Worst Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the worst bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.

PositionStats ValuePlayer NameTeam Name
10/62Alan ConnollyAustralia
15/115Bas LeedeNetherlands
10/72David ColleyAustralia
12/55Bob WillisEngland
11/77Bev CongdonNew Zealand
10/83Karsan GhavriIndia
11/59Mohinder AmarnathIndia
11/56Ray BrightAustralia
15/84Lance CairnsNew Zealand
13/71Sarfraz NawazPakistan
13/71Sir Ian BothamEngland
13/69Trevor ChappellAustralia
11/78Anura RanasingheSri Lanka
13/105Martin SneddenNew Zealand
12/67Sir Ian BothamEngland
13/75Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
13/75Roger BinnyIndia
11/97Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
14/78Patrick PattersonWest Indies
13/78Chetan SharmaIndia
13/82Champaka RamanayakeSri Lanka
12/69Javagal SrinathIndia
14/74Eddo BrandesZimbabwe
14/70Paul ReiffelAustralia
12/75Richard de GroenNew Zealand
13/78Ian BishopWest Indies
13/94Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
14/80Abey KuruvillaIndia
12/86Waqar YounisPakistan
12/85Chris DrumNew Zealand
13/86Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIndia
14/85Brett LeeAustralia
15/83Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
15/92Rudi van VuurenNamibia
13/86Tinashe PanyangaraZimbabwe
14/96Andy BlignautZimbabwe
12/113Mick LewisAustralia
13/96Dwayne LeverockBermuda
11/107M Shahbaz ButtNorway
12/105Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
14/97Shafiul IslamBangladesh
14/91James AndersonEngland
11/105Brian VitoriZimbabwe
12/102Vinay KumarIndia
15/96Corey AndersonNew Zealand
14/106Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
12/110Wahab RiazPakistan
13/106Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
15/100Andrew TyeAustralia
12/110Rashid KhanAfghanistan
13/89Yuzvendra ChahalIndia
10/88Keon HardingWest Indies
12/108Philippe BoissevainNetherlands
15/115Bas LeedeNetherlands
13/79Craig YoungIreland
14/100Barry McCarthyIreland
13/84Harshit RanaIndia
24/95Nandre BurgerSouth Africa
21/82Kuldeep YadavIndia
22/79Fareed AhmadAfghanistan
24/113Adam ZampaAustralia
21/99Shane SnaterNetherlands
23/87Shardul ThakurIndia
23/87Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh
24/93Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
25/100Hasan AliPakistan
23/96Dawlat ZadranAfghanistan
22/96Dale SteynSouth Africa
24/104Jason HolderWest Indies
23/89Nuwan KulasekaraSri Lanka
22/93Wahab RiazPakistan
25/96Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
26/88Kemar RoachWest Indies
22/95Wayne ParnellSouth Africa
26/91Lameck OnyangoKenya
23/95Peter ConnellIreland
22/92Naved-ul-HasanPakistan
24/99Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
23/87Tapash BaisyaBangladesh
23/83Brett LeeAustralia
24/87Javagal SrinathIndia
24/80Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
21/82Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
20/81Khaled MahmudBangladesh
23/84Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
23/75Brendon JulianAustralia
22/80Sheikh SalahuddinBangladesh
24/74Ottis GibsonWest Indies
23/85Ata-ur-RehmanPakistan
25/73Chris PringleNew Zealand
24/69Anderson CumminsWest Indies
24/73Waqar YounisPakistan
24/67David LawrenceEngland
23/76Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
23/76Imran KhanPakistan
23/71Winston BenjaminWest Indies
21/83Derek PringleEngland
23/75Craig McDermottAustralia
22/73Eldine BaptisteWest Indies
20/67Mohammad NazirPakistan
23/64Len PascoeAustralia
23/82Paul AllottEngland
21/76Iqbal QasimPakistan
21/70Jeremy ConeyNew Zealand
25/65Alan HurstAustralia
22/70Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
22/56Chris OldEngland
22/57John LeverEngland
21/72Ashley MallettAustralia
22/68Bishan BediIndia
23/56Dennis LilleeAustralia
23/52Chris OldEngland
23/50Ray IllingworthEngland
25/113Adam ZampaAustralia
33/113Mick LewisAustralia
33/40Keith StackpoleAustralia
31/52Richard CollingeNew Zealand
31/50Tony GreigEngland
33/65Chris OldEngland
32/56Bernard JulienWest Indies
32/51Jeff ThomsonAustralia
34/71Max WalkerAustralia
34/67Jeff ThomsonAustralia
32/63Trevor LaughlinAustralia
31/69Jeff ThomsonAustralia
33/79Mohinder AmarnathIndia
33/61Karsan GhavriIndia
32/73Kapil DevIndia
32/66Winston DavisWest Indies
33/69Lance CairnsNew Zealand
34/68Kapil DevIndia
34/75Abdul QadirPakistan
35/74Sanjeev SharmaIndia
33/73Gladstone SmallEngland
32/70Steve WaughAustralia
34/67Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
33/72Chris HarrisNew Zealand
32/67Heath StreakZimbabwe
36/73Waqar YounisPakistan
32/73Phil DeFreitasEngland
33/73Nilesh KulkarniIndia
33/74Harvinder SinghIndia
32/85Martin SujiKenya
32/80Eric UpashanthaSri Lanka
33/76Chris CairnsNew Zealand
31/81Martin SujiKenya
36/80Ashish NehraIndia
30/80Mluleki NkalaZimbabwe
35/85Brett LeeAustralia
32/83Abdul RazzaqPakistan
33/97Steve HarmisonEngland
33/88Zaheer KhanIndia
32/89Peter BorrenNetherlands
33/88Abdur RazzakBangladesh
34/95Shingi MasakadzaZimbabwe
32/85Keegan MethZimbabwe
32/92Elton ChigumburaZimbabwe
34/89Clint McKayAustralia
34/101Dawlat ZadranAfghanistan
33/88Mudassar BukhariNetherlands
32/96Richard NgaravaZimbabwe
35/91Matt HenryNew Zealand
33/92Jhye RichardsonAustralia
35/93Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh
31/85Al-Amin HossainBangladesh
35/89Taskin AhmedBangladesh
33/87Mohammad SaifuddinBangladesh
33/93Wiaan MulderSouth Africa
34/79Mark AdairIreland
34/107Logan van BeekNetherlands
33/77Zakary FoulkesNew Zealand
44/70Kyle JamiesonNew Zealand
42/89Josh LittleIreland
43/79Harsh ThakerCanada
44/89Logan van BeekNetherlands
42/103Cameron GreenAustralia
42/84Kuldeep YadavIndia
42/85Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
45/91Chris WoakesEngland
42/88Keemo PaulWest Indies
43/94Jake BallEngland
42/97Chris JordanEngland
42/87Marchant de LangeSouth Africa
42/87Jade DernbachEngland
45/85Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
43/81Shahadat HossainBangladesh
43/84Harvir BaidwanCanada
43/89Dale SteynSouth Africa
44/85Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
45/87Sohail TanvirPakistan
43/94Peter BorrenNetherlands
43/88Shane WatsonAustralia
43/83Corey CollymoreWest Indies
43/83Nazmul HossainBangladesh
42/77Collins ObuyaKenya
40/77Charl WilloughbySouth Africa
44/80Heath StreakZimbabwe
42/76Debasis MohantyIndia
43/78Khaled MahmudBangladesh
45/73Aaqib JavedPakistan
42/72Pommie MbangwaZimbabwe
43/72Kumar DharmasenaSri Lanka
43/76Glenn McGrathAustralia
44/71Gavin LarsenNew Zealand
41/72Tanvir MehdiPakistan
42/66Eddo BrandesZimbabwe
43/65Martin BicknellEngland
45/70Wasim AkramPakistan
40/72Enamul HaqueBangladesh
42/72Tauseef AhmedPakistan
43/70Maninder SinghIndia
42/67John BracewellNew Zealand
43/69Ravi RatnayekeSri Lanka
43/77Ravi ShastriIndia
42/65Greg MatthewsAustralia
42/59Dilip DoshiIndia
41/65Tahir NaqqashPakistan
45/69Len PascoeAustralia
43/58Sir Ian BothamEngland
41/50Mike HendrickEngland
42/52Bob WoolmerEngland
42/65Bob SimpsonAustralia
43/71Zulfiqar AliEast Africa
42/63Tony GreigEngland
42/47Keith BoyceWest Indies
43/50Bob WoolmerEngland
40/38John SnowEngland
45/110Wahab RiazPakistan
57/110Rashid KhanPakistan
51/38Basil D'OliveiraEngland
52/49Bob MassieAustralia
54/46Sarfraz NawazPakistan
52/62Bob WoolmerEngland
52/68Mevan PierisSri Lanka
50/50Robin JackmanEngland
51/50Liaqat AliPakistan
51/57Stephen BoockNew Zealand
55/66Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
50/56Graham YallopAustralia
55/63Terry AldermanAustralia
52/58Paul McEwanNew Zealand
53/64Derek PringleEngland
53/69Rod McCurdyAustralia
54/76Gary TroupNew Zealand
53/70Chetan SharmaIndia
51/63Derek PringleEngland
51/69Winston DavisWest Indies
53/70Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
52/67Arshad AyubIndia
54/65Waqar YounisPakistan
53/65Carl HooperWest Indies
51/72Kevin DuersZimbabwe
51/70Simon DoullNew Zealand
53/70Waqar YounisPakistan
53/74Maurice OdumbeKenya
54/78Anil KumbleIndia
55/72Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
53/71Michael KasprowiczAustralia
52/75Amit BhandariIndia
53/77Mohammad SharifBangladesh
55/77Waqar YounisPakistan
53/76Danish KaneriaPakistan
52/83Upul ChandanaSri Lanka
54/82Naved-ul-HasanPakistan
52/91Billy StellingNetherlands
53/86Abdur RazzakBangladesh
54/87Zeeshan AliHong Kong
52/85Kenneth KamyukaCanada
54/83SreesanthIndia
53/80Mashrafe MortazaBangladesh
53/77Praveen KumarIndia
54/86Ishant SharmaIndia
55/84Morne MorkelSouth Africa
53/96Andre RussellWest Indies
54/88Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
51/84Sean AbbottAustralia
52/86Boyd RankinEngland
55/92Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
53/87Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
54/83Tom CurranEngland
53/100Jacob DuffyNew Zealand
52/89Tabraiz ShamsiSouth Africa
54/79Shadley SchalkwykUnited States of America
52/66Jamie OvertonEngland
53/88Matthew FordeWest Indies
64/85Muralikrishna KrishnaIndia
61/64Asitha FernandoSri Lanka
63/100Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
64/85Olly StoneEngland
61/78Mohammed SirajIndia
62/81Adil RashidEngland
62/84Kuldeep YadavIndia
64/85Liam PlunkettEngland
63/92Peter ChaseIreland
63/88Jason HolderWest Indies
63/95Jerome TaylorWest Indies
62/86Peter ChaseIreland
64/84Mohammed ShamiIndia
64/83Lonwabo TsotsobeSouth Africa
62/76Umesh YadavIndia
64/78Sohail TanvirPakistan
64/81Stuart BroadEngland
64/84Zahid ShahUnited Arab Emirates
63/86Wahab RiazPakistan
63/86Dougie BrownEngland
63/87Roger TelemachusSouth Africa
63/80Dwayne BravoWest Indies
64/82Farveez MaharoofSri Lanka
63/75Brad HoggAustralia
63/76Thomas OdoyoKenya
66/77Abdul RazzaqPakistan
63/75Dirk ViljoenZimbabwe
64/71Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
65/75Venkatesh PrasadIndia
63/70Arshad KhanPakistan
63/68Carl HooperWest Indies
62/73Aamer SohailPakistan
64/67Chris LewisEngland
62/72Asanka GurusinhaSri Lanka
65/65Waqar YounisPakistan
64/64Manoj PrabhakarIndia
63/70Phil DeFreitasEngland
63/66Phil DeFreitasEngland
64/65Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
60/69Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
62/67Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
63/62Joel GarnerWest Indies
64/71Roger BinnyIndia
63/62Kapil DevIndia
63/57Martin SneddenNew Zealand
62/62Greg ChappellAustralia
64/65Gary TroupNew Zealand
64/56Dennis LilleeAustralia
63/56Sikander BakhtPakistan
63/50Colin CroftWest Indies
65/50Vanburn HolderWest Indies
62/67Tony OpathaSri Lanka
64/47Geoff ArnoldEngland
61/58Lance CairnsNew Zealand
62/40Bernard JulienWest Indies
63/34Ashley MallettAustralia
62/108Philippe BoissevainNetherlands
71/107M Shahbaz ButtNorway
70/30Peter LeverEngland
71/46Basil D'OliveiraEngland
72/40Vanburn HolderWest Indies
71/58Intikhab AlamPakistan
74/66Bernard JulienWest Indies
72/48Tony GreigEngland
72/49Bob WillisEngland
73/54Trevor LaughlinAustralia
74/56Asif IqbalUnited Arab Emirates
72/65Greg ChappellAustralia
72/60Jeff ThomsonAustralia
74/69Madan LalIndia
76/57Colin CroftWest Indies
72/62Terry AldermanAustralia
73/61Chetan SharmaIndia
73/64Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
73/69Winston BenjaminWest Indies
74/63Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
73/65Winston BenjaminWest Indies
73/62Chris LewisEngland
73/70Ravi RatnayekeSri Lanka
73/64Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
71/71Malcolm JarvisZimbabwe
73/67David BrainZimbabwe
73/67Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
72/73Azhar MahmoodPakistan
73/70Steve ElworthySouth Africa
73/73Ajit AgarkarIndia
72/71Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
73/73Travis FriendZimbabwe
72/77James KirtleyEngland
74/74Ajit AgarkarIndia
72/75Bjorn KotzeNamibia
75/77Jacob OramNew Zealand
74/82Shahid AfridiGermany
72/87Stuart ClarkAustralia
73/84Elton ChigumburaZimbabwe
73/86Fidel EdwardsWest Indies
72/84Mahbubul AlamBangladesh
72/80Johan BothaSouth Africa
74/77Andy McKayNew Zealand
72/76Ashok DindaIndia
72/83Chris MpofuZimbabwe
71/82Jeremy GordonCanada
73/95Kevin O'BrienIreland
76/88Yuzvendra ChahalIndia
72/85Gulbadin NaibAfghanistan
75/91Liam PlunkettEngland
74/86Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
73/79Chris SoleScotland
72/83Navdeep SainiIndia
74/98Sam CurranEngland
72/84Josh LittleIreland
76/84Jayden SealesWest Indies
74/77Fazalhaq FarooqiAfghanistan
73/63Arshdeep SinghIndia
81/61Rehan AhmedEngland
80/77Rishiv JoshiCanada
84/83Haris RaufPakistan
82/97Jasdeep SinghUnited States of America
84/78Josh LittleIreland
82/83Pieter SeelaarNetherlands
81/83Chaminda BandaraSri Lanka
81/87Wahab RiazPakistan
82/85Donald TiripanoZimbabwe
83/82Mitchell StarcAustralia
84/87Matt HenryNew Zealand
84/93Mitchell McClenaghanNew Zealand
84/81Manjula GurugeUnited Arab Emirates
82/82Mohit SharmaIndia
83/75Mohammad SamiPakistan
86/80Umar GulPakistan
84/77Shafiul IslamBangladesh
82/83Ben HilfenhausAustralia
83/86James AndersonEngland
81/83Esteban NinoArgentina
84/84Stuart BroadEngland
85/81Steve HarmisonEngland
84/77Lakshmipathy BalajiIndia
82/75Sean ErvineZimbabwe
82/70Guy WhittallZimbabwe
83/74Jacques KallisSouth Africa
83/73Chris CairnsNew Zealand
82/77Manjurul IslamBangladesh
83/72Mluleki NkalaZimbabwe
84/73Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
83/70Adam DaleAustralia
80/66Brendon JulianAustralia
81/66Andy CaddickEngland
81/64Dermot ReeveEngland
83/70Aaqib JavedPakistan
82/62Patrick PattersonWest Indies
83/62Greg MatthewsAustralia
85/66Simon O'DonnellAustralia
83/64Abdul QadirPakistan
83/68Ravi RatnayekeSri Lanka
83/64Vinothen JohnSri Lanka
85/61Dave GilbertAustralia
83/61John MaguireAustralia
85/69Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
84/58Dilip DoshiIndia
81/57Yograj SinghIndia
82/56Derick ParryWest Indies
81/61Allan BorderAustralia
82/52Mudassar NazarPakistan
81/46Geoff MillerEngland
82/46Eknath SolkarIndia
82/66Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
81/40Tony GreigEngland
81/58Doug WaltersAustralia
82/43Ashley MallettAustralia
84/107Logan van BeekNetherlands
81/29Ken ShuttleworthEngland
91/22Alan ThomsonAustralia
94/106Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
91/41Jeff HammondAustralia
93/37Bruce TaylorNew Zealand
91/58Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
95/66Dennis LilleeAustralia
91/45Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
94/45John LeverEngland
92/49Kapil DevIndia
93/61Derick ParryWest Indies
94/55Chris OldEngland
92/56Shaun GrafAustralia
94/58Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
91/66John BracewellNew Zealand
94/63Jeremy ConeyNew Zealand
93/61Neil FosterEngland
92/60Madan LalIndia
95/68Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
92/64Chris KuggeleijnNew Zealand
93/61John EmbureyEngland
92/60Champaka RamanayakeSri Lanka
92/65Jonathan MillmowNew Zealand
95/64Javagal SrinathIndia
93/69Allan DonaldSouth Africa
92/65Alan IgglesdenEngland
95/64Manoj PrabhakarIndia
92/68Hasibul HossainBangladesh
95/72Paul StrangZimbabwe
93/69Kumar DharmasenaSri Lanka
93/72Laurie WilliamsWest Indies
92/74Gary BrentZimbabwe
93/72Nathan AstleNew Zealand
93/73Venkatesh PrasadIndia
91/74Michael MasonNew Zealand
92/76Richard StapleUnited States of America
91/80Tama CanningNew Zealand
92/82Johan van der WathSouth Africa
95/83Shaun PollockSouth Africa
94/85Piyush ChawlaIndia
93/82Shane BondNew Zealand
92/78Nazmul HossainBangladesh
95/74Kemar RoachWest Indies
93/77Ryan ten DoeschateNetherlands
94/81Rory KleinveldtSouth Africa