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Best Economy in 2021: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2021 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
T20I
2021
182 entries
1
3.65
Ajaz Patel
NZ
0.14 clear of Ghulam Ahmadi
2
3.79
Ghulam Ahmadi
GER
0.14 off the lead
3
3.87
Ian Holland
USA
0.22 off the lead
● LEADS
Ajaz Patel
NZ
3.65 · 0.14 better than Ahmadi
↑ IN THE CHASE
4
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
4.77
The mark at number ten — 172 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Germany
4 of the top 50 · 26 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
182 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ajaz Patel
NZ
3.65
2
Ghulam Ahmadi
GER
3.79
3
Ian Holland
USA
3.87
4
Frank Nsubuga
UGA
3.92
5
Sylvester Okpe
NIG
3.96
6
Saif Ahmad
DEN
4.09
7
Vraj Patel
KEN
4.25
8
Sri Vishnu Elam Bharathi
GER
4.51
9
Benjamin Ward
JER
4.54
10
Charles Perchard
JER
4.77
11
Grant Stewart
ITL
5.00
12
Tejwinder Singh
CYP
5.04
13
Not on record
ITL
5.04
14
Dinesh Nakrani
UGA
5.05
15
Rasheed Ayomide Abolarin
NIG
5.07
16
Solomon Williams
SIL
5.10
17
Samuel Conteh
SIL
5.22
18
Henry Ssenyondo
UGA
5.25
19
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
5.25
20
Rodney Trott
BER
5.29
21
Obed Harvey
GHA
5.34
22
SanjayKumar Thakor
TNZ
5.38
23
Nisarg Patel
USA
5.41
24
Wanindu Hasaranga
SL
5.44
25
Venkatraman Ganesan
GER
5.53
26
Lucky Ali
DEN
5.60
27
Kassim Nassoro
TNZ
5.63
28
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
5.73
29
Frank Akankwasa
UGA
5.81
30
Gian-Piero Meade
ITL
5.82
31
Keshav Maharaj
SA
5.83
32
George Sesay
SIL
5.84
33
Josh Little
IRE
5.84
34
Dieter Klein
GER
5.86
35
Saurabh Netravalkar
USA
5.86
36
Varun Chakravarthy
IND
5.87
37
Shem Ngoche
KEN
5.91
38
Delray Rawlins
BER
5.91
39
Bilal Muhammad Khan
MLT
5.99
40
Moeen Ali
ENG
6.00
41
Saber Zakhil
BEL
6.05
42
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
6.06
43
Anrich Nortje
SA
6.08
44
Taranjeet Singh
ROM
6.08
45
Bjorn Fortuin
SA
6.13
46
Aqib Iqbal
AST
6.15
47
Kabare Kevin Irakoze
RWA
6.18
48
Harsheed Anantkumar Chohan
TNZ
6.18
49
Mark Watt
SCO
6.21
50
Maheesh Theekshana
SL
6.22
51
Amoluk Singh Sehmbi
GHA
6.22
52
Shantanu Vashisht
ROM
6.24
53
Sesan Adedeji
NIG
6.24
54
Liam Livingstone
ENG
6.32
55
Chris Woakes
ENG
6.33
56
Prosper Useni
NIG
6.37
57
Peter Aho
NIG
6.38
58
Riziki K Kiseto
TNZ
6.40
59
Ashton Agar
AUS
6.43
60
Gurpratap Singh
CYP
6.45
61
Deusdedit Muhumuza
UGA
6.48
62
Mahedi Hasan
BAN
6.49
63
Elijah Otieno
KEN
6.55
64
Isaac Okpe
NIG
6.55
65
Mitchell Santner
NZ
6.57
66
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
6.59
67
Martin Akayezu
RWA
6.61
68
Nasum Ahmed
BAN
6.63
69
Rashid Khan
AFG
6.64
70
Shadab Khan
PAK
6.64
71
Wellington Masakadza
ZIM
6.65
72
Ryan Burl
ZIM
6.65
73
Kaushalkumar J Patel
SEY
6.68
74
Ally Kimote
TNZ
6.68
75
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
6.74
76
Fabian Allen
WI
6.74
77
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
6.77
78
Bilal Hassan
UGA
6.81
79
Riazat Ali Shah
UGA
6.83
80
Simi Singh
IRE
6.84
81
Delawar Khan
DEN
6.86
82
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
6.88
83
Jan Frylinck
NAM
6.88
84
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
6.88
85
Emmanuel Bundi
KEN
6.89
86
Melusi Magagula
ESW
6.90
87
Imad Wasim
PAK
6.94
88
Dylan Alexander Blignaut
GER
6.97
89
Kofi Stephen Bagabena
GHA
6.99
90
Shane Getkate
IRE
7.00
91
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
7.01
92
Adil Rashid
ENG
7.01
93
Akeal Hosein
WI
7.03
94
Habib Khan
EST
7.04
95
Trent Boult
NZ
7.07
96
Obed McCoy
WI
7.08
97
Clinton Rubagumya
RWA
7.09
98
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
7.12
99
Michael Leask
SCO
7.12
100
Adam Zampa
AUS
7.15
101
Samson Kwesi Awe Awiah
GHA
7.16
102
Sami Ullah
ROM
7.17
103
Kervon Hinds
BAH
7.18
104
Varun Thamotharam
MLT
7.20
105
Vikram Vijh
LUX
7.22
106
Ruben Trumpelmann
NAM
7.22
107
Waseem Abbas
MLT
7.23
108
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
7.24
109
Jade Dernbach
ENG
7.26
110
Tim Southee
NZ
7.26
111
Sahir Naqash
GER
7.31
112
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
7.35
112
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
NAM
7.35
113
Garret Banner
BLI
7.36
114
Pat Cummins
AUS
7.38
115
Shoriful Islam
BAN
7.38
116
Dwayne Bravo
WI
7.39
117
George Linde
SA
7.42
118
Godfred Bakiweyem
GHA
7.45
119
Mark Adair
IRE
7.46
120
Pankaj Vekaria
RWA
7.48
121
Josh Davey
SCO
7.49
122
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
7.50
123
Mohammad Nawaz
PAK
7.53
124
Blessing Muzarabani
ZIM
7.55
125
Abdullah Bham Jasat
PAN
7.55
126
Hristo Lakov
BUL
7.58
127
Jason Holder
WI
7.60
128
Hardik Pandya
IND
7.61
129
Khalid Zahid
SWE
7.61
130
JJ Smit
NAM
7.61
131
William Cope
LUX
7.62
132
Ben White
IRE
7.63
132
David Wiese
SA
7.63
133
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
7.63
134
Lahiru Kumara
SL
7.66
135
Chamika Karunaratne
SL
7.66
136
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
7.66
137
Hayden Walsh
WI
7.69
138
Chris Greaves
SCO
7.70
139
Sohail Rocket
SEY
7.70
140
Richard Ngarava
ZIM
7.72
141
Craig Young
IRE
7.72
142
Vasu Saini
ROM
7.73
143
Barry McCarthy
IRE
7.74
144
Jofra Archer
ENG
7.75
145
Mohammad Saifuddin
BAN
7.82
146
Shaheen Afridi
PAK
7.86
147
Zappy Bimenyimana
RWA
7.87
148
Luke Jongwe
ZIM
7.89
149
Sahel Zadran
AST
7.91
150
Prakash Mishra
BUL
8.05
151
Amar Sharma
MLT
8.05
152
Hasan Ali
PAK
8.08
153
Chris Jordan
ENG
8.08
154
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
8.10
155
Usman Qadir
PAK
8.14
156
Curtis Campher
IRE
8.15
157
Mark Wood
ENG
8.16
158
Ish Sodhi
NZ
8.16
159
Mohammad Wasim
PAK
8.18
160
Not on record
MLT
8.20
161
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
8.20
162
Haris Rauf
PAK
8.33
163
Roderick Mitchell
BAH
8.35
164
Mohameed Taiwo
NIG
8.61
165
Naveen-ul-Haq
AFG
8.63
166
Mohammad Hasnain
PAK
8.65
167
Faheem Ashraf
PAK
8.67
168
Kagiso Rabada
SA
8.69
169
Adam Milne
NZ
8.69
170
Brad Wheal
SCO
8.70
171
Lizaad Williams
SA
8.79
172
Beuran Hendricks
SA
8.80
173
Alasdair Evans
SCO
8.83
174
Lungi Ngidi
SA
8.98
175
Mitchell Starc
AUS
9.00
176
Akila Dananjaya
SL
9.27
177
Andre Russell
WI
9.44
178
Kenroy Nestor
GIB
9.50
179
Shardul Thakur
IND
9.89
180
James Fitzgerald
GIB
10.41
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