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
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
205Alex CusackIRE5/9
205Michael HoldingWI5/9
205Hansie CronjeSA5/9
205Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/9
205Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/9
205Josh DaveySCO5/9
205Lasith MalingaSL5/9
205Ashantha de MelSL5/9
205Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/9
205Jan FrylinckNAM5/9
205Ziaur RahmanAFG5/9
205Mitchell JohnsonAUS5/9
205Zaheer KhanIND5/9
205Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/9
205Mark EalhamENG5/9
205Mohammad NabiAFG5/9
221Joel GarnerWI5/10
221Chris CairnsNZ5/10
221Simi SinghIRE5/10
221Corey AndersonNZ5/10
221Shaun PollockSA5/10
221Sourav GangulyIND5/10
221Morne MorkelSA5/10
221Sompal KamiNEP5/10
221Abdur RazzakBAN5/10
221Tim SoutheeNZ5/10
221Mohammad RafiqueBAN5/10
221Waqar YounisPAK5/10
221Sachin TendulkarIND5/10
221Chris GayleWI5/10
221Peter OngondoKEN5/10
236Cooper ConnollyAUS5/11
236Danny MorrisonNZ5/11
236Kapil DevIND5/11
236Nuwan ZoysaSL5/11
236Upul ChandanaSL5/11
236Sarel BurgerNAM5/11
236Trent JohnstonIRE5/11
236Shahid AfridiPAK5/11
236Nathan BrackenAUS5/11
236Andrew SymondsAUS5/11
246Joel GarnerWI5/12
246Simon O'DonnellAUS5/12
246Rashid KhanAFG5/12
246Javagal SrinathIND5/12
246Heath StreakZIM5/12
246Shahid AfridiGER5/12
246Vic MarksENG5/12
246Brad WilliamsAUS5/12
246Makhaya NtiniSA5/12
246Thilan ThusharaSL5/12
246Harbhajan SinghIND5/12
257Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/13
257Sanjeev SharmaIND5/13
257Terry AldermanAUS5/13
257Craig McDermottAUS5/13
257Ottis GibsonWI5/13
257Lasith MalingaSL5/13
257Saqlain MushtaqPAK5/13
257Winston BenjaminWI5/13
257Josh HazlewoodAUS5/13
257Dale SteynSA5/13
267James HopesAUS5/14
267Abdur RazzakBAN5/14
267Shaukat DukanwalaUAE5/14
267Rahmat ShahAFG5/14
267Imad WasimPAK5/14
272Ian BishopWI5/15
272Ravi ShastriIND5/15
272Wasim AkramPAK5/15
272Mohammed ShamiIND5/15
272Clint McKayAUS5/15
272Wasim AkramPAK5/15
272Jimmy AdamsWI5/15
272Ben HilfenhausAUS5/15
272Taskin AhmedBAN5/15
272Rod LathamNZ5/15
282Anderson CumminsWI5/16
282Wasim AkramPAK5/16
282Abdul QadirPAK5/16
282Shoaib AkhtarPAK5/16
282Dushmantha ChameeraSL5/16
282Tanvir IslamBAN5/16
282Thisara PereraSL5/16
282Clint McKayAUS5/16
282Mushtaq AhmedPAK5/16
291Terry AldermanAUS5/17
291Matthew HartNZ5/17
291Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/17
291Manoj PrabhakarIND5/17
291Anil KumbleIND5/17
291Rumesh RatnayakeSL5/17
291Glenn McGrathAUS5/17
291Mohammad NabiAFG5/17
291Aaqib JavedPAK5/17
291Lungi NgidiSA5/17
291Richard NgaravaZIM5/17
291Merwe ErasmusNAM5/17
291Charlie LockZIM5/17
304Gary CosierAUS5/18
304Rusty TheronSA5/18
306Richard CollingeNZ5/19
306Danny MorrisonNZ5/19
306Aaqib JavedPAK5/19
306Johannes SmitNAM5/19
306Not on recordNZ5/19
306Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/19
306Andy McBrineIRE5/19
306Makhaya NtiniSA5/19
306Chris PringleNZ5/19
306Matt HenryNZ5/19
306Albert van der MerweIRE5/19
306Ravi RampaulWI5/19
318Bruce ReidAUS5/20
318Javagal SrinathIND5/20
318Arshad AyubIND5/20
318Shayne O'ConnorNZ5/20
318Vic MarksENG5/20
318Brian VitoriZIM5/20
324Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/21
324Tony DodemaideAUS5/21
324Abdul QadirPAK5/21
324Sanath JayasuriyaSL5/21
324Aasif KarimKEN5/21
329Andy RobertsNZ5/22
329Paul JarvisENG5/22
331Mudassar NazarPAK5/23
331Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/23
333Manoj PrabhakarIND5/24
333Alasdair EvansSCO5/24
335Ahmed RazaUAE5/25
335Lance KlusenerSA5/25
335Charitha BuddhikaSL5/25
335Matthew HoggardENG5/25
339Joel GarnerWI5/26
339Dennis LilleeAUS5/26
339Mohammad HasnainPAK5/26
339Richard SnellSA5/26
339Mitchell StarcAUS5/26
339Corey CollymoreWI5/26
345Lance CairnsNZ5/28
346Allan DonaldSA5/29
347Vanburn HolderWI5/30
347Len PascoeAUS5/30
347David WilleyENG5/30
350Mike HendrickENG5/31
351Gudakesh MotieWI5/32
352Ewen ChatfieldNZ5/33
353Shaheen AfridiPAK5/36
353Darren GoughENG5/36
355Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/38
356Blessing MuzarabaniZIM5/39
357Graeme LabrooySL5/48
358Mike HendrickENG4/0
359Chris OldENG4/2
360Aamer SohailPAK4/3
360Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/3
360Dennis LilleeAUS4/3
360Phil SimmonsWI4/3
360Sachin TendulkarIND4/3
365Wasim AkramPAK4/4
365Jeremy ConeyNZ4/4
367Chris OldENG4/5
367Michael HoldingWI4/5
367Geoff LawsonAUS4/5
367Malcolm MarshallWI4/5
367Kapil DevIND4/5
372Ian BishopWI4/6
372Meyrick PringleSA4/6
372Mark WaughAUS4/6
372Joel GarnerWI4/6
372Chaminda VaasSL4/6
377Joel GarnerWI4/7
377Peter LeverENG4/7
377Heath StreakZIM4/7
377Steve WaughAUS4/7
377Kapil DevIND4/7
377Malcolm MarshallWI4/7
383Craig McDermottAUS4/8
383Derek PringleENG4/8
383Maninder SinghIND4/8
383Sarfraz NawazPAK4/8
383Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/8
388Sir Andy RobertsWI4/9
388John EmbureyENG4/9
388Hansie CronjeSA4/9
388Bob WillisENG4/9
388Abdul QadirPAK4/9
393Dennis LilleeAUS4/10
393Saleem MalikPAK4/10
393Aravinda de SilvaSL4/10
396John SnowENG4/11
396Sikander BakhtPAK4/11
396Bob WillisENG4/11
396Gladstone SmallENG4/11
396Courtney WalshWI4/11
396Craig McDermottAUS4/11
396Martin SneddenNZ4/11
396Mike WhitneyAUS4/11
404Larry GomesWI4/12
404Simon O'DonnellAUS4/12
404Dennis LilleeAUS4/12
404Manoj PrabhakarIND4/12
404Ijaz FaqihPAK4/12
404Madan LalIND4/12
410Glenn McGrathAUS4/13
410Abdul QadirPAK4/13
412Jalal-ud-DinPAK4/14
412Ashantha de MelSL4/14
412Rodney HoggAUS4/14
412Paul ReiffelAUS4/14
416Bob WillisENG4/15
416Chris PringleNZ4/15
416Gary TroupNZ4/15
416Ewen ChatfieldNZ4/15
420Sam CurranENG4/16
420Michael HoldingWI4/16
422Courtney WalshWI4/17
422Malcolm MarshallWI4/17
424John LeverENG4/18
424Tony GreigENG4/18
424Sir Curtly AmbroseWI4/18
424Merv HughesAUS4/18
424Malcolm MarshallWI4/18
429Michael HoldingWI4/19
429Max WalkerAUS4/19
429Carl RackemannAUS4/19
432Jeff ThomsonAUS4/20
432Alzarri JosephWI4/20
432Rodney HoggAUS4/20
432Bernard JulienWI4/20
436Len PascoeAUS4/21
437Sir Ian BothamENG4/22
437Keith BoyceWI4/22
437Dilip DoshiIND4/22
440Gary TroupNZ4/23
441Sarfraz NawazPAK4/24
442Wasim RajaPAK4/25
443Geoff ArnoldENG4/27
444Len PascoeAUS4/28
445Taskin AhmedBAN4/29
446John SnowENG4/32
447Dayle HadleeNZ4/34
447Gavin HoeyIRE4/34
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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