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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
19/103Sydney BarnesENGBest return on the list
29/129Jack NoreigaWI
39/130Hugh TayfieldSA
● LEADS
Sydney BarnesENG
9/103 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
George GiffenAUS
7 separate entries on this list · 307 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
8/124
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
18 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Worst Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sydney BarnesENG9/103
2Jack NoreigaWI9/129
3Hugh TayfieldSA9/130
4Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/155
5Kapil DevIND9/220
6George LohmannENG8/52
7Tip SnookeSA8/70
8Albert TrottAUS8/84
8George LohmannENG8/84
10Ashley MallettAUS8/124
10Hugh TrumbleAUS8/124
12Merv HughesAUS8/130
13Alf ValentineWI8/140
14Max WalkerAUS8/143
15Craig McDermottAUS8/155
16Tom RichardsonENG8/164
16Tony GreigENG8/164
16Saqlain MushtaqPAK8/164
19Harbhajan SinghIND8/185
20Vinoo MankadIND8/196
21Jason KrejzaAUS8/215
22Bobby PeelENG7/49
23George GearyENG7/70
24Frederick SpofforthAUS7/73
25Billy BatesENG7/74
26Tom KendallAUS7/82
27Dick BarlowENG7/88
28George UlyettENG7/96
29Sydney BarnesENG7/102
30Charlie TurnerAUS7/112
31Alf HallSA7/114
32Frank LaverAUS7/121
32Sydney BarnesENG7/121
34Richie BenaudAUS7/123
35George GiffenAUS7/128
35Bert VoglerSA7/128
37George GiffenAUS7/132
38Subhash GupteIND7/133
39Dennis LilleeAUS7/137
39Intikhab AlamPAK7/137
41Sir Wes HallWI7/140
42Fazal MahmoodPAK7/141
43Hugh TayfieldSA7/144
44Sir Ian BothamENG7/145
45Phil TufnellENG7/147
46Tibby CotterAUS7/148
47Shane WarneAUS7/150
47Jim HiggsAUS7/150
49Doug WrightENG7/152
50Iqbal QasimPAK7/156
50Graham McKenzieAUS7/156
52Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/157
53Sir Alec BedserENG7/159
54Frank TysonENG7/160
54Anil KumbleIND7/160
56Rangana HerathSL7/161
57Taijul IslamBAN7/163
58Ernie JonesAUS7/164
59Shane WarneAUS7/165
60Tom RichardsonENG7/168
61Ray BrightAUS7/172
62Harbhajan SinghIND7/175
63Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL7/176
64Danish KaneriaPAK7/178
65Sonny RamadhinWI7/179
66Subhash GupteIND7/180
67Yasir ShahPAK7/184
68Bruce YardleyAUS7/187
69Danish KaneriaPAK7/188
70Prabath JayasuriyaSL7/194
71Abrar AhmedPAK7/205
72Nathan LyonAUS7/215
73Fazal MahmoodPAK7/247
74Billy BarnesENG6/28
75Charlie TurnerAUS6/53
76Aubrey FaulknerSA6/78
77Monty NobleAUS6/84
78Walter LeesENG6/85
79Johnny BriggsENG6/87
80Arthur FielderENG6/88
81Frederick SpofforthAUS6/90
82John SharpeENG6/91
83Warwick ArmstrongAUS6/93
84Tibby CotterAUS6/95
84Harry BoyleAUS6/95
86Jack HearneENG6/98
87Ted PeateENG6/99
88Tibby CotterAUS6/101
88Bill LockwoodENG6/101
90Colin BlytheENG6/106
90Syed Abid AliIND6/106
92Claude CarterSA6/111
92Joey PalmerAUS6/111
94Dennis LilleeAUS6/123
95Charlie LlewellynSA6/124
96Bishan BediIND6/127
97Alan ConnollyAUS6/130
97Tony LockENG6/130
97Maurice TateENG6/130
100Alan DavidsonAUS6/135
100Neil HawkeAUS6/135
102Fred TruemanENG6/136
103Tom RichardsonENG6/138
103Arthur MaileyAUS6/138
105Dennis LilleeAUS6/139
105Neil HawkeAUS6/139
107Maurice TateENG6/142
107Mushtaq AhmedPAK6/142
109John SnowENG6/143
110Jeff JonesENG6/145
111Kapil DevIND6/146
112Lance GibbsWI6/147
112Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/147
112Imran NiaziPAK6/147
115Buster NupenSA6/148
116Kapil DevIND6/149
117Ian PeeblesENG6/150
117Phil TufnellENG6/150
119George ParkerSA6/152
119Terry AldermanAUS6/152
119Bill JohnstonAUS6/152
122Nick CookENG6/153
122Mushtaq AhmedPAK6/153
124George GiffenAUS6/154
124Cyril VincentSA6/154
124Tom McKibbinAUS6/154
124Graham DilleyENG6/154
128Tony LockENG6/155
128Alex MoirNZ6/155
130Andy CaddickENG6/158
130Daniel VettoriNZ6/158
132Ishant SharmaIND6/159
133Sadu ShindeIND6/162
134Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND6/163
135Harbhajan SinghIND6/164
135Sohag GaziBAN6/164
135Rangana HerathSL6/164
138Saeed AjmalPAK6/167
138Sohag GaziBAN6/167
140Lance GibbsWI6/168
141Muttiah MuralitharanSL6/170
142Dennis LilleeAUS6/171
143Salim DuraniIND6/173
144Muttiah MuralitharanSL6/174
145Dilip DoshiIND6/175
146Devendra BishooWI6/177
147Anil KumbleIND6/178
148Taijul IslamBAN6/179
148Shane ShillingfordWI6/179
148Upul ChandanaSL6/179
151Nathan LyonAUS6/182
152Erapalli PrasannaIND6/187
153Harbhajan SinghIND6/189
154Andy McBrineIRE6/191
155Ravichandran AshwinIND6/194
155Nathan LyonAUS6/194
157Steve O'KeefeAUS6/199
157Ray PriceZIM6/199
159Daniel VettoriNZ6/200
160Haseeb AhsanPAK6/202
161Yasir ShahPAK6/213
162Taijul IslamBAN6/219
163Bishan BediIND6/226
164Fazal MahmoodPAK6/247
165Khan MohammadPAK6/259
166Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS6/298
167J.J. FerrisAUS5/73
168Sydney BarnesENG5/74
169J.J. FerrisAUS5/76
170Billy MidwinterAUS5/78
171George MacaulayENG5/80
172Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/83
173Albert RelfENG5/85
174Alex KennedyENG5/88
175George Finlay-BissettSA5/99
176Joey PalmerAUS5/103
177Tom RichardsonENG5/107
177Hugh TrumbleAUS5/107
179Colin McCoolAUS5/109
180Walter BrearleyENG5/110
181Charlie TurnerAUS5/111
182Johnny BriggsENG5/114
183George RoweSA5/115
183Subhash GupteIND5/115
183SurendranathIND5/115
186Lala AmarnathIND5/118
187Tom BurttNZ5/120
188Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/122
188Warwick ArmstrongAUS5/122
188Sir Garry SobersWI5/122
191David AllenENG5/123
192Charlie McLeodAUS5/125
192Ian MeckiffAUS5/125
194Ashley MallettAUS5/126
195Mahmood HussainPAK5/129
196George GiffenAUS5/130
196Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/130
198David AllenENG5/133
199David BrownENG5/134
200Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/136
201Chris CairnsNZ5/137
202Salim DuraniIND5/139
202Prof EdwardsWI5/139
204Dick MotzNZ5/140
204Bruce TaylorNZ5/140
204Sandy BellSA5/140
207Doug WrightENG5/141
208Len BraundENG5/143
209Danny MorrisonNZ5/145
210Douglas CarrENG5/146
210Dilip DoshiIND5/146
212Brian StathamENG5/147
212Craig McDermottAUS5/147
212Sir Ian BothamENG5/147
215Lindsay TuckettSA5/148
215David O'SullivanNZ5/148
217Erapalli PrasannaIND5/149
217Iqbal QasimPAK5/149
219Rusi SurtiIND5/150
220Pat PocockENG5/152
221Danny MorrisonNZ5/153
221Sunil JoshiIND5/153
221Freddie BrownENG5/153
224Steve HarmisonENG5/154
225Khan MohammadPAK5/155
226Reg PerksENG5/156
227Azeem HafeezPAK5/157
228Greg MatthewsAUS5/158
229John GleesonAUS5/160
230Carl RackemannAUS5/161
230Antao D'SouzaPAK5/161
230Mehidy HasanBAN5/161
233Somachandra De SilvaSL5/162
234Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND5/163
234Dennis LilleeAUS5/163
234Adil RashidENG5/163
237Derek UnderwoodENG5/165
238Saeed AjmalPAK5/166
238Abdul QadirPAK5/166
240Azeem HafeezPAK5/167
241George PaineENG5/168
242Ramakant DesaiIND5/169
242Stuart MacGillAUS5/169
242Pat PocockENG5/169
242Doug WrightENG5/169
242Anil KumbleIND5/169
247Daniel VettoriNZ5/170
247Zaheer KhanIND5/170
249Mehidy HasanBAN5/171
250Roston ChaseWI5/172
251Shoaib BashirENG5/173
252Roly JenkinsENG5/174
252Athol RowanSA5/174
254Harbhajan SinghIND5/176
255Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/179
256Keshav MaharajSA5/180
257Danish KaneriaPAK5/181
258Ray PriceZIM5/182
258Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/182
258James AndersonENG5/182
258Arshad AyubIND5/182
262John PriceENG5/183
263Arthur MaileyAUS5/186
264Tauseef AhmedPAK5/189
264Danish KaneriaPAK5/189
266Moeen AliENG5/190
266Jack LeachENG5/190
266Ashley GilesENG5/190
269Ray PriceZIM5/192
270Yasir ShahPAK5/193
270Prabath JayasuriyaSL5/193
270Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/193
273Taijul IslamBAN5/198
274Dilruwan PereraSL5/202
275Paul StrangZIM5/212
276Suraj RandivSL5/222
277Anil KumbleIND5/223
278Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/224
279Vinoo MankadIND5/228
280Rangana HerathSL5/240
281Tommy ScottWI5/266
282James SouthertonENG4/61
283Tich FreemanENG4/66
284James Lillywhite (jnr)ENG4/70
285Schofield HaighENG4/72
285Reggie SchwarzSA4/72
285Claude NewberrySA4/72
288Frederick SpofforthAUS4/82
289Charlie McLeodAUS4/84
290George GiffenAUS4/89
291George UlyettENG4/91
292Cyril VincentSA4/93
293Bill LundieSA4/101
294Wilfred RhodesENG4/108
295Maurice TateENG4/111
296Frederick SpofforthAUS4/112
297Bobby PeelENG4/114
298Jimmy SinclairSA4/118
298Vinoo MankadIND4/118
300Roy KilnerENG4/127
300Syed Abid AliIND4/127
302Sid PeglerSA4/128
303Jimmy SinclairSA4/129
303Ian MeckiffAUS4/129
305Max WalkerAUS4/131
306Amir ElahiPAK4/134
306Bruce YardleyAUS4/134
308Frank WoolleyENG4/135
308Tony MacGibbonNZ4/135
310Hopper ReadENG4/136
311Bishan BediIND4/138
312Mohammad FarooqPAK4/139
312Sylvester ClarkeWI4/139
314Karsan GhavriIND4/140
315Shivlal YadavIND4/143
315Ian SmithSA4/143
315Jack AlabasterNZ4/143
318Hedley HowarthNZ4/144
319Lance GibbsWI4/145
320John SnowENG4/146
320Erapalli PrasannaIND4/146
322Abdul QadirPAK4/148
323Quintin McMillanSA4/150
324Ian JohnsonAUS4/151
325Shoaib AkhtarPAK4/153
325Mahmood HussainPAK4/153
327Jim LakerENG4/154
328Tom VeiversAUS4/155
328Phil EdmondsENG4/155
330Norbert PhillipWI4/159
331Ravi ShastriIND4/161
332Gavin RobertsonAUS4/163
332Ian SalisburyENG4/163
332Bishan BediIND4/163
335Erapalli PrasannaIND4/166
335Subhash GupteIND4/166
337Vinoo MankadIND4/167
338Mitchell JohnsonAUS4/168
339Anton MurraySA4/169
340Yasir ShahPAK4/173
341Sir Andy RobertsWI4/174
341Narendra HirwaniIND4/174
343Sir Alec BedserENG4/176
343John GleesonAUS4/176
345Daniel VettoriNZ4/178
345Mehidy HasanBAN4/178
347Arthur MaileyAUS4/179
348Tony GreigENG4/180
349Wellington MasakadzaZIM4/184
350Manoj PrabhakarIND4/187
350Graeme CremerZIM4/187
352Cyril VincentSA4/188
353Adil RashidENG4/192
354Shane ShillingfordWI4/193
355Danish KaneriaPAK4/194
356Muttiah MuralitharanSL4/195
357Shivlal YadavIND4/196
358Brett LeeAUS4/201
359Yasir ShahPAK4/205
360Devendra BishooWI4/217
361Nicky BojeSA4/221
362Zahid MahmoodPAK4/235
363Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
363Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
365Johnny BriggsENG3/34
366Frederick SpofforthAUS3/67
367Joey PalmerAUS3/80
368John TrumbleAUS3/83
369Tom GarrettAUS3/88
370Reggie SchwarzSA3/90
371Claude NewberrySA3/93
372George GiffenAUS3/95
373William BruceAUS3/99
373Monty NobleAUS3/99
375Jimmy BlanckenbergSA3/101
375Hugh TrumbleAUS3/101
377Gilbert JessopENG3/105
378Bill HowellAUS3/111
379John SnowENG3/120
380Mahmood HussainPAK3/121
380Brian StathamENG3/121
382David AllenENG3/122
383Johnny BriggsENG3/128
384Ernie McCormickAUS3/129
385Kapil DevIND3/132
386Khurram ShahzadPAK3/133
386Alf ValentineWI3/133
388Tich FreemanENG3/134
389Hedley HowarthNZ3/138
390Sir Garry SobersWI3/143
390Jack RobertsonENG3/143
392Kelly SeymourSA3/144
393Willie RodriguezWI3/145
393Collie SmithWI3/145
395Doug WrightENG3/146
396Tufty MannSA3/154
397Greg MatthewsAUS3/155
397Sir Richard HadleeNZ3/155
397Martin BicknellENG3/155
400Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/156
401Sir Wes HallWI3/157
402Mark IlottENG3/161
403Lahiru KumaraSL3/164
404Kerry O'KeeffeAUS3/166
405Amit MishraIND3/170
406Norman GordonSA3/174
406Athol RowanSA3/174
408Brian MurphyZIM3/175
408Charlie GriffithWI3/175
410Malcolm HiltonENG3/176
411Tony LockENG3/178
412Imran TahirSA3/180
413Matthew HartNZ3/181
413Mohammad RafiqueBAN3/181
415Paul HarrisSA3/182
416Zulfiqar BabarPAK3/183
417Paul AdamsSA3/184
418John TraicosSA3/186
419Kurukulasooriya PeirisSL3/189
420Fazal MahmoodPAK3/192
421Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/194
422Konganige RatnayakeSL3/196
422Keshav MaharajSA3/196
424Paul HarrisSA3/203
425Omari BanksWI3/204
426Sir Ian BothamENG3/217
427Saqlain MushtaqPAK3/237
428Sammy WoodsAUS2/80
429Buster NupenSA2/88
430George GiffenAUS2/96
431Harold BaumgartnerSA2/99
431Johnny BriggsENG2/99
433Bernard BosanquetENG2/100
434Joe CoxSA2/123
435Jack SaundersAUS2/125
435Jack GregoryAUS2/125
435Eddie FullerSA2/125
438Evan GrayNZ2/128
439Bruce MorrisonNZ2/129
439Tony LockENG2/129
439David CapelENG2/129
442Jack AlabasterNZ2/130
442George GearyENG2/130
444Bruce MitchellSA2/133
445Ashley MallettAUS2/134
446Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2/135
447Alan ThomsonAUS2/136
448Tony HowardWI2/140
449Asoka de SilvaSL2/141
450Andy WhittallZIM2/146
451Neil WilliamsENG2/148
452Bunny ButlerWI2/151
453Don AnurasiriSL2/158
454Stan NicholsENG2/161
455Simon DoullNZ2/162
456Jeff ThomsonAUS2/166
457Shahbaz NadeemIND2/167
458SurendranathIND2/168
459Greg MatthewsAUS2/169
460Peter SmithENG2/172
461Murphy Su'aNZ2/179
462Sohag GaziBAN2/181
463Gareth BattyENG2/185
464Maninder SinghIND2/191
465Benjamin WhiteIRE2/203
466Gamage DinushaSL2/234
467Mehidy HasanBAN2/246
468Khan MohammadPAK2/259
469George McShaneAUS1/39
470Tom McKibbinAUS1/73
471Hugh TrumbleAUS1/85
472George HirstENG1/89
473Monty NobleAUS1/91
474Jack WorrallAUS1/97
475Ernie JonesAUS1/98
476John KingENG1/99
477Buster NupenSA1/111
478Alex MoirNZ1/114
479Frank LaverAUS1/119
480George MacaulayENG1/123
481Prof EdwardsWI1/128
482Bob CunisNZ1/130
483Charlie McLeodAUS1/131
484Hedley HowarthNZ1/135
485Denis AtkinsonWI1/137
486Wilf FergusonWI1/155
487Peter SleepAUS1/158
488Graeme LabrooySL1/164
489Devon MalcolmENG1/166
490Abrar AhmedPAK1/174
490Phil TufnellENG1/174
492Mason CraneENG1/193
493Nilesh KulkarniIND1/195
494Amit MishraIND1/203
495Saqlain MushtaqPAK1/204
496Stephen BoockNZ1/229
497Dick TyldesleyENG0/130
498Matthew PottsENG0/141
499Alex MoirNZ0/159
500Dattu PhadkarIND0/173
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