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.
ODI198697 entries
12.45Golam FaruqBAN0.25 clear of Sir Viv Richards
22.70Sir Viv RichardsWI0.25 off the lead
32.73Jahangir ShahBAN0.28 off the lead
● LEADS
Golam FaruqBAN
2.45 · 0.25 better than Richards
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Faruq is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.13
The mark at number ten — 87 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

97 entries, ranked
1Golam FaruqBAN2.45
2Sir Viv RichardsWI2.70
3Jahangir ShahBAN2.73
4Asif MujtabaPAK2.80
5Willie WatsonENG2.81
5Willie WatsonENG2.81
6Samiur RahmanBAN3.00
7Malcolm MarshallWI3.01
8Wasim AkramPAK3.07
9Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.11
10Winston BenjaminWI3.13
11Michael HoldingWI3.14
12Joel GarnerWI3.18
13Tony GrayWI3.23
14Don AnurasiriSL3.24
15Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.29
16Imran NiaziBHR3.35
16Imran KhanBHR3.35
17Les TaylorENG3.36
18Simon DavisAUS3.38
19John EmbureyENG3.43
20Kapil DevIND3.50
21Tauseef AhmedPAK3.51
22Courtney WalshWI3.54
23Maninder SinghIND3.58
24Saleem JaffarPAK3.60
25Kaushik AmaleanSL3.61
26Abdul QadirPAK3.61
27Gazi AshrafBAN3.63
28Ashantha de MelSL3.66
29Ray BrightAUS3.69
30Roger HarperWI3.69
31Ravi ShastriIND3.80
32Rumesh RatnayakeSL3.85
33Arjuna RanatungaSL3.86
34Geoff MarshAUS4.00
34Sir Richie RichardsonWI4.00
35Martin SneddenNZ4.01
36Phil EdmondsENG4.03
37Martin CroweNZ4.06
38Craig McDermottAUS4.11
39Patrick PattersonWI4.16
40Manzoor ElahiPAK4.17
41Bruce ReidAUS4.17
42Mohinder AmarnathIND4.18
43Peter WilleyENG4.19
44Graeme LabrooySL4.22
45Neil FosterENG4.29
46Raju KulkarniIND4.32
47John BracewellNZ4.33
48Stu GillespieNZ4.37
49Gary RobertsonNZ4.39
50Roger BinnyIND4.41
51Mudassar NazarPAK4.41
52Evan GrayNZ4.47
53Shivlal YadavIND4.50
54Greg MatthewsAUS4.50
55Madan LalIND4.52
56Shoaib MohammadPAK4.53
57Graham DilleyENG4.55
58Derek PringleENG4.55
59Keerthi RanasingheSL4.57
60Steve WaughAUS4.58
61Kirti AzadIND4.62
61Ravi RatnayekeSL4.62
62Allan BorderAUS4.67
63Asanka GurusinhaSL4.68
64Richard EllisonENG4.70
65Gopal SharmaIND4.71
66Gholam NousherBAN4.81
67Dave GilbertAUS4.84
68Jeremy ConeyNZ4.88
69Zakir KhanPAK4.88
70Chetan SharmaIND4.90
71Larry GomesWI5.00
72Mohammad AzharuddinIND5.14
73Bharat ArunIND5.38
74Champaka RamanayakeSL5.42
75Mohsin KamalPAK5.44
76Kris SrikkanthIND5.50
77Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND5.52
78Sir Ian BothamENG5.55
79Rajinder Singh GhaiIND5.62
80Greg ThomasENG5.67
81Graham GoochENG5.74
82R.P.SinghIND5.75
83Stephen BoockNZ5.89
84Saleem MalikPAK6.33
85Aravinda de SilvaSL6.45
86Asoka de SilvaSL6.50
87Bruce BlairNZ6.80
88Gamini PereraSL7.50
89Glenn TrimbleAUS8.00
90Athula SamarasekeraSL9.50
91David BoonAUS11.00
92Raqibul HasanBAN40.00
93David GowerENG45.00
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