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Best Economy in 2013: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2013 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2013
249 entries
1
1.81
Keegan Meth
ZIM
0.62 clear of Harbhajan Singh
2
2.43
Harbhajan Singh
IND
0.62 off the lead
3
2.54
Vernon Philander
SA
0.73 off the lead
● LEADS
Keegan Meth
ZIM
1.81 · 0.62 better than Singh
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Meth is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.90
The mark at number ten — 239 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
249 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Keegan Meth
ZIM
1.81
2
Harbhajan Singh
IND
2.43
3
Vernon Philander
SA
2.54
4
Bruce Martin
NZ
2.55
5
Peter Siddle
AUS
2.69
6
Pragyan Ojha
IND
2.73
7
Ryan Harris
AUS
2.74
8
Jonathan Trott
ENG
2.85
9
Dale Steyn
SA
2.88
10
Jackson Bird
AUS
2.90
11
Trent Boult
NZ
2.92
12
Ashton Agar
AUS
2.95
13
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
2.97
14
Abdur Rehman
PAK
3.00
15
Monty Panesar
ENG
3.02
16
Shane Shillingford
WI
3.06
17
Rangana Herath
SL
3.10
18
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.11
19
Robiul Islam
BAN
3.12
20
Tim Southee
NZ
3.12
21
Rahat Ali
PAK
3.13
22
Nasir Hossain
BAN
3.14
23
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.14
24
Moises Henriques
AUS
3.17
25
James Anderson
ENG
3.26
26
James Pattinson
AUS
3.27
27
Nathan Lyon
AUS
3.31
28
Sohag Gazi
BAN
3.32
29
Chris Tremlett
ENG
3.33
30
Morne Morkel
SA
3.35
31
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
3.37
32
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.40
33
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
3.40
34
Neil Wagner
NZ
3.41
35
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.42
36
Corey Anderson
NZ
3.55
37
Graeme Swann
ENG
3.56
38
Sajedul Islam
BAN
3.60
39
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.60
40
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.62
41
Ish Sodhi
NZ
3.62
42
Veerasammy Permaul
WI
3.62
43
Mitchell Starc
AUS
3.69
44
Shingi Masakadza
ZIM
3.71
45
Kyle Abbott
SA
3.72
46
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
3.73
47
Shane Watson
AUS
3.75
48
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
3.75
49
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
3.75
50
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
3.77
51
Doug Bracewell
NZ
3.77
52
Kane Williamson
NZ
3.77
53
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
3.79
54
Zulfiqar Babar
PAK
3.82
55
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
3.83
56
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.84
57
Mominul Haque
BAN
3.87
58
Suranga Lakmal
SL
3.89
59
Timm van der Gugten
NED
3.92
60
Junaid Khan
PAK
3.93
61
Imran Tahir
SA
4.00
62
Jaydev Unadkat
IND
4.02
63
Sunil Narine
WI
4.02
64
Ziaur Rahman
AFG
4.03
65
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
4.03
66
Darren Sammy
WI
4.04
67
Calum MacLeod
SCO
4.06
68
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
4.10
69
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.11
70
Robin Peterson
SA
4.12
71
Elias Sunny
BAN
4.13
72
Shaminda Eranga
SL
4.13
73
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.15
74
Boyd Rankin
ENG
4.17
75
Tim Bresnan
ENG
4.18
76
Shannon Gabriel
WI
4.18
77
Mohammad Irfan
PAK
4.20
78
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4.23
79
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
4.26
80
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
4.26
81
Rubel Hossain
BAN
4.28
82
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.30
83
Shadeep Silva
UAE
4.30
84
Steven Smith
AUS
4.34
85
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
4.34
86
Asad Ali
PAK
4.35
87
Xavier Doherty
AUS
4.38
88
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
4.38
89
Kemar Roach
WI
4.39
90
George Dockrell
IRE
4.39
91
Ishant Sharma
IND
4.42
92
Steven Finn
ENG
4.42
93
Al-Amin Hossain
BAN
4.45
94
Hamid Hassan
AFG
4.45
95
Ben Stokes
ENG
4.47
96
Brian Vitori
ZIM
4.49
97
Abul Hasan
BAN
4.49
98
Majid Haq
SCO
4.50
99
Umar Gul
PAK
4.52
100
Tom Cooper
NED
4.52
100
Arshad Ali
UAE
4.52
101
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
4.52
102
Tino Best
WI
4.55
103
Angelo Mathews
SL
4.57
104
Amir Hamza
AFG
4.61
105
Mohammed Shami
IND
4.62
106
Sachithra Senanayake
SL
4.63
107
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
4.64
108
Ehsan Adil
PAK
4.65
109
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.65
110
Adam Voges
AUS
4.65
111
Rory Kleinveldt
SA
4.65
112
Ravi Rampaul
WI
4.68
113
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
4.70
114
Joe Root
ENG
4.74
115
Mahmudullah
BAN
4.74
116
Khurram Khan
UAE
4.81
117
Suresh Raina
IND
4.82
118
Junaid Siddiqui
CAN
4.82
119
Franco Nsubuga
UGA
4.85
120
Karim Sadiq
AFG
4.88
121
Farhaan Behardien
SA
4.96
122
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.96
123
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
4.97
124
Jason Holder
WI
4.97
125
John Mooney
IRE
4.97
126
Nasir Aziz
UAE
4.99
127
Amit Mishra
IND
4.99
128
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
SA
5.00
129
Damodar Daesrath
CAN
5.00
129
Michael Swart
NED
5.00
130
Shoaib Malik
PAK
5.01
131
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
5.04
132
Ajantha Mendis
SL
5.14
133
Clint McKay
AUS
5.18
134
Paul Stirling
IRE
5.22
135
Max Sorensen
IRE
5.25
136
Not on record
NAM
5.25
137
Ryan McLaren
SA
5.25
138
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.28
139
Neil Carter
SCO
5.28
140
Alex Cusack
IRE
5.31
141
Mirwais Ashraf
AFG
5.31
142
Trent Johnston
IRE
5.33
143
Jeremy Gordon
CAN
5.34
144
Hiral Patel
CAN
5.34
145
Nathan McCullum
NZ
5.39
146
Bilawal Bhatti
PAK
5.42
147
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
5.42
148
Tim Murtagh
IRE
5.49
149
James Tredwell
ENG
5.49
150
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
5.50
151
Chris Woakes
ENG
5.51
152
Natsai M'shangwe
ZIM
5.54
153
James Franklin
NZ
5.56
154
Not on record
ITL
5.58
155
Ragheb Aga
KEN
5.58
156
Tanwir Afzal
HK
5.58
157
Christoffel Viljoen
NAM
5.59
158
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.59
159
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
5.63
160
Haseeb Amjad
HK
5.63
161
Rob Taylor
SCO
5.63
162
Aaron Phangiso
SA
5.63
163
James Faulkner
AUS
5.64
164
Amjad Javed
UAE
5.65
165
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
5.66
166
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
5.68
166
Ben Cutting
AUS
5.68
166
James Neesham
NZ
5.68
167
Peter Borren
NED
5.70
168
Wahab Riaz
PAK
5.72
169
Sarel Burger
NAM
5.73
170
Gordon Drummond
SCO
5.74
171
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
5.75
172
Umesh Yadav
IND
5.77
173
Mohit Sharma
IND
5.77
174
Elijah Otieno
KEN
5.78
175
Anton Devcich
NZ
5.78
176
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
5.82
177
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
5.83
178
Not on record
NAM
5.84
179
Not on record
ITL
5.90
180
Ravi Bopara
ENG
5.90
181
Pieter Seelaar
NED
5.94
182
Not on record
NAM
5.94
183
Raza-ur-Rehman
CAN
5.97
184
Ahsan Malik
NED
5.97
185
Wayne Parnell
SA
6.02
186
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
6.03
187
Johannes Smit
NAM
6.05
188
Andre Russell
WI
6.07
189
Iain Wardlaw
SCO
6.09
190
Basant Regmi
NEP
6.09
191
Dwayne Bravo
WI
6.09
192
James Ngoche
KEN
6.10
193
Matt Machan
SCO
6.12
194
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
6.13
195
Not on record
USA
6.14
196
Shafiul Islam
BAN
6.16
197
Jimmy Hansra
CAN
6.17
198
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
6.19
199
Mitchell McClenaghan
NZ
6.22
200
Shakti Gauchan
NEP
6.24
201
Not on record
ITL
6.30
202
Chris Morris
SA
6.31
203
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
6.33
204
Craig Williams
NAM
6.35
205
Sean Williams
ZIM
6.35
206
Not on record
ITL
6.37
207
Tinotenda Mutombodzi
ZIM
6.40
208
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
6.43
209
Kieron Pollard
WI
6.43
210
Collins Obuya
KEN
6.43
211
Samit Patel
ENG
6.46
212
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
6.48
213
Thisara Perera
SL
6.51
214
Anwar Ali
PAK
6.54
215
Michael Rippon
NED
6.56
216
Not on record
UGA
6.57
217
Paras Khadka
NEP
6.59
218
Irfan Ahmed
HK
6.63
219
Henry Osinde
CAN
6.66
219
Fawad Ahmed
AUS
6.66
220
Virat Kohli
IND
6.67
221
Vinay Kumar
IND
6.68
222
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
6.70
223
Manjula Guruge
UAE
6.71
224
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
6.83
225
Not on record
ITL
6.83
226
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
6.85
227
Munir Dar
HK
6.87
228
Willie Gavera
PNG
6.89
229
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
6.90
230
Charles Amini
PNG
6.90
231
Yuvraj Singh
IND
6.90
232
Roger Galwanao Mukasa
UGA
6.91
233
Jacobi Robinson
BER
7.10
234
Dion Stovell
BER
7.17
235
Shem Ngoche
KEN
7.18
236
Andrew Ellis
NZ
7.20
237
Jitendra Mukhiya
NEP
7.36
238
Paul van Meekeren
NED
7.52
239
Jade Dernbach
ENG
7.52
240
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
7.53
241
Derrick Brangman
BER
7.67
242
Gordon Goudie
SCO
7.67
243
Chris Amini
PNG
8.01
244
Janeiro Tucker
BER
8.92
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