Best Average in 2026: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The best average in 2026 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Best Average	Player Name	Team Name
1	5.33	Josh Little	Ireland
2	8.33	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
3	8.44	Shadley Schalkwyk	United States of America
4	9.00	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan
5	9.67	Mohammed Siraj	India
6	10.00	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands
6	10.00	Salman Agha	Pakistan
7	11.00	Tilak Varma	India
8	11.86	Merwe Erasmus	Namibia
9	12.00	Rohit Paudel	Nepal
9	12.00	Harmeet Baddhan	United States of America
10	12.42	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand
11	12.43	Jasprit Bumrah	India
12	12.60	Saim Ayub	Pakistan
13	13.50	George Dockrell	Ireland
14	13.56	Michael Leask	Scotland
15	13.83	Romario Shepherd	West Indies
16	14.00	Kuldeep Yadav	India
16	14.00	Rehan Ahmed	England
17	14.46	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe
18	14.50	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka
18	14.50	Adam Zampa	Australia
19	15.00	Abhishek Sharma	India
20	15.22	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan
21	15.25	Mohammad Mirza	Pakistan
22	16.00	Sompal Kami	Nepal
23	16.56	Jamie Overton	England
24	16.80	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan
25	17.00	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa
26	17.30	Gudakesh Motie	West Indies
27	17.36	Corbin Bosch	South Africa
28	17.80	Aryan Dutt	Netherlands
29	17.83	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
30	18.29	Muhammad Siddique	United Arab Emirates
31	18.40	Nathan Ellis	Australia
32	18.55	Morawakage Theekshana	Sri Lanka
33	18.64	Axar Patel	India
34	19.00	Anrich Nortje	South Africa
35	19.23	Adil Rashid	England
36	19.57	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
37	19.60	Bas Leede	Netherlands
37	19.60	Brad Evans	Zimbabwe
38	19.75	Marcus Stoinis	Australia
39	20.00	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka
39	20.00	Nosthusha Kenjige	United States of America
39	20.00	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka
40	20.40	Jason Holder	West Indies
41	20.43	Logan van Beek	Netherlands
42	20.50	Matthew Forde	West Indies
42	20.50	Varun Vinod	India
43	20.90	Liam Dawson	England
44	21.00	Richard Ngarava	Zimbabwe
45	21.50	Glenn Maxwell	Australia
46	21.55	Marco Jansen	South Africa
47	22.25	Bradley Currie	Scotland
47	22.25	Shakeel Ahmed	Oman
48	22.40	Lokumarakkalage Madushanka	Sri Lanka
49	23.00	Michael Neser	Australia
49	23.00	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan
50	23.17	Joshua Tongue	England
51	23.29	Akeal Hosein	West Indies
52	23.50	Matt Henry	New Zealand
52	23.50	Ryan Burl	Zimbabwe
53	24.00	Jack Brassell	Namibia
54	24.38	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka
55	24.64	William Jacks	England
56	25.00	Shamar Joseph	West Indies
56	25.00	Muhammad Jawadullah	United Arab Emirates
57	25.50	Kwena Maphaka	South Africa
58	25.75	Roston Chase	West Indies
59	26.00	Jofra Archer	England
59	26.00	George Linde	South Africa
60	27.25	Barry McCarthy	Ireland
61	28.00	Beau Webster	Australia
62	28.22	Arshdeep Singh	India
63	28.29	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
64	28.50	Frederick Klaassen	Netherlands
65	29.00	Syed Kaleem	Oman
65	29.00	Saad Zafar	Canada
65	29.00	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia
66	29.20	Shivam Dube	India
67	29.67	Munasinghe Hemantha	Sri Lanka
68	30.17	James Neesham	New Zealand
69	31.00	Luke Wood	England
70	32.00	Kyle Klein	Netherlands
71	32.33	Hardik Pandya	India
72	32.75	Scott Boland	Australia
73	33.00	Mitchell Starc	Australia
74	33.50	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
75	34.17	Sam Curran	England
76	34.67	Matthew Humphreys	Ireland
76	34.67	Ansh Patel	Canada
77	35.00	Oliver Davidson	Scotland
77	35.00	Jay Odedra	Oman
78	35.50	Xavier Bartlett	Australia
79	35.67	Sufyan Mehmood	Oman
80	36.00	Jan Loftie-Eaton	Namibia
80	36.00	Naseem Shah	Pakistan
80	36.00	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe
81	37.00	JJ Smuts	South Africa
81	37.00	Fazalhaq Farooqi	Afghanistan
81	37.00	Muhammad Khan	United States of America
82	37.67	Mark Adair	Ireland
83	38.00	Harry Tector	Ireland
83	38.00	Muhammad Farooq	United Arab Emirates
83	38.00	Cole McConchie	New Zealand
84	39.00	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand
85	40.00	Tinotenda Maposa	Zimbabwe
86	41.00	Ben Shikongo	Namibia
86	41.00	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
87	41.67	Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe
88	42.00	Shadab Khan	Pakistan
89	43.00	Brad Wheal	Scotland
90	43.40	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
91	44.25	Jaskaran Buttar	Canada
92	44.50	Dipendra Airee	Nepal
93	45.00	Aiden Markram	South Africa
94	46.00	Safyaan Sharif	Scotland
95	47.50	Ben Stokes	England
96	48.00	Brandon McMullen	Scotland
97	49.00	Gareth Delany	Ireland
98	49.50	Jiten Ramanandi	Oman
99	53.00	Matthew Kuhnemann	Australia
100	54.33	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand
101	60.33	Brydon Carse	England
102	64.50	Dilon Heyliger	Canada
103	68.00	Bernard Scholtz	Namibia
104	70.00	Mark Watt	Scotland
105	71.00	Cameron Green	Australia
106	81.00	Jacob Bethell	England
107	86.00	Roelof van der Merwe	Netherlands
108	88.00	Dilpreet Bajwa	Canada
109	90.00	Kaleem Rehman	Canada
110	92.00	Saurabh Netravalkar	United States of America
111	92.50	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
112	94.00	Wellington Masakadza	Zimbabwe
113	110.00	Kushal Bhurtel	Nepal
114	122.00	Haider Ali	Pakistan
115	123.00	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
116	146.00	Johannes Smit	Namibia
117	156.00	Ruben Trumpelmann	Namibia