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.
T20IAll-time500 entries
18/7Sonam YesheyBHUBest return on the list
27/8Syazrul Ezat IdrusMAL
37/19Ali DawoodBHR
● LEADS
Sonam YesheyBHU
8/7 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6/11
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Argentina
3 of the top 50 · 31 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sonam YesheyBHU8/7
2Syazrul Ezat IdrusMAL7/8
3Ali DawoodBHR7/19
4Harsha BharadwajSIN6/3
5Peter AhoNIG6/5
6Dinesh NakraniUGA6/7
6Deepak ChaharIND6/7
7Ajantha MendisSL6/8
7Kelvin ThuchilaMAW6/8
8Moazzam BaigMAW6/9
8Rizwan ButtBHR6/9
9Mustafizur RahmanBAN6/10
9JJ SmitNAM6/10
10Abinash BoharaNEP6/11
11Nasrulla RanaHK6/12
12Pratik Singh BaisMEX6/14
13Williamsing NalisaVAN6/16
13Maurice CastilloBLI6/16
14Peter LangatKEN6/17
14Obed McCoyWI6/17
15Hernan FennellARG6/18
15Waseem YaqoobLES6/18
16Mohammad KamranSPN6/20
17Dawood AhmadzaiFRA6/21
18Aftab AhmedBAN6/22
18Ridwan AbdulkareemNIG6/22
19Jan FrylinckNAM6/24
20Yuzvendra ChahalIND6/25
21Reo Sakurano-ThomasJAP6/26
22Yasir AliSPN6/28
23Ashton AgarAUS6/30
24Gede PriandanaINS5/1
25Yalinde NkanyaTNZ5/2
26Sufiyan MuqeemPAK5/3
26Rangana HerathSL5/3
26Lucas RossiARG5/3
26Rashid KhanAFG5/3
27Pedro ArrighiARG5/4
27Bhuvneshwar KumarIND5/4
27Khizar HayatMAL5/4
28Aqib IqbalAST5/5
28Junaid AzizBHR5/5
29Lasith MalingaSL5/6
29Umar GulPAK5/6
29Ankush NandaLUX5/6
29Charlie Hara-HinzeJAP5/6
29Zain Ul AbidinSAR5/6
30Charlie RumistrzewiczSPN5/7
30Kazuma Kato-StaffordJAP5/7
30Juma MiyagiUGA5/7
30Gerard MwendwaKEN5/7
31Henry SsenyondoUGA5/8
31Anjar TadarusINS5/8
31Muhammad SaqlainHUN5/8
31Muhammad ButtNOR5/8
32Sylvester OkpeNIG5/9
32Waji Ul HassanSAR5/9
32Daniel JakielZIM5/9
32Christoffel ViljoenNAM5/9
32Fazalhaq FarooqiAFG5/9
32Sandeep LamichhaneNEP5/9
32Kabua MoreaPNG5/9
32Kofi Stephen BagabenaGHA5/9
32Ma QianchengCHN5/9
33Lawrence BonnerBLI5/10
33Sam CurranENG5/10
33Kepler LukiesPHL5/10
33Salum JumbeTNZ5/10
33Jandre CoetzeeTHI5/10
33Nopphon SenamontreeTHI5/10
33Andrew YonSTH5/10
34Lorne BurnsSPN5/11
34Emile RukirizaRWA5/11
34Vincent AdewoyeNIG5/11
34Waqas AhmadMLT5/11
34Akeal HoseinWI5/11
34Karim JanatAFG5/11
35Saurabh NetravalkarUSA5/12
35Shayam Maher WarnakulasuriyaFRA5/12
35Nadeem AhmedHK5/12
35Haseeb AmjadHK5/12
35Vraj PatelKEN5/12
35Shoaib RafiqMEX5/12
35Manmeet KoliROM5/12
35Hughes-PinanSPN5/12
35George Edward NgegbaSIL5/12
36Deusdedit MuhumuzaUGA5/13
36Not on recordNAM5/13
36Elias SunnyBAN5/13
36Samiullah ShenwariAFG5/13
36Noor AhmadAFG5/13
36Brad CurrieSCO5/13
36Sahel ZadranAST5/13
37Dawlat ZadranAFG5/14
37Imad WasimPAK5/14
37Hassan MahmoodSWE5/14
37Virandeep SinghMAL5/14
37Not on recordITL5/14
38Keemo PaulWI5/15
38Damien RavuPNG5/15
38Ali SheikhUSA5/15
38Aamir KaleemOMN5/15
38Sudesh WickramasekaraCZR5/15
39Samarth BodhaGIB5/16
39Yasar HaroonBRZ5/16
39Prakash MishraBUL5/16
39Romario EdwardsCIS5/16
39Milind KumarUSA5/16
39Haroon MohammadHK5/16
39Dilon HeyligerCAN5/16
39Muhammad AmirMAL5/16
39Abass GblaSIL5/16
39Aamir LalKOR5/16
40Alpesh RamjaniUGA5/17
40Samuel ContehSIL5/17
40Zaker TaqawiSWE5/17
40Vasu SainiROM5/17
40Siraj Ullah KhademPOR5/17
40Dwaine PretoriusSA5/17
40Kuldeep YadavIND5/17
40Varun ChakravarthyIND5/17
40Norman VanuaPNG5/17
40Waqar ZalmaiAST5/17
40Akshay WaghAST5/17
40Charles PerchardJER5/17
40Oscar TaylorCOI5/17
41Kervon HindsBAH5/18
41Dhruvkumar MaisuriaBOT5/18
41Not on recordUSA5/18
41Samay ShrivastavaOMN5/18
41Mohammad NawazPAK5/18
41Sikandar RazaZIM5/18
41Allan DouglasBER5/18
41Tim SoutheeNZ5/18
42Derrick BrangmanBER5/19
42Ahsan MalikNED5/19
42Fred KlaassenNED5/19
42Ahmed RazaUAE5/19
42Ryan McLarenSA5/19
42Adam ZampaAUS5/19
42Tomakanute RitawaCOI5/19
42Fayaz KhanGER5/19
42Mahesh TambeFIN5/19
42Francisco Damiao CouanaMOZ5/19
42Mohammed AslamKUW5/19
42Nalin NipikoVAN5/19
43Declan SuzukiJAP5/20
43Peter NedeljkovicSER5/20
43Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG5/20
43Nuwan ThusharaSL5/20
43Shakib Al HasanBAN5/20
43Mosaddek HossainBAN5/20
43Romario ShepherdWI5/20
43Lucas OluochKEN5/20
43Nehemiah OdhiamboKEN5/20
44Muhammad ZuhaibUAE5/21
44Lockie FergusonNZ5/21
44Karan KCNEP5/21
44Saud MunirDEN5/21
44Ramesh KalimuthuSIN5/21
44Harsh VenkataramSIN5/21
44Adrian Nicholas LascuROM5/21
45Rameez KhanROM5/22
45Sabaorish RavichandranJAP5/22
45James NeeshamNZ5/22
45Matthew ShortAUS5/22
46Imran TahirSA5/23
46David WieseSA5/23
46Ghulam AhmadiGER5/23
46Samson Kwesi Awe AwiahGHA5/23
46Raza IqbalNOR5/23
46Jai SinhSWI5/23
47Ali NawazHUN5/24
47Ibrahim HassanMLD5/24
47Gulam MurtazaCMB5/24
47Alasdair EvansSCO5/24
47Not on recordUAE5/24
47Tabraiz ShamsiSA5/24
47Dushmantha ChameeraSL5/24
48Aizaz KhanHK5/25
48Abdul MajidBHR5/25
48Isaac OkpeNIG5/25
48Jobayer HossenSEY5/25
49Gavin MainSCO5/26
49Rexford BakumGHA5/26
49Ehsan KhanHK5/26
49Adam MilneNZ5/26
49Spencer JohnsonAUS5/26
49Darren SammyWI5/26
50Jason HolderWI5/27
50James FaulknerAUS5/27
50Mark WattSCO5/27
50Saad CheemaAST5/27
50Ishtiaq AhmadSAR5/27
50Saumani TiaiSAM5/27
50Ibrar AhmadHUN5/27
51Bogdan DugicSER5/28
51Irfan SafiAST5/28
51Hammadullah ShinwariFIN5/28
51Oshane ThomasWI5/28
52Richmond BaaleriGHA5/29
52Nivek TannerPHL5/29
53Asif Abdul BevinjeROM5/30
53Hasan AliPAK5/30
53Wayne ParnellSA5/30
54Shafat Ali SyedSPN5/31
54Harry ManentiITL5/31
55Amir FarooqQTR5/32
55Umair TariqAST5/32
56Junaid SiddiqueUAE5/35
57Obed HarveyGHA5/36
57Joshua RasuVAN5/36
58Waseem AbbasMLT5/37
59Lungi NgidiSA5/39
60Alzarri JosephWI5/40
61Arshdeep SinghIND5/51
62Chamal SadunCYP4/1
63Surya AnandDEN4/2
63Adil RashidENG4/2
63Steve TikoloKEN4/2
63Phanuphong ThongsaTHI4/2
63Chernoh BahSIL4/2
64Jordan YonSTH4/3
64Deepak RawatCOR4/3
65Zahirbhai Patel4/4
65Enock KasaijaUGA4/4
65Raymond CokerSIL4/4
65SanjayKumar ThakorTNZ4/4
66Azyan FarhathMLD4/5
66Luis HermidaMEX4/5
66Cosmas KyewutaUGA4/5
66Sharwan GodaraCMB4/5
66Khalid AhmadiBEL4/5
66Vishil PatelKEN4/5
67Chris JordanENG4/6
67Sulieman BennWI4/6
67Benjamin WardJER4/6
67Sham MurariCOR4/6
67Sri Vishnu Elam BharathiGER4/6
67Dhananjaya PandaMEX4/6
67Vijay UnniMAL4/6
67Sami SohailMAW4/6
67Laksh BakraniaTNZ4/6
67Atif MehmoodSPN4/6
67George SesaySIL4/6
67Usman KhalidSAR4/6
67Muhammad AsimQTR4/6
67Daniel LouisQTR4/6
67Emmanuel SebaremeRWA4/6
67Not on recordPER4/6
68Jatinkumar Chandhubai DarjiTNZ4/7
68Khanitson NamchaikulTHI4/7
68Kamron SenamontreeTHI4/7
68Raaz MohammadFIN4/7
68Dhanush GaneshCOR4/7
68Alessandro MorrisCIS4/7
68Reginald NehondeBOT4/7
68Mohammad NabiAFG4/7
68Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN4/7
68David WilleyENG4/7
68Tanzim Hasan SakibBAN4/7
68Anrich NortjeSA4/7
68Mudassar BukhariNED4/7
68Mark GillespieNZ4/7
69Shadab KhanPAK4/8
69Ravichandran AshwinIND4/8
69Billy StanlakeAUS4/8
69Arab GulAFG4/8
69Burhan NiazBEL4/8
69Alistair IfillCIS4/8
69Aahan Gopinath AcharSIN4/8
69Ronitkumar AhirPAN4/8
69Matthew SpryPER4/8
69Eric KubwimanaRWA4/8
69Suhail VayaniMAW4/8
69Syed AzizMAL4/8
69Abdullahi IsmailNIG4/8
70Jaspreet SinghITL4/9
70Not on recordITL4/9
70Martin AkayezuRWA4/9
70Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG4/9
70Ethan D'SouzaUAE4/9
70Sultan AhmedUAE4/9
70Wanindu HasarangaSL4/9
70Abrar AhmedPAK4/9
70Boyd RankinENG4/9
70Yasim MurtazaHK4/9
70Not on recordNAM4/9
70Dale SteynSA4/9
71Paul StirlingIRE4/10
71Jan Nicol Loftie-EatonNAM4/10
71Delray RawlinsBER4/10
71Onias BascomeBER4/10
71Ravi BoparaENG4/10
71Mohammad HafeezPAK4/10
71Nasum AhmedBAN4/10
71Barinder SranIND4/10
71Deepak HoodaIND4/10
71Aqib SulehriOMN4/10
71Baseer KhanAST4/10
71Zeshan ArifAST4/10
71Luis MoraisBRZ4/10
71Melusi MagagulaESW4/10
71Aniru ContehGAM4/10
71Muhammad NadirRWA4/10
71Avishka IroshanROM4/10
71Mohammed NadeemQTR4/10
71Joseph BurrowsIOM4/10
71Htet Lin OoMYM4/10
71Arif UllahMAL4/10
71Bilal Muhammad KhanMLT4/10
71Frank AkankwasaUGA4/10
72Javid Patel4/11
72Joshua AsiaNIG4/11
72Joao HouMOZ4/11
72Apriliandi RahayuINS4/11
72Not on recordITL4/11
72Darius VisserSAM4/11
72Liam MyottPHL4/11
72Miniru KpakaSIL4/11
72Muhammad AtifSAR4/11
72Shahzeb ChoudhrySWE4/11
72Kieron FerraryGIB4/11
72Gabriel OliveiraBRZ4/11
72Abdullah AkbarjanAST4/11
72Khawar AliOMN4/11
72John KarikoPNG4/11
72Yasir MohammadUSA4/11
72Mahedi HasanBAN4/11
72Jacob BethellENG4/11
72Shahid AfridiGER4/11
72Paul van MeekerenNED4/11
72Mitchell SantnerNZ4/11
72Alex CusackIRE4/11
72Bernard ScholtzNAM4/11
72Ottneil BaartmanSA4/11
72Wellington MasakadzaZIM4/11
73Dhruv ParasharUAE4/12
73Nikhil DuttaCAN4/12
73Brandon GloverNED4/12
73Ish SodhiNZ4/12
73Mehidy HasanBAN4/12
73Sunil NarineWI4/12
73Harbhajan SinghIND4/12
73Josh HazlewoodAUS4/12
73Nathan EllisAUS4/12
73Kushal BhurtelNEP4/12
73Karim SadiqAFG4/12
73Habib AhmadzaiAST4/12
73Bilal ZalmaiAST4/12
73Sarfaraz AliBHR4/12
73Katlo PietBOT4/12
73Tian Sen QunCHN4/12
73Amjad SherFIN4/12
73Kamran AhmadzaiFRA4/12
73Rahmatullah MangalFRA4/12
73Abdullah MahmoodDEN4/12
73Alister GajicSER4/12
73Hisham ShaikhSAR4/12
73Shariq MunirQTR4/12
73Jacob ButlerIOM4/12
73Yasin PatelKUW4/12
73Shiraz KhanKUW4/12
73Ketut ArtawanINS4/12
73Gaurav TiwariINS4/12
73Matthew AnsellIOM4/12
73Not on recordURU4/12
73Riazat Ali ShahUGA4/12
74Zefanias Emilio MatsinheMOZ4/13
74Jose BuleleMOZ4/13
74Mohameed TaiwoNIG4/13
74Pavandeep SinghMAL4/13
74Sharvin MuniandyMAL4/13
74Yves CyusaRWA4/13
74Suresh KumarPER4/13
74Mark PavlovicSER4/13
74Daniel Frederik JacobsTHI4/13
74Ally KimoteTNZ4/13
74Khalidy JumaTNZ4/13
74Atif RasheedFIN4/13
74Louis BruceGIB4/13
74Waqar AliCYP4/13
74Alain ToubeCAM4/13
74Ngawang ThinleyBHU4/13
74Ibrar AhmadUAE4/13
74RP SinghIND4/13
74Ravi BishnoiIND4/13
74Mohammad AmirPAK4/13
74Usman QadirPAK4/13
74Trent BoultNZ4/13
74Todd AstleNZ4/13
74Dhananjay RaoHK4/13
74Craig YoungIRE4/13
74Mark AdairIRE4/13
74Matthew HumphreysIRE4/13
75Peter ConnellIRE4/14
75Jacob DuffyNZ4/14
75Shivam SharmaCAN4/14
75Corbin BoschSA4/14
75Beuran HendricksSA4/14
75Shem NgocheKEN4/14
75Anthony Hawkins-KayJER4/14
75Adrian WrightCIS4/14
75Nikhil AdvaniGIB4/14
75Petero CabebulaFIJ4/14
75Kassim NassoroTNZ4/14
75Abdul WahidSAR4/14
75Syed Maisam AliPOR4/14
75Nouman SarwarQTR4/14
75Prosper UseniNIG4/14
75Not on recordITL4/14
75Kenneth WaiswaUGA4/14
75Joseph BagumaUGA4/14
75Izaz AliSLO4/14
76Ayaz Dadabhai4/15
76Not on recordITL4/15
76Pradeep MohanarangamMEX4/15
76Fazil Rahman SulthankhilMLT4/15
76Harsheed Anantkumar ChohanTNZ4/15
76Abdul Naser BaluchSWE4/15
76Sabawoon DaviziCZR4/15
76Taranjit SinghCYP4/15
76Santiago DugganARG4/15
76Tashi DorjiBHU4/15
76Ahmad Khalid AhmadzaiBEL4/15
76Simranjeet SinghUAE4/15
76Munis AnsariOMN4/15
76Jacques KallisSA4/15
76James FranklinNZ4/15
76Rodney TrottBER4/15
76Max SorensenIRE4/15
76Samuel BadreeWI4/15
76Ramon SimmondsWI4/15
76Shane WatsonAUS4/15
76Jasprit BumrahIND4/15
77Hardik PandyaIND4/16
77Usman TariqPAK4/16
77Taskin AhmedBAN4/16
77Abdur RazzakBAN4/16
77Jacob MulderIRE4/16
77Nathan McCullumNZ4/16
77Ajaz PatelNZ4/16
77Kyle KleinNED4/16
77Emmanuel BundiKEN4/16
77Not on recordKEN4/16
77Zahoor KhanUAE4/16
77Richard NgaravaZIM4/16
77Brad EvansZIM4/16
77Haider AliPAK4/16
77Basant RegmiNEP4/16
77Imran KhanBHR4/16
77Karabo MotlhankaBOT4/16
77Mmoloki MooketsiBOT4/16
77Chen Zhuo YueCHN4/16
77Habib KhanEST4/16
77Iqbal Hussain ChaudhryQTR4/16
77Muhammad Anwar A RahmanMAL4/16
77Donnex KansonkhoMAW4/16
77Shashikant LaxmanMEX4/16
77Sayed Monib Sayed AhmadKUW4/16
78Crishan KalugamageITL4/17
78Ferdinando BanunaekINS4/17
78Sheikh RasikHUN4/17
78Martin-Dale BradleyGUE4/17
78Anil ParmarNOR4/17
78Justin ShajuMLT4/17
78Mirza Mohammed BaigQTR4/17
78Taranjeet SinghROM4/17
78Rahulkumar HashuPOR4/17
78Shreyas SwamySWE4/17
78Riziki K KisetoTNZ4/17
78Bilal HassanUGA4/17
78Ilyas AtaullahTUR4/17
78Usman KhanFRA4/17
78Agustin RiveroARG4/17
78Michael LeaskSCO4/17
78Nisarg PatelUSA4/17
78Blessing MuzarabaniZIM4/17
78Ammar KhalidCAN4/17
78Kaleem SanaCAN4/17
78Morne MorkelSA4/17
78Munir DarHK4/17
78Devendra BishooWI4/17
78Mohammed SirajIND4/17
79Avesh KhanIND4/18
79Dirk NannesAUS4/18
79Haris RaufPAK4/18
79Mohammad AsifPAK4/18
79Waqas BarkatHK4/18
79Stuart ThompsonIRE4/18
79Luke JongweZIM4/18
79Rohan MustafaUAE4/18
79Dipendra Singh AireeNEP4/18
79Charles AminiPNG4/18
79Harmeet SinghUSA4/18
79Josh DaveySCO4/18
79Scott SimpsonJER4/18
79Dylan Alexander BlignautGER4/18
79Julien AbegaCAM4/18
79Zeerak ChughtaiBUL4/18
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