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Best Bowling Fig in 2016: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 2016, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
2016
274 entries
1
7/31
Imran Tahir
SA
Best return on the list
2
6/21
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
3
6/27
Chad Soper
PNG
● LEADS
Imran Tahir
SA
7/31 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/48
The mark at number ten — 264 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
6 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
274 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imran Tahir
SA
7/31
2
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
6/21
3
Chad Soper
PNG
6/27
3
John Hastings
AUS
6/27
4
Rakep Patel
KEN
5/6
4
Luke Jongwe
ZIM
5/6
5
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
5/13
6
Imad Wasim
PAK
5/14
7
Amit Mishra
IND
5/18
8
Matt Henry
NZ
5/40
9
Jake Ball
ENG
5/44
10
Kane Richardson
AUS
5/48
11
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4/8
12
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
4/9
13
Kagiso Rabada
SA
4/13
13
Hasan Ali
PAK
4/13
14
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
4/14
15
John Reva
PNG
4/15
15
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/15
15
Collins Obuya
KEN
4/15
16
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
4/16
17
Amila Aponso
SL
4/18
18
Rashid Khan
AFG
4/19
18
Suranga Lakmal
SL
4/19
19
Barry McCarthy
IRE
4/21
19
Michael Rippon
NED
4/21
20
Andile Phehlukwayo
SA
4/22
21
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4/23
22
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
4/25
22
Trent Boult
NZ
4/25
23
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4/26
23
James Faulkner
AUS
4/26
23
Pat Cummins
AUS
4/26
24
Kyle Abbott
SA
4/28
24
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4/28
24
Chris Sole
SCO
4/28
25
David Willey
ENG
4/30
26
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
4/31
27
Chris Woakes
ENG
4/32
28
Adil Rashid
ENG
4/34
28
Alasdair Evans
SCO
4/34
29
Reece Topley
ENG
4/39
30
Ishant Sharma
IND
4/53
31
Mitchell Santner
NZ
3/0
32
Kane Williamson
NZ
3/3
33
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3/4
34
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
3/5
35
Kedar Jadhav
IND
3/6
36
Grant Elliott
NZ
3/7
36
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3/7
37
Mitchell Starc
AUS
3/8
37
Lucas Oluoch
KEN
3/8
38
Anshuman Rath
HK
3/10
39
James Neesham
NZ
3/12
39
Ehsan Khan
HK
3/12
40
Thisara Perera
SL
3/13
40
Mirwais Ashraf
AFG
3/13
41
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
3/14
42
Jeffrey Vandersay
SL
3/15
43
Adam Zampa
AUS
3/16
43
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
3/16
43
Jason Holder
WI
3/16
44
Shannon Gabriel
WI
3/17
44
Barinder Sran
IND
3/17
45
Tanwir Afzal
HK
3/20
46
Tim Murtagh
IRE
3/21
46
Mohammad Shahzad
AFG
3/22
46
Timm van der Gugten
NED
3/21
46
Mahuru Dai
PNG
3/21
46
Norman Vanua
PNG
3/21
47
Mohammad Shahzad
AFG
3/22
47
Neville Madziva
ZIM
3/22
47
Sarel Burger
NAM
3/22
48
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
3/23
48
Umar Gul
PAK
3/23
48
Wayne Parnell
SA
3/23
48
Basant Regmi
NEP
3/23
48
Manjula Guruge
UAE
3/23
49
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
3/25
49
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
3/25
50
Chris Morris
SA
3/26
51
Ashley Nurse
WI
3/27
52
Scott Boland
AUS
3/28
52
Umesh Yadav
IND
3/28
52
Sunil Narine
WI
3/28
53
Devendra Bishoo
WI
3/30
53
Liam Plunkett
ENG
3/30
53
Moeen Ali
ENG
3/30
54
Amir Hamza
AFG
3/31
54
Hardik Pandya
IND
3/31
55
Tim Southee
NZ
3/33
56
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
3/36
57
Willie Gavera
PNG
3/39
57
Nathan Lyon
AUS
3/39
58
Adam Milne
NZ
3/42
59
Dilruwan Perera
SL
3/43
60
Mark Wood
ENG
3/46
60
Mehidy Hasan
BAN
3/48
61
Chris Tremain
AUS
3/48
62
Joe Mennie
AUS
3/49
63
Lockie Ferguson
NZ
3/50
63
David Wiese
SA
3/50
64
Brian Vitori
ZIM
3/52
65
Anwar Ali
PAK
3/66
66
Craig Young
IRE
3/81
67
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
2/3
67
Ahsan Malik
NED
2/3
68
Travis Head
AUS
2/5
68
Mosaddek Hossain
BAN
2/5
69
Martin Guptill
NZ
2/6
69
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
2/6
70
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
2/7
70
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
2/7
71
Assad Vala
PNG
2/8
71
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
2/8
72
Axar Patel
IND
2/9
73
Rahmat Shah
AFG
2/12
73
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
2/12
73
Ahmed Raza
UAE
2/12
73
Paras Khadka
NEP
2/12
74
Sandeep Lamichhane
NEP
2/14
74
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
2/14
74
Ben Stokes
ENG
2/14
74
Corey Anderson
NZ
2/14
75
Con de Lange
SCO
2/16
76
Aaron Phangiso
SA
2/17
76
Dhawal Kulkarni
IND
2/17
76
Angelo Mathews
SL
2/17
77
Sean Williams
ZIM
2/18
77
Fareed Ahmad
AFG
2/19
77
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
2/18
78
Kieron Pollard
WI
2/19
78
Aizaz Khan
HK
2/19
79
Andy McBrine
IRE
2/20
79
Azhar Ali
PAK
2/20
79
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
2/20
80
Abu Hider
BAN
2/22
80
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
2/21
80
Hamid Hassan
AFG
2/21
81
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
2/22
81
Sompal Kami
NEP
2/22
82
Shakti Gauchan
NEP
2/25
83
Mohammad Irfan
PAK
2/26
84
Wahab Riaz
PAK
2/27
84
Colin de Grandhomme
NZ
2/27
85
Shafiul Islam
BAN
2/28
86
Zhivago Groenewald
NAM
2/29
87
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
2/30
88
Ish Sodhi
NZ
2/31
88
Morne Morkel
SA
2/31
88
Brad Wheal
SCO
2/31
89
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
2/32
89
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
2/32
90
Chris Jordan
ENG
2/33
90
Lakshan Sandakan
SL
2/33
91
Dale Steyn
SA
2/37
92
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
2/38
92
Rob Taylor
SCO
2/38
93
Peter Chase
IRE
2/39
94
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
2/42
95
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/45
96
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
2/46
97
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
2/60
98
Alzarri Joseph
WI
2/62
99
Liam Dawson
ENG
2/70
100
Marchant de Lange
SA
2/87
101
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/1
102
Sagar Pun
NEP
1/3
103
Lega Siaka
PNG
1/4
104
Jayant Yadav
IND
1/8
105
Paul van Meekeren
NED
1/13
105
Farhaan Behardien
SA
1/13
105
Haseeb Amjad
HK
1/13
106
Jan Frylinck
NAM
1/14
107
Doug Bracewell
NZ
1/15
107
Joe Root
ENG
1/15
108
Sese Bau
PNG
1/16
109
Michael Leask
SCO
1/17
110
Karan KC
NEP
1/18
110
Kraigg Brathwaite
WI
1/18
111
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
1/19
112
Amjad Javed
UAE
1/20
112
Jerome Taylor
WI
1/20
112
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
1/20
113
Sulieman Benn
WI
1/21
114
Paul Stirling
IRE
1/23
114
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1/23
114
Yamin Ahmadzai
AFG
1/23
115
Rubel Hossain
BAN
1/24
115
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
1/24
116
Not on record
NAM
1/26
116
Vivian Kingma
NED
1/26
117
Shem Ngoche
KEN
1/27
118
Nasir Hossain
BAN
1/29
118
Johannes Smit
NAM
1/29
118
Karim Janat
AFG
1/28
119
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
1/32
120
Rishi Dhawan
IND
1/33
121
Ruaidhri Smith
SCO
1/34
121
Sohail Khan
PAK
1/34
121
Stuart Broad
ENG
1/34
121
Shaminda Eranga
SL
1/34
122
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
1/35
122
Farhan Ahmed
UAE
1/35
123
George Dockrell
IRE
1/36
124
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
1/37
125
Taijul Islam
BAN
1/38
126
Jeetan Patel
NZ
1/40
126
Moises Henriques
AUS
1/40
126
Joel Paris
AUS
1/40
127
Elijah Otieno
KEN
1/41
128
Mark Watt
SCO
1/42
128
Alei Nao
PNG
1/42
129
Daniel Worrall
AUS
1/43
130
Subashis Roy
BAN
1/45
131
Farveez Maharoof
SL
1/47
132
Max Sorensen
IRE
1/49
132
Naveen-ul-Haq
AFG
1/49
133
Chaminda Bandara
SL
1/83
134
Andre Fletcher
WI
0/4
134
Jonathan Carter
WI
0/4
135
Angelo Perera
SL
0/5
136
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
0/6
136
Mahmudullah
BAN
0/6
137
Aaron Finch
AUS
0/7
137
Virat Kohli
IND
0/7
137
Javed Ahmadi
AFG
0/7
138
Sabbir Rahman
BAN
0/8
138
Calum MacLeod
SCO
0/8
138
Pieter Seelaar
NED
0/8
138
Sharad Vesawkar
NEP
0/8
139
Stephan Baard
NAM
0/9
139
Babar Hayat
HK
0/9
139
Nawroz Mangal
AFG
0/9
140
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
0/10
141
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
0/11
141
Rohit Sharma
IND
0/11
141
Milinda Siriwardana
SL
0/11
142
Richie Berrington
SCO
0/12
142
Colin Munro
NZ
0/12
143
Charles Amini
PNG
0/13
143
Taurai Muzarabani
ZIM
0/13
143
Helao France
NAM
0/13
143
Kusal Mendis
SL
0/13
143
Hiri Hiri
PNG
0/13
144
Rameez Shahzad
UAE
0/16
144
Steven Smith
AUS
0/16
145
Gurkeerat Singh Mann
IND
0/17
146
Kyle Christie
HK
0/18
147
Not on record
KEN
0/19
148
Tanbir Hayder
BAN
0/20
148
Emmanuel Bundi
KEN
0/20
148
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
0/20
149
Peter Borren
NED
0/21
150
Anton Devcich
NZ
0/22
151
Dhiren Gondaria
KEN
0/23
152
Nosaina Pokana
PNG
0/24
152
Ishtiaq Muhammad
HK
0/24
153
Soumya Sarkar
BAN
0/25
154
Karim Sadiq
AFG
0/27
155
Kinchit Shah
HK
0/30
156
Carl Mumba
ZIM
0/31
156
Kamrul Islam
BAN
0/32
156
Not on record
NAM
0/31
157
Sunzamul Islam
BAN
0/37
157
Miguel Cummins
WI
0/40
158
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
0/42
159
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
0/43
160
Yasir Shah
PAK
0/48
160
Krishna Chandran
UAE
0/48
161
Josh Davey
SCO
0/49
162
Fayyaz Ahmed
UAE
0/53
163
Rahat Ali
PAK
0/54
164
Suraj Randiv
SL
0/62
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