Best Economy – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best economy in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ODIAll-time500 entries
12.93Geoff ArnoldENG0.16 clear of Mick Malone
23.09Mick MaloneAUS0.16 off the lead
33.10Joel GarnerWI0.17 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff ArnoldENG
2.93 · 0.16 better than Malone
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.41
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Geoff ArnoldENG2.93
2Mick MaloneAUS3.09
3Joel GarnerWI3.10
4Bob WillisENG3.32
5Michael HoldingWI3.33
6Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.34
7Geoff DymockAUS3.35
8Simon DavisAUS3.37
9Tony DodemaideAUS3.40
10Sir Andy RobertsNZ3.41
11Max WalkerAUS3.45
12Mike HendrickENG3.47
13Colin CroftWI3.48
14Derek UnderwoodENG3.48
15Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.48
16Majid KhanPAK3.50
17Malcolm MarshallWI3.54
18Angus FraserENG3.54
19Mike WhitneyAUS3.56
20Chris OldENG3.57
21Fanie de VilliersSA3.58
22Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.58
23Dennis LilleeAUS3.60
24Bernard JulienWI3.65
25Geoff LawsonAUS3.65
26Terry AldermanAUS3.66
27James NgocheKEN3.67
28Sagar PunNEP3.68
29Shaun PollockSA3.68
30Adam DaleAUS3.68
31Regan WestIRE3.68
32Sarfraz NawazPAK3.70
33Vic MarksENG3.71
34Richard CollingeNZ3.71
35Shakti GauchanNEP3.71
36Brian McKechnieNZ3.71
37Bernard ScholtzNAM3.72
38Akram RazaPAK3.72
39Kapil DevIND3.72
40Shadeep SilvaUAE3.72
41Tom HoganAUS3.76
42Gavin LarsenNZ3.77
43Graham DilleyENG3.79
44Shakeel AhmedOMN3.80
45Peter WilleyENG3.84
46Courtney WalshWI3.84
47Alan MullallyENG3.84
48Kyle McCallanIRE3.85
49Aamir KaleemOMN3.87
50Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND3.87
51Glenn McGrathAUS3.88
52John TraicosSA3.89
53Wasim AkramPAK3.90
54Imran NiaziBHR3.90
55Tanwir AfzalHK3.91
56Dwayne LeverockBER3.91
57Wayne DanielWI3.91
58Rashid KhanAFG3.92
59Phil EdmondsENG3.92
60Shaun UdalENG3.92
61Paul ReiffelAUS3.93
62Amir HamzaAFG3.93
63Geoff MillerENG3.93
64Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.93
65John LeverENG3.94
66Carl RackemannAUS3.94
67Tony GrayWI3.94
68Craig MatthewsSA3.95
69Greg CampbellAUS3.95
70Maninder SinghIND3.96
71Rodney HoggAUS3.96
72Phil DeFreitasENG3.97
73Ahmed RazaUAE3.97
74Dilip DoshiIND3.97
75Roger HarperWI3.98
76Simi SinghIRE3.99
77Ray PriceZIM3.99
78Saurabh NetravalkarUSA3.99
79Lalit RajbanshiNEP4.00
80Cameron CuffyWI4.00
81Sir Ian BothamENG4.01
82Eric SimonsSA4.01
83Andy CaddickENG4.01
84Assad ValaPNG4.02
85Craig McDermottAUS4.04
86Wasim RajaPAK4.04
87Paul AllottENG4.04
88Brad WilliamsAUS4.06
89Winston DavisWI4.06
90Abdul QadirPAK4.06
91Bruce ReidAUS4.07
92Gary TroupNZ4.07
93Sikander BakhtPAK4.08
94Len PascoeAUS4.08
95Aashish KapoorIND4.08
96Madan LalIND4.08
97Merv HughesAUS4.08
98Richard PetrieNZ4.08
99Vanburn HolderWI4.08
100Mark EalhamENG4.08
101Sandeep PatilIND4.09
102Greg ChappellAUS4.09
103Mirwais AshrafAFG4.09
104Eldine BaptisteWI4.09
105Craig WrightSCO4.10
106Hiren VaraiyaKEN4.11
107John EmbureyENG4.11
108Robin JackmanENG4.11
109Phil TufnellENG4.11
110Dipendra Singh AireeNEP4.11
111Karsan GhavriIND4.11
112Sunil DhaniramCAN4.12
113Balwinder SandhuIND4.12
114Arshad AyubIND4.12
115Lance CairnsNZ4.13
116Sunil NarineWI4.13
117Daniel VettoriNZ4.13
118Bryan StrangZIM4.13
119AM GhazanfarAFG4.14
120Arshad KhanPAK4.14
121Nadeem AhmedHK4.14
122Willie WatsonENG4.15
123Tauseef AhmedPAK4.15
124Manzarul IslamBAN4.15
125Pat SymcoxSA4.15
126Allan DonaldSA4.15
127Fayyaz AhmedUAE4.15
128Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN4.16
129Winston BenjaminWI4.16
130Tony GreigENG4.16
131Reon KingWI4.17
132Meyrick PringleSA4.17
133Gladstone SmallENG4.17
134Dipak PatelNZ4.17
135Jeremy ConeyNZ4.17
136Peter TaylorAUS4.18
137Umar BhattiCAN4.18
138Saeed AjmalPAK4.18
139Karim SadiqAFG4.18
140Don AnurasiriSL4.18
141Paras KhadkaNEP4.18
142Chaminda VaasSL4.19
143Mohammad HafeezPAK4.19
144Aayan Afzal KhanUAE4.19
145Jon LewisENG4.19
146Neil FosterENG4.19
147Jay OdedraOMN4.20
148Kenny BenjaminWI4.20
149Rashid KhanAFG4.20
150Basil HameedUAE4.20
151Nikhil ChopraIND4.20
152Jason GillespieAUS4.21
153Ravi ShastriIND4.22
154Abdur RehmanPAK4.22
155Andre BothaIRE4.22
156Mohammad NabiAFG4.22
157Asoka de SilvaSL4.22
158Sandeep LamichhaneNEP4.23
159Derek PringleENG4.23
160Mahuru DaiPNG4.23
161Richard IllingworthENG4.23
162Shem NgocheKEN4.24
163Sarel BurgerNAM4.24
164Mudassar NazarPAK4.24
165Nosthush KenjigeUSA4.25
166Tim MayAUS4.25
167Shane WarneAUS4.25
168Ian BlackwellENG4.25
169Mark WattSCO4.26
170Hamza TahirSCO4.26
171Aasif KarimKEN4.26
172Mushtaq AhmedPAK4.26
173Collis KingWI4.27
174Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND4.27
175Norman CowansENG4.27
176Basant RegmiNEP4.28
177Manoj PrabhakarIND4.28
178Kumar DharmasenaSL4.28
179Simon O'DonnellAUS4.28
180Robert CroftENG4.28
181Greg MatthewsAUS4.28
182Trent JohnstonIRE4.28
183Chris HarrisNZ4.28
184Aaqib JavedPAK4.28
185Brian McMillanSA4.29
186John DavisonCAN4.29
187Shane BondNZ4.29
188Dermot ReeveENG4.29
189Martin SneddenNZ4.29
190Champaka RamanayakeSL4.29
191Saqlain MushtaqPAK4.29
192Vinothen JohnSL4.30
193Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG4.30
194Kaushal LokuarachchiSL4.30
195Hendy BryanWI4.30
196Corey CollymoreWI4.31
197Anil KumbleIND4.31
198Harbhajan SinghIND4.31
199Saad Bin ZafarCAN4.32
200Mudassar BukhariNED4.32
201Ehsan KhanHK4.32
202Tom MoodyAUS4.32
203Junaid SiddiquiCAN4.32
204Deon KotzeNAM4.32
205Fred KlaassenNED4.32
206Ian BishopWI4.33
207Arafat SunnyBAN4.34
208Patrick PattersonWI4.34
209Rodney TrottBER4.34
210Ashley GilesENG4.34
211Manzoor ElahiPAK4.34
212Jeff ThomsonAUS4.34
213Nasum AhmedBAN4.35
214Ian BradshawWI4.35
215Rohan MustafaUAE4.35
216Gordon DrummondSCO4.35
217Steve ElworthySA4.35
218Shabbir AhmedPAK4.36
219Carl HooperWI4.36
220Kashif DaudUAE4.36
221Venkatapathy RajuIND4.36
222Saleem JaffarPAK4.36
223Greg LambZIM4.36
224Prosper UtseyaZIM4.37
225KaleemullahOMN4.37
226Rangana HerathSL4.37
227Paul StrangZIM4.38
228Mohinder AmarnathIND4.38
229Andy WhittallZIM4.38
230Shane LeeAUS4.38
231Craig WhiteENG4.38
232Jacob OramNZ4.38
233Ken MacLeayAUS4.38
234Trevor ChappellAUS4.39
235JJ SmitNAM4.39
236Andrew FlintoffENG4.40
237Richard EllisonENG4.40
238Stephen BoockNZ4.40
239Darren GoughENG4.40
240Ijaz FaqihPAK4.40
241Harmeet SinghUSA4.40
242Graham GoochENG4.41
243Ed RainsfordZIM4.41
244Paul AdamsSA4.41
245Michael RipponNED4.41
246Majid HaqSCO4.41
247Timm van der GugtenNED4.42
248Martin CroweNZ4.42
249Nathan BrackenAUS4.42
250Paul HoffmannSCO4.42
251Damien FlemingAUS4.42
252Mushfiqur RahmanBAN4.43
253Eddie HemmingsENG4.43
254Steven TaylorUSA4.43
255Kushal MallaNEP4.43
256Mohammad RafiqueBAN4.43
257Chris KuggeleijnNZ4.44
258Brad WhealSCO4.44
259Chris LewisENG4.44
260Hansie CronjeSA4.44
261Khurram KhanUAE4.44
262Sunil JoshiIND4.45
263Phil SimmonsWI4.45
264Javagal SrinathIND4.45
265Martin SujiKEN4.45
266Chris PringleNZ4.45
267Ian HollandUSA4.45
268Chandika HathurusinghaSL4.46
269Peter OngondoKEN4.46
270Rajesh ChauhanIND4.47
271Pragyan OjhaIND4.47
272Shakib Al HasanBAN4.47
273Jan FrylinckNAM4.47
274Sharafuddin AshrafAFG4.48
275Roelof van der MerweNED4.48
276Andrew WhiteIRE4.48
277Ijaz AhmedPAK4.48
278Alex CusackIRE4.49
279Narendra HirwaniIND4.49
280Alex WharfENG4.50
281Monty PanesarENG4.50
282Sir Viv RichardsWI4.50
283Somachandra De SilvaSL4.50
283Edgar SchiferliNED4.50
284Pieter SeelaarNED4.50
285Axar PatelIND4.50
286Malcolm JarvisZIM4.50
287Milind KumarUSA4.50
288Suhrawadi ShuvoBAN4.50
289Ruwan KalpageSL4.51
290Richard SnellSA4.51
291Karima GoreUSA4.51
292Nicky BojeSA4.51
293Colin AckermannNED4.51
294Michael KasprowiczAUS4.51
295Brad HoggAUS4.52
296Andrew HallSA4.52
297Tangeni LungameniNAM4.52
298Not on recordDEN4.52
299Justin VaughanNZ4.52
300Heath StreakZIM4.52
301Chad SoperPNG4.52
302Stephen PeallZIM4.52
303Hiral PatelCAN4.52
304Ali ShahZIM4.52
305Nuwan ZoysaSL4.53
306Harsh ThakerCAN4.53
307Makhaya NtiniSA4.53
308James HopesAUS4.53
309Shane ThomsonNZ4.53
310Pramodya WickramasingheSL4.53
311Tim MurtaghIRE4.53
312Andy BichelAUS4.54
313Danny MorrisonNZ4.54
314Graeme SwannENG4.55
315Rumesh RatnayakeSL4.55
316Aqib SulehriOMN4.55
317Abrar AhmedPAK4.56
318Tendai ChisoroZIM4.56
319Steve WaughAUS4.57
320Abdur RazzakBAN4.57
321Nasir AzizUAE4.57
322Salil AnkolaIND4.57
323John MaguireAUS4.57
324Nosaina PokanaPNG4.58
325Johan BothaSA4.58
326Doug BollingerAUS4.58
327Anderson CumminsWI4.58
328Jasprit BumrahIND4.58
329Glenn RogersSCO4.58
330Aaron PhangisoSA4.58
331Stu GillespieNZ4.59
332Roger BinnyIND4.59
333Paul JarvisENG4.59
334Con de LangeSCO4.59
335Zakir KhanPAK4.59
336Parth DesaiCAN4.59
337Aamer SohailPAK4.59
338Thomas OdoyoKEN4.59
339Andy McBrineIRE4.60
340Sese BauPNG4.60
341Taijul IslamBAN4.60
342Ajay SharmaIND4.61
343Dion NashNZ4.61
344Pedro CollinsWI4.61
345Peter MartinENG4.61
346Graeme CremerZIM4.61
347Riley HekurePNG4.61
348Mervyn DillonWI4.62
349John BracewellNZ4.62
350Saleem MukuddemBER4.62
351Adam HuckleZIM4.62
352Maheesh TheekshanaSL4.62
353Ronnie IraniENG4.63
354Hamid HassanAFG4.63
355Brandon McMullenSCO4.63
356Vernon PhilanderSA4.63
357Azhar MahmoodPAK4.63
358Dimitri MascarenhasENG4.63
359Shahid AfridiGER4.63
360Gerrie SnymanNAM4.63
361Helao FranceNAM4.63
362Gerhard ErasmusNAM4.63
363Syed RaselBAN4.63
364Dominic CorkENG4.63
365Thilan SamaraweeraSL4.63
366Andre NelSA4.63
367Angelo MathewsSL4.63
368Charles AminiPNG4.63
369Khawar AliOMN4.64
370Grant FlowerZIM4.64
371Ramesh PowarIND4.65
372Imran TahirSA4.65
373David CapelENG4.65
374Kevin SandherCAN4.65
375Amir HayatUAE4.66
376Tahir NaqqashPAK4.66
377Larry GomesWI4.66
378Darren SammyWI4.66
379Shoaib MalikPAK4.67
380David BrainZIM4.67
381Michael SwartNED4.67
382Allan BorderAUS4.67
383Venkatesh PrasadIND4.67
384Justin KempSA4.67
385Boyd RankinENG4.67
386Aryan DuttNED4.68
387Aarif SheikhNEP4.69
388Waqar YounisPAK4.69
389Nikita MillerWI4.69
390Keshav MaharajSA4.69
391Haseeb AmjadHK4.69
392Abdul RazzaqPAK4.70
393Lance KlusenerSA4.70
394Mehidy HasanBAN4.71
395Upul ChandanaSL4.71
396Mark PriestNZ4.71
397Dougie MarillierZIM4.71
398Darron ReekersNED4.71
399Mohammad AsifPAK4.71
400Nathan AstleNZ4.71
401Kabua MoreaPNG4.71
402Daren PowellWI4.71
403Sohag GaziBAN4.71
404Mark JonkmanNED4.71
405Ian HarveyAUS4.72
406Iqbal QasimPAK4.72
407Nasir HossainBAN4.72
408Stuart LawAUS4.72
409Abey KuruvillaIND4.72
410Tom CooperNED4.73
411Kyle MillsNZ4.73
412Amit MishraIND4.73
413Vasbert DrakesWI4.73
414Franklyn RoseWI4.73
415Shoaib MohammadPAK4.73
416George CodringtonCAN4.74
417Manjula GurugeUAE4.74
418Christoffel ViljoenNAM4.74
419Dirk ViljoenZIM4.74
420Geoff AllottNZ4.74
421Nathan HauritzAUS4.74
422Scott StyrisNZ4.75
423James TredwellENG4.75
424Lonwabo TsotsobeSA4.75
425Ali KhanUSA4.75
426Mitchell SantnerNZ4.75
427Paul StirlingIRE4.75
428Ayaan KhanOMN4.76
429Neil McGarrellWI4.76
430Kaleem SanaCAN4.76
431Jamie DalrympleENG4.76
432Nisarg PatelUSA4.76
433Alan DawsonSA4.76
434Brett LeeAUS4.76
435Josh DaveySCO4.77
436Henry OsindeCAN4.77
437Dulip LiyanageSL4.77
438Shoaib AkhtarPAK4.77
439Brian MurphyZIM4.77
440Sachithra SenanayakeSL4.77
441Ata-ur-RehmanPAK4.77
442Josh HazlewoodAUS4.77
443Shaul KarnainSL4.77
443Rizwan CheemaCAN4.77
444Shapoor ZadranAFG4.77
445John RennieZIM4.78
446Mohammad AmirPAK4.78
447Xavier DohertyAUS4.78
448Mark WaughAUS4.78
449Clint McKayAUS4.78
450Colin de GrandhommeNZ4.78
451Arjuna RanatungaSL4.79
452Steve TikoloKEN4.79
453Sanath JayasuriyaSL4.79
454Hrishikesh KanitkarIND4.79
455Chris GayleWI4.79
456Mohammad AkramPAK4.79
457Gudakesh MotieWI4.80
458Robin SinghIND4.80
459Danish KaneriaPAK4.80
460Ajantha MendisSL4.80
461Shahid NazirPAK4.81
462Kyle KleinNED4.81
463Eddo BrandesZIM4.81
464Sulieman BennWI4.81
465Akeal HoseinWI4.81
466Ravi RatnayekeSL4.81
467Ruben TrumpelmannNAM4.81
468Mohammad SheikhBAN4.82
469Darren LehmannAUS4.84
470Russel ArnoldSL4.84
471Mitchell JohnsonAUS4.84
472Kyle AbbottSA4.84
473Jeremy GordonCAN4.84
474Ryan HarrisAUS4.84
475Dave GilbertAUS4.84
476Manjurul IslamBAN4.84
477Michael YardyENG4.84
478Naeem IslamBAN4.84
479Chris CairnsNZ4.84
480Jacques KallisSA4.84
481Stuart ClarkAUS4.85
482Jimmy AdamsWI4.85
483Maurice OdumbeKEN4.85
484George DockrellIRE4.85
485Marlon SamuelsWI4.86
486Aravinda de SilvaSL4.87
487Samiullah ShenwariAFG4.87
488Neil JohnsonZIM4.87
489Sikandar RazaZIM4.87
490Tillakaratne DilshanSL4.88
491Graeme LabrooySL4.88
492Dale SteynSA4.88
493Ryan SidebottomENG4.88
494Alasdair EvansSCO4.88
495Mohammad HussainPAK4.88
496Mashrafe MortazaBAN4.89
497Imad WasimPAK4.89
498Dave Langford-SmithIRE4.89
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