Best Economy – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best economy in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ALL FORMATSAll-time500 entries
10.00Robin UthappaINDlevel with Neil Harvey
10.00Neil HarveyAUS
10.00Frank MooneyNZ
● LEADS
Robin UthappaIND
0.00 · level with Harvey
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Neil HarveyAUS
8 separate entries on this list · 342 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0.25
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
17 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Robin UthappaIND0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Frank MooneyNZ0.00
1Imtiaz AhmedPAK0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1John HoltWI0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Bill LawryAUS0.00
1Bruce MurrayNZ0.00
1Roger PrideauxENG0.00
1Ian RedpathAUS0.00
1Terry JarvisNZ0.00
1Wally EdwardsAUS0.00
1Kim HughesAUS0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Chris TavaréENG0.00
1Clive LloydWI0.00
1Dean JonesAUS0.00
1Mark GreatbatchNZ0.00
1David BoonAUS0.00
1Jonty RhodesSA0.00
1Michael SlaterAUS0.00
1Ricky PontingAUS0.00
1Matthew ElliottAUS0.00
1Martin van JaarsveldSA0.00
1Mohammad YousufPAK0.00
1Jamie HowNZ0.00
1Yasir HameedPAK0.00
1Matthew WadeAUS0.00
1James ShannonIRE0.00
1Robin UthappaIND0.00
1Adam LythENG0.00
1Mominul HaqueBAN0.00
1Shan MasoodPAK0.00
1Ambati RayuduIND0.00
1Azhar AliPAK0.00
1Steven SmithAUS0.00
1Ross TaylorNZ0.00
1Daniel LawrenceENG0.00
1Monkey HornbyENG0.00
1Victor TrumperAUS0.00
1Rolland BeaumontSA0.00
1Herbie TaylorSA0.00
1Wilf BarberENG0.00
1Dudley NourseSA0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Frank MooneyNZ0.00
1Imtiaz AhmedPAK0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1John HoltWI0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Bill LawryAUS0.00
1Bruce MurrayNZ0.00
1Roger PrideauxENG0.00
1Ian RedpathAUS0.00
1Terry JarvisNZ0.00
1Zaheer AbbasPAK0.00
1Kim HughesAUS0.00
1Allan LambENG0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Chris TavaréENG0.00
1Gus LogieWI0.00
1Dean JonesAUS0.00
1Mark GreatbatchNZ0.00
1Dave HoughtonZIM0.00
1David BoonAUS0.00
1Jonty RhodesSA0.00
1Ricky PontingAUS0.00
1Matthew ElliottAUS0.00
1Rahul DravidIND0.00
1Wajahatullah WastiPAK0.00
1Shiv ChanderpaulWI0.00
1Xavier MarshallWI0.00
1Jamie HowNZ0.00
1Raqibul HasanBAN0.00
1Matthew WadeAUS0.00
1Virat KohliIND0.00
1Mominul HaqueBAN0.00
1Shan MasoodPAK0.00
1Azhar AliPAK0.00
1Steven SmithAUS0.00
1Ross TaylorNZ0.00
1Rachin RavindraNZ0.00
1Daniel LawrenceENG0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Wally EdwardsAUS0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Glenn TurnerNZ0.00
1Clive LloydWI0.00
1Michael SlaterAUS0.00
1Hitesh ModiKEN0.00
1Martin van JaarsveldSA0.00
1Shiv ChanderpaulWI0.00
1Mohammad YousufPAK0.00
1Kevin PietersenENG0.00
1Robin UthappaIND0.00
1Ambati RayuduIND0.00
1James ShannonIRE0.00
1Leano MaphaneBOT0.00
1Not on recordCRO0.00
1Robin UthappaIND0.00
1Mahmudul JoyBAN0.00
1Travis HeadAUS0.00
1Kieran PowellWI0.00
1Adam LythENG0.00
1Daniel FlynnNZ0.00
1Yasir HameedPAK0.00
1Hashan TillakaratneSL0.00
1Graham ThorpeENG0.00
1Damien MartynAUS0.00
1John ReidNZ0.00
1Sir Richie RichardsonWI0.00
1Tim RobinsonENG0.00
1Qasim UmarPAK0.00
1Majid KhanPAK0.00
1Seymour NurseWI0.00
1John SparlingNZ0.00
1Eric RowanSA0.00
1Wilf BarberENG0.00
1Leano MaphaneBOT0.00
1Mahmudul JoyBAN0.00
1Travis HeadAUS0.00
1Kieran PowellWI0.00
1Raqibul HasanBAN0.00
1Hitesh ModiKEN0.00
1Damien MartynAUS0.00
1John ReidNZ0.00
1Tim RobinsonENG0.00
130Pankaj RoyIND0.25
130Pankaj RoyIND0.25
130Alan MossENG0.25
133Peter LashleyWI0.33
133Peter LashleyWI0.33
133Sir Richie RichardsonWI0.33
136Hanif MohammadPAK0.40
137Rohan KanhaiWI0.50
137Nathan AstleNZ0.50
137Boeta DippenaarSA0.50
137Rohan KanhaiWI0.50
137Boeta DippenaarSA0.50
137Jimmy AdamsWI0.50
137Lucky Ali MalikDEN0.50
137Kane WilliamsonNZ0.50
137Gary KirstenSA0.50
137Jacques KallisSA0.50
137Alistair CampbellZIM0.50
137Mike ShrimptonNZ0.50
137Kane WilliamsonNZ0.50
137Schofield HaighENG0.50
137Gary KirstenSA0.50
137Graham ThorpeENG0.50
153George HeadleyWI0.60
154Azhar KhanPAK0.67
154Hashan TillakaratneSL0.67
154Arthur ShrewsburyENG0.67
154Sammy JonesAUS0.67
154Barry WoodENG0.67
154Azhar KhanPAK0.67
154Hashan TillakaratneSL0.67
154John WrightNZ0.67
154Alex HalesENG0.67
154Alex HalesENG0.67
164Billy BarnesENG0.69
165Kim HughesAUS0.75
165William ShaldersSA0.75
165Kim HughesAUS0.75
165Kyle GilhamCZR0.75
169Arun LalIND0.77
169Arun LalIND0.77
171Dick BarlowENG0.79
172Arjuna RanatungaSL0.80
172Lawrence RoweWI0.80
172Vijay ManjrekarIND0.80
175Billy BatesENG0.83
176Angelo MathewsSL0.88
176Angelo MathewsSL0.88
178Alfred ShawENG0.89
179W.G. GraceENG0.90
180Shubman GillIND0.91
181William AttewellENG0.92
182Allan SteelENG0.95
182William AttewellENG0.95
184Denis AtkinsonWI0.98
184Denis AtkinsonWI0.98
186Colin CowdreyENG1.00
186Vijay MehraUAE1.00
186Derek VarnalsSA1.00
186Robin BynoeWI1.00
186Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
186Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
186Derek RandallENG1.00
186Gary SteadNZ1.00
186VVS LaxmanIND1.00
186Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
186MS DhoniIND1.00
186Imrul KayesBAN1.00
186Koralegedera BandaraSL1.00
186Cheteshwar PujaraIND1.00
186Thandolwethu Wamkelwa DlaminiESW1.00
186Fred MorleyENG1.00
186Arthur HillENG1.00
186Lord TennysonENG1.00
186Jackie GrantWI1.00
186Gul MohammadIND1.00
186Colin CowdreyENG1.00
186Vijay MehraUAE1.00
186Derek VarnalsSA1.00
186Robin BynoeWI1.00
186Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
186Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
186VVS LaxmanIND1.00
186Ajay RatraIND1.00
186Yuvraj SinghIND1.00
186Imrul KayesBAN1.00
186Wasim RajaPAK1.00
186Clive LloydWI1.00
186Javed MiandadPAK1.00
186Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
186Farhad RezaBAN1.00
186Basant RegmiNEP1.00
186John CampbellWI1.00
186Keith DabengwaZIM1.00
186Koralegedera BandaraSL1.00
186Yadwinder SinghHUN1.00
186Thandolwethu Wamkelwa DlaminiESW1.00
186Balaji Avinash PaiGIB1.00
186Kushal BhurtelNEP1.00
186Thandolwethu Wamkelwa DlaminiESW1.00
186Asghar StanikzaiAFG1.00
186Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.00
186Dhruv JurelIND1.00
186Kuldeep YadavIND1.00
186Asad ShafiqPAK1.00
186MS DhoniIND1.00
186Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
186Hasan RazaPAK1.00
186VVS LaxmanIND1.00
186Graeme HickENG1.00
186Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
186Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.00
186Derek RandallENG1.00
186Anshuman GaekwadIND1.00
186Rohan KanhaiWI1.00
186Sunil GavaskarIND1.00
186Vijay ManjrekarIND1.00
186Sir Conrad HunteWI1.00
186Jim BurkeAUS1.00
186Murray ChappleNZ1.00
186Bert SutcliffeNZ1.00
186Reg SimpsonENG1.00
186Doodles TapscottSA1.00
186George McShaneAUS1.00
186Charles LeslieENG1.00
186Yadwinder SinghHUN1.00
186Alastair CookENG1.00
186Hasan RazaPAK1.00
186Mark RamprakashENG1.00
259Neil HarveyAUS1.10
259Neil HarveyAUS1.10
259Fazal MahmoodPAK1.10
262Nat ThomsonAUS1.11
263William AttewellENG1.12
264Greg ChappellAUS1.15
265Joe SolomonWI1.16
266Geoff BoycottENG1.17
267Dick PougherENG1.24
268Woorkeri RamanIND1.25
268Woorkeri RamanIND1.25
268Younis KhanPAK1.25
268Paul CollingwoodENG1.25
272Clive LloydWI1.27
272Jimmy AdamsWI1.27
272Harold ButlerENG1.27
272Clive LloydWI1.27
276Willis CuttellENG1.28
277Sunil GavaskarIND1.29
277Sunil GavaskarIND1.29
279Rajendra PisalROM1.33
279Yamin AhmadzaiAFG1.33
279Rishiv JoshiCAN1.33
279Mthokozisi SheziSA1.33
279Geoff BoycottENG1.33
279Rajendra PisalROM1.33
279Mthokozisi SheziSA1.33
286Billy IbadullaPAK1.34
286Bapu NadkarniIND1.34
288Tom MoodyAUS1.36
289Sir Clyde WalcottWI1.37
290Aravinda de SilvaSL1.40
290Dattu PhadkarIND1.40
290Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK1.40
293Tom VeiversAUS1.41
294Bishan BediIND1.42
295Majid KhanPAK1.44
295Tony LockENG1.44
295Majid KhanPAK1.44
295Gary KirstenSA1.44
295Iqbal QasimPAK1.44
295Jayantha SilvaSL1.44
295Gary KirstenSA1.44
302Tony LockENG1.45
303Martyn MoxonENG1.50
303Robin SmithENG1.50
303Martyn MoxonENG1.50
303Alviro PetersenSA1.50
303Abdur RazzakBAN1.50
303David LloydENG1.50
303Ross TaylorNZ1.50
303Bhuvan KarkiNEP1.50
303Not on recordBRZ1.50
303Richard AgamiireUGA1.50
303Ashwell PrinceSA1.50
303Mujahid JamshedPAK1.50
303Chris TavaréENG1.50
303Aamer HameedPAK1.50
303Not on recordPAN1.50
303Michael HusseyAUS1.50
303Ijaz AhmedPAK1.50
303Ken RutherfordNZ1.50
303Farrukh ZamanPAK1.50
303C.B. FryENG1.50
303Andrew StoddartENG1.50
303Alviro PetersenSA1.50
303Ashwell PrinceSA1.50
303Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.50
327Dinuka HettiarachchiSL1.52
328Charlie TurnerAUS1.54
329Bob WyattENG1.57
329Not on recordNEP1.57
329Maurice TateENG1.57
329Albert RelfENG1.57
333Hamilton MasakadzaZIM1.59
334Tip SnookeSA1.60
334Naveen-ul-HaqAFG1.60
334Chris OldENG1.60
337Trevor GoddardSA1.61
338Dinanath RamnarineWI1.63
339Bobby PeelENG1.64
340Michael ClarkeAUS1.67
340Javed MiandadPAK1.67
340Dick PollardENG1.67
343Sydney CallawayAUS1.68
344Iqbal QasimPAK1.70
345Younis KhanPAK1.71
345Victor TrumperAUS1.71
345Wiaan MulderSA1.71
345Paul HarrisSA1.71
349Wasim AkramPAK1.73
350Bill HowellAUS1.74
350Roy KilnerENG1.74
352Ike TraversAUS1.75
352Not on recordNAM1.75
352Tillakaratne DilshanSL1.75
352Nadeem KhanPAK1.75
356Frank LaverAUS1.76
356Wilfred RhodesENG1.76
356Monty NobleAUS1.76
359Charlie McLeodAUS1.77
360Imran NiaziPAK1.78
361Albert RelfENG1.79
362Saeed AnwarPAK1.80
362Matthew ParkerSCO1.80
362Calum MacLeodSCO1.80
362Shikhar DhawanIND1.80
362Charlie TurnerAUS1.80
362Stiaan van ZylSA1.80
368Keegan MethZIM1.81
368Fred RootENG1.81
370Jonty RhodesSA1.82
370Bishan BediIND1.82
372Tim BresnanENG1.83
372Graeme PorterAUS1.83
372Mushtaq MohammadPAK1.83
372Henry PromnitzSA1.83
372Warwick ArmstrongAUS1.83
377Graham GoochENG1.84
378Dinusha FernandoSL1.86
379Bill EdrichENG1.88
380Adam DaleAUS1.90
380Not on recordNEP1.90
380Ricky PontingAUS1.90
383Lance GibbsWI1.91
383Dick TyldesleyENG1.91
383Charlie McLeodAUS1.91
386Warwick ArmstrongAUS1.92
387Trevor GoddardSA1.93
388Sir Richie RichardsonWI2.00
388Kraigg BrathwaiteWI2.00
388Mike GattingENG2.00
388Rohit SharmaIND2.00
388Jayant YadavIND2.00
388Yasir ChowdhuryBAN2.00
388Shreyas IyerIND2.00
388Jerome TaylorWI2.00
388Steven WelshCAN2.00
388Kenroy NestorGIB2.00
388Rinku SinghIND2.00
388Vishnu SukumaranUAE2.00
388Shreyas IyerIND2.00
388Not on recordNAM2.00
388Francis OtienoKEN2.00
388Runako MortonWI2.00
388Craig McMillanNZ2.00
388Andrew JonesNZ2.00
388Harry TectorIRE2.00
388Arthur JonesENG2.00
388Alain ToubeCAM2.00
388Ross TaylorNZ2.00
410Nathan AstleNZ2.02
411Josh HazlewoodAUS2.07
412Jason GillespieAUS2.09
413Albert RelfENG2.10
414Nuwan KulasekaraSL2.11
415Gary CosierAUS2.12
416Alasdair EvansSCO2.13
417Stuart ThompsonIRE2.15
417Peter SleepAUS2.15
419Hedley VerityENG2.16
419Bert VoglerSA2.16
421Arthur RichardsonAUS2.18
422Brett GeevesAUS2.20
422Trevor GripperZIM2.20
424Roy KilnerENG2.23
425Ravindra JadejaIND2.25
425Garey MathurinWI2.25
425Dean JonesAUS2.25
428Derek UnderwoodENG2.27
428Clive LloydWI2.27
430Matthew HumphreysIRE2.29
431Andre BothaIRE2.30
432Kongala VimukthiSL2.33
432Amrit BhattaraiNEP2.33
432Mohinder AmarnathIND2.33
435Asif MasoodPAK2.35
435Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.35
437Xavier BartlettAUS2.36
437Majid HaqSCO2.36
439Sudeep TyagiIND2.38
439Gilbert JessopENG2.38
441Pat SymcoxSA2.39
442Bob NewsonSA2.42
443Golam FaruqBAN2.45
444Ranjan MadugalleSL2.50
444Naveen-ul-HaqAFG2.50
444Tamauri TuckerBER2.50
444Peter OngondoKEN2.50
448Mudassar BukhariNED2.52
449Wavell HindsWI2.55
450Michael HoldingWI2.56
451Mohammad HasnainPAK2.60
451Nuwan PradeepSL2.60
451Mark CosgroveAUS2.60
454Saleem JaffarPAK2.62
455Adrian NeillSCO2.64
456Ian BellENG2.65
457Carlisle BestWI2.67
458Chris SilverwoodENG2.70
458Sir Viv RichardsWI2.70
460Alan ThomsonAUS2.75
460Harbhajan SinghIND2.75
460Irfan BhattiPAK2.75
463Muttiah MuralitharanSL2.79
463Manoj PrabhakarIND2.79
465Dwayne SmithWI2.81
466Dennis LilleeAUS2.83
466Sir Andy RobertsWI2.83
468Blessing MuzarabaniZIM2.85
468Shahzad AltafUAE2.85
470Martin SneddenNZ2.90
470Eddo BrandesZIM2.90
472John SnowENG2.94
472Fanie de VilliersSA2.94
474Greg ChappellAUS2.96
475Graham McKenzieAUS2.97
476Alick AthanazeWI3.00
476Albie MorkelSA3.00
476Mitchell MarshAUS3.00
476Kane WilliamsonNZ3.00
476Dhananjaya de SilvaSL3.00
476Geoff ArnoldENG3.00
482Angus FraserENG3.02
483Nasum AhmedBAN3.06
484Makhaya NtiniSA3.10
485Kushal MallaNEP3.11
486Angus FraserENG3.14
487Terry AldermanAUS3.22
488Keith ArthurtonWI3.33
489Brendan TaylorZIM3.40
490Mirwais AshrafAFG3.50
491Dale SteynSA3.71
492Kemar RoachWI3.75
493Nizakat KhanHK3.86
494Paul CollingwoodENG4.00
494Steven SmithAUS4.00
496David BernardWI4.25
497Tymal MillsENG4.33
498Joe DenlyENG4.75
498Andre NelSA4.75
500Not on recordOMN20.000000
Nothing matches that filter.
RECENT RESULTS 3 matches