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.
ODIAll-time500 entries
12.93Geoff ArnoldENG0.16 clear of Mick Malone
23.09Mick MaloneAUS0.16 off the lead
33.10Joel GarnerWI0.17 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff ArnoldENG
2.93 · 0.16 better than Malone
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.41
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Geoff ArnoldENG2.93
2Mick MaloneAUS3.09
3Joel GarnerWI3.10
4Bob WillisENG3.32
5Michael HoldingWI3.33
6Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.34
7Geoff DymockAUS3.35
8Simon DavisAUS3.37
9Tony DodemaideAUS3.40
10Sir Andy RobertsNZ3.41
11Max WalkerAUS3.45
12Mike HendrickENG3.47
13Colin CroftWI3.48
14Derek UnderwoodENG3.48
15Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.48
16Majid KhanPAK3.50
17Malcolm MarshallWI3.54
18Angus FraserENG3.54
19Mike WhitneyAUS3.56
20Chris OldENG3.57
21Fanie de VilliersSA3.58
22Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.58
23Dennis LilleeAUS3.60
24Bernard JulienWI3.65
25Geoff LawsonAUS3.65
26Terry AldermanAUS3.66
27James NgocheKEN3.67
28Sagar PunNEP3.68
29Shaun PollockSA3.68
30Adam DaleAUS3.68
31Regan WestIRE3.68
32Sarfraz NawazPAK3.70
33Vic MarksENG3.71
34Richard CollingeNZ3.71
35Shakti GauchanNEP3.71
36Brian McKechnieNZ3.71
37Akram RazaPAK3.72
38Kapil DevIND3.72
39Shadeep SilvaUAE3.72
40Tom HoganAUS3.76
41Bernard ScholtzNAM3.76
42Gavin LarsenNZ3.77
43Graham DilleyENG3.79
44Peter WilleyENG3.84
45Courtney WalshWI3.84
46Alan MullallyENG3.84
47Kyle McCallanIRE3.85
48Lalit RajbanshiNEP3.87
49Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND3.87
50Aayan KhanUAE3.87
51Glenn McGrathAUS3.88
52John TraicosSA3.89
53Wasim AkramPAK3.90
54Imran NiaziBHR3.90
55Saurabh NetravalkarUSA3.90
56Tanwir AfzalHK3.91
57Dwayne LeverockBER3.91
58Wayne DanielWI3.91
59Rashid KhanAFG3.92
60Phil EdmondsENG3.92
61Shaun UdalENG3.92
62Paul ReiffelAUS3.93
63Amir HamzaAFG3.93
64Geoff MillerENG3.93
65Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.93
66John LeverENG3.94
67Carl RackemannAUS3.94
68Jay OdedraOMN3.94
69Tony GrayWI3.94
70Craig MatthewsSA3.95
71Greg CampbellAUS3.95
72Maninder SinghIND3.96
73Rodney HoggAUS3.96
74Dipendra AireeNEP3.96
75Phil DeFreitasENG3.97
76Ahmed RazaUAE3.97
77Dilip DoshiIND3.97
78Roger HarperWI3.98
79Simi SinghIRE3.99
80Ray PriceZIM3.99
81Basil HameedUAE4.00
82Cameron CuffyWI4.00
83Sir Ian BothamENG4.01
84Eric SimonsSA4.01
85Andy CaddickENG4.01
86Assad ValaPNG4.02
87Craig McDermottAUS4.04
88Wasim RajaPAK4.04
89Paul AllottENG4.04
90Brad WilliamsAUS4.06
91Winston DavisWI4.06
92Abdul QadirPAK4.06
93Bruce ReidAUS4.07
94Gary TroupNZ4.07
95Sikander BakhtPAK4.08
96Len PascoeAUS4.08
97Aashish KapoorIND4.08
98Madan LalIND4.08
99Merv HughesAUS4.08
100Richard PetrieNZ4.08
101Vanburn HolderWI4.08
102Mark EalhamENG4.08
103Sandeep PatilIND4.09
104Greg ChappellAUS4.09
105Mirwais AshrafAFG4.09
106Eldine BaptisteWI4.09
107Mark WattSCO4.10
108Craig WrightSCO4.10
109Hiren VaraiyaKEN4.11
110John EmbureyENG4.11
111Robin JackmanENG4.11
112Phil TufnellENG4.11
113Karsan GhavriIND4.11
114Sunil DhaniramCAN4.12
115Balwinder SandhuIND4.12
116Arshad AyubIND4.12
117Lance CairnsNZ4.13
118Sunil NarineWI4.13
119Daniel VettoriNZ4.13
120Bryan StrangZIM4.13
121Arshad KhanPAK4.14
122Nadeem AhmedHK4.14
123Brandon McMullenSCO4.14
124Willie WatsonENG4.15
125Tauseef AhmedPAK4.15
126Manzarul IslamBAN4.15
127Pat SymcoxSA4.15
128Allan DonaldSA4.15
129Fayyaz AhmedUAE4.15
130Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN4.16
131Winston BenjaminWI4.16
132Tony GreigENG4.16
133Reon KingWI4.17
134Meyrick PringleSA4.17
135Gladstone SmallENG4.17
136Dipak PatelNZ4.17
137Jeremy ConeyNZ4.17
138Peter TaylorAUS4.18
139Umar BhattiCAN4.18
140Saeed AjmalPAK4.18
141Karim SadiqAFG4.18
142Don AnurasiriSL4.18
143Paras KhadkaNEP4.18
144Chaminda VaasSL4.19
145Mohammad HafeezPAK4.19
146Jon LewisENG4.19
147Neil FosterENG4.19
148Frederick KlaassenNED4.19
149Kenny BenjaminWI4.20
150Rashid KhanAFG4.20
151Nikhil ChopraIND4.20
152AM GhazanfarAFG4.21
153Jason GillespieAUS4.21
154Ravi ShastriIND4.22
155Abdur RehmanPAK4.22
156Andre BothaIRE4.22
157Mohammad NabiAFG4.22
158Asoka de SilvaSL4.22
159Derek PringleENG4.23
160Mahuru DaiPNG4.23
161Richard IllingworthENG4.23
162Shem NgocheKEN4.24
163Sarel BurgerNAM4.24
164Mudassar NazarPAK4.24
165Tim MayAUS4.25
166Shane WarneAUS4.25
167Ian BlackwellENG4.25
168Sandeep LamichhaneNEP4.26
169Hamza TahirSCO4.26
170Aasif KarimKEN4.26
171Mushtaq AhmedPAK4.26
172Collis KingWI4.27
173Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND4.27
174Norman CowansENG4.27
175Saad ZafarCAN4.27
176Basant RegmiNEP4.28
177Manoj PrabhakarIND4.28
178Kumar DharmasenaSL4.28
179Simon O'DonnellAUS4.28
180Robert CroftENG4.28
181Greg MatthewsAUS4.28
182Trent JohnstonIRE4.28
183Chris HarrisNZ4.28
184Nosthusha KenjigeUSA4.28
185Aaqib JavedPAK4.28
186Brian McMillanSA4.29
187John DavisonCAN4.29
188Shane BondNZ4.29
189Dermot ReeveENG4.29
190Martin SneddenNZ4.29
191Champaka RamanayakeSL4.29
192Saqlain MushtaqPAK4.29
193Vinothen JohnSL4.30
194Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG4.30
195Kaushal LokuarachchiSL4.30
196Hendy BryanWI4.30
197Corey CollymoreWI4.31
198Anil KumbleIND4.31
199Harsh ThakerCAN4.31
200Harbhajan SinghIND4.31
201Mudassar BukhariNED4.32
202Ehsan KhanHK4.32
203Tom MoodyAUS4.32
204Junaid SiddiquiCAN4.32
205Deon KotzeNAM4.32
206Ian BishopWI4.33
207Arafat SunnyBAN4.34
208Patrick PattersonWI4.34
209Rodney TrottBER4.34
210Ashley GilesENG4.34
211Manzoor ElahiPAK4.34
212Jeff ThomsonAUS4.34
213Nasum AhmedBAN4.35
214Ian BradshawWI4.35
215Rohan MustafaUAE4.35
216Gordon DrummondSCO4.35
217Steve ElworthySA4.35
218Shabbir AhmedPAK4.36
219Carl HooperWI4.36
220Kashif DaudUAE4.36
221Venkatapathy RajuIND4.36
222Saleem JaffarPAK4.36
223Greg LambZIM4.36
224Prosper UtseyaZIM4.37
225KaleemullahOMN4.37
226Rangana HerathSL4.37
227Paul StrangZIM4.38
228Mohinder AmarnathIND4.38
229Andy WhittallZIM4.38
230Shane LeeAUS4.38
231Craig WhiteENG4.38
232Jacob OramNZ4.38
233Ken MacLeayAUS4.38
234Trevor ChappellAUS4.39
235Andrew FlintoffENG4.40
236Richard EllisonENG4.40
237Stephen BoockNZ4.40
238Darren GoughENG4.40
239Ijaz FaqihPAK4.40
240Graham GoochENG4.41
241Ed RainsfordZIM4.41
242Paul AdamsSA4.41
243Michael RipponNED4.41
244Majid HaqSCO4.41
245Martin CroweNZ4.42
246Nathan BrackenAUS4.42
247Paul HoffmannSCO4.42
248Damien FlemingAUS4.42
249Kushal MallaNEP4.42
250Mushfiqur RahmanBAN4.43
251Eddie HemmingsENG4.43
252Steven TaylorUSA4.43
253Mohammad RafiqueBAN4.43
254Chris KuggeleijnNZ4.44
255Brad WhealSCO4.44
256Timm van der GugtenNED4.44
257Chris LewisENG4.44
258Hansie CronjeSA4.44
259Khurram KhanUAE4.44
260Sunil JoshiIND4.45
261Phil SimmonsWI4.45
262Merwe ErasmusNAM4.45
263Javagal SrinathIND4.45
264Martin SujiKEN4.45
265Chris PringleNZ4.45
266Ian HollandUSA4.45
267Chandika HathurusinghaSL4.46
268Peter OngondoKEN4.46
269Rajesh ChauhanIND4.47
270Pragyan OjhaIND4.47
271Shakib Al HasanBAN4.47
272Jan FrylinckNAM4.47
273Sharafuddin AshrafAFG4.48
274Andrew WhiteIRE4.48
275Ijaz AhmedPAK4.48
276Alex CusackIRE4.49
277Narendra HirwaniIND4.49
278Alex WharfENG4.50
279Monty PanesarENG4.50
280Sir Viv RichardsWI4.50
281Somachandra De SilvaSL4.50
281Edgar SchiferliNED4.50
282Pieter SeelaarNED4.50
283Malcolm JarvisZIM4.50
284Suhrawadi ShuvoBAN4.50
285Ruwan KalpageSL4.51
286Richard SnellSA4.51
287Karima GoreUSA4.51
288Nicky BojeSA4.51
289Michael KasprowiczAUS4.51
290Brad HoggAUS4.52
291Andrew HallSA4.52
292Not on recordDEN4.52
293Justin VaughanNZ4.52
294Heath StreakZIM4.52
295Chad SoperPNG4.52
296Johannes SmitNAM4.52
297Stephen PeallZIM4.52
298Hiral PatelCAN4.52
299Tangeni LungameniNAM4.52
300Ali ShahZIM4.52
301Nuwan ZoysaSL4.53
302Makhaya NtiniSA4.53
303James HopesAUS4.53
304Shane ThomsonNZ4.53
305Pramodya WickramasingheSL4.53
306Tim MurtaghIRE4.53
307Andy BichelAUS4.54
308Danny MorrisonNZ4.54
309Axar PatelIND4.54
310Graeme SwannENG4.55
311Rumesh RatnayakeSL4.55
312Aqib SulehriOMN4.55
313Abrar AhmedPAK4.56
314Tendai ChisoroZIM4.56
315Steve WaughAUS4.57
316Roelof van der MerweNED4.57
317Abdur RazzakBAN4.57
318Nasir AzizUAE4.57
319Salil AnkolaIND4.57
320John MaguireAUS4.57
321Kaleem RehmanCAN4.57
322Nosaina PokanaPNG4.58
323Johan BothaSA4.58
324Doug BollingerAUS4.58
325Anderson CumminsWI4.58
326Jasprit BumrahIND4.58
327Glenn RogersSCO4.58
328Aaron PhangisoSA4.58
329Stu GillespieNZ4.59
330Roger BinnyIND4.59
331Andy McBrineIRE4.59
332Paul JarvisENG4.59
333Con de LangeSCO4.59
334Zakir KhanPAK4.59
335Parth DesaiCAN4.59
336Aamer SohailPAK4.59
337Thomas OdoyoKEN4.59
338Sese BauPNG4.60
339Taijul IslamBAN4.60
340Morawakage TheekshanaSL4.60
341Ajay SharmaIND4.61
342Dion NashNZ4.61
343Pedro CollinsWI4.61
344Peter MartinENG4.61
345Graeme CremerZIM4.61
346Riley HekurePNG4.61
347Mervyn DillonWI4.62
348John BracewellNZ4.62
349Saleem MukuddemBER4.62
350Adam HuckleZIM4.62
351Ronnie IraniENG4.63
352Hamid HassanAFG4.63
353Vernon PhilanderSA4.63
354Azhar MahmoodPAK4.63
355Dimitri MascarenhasENG4.63
356Shahid AfridiGER4.63
357Gerrie SnymanNAM4.63
358Helao FranceNAM4.63
359Syed RaselBAN4.63
360Dominic CorkENG4.63
361Thilan SamaraweeraSL4.63
362Andre NelSA4.63
363Angelo MathewsSL4.63
364Charles AminiPNG4.63
365Khawar AliOMN4.64
366Grant FlowerZIM4.64
367Ramesh PowarIND4.65
368Imran TahirSA4.65
369David CapelENG4.65
370Kevin SandherCAN4.65
371Amir HayatUAE4.66
372Tahir NaqqashPAK4.66
373Larry GomesWI4.66
374Darren SammyWI4.66
375Shoaib MalikPAK4.67
376David BrainZIM4.67
377Michael SwartNED4.67
378Allan BorderAUS4.67
379Venkatesh PrasadIND4.67
380Justin KempSA4.67
381Boyd RankinENG4.67
382Aarif SheikhNEP4.68
383Waqar YounisPAK4.69
384Nikita MillerWI4.69
385Keshav MaharajSA4.69
386Haseeb AmjadHK4.69
387Abdul RazzaqPAK4.70
388Lance KlusenerSA4.70
389Upul ChandanaSL4.71
390Mark PriestNZ4.71
391Dougie MarillierZIM4.71
392Darron ReekersNED4.71
393Mohammad AsifPAK4.71
394Nathan AstleNZ4.71
395Kabua MoreaPNG4.71
396Daren PowellWI4.71
397Sohag GaziBAN4.71
398Mark JonkmanNED4.71
399Ian HarveyAUS4.72
400Muhammad KhanUSA4.72
401Iqbal QasimPAK4.72
402Mehidy HasanBAN4.72
403Nasir HossainBAN4.72
404Stuart LawAUS4.72
405Abey KuruvillaIND4.72
406Tom CooperNED4.73
407Kyle MillsNZ4.73
408Amit MishraIND4.73
409Vasbert DrakesWI4.73
410Franklyn RoseWI4.73
411Shoaib MohammadPAK4.73
412George CodringtonCAN4.74
413Manjula GurugeUAE4.74
414Christoffel ViljoenNAM4.74
415Dirk ViljoenZIM4.74
416Geoff AllottNZ4.74
417Nathan HauritzAUS4.74
418Scott StyrisNZ4.75
419James TredwellENG4.75
420Lonwabo TsotsobeSA4.75
421Mitchell SantnerNZ4.75
422Paul StirlingIRE4.75
423Ayaan KhanOMN4.76
424Neil McGarrellWI4.76
425Jamie DalrympleENG4.76
426Nisarg PatelUSA4.76
427Alan DawsonSA4.76
428Brett LeeAUS4.76
429Henry OsindeCAN4.77
430Dulip LiyanageSL4.77
431Shoaib AkhtarPAK4.77
432Brian MurphyZIM4.77
433Sachithra SenanayakeSL4.77
434Ata-ur-RehmanPAK4.77
435Josh HazlewoodAUS4.77
436Rizwan CheemaCAN4.77
436Shaul KarnainSL4.77
437Shapoor ZadranAFG4.77
438John RennieZIM4.78
439Mohammad AmirPAK4.78
440Xavier DohertyAUS4.78
441Mark WaughAUS4.78
442Clint McKayAUS4.78
443Colin de GrandhommeNZ4.78
444Arjuna RanatungaSL4.79
445Steve TikoloKEN4.79
446Sanath JayasuriyaSL4.79
447Hrishikesh KanitkarIND4.79
448Chris GayleWI4.79
449Mohammad AkramPAK4.79
450Gudakesh MotieWI4.80
451Robin SinghIND4.80
452Danish KaneriaPAK4.80
453Ajantha MendisSL4.80
454Shahid NazirPAK4.81
455Eddo BrandesZIM4.81
456Sulieman BennWI4.81
457Akeal HoseinWI4.81
458Ravi RatnayekeSL4.81
459Mohammad SheikhBAN4.82
460Darren LehmannAUS4.84
461Russel ArnoldSL4.84
462Mitchell JohnsonAUS4.84
463Ruben TrumpelmannNAM4.84
464Kyle AbbottSA4.84
465Jeremy GordonCAN4.84
466Ryan HarrisAUS4.84
467Dave GilbertAUS4.84
468Manjurul IslamBAN4.84
469Michael YardyENG4.84
470Naeem IslamBAN4.84
471Chris CairnsNZ4.84
472Jacques KallisSA4.84
473Stuart ClarkAUS4.85
474Josh DaveySCO4.85
475George DockrellIRE4.85
476Jimmy AdamsWI4.85
477Maurice OdumbeKEN4.85
478Marlon SamuelsWI4.86
479Aravinda de SilvaSL4.87
480Samiullah ShenwariAFG4.87
481Neil JohnsonZIM4.87
482Sikandar RazaZIM4.87
483Tillakaratne DilshanSL4.88
484Graeme LabrooySL4.88
485Dale SteynSA4.88
486Ryan SidebottomENG4.88
487Alasdair EvansSCO4.88
488Mohammad HussainPAK4.88
489Mashrafe MortazaBAN4.89
490Imad WasimPAK4.89
491Dave Langford-SmithIRE4.89
492Azeem HafeezPAK4.89
493Safyaan SharifSCO4.89
494Jimmy KamandeKEN4.89
495Michael VaughanENG4.89
496Nixon McLeanWI4.89
497Daryl TuffeyNZ4.89
498Adeel RajaNED4.89
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