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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
7/45
Imran Tahir
SA
Best return on the list
2
6/24
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
3
6/41
Chad Soper
PNG
● LEADS
Imran Tahir
SA
7/45 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 7 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/43
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
7/45
2
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
6/24
3
Chad Soper
PNG
6/41
4
John Hastings
AUS
6/45
5
Luke Jongwe
ZIM
5/6
6
Imad Wasim
PAK
5/14
7
Rakep Patel
KEN
5/16
8
Amit Mishra
IND
5/18
9
Matt Henry
NZ
5/40
10
Dasun Shanaka
SL
5/43
11
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
5/50
12
Jake Ball
ENG
5/51
13
Kane Richardson
AUS
5/68
14
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4/16
15
Amila Aponso
SL
4/18
16
Rashid Khan
AFG
4/21
17
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
4/22
18
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
4/25
19
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4/26
20
Chris Sole
SCO
4/28
21
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4/29
22
John Reva
PNG
4/31
23
David Willey
ENG
4/34
24
Michael Rippon
NED
4/35
25
James Faulkner
AUS
4/38
25
Suranga Lakmal
SL
4/38
26
Trent Boult
NZ
4/40
26
Kyle Abbott
SA
4/40
27
Alasdair Evans
SCO
4/41
27
Pat Cummins
AUS
4/41
27
Chris Woakes
ENG
4/41
28
Mohammad Nawaz
PAK
4/42
28
Collins Obuya
KEN
4/42
29
Adil Rashid
ENG
4/43
30
Andile Phehlukwayo
SA
4/44
31
Kagiso Rabada
SA
4/45
31
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4/45
32
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4/47
33
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
4/48
34
Reece Topley
ENG
4/50
35
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
4/59
35
Barry McCarthy
IRE
4/59
36
Hasan Ali
PAK
4/60
37
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
4/73
38
Ishant Sharma
IND
4/77
39
Asela Gunaratne
SL
3/10
40
Ehsan Khan
HK
3/12
41
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
3/14
42
Adam Zampa
AUS
3/16
43
Shannon Gabriel
WI
3/17
44
Mirwais Ashraf
AFG
3/20
44
Tanveer Ahmed
HK
3/20
44
Tanwir Afzal
HK
3/20
45
Timm van der Gugten
NED
3/21
46
Anshuman Rath
HK
3/22
46
Kane Williamson
NZ
3/22
47
Umar Gul
PAK
3/23
48
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
3/24
49
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
3/25
49
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
3/25
50
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
3/26
51
Neville Madziva
ZIM
3/27
51
Ashley Nurse
WI
3/27
52
Sunil Narine
WI
3/28
52
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3/28
53
Kedar Jadhav
IND
3/29
53
Lucas Oluoch
KEN
3/29
54
Devendra Bishoo
WI
3/30
55
Hardik Pandya
IND
3/31
56
Mitchell Starc
AUS
3/32
56
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
3/32
57
Thisara Perera
SL
3/33
58
James Neesham
NZ
3/36
58
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
3/36
59
Sachith Pathirana
SL
3/37
60
Sarel Burger
NAM
3/38
60
Norman Vanua
PNG
3/38
61
Willie Gavera
PNG
3/39
61
Nathan Lyon
AUS
3/39
62
Tim Southee
NZ
3/40
62
Basant Regmi
NEP
3/40
62
Wayne Parnell
SA
3/40
63
Amir Hamza
AFG
3/41
63
Manjula Guruge
UAE
3/41
64
Grant Elliott
NZ
3/43
64
Moeen Ali
ENG
3/43
65
Liam Plunkett
ENG
3/44
66
Mark Wood
ENG
3/46
67
Mitchell Santner
NZ
3/47
68
Danushka Gunathilaka
SL
3/48
68
Dilruwan Perera
SL
3/48
69
Adam Milne
NZ
3/49
69
Joe Mennie
AUS
3/49
70
Jeffrey Vandersay
SL
3/50
70
David Wiese
SA
3/50
71
Brian Vitori
ZIM
3/52
72
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3/53
73
Lockie Ferguson
NZ
3/54
74
Barinder Sran
IND
3/56
75
Jason Holder
WI
3/57
76
Mahuru Dai
PNG
3/58
77
Mohammad Shahzad
UAE
3/61
78
Chris Morris
SA
3/63
79
Chris Tremain
AUS
3/64
80
Anwar Ali
PAK
3/66
80
Tim Murtagh
IRE
3/66
81
Umesh Yadav
IND
3/67
81
Scott Boland
AUS
3/67
82
Craig Young
IRE
3/81
83
Martin Guptill
NZ
2/6
84
Axar Patel
IND
2/9
85
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
2/12
85
Ahmed Raza
UAE
2/12
86
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
2/15
87
Corey Anderson
NZ
2/16
88
Angelo Mathews
SL
2/17
88
Aaron Phangiso
SA
2/17
89
Sean Williams
ZIM
2/18
89
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
2/18
90
Paras Khadka
NEP
2/19
91
Hamid Hassan
AFG
2/21
91
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
2/21
92
Travis Head
AUS
2/22
93
Mohammad Irfan
PAK
2/26
93
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
2/26
93
Aizaz Khan
HK
2/26
93
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
2/26
94
Wahab Riaz
PAK
2/28
95
Andy McBrine
IRE
2/29
96
Rahmat Shah
AFG
2/30
96
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
2/30
96
Mosaddek Hossain
BAN
2/30
97
Ish Sodhi
NZ
2/31
97
Dhawal Kulkarni
IND
2/31
97
Sompal Kami
NEP
2/31
97
Brad Wheal
SCO
2/31
97
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
2/31
97
Morne Morkel
SA
2/31
98
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
2/32
98
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
2/32
98
Kieron Pollard
WI
2/32
99
Lakshan Sandakan
SL
2/33
100
Ahsan Malik
NED
2/34
101
Con de Lange
SCO
2/35
101
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
2/35
102
Assad Vala
PNG
2/36
103
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
2/37
103
Azhar Ali
PAK
2/37
104
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
2/38
104
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
2/38
104
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
2/38
104
Rob Taylor
SCO
2/38
105
Sandeep Lamichhane
NEP
2/39
105
Peter Chase
IRE
2/39
106
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
2/42
106
Chris Jordan
ENG
2/42
107
Shakti Gauchan
NEP
2/44
108
Ben Stokes
ENG
2/45
108
Boyd Rankin
ENG
2/45
109
Zhivago Groenewald
NAM
2/48
110
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
2/49
111
Colin de Grandhomme
NZ
2/50
112
Shafiul Islam
BAN
2/59
113
Alzarri Joseph
WI
2/62
114
Dale Steyn
SA
2/65
115
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
2/68
116
Liam Dawson
ENG
2/70
117
Marchant de Lange
SA
2/87
118
Sagar Pun
NEP
1/3
119
Jayant Yadav
IND
1/8
120
Lega Siaka
PNG
1/11
121
Paul van Meekeren
NED
1/13
121
Haseeb Amjad
HK
1/13
122
Doug Bracewell
NZ
1/15
123
Karan KC
NEP
1/18
124
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
1/19
124
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/19
125
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
1/20
126
Sese Bau
PNG
1/21
126
Sulieman Benn
WI
1/21
127
Yamin Ahmadzai
AFG
1/23
128
Paul Stirling
IRE
1/24
129
Vivian Kingma
NED
1/26
129
Joe Root
ENG
1/26
130
Nasir Hossain
BAN
1/29
130
Amjad Javed
UAE
1/29
131
JJ Smit
NAM
1/32
131
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
1/32
132
Shaminda Eranga
SL
1/34
132
Sohail Khan
PAK
1/34
132
Ruaidhri Smith
SCO
1/34
133
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
1/35
134
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
1/37
135
Not on record
NAM
1/40
135
Farhan Ahmed
UAE
1/40
135
Shem Ngoche
KEN
1/40
135
Joel Paris
AUS
1/40
135
Jeetan Patel
NZ
1/40
136
Mark Watt
SCO
1/42
136
Alei Nao
PNG
1/42
137
Daniel Worrall
AUS
1/43
138
Taijul Islam
BAN
1/44
139
Subashis Roy
BAN
1/45
139
Farhaan Behardien
SA
1/45
140
Moises Henriques
AUS
1/48
141
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1/49
141
Max Sorensen
IRE
1/49
141
Naveen-ul-Haq
AFG
1/49
142
Elijah Otieno
KEN
1/50
143
George Dockrell
IRE
1/52
143
Jan Frylinck
NAM
1/52
144
Michael Leask
SCO
1/54
145
Stuart Broad
ENG
1/55
146
Kraigg Brathwaite
WI
1/56
147
Farveez Maharoof
SL
1/59
148
Rubel Hossain
BAN
1/62
149
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
1/64
150
Jerome Taylor
WI
1/72
151
Rishi Dhawan
IND
1/74
152
Chaminda Bandara
SL
1/83
153
Andre Fletcher
WI
0/4
153
Jonathan Carter
WI
0/4
154
Angelo Perera
SL
0/5
155
Mahmudullah
BAN
0/6
155
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
0/6
156
Javed Ahmadi
AFG
0/7
156
Virat Kohli
IND
0/7
156
Aaron Finch
AUS
0/7
157
Sabbir Rahman
BAN
0/8
157
Sharad Vesawkar
NEP
0/8
157
Calum MacLeod
SCO
0/8
157
Pieter Seelaar
NED
0/8
158
Babar Hayat
HK
0/9
158
Stephan Baard
NAM
0/9
158
Nawroz Mangal
AFG
0/9
159
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
0/10
160
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
0/11
160
Rohit Sharma
IND
0/11
160
Milinda Siriwardana
SL
0/11
161
Colin Munro
NZ
0/12
161
Richie Berrington
SCO
0/12
162
Taurai Muzarabani
ZIM
0/13
162
Hiri Hiri
PNG
0/13
162
Charles Amini
PNG
0/13
162
Helao France
NAM
0/13
162
Kusal Mendis
SL
0/13
163
Steven Smith
AUS
0/16
163
Rameez Shahzad
UAE
0/16
164
Gurkeerat Singh Mann
IND
0/17
165
Kyle Christie
HK
0/18
166
Not on record
KEN
0/19
166
Shehan Jayasuriya
SL
0/19
167
Tanbir Hayder
BAN
0/20
167
Emmanuel Bundi
KEN
0/20
167
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
0/20
168
Peter Borren
NED
0/21
169
Anton Devcich
NZ
0/22
170
Dhiren Gondaria
KEN
0/23
171
Nosaina Pokana
PNG
0/24
171
Ishtiaq Muhammad
HK
0/24
172
Soumya Sarkar
BAN
0/25
173
Karim Sadiq
AFG
0/27
174
Kinchit Shah
HK
0/30
175
Not on record
NAM
0/31
175
Carl Mumba
ZIM
0/31
176
Miguel Cummins
WI
0/40
177
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
0/42
178
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
0/43
179
Krishna Chandran
UAE
0/48
179
Yasir Shah
PAK
0/48
180
Josh Davey
SCO
0/49
181
Fayyaz Ahmed
UAE
0/53
182
Rahat Ali
PAK
0/54
183
Suraj Randiv
SL
0/62
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