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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.
T20I
2016
239 entries
1
5/14
Imad Wasim
PAK
Best return on the list
2
5/22
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
3
5/27
James Faulkner
AUS
● LEADS
Imad Wasim
PAK
5/14 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
4
entries on this list took 5 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4/21
The mark at number ten — 229 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
5 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Bowling Fig — full list
239 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imad Wasim
PAK
5/14
2
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
5/22
3
James Faulkner
AUS
5/27
3
Mark Watt
SCO
5/27
4
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
4/7
5
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
4/8
6
Barinder Sran
IND
4/10
7
Mitchell Santner
NZ
4/11
7
Paul van Meekeren
NED
4/11
8
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4/15
9
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
4/17
10
Imran Tahir
SA
4/21
11
Grant Elliott
NZ
4/22
12
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
4/24
13
Lasith Malinga
SL
4/26
14
Chris Morris
SA
4/27
15
Wellington Masakadza
ZIM
4/28
15
Chris Jordan
ENG
4/28
16
Neville Madziva
ZIM
4/34
17
Aamir Kaleem
OMN
4/36
18
Adam Milne
NZ
4/37
19
George Dockrell
IRE
3/7
20
Michael Rippon
NED
3/8
20
Hardik Pandya
IND
3/8
21
Aizaz Khan
HK
3/10
21
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3/10
22
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
3/11
22
Sabbir Rahman
BAN
3/11
22
Rashid Khan
AFG
3/11
22
Pipi Raho
PNG
3/11
23
Samuel Badree
WI
3/12
24
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
3/13
24
Chad Soper
PNG
3/13
25
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
3/14
25
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
3/14
26
Dasun Shanaka
SL
3/16
26
Adam Zampa
AUS
3/16
27
Mitchell McClenaghan
NZ
3/17
27
Boyd Rankin
ENG
3/17
27
Max Sorensen
IRE
3/17
27
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
3/17
27
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
3/17
28
Mehran Khan
OMN
3/18
28
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3/18
28
Wahab Riaz
PAK
3/18
28
Ish Sodhi
NZ
3/18
29
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
3/19
30
Brad Wheal
SCO
3/20
30
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
3/20
30
David Willey
ENG
3/20
31
Trent Boult
NZ
3/21
31
Haseeb Amjad
HK
3/21
31
Timm van der Gugten
NED
3/21
32
Richie Berrington
SCO
3/22
33
Tim Murtagh
IRE
3/23
33
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
3/23
33
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
3/23
33
Ashish Nehra
IND
3/23
34
Amit Mishra
IND
3/24
35
Al-Amin Hossain
BAN
3/25
35
Amjad Javed
UAE
3/25
36
Kyle Abbott
SA
3/26
36
Norman Vanua
PNG
3/26
36
Ben Stokes
ENG
3/26
36
Scott Boland
AUS
3/26
36
Mitchell Starc
AUS
3/26
37
Liam Dawson
ENG
3/27
38
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
3/29
38
Kasun Rajitha
SL
3/29
39
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
3/30
40
Karim Janat
AFG
3/31
41
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
3/32
41
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
3/32
42
Bilal Khan
OMN
3/33
42
Thisara Perera
SL
3/33
43
Mohammad Shahzad
UAE
3/34
44
Munis Ansari
OMN
3/37
44
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3/37
45
Matt Henry
NZ
3/44
46
Hasan Ali
PAK
3/49
47
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
2/3
48
Mahmudullah
BAN
2/5
49
Suresh Raina
IND
2/6
50
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
2/7
50
Andy McBrine
IRE
2/7
51
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
2/8
51
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
2/8
52
Joe Root
ENG
2/9
53
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
2/11
53
Hamid Hassan
AFG
2/11
54
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
2/12
55
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
2/13
55
Charles Amini
PNG
2/13
56
Amir Hamza
AFG
2/15
56
Craig Young
IRE
2/15
56
Farhaan Behardien
SA
2/15
56
Kesrick Williams
WI
2/15
56
Nathan McCullum
NZ
2/15
57
Mohammad Sami
PAK
2/16
57
David Wiese
SA
2/16
58
Chris Gayle
WI
2/17
58
Corey Anderson
NZ
2/17
59
Tanwir Afzal
HK
2/18
59
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
2/18
59
Adil Rashid
ENG
2/18
59
Mohammad Irfan
PAK
2/18
60
Ahmed Raza
UAE
2/19
60
Assad Vala
PNG
2/19
61
Fareed Ahmad
AFG
2/21
62
Moeen Ali
ENG
2/22
62
Rangana Herath
SL
2/22
63
John Hastings
AUS
2/23
63
Sachith Pathirana
SL
2/23
63
Andre Russell
WI
2/23
63
Dhawal Kulkarni
IND
2/23
63
Shane Watson
AUS
2/23
64
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
2/24
64
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
2/24
65
Qadeer Ahmed
UAE
2/25
65
Kagiso Rabada
SA
2/25
66
Aaron Phangiso
SA
2/26
66
Matt Machan
SCO
2/26
66
Michael Leask
SCO
2/26
66
Mahuru Dai
PNG
2/26
66
Shahid Afridi
PAK
2/26
66
Jeffrey Vandersay
SL
2/26
67
Angelo Mathews
SL
2/27
67
Liam Plunkett
ENG
2/27
68
Ryan Campbell
AUS
2/28
68
Cameron Boyce
AUS
2/28
68
Farhan Ahmed
UAE
2/28
69
Tanveer Ahmed
HK
2/29
70
Alasdair Evans
SCO
2/30
71
Sayed Shirzad
AFG
2/31
71
Taurai Muzarabani
ZIM
2/31
71
Mohammed Shami
IND
2/31
72
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
2/32
72
Dale Steyn
SA
2/32
73
Milinda Siriwardana
SL
2/33
74
Arafat Sunny
BAN
2/34
75
Umar Gul
PAK
2/38
76
Abu Hider
BAN
2/40
77
Shoaib Malik
PAK
1/3
78
Asghar Stanikzai
AFG
1/4
79
Nosaina Pokana
PNG
1/5
79
Michael Swart
NED
1/5
80
Syed Ali
OMN
1/6
81
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1/7
82
Peter Borren
NED
1/9
83
Mark Chapman
HK
1/10
84
Harbhajan Singh
IND
1/11
85
Shehan Jayasuriya
SL
1/13
85
Gavin Main
SCO
1/13
86
Virat Kohli
IND
1/15
87
Pawan Negi
IND
1/16
87
Mohammad Nawaz
PAK
1/16
87
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
1/16
88
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
1/17
88
Darren Sammy
WI
1/17
89
Sulieman Benn
WI
1/18
89
Shuvagata Hom
BAN
1/18
89
Axar Patel
IND
1/18
89
Sachithra Senanayake
SL
1/18
90
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
1/19
90
Con de Lange
SCO
1/19
90
Paul Stirling
IRE
1/19
91
Khawar Ali
OMN
1/20
92
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
1/21
92
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
1/21
93
Josh Davey
SCO
1/22
93
Rob Taylor
SCO
1/22
93
Sean Williams
ZIM
1/22
93
Sufyan Mehmood
OMN
1/22
93
Reece Topley
ENG
1/22
94
Nasir Hossain
BAN
1/24
94
Moises Henriques
AUS
1/24
95
Ashton Agar
AUS
1/25
95
Jacob Mulder
IRE
1/25
96
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
1/26
96
Ehsan Khan
HK
1/26
97
Andrew Tye
AUS
1/28
97
Suranga Lakmal
SL
1/28
98
Zaheer Maqsood
UAE
1/29
98
Ajay Lalcheta
OMN
1/29
99
Kieron Pollard
WI
1/30
100
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
1/31
101
Mohammad Shahid
BAN
1/32
101
Vivian Kingma
NED
1/32
102
Imran Haider
UAE
1/33
103
Luke Jongwe
ZIM
1/34
104
Anshuman Rath
HK
1/40
104
Ahsan Malik
NED
1/40
105
Rishi Dhawan
IND
1/42
106
Zeeshan Maqsood
OMN
1/54
107
Kane Williamson
NZ
0/3
108
Hiri Hiri
PNG
0/5
109
Max O'Dowd
NED
0/7
109
Stuart Thompson
IRE
0/7
109
Dilhara Fernando
SL
0/7
110
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
0/8
110
Jerome Taylor
WI
0/8
110
Mohammed Qasim
UAE
0/8
110
Fahad Tariq
UAE
0/8
111
Danushka Gunathilaka
SL
0/9
111
Travis Head
AUS
0/9
112
Mosaddek Hossain
BAN
0/10
112
Rumman Raees
PAK
0/10
113
Chaminda Bandara
SL
0/11
113
Sese Bau
PNG
0/11
114
Karim Sadiq
AFG
0/12
114
Adil Mehmood
HK
0/12
114
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
0/12
115
Ehsan Nawaz
HK
0/13
115
Todd Astle
NZ
0/13
115
Colin Munro
NZ
0/13
116
Nathan Lyon
AUS
0/15
116
Calum MacLeod
SCO
0/15
116
John Reva
PNG
0/15
117
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
0/16
118
Muktar Ali
BAN
0/17
119
Sunil Narine
WI
0/21
120
Tymal Mills
ENG
0/22
120
Asela Gunaratne
SL
0/22
120
Mirwais Ashraf
AFG
0/22
121
Brian Vitori
ZIM
0/24
122
Josh Little
IRE
0/25
122
Anwar Ali
PAK
0/25
123
Farveez Maharoof
SL
0/26
124
Ramith Rambukwella
SL
0/27
125
Stuart Binny
IND
0/32
126
Aftab Alam
AFG
0/33
127
Isuru Udana
SL
0/34
128
Saqlain Sajib
BAN
0/40
129
Kane Richardson
AUS
0/41
130
Logan van Beek
NED
0/43
130
Jaydev Unadkat
IND
0/43
130
Atif Ali Khan
UAE
0/43
131
Shaun Tait
AUS
0/45
132
Muhammed Shanil
UAE
0/49
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