Best Economy in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS198683 entries
11.58Clyde ButtsWI0.28 clear of Sir Viv Richards
21.86Sir Viv RichardsWI0.28 off the lead
32.14Mike GattingENG0.56 off the lead
● LEADS
Clyde ButtsWI
1.58 · 0.28 better than Richards
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Butts is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.58
The mark at number ten — 73 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

83 entries, ranked
1Clyde ButtsWI1.58
2Sir Viv RichardsWI1.86
3Mike GattingENG2.14
4Gladstone SmallENG2.18
5Phil EdmondsENG2.34
6John EmbureyENG2.43
7Shivlal YadavIND2.43
8Peter SleepAUS2.46
9Imran NiaziBHR2.51
10Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.58
11Tony GrayWI2.65
12Wasim AkramPAK2.70
13Maninder SinghIND2.72
14Willie WatsonENG2.72
15Malcolm MarshallWI2.73
16Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.73
17Don AnurasiriSL2.74
18Asoka de SilvaSL2.80
19Courtney WalshWI2.80
20Joel GarnerWI2.86
21Ravi ShastriIND2.88
22Tauseef AhmedPAK2.88
23Roger HarperWI2.88
24Derek PringleENG2.94
25Ray BrightAUS2.96
26Evan GrayNZ2.98
27Kapil DevIND2.99
28John BracewellNZ3.02
29Abdul QadirPAK3.05
30Gary TroupNZ3.12
31Winston BenjaminWI3.13
32John LeverENG3.13
33Saleem JaffarPAK3.14
34Phil DeFreitasENG3.15
35Neil FosterENG3.16
36Graham DilleyENG3.19
37Merv HughesAUS3.26
38Roshan JurangpathySL3.29
39Simon DavisAUS3.29
40Chris MatthewsAUS3.32
41Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL3.36
42Bruce ReidAUS3.37
43Geoff LawsonAUS3.40
43Bharat ArunIND3.40
44Greg MatthewsAUS3.46
45Neal RadfordENG3.48
46Kaushik AmaleanSL3.50
47Allan BorderAUS3.50
48Graham GoochENG3.53
49Ravi RatnayekeSL3.54
50Rumesh RatnayakeSL3.58
51Ashantha de MelSL3.60
52Michael HoldingWI3.62
53Richard EllisonENG3.62
54Arjuna RanatungaSL3.64
55Mohinder AmarnathIND3.66
56Patrick PattersonWI3.68
57Sir Ian BothamENG3.71
58Mudassar NazarPAK3.71
59Craig McDermottAUS3.78
60Steve WaughAUS3.83
61Roger BinnyIND3.85
62Martin CroweNZ3.96
63Martin SneddenNZ3.99
64Zakir KhanPAK3.99
65Jeremy ConeyNZ4.03
66Gary RobertsonNZ4.05
67Madan LalIND4.06
68Chetan SharmaIND4.07
69Stu GillespieNZ4.07
70Greg ThomasENG4.09
71Derek StirlingNZ4.11
72Raju KulkarniIND4.12
73Manzoor ElahiPAK4.14
74Dave GilbertAUS4.21
75Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND4.50
75Graeme LabrooySL4.50
76Shoaib MohammadPAK4.53
77Mohsin KamalPAK4.55
78Keerthi RanasingheSL4.57
79Mohammad AzharuddinIND5.12
80Asanka GurusinhaSL5.38
81Bob HollandAUS5.38
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