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
11.04Alfred ShawENG0.01 clear of William Attewell
21.05William AttewellENG0.01 off the lead
31.07Edwin EvansAUS0.03 off the lead
● LEADS
Alfred ShawENG
1.04 · 0.01 better than Attewell
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.40
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
24 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Alfred ShawENG1.04
2William AttewellENG1.05
3Edwin EvansAUS1.07
4Fred MorleyENG1.22
5Dick BarlowENG1.25
6Ted PeateENG1.30
7Billy BatesENG1.39
8Billy BarnesENG1.40
9Wilf FlowersENG1.40
10Billy MidwinterAUS1.40
11Tom GarrettAUS1.42
12J.J. FerrisAUS1.45
13Harry BoyleAUS1.47
14John TrumbleAUS1.48
15Joey PalmerAUS1.49
16George LohmannENG1.50
17Tom KendallAUS1.53
18Reg ScarlettWI1.56
19George UlyettENG1.56
20Tom EmmettENG1.56
21Charlie TurnerAUS1.59
22Bobby PeelENG1.60
23W.G. GraceENG1.61
24Frederick SpofforthAUS1.66
25Bert IronmongerAUS1.70
26Bapu NadkarniIND1.70
27Zulfiqar AhmedPAK1.71
28Ron OxenhamAUS1.74
29Allan SteelENG1.78
30Ted a'BeckettAUS1.79
31Hines JohnsonWI1.81
32Fred RootENG1.81
33Trevor GoddardSA1.82
34John SharpeENG1.85
35Foffie WilliamsWI1.86
36Bill BradleyENG1.86
37Polly UmrigarIND1.87
38Fred BarrattENG1.88
39Gerry GomezWI1.90
40Tommy GreenhoughENG1.90
41Denis AtkinsonWI1.91
42Cliff GladwinENG1.92
43Maurice AllomENG1.95
44Bob McLeodAUS1.95
45Jack HearneENG1.96
46Don WilsonENG1.97
47Arthur RichardsonAUS1.97
48Cyril FrancoisSA1.97
49Jack WhiteENG1.98
50Harry BromfieldSA1.99
51John ShepherdWI1.99
52Johnny BriggsENG1.99
53Ken MackayAUS2.00
54Vaman KumarIND2.00
55Ray IllingworthENG2.01
56Norman GiffordENG2.01
57Johnny WardleENG2.02
58Tom CartwrightENG2.03
59William BruceAUS2.03
60William CooperAUS2.03
61Maurice TateENG2.05
62Bill O'ReillyAUS2.05
63Sonny RamadhinWI2.05
64Sir Clyde WalcottWI2.05
65John MortimoreENG2.06
66Snuffy BrowneWI2.06
67Dick PollardENG2.06
68Pat TrimbornSA2.06
69Maurice FosterWI2.07
70Jim BurkeAUS2.07
71Hedley VerityENG2.07
72Ramesh DivechaIND2.07
73Alf ValentineWI2.08
74ShujauddinPAK2.08
75Tony LockENG2.08
76David AllenENG2.08
77Bill HowellAUS2.08
78Pervez SajjadPAK2.09
79Charles MacartneyAUS2.09
80Richard HuttonENG2.09
81Bob BerryENG2.09
82Fazal MahmoodPAK2.10
83Trent CopelandAUS2.10
84Jack YoungENG2.10
85Abdul KardarIND2.11
86Don BlackieAUS2.11
87Basil D'OliveiraENG2.12
88Jimmy CameronWI2.12
89Albert RelfENG2.12
90George GearyENG2.13
91Bonnor MiddletonSA2.13
92Fred TitmusENG2.13
93Tom VeiversAUS2.13
94Alex KennedyENG2.14
95Lance GibbsWI2.14
96Jim LakerENG2.14
97Hugh TrumbleAUS2.15
98Harry CaveNZ2.16
99Eric AtkinsonWI2.16
100George GiffenAUS2.17
101Clarrie GrimmettAUS2.17
102Bob CottamENG2.17
103John WatkinsSA2.18
104Ghulam AhmedIND2.18
105Atholl McKinnonSA2.18
106Raphick JumadeenWI2.18
107Elquemedo WillettWI2.18
108Ken HiggsENG2.18
109Warwick ArmstrongAUS2.19
110Roy KilnerENG2.19
111Vinoo MankadIND2.19
112Collie SmithWI2.20
113Mohammad NazirPAK2.20
114John GoddardWI2.21
115Jasubhai PatelIND2.22
116David SmithENG2.22
117Derek ShackletonENG2.22
118Roy TattersallENG2.22
119David IronsideSA2.22
120Lala AmarnathIND2.23
121Ernie ToshackAUS2.23
122Walter LeesENG2.23
123Robin HobbsENG2.24
124Anton MurraySA2.24
125Jack NoreigaWI2.24
126Arthur BarrettWI2.24
127Albert TrottAUS2.25
128Don BeardNZ2.25
129Eric HolliesENG2.25
130Alf HallSA2.25
131Bishan BediIND2.25
132Alan MossENG2.27
133Tufty MannSA2.27
134Frank FosterENG2.27
135Sam StaplesENG2.27
136Ted BadcockNZ2.28
137Trevor HohnsAUS2.28
138John ReidNZ2.29
139Derek UnderwoodENG2.29
140Gulabrai RamchandIND2.29
141Ian ThomsonENG2.29
142Peter LoaderENG2.29
143Stork HendryAUS2.29
144Alan DavidsonAUS2.29
145Clyde ButtsWI2.30
146Malcolm HiltonENG2.30
147Rolph GrantWI2.30
148Goofy LawrenceSA2.30
149Clive EksteenSA2.30
150Bob NewsonSA2.30
151James LangridgeENG2.31
152Jack IversonAUS2.31
153AG Kripal SinghIND2.31
154Joe SolomonWI2.31
155Bob AppleyardENG2.31
156Grahame CorlingAUS2.31
157George RoweSA2.32
158Charlie McLeodAUS2.32
159John GunnENG2.32
160Jimmy MatthewsAUS2.33
161John TrimWI2.33
162Sir Garry SobersWI2.33
163Dattu PhadkarIND2.33
164George MacaulayENG2.34
165Sydney BurkeSA2.34
166Lindsay KlineAUS2.34
167Charlie DavisWI2.34
168Subhash GupteIND2.34
169Neville QuinnSA2.35
170Ewart AstillENG2.35
171Len ColdwellENG2.36
172Sailor YoungENG2.36
173Amar SinghIND2.36
174Sydney BarnesENG2.37
175Hugh TayfieldSA2.38
176Motganhalli JaisimhaIND2.38
177Peter SuchENG2.39
178Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2.39
179Dilip DoshiIND2.39
180Bilal AsifPAK2.39
181Eddie FullerSA2.39
182Neil AdcockSA2.39
183Gerry HazlittAUS2.39
184Ron ArcherAUS2.39
185EhteshamuddinPAK2.39
186Frank WorrellWI2.39
187Phil EdmondsENG2.40
188Dick TyldesleyENG2.41
189Fred RumseyENG2.42
190Frank LaverAUS2.42
191Iqbal QasimPAK2.42
192Sir Alec BedserENG2.42
193Frank KingWI2.42
194Frank CameronNZ2.43
195SurendranathIND2.43
196Geoff ChubbSA2.43
197Tony MacGibbonNZ2.44
198Jaswick TaylorWI2.44
199Mike ProcterSA2.44
200Jackie BottenSA2.44
201Wally HammondENG2.45
202Jack RyderAUS2.45
203Bill WhittyAUS2.45
204Wilfred RhodesENG2.45
205Khan MohammadPAK2.46
206Richie BenaudAUS2.46
207Colin BlytheENG2.46
208Andrew McDonaldAUS2.46
209Saeed AhmedPAK2.46
210Hedley HowarthNZ2.46
211Mick MaloneAUS2.47
212Richard DumbrillSA2.47
212Puss AchongWI2.47
213Salim DuraniIND2.47
214Monty NobleAUS2.47
215Bob CowperAUS2.48
216Nick CookENG2.48
217Dick HoworthENG2.48
218Bill LockwoodENG2.50
219Tim WallAUS2.51
220Clive LloydWI2.51
221Brian StathamENG2.51
222Charles KellewayAUS2.51
223Dinanath RamnarineWI2.51
224Bill JohnstonAUS2.52
225Percy HornibrookAUS2.52
226Jahangir KhanIND2.52
227Stan McCabeAUS2.53
228Prior JonesWI2.53
229Ray BrightAUS2.53
230Mike HendrickENG2.54
231Jim SmithENG2.54
232Erapalli PrasannaIND2.54
233Alan FairfaxAUS2.55
234Chandu BordeIND2.55
235Bruce MartinNZ2.55
236Geoff CopeENG2.56
237Phil TufnellENG2.56
238Jim PothecarySA2.57
239Trevor BaileyENG2.58
240Buster NupenSA2.58
241Joe PartridgeSA2.58
242Ian JohnsonAUS2.58
243John EmbureyENG2.59
244Neil HawkeAUS2.59
245Allan WatkinsENG2.59
246Barry KnightENG2.59
247Bill BowesENG2.59
248Alan ConnollyAUS2.60
249Vanburn HolderWI2.60
250Peter ParfittENG2.60
251David LarterENG2.60
252Tip SnookeSA2.60
253Niroshan BandaratillekeSL2.60
254Vic PollardNZ2.61
255Gopal SharmaIND2.61
256Bob MassieAUS2.61
257Keith MillerAUS2.61
258Jack RobertsonENG2.61
259Joey CarewWI2.62
260Nigel HaigENG2.62
261John GleesonAUS2.62
262George HirstENG2.63
263Bryan YuileNZ2.63
264Shivlal YadavIND2.63
265Stephen BoockNZ2.63
266Brett SchultzSA2.63
267David PitheySA2.63
268Asif IqbalPAK2.64
269Alf GoverENG2.64
270Mohammad AbbasPAK2.64
271Colin MillerAUS2.65
272David HolfordWI2.65
273Inshan AliWI2.65
274Joel GarnerWI2.65
275Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.66
276Paul HarrisSA2.66
277Mohammad MunafPAK2.66
278Ray LindwallAUS2.66
279Jayantha SilvaSL2.66
280Peter HeineSA2.67
281Mahmood HussainPAK2.67
282Harold LarwoodENG2.67
283Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK2.67
284Pat PocockENG2.68
285Oliver RobinsonENG2.68
286George PaineENG2.68
287Tom GoddardENG2.69
288Gary BartlettNZ2.69
289Cyril AllcottNZ2.69
290Frank WoolleyENG2.69
291Geoff DymockAUS2.69
292Ian MeckiffAUS2.70
293Fen CresswellNZ2.70
294Athol RowanSA2.70
295Max WalkerAUS2.70
296Cyril VincentSA2.70
297Ted DexterENG2.70
298C.K.NayuduIND2.70
299Malcolm JarvisZIM2.70
300Jack HillAUS2.70
301Sam LoxtonAUS2.71
302Fred TruemanENG2.71
303Tom BurttNZ2.71
304Geoff ArnoldENG2.71
305Bill CopsonENG2.71
306Peter PollockSA2.71
307Bob BlairNZ2.72
308Schofield HaighENG2.72
309Saliya AhangamaSL2.72
310Wilf FergusonWI2.72
311Grayson ShillingfordWI2.73
312Brian CloseENG2.73
313Ernie JonesAUS2.73
314Johnny HayesNZ2.73
315Ken CranstonENG2.74
316Gilbert JessopENG2.74
317Stanley JacksonENG2.74
318Vijay HazareIND2.74
319David BrownENG2.75
320Bev CongdonNZ2.75
321Geoff MillerENG2.75
322Bernard JulienWI2.75
323Dick MotzNZ2.75
324Bill VoceENG2.76
325Freddie BrownENG2.76
326Freddie MartinWI2.76
327Majid KhanPAK2.76
328Bob WyattENG2.76
329Ian CrombNZ2.76
330Jack BirkenshawENG2.77
331Geoff BoycottENG2.77
332Stan NicholsENG2.77
333Subrata GuhaIND2.77
334John SparlingNZ2.77
335Ashley MallettAUS2.78
336Intikhab AlamPAK2.78
337Jack FlavellENG2.78
338Graham McKenzieAUS2.79
339John SnowENG2.79
340Eddie BarlowSA2.79
341Jayananda WarnaweeraSL2.79
342Nobby ClarkENG2.79
343Terry JennerAUS2.80
344Kerry O'KeeffeAUS2.80
345Kelly SeymourSA2.80
346Jack AlabasterNZ2.80
347George ThompsonENG2.80
348Herman GriffithWI2.80
349Jimmy BlanckenbergSA2.80
350George Simpson-HaywardENG2.81
351Tom RichardsonENG2.81
352Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.81
353Sandy BellSA2.81
354Arif ButtPAK2.81
355Haseeb AhsanPAK2.81
356Antao D'SouzaPAK2.82
357Venkatapathy RajuIND2.82
358Ted ArnoldENG2.82
359Graeme WatsonAUS2.82
360Claude CarterSA2.82
361Angus FraserENG2.83
362Tauseef AhmedPAK2.83
363George FrancisWI2.83
364Roy GilchristWI2.83
365Sylvester ClarkeWI2.83
366Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2.83
367Maninder SinghIND2.83
368Jim HiggsAUS2.83
369Peter SleepAUS2.84
370Sadu ShindeIND2.84
371Vallance JuppENG2.84
372Bruce YardleyAUS2.84
373George Finlay-BissettSA2.85
374Len BraundENG2.85
375Marcus NorthAUS2.85
376Evan GrayNZ2.86
377Rahkeem CornwallWI2.86
378Arthur FielderENG2.86
379Bob CunisNZ2.86
380Ossie DawsonSA2.87
381Jack CowieNZ2.87
382Fred RidgwayENG2.87
383Vernon PhilanderSA2.87
384Frank TysonENG2.87
385Saleem AltafPAK2.87
386Mohammad FarooqPAK2.88
387Courtney WalshWI2.88
388Dave NourseSA2.88
389Leslie HyltonWI2.89
390Bob HollandAUS2.89
391Rajesh ChauhanIND2.89
392Denys MorkelSA2.89
393Tim MayAUS2.89
394Ian PeeblesENG2.90
395Giff VivianNZ2.90
396Sarfraz NawazPAK2.90
397David ColleyAUS2.90
398Mushtaq MohammadPAK2.90
399Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.90
400Ravi ShastriIND2.91
401Peter PhilpottAUS2.91
402Chud LangtonSA2.91
403Tony DodemaideAUS2.92
404Claude HendersonSA2.92
405Pragyan OjhaIND2.92
406Roy FredericksWI2.92
407Jeff HammondAUS2.93
408Muttiah MuralitharanSL2.93
409Shaun PollockSA2.93
410Colin CroftWI2.93
411Arshad AyubIND2.93
412Glenn McGrathAUS2.93
413Dominic BessENG2.93
414Malcolm MarshallWI2.93
415Tich FreemanENG2.93
416Matt PooreNZ2.94
417Abdur RehmanPAK2.94
418Alan MullallyENG2.94
419Simon HarmerSA2.94
420Arthur GilliganENG2.94
421Jack O'ConnorAUS2.95
422Tom DewdneyWI2.95
423Terry AldermanAUS2.95
424Norman YardleyENG2.96
425Bruce TaylorNZ2.96
426Monty PanesarENG2.96
427Mohammad ShahidBAN2.96
428William SomervilleNZ2.96
429Not on recordWI2.97
430Bryan StrangZIM2.97
431Matthew HartNZ2.97
432Ramakant DesaiIND2.97
433Ken BarringtonENG2.97
434Don AnurasiriSL2.98
435Chris OldENG2.98
436Ted McDonaldAUS2.98
437Eknath SolkarIND2.98
438Shane WarneAUS2.98
439Jalal-ud-DinPAK2.99
440Syed Abid AliIND2.99
441Craig MatthewsSA2.99
442Lance CairnsNZ3.00
443Michael HoldingWI3.00
444Ranji HordernAUS3.00
445Lindsay TuckettSA3.01
446Geoff RaboneNZ3.01
447Claude BuckenhamENG3.01
448Jomel WarricanWI3.01
449Bob SimpsonAUS3.01
450Laurie MayneAUS3.01
451Imran NiaziBHR3.01
452Steve O'KeefeAUS3.02
453Rangana HerathSL3.02
454Ken FarnesENG3.02
455Sir Andy RobertsNZ3.02
456Jack SaundersAUS3.02
457Eddie HemmingsENG3.02
458Tony GreigENG3.02
459Roger BluntNZ3.03
460Tiger LanceSA3.03
461Charlie GriffithWI3.03
462Ian SmithSA3.04
463Nathan LyonAUS3.04
464Robert CroftENG3.04
465Baron ConstantineWI3.04
466Noman AliPAK3.05
467Kapil DevIND3.05
468Sir Wes HallWI3.05
469Colin McCoolAUS3.05
470Walter BrearleyENG3.06
471Fanie de VilliersSA3.06
472Abdul QadirPAK3.06
473Johnny MartinAUS3.06
474Bill BrockwellENG3.06
475Peter SiddleAUS3.06
476John BracewellNZ3.06
477Ajit de SilvaSL3.06
478Chester WatsonWI3.07
479Ron GauntAUS3.07
480Jeffrey StollmeyerWI3.07
481Merv HughesAUS3.07
482Jack GregoryAUS3.07
483Vasant RanjaneIND3.08
484Nayeem HasanBAN3.08
485John LeverENG3.08
486Chandika HathurusinghaSL3.08
487Bob WillisENG3.09
488John PriceENG3.09
489Jack LeachENG3.09
490Narendra HirwaniIND3.09
491Greg ChappellAUS3.09
492Baloo GupteIND3.09
493Wasim RajaPAK3.09
494Alan HurstAUS3.09
495Shane ShillingfordWI3.09
496Stan WorthingtonENG3.09
497Ricky PontingAUS3.09
498Aubrey FaulknerSA3.09
499Dennis LilleeAUS3.10
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