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.
ALL FORMATSAll-time500 entries
110/2Anil KumbleINDBest return on the list
310/5Jim LakerENG
410/7Ajaz PatelNZ
● LEADS
Anil KumbleIND
10/2 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Muttiah MuralitharanSL
11 separate entries on this list · 275 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
9/3
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
14 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Anil KumbleIND10/2
1Anil KumbleIND10/2
3Jim LakerENG10/5
4Ajaz PatelNZ10/7
4Ajaz PatelNZ10/7
6Anil KumbleIND10/9
7Ajaz PatelNZ10/25
8Anil KumbleIND10/42
9Kapil DevIND9/0
9Kapil DevIND9/0
11Rangana HerathSL9/3
12George LohmannENG9/7
13Abdul QadirPAK9/8
13Abdul QadirPAK9/8
15Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/9
16Keshav MaharajSA9/10
16Keshav MaharajSA9/10
18Sir Richard HadleeNZ9/15
18Sir Richard HadleeNZ9/15
20Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/17
21Devon MalcolmENG9/19
21Devon MalcolmENG9/19
23Hugh TayfieldSA9/21
23Hugh TayfieldSA9/21
25Sarfraz NawazPAK9/22
25Sarfraz NawazPAK9/22
27Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/23
27Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/23
29Rangana HerathSL9/26
30Jack NoreigaWI9/30
30Jack NoreigaWI9/30
32Sydney BarnesENG9/48
33Jasubhai PatelIND9/55
33Jasubhai PatelIND9/55
35Subhash GupteIND9/86
35Subhash GupteIND9/86
37Derek UnderwoodENG8/0
37Derek UnderwoodENG8/0
37Chaminda VaasSL8/0
40Harbhajan SinghIND8/1
40Harbhajan SinghIND8/1
40Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/1
43Michael HoldingWI8/2
43Anil KumbleIND8/2
43Michael HoldingWI8/2
43Anil KumbleIND8/2
43Angus FraserENG8/2
43Angus FraserENG8/2
49Geoff LawsonAUS8/3
49Geoff LawsonAUS8/3
49Kapil DevIND8/3
49Kapil DevIND8/3
53Sir Curtly AmbroseWI8/4
53Sir Curtly AmbroseWI8/4
53Taijul IslamBAN8/4
53Neil FosterENG8/4
53Tony GreigENG8/4
53Taijul IslamBAN8/4
53Neil FosterENG8/4
60Frank LaverAUS8/6
61Sonam YesheyBHU8/7
61Sajid KhanPAK8/7
61Sajid KhanPAK8/7
64Lance KlusenerSA8/8
64Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/8
64Stuart BroadENG8/8
64George LohmannENG8/8
64Lance KlusenerSA8/8
64Stuart BroadENG8/8
70Fred TruemanENG8/9
70Ashley MallettAUS8/9
70Mitchell JohnsonAUS8/9
70Albert TrottAUS8/9
70Fred TruemanENG8/9
70Ashley MallettAUS8/9
76Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND8/10
76Imran KhanPAK8/10
76Craig McDermottAUS8/10
76Roston ChaseWI8/10
76Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND8/10
76Craig McDermottAUS8/10
76Roston ChaseWI8/10
76Angus FraserENG8/10
76Yasir ShahPAK8/10
76Angus FraserENG8/10
86Saqlain MushtaqPAK8/12
86Javagal SrinathIND8/12
86Glenn McGrathAUS8/12
86Javagal SrinathIND8/12
90Sir Ian BothamENG8/13
90Sir Ian BothamENG8/13
90Chaminda VaasSL8/13
90Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/13
94Graham McKenzieAUS8/14
94Glenn McGrathAUS8/14
94Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/14
94Nathan LyonAUS8/14
94Graham McKenzieAUS8/14
94Glenn McGrathAUS8/14
94Saqlain MushtaqPAK8/14
94Nathan LyonAUS8/14
94Shannon GabrielWI8/14
94Sikander BakhtPAK8/14
104Tip SnookeSA8/15
105Lance GibbsWI8/16
105Lance GibbsWI8/16
105Imran KhanPAK8/16
108Bob WillisENG8/17
109Max WalkerAUS8/18
109Rangana HerathSL8/18
109Colin BlytheENG8/18
109Max WalkerAUS8/18
109Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/18
109Sydney BarnesENG8/18
109Rangana HerathSL8/18
109Glenn McGrathAUS8/18
117Narendra HirwaniIND8/19
117Nathan LyonAUS8/19
117Nathan LyonAUS8/19
120George LohmannENG8/20
120Paul StrangZIM8/20
122Allan DonaldSA8/21
122Hugh TrumbleAUS8/21
122Erapalli PrasannaIND8/21
125Mitchell JohnsonAUS8/22
126Paul StrangZIM8/26
126Bob MassieAUS8/26
128Bob WillisENG8/28
129Colin CroftWI8/29
129Bernard BosanquetENG8/29
129Colin CroftWI8/29
129Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/29
133Stuart MacGillAUS8/30
133Devendra BishooWI8/30
133Stuart MacGillAUS8/30
133Merv HughesAUS8/30
137Vinoo MankadIND8/35
138Alf ValentineWI8/39
139Goofy LawrenceSA8/40
139Goofy LawrenceSA8/40
141Noman AliPAK8/42
141Allan DonaldSA8/42
141Noman AliPAK8/42
144Alf ValentineWI8/43
144Narendra HirwaniIND8/43
146Sir Ian BothamENG8/45
147Devendra BishooWI8/46
148Merv HughesAUS8/52
149Tom RichardsonENG8/94
150Jason KrejzaAUS8/102
150Jason KrejzaAUS8/102
152Fred TruemanENG7/0
152Andy BichelAUS7/0
152Fred TruemanENG7/0
152Andy BichelAUS7/0
152Andy BichelAUS7/0
152Phil EdmondsENG7/0
152Tony LockENG7/0
152Monty NobleAUS7/0
152Tom RichardsonENG7/0
161Johnny WardleENG7/1
161Pervez SajjadPAK7/1
161Allan BorderAUS7/1
161Johnny WardleENG7/1
161Pervez SajjadPAK7/1
161Allan BorderAUS7/1
161Washington SundarIND7/1
161Phil DeFreitasENG7/1
161Trevor BaileyENG7/1
161Washington SundarIND7/1
161Phil DeFreitasENG7/1
172Subhash GupteIND7/2
172Denis AtkinsonWI7/2
172Darren SammyWI7/2
172Alf HallSA7/2
172Subhash GupteIND7/2
172Jermaine LawsonWI7/2
172Harbhajan SinghIND7/2
172Fred TitmusENG7/2
172Denis AtkinsonWI7/2
172Jermaine LawsonWI7/2
172Harbhajan SinghIND7/2
183Joe PartridgeSA7/3
183George UlyettENG7/3
183Joe PartridgeSA7/3
183Paul AdamsSA7/3
183Lance GibbsWI7/3
183Mohammad NazirPAK7/3
183Rashid KhanAFG7/3
190Roy TattersallENG7/4
190Sir Curtly AmbroseWI7/4
190Roy TattersallENG7/4
190Aubrey FaulknerSA7/4
190Ravindra JadejaIND7/4
190Makhaya NtiniSA7/4
196Syazrul Ezat IdrusMAL7/5
196Syazrul Ezat IdrusMAL7/5
196Sir Alec BedserENG7/5
199Danish KaneriaPAK7/6
199Dale SteynSA7/6
199Keshav MaharajSA7/6
199Keith MillerAUS7/6
199Darren SammyWI7/6
199Danish KaneriaPAK7/6
199Keshav MaharajSA7/6
199Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/6
207Dick BarlowENG7/7
207Ernie JonesAUS7/7
207Zaheer KhanIND7/7
207Rangana HerathSL7/7
207John SnowENG7/7
207Rangana HerathSL7/7
207Zaheer KhanIND7/7
207Waqar YounisPAK7/7
215Maninder SinghIND7/8
215Rangana HerathSL7/8
215Stuart BroadENG7/8
215Nathan LyonAUS7/8
215Rangana HerathSL7/8
215Nathan LyonAUS7/8
215Rashid KhanPAK7/8
215Shardul ThakurIND7/8
215Courtney WalshWI7/8
215Lance CairnsNZ7/8
215Derek UnderwoodENG7/8
215Shardul ThakurIND7/8
215Tim SoutheeNZ7/8
215Courtney WalshWI7/8
229Brian StathamENG7/9
229Sir Wes HallWI7/9
229Intikhab AlamPAK7/9
229Mitchell StarcAUS7/9
229Dick BarlowENG7/9
229Brian StathamENG7/9
229Sir Wes HallWI7/9
229Intikhab AlamPAK7/9
229Maninder SinghIND7/9
229Mitchell StarcAUS7/9
229Michael KasprowiczAUS7/9
229Bruce YardleyAUS7/9
229Michael KasprowiczAUS7/9
242George GiffenAUS7/10
242Sir Curtly AmbroseWI7/10
242Glenn McGrathAUS7/10
242Ravindra JadejaIND7/10
242Chris PringleNZ7/10
242Charles MacartneyAUS7/10
242Mitchell JohnsonAUS7/10
242Chris PringleNZ7/10
250Mike WhitneyAUS7/11
250Ray LindwallAUS7/11
250Shane WarneAUS7/11
250George LohmannENG7/11
250Shane WarneAUS7/11
255Iqbal QasimPAK7/12
255Iqbal QasimPAK7/12
255Shahid AfridiGER7/12
255James AndersonENG7/12
255Makhaya NtiniSA7/12
255Phil TufnellENG7/12
255Trevor BaileyENG7/12
262Bert IronmongerAUS7/13
262Winston DavisWI7/13
262Ryan HarrisAUS7/13
265Bobby PeelENG7/14
265Keshav MaharajSA7/14
265Lindsay KlineAUS7/14
265Sir Alec BedserENG7/14
265Bert VoglerSA7/14
265Keshav MaharajSA7/14
265Sir Richard HadleeNZ7/14
272Bob WillisENG7/15
273Muhammad KhanCAN7/16
273Graham McKenzieAUS7/16
275Eric HolliesENG7/17
275Mohammed ShamiIND7/17
277Sikandar RazaZIM7/18
277Wanindu HasarangaSL7/18
277Trent BoultNZ7/18
277Dennis LilleeAUS7/18
277Sir Ian BothamENG7/18
277Subhash GupteIND7/18
277Frank LaverAUS7/18
284Ravichandran AshwinIND7/19
284Ravichandran AshwinIND7/19
286Waqar YounisPAK7/20
287Charlie CassellSCO7/21
288Neil HawkeAUS7/22
288Neil HawkeAUS7/22
288Harbhajan SinghIND7/22
288Waqar YounisPAK7/22
288Harbhajan SinghIND7/22
293Hugh TayfieldSA7/23
294Tom KendallAUS7/24
294Doug WrightENG7/24
294Billy BatesENG7/24
297Sydney BarnesENG7/26
298Charlie TurnerAUS7/27
299Tim SoutheeNZ7/28
300Dale SteynSA7/29
301Aaqib JavedPAK7/31
301Imran TahirSA7/31
303Bill LockwoodENG7/33
304Graham McKenzieAUS7/36
304Graham McKenzieAUS7/36
306J.J. FerrisAUS7/37
307Sir Alec BedserENG7/41
307Mohammad ZahidPAK7/41
309Sir Richard HadleeNZ7/47
310George GearyENG7/50
311Mike WhitneyAUS7/60
311Mike WhitneyAUS7/60
313Sikandar RazaZIM7/62
314Mohammad ZahidPAK7/64
315Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/78
316George GiffenAUS7/117
317Yasir AliSPN6/0
317Reo Sakurano-ThomasITL6/0
317Peter AhoNIG6/0
317Ray IllingworthENG6/0
317Tom HoranAUS6/0
322Fidel EdwardsWI6/1
322Monty PanesarENG6/1
322Max WalkerAUS6/1
322Fidel EdwardsWI6/1
322Monty PanesarENG6/1
327Abinash BoharaNEP6/2
327Joey PalmerAUS6/2
329Matt HenryNZ6/3
329Imran NiaziPAK6/3
329Imran KhanPAK6/3
329Brian StathamENG6/3
333Stuart BinnyIND6/4
333Deepak ChaharIND6/4
335Josh HazlewoodAUS6/5
335Peter AhoNIG6/5
335Ernie JonesAUS6/5
335Josh HazlewoodAUS6/5
339Sir Viv RichardsWI6/6
340Arthur GilliganENG6/7
340Dinesh Maganiai NakraniUGA6/7
340Lance GibbsWI6/7
340Colin BlytheENG6/7
344Azhar MahmoodPAK6/8
344Chris MpofuZIM6/8
344Thisara PereraSL6/8
344Ajantha MendisSL6/8
344Yuzvendra ChahalIND6/8
344Not on recordMAW6/8
350Colin CroftWI6/9
350Sanath JayasuriyaSL6/9
350Shoaib AkhtarPAK6/9
350Tangeni LungameniNAM6/9
350Dwayne BravoWI6/9
350Clarrie GrimmettAUS6/9
350Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/9
357Johannes SmitNAM6/10
357Ajantha MendisSL6/10
357Abdul RazzaqPAK6/10
357Shaun PollockSA6/10
361Waqar YounisPAK6/11
361Ashish NehraIND6/11
361Farveez MaharoofSL6/11
361Graeme CremerZIM6/11
361Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/11
361Peter LangatKEN6/11
361Mitchell StarcAUS6/11
361Paul CollingwoodENG6/11
361Sir Wes HallWI6/11
370Lameck OnyangoKEN6/12
370Anil KumbleIND6/12
370Maurice TateENG6/12
373Bill BowesENG6/13
373Dilhara FernandoSL6/13
373Makhaya NtiniSA6/13
376Gary GilmourAUS6/14
376Waqar YounisPAK6/14
376Stuart BroadENG6/14
376Stan NicholsENG6/14
380Patrick PattersonWI6/15
380Waqar YounisPAK6/15
380Mitchell JohnsonAUS6/15
380Richie BenaudAUS6/15
380Charlie TurnerAUS6/15
385Sandeep LamichhaneNEP6/16
385Ajantha MendisSL6/16
385Kemar RoachWI6/16
388John SnowENG6/17
388Maurice TateENG6/17
388John SnowENG6/17
388Reece TopleyENG6/17
392Kuldeep YadavIND6/18
392Gulbadin NaibAFG6/18
392Jayden SealesWI6/18
392Charlie TurnerAUS6/18
396Akila DananjayaSL6/19
396Charles AminiPNG6/19
396Henry OlongaZIM6/19
399Bryan StrangZIM6/20
399Mohammad KamranSPN6/20
399Aftab AhmedDEN6/20
402Nahid RanaBAN6/21
402Mudassar BukhariNED6/21
402Allan DonaldSA6/21
405Shaheen AfridiPAK6/24
405Lance KlusenerSA6/24
405Mike ProcterSA6/24
408Rizwan CheemaCAN6/26
409Murali KartikIND6/27
409Claude CarterSA6/27
411Lungi NgidiSA6/30
412Ajit AgarkarIND6/31
412Ken MacLeayAUS6/31
414Umar GulPAK6/32
415Rashid KhanNEP6/34
416Mohammad HossainBAN6/35
417Clarrie GrimmettAUS6/37
418Tony GrayWI6/44
419Arthur MaileyAUS6/63
420Tom RichardsonENG6/75
421Greg ChappellAUS5/0
422Dave GilbertAUS5/1
422Daniel VettoriNZ5/1
422Courtney WalshWI5/1
422Greg ChappellAUS5/1
426Kris SrikkanthIND5/2
426Not on recordNAM5/2
426Bill CopsonENG5/2
429Carl RackemannAUS5/3
429Darren SammyWI5/3
429Rangana HerathSL5/3
429Rashid KhanAFG5/3
433Sachin TendulkarIND5/4
433Haroon MohammadHK5/4
433Khizar Hayat DurraniMAL5/4
433Pedro ArrighiARG5/4
433Khawar AliOMN5/4
433Shaul KarnainSL5/4
439Sir Viv RichardsWI5/5
440Mark WaughAUS5/6
440Umar GulPAK5/6
440Umar GulPAK5/6
440Not on recordUAE5/6
440Saleem MalikPAK5/6
445Alan HurstAUS5/7
445Nadeem AhmedHK5/7
445Wasim AkramPAK5/7
445Romario ShepherdWI5/7
449Jacques KallisSA5/8
450Shakib Al HasanBAN5/9
450Alex CusackIRE5/9
452Mark WattSCO5/11
453Bhuvneshwar KumarIND5/12
453David WieseSA5/12
455Mustafizur RahmanBAN5/13
455Sir Curtly AmbroseWI5/13
455Sanjeev SharmaIND5/13
458Ahsan MalikNED5/14
458Henry PromnitzSA5/14
460Terry AldermanAUS5/17
460Matthew HartNZ5/17
462Gary CosierAUS5/18
463Richard CollingeNZ5/19
463Danny MorrisonNZ5/19
463Aaqib JavedPAK5/19
463George MacaulayENG5/19
467Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/21
468Andy RobertsNZ5/22
469Billy MidwinterAUS5/23
470Joel GarnerWI5/26
470Dennis LilleeAUS5/26
472Lance CairnsNZ5/28
473Vanburn HolderWI5/30
474Len BraundENG5/40
475Wilfred RhodesENG5/41
476Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/46
477Clarrie GrimmettAUS5/59
478Sydney BarnesENG5/65
479Alex CusackIRE4/3
480Ravi BoparaENG4/4
481Wayne ParnellSA4/6
482Mark GillespieNZ4/7
482Umar GulPAK4/7
482Joel GarnerWI4/7
485Harvir BaidwanCAN4/11
486Bob WillisENG4/15
487Paul CollingwoodENG4/19
488Jon LewisENG4/24
489Geoff ArnoldENG4/27
490Michael KasprowiczAUS4/28
491John SnowENG4/32
492Dayle HadleeNZ4/34
493Ted ArnoldENG4/76
494Abdur RazzakBAN3/17
495Chris OldENG3/25
495Dennis LilleeAUS3/25
497Ashley MallettAUS3/34
498Keith StackpoleAUS3/40
499Robin JackmanENG3/41
500Not on recordOMN0
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