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.

PositionBest EconomyPlayer NameTeam Name
10.00Ashok MalhotraIndia
12.75Alan ThomsonAustralia
12.94John SnowEngland
11.91Lance GibbsWest Indies
12.35Asif MasoodPakistan
10.00Wally EdwardsAustralia
11.00Wasim RajaPakistan
12.12Gary CosierAustralia
11.50David LloydEngland
11.00Clive LloydWest Indies
12.56Michael HoldingWest Indies
11.00Javed MiandadPakistan
10.00Ashok MalhotraIndia
10.00Glenn TurnerNew Zealand
12.50Ranjan MadugalleSri Lanka
10.00Clive LloydWest Indies
12.45Golam FaruqBangladesh
11.67Javed MiandadPakistan
11.44Iqbal QasimPakistan
12.90Martin SneddenNew Zealand
12.62Saleem JaffarPakistan
13.02Angus FraserEngland
10.50Jimmy AdamsWest Indies
12.00Mike GattingEngland
11.00Hashan TillakaratneSri Lanka
10.00Michael SlaterAustralia
12.70Chris SilverwoodEngland
10.00Hitesh ModiKenya
13.10Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
11.80Saeed AnwarPakistan
11.90Adam DaleAustralia
11.82Jonty RhodesSouth Africa
10.00Martin van JaarsveldSouth Africa
11.86Dinusha FernandoSri Lanka
12.55Wavell HindsWest Indies
10.00Shiv ChanderpaulWest Indies
12.30Andre BothaIreland
10.00Mohammad YousufPakistan
11.80Matthew ParkerScotland
10.00Kevin PietersenEngland
11.50Ross TaylorNew Zealand
11.00Farhad RezaBangladesh
12.13Alasdair EvansScotland
12.00Rohit SharmaIndia
10.00Robin UthappaIndia
11.33Yamin AhmadzaiAfghanistan
12.00Jayant YadavIndia
10.00Ambati RayuduIndia
12.00Shreyas IyerIndia
11.00Basant RegmiNepal
12.60Mohammad HasnainPakistan
11.80Calum MacLeodScotland
12.00Shreyas IyerIndia
12.00Yasir ChowdhuryBangladesh
12.29Matthew HumphreysIreland
11.83Nasum AhmedBangladesh
13.55Liam DawsonEngland
23.90Adil RashidEngland
21.86Mohammad HassanBangladesh
22.36Xavier BartlettAustralia
22.00Rinku SinghIndia
22.07Josh HazlewoodAustralia
22.00Vishnu SukumaranUnited Arab Emirates
23.11Kushal MallaNepal
22.64Adrian NeillScotland
22.25Amir HayatUnited Arab Emirates
21.00Asghar StanikzaiAfghanistan
22.52Mudassar BukhariNetherlands
21.33Mthokozisi SheziSouth Africa
21.83Tim BresnanEngland
22.36Majid HaqScotland
22.15Stuart ThompsonIreland
22.00Thilan SamaraweeraSri Lanka
22.00Francis OtienoKenya
22.38Sudeep TyagiIndia
21.50Ashwell PrinceSouth Africa
22.20Brett GeevesAustralia
22.00Runako MortonWest Indies
22.60Mark CosgroveAustralia
22.65Ian BellEngland
22.00Craig McMillanNew Zealand
22.79Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
22.20Trevor GripperZimbabwe
22.50Peter OngondoKenya
22.35Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
21.50Mujahid JamshedPakistan
23.14Angus FraserEngland
22.39Pat SymcoxSouth Africa
22.85Shahzad AltafUnited Arab Emirates
22.75Irfan BhattiPakistan
22.58Merv HughesAustralia
22.94Fanie de VilliersSouth Africa
23.22Terry AldermanAustralia
22.00Andrew JonesNew Zealand
22.67Carlisle BestWest Indies
23.33Keith ArthurtonWest Indies
22.70Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies
22.33Mohinder AmarnathIndia
21.00Sir Richie RichardsonWest Indies
20.67John WrightNew Zealand
22.79Manoj PrabhakarIndia
21.50Chris TavaréEngland
21.60Chris OldEngland
22.83Dennis LilleeAustralia
21.83Graeme PorterAustralia
21.50Aamer HameedPakistan
22.27Derek UnderwoodEngland
22.83Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
21.42Bishan BediIndia
22.27Clive LloydWest Indies
23.00Geoff ArnoldEngland
22.96Greg ChappellAustralia
22.97Graham McKenzieAustralia
20.00Robin UthappaIndia
30.00Wally EdwardsAustralia
34.14Ken ShuttleworthEngland
33.19Ashley MallettAustralia
32.45Mike HendrickEngland
33.06Imran NiaziPakistan
31.50John JamesonEngland
33.43Bishan BediIndia
32.29Iqbal QasimPakistan
32.00Bruce YardleyAustralia
32.49Majid KhanPakistan
32.93Imran KhanPakistan
32.03Gary TroupNew Zealand
31.00Jeff CroweNew Zealand
32.00Mansoor AkhtarPakistan
32.00Pat PocockEngland
32.80Joel GarnerWest Indies
32.73Jahangir ShahBangladesh
32.98Michael HoldingWest Indies
32.91Terry AldermanAustralia
33.42Maninder SinghIndia
32.89Eldine BaptisteWest Indies
33.35Willie WatsonEngland
33.02Phil SimmonsWest Indies
32.90Eddo BrandesZimbabwe
32.95Fanie de VilliersSouth Africa
32.20Phil TufnellEngland
33.08Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
32.90Nicky BojeSouth Africa
33.33Alan MullallyEngland
33.00Thomas OdoyoKenya
32.90Fazl-e-AkbarPakistan
33.06Courtney WalshWest Indies
32.93Dale BenkensteinSouth Africa
32.00Jermaine LawsonWest Indies
32.00Mohammad AsifPakistan
32.87Fidel EdwardsWest Indies
32.00Tom de GroothNetherlands
32.94Michael YardyEngland
32.29Craig WrightScotland
32.50Eoin MorganEngland
33.06Abdullah MazariAfghanistan
32.67Vikrant ShettyUnited Arab Emirates
32.45Ahmed RazaUnited Arab Emirates
32.40Boyd RankinEngland
32.50Ambati RayuduIndia
31.57Taijul IslamBangladesh
32.00Sarel BurgerNamibia
32.60Haseeb AmjadHong Kong
32.75Karan KCNepal
33.00Dipendra AireeNepal
33.17Elmore HutchinsonUnited States of America
32.47Aayan KhanUnited Arab Emirates
32.22Adrian NeillScotland
32.50Khurram ShahzadPakistan
33.93Dhananjaya de SilvaSri Lanka
33.13Nangeyalia KharoteAfghanistan
32.60Simranjeet SinghUnited Arab Emirates
43.43Alick AthanazeWest Indies
44.00Kariyawasam AsalankaSri Lanka
42.87Kariyawasam AsalankaSri Lanka
43.03Bernard ScholtzNamibia
42.30Chris WoakesEngland
42.50Gajanand SinghUnited States of America
43.00Ehsan NawazHong Kong
43.26Ahmed RazaUnited Arab Emirates
42.81Sagar PunNepal
42.32Pavandeep SinghMalaysia
42.00Noor Ali ZadranAfghanistan
42.78Mudassar BukhariNetherlands
42.60Vivian KingmaNetherlands
42.50Rohan MustafaUnited Arab Emirates
42.50Bernard ScholtzNamibia
42.68Khurram KhanUnited Arab Emirates
43.10James NgocheKenya
42.78Mashrafe MortazaBangladesh
42.38Adeel RajaNetherlands
42.00Mangesh PanchalNetherlands
43.25Omari BanksWest Indies
42.98Shaun PollockSouth Africa
42.11Nuwan KulasekaraSri Lanka
43.00Andrew StraussEngland
43.00Joseph AngaraKenya
43.10Brad WilliamsAustralia
43.10Habibul BasharBangladesh
43.00Martin SujiKenya
42.73Pommie MbangwaZimbabwe
43.40Ruwan KalpageSri Lanka
43.26Gavin LarsenNew Zealand
42.95Angus FraserEngland
42.94Phil DeFreitasEngland
43.10Dipak PatelNew Zealand
43.00Mike WhitneyAustralia
43.36Kapil DevIndia
42.80Asif MujtabaPakistan
42.93Gladstone SmallEngland
42.95Saradindu MukherjeeIndia
43.52Sir Ian BothamEngland
43.00Allan LambEngland
42.50Norman GiffordEngland
42.00Mohsin KhanHong Kong
41.00Gus LogieWest Indies
43.15Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
42.10John EmbureyEngland
42.14Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies
42.60Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
43.00Stephen BoockNew Zealand
42.64Peter WilleyEngland
43.71Vanburn HolderWest Indies
41.81John SnowEngland
43.09Eknath SolkarIndia
42.60Geoff ArnoldEngland
43.33Barry WoodEngland
44.25Ashley MallettAustralia
40.00Glenn TurnerNew Zealand
51.00Jeff CroweNew Zealand
54.75John SnowEngland
53.39Geoff ArnoldEngland
52.88Majid KhanPakistan
52.18Derek UnderwoodEngland
53.35Asif IqbalUnited Arab Emirates
53.77Michael HoldingWest Indies
52.71Geoff CopeEngland
52.29Geoff CopeEngland
53.11Andy RobertsNew Zealand
52.63Sikander BakhtPakistan
52.53Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
52.50Alvin KallicharranWest Indies
51.88Imran KhanPakistan
53.19Shahid MahboobPakistan
52.81Willie WatsonEngland
52.90Joel GarnerWest Indies
53.00Nick CookEngland
53.59Gary RobertsonNew Zealand
53.00Bruce ReidAustralia
52.93Derek PringleEngland
53.06Craig McDermottAustralia
53.20Stephen PeallZimbabwe
53.45Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
53.24Shaun UdalEngland
53.30Matthew HartNew Zealand
53.00Gary MartinZimbabwe
53.40Reon KingWest Indies
53.12Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIndia
53.00Andrew HudsonSouth Africa
53.09Alan MullallyEngland
53.18Shaun PollockSouth Africa
53.40Daren PowellWest Indies
52.97Aasif KarimKenya
53.00Sewnarine ChattergoonWest Indies
53.56Adam BacherSouth Africa
53.17Darren SammyWest Indies
52.40Chris TremlettEngland
52.70Henk-Jan MolNetherlands
52.86Dirk NannesAustralia
53.23Andy BlignautZimbabwe
52.80Emmanuel BundiKenya
52.50Shapoor ZadranAfghanistan
52.55Shadeep SilvaUnited Arab Emirates
53.00Devendra BishooWest Indies
53.00Ryan ten DoeschateNetherlands
52.80Michael ClarkeAustralia
52.60Pradeep AireeNepal
53.00Angelo MathewsSri Lanka
52.41Yasir ShahPakistan
53.36Darius D'SilvaUnited Arab Emirates
53.00Sushant ModaniUnited States of America
53.20Jaydev UnadkatIndia
52.75Aryan DuttNetherlands
53.05Bradley CurrieScotland
53.44Akeal HoseinWest Indies
54.20Jeffrey VandersaySri Lanka
63.54Khary PierreWest Indies
63.00Rassie van der DussenSouth Africa
64.55Dunith WellalageSri Lanka
63.17Roelof van der MerweNetherlands
63.24Ali DawoodBahrain
63.00Sushant ModaniUnited States of America
63.41Sushan BhariNepal
63.20Riley HekurePapua New Guinea
62.60Kyle AbbottSouth Africa
62.92Rajeshkumar RanpuraOman
63.00Josh DaveyScotland
63.14Abu HiderBangladesh
63.20Mark WattScotland
62.62James NgocheKenya
62.50Kane RichardsonAustralia
63.31Dhammika PrasadSri Lanka
63.33Mirwais AshrafAfghanistan
62.86Mirwais AshrafAfghanistan
62.60Jehan MubarakSri Lanka
63.00Rohit SharmaIndia
63.07Abdur RehmanPakistan
63.57Tawanda MupariwaZimbabwe
63.38Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
63.17Danish KaneriaPakistan
63.00Shiv ChanderpaulWest Indies
63.52Glenn McGrathAustralia
63.10Paul AdamsSouth Africa
63.63Nikhil ChopraIndia
63.28Adam DaleAustralia
63.37Tom MoodyAustralia
63.00Rahul DravidIndia
63.30Tom MoodyAustralia
63.41Darren GoughEngland
63.23Mike WhitneyAustralia
63.17Tony DodemaideAustralia
63.59Terry AldermanAustralia
63.00Sanath KaluperumaSri Lanka
63.46Craig McDermottAustralia
63.21Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
63.36Joel GarnerWest Indies
63.00Samiur RahmanBangladesh
62.76Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies
63.27Gopal SharmaIndia
63.22Stephen BoockNew Zealand
62.50Bruce EdgarNew Zealand
62.55Mike HendrickEngland
62.70Stanley De SilvaSri Lanka
63.11Colin CroftWest Indies
62.32Bev CongdonNew Zealand
62.45Wasim RajaPakistan
62.72Max WalkerAustralia
63.82Barry WoodEngland
63.40Bob WillisEngland
62.93Derek UnderwoodEngland
63.43Tony GreigEngland
65.00Keith StackpoleAustralia
61.00Asghar StanikzaiAfghanistan
71.33Mthokozisi SheziSouth Africa
73.50Graeme WatsonAustralia
75.36Peter LeverEngland
73.46Madan LalIndia
73.01Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
72.69Geoff ArnoldEngland
74.00Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies
72.79Geoff DymockAustralia
72.40Bob WillisEngland
72.89Majid KhanPakistan
73.13Mohammad NazirPakistan
72.59Derek UnderwoodEngland
72.63Kirti AzadIndia
72.92Joel GarnerWest Indies
73.27Madan LalIndia
73.33Madan LalIndia
73.01Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
73.37Simon DavisAustralia
73.33Jayananda WarnaweeraSri Lanka
73.47Merv HughesAustralia
73.13Graham GoochEngland
73.60Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
73.18Shane WarneAustralia
73.29Ian BishopWest Indies
73.30Willie WatsonEngland
73.24Chris HarrisNew Zealand
73.63Carl HooperWest Indies
73.49Craig McDermottAustralia
73.67Paras MhambreyIndia
73.23Andy CaddickEngland
73.29Corey CollymoreWest Indies
73.42Charl LangeveldtSouth Africa
73.30Sarandeep SinghIndia
73.27Ryan HindsWest Indies
73.53Martin SujiKenya
73.67Glenn McGrathAustralia
73.16Hiren VaraiyaKenya
73.17Pieter SeelaarNetherlands
72.77Paul HarrisSouth Africa
73.29Andre BothaIreland
73.40Shem NgocheKenya
73.33Vusi SibandaZimbabwe
72.57Mirwais AshrafAfghanistan
72.78Junaid SiddiquiCanada
73.31James NgocheKenya
73.15Paras KhadkaNepal
73.44Assad ValaPapua New Guinea
73.00Najibullah ZadranAfghanistan
72.60Bernard ScholtzNamibia
73.20Saurabh NetravalkarUnited States of America
73.44Reece TopleyEngland
73.08Frederick KlaassenNetherlands
73.17Bernard ScholtzNamibia
73.25Yasim MurtazaHong Kong
73.36Shahid AhmadzaiCanada
73.62Rashid KhanAfghanistan
74.59Mohammed SirajIndia
84.67Sam CurranEngland
83.89Abrar AhmedPakistan
83.36Dipendra AireeNepal
83.35Harsh ThakerCanada
83.29Sharafuddin AshrafAfghanistan
83.10Ashton AgarAustralia
83.23Ahmed RazaUnited Arab Emirates
83.50Daryn DupavillonSouth Africa
82.80Jay OdedraOman
83.00Roy LamsamHong Kong
83.38Sunil NarineWest Indies
83.21Yuzvendra ChahalIndia
83.46Elijah OtienoKenya
82.93Manjula GurugeUnited Arab Emirates
82.78Mohammad NabiAfghanistan
83.46Tim GruijtersNetherlands
83.41Jacob OramNew Zealand
83.31Trent JohnstonIreland
83.19Geert-Maarten MolNetherlands
82.79Shaun PollockSouth Africa
83.76Deighton ButlerWest Indies
83.23Jon LewisEngland
83.33Dinesh MongiaIndia
83.30Jason GillespieAustralia
83.62Kumar DharmasenaSri Lanka
83.40Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
83.46Mushfiqur RahmanBangladesh
83.44Brian McMillanSouth Africa
83.34Angus FraserEngland
83.70Morshed Ali KhanBangladesh
83.50Andy FlowerZimbabwe
83.72Fanie de VilliersSouth Africa
83.35Manzoor ElahiPakistan
83.23Rumesh RatnayakeSri Lanka
83.30Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
83.33Wayne LarkinsEngland
83.50Ken RutherfordNew Zealand
83.68Courtney WalshWest Indies
83.38Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
83.31Tony DodemaideAustralia
83.35Ravi ShastriIndia
83.29Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
83.07Wasim AkramPakistan
82.71Mike WhitneyAustralia
83.16Dilip DoshiIndia
82.75Graham StevensonEngland
83.00Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
82.79Chris OldEngland
82.91Mick MaloneAustralia
82.48Geoff MillerEngland
84.09Derek UnderwoodEngland
82.81Richard CollingeNew Zealand
83.55Gopal BoseIndia
83.64Doug WaltersAustralia
83.09Ray IllingworthEngland
86.25Ray IllingworthEngland
81.50Mujahid JamshedPakistan
91.50Ashwell PrinceSouth Africa
96.33Basil D'OliveiraEngland
93.14Saleem AltafPakistan
93.92Basil D'OliveiraEngland
93.03Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
93.59Sarfraz NawazPakistan
94.11Bernard JulienWest Indies
92.97Greg ChappellAustralia
92.60Barry WoodEngland
92.83Geoff MillerEngland
93.25Joel GarnerWest Indies
93.04Paul AllottEngland
92.76Max WalkerAustralia
92.71Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
93.31Geoff LawsonAustralia
93.11Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
93.44Tauseef AhmedPakistan
93.34Kapil DevIndia
93.46Graham DilleyEngland
93.56Mike WhitneyAustralia
93.33Andrew JonesNew Zealand
93.72Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
93.33Paul ReiffelAustralia
93.38Courtney WalshWest Indies
93.51Wasim AkramPakistan
93.40Akram RazaPakistan
93.74Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
93.52Ijaz AhmedPakistan
93.71Aminul IslamBangladesh
93.38Mohammad AkramZimbabwe
93.50Stuart MacGillAustralia
93.36Andrew FlintoffEngland
93.49Neil McKenzieSouth Africa
93.84Shaun PollockSouth Africa
93.49Glenn McGrathAustralia
93.25Mluleki NkalaZimbabwe
93.80James HopesAustralia
93.33Jehan MubarakSri Lanka
93.47Khaliq DadAfghanistan
93.41Dwayne LeverockBermuda
92.89Dwayne LeverockBermuda
93.49Saeed AjmalPakistan
92.85Karim SadiqAfghanistan
93.00Trent JohnstonIreland