Worst Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the worst bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ALL FORMATSAll-time500 entries
29/103Sydney BarnesENGBest return on the list
39/220Kapil DevIND
58/130Merv HughesAUS
● LEADS
Sydney BarnesENG
9/103 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
George GiffenAUS
6 separate entries on this list · 292 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
8/196
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
20 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Worst Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Not on recordOMN20
2Sydney BarnesENG9/103
3Kapil DevIND9/220
3Kapil DevIND9/220
5Merv HughesAUS8/130
5Merv HughesAUS8/130
7Max WalkerAUS8/143
8Tom RichardsonENG8/164
9Harbhajan SinghIND8/185
9Harbhajan SinghIND8/185
11Vinoo MankadIND8/196
11Vinoo MankadIND8/196
13Jason KrejzaAUS8/215
13Jason KrejzaAUS8/215
15Tom KendallAUS7/82
16Sydney BarnesENG7/102
17Charlie TurnerAUS7/112
18Alf HallSA7/114
19Richie BenaudAUS7/123
20George GiffenAUS7/128
20Bert VoglerSA7/128
22George GiffenAUS7/132
23Sir Wes HallWI7/140
23Sir Wes HallWI7/140
25Fazal MahmoodPAK7/141
26Tibby CotterAUS7/148
27Shane WarneAUS7/150
27Jim HiggsAUS7/150
27Shane WarneAUS7/150
30Iqbal QasimPAK7/156
30Graham McKenzieAUS7/156
32Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/157
32Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/157
34Frank TysonENG7/160
35Ernie JonesAUS7/164
36Tom RichardsonENG7/168
37Ray BrightAUS7/172
37Ray BrightAUS7/172
39Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL7/176
39Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL7/176
41Sonny RamadhinWI7/179
41Sonny RamadhinWI7/179
43Subhash GupteIND7/180
44Bruce YardleyAUS7/187
44Bruce YardleyAUS7/187
46Danish KaneriaPAK7/188
46Danish KaneriaPAK7/188
48Prabath JayasuriyaSL7/194
48Prabath JayasuriyaSL7/194
50Abrar AhmedPAK7/205
50Abrar AhmedPAK7/205
52Nathan LyonAUS7/215
52Nathan LyonAUS7/215
54Charlie TurnerAUS6/53
55Obed McCoyWI6/66
56Walter LeesENG6/85
57Kemar RoachWI6/88
58Lameck OnyangoKEN6/91
59Tibby CotterAUS6/101
60Colin BlytheENG6/106
61Claude CarterSA6/111
61Joey PalmerAUS6/111
63Tom RichardsonENG6/138
63Arthur MaileyAUS6/138
65Maurice TateENG6/142
66John SnowENG6/143
67Lance GibbsWI6/147
67Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/147
67Lance GibbsWI6/147
67Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/147
71George ParkerSA6/152
72George GiffenAUS6/154
72Cyril VincentSA6/154
74Lance GibbsWI6/168
74Lance GibbsWI6/168
74Mitchell JohnsonAUS6/168
77Dennis LilleeAUS6/171
78Salim DuraniIND6/173
79Dilip DoshiIND6/175
79Dilip DoshiIND6/175
81Taijul IslamBAN6/179
81Shane ShillingfordWI6/179
81Taijul IslamBAN6/179
81Shane ShillingfordWI6/179
81Upul ChandanaSL6/179
86Erapalli PrasannaIND6/187
86Erapalli PrasannaIND6/187
88Ravichandran AshwinIND6/194
88Ravichandran AshwinIND6/194
90Steve O'KeefeAUS6/199
90Steve O'KeefeAUS6/199
92Daniel VettoriNZ6/200
92Daniel VettoriNZ6/200
94Haseeb AhsanPAK6/202
94Haseeb AhsanPAK6/202
96Yasir ShahPAK6/213
96Yasir ShahPAK6/213
98Taijul IslamBAN6/219
98Taijul IslamBAN6/219
100Bishan BediIND6/226
100Bishan BediIND6/226
102Fazal MahmoodPAK6/247
103Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS6/298
103Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS6/298
105Alan HurstAUS5/65
106Chris PringleNZ5/73
107J.J. FerrisAUS5/76
108Billy MidwinterAUS5/78
109Makhaya NtiniSA5/83
110Lance CairnsNZ5/84
111Rudi van VuurenNAM5/92
112Corey AndersonNZ5/96
112Lasith MalingaSL5/96
114George Finlay-BissettSA5/99
115Andrew TyeAUS5/100
115Hasan AliPAK5/100
117Joey PalmerAUS5/103
118Charlie TurnerAUS5/111
119Adam ZampaAUS5/113
120Johnny BriggsENG5/114
121Bas LeedeNED5/115
121Bas LeedeNED5/115
123Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/122
124Charlie McLeodAUS5/125
125George GiffenAUS5/130
126Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/136
127Len BraundENG5/143
128Douglas CarrENG5/146
128Dilip DoshiIND5/146
130Brian StathamENG5/147
131Erapalli PrasannaIND5/149
131Erapalli PrasannaIND5/149
133Rusi SurtiIND5/150
134Danny MorrisonNZ5/153
134Danny MorrisonNZ5/153
136Azeem HafeezPAK5/157
136Azeem HafeezPAK5/157
138John GleesonAUS5/160
138John GleesonAUS5/160
140Carl RackemannAUS5/161
141Somachandra De SilvaSL5/162
142Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND5/163
142Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND5/163
144Derek UnderwoodENG5/165
145George PaineENG5/168
146Ramakant DesaiIND5/169
146Stuart MacGillAUS5/169
146Ramakant DesaiIND5/169
146Stuart MacGillAUS5/169
146Pat PocockENG5/169
146Doug WrightENG5/169
152Daniel VettoriNZ5/170
152Daniel VettoriNZ5/170
154Roly JenkinsENG5/174
154Athol RowanSA5/174
156Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/179
156Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/179
158Keshav MaharajSA5/180
158Keshav MaharajSA5/180
160Danish KaneriaPAK5/181
160Danish KaneriaPAK5/181
162Ray PriceZIM5/182
162Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/182
162Ray PriceZIM5/182
162Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/182
162James AndersonENG5/182
162James AndersonENG5/182
168John PriceENG5/183
168John PriceENG5/183
170Arthur MaileyAUS5/186
171Tauseef AhmedPAK5/189
171Tauseef AhmedPAK5/189
173Ray PriceZIM5/192
173Ray PriceZIM5/192
175Yasir ShahPAK5/193
175Yasir ShahPAK5/193
175Prabath JayasuriyaSL5/193
175Prabath JayasuriyaSL5/193
179Taijul IslamBAN5/198
179Taijul IslamBAN5/198
181Dilruwan PereraSL5/202
181Dilruwan PereraSL5/202
183Paul StrangZIM5/212
183Paul StrangZIM5/212
185Suraj RandivSL5/222
185Suraj RandivSL5/222
187Anil KumbleIND5/223
187Anil KumbleIND5/223
189Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/224
189Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/224
191Vinoo MankadIND5/228
191Vinoo MankadIND5/228
193Rangana HerathSL5/240
193Rangana HerathSL5/240
195Abdur RazzakBAN4/46
196Dwayne BravoWI4/53
197Andrew TyeAUS4/64
198David LawrenceENG4/67
199Barry McCarthyIRE4/69
199Anderson CumminsWI4/69
201Paul ReiffelAUS4/70
202Waqar YounisPAK4/73
203Eddo BrandesZIM4/74
203Ottis GibsonWI4/74
205Patrick PattersonWI4/78
206Abey KuruvillaIND4/80
206Saqlain MushtaqPAK4/80
208Brett LeeAUS4/85
209Javagal SrinathIND4/87
210George GiffenAUS4/89
211James AndersonENG4/91
212Lasith MalingaSL4/93
213Nandre BurgerSA4/95
214Andy BlignautZIM4/96
215Shafiul IslamBAN4/97
216Muttiah MuralitharanSL4/99
217Barry McCarthyIRE4/100
218Jason HolderWI4/104
219Bhuvneshwar KumarIND4/106
220Frederick SpofforthAUS4/112
221Adam ZampaAUS4/113
222Jimmy SinclairSA4/118
223Jimmy SinclairSA4/129
224Mohammad FarooqPAK4/139
225John SnowENG4/146
226Abdul QadirPAK4/148
226Abdul QadirPAK4/148
228Quintin McMillanSA4/150
229Ian JohnsonAUS4/151
229Ian JohnsonAUS4/151
231Norbert PhillipWI4/159
231Norbert PhillipWI4/159
233Ravi ShastriIND4/161
233Ravi ShastriIND4/161
235Gavin RobertsonAUS4/163
235Ian SalisburyENG4/163
235Bishan BediIND4/163
235Gavin RobertsonAUS4/163
235Ian SalisburyENG4/163
240Erapalli PrasannaIND4/166
241Vinoo MankadIND4/167
242Mitchell JohnsonAUS4/168
243Amit MishraIND4/170
244Sir Andy RobertsWI4/174
244Sir Andy RobertsWI4/174
244Narendra HirwaniIND4/174
244Abrar AhmedPAK4/174
244Narendra HirwaniIND4/174
249John GleesonAUS4/176
249Sir Alec BedserENG4/176
249John GleesonAUS4/176
252Daniel VettoriNZ4/178
252Daniel VettoriNZ4/178
254Arthur MaileyAUS4/179
255Tony GreigENG4/180
255Tony GreigENG4/180
257Manoj PrabhakarIND4/187
257Manoj PrabhakarIND4/187
259Cyril VincentSA4/188
260Adil RashidENG4/192
260Adil RashidENG4/192
262Shane ShillingfordWI4/193
262Shane ShillingfordWI4/193
264Danish KaneriaPAK4/194
264Danish KaneriaPAK4/194
266Shivlal YadavIND4/196
266Shivlal YadavIND4/196
268Brett LeeAUS4/201
268Brett LeeAUS4/201
270Yasir ShahPAK4/205
270Yasir ShahPAK4/205
272Devendra BishooWI4/217
272Devendra BishooWI4/217
274Nicky BojeSA4/221
274Nicky BojeSA4/221
276Zahid MahmoodPAK4/235
276Zahid MahmoodPAK4/235
278Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
278Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
278Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
281Mitchell JohnsonAUS3/47
282Ray IllingworthENG3/50
283Chris OldENG3/52
284Dennis LilleeAUS3/56
285Thisara PereraSL3/58
286Mudassar BukhariNED3/60
287Len PascoeAUS3/64
288Sisanda MagalaSA3/67
289Kyle AbbottSA3/68
289Muralikrishna KrishnaIND3/68
291Trevor ChappellAUS3/69
292Sarfraz NawazPAK3/71
292Sir Ian BothamENG3/71
292Winston BenjaminWI3/71
295Ewen ChatfieldNZ3/75
295Roger BinnyIND3/75
295Brendon JulianAUS3/75
295Craig McDermottAUS3/75
299Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/76
299Imran KhanPAK3/76
301Chetan SharmaIND3/78
301Ian BishopWI3/78
303Craig YoungIRE3/79
304Champaka RamanayakeSL3/82
304Paul AllottENG3/82
306Brett LeeAUS3/83
307Not on recordIRE3/84
307Chaminda VaasSL3/84
309Ata-ur-RehmanPAK3/85
310Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIND3/86
310Tinashe PanyangaraZIM3/86
312Shardul ThakurIND3/87
312Mustafizur RahmanBAN3/87
312Tapash BaisyaBAN3/87
315Abdur RazzakBAN3/88
315Tom GarrettAUS3/88
317Yuzvendra ChahalIND3/89
317Nuwan KulasekaraSL3/89
319Musa JobartehGAM3/93
320Sanath JayasuriyaSL3/94
321Peter ConnellIRE3/95
322Dwayne LeverockBER3/96
322Dawlat ZadranAFG3/96
324William BruceAUS3/99
325Martin SneddenNZ3/105
326Nuwan PradeepSL3/106
327Johnny BriggsENG3/128
328Hedley HowarthNZ3/138
329Sir Garry SobersWI3/143
330Willie RodriguezWI3/145
330Collie SmithWI3/145
332Andy WhittallZIM3/146
333Tufty MannSA3/154
334Greg MatthewsAUS3/155
334Greg MatthewsAUS3/155
334Sir Richard HadleeNZ3/155
337Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/156
337Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/156
339Kerry O'KeeffeAUS3/166
339Kerry O'KeeffeAUS3/166
341Amit MishraIND3/170
342Norman GordonSA3/174
342Athol RowanSA3/174
344Brian MurphyZIM3/175
344Charlie GriffithWI3/175
344Brian MurphyZIM3/175
347Malcolm HiltonENG3/176
347Malcolm HiltonENG3/176
349Tony LockENG3/178
349Tony LockENG3/178
351Imran TahirSA3/180
351Imran TahirSA3/180
353Matthew HartNZ3/181
353Matthew HartNZ3/181
355Zulfiqar BabarPAK3/183
355Zulfiqar BabarPAK3/183
357Paul AdamsSA3/184
357Paul AdamsSA3/184
359John TraicosSA3/186
359John TraicosSA3/186
361Fazal MahmoodPAK3/192
361Fazal MahmoodPAK3/192
363Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/194
364Konganige RatnayakeSL3/196
364Konganige RatnayakeSL3/196
366Paul HarrisSA3/203
366Paul HarrisSA3/203
368Omari BanksWI3/204
368Omari BanksWI3/204
370Sir Ian BothamENG3/217
370Sir Ian BothamENG3/217
372Saqlain MushtaqPAK3/237
372Saqlain MushtaqPAK3/237
374Chris MartinNZ2/45
375Bob WillisENG2/55
376Nikita MillerWI2/56
376Brett LeeAUS2/56
376Chris OldENG2/56
379John LeverENG2/57
380David WieseSA2/58
381Chris MpofuZIM2/59
381Kamau LeverockBER2/59
383Nuwan PradeepSL2/61
384Rubel HossainBAN2/63
384Mashrafe MortazaBAN2/63
386James AndersonENG2/64
386Ben WheelerNZ2/64
386Sanath JayasuriyaSL2/64
389Sir Ian BothamENG2/67
390Bishan BediIND2/68
391Javagal SrinathIND2/69
392Sir Richard HadleeNZ2/70
393Eldine BaptisteWI2/73
394Richard de GroenNZ2/75
395Fareed AhmadAFG2/79
396Sheikh SalahuddinBAN2/80
396Sammy WoodsAUS2/80
398Chris DrumNZ2/85
399Waqar YounisPAK2/86
400Naved-ul-HasanPAK2/92
401Musa JobartehGAM2/93
401Wahab RiazPAK2/93
403Wayne ParnellSA2/95
404George GiffenAUS2/96
404Dale SteynSA2/96
406Not on recordENG2/97
407Vinay KumarIND2/102
408Guillermo AburtoCHL2/103
408Guillermo AburtoCHL2/103
410Tim SoutheeNZ2/105
411Philippe BoissevainNED2/108
412Wahab RiazPAK2/110
412Rashid KhanNEP2/110
414Mick LewisAUS2/113
415Joe CoxSA2/123
416Jack SaundersAUS2/125
417Bruce MorrisonNZ2/129
418Jack AlabasterNZ2/130
418Jack AlabasterNZ2/130
418George GearyENG2/130
421Tony HowardWI2/140
421Tony HowardWI2/140
423Andy WhittallZIM2/146
424Bunny ButlerWI2/151
424Bunny ButlerWI2/151
426Tufty MannSA2/154
427Stan NicholsENG2/161
428Graeme LabrooySL2/164
429Jeff ThomsonAUS2/166
429Jeff ThomsonAUS2/166
431Shahbaz NadeemIND2/167
431Shahbaz NadeemIND2/167
433Greg MatthewsAUS2/169
433Greg MatthewsAUS2/169
435Peter SmithENG2/172
436Sohag GaziBAN2/181
436Sohag GaziBAN2/181
438Maninder SinghIND2/191
438Maninder SinghIND2/191
440Benjamin WhiteIRE2/203
440Benjamin WhiteIRE2/203
442Gamage DinushaSL2/234
442Gamage DinushaSL2/234
444Mehidy HasanBAN2/246
444Mehidy HasanBAN2/246
446Khan MohammadPAK2/259
446Khan MohammadPAK2/259
448Jason GillespieAUS1/49
449Daryl TuffeyNZ1/50
450Ray BrightAUS1/56
451Chris MpofuZIM1/58
452Mohinder AmarnathIND1/59
453Sajid MahmoodENG1/61
454Michael Rory DorganSER1/66
455Zakary FoulkesNZ1/67
456Tunahan TuranTUR1/70
456Jeremy ConeyNZ1/70
458Chris SoleSCO1/72
458Ashley MallettAUS1/72
460Iqbal QasimPAK1/76
461Bev CongdonNZ1/77
462Anura RanasingheSL1/78
463Mohammad RafiqueBAN1/82
464Derek PringleENG1/83
465Monty NobleAUS1/91
466Ashantha de MelSL1/97
467Ernie JonesAUS1/98
468Shane SnaterNED1/99
468John KingENG1/99
470Brian VitoriZIM1/105
471Buster NupenSA1/111
472Frank LaverAUS1/119
473Charlie McLeodAUS1/131
474Denis AtkinsonWI1/137
475Graeme LabrooySL1/164
476Abrar AhmedPAK1/174
477Amit MishraIND1/203
477Amit MishraIND1/203
479Saqlain MushtaqPAK1/204
479Saqlain MushtaqPAK1/204
481Stephen BoockNZ1/229
481Stephen BoockNZ1/229
483Makhaya NtiniSA0/44
484Ruchira PereraSL0/49
485Danny BriggsENG0/53
486Shahadat HossainBAN0/54
487Chris MpofuZIM0/59
488Alan ConnollyAUS0/62
489Dhivendran MoganMAL0/63
490Keemo PaulWI0/64
490Ahmet Bora DursakTUR0/64
492Not on recordTUR0/67
492Mohammad NazirPAK0/67
494David ColleyAUS0/72
495Liam McCarthyIRE0/81
495Khaled MahmudBAN0/81
497Karsan GhavriIND0/83
498Keon HardingWI0/88
499Matthew PottsENG0/141
499Matthew PottsENG0/141
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