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

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

Position	Best Economy	Player Name	Team Name
1	2.00	Joe Root	England
2	2.57	Scott Boland	Australia
3	3.35	Michael Neser	Australia
4	3.39	Joshua Tongue	England
5	3.47	Ben Stokes	England
6	4.00	Josh Little	Ireland
6	4.00	Beau Webster	Australia
7	4.00	Mitchell Starc	Australia
8	4.22	Jacob Bethell	England
9	4.67	Kuldeep Yadav	India
10	4.83	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia
11	5.00	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands
11	5.00	Salman Agha	Pakistan
12	5.17	Brydon Carse	England
13	5.24	Cameron Green	Australia
14	5.33	Kariyawasam Asalanka	Sri Lanka
15	5.50	Tilak Varma	India
16	5.63	Travis Head	Australia
17	5.64	Matthew Potts	England
18	6.00	George Dockrell	Ireland
18	6.00	Zach Lion-Cachet	Netherlands
18	6.00	Rohit Paudel	Nepal
19	6.13	Gareth Delany	Ireland
20	6.21	Jasprit Bumrah	India
21	6.25	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
22	6.34	Matthew Forde	West Indies
23	6.38	Kwena Maphaka	South Africa
24	6.43	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan
25	6.55	Harmeet Baddhan	United States of America
26	6.61	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand
27	6.67	Nosthusha Kenjige	United States of America
28	6.69	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
29	6.78	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka
30	6.85	Aryan Dutt	Netherlands
30	6.85	Bradley Currie	Scotland
31	7.00	Saim Ayub	Pakistan
32	7.06	Dipendra Airee	Nepal
33	7.09	Mohammad Mirza	Pakistan
34	7.13	Anrich Nortje	South Africa
35	7.17	Glenn Maxwell	Australia
36	7.22	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka
37	7.24	Shadley Schalkwyk	United States of America
38	7.25	Syed Kaleem	Oman
38	7.25	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka
38	7.25	Mohammed Siraj	India
39	7.33	Dhruv Parashar	United Arab Emirates
40	7.36	Nathan Ellis	Australia
41	7.40	JJ Smuts	South Africa
42	7.45	Jamie Overton	England
43	7.47	Morawakage Theekshana	Sri Lanka
44	7.50	Muhammad Jawadullah	United Arab Emirates
44	7.50	Abhishek Sharma	India
45	7.55	Merwe Erasmus	Namibia
46	7.56	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa
47	7.57	Matthew Kuhnemann	Australia
48	7.60	Harry Tector	Ireland
49	7.63	Michael Leask	Scotland
50	7.63	Adam Zampa	Australia
51	7.64	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan
52	7.64	Corbin Bosch	South Africa
53	7.67	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan
54	7.74	Liam Dawson	England
55	7.80	George Linde	South Africa
56	7.81	William Jacks	England
57	7.83	Ryan Burl	Zimbabwe
58	7.84	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand
59	7.86	Gudakesh Motie	West Indies
60	7.97	Bas Leede	Netherlands
61	8.00	Brandon McMullen	Scotland
61	8.00	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe
61	8.00	Lokumarakkalage Madushanka	Sri Lanka
61	8.00	Faheem Ashraf	Pakistan
61	8.00	Sompal Kami	Nepal
61	8.00	Gulbadin Naib	Afghanistan
62	8.13	Haider Ali	Pakistan
63	8.18	Kaleem Rehman	Canada
64	8.20	Axar Patel	India
65	8.22	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa
66	8.22	Adil Rashid	England
67	8.30	Matt Henry	New Zealand
68	8.47	Arshdeep Singh	India
69	8.50	Bernard Scholtz	Namibia
69	8.50	Ish Sodhi	New Zealand
70	8.55	Wellington Masakadza	Zimbabwe
71	8.58	Akeal Hosein	West Indies
72	8.58	Roston Chase	West Indies
73	8.60	Brian Bennett	Zimbabwe
74	8.67	Matthew Humphreys	Ireland
74	8.67	Ansh Patel	Canada
75	8.73	Kyle Klein	Netherlands
76	8.75	Oliver Davidson	Scotland
77	8.80	Dilpreet Bajwa	Canada
78	8.82	Hardik Pandya	India
79	8.83	Washington Sundar	India
79	8.83	Cooper Connolly	Australia
80	8.88	Xavier Bartlett	Australia
81	8.90	Shakeel Ahmed	Oman
82	8.92	Saad Zafar	Canada
83	8.93	Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe
84	9.00	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe
84	9.00	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
84	9.00	Naseem Shah	Pakistan
84	9.00	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand
84	9.00	Shadab Khan	Pakistan
84	9.00	Rinku Singh	India
84	9.00	Shamar Joseph	West Indies
84	9.00	Milind Kumar	United States of America
85	9.03	Jason Holder	West Indies
86	9.17	Kushal Bhurtel	Nepal
87	9.25	Muhammad Khan	United States of America
87	9.25	Simranjeet Singh	United Arab Emirates
88	9.26	Varun Vinod	India
89	9.27	Nadeem Khan	Pakistan
90	9.29	Marcus Stoinis	Australia
91	9.33	Rehan Ahmed	England
92	9.42	Brad Evans	Zimbabwe
93	9.45	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan
94	9.46	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
95	9.50	Muhammad Farooq	United Arab Emirates
95	9.50	Cole McConchie	New Zealand
95	9.50	Frederick Klaassen	Netherlands
96	9.52	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka
97	9.53	Logan van Beek	Netherlands
97	9.53	Jofra Archer	England
98	9.55	Muhammad Siddique	United Arab Emirates
99	9.56	Roelof van der Merwe	Netherlands
100	9.58	Sam Curran	England
101	9.71	Karan KC	Nepal
102	9.75	Ruben Trumpelmann	Namibia
103	9.77	Brad Wheal	Scotland
104	9.89	Munasinghe Hemantha	Sri Lanka
105	9.92	Dilon Heyliger	Canada
106	10.00	Benjamin Dwarshuis	Australia
106	10.00	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
106	10.00	Ziaur Rahman	Afghanistan
106	10.00	Mark Watt	Scotland
107	10.12	Romario Shepherd	West Indies
108	10.25	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
109	10.27	Mark Adair	Ireland
110	10.33	Luke Wood	England
111	10.50	Richard Ngarava	Zimbabwe
111	10.50	Timm van der Gugten	Netherlands
112	10.54	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
113	10.57	Fazalhaq Farooqi	Afghanistan
114	10.65	James Neesham	New Zealand
115	10.77	Marco Jansen	South Africa
116	10.87	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand
117	11.00	Wasim Ali	Oman
118	11.23	Johannes Smit	Namibia
119	11.25	Aiden Markram	South Africa
120	11.50	Safyaan Sharif	Scotland
120	11.50	Colin Ackermann	Netherlands
120	11.50	Pramod Liyanagamage	Sri Lanka
120	11.50	Saurabh Netravalkar	United States of America
120	11.50	Shivam Sharma	Canada
121	11.67	Jay Odedra	Oman
121	11.67	Noor Lakanwal	Afghanistan
122	11.89	Sufyan Mehmood	Oman
123	12.00	Jan Loftie-Eaton	Namibia
123	12.00	Jack Brassell	Namibia
124	12.11	Barry McCarthy	Ireland
125	13.11	Jaskaran Buttar	Canada
126	13.38	Jiten Ramanandi	Oman
127	13.67	Ben Shikongo	Namibia
128	14.00	Dion Myers	Zimbabwe
128	14.00	Kongala Vimukthi	Sri Lanka
129	14.31	Shivam Dube	India
130	16.00	Mohammad Nadeem	Oman
131	19.00	Lalit Rajbanshi	Nepal
132	20.00	Karan Sonavale	Oman
132	20.00	Tinotenda Maposa	Zimbabwe