charles AminiPNG6/19
26Ahmed RazaUAE6/20
26Bryan StrangZIM6/20
26Angelo MathewsSL6/20
27Mohammed SirajIND6/21
27Nahid RanaBAN6/21
28Fidel EdwardsWI6/22
28Makhaya NtiniSA6/22
29Allan DonaldSA6/23
29Ashish NehraIND6/23
30Reece TopleyENG6/24
30Mudassar BukhariNED6/24
30Not on recordSCO6/24
31Kuldeep YadavIND6/25
31Scott StyrisNZ6/25
32Yasir ShahPAK6/26
32Mashrafe MortazaBAN6/26
32Rubel HossainBAN6/26
32AM GhazanfarAFG6/26
33Murali KartikIND6/27
33Dilhara FernandoSL6/27
33Naved-ul-HasanPAK6/27
33Kemar RoachWI6/27
33Sunil NarineWI6/27
34Mitchell StarcAUS6/28
34Josh DaveySCO6/28
35Akila DananjayaSL6/29
35Patrick PattersonWI6/29
35Sanath JayasuriyaSL6/29
36Mitchell JohnsonAUS6/31
36Paul CollingwoodENG6/31
37Jeffrey VandersaySL6/33
38Rizwan CheemaCAN6/34
38Zahoor KhanUAE6/34
38Aryan DuttNED6/34
39Shaheen AfridiPAK6/35
39Mohammad HossainBAN6/35
39Shaun PollockSA6/35
39Abdul RazzaqPAK6/35
40Josh LittleIRE6/36
41Lasith MalingaSL6/38
42Dale SteynSA6/39
42Ish SodhiNZ6/39
42Ken MacLeayAUS6/39
42Vivian KingmaNED6/39
43Jofra ArcherENG6/40
44Chad SoperPNG6/41
44Sir Viv RichardsWI6/41
45Umar GulPAK6/42
45Ajit AgarkarIND6/42
45Yuzvendra ChahalIND6/42
45Tangeni LungameniNAM6/42
46Mustafizur RahmanBAN6/43
46Jeremy GordonCAN6/43
46Dwayne BravoWI6/43
46Gulbadin NaibAFG6/43
47Thisara PereraSL6/44
48John HastingsAUS6/45
48Chris WoakesENG6/45
49Graeme CremerZIM6/46
50Amit MishraIND6/48
51Lance KlusenerSA6/49
52Tony GrayWI6/50
53Chris MpofuZIM6/52
53Josh HazlewoodAUS6/52
54SreesanthIND6/55
54Paul StirlingIRE6/55
55Lungi NgidiSA6/58
56Courtney WalshWI5/1
57Sunil JoshiIND5/6
57Luke JongweZIM5/6
58Daniel VettoriNZ5/7
59Mohammad SamiPAK5/10
59Karan KCNEP5/10
59Simi SinghIRE5/10
59Ryan BurlZIM5/10
60Mohammad NabiAFG5/12
61Simon O'DonnellAUS5/13
61Jan FrylinckNAM5/13
61Riley HekurePNG5/13
62Jay OdedraOMN5/14
62Nosaina PokanaPNG5/14
62Imad WasimPAK5/14
62Trent JohnstonIRE5/14
62James HopesAUS5/14
63Mark EalhamENG5/15
63Greg ChappellAUS5/15
63Ravi ShastriIND5/15
63Wasim AkramPAK5/15
63Khawar AliOMN5/15
64Rakep PatelKEN5/16
64Dushmantha ChameeraSL5/16
64Sourav GangulyIND5/16
64Carl RackemannAUS5/16
65Terry AldermanAUS5/17
65Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/17
65Tanwir AfzalHK5/17
65Ehsan KhanHK5/17
65Basil HameedUAE5/17
66Haris RaufPAK5/18
66Andrew HallSA5/18
66Gary CosierAUS5/18
66Andrew SymondsAUS5/18
67Ryan HarrisAUS5/19
67Andrew FlintoffENG5/19
67Not on recordNZ5/19
68Vic MarksENG5/20
68Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/20
68Brian VitoriZIM5/20
68Zhivago GroenewaldNAM5/20
68Lalit RajbanshiNEP5/20
68Mohammed Nawfer Mohammed AslamKUW5/20
68Alex CusackIRE5/20
69Tim MurtaghIRE5/21
69Rajesh BhudiaKEN5/21
69Oshane ThomasWI5/21
69Paul StrangZIM5/21
69Nicky BojeSA5/21
69Morne MorkelSA5/21
69Craig WhiteENG5/21
69Tony DodemaideAUS5/21
69Alan HurstAUS5/21
69Arshad AyubIND5/21
69Nikhil ChopraIND5/21
70Robin SinghIND5/22
70Jason GillespieAUS5/22
70Brett LeeAUS5/22
70Brad WilliamsAUS5/22
70Matthew HartNZ5/22
70Nuwan KulasekaraSL5/22
70Andre AdamsNZ5/22
70Winston BenjaminWI5/22
70Sir Andy RobertsNZ5/22
70Faheem AshrafPAK5/22
70William JacksENG5/22
70Bernard ScholtzNAM5/22
70John BlainSCO5/22
70Cooper ConnollyAUS5/22
71Not on recordKEN5/23
71Franklyn RoseWI5/23
71Hamid HassanAFG5/23
71Richard CollingeNZ5/23
71Stuart BroadENG5/23
71James AndersonENG5/23
71Javagal SrinathIND5/23
72Mark WaughAUS5/24
72Saeed AjmalPAK5/24
72Collins ObuyaKEN5/24
72Timm van der GugtenNED5/24
73Ryan ten DoeschateNED5/25
73Bilal AsifPAK5/25
73Rohan MustafaUAE5/25
73Kyle MillsNZ5/25
73Ian BishopWI5/25
73Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/25
74Ronnie IraniENG5/26
74Anthony StuartAUS5/26
74Sanjeev SharmaIND5/26
74Michael HoldingWI5/26
74Jacob OramNZ5/26
74Nuwan ZoysaSL5/26
74Shaul KarnainSL5/26
74James NgocheKEN5/26
74Regan WestIRE5/26
74Johannes SmitNAM5/26
74Mohammad HasnainPAK5/26
75Dunith WellalageSL5/27
75Adil RashidENG5/27
75Austin CodringtonCAN5/27
75Carlos BrathwaiteWI5/27
75Sompal KamiNEP5/27
75James NeeshamNZ5/27
75Jason HolderWI5/27
75Venkatesh PrasadIND5/27
75Kris SrikkanthIND5/27
75Irfan PathanIND5/27
76Clint McKayAUS5/28
76Taijul IslamBAN5/28
76Lance CairnsNZ5/28
76Graeme SwannENG5/28
76Eddo BrandesZIM5/28
76Taskin AhmedBAN5/28
76Mudassar NazarPAK5/28
76Mohammad NaveedUAE5/28
76Aizaz KhanHK5/28
76Paul van MeekerenNED5/28
76Merwe ErasmusNAM5/28
76Kabua MoreaPNG5/28
77Andy McBrineIRE5/29
77Shaukat DukanwalaUAE5/29
77Mervyn DillonWI5/29
77Chris JordanENG5/29
77Abdur RazzakBAN5/29
77Shakib Al HasanBAN5/29
77Not on recordOMN5/29
78Ziaur RahmanAFG5/30
78Len PascoeAUS5/30
78Mohammad AmirPAK5/30
78Iftikhar AnjumPAK5/30
78Jacques KallisSA5/30
78David WilleyENG5/30
78Matt HenryNZ5/30
78Ruben TrumpelmannNAM5/30
79Henry ShipleyNZ5/31
79Nathan EllisAUS5/31
79Bilal KhanOMN5/31
79Anderson CumminsWI5/31
79Joel GarnerWI5/31
79Yuvraj SinghIND5/31
79Harbhajan SinghIND5/31
79Aftab AhmedBAN5/31
79Daniel ChristianAUS5/31
79Mike HendrickENG5/31
80Rod LathamNZ5/32
80Sachin TendulkarIND5/32
80Brad HoggAUS5/32
80Rahmat ShahAFG5/32
80Heath StreakZIM5/32
80Hansie CronjeSA5/32
80Ashantha de MelSL5/32
80Rumesh RatnayakeSL5/32
80Hasan MahmudBAN5/32
80Richard NgaravaZIM5/32
80Saurabh NetravalkarUSA5/32
80Sunil DhaniramCAN5/32
81Aasif KarimKEN5/33
81Safyaan SharifSCO5/33
81Naseem ShahPAK5/33
81Cameron GreenAUS5/33
81Keshav MaharajSA5/33
81Mark WattSCO5/33
81Vasbert DrakesWI5/33
81Shane WarneAUS5/33
81Mitchell MarshAUS5/33
81Ben HilfenhausAUS5/33
81Manoj PrabhakarIND5/33
81Ravindra JadejaIND5/33
81Steven FinnENG5/33
81Shane LeeAUS5/33
81Steve HarmisonENG5/33
81Graeme HickENG5/33
81Bilal SamiAFG5/33
82Danny MorrisonNZ5/34
82Ewen ChatfieldNZ5/34
82Dennis LilleeAUS5/34
82Hasan AliPAK5/34
82Benjamin SearsNZ5/34
82Brandon McMullenSCO5/34
82Aayan KhanUAE5/34
82Usman KhanPAK5/34
83Adam ZampaAUS5/35
83Tom CurranENG5/35
83Michael ClarkeAUS5/35
83Doug BollingerAUS5/35
83Paul JarvisENG5/35
83Saleem MalikPAK5/35
84Mushtaq AhmedPAK5/36
84Prosper UtseyaZIM5/36
84Damien FlemingAUS5/36
84Ed RainsfordZIM5/36
84Not on recordNAM5/36
85Arshdeep SinghIND5/37
85Jimmy AdamsWI5/37
86Semo KameaPNG5/38
86Hamza TahirSCO5/38
87Marco JansenSA5/39
87Hayden WalshWI5/39
87Tanvir IslamBAN5/39
87Charl LangeveldtSA5/39
87Shayne O'ConnorNZ5/39
87Not on recordOMN5/39
88Richard SnellSA5/40
88Ottis GibsonWI5/40
88Iftikhar AhmedPAK5/40
89Samit PatelENG5/41
90Chris HarrisNZ5/42
90Chris CairnsNZ5/42
90Bhuvneshwar KumarIND5/42
90Zaheer KhanIND5/42
90Suraj RandivSL5/42
90Farhad RezaBAN5/42
90James FranklinNZ5/42
90Varun VinodIND5/42
91Sisanda MagalaSA5/43
91Shariz AhmadNED5/43
91Alasdair EvansSCO5/43
91Rudi van VuurenNAM5/43
91Pedro CollinsWI5/43
91Kapil DevIND5/43
92Craig McDermottAUS5/44
92Darren GoughENG5/44
92Colin StuartWI5/44
92Charlie LockZIM5/44
92Abdul QadirPAK5/44
92Sarel BurgerNAM5/44
92Rusty TheronSA5/44
92Jason BehrendorffAUS5/44
93Andre NelSA5/45
93Dwayne SmithWI5/45
93Chris PringleNZ5/45
93Michael KasprowiczAUS5/45
94Dave GilbertAUS5/46
94Sheldon CottrellWI5/46
94Chris GayleWI5/46
94Wahab RiazPAK5/46
94Barry McCarthyIRE5/46
94Andrew TyeAUS5/46
94Craig YoungIRE5/46
95Gudakesh MotieWI5/47
95Thilan ThusharaSL5/47
95Nathan BrackenAUS5/47
95Mohammad RafiqueBAN5/47
95Ronald EbanksCIS5/47
96Tim BresnanENG5/48
96Jerome TaylorWI5/48
96Sohail TanvirPAK5/48
96Wayne ParnellSA5/48
96Sam CurranENG5/48
97Tabraiz ShamsiSA5/49
97Blessing MuzarabaniZIM5/49
97Amjad MahboobSIN5/49
97Albert van der MerweIRE5/49
97Ravi RampaulWI5/49
97Matthew HoggardENG5/49
98Vanburn HolderWI5/50
98Mitchell SantnerNZ5/50
98Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG5/50
99Jake BallENG5/51
99Peter OngondoKEN5/51
99Corey CollymoreWI5/51
100Liam PlunkettENG5/52
100Edgar SchiferliNED5/52
100Gavin MainSCO5/52
100Bas LeedeNED5/52
101Christopher GreavesSCO5/53
101Bruce ReidAUS5/53
101Dwayne LeverockBER5/53
102Brad EvansZIM5/54
102Majid HaqSCO5/54
103Sohail KhanPAK5/55
104Alzarri JosephWI5/56
105Graeme LabrooySL5/57
105Ashley GilesENG5/57
106Abu JayedBAN5/58
106Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG5/58
106Mitchell McClenaghanNZ5/58
107Con de LangeSCO5/60
108Brydon CarseENG5/61
108Ben StokesENG5/61
108Upul ChandanaSL5/61
109Newman NyamhuriZIM5/62
110Corey AndersonNZ5/63
110Donald TiripanoZIM5/63
111Chanaka WelegedaraSL5/66
112Charitha BuddhikaSL5/67
112Not on recordPAK5/67
113Kane RichardsonAUS5/68
113Khurram ChohanCAN5/68
114Pat CumminsAUS5/70
115Gordon GoudieSCO5/73
116Lokumarakkalage MadushankaSL5/80
117Phil SimmonsWI4/3
118Tillakaratne DilshanSL4/4
119Sushan BhariNEP4/5
120Virender SehwagIND4/6
121Darren LehmannAUS4/7
122Chris OldENG4/8
123Craig MatthewsSA4/10
123Kinchit ShahHK4/10
124Meyrick PringleSA4/11
124Bob WillisENG4/11
124John SnowENG4/11
125Junaid KhanPAK4/12
125Vernon PhilanderSA4/12
125Robin PetersonSA4/12
125Prabath NissankaSL4/12
125Muralikrishna KrishnaIND4/12
126Kevin O'BrienIRE4/13
126Suranga LakmalSL4/13
126Sachithra SenanayakeSL4/13
126Paul ReiffelAUS4/13
127Arjuna RanatungaSL4/14
127Dipendra AireeNEP4/14
128Thomas SoleSCO4/15
128Gajanand SinghUSA4/15
128Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN4/15
128Michael RipponNED4/15
128Pieter SeelaarNED4/15
128Boyd RankinENG4/15
129Tapash BaisyaBAN4/16
129Rajin SalehBAN4/16
129Ian HarveyAUS4/16
129Jean-Paul DuminySA4/16
129Hamish BennettNZ4/16
130Claude HendersonSA4/17
130Champaka RamanayakeSL4/17
130Kyle JarvisZIM4/17
130Amir HamzaAFG4/17
130Xavier BartlettAUS4/17
131Kariyawasam AsalankaSL4/18
131Amila AponsoSL4/18
131Roelof van der MerweNED4/18
131Malcolm MarshallWI4/18
131Sulieman BennWI4/18
131Alan MullallyENG4/18
132Andy CaddickENG4/19
132Khaled MahmudBAN4/19
132Gary TroupNZ4/19
132Stuart MacGillAUS4/19
132Max WalkerAUS4/19
132Ryan McLarenSA4/19
132Johan BothaSA4/19
132Rob NicolNZ4/19
132Zakir KhanPAK4/19
132Shoaib MalikPAK4/19
132Andre BothaIRE4/19
132Mark AdairIRE4/19
132Troy TaylorCIS4/19
133Karima GoreUSA4/20
133Shadley SchalkwykUSA4/20
133Kushal BhurtelNEP4/20
133Nasir AzizUAE4/20
133David TerbruggeSA4/20
133Rangana HerathSL4/20
133Bernard JulienWI4/20
133Madan LalIND4/20
134Shafiul IslamBAN4/21
134David HusseyAUS4/21
134Kyle AbbottSA4/21
134Ryan HigginsZIM4/21
134Wellington MasakadzaZIM4/21
134Mohammad IslamBAN4/21
135Ajay LalchetaOMN4/22
135Andile PhehlukwayoSA4/22
135Rohit PaudelNEP4/22
135Iain WardlawSCO4/22
135Andrew WhiteIRE4/22
135Rory KleinveldtSA4/22
135Lonwabo TsotsobeSA4/22
135Aamer SohailPAK4/22
135Azeem HafeezPAK4/22
135Kane WilliamsonNZ4/22
135Dawlat ZadranAFG4/22
135Gary BrentZIM4/22
135Ray PriceZIM4/22
135Angus FraserENG4/22
135Phil TufnellENG4/22
135Michael VaughanENG4/22
135Syed RaselBAN4/22
135Maninder SinghIND4/22
135Mohit SharmaIND4/22
136Piyush ChawlaIND4/23
136Adam HollioakeENG4/23
136Norman GiffordENG4/23
136Graham DilleyENG4/23
136Collis KingWI4/23
136Ravi RatnayekeSL4/23
136Steven TaylorUSA4/23
136Muhammad SiddiqueUAE4/23
136Jasper DavidsonSCO4/23
137Imran AnwarBHR4/24
137Chris SoleSCO4/24
137Kevin SinclairWI4/24
137George DockrellIRE4/24
137Alex WharfENG4/24
137Martin SujiKEN4/24
137Michael LeaskSCO4/24
137Norman VanuaPNG4/24
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