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.

PositionStats ValuePlayer NameTeam Name
16/298Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAustralia
12/154Tufty MannSouth Africa
13/176Malcolm HiltonEngland
18/196Vinoo MankadIndia
15/228Vinoo MankadIndia
13/178Tony LockEngland
12/151Bunny ButlerWest Indies
14/151Ian JohnsonAustralia
17/179Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
12/259Khan MohammadPakistan
15/169Ramakant DesaiIndia
17/140Sir Wes HallWest Indies
16/202Haseeb AhsanPakistan
13/192Fazal MahmoodPakistan
12/130Jack AlabasterNew Zealand
15/183John PriceEngland
16/168Lance GibbsWest Indies
17/157Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
16/187Erapalli PrasannaIndia
16/147Lance GibbsWest Indies
14/176John GleesonAustralia
15/160John GleesonAustralia
15/163Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
12/140Tony HowardWest Indies
14/180Tony GreigEngland
16/226Bishan BediIndia
15/149Erapalli PrasannaIndia
13/166Kerry O'KeeffeAustralia
14/174Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
16/147Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
14/159Norbert PhillipWest Indies
17/172Ray BrightAustralia
17/187Bruce YardleyAustralia
16/175Dilip DoshiIndia
19/220Kapil DevIndia
14/196Shivlal YadavIndia
12/166Jeff ThomsonAustralia
12/164Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
13/217Sir Ian BothamEngland
14/148Abdul QadirPakistan
11/229Stephen BoockNew Zealand
14/187Manoj PrabhakarIndia
13/155Greg MatthewsAustralia
13/156Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
13/186John TraicosSouth Africa
15/179Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/224Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/212Paul StrangZimbabwe
14/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
15/169Stuart MacGillAustralia
16/200Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
13/184Paul AdamsSouth Africa
15/192Ray PriceZimbabwe
15/182Ray PriceZimbabwe
13/237Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
11/204Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
17/188Danish KaneriaPakistan
14/221Nicky BojeSouth Africa
14/194Danish KaneriaPakistan
18/215Jason KrejzaAustralia
15/240Rangana HerathSri Lanka
15/222Suraj RandivSri Lanka
14/170Amit MishraIndia
16/194Ravichandran AshwinIndia
17/215Nathan LyonAustralia
15/193Yasir ShahPakistan
13/183Zulfiqar BabarPakistan
16/213Yasir ShahPakistan
15/202Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
16/219Taijul IslamBangladesh
12/246Mehidy HasanBangladesh
15/182Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
17/176Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
14/235Zahid MahmoodPakistan
12/203Benjamin WhiteIreland
15/198Taijul IslamBangladesh
13/196Konganige RatnayakeSri Lanka
10/141Matthew PottsEngland
16/298Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAustralia
12/154Tufty MannSouth Africa
13/176Malcolm HiltonEngland
18/196Vinoo MankadIndia
15/228Vinoo MankadIndia
13/178Tony LockEngland
12/151Bunny ButlerWest Indies
14/151Ian JohnsonAustralia
17/179Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
12/259Khan MohammadPakistan
15/169Ramakant DesaiIndia
17/140Sir Wes HallWest Indies
16/202Haseeb AhsanPakistan
13/192Fazal MahmoodPakistan
12/130Jack AlabasterNew Zealand
15/183John PriceEngland
16/168Lance GibbsWest Indies
17/157Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
16/187Erapalli PrasannaIndia
16/147Lance GibbsWest Indies
14/176John GleesonAustralia
15/160John GleesonAustralia
15/163Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
12/140Tony HowardWest Indies
14/180Tony GreigEngland
16/226Bishan BediIndia
15/149Erapalli PrasannaIndia
13/166Kerry O'KeeffeAustralia
14/174Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
16/147Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
14/159Norbert PhillipWest Indies
17/172Ray BrightAustralia
17/187Bruce YardleyAustralia
16/175Dilip DoshiIndia
19/220Kapil DevIndia
14/196Shivlal YadavIndia
12/166Jeff ThomsonAustralia
11/164Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
13/217Sir Ian BothamEngland
14/148Abdul QadirPakistan
11/229Stephen BoockNew Zealand
14/187Manoj PrabhakarIndia
13/155Greg MatthewsAustralia
13/156Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
13/186John TraicosSouth Africa
15/179Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/224Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/212Paul StrangZimbabwe
14/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
15/169Stuart MacGillAustralia
16/200Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
13/184Paul AdamsSouth Africa
15/192Ray PriceZimbabwe
15/182Ray PriceZimbabwe
13/237Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
11/204Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
17/188Danish KaneriaPakistan
14/221Nicky BojeSouth Africa
14/194Danish KaneriaPakistan
18/215Jason KrejzaAustralia
15/240Rangana HerathSri Lanka
15/222Suraj RandivSri Lanka
13/170Amit MishraIndia
16/194Ravichandran AshwinIndia
17/215Nathan LyonAustralia
15/193Yasir ShahPakistan
13/183Zulfiqar BabarPakistan
16/213Yasir ShahPakistan
15/202Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
16/219Taijul IslamBangladesh
12/246Mehidy HasanBangladesh
15/182Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
17/176Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
14/235Zahid MahmoodPakistan
12/203Benjamin WhiteIreland
15/198Taijul IslamBangladesh
13/196Konganige RatnayakeSri Lanka
10/141Matthew PottsEngland
15/115Bas LeedeNetherlands
10/62Alan ConnollyAustralia
10/72David ColleyAustralia
12/55Bob WillisEngland
11/77Bev CongdonNew Zealand
10/83Karsan GhavriIndia
11/59Mohinder AmarnathIndia
11/56Ray BrightAustralia
15/84Lance CairnsNew Zealand
13/71Sarfraz NawazPakistan
13/71Sir Ian BothamEngland
13/69Trevor ChappellAustralia
11/78Anura RanasingheSri Lanka
13/105Martin SneddenNew Zealand
12/67Sir Ian BothamEngland
13/75Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
13/75Roger BinnyIndia
11/97Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
14/78Patrick PattersonWest Indies
13/78Chetan SharmaIndia
13/82Champaka RamanayakeSri Lanka
12/69Javagal SrinathIndia
14/74Eddo BrandesZimbabwe
14/70Paul ReiffelAustralia
12/75Richard de GroenNew Zealand
13/78Ian BishopWest Indies
13/94Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
14/80Abey KuruvillaIndia
12/86Waqar YounisPakistan
12/85Chris DrumNew Zealand
13/86Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIndia
14/85Brett LeeAustralia
15/83Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
15/92Rudi van VuurenNamibia
13/86Tinashe PanyangaraZimbabwe
14/96Andy BlignautZimbabwe
12/113Mick LewisAustralia
13/96Dwayne LeverockBermuda
11/107M Shahbaz ButtNorway
12/105Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
14/97Shafiul IslamBangladesh
14/91James AndersonEngland
11/105Brian VitoriZimbabwe
12/102Vinay KumarIndia
15/96Corey AndersonNew Zealand
14/106Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
12/110Wahab RiazPakistan
13/106Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
15/100Andrew TyeAustralia
12/110Rashid KhanAfghanistan
13/89Yuzvendra ChahalIndia
10/88Keon HardingWest Indies
12/108Philippe BoissevainNetherlands
15/115Bas LeedeNetherlands
13/79Craig YoungIreland
14/100Barry McCarthyIreland
13/84Harshit RanaIndia
12/103Guillermo AburtoChile
11/50Daryl TuffeyNew Zealand
10/49Ruchira PereraSri Lanka
12/64James AndersonEngland
14/46Abdur RazzakBangladesh
11/61Sajid MahmoodEngland
12/59Chris MpofuZimbabwe
10/59Chris MpofuZimbabwe
12/63Rubel HossainBangladesh
13/60Mudassar BukhariNetherlands
12/63Mashrafe MortazaBangladesh
13/68Kyle AbbottSouth Africa
13/58Thisara PereraSri Lanka
14/69Barry McCarthyIreland
12/64Ben WheelerNew Zealand
11/70T TuranTurkey
10/64Keemo PaulWest Indies
11/66MR DorganSerbia
11/72Chris SoleScotland
13/68Muralikrishna KrishnaIndia
12/103Guillermo AburtoChile
12/70Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
11/67Zakary FoulkesNew Zealand
21/65Saurabh NetravalkarUnited States of America
23/63Brydon CarseEngland
22/93M JobartehGambia
23/67Sisanda MagalaSouth Africa
20/63D MoganMalaysia
26/66Obed McCoyWest Indies
20/64AB DursakTurkey
21/58Chris MpofuZimbabwe
24/64Andrew TyeAustralia
22/58David WieseSouth Africa
22/61Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
24/53Dwayne BravoWest Indies
20/53Danny BriggsEngland
22/59Kamau LeverockBermuda
20/54Shahadat HossainBangladesh
22/56Nikita MillerWest Indies
23/47Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
22/56Brett LeeAustralia
22/45Chris MartinNew Zealand
22/64Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
20/44Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
21/49Jason GillespieAustralia
23/93M JobartehGambia
24/95Nandre BurgerSouth Africa
21/82Kuldeep YadavIndia
22/79Fareed AhmadAfghanistan
24/113Adam ZampaAustralia
21/99Shane SnaterNetherlands
23/87Shardul ThakurIndia
23/87Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh
24/93Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
25/100Hasan AliPakistan
23/96Dawlat ZadranAfghanistan
22/96Dale SteynSouth Africa
24/104Jason HolderWest Indies
23/89Nuwan KulasekaraSri Lanka
25/96Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
22/93Wahab RiazPakistan
22/95Wayne ParnellSouth Africa
26/88Kemar RoachWest Indies
26/91Lameck OnyangoKenya
22/92Naved-ul-HasanPakistan
23/95Peter ConnellIreland
24/99Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
23/87Tapash BaisyaBangladesh
23/83Brett LeeAustralia
24/80Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
24/87Javagal SrinathIndia
21/82Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
20/81Khaled MahmudBangladesh
23/84Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
22/80Sheikh SalahuddinBangladesh
23/75Brendon JulianAustralia
24/74Ottis GibsonWest Indies
23/85Ata-ur-RehmanPakistan
25/73Chris PringleNew Zealand
24/69Anderson CumminsWest Indies
24/73Waqar YounisPakistan
24/67David LawrenceEngland
23/76Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
23/71Winston BenjaminWest Indies
23/76Imran KhanPakistan
21/83Derek PringleEngland
23/75Craig McDermottAustralia
22/73Eldine BaptisteWest Indies
20/67Mohammad NazirPakistan
23/82Paul AllottEngland
21/76Iqbal QasimPakistan
23/64Len PascoeAustralia
21/70Jeremy ConeyNew Zealand
22/70Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
25/65Alan HurstAustralia
22/57John LeverEngland
22/56Chris OldEngland
21/72Ashley MallettAustralia
22/68Bishan BediIndia
23/52Chris OldEngland
23/56Dennis LilleeAustralia
23/50Ray IllingworthEngland
25/113Adam ZampaAustralia
23/130Brydon CarseEngland
27/194Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
27/205Abrar AhmedPakistan
21/174Abrar AhmedPakistan
25/193Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
22/167Shahbaz NadeemIndia
24/205Yasir ShahPakistan
25/180Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
24/217Devendra BishooWest Indies
24/192Adil RashidEngland
26/199Steve O'KeefeAustralia
26/179Taijul IslamBangladesh
26/179Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
22/181Sohag GaziBangladesh
23/180Imran TahirSouth Africa
24/168Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
24/193Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
23/203Paul HarrisSouth Africa
21/203Amit MishraIndia
25/182James AndersonEngland
25/170Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
25/181Danish KaneriaPakistan
24/201Brett LeeAustralia
23/204Omari BanksWest Indies
24/178Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
23/175Brian MurphyZimbabwe
28/185Harbhajan SinghIndia
26/179Upul ChandanaSri Lanka
24/163Gavin RobertsonAustralia
22/146Andy WhittallZimbabwe
25/223Anil KumbleIndia
23/181Matthew HartNew Zealand
22/169Greg MatthewsAustralia
24/163Ian SalisburyEngland
25/153Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
27/150Shane WarneAustralia
24/174Narendra HirwaniIndia
22/191Maninder SinghIndia
25/189Tauseef AhmedPakistan
28/130Merv HughesAustralia
25/157Azeem HafeezPakistan
24/161Ravi ShastriIndia
25/162Somachandra De SilvaSri Lanka
26/171Dennis LilleeAustralia
25/161Carl RackemannAustralia
25/146Dilip DoshiIndia
27/156Iqbal QasimPakistan
25/136Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
27/150Jim HiggsAustralia
23/155Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
25/165Derek UnderwoodEngland
28/143Max WalkerAustralia
25/169Pat PocockEngland
24/166Erapalli PrasannaIndia
23/138Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
24/163Bishan BediIndia
26/143John SnowEngland
23/175Charlie GriffithWest Indies
23/145Willie RodriguezWest Indies
22/143Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
24/146John SnowEngland
25/150Rusi SurtiIndia
22/129Bruce MorrisonNew Zealand
27/156Graham McKenzieAustralia
26/173Salim DuraniIndia
24/139Mohammad FarooqPakistan
25/147Brian StathamEngland
26/247Fazal MahmoodPakistan
24/167Vinoo MankadIndia
21/137Denis AtkinsonWest Indies
27/123Richie BenaudAustralia
23/145Collie SmithWest Indies
27/160Frank TysonEngland
27/180Subhash GupteIndia
27/141Fazal MahmoodPakistan
25/174Athol RowanSouth Africa
25/141Doug WrightEngland
23/130Brydon CarseEngland
24/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
25/193Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
27/194Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
27/205Abrar AhmedPakistan
24/174Abrar AhmedPakistan
22/167Shahbaz NadeemIndia
25/180Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
24/217Devendra BishooWest Indies
24/205Yasir ShahPakistan
24/192Adil RashidEngland
26/199Steve O'KeefeAustralia
26/179Taijul IslamBangladesh
22/181Sohag GaziBangladesh
23/180Imran TahirSouth Africa
26/179Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
26/168Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
24/193Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
21/203Amit MishraIndia
23/203Paul HarrisSouth Africa
25/182James AndersonEngland
25/170Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
25/181Danish KaneriaPakistan
23/204Omari BanksWest Indies
24/201Brett LeeAustralia
24/178Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
23/175Brian MurphyZimbabwe
28/185Harbhajan SinghIndia
26/179Upul ChandanaSri Lanka
24/163Gavin RobertsonAustralia
23/146Andy WhittallZimbabwe
25/223Anil KumbleIndia
23/181Matthew HartNew Zealand
24/163Ian SalisburyEngland
22/169Greg MatthewsAustralia
25/153Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
27/150Shane WarneAustralia
24/174Narendra HirwaniIndia
22/191Maninder SinghIndia
25/189Tauseef AhmedPakistan
28/130Merv HughesAustralia
25/157Azeem HafeezPakistan
24/161Ravi ShastriIndia
25/161Carl RackemannAustralia
25/162Somachandra De SilvaSri Lanka
26/171Dennis LilleeAustralia
25/146Dilip DoshiIndia
27/156Iqbal QasimPakistan
27/150Jim HiggsAustralia
25/136Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
23/155Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
25/165Derek UnderwoodEngland
28/143Max WalkerAustralia
25/169Pat PocockEngland
24/166Erapalli PrasannaIndia
24/163Bishan BediIndia
23/138Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
26/143John SnowEngland
23/175Charlie GriffithWest Indies
23/145Willie RodriguezWest Indies
25/150Rusi SurtiIndia
24/146John SnowEngland
22/143Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
27/156Graham McKenzieAustralia
22/129Bruce MorrisonNew Zealand
24/139Mohammad FarooqPakistan
26/173Salim DuraniIndia
25/147Brian StathamEngland
26/247Fazal MahmoodPakistan
24/167Vinoo MankadIndia
21/137Denis AtkinsonWest Indies
27/123Richie BenaudAustralia
23/145Collie SmithWest Indies
27/160Frank TysonEngland
27/180Subhash GupteIndia
27/141Fazal MahmoodPakistan
25/174Athol RowanSouth Africa
25/141Doug WrightEngland
24/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
35/266Tommy ScottWest Indies
35/132Michael MelleSouth Africa
36/162Sadu ShindeIndia
34/134Amir ElahiPakistan
34/169Anton MurraySouth Africa
35/155Khan MohammadPakistan
34/135Tony MacGibbonNew Zealand
39/130Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
30/173Dattu PhadkarIndia
31/114Alex MoirNew Zealand
34/166Subhash GupteIndia
35/139Salim DuraniIndia
36/135Alan DavidsonAustralia
35/161Antao D'SouzaPakistan
34/155Tom VeiversAustralia
33/122David AllenEngland
35/140Dick MotzNew Zealand
36/145Jeff JonesEngland
35/130Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
32/129Tony LockEngland
33/157Sir Wes HallWest Indies
32/136Alan ThomsonAustralia
31/130Bob CunisNew Zealand
34/146Erapalli PrasannaIndia
38/164Tony GreigEngland
34/144Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
35/163Dennis LilleeAustralia
34/140Karsan GhavriIndia