Best Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.

Position	Stats Value	Player Name	Team Name
1	10/2	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/43	Alf Valentine	West Indies
1	7/4	Roy Tattersall	England
1	8/9	Fred Trueman	England
1	7/2	Subhash Gupte	India
1	7/1	Johnny Wardle	England
1	7/9	Brian Statham	England
1	7/2	Denis Atkinson	West Indies
1	9/21	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
1	9/86	Subhash Gupte	India
1	9/55	Jasubhai Patel	India
1	7/9	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
1	8/40	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa
1	8/16	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
1	7/0	Fred Trueman	England
1	7/3	Joe Partridge	South Africa
1	8/10	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India
1	7/22	Neil Hawke	Australia
1	7/36	Graham McKenzie	Australia
1	8/14	Graham McKenzie	Australia
1	7/1	Pervez Sajjad	Pakistan
1	6/17	John Snow	England
1	9/30	Jack Noreiga	West Indies
1	8/9	Ashley Mallett	Australia
1	7/9	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
1	8/0	Derek Underwood	England
1	8/18	Max Walker	Australia
1	8/2	Michael Holding	West Indies
1	8/29	Colin Croft	West Indies
1	8/13	Sir Ian Botham	England
1	9/22	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
1	7/12	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
1	8/17	Bob Willis	England
1	8/10	Imran Khan	Pakistan
1	9/0	Kapil Dev	India
1	8/3	Geoff Lawson	Australia
1	9/15	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
1	7/8	Maninder Singh	India
1	9/8	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
1	8/19	Narendra Hirwani	India
1	7/1	Allan Border	Australia
1	8/4	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	8/10	Craig McDermott	Australia
1	7/11	Mike Whitney	Australia
1	7/4	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	9/19	Devon Malcolm	England
1	8/21	Allan Donald	South Africa
1	8/8	Lance Klusener	South Africa
1	8/14	Glenn McGrath	Australia
1	9/23	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	10/9	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/12	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
1	8/1	Harbhajan Singh	India
1	9/9	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	7/0	Andy Bichel	Australia
1	8/2	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/8	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	8/14	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	7/2	Darren Sammy	West Indies
1	8/9	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
1	7/6	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
1	7/6	Dale Steyn	South Africa
1	7/8	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	7/8	Stuart Broad	England
1	7/8	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	9/3	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	8/8	Stuart Broad	England
1	8/18	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	8/19	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	9/10	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
1	8/10	Roston Chase	West Indies
1	7/18	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe
1	10/7	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand
1	7/6	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
1	8/14	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	8/42	Noman Ali	Pakistan
1	7/9	Mitchell Starc	Australia
1	5/7	Romario Shepherd	West Indies
1	10/2	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/43	Alf Valentine	West Indies
1	7/4	Roy Tattersall	England
1	8/9	Fred Trueman	England
1	7/2	Subhash Gupte	India
1	7/1	Johnny Wardle	England
1	7/9	Brian Statham	England
1	7/2	Denis Atkinson	West Indies
1	9/21	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
1	9/86	Subhash Gupte	India
1	9/55	Jasubhai Patel	India
1	7/9	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
1	8/40	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa
1	8/16	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
1	7/0	Fred Trueman	England
1	7/3	Joe Partridge	South Africa
1	8/10	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India
1	7/22	Neil Hawke	Australia
1	7/36	Graham McKenzie	Australia
1	8/14	Graham McKenzie	Australia
1	7/1	Pervez Sajjad	Pakistan
1	6/17	John Snow	England
1	9/30	Jack Noreiga	West Indies
1	8/9	Ashley Mallett	Australia
1	7/9	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
1	8/0	Derek Underwood	England
1	8/18	Max Walker	Australia
1	8/2	Michael Holding	West Indies
1	8/29	Colin Croft	West Indies
1	8/13	Sir Ian Botham	England
1	9/22	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
1	7/12	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
1	8/28	Bob Willis	England
1	8/16	Imran Khan	Pakistan
1	9/0	Kapil Dev	India
1	8/3	Geoff Lawson	Australia
1	9/15	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
1	7/9	Maninder Singh	India
1	9/8	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
1	8/43	Narendra Hirwani	India
1	7/1	Allan Border	Australia
1	8/4	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	8/10	Craig McDermott	Australia
1	7/11	Shane Warne	Australia
1	7/10	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
1	9/19	Devon Malcolm	England
1	8/42	Allan Donald	South Africa
1	8/8	Lance Klusener	South Africa
1	8/14	Glenn McGrath	Australia
1	9/23	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	10/42	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/14	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
1	8/1	Harbhajan Singh	India
1	9/17	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	7/2	Jermaine Lawson	West Indies
1	8/2	Anil Kumble	India
1	8/18	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	8/29	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	7/6	Darren Sammy	West Indies
1	8/22	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
1	7/6	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
1	7/7	Zaheer Khan	India
1	7/8	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	7/8	Stuart Broad	England
1	7/8	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	9/26	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	8/8	Stuart Broad	England
1	8/18	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	8/19	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	9/10	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
1	8/10	Roston Chase	West Indies
1	7/62	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe
1	10/25	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand
1	7/6	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
1	8/14	Nathan Lyon	Australia
1	8/42	Noman Ali	Pakistan
1	7/9	Mitchell Starc	Australia
1	5/7	Romario Shepherd	West Indies
1	8/0	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
1	3/34	Ashley Mallett	Australia
1	4/27	Geoff Arnold	England
1	4/32	John Snow	England
1	3/25	Chris Old	England
1	6/14	Gary Gilmour	Australia
1	5/19	Richard Collinge	New Zealand
1	5/0	Greg Chappell	Australia
1	5/28	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
1	5/7	Alan Hurst	Australia
1	5/21	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
1	6/9	Colin Croft	West Indies
1	5/17	Terry Alderman	Australia
1	7/13	Winston Davis	West Indies
1	5/3	Carl Rackemann	Australia
1	6/3	Imran Khan	Pakistan
1	5/1	Dave Gilbert	Australia
1	6/15	Patrick Patterson	West Indies
1	5/2	Kris Srikkanth	India
1	6/6	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
1	6/11	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
1	7/31	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
1	5/6	Mark Waugh	Australia
1	6/9	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
1	6/14	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
1	5/19	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
1	6/15	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
1	6/20	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
1	5/4	Sachin Tendulkar	India
1	6/8	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
1	7/6	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
1	8/13	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
1	6/9	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
1	7/0	Andy Bichel	Australia
1	6/31	Ajit Agarkar	India
1	6/11	Ashish Nehra	India
1	6/11	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka
1	6/13	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
1	6/8	Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe
1	6/11	Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe
1	6/32	Umar Gul	Pakistan
1	6/15	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
1	6/8	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka
1	7/12	Shahid Afridi	Germany
1	6/4	Stuart Binny	India
1	7/28	Tim Southee	New Zealand
1	7/31	Imran Tahir	South Africa
1	7/8	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
1	6/18	Kuldeep Yadav	India
1	6/18	Gulbadin Naib	Afghanistan
1	6/16	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
1	6/11	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
1	6/9	Tangeni Lungameni	Namibia
1	7/16	Muhammad Khan	Pakistan
1	7/18	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka
1	6/18	Jayden Seales	West Indies
1	4/41	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand
1	7/5	Syazrul Idrus	Malaysia
1	4/24	Jon Lewis	England
1	4/19	Paul Collingwood	England
1	4/7	Mark Gillespie	New Zealand
1	4/3	Alex Cusack	Ireland
1	5/6	Umar Gul	Pakistan
1	5/3	Darren Sammy	West Indies
1	6/16	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
1	6/8	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
1	5/6	Umar Gul	Pakistan
1	5/3	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
1	5/7	Nadeem Ahmed	Hong Kong
1	5/11	Mark Watt	Scotland
1	6/8	Yuzvendra Chahal	India
1	5/9	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh
1	6/4	Deepak Chahar	India
1	5/4	Haroon Mohammad	Hong Kong
1	6/5	P Aho	Nigeria
1	6/10	Johannes Smit	Namibia
1	7/5	Syazrul Idrus	Malaysia
1	6/0	Yasir Ali	Pakistan
1	6/8	Muhammad Butt	Bahrain
1	5/7	Romario Shepherd	West Indies
2	5/18	Arshdeep Singh	India
2	6/0	R Sakurano-Thomas	Italy
2	5/4	Varun Vinod	India
2	6/2	Abinash Bohara	Nepal
2	6/11	Peter Langat	Kenya
2	6/7	DM Nakrani	Uganda
2	5/4	Khizar Hayat	Malaysia
2	5/4	Damien Ravu	Papua New Guinea
2	5/3	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
2	5/12	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India
2	5/13	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
2	5/12	David Wiese	South Africa
2	5/14	Ahsan Malik	Netherlands
2	5/7	Samiullah Shenwari	Afghanistan
2	4/4	Ravi Bopara	England
2	6/20	Aftab Ahmed	Bangladesh
2	4/6	Wayne Parnell	South Africa
2	5/10	Tim Southee	New Zealand
2	4/11	Harvir Baidwan	Canada
2	4/7	Umar Gul	Pakistan
2	3/17	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
2	4/28	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
2	6/0	P Aho	Nigeria
2	3/20	Pramod Liyanagamage	Sri Lanka
2	6/35	Mohammad Hossain	Bangladesh
2	7/21	Charlie Cassell	Scotland
2	6/17	Reece Topley	England
2	7/17	Mohammed Shami	India
2	5/4	Khawar Ali	Oman
2	6/30	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa
2	6/24	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan
2	6/19	Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka
2	7/18	Trent Boult	New Zealand
2	6/21	Mudassar Bukhari	Netherlands
2	6/9	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
2	6/19	Charles Amini	Papua New Guinea
2	6/11	Mitchell Starc	Australia
2	6/26	Rizwan Cheema	Canada
2	6/16	Kemar Roach	West Indies
2	5/9	Alex Cusack	Ireland
2	6/12	Lameck Onyango	Kenya
2	6/10	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
2	6/27	Murali Kartik	India
2	6/13	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
2	5/1	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
2	6/11	Paul Collingwood	England
2	7/10	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	6/10	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
2	7/20	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	6/19	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
2	6/10	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
2	5/8	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
2	6/24	Lance Klusener	South Africa
2	6/21	Allan Donald	South Africa
2	5/19	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
2	5/17	Matthew Hart	New Zealand
2	5/7	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
2	6/12	Anil Kumble	India
2	6/44	Tony Gray	West Indies
2	5/6	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
2	5/13	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
2	5/13	Sanjeev Sharma	India
2	5/5	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
2	5/1	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
2	5/9	Michael Holding	West Indies
2	5/12	Joel Garner	West Indies
2	4/7	Joel Garner	West Indies
2	6/31	Ken MacLeay	Australia
2	5/26	Joel Garner	West Indies
2	5/22	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
2	5/1	Greg Chappell	Australia
2	4/15	Bob Willis	England
2	5/18	Gary Cosier	Australia
2	5/30	Vanburn Holder	West Indies
2	5/26	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	3/41	Robin Jackman	England
2	4/34	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand
2	3/25	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	3/40	Keith Stackpole	Australia
2	5/23	Muhammad Siddique	United Arab Emirates
2	7/0	Andy Bichel	Australia
2	7/14	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
2	7/1	Washington Sundar	India
2	7/8	Shardul Thakur	India
2	7/10	Ravindra Jadeja	India
2	8/7	Sajid Khan	Pakistan
2	6/14	Stuart Broad	England
2	7/19	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
2	8/14	Shannon Gabriel	West Indies
2	7/12	James Anderson	England
2	8/46	Devendra Bishoo	West Indies
2	7/7	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
2	8/4	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh
2	7/13	Ryan Harris	Australia
2	7/8	Tim Southee	New Zealand
2	7/29	Dale Steyn	South Africa
2	7/22	Harbhajan Singh	India
2	6/1	Fidel Edwards	West Indies
2	8/102	Jason Krejza	Australia
2	6/1	Monty Panesar	England
2	7/12	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
2	8/30	Stuart MacGill	Australia
2	7/3	Paul Adams	South Africa
2	8/18	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	8/13	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
2	7/2	Harbhajan Singh	India
2	8/26	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
2	8/12	Javagal Srinath	India
2	8/10	Angus Fraser	England
2	7/9	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
2	7/64	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
2	8/2	Angus Fraser	England
2	7/8	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
2	7/22	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	7/12	Phil Tufnell	England
2	7/1	Phil DeFreitas	England
2	7/10	Chris Pringle	New Zealand
2	7/60	Mike Whitney	Australia
2	8/52	Merv Hughes	Australia
2	8/4	Neil Foster	England
2	7/47	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
2	8/3	Kapil Dev	India
2	8/45	Sir Ian Botham	England
2	7/8	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
2	7/9	Bruce Yardley	Australia
2	7/18	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	8/14	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
2	7/18	Sir Ian Botham	England
2	7/0	Phil Edmonds	England
2	7/15	Bob Willis	England
2	7/3	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	8/21	Erapalli Prasanna	India
2	8/4	Tony Greig	England
2	8/26	Bob Massie	Australia
2	6/1	Max Walker	Australia
2	7/3	Mohammad Nazir	Pakistan
2	6/24	Mike Procter	South Africa
2	7/7	John Snow	England
2	7/8	Derek Underwood	England
2	6/0	Ray Illingworth	England
2	6/7	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	7/78	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
2	7/2	Fred Titmus	England
2	7/16	Graham McKenzie	Australia
2	6/11	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
2	6/15	Richie Benaud	Australia
2	7/14	Lindsay Kline	Australia
2	6/3	Brian Statham	England
2	7/0	Tony Lock	England
2	7/12	Trevor Bailey	England
2	7/10	Richie Benaud	Australia
2	7/1	Trevor Bailey	England
2	7/18	Subhash Gupte	India
2	7/14	Sir Alec Bedser	England
2	8/35	Vinoo Mankad	India
2	7/5	Sir Alec Bedser	England
2	5/63	Doug Wright	England
2	10/7	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand
2	5/18	Arshdeep Singh	India
2	7/14	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa
2	7/1	Washington Sundar	India
2	7/4	Ravindra Jadeja	India
2	7/8	Shardul Thakur	India
2	8/7	Sajid Khan	Pakistan
2	6/9	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal
2	7/19	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
2	8/10	Yasir Shah	Pakistan
2	7/3	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan
2	8/30	Devendra Bishoo	West Indies
2	7/7	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
2	8/4	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh
2	7/10	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
2	7/8	Tim Southee	New Zealand
2	7/7	Zaheer Khan	India
2	7/22	Harbhajan Singh	India
2	6/1	Fidel Edwards	West Indies
2	8/102	Jason Krejza	Australia
2	6/1	Monty Panesar	England
2	8/30	Stuart MacGill	Australia
2	7/4	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
2	8/12	Glenn McGrath	Australia
2	7/2	Jermaine Lawson	West Indies
2	7/2	Harbhajan Singh	India
2	8/1	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
2	8/20	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
2	8/12	Javagal Srinath	India
2	8/10	Angus Fraser	England
2	7/9	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
2	7/41	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
2	7/8	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
2	8/2	Angus Fraser	England
2	7/11	Shane Warne	Australia
2	7/7	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
2	7/1	Phil DeFreitas	England
2	7/10	Chris Pringle	New Zealand
2	7/60	Mike Whitney	Australia
2	8/30	Merv Hughes	Australia
2	8/4	Neil Foster	England
2	7/14	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
2	8/3	Kapil Dev	India
2	8/7	Sir Ian Botham	England
2	7/7	Winston Davis	West Indies
2	7/3	Dennis Lillee	Australia
2	7/9	Bruce Yardley	Australia
2	8/14	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
2	7/15	Kapil Dev	India
2	7/14	Bob Willis	England
2	7/0	Phil Edmonds	England
2	7/3	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	8/21	Erapalli Prasanna	India
2	8/4	Tony Greig	England
2	6/1	Max Walker	Australia
2	8/26	Bob Massie	Australia
2	7/7	John Snow	England
2	6/24	Mike Procter	South Africa
2	7/3	Mohammad Nazir	Pakistan
2	7/8	Derek Underwood	England
2	6/0	Ray Illingworth	England
2	7/78	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
2	6/7	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
2	7/16	Graham McKenzie	Australia
2	7/2	Fred Titmus	England
2	6/11	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
2	6/15	Richie Benaud	Australia
2	6/3	Brian Statham	England
2	7/14	Lindsay Kline	Australia
2	7/0	Tony Lock	England
2	7/12	Trevor Bailey	England
2	7/10	Richie Benaud	Australia
2	7/18	Subhash Gupte	India
2	7/1	Trevor Bailey	England
2	7/14	Sir Alec Bedser	England
2	8/35	Vinoo Mankad	India
2	7/5	Sir Alec Bedser	England
2	10/7	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand
2	5/63	Doug Wright	England
3	5/113	Michael Melle	South Africa
3	9/0	Subhash Gupte	India
3	7/22	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
3	6/5	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
3	6/2	Frank Worrell	West Indies
3	7/22	Frank Tyson	England
3	7/26	Ian Johnson	Australia
3	7/34	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
3	7/11	Brian Statham	England
3	7/29	Johnny Wardle	England
3	7/16	Alan Davidson	Australia
3	6/4	Bapu Nadkarni	India
3	6/19	Tony Lock	England
3	6/18	Peter Pollock	South Africa
3	6/11	Charlie Griffith	West Indies
3	6/0	Fred Titmus	England
3	6/12	Tom Cartwright	England
3	6/5	Ken Higgs	England
3	6/51	Erapalli Prasanna	India
3	7/14	John Snow	England
3	7/5	Derek Underwood	England
3	6/47	Alan Connolly	Australia
3	6/0	Derek Underwood	England
3	8/42	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
3	6/21	Keith Boyce	West Indies
3	6/1	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
3	7/5	Derek Underwood	England
3	7/23	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand