Best Bowling Fig in 1961: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The best bowling fig in 1961 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Stats Value	Player Name	Team Name
1	8/40	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa
2	6/15	Richie Benaud	Australia
3	6/18	Peter Pollock	South Africa
4	6/30	Fred Trueman	England
5	6/42	Haseeb Ahsan	Pakistan
6	5/1	Ken Mackay	Australia
7	5/12	David Allen	England
8	5/14	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
9	5/15	Graham McKenzie	Australia
10	5/17	Alan Davidson	Australia
11	5/28	Salim Durani	India
12	5/31	Brian Statham	England
13	5/32	Frank Cameron	New Zealand
14	5/44	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
15	5/64	Vaman Kumar	India
16	5/78	Subhash Gupte	India
17	4/2	Chandu Borde	India
18	4/6	Bob Simpson	Australia
19	4/14	Ramakant Desai	India
20	4/24	Bapu Nadkarni	India
21	4/31	Vasant Ranjane	India
22	4/32	Tony Lock	England
23	4/34	Kenneth Walter	South Africa
24	4/36	Jack Alabaster	New Zealand
25	4/40	Alf Valentine	West Indies
26	4/42	Mohammad Munaf	Pakistan
27	4/47	Frank Misson	Australia
28	4/51	Dick Motz	New Zealand
29	3/7	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan
29	3/7	Frank Worrell	West Indies
30	3/9	Bob Barber	England
31	3/10	Ted Dexter	England
32	3/15	Alan Brown	England
33	3/23	Harry Bromfield	South Africa
34	3/33	Ron Gaunt	Australia
35	3/42	Butch White	England
36	3/66	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
37	2/3	Polly Umrigar	India
38	2/8	Mohammad Farooq	Pakistan
39	2/10	Peter Richardson	England
40	2/11	Gary Bartlett	New Zealand
41	2/15	David Smith	England
42	2/16	Ray Illingworth	England
43	2/18	Barry Knight	England
44	2/26	Les Jackson	England
45	2/35	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
46	2/37	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
47	2/61	Jack Flavell	England
48	2/68	Des Hoare	Australia
49	2/123	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pakistan
50	1/5	AG Kripal Singh	India
51	1/8	Surendranath	India
52	1/9	Saeed Ahmed	Pakistan
53	1/10	Mike Smith	England
54	1/12	Ian Meckiff	Australia
55	1/21	Afaq Hussain	Pakistan
56	1/29	Johnny Martin	Australia
57	0/0	Neil Harvey	Australia
57	0/0	John Sparling	New Zealand
58	0/1	Joe Solomon	West Indies
58	0/1	Nari Contractor	India
59	0/2	AG Milkha Singh	India
60	0/3	Dilip Sardesai	India
61	0/5	Eddie Barlow	South Africa
62	0/6	Vijay Manjrekar	India
63	0/8	Motganhalli Jaisimha	India
64	0/13	Norm O'Neill	Australia
65	0/18	Ken Barrington	England
66	0/19	Baloo Gupte	India
66	0/19	Eric Russell	England
67	0/28	Kim Elgie	South Africa
68	0/33	John Reid	New Zealand
68	0/33	Brian Close	England
69	0/34	Rusi Surti	India
70	0/48	Lindsay Kline	Australia