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
10.00Ashok MalhotraINDlevel with Wally Edwards
10.00Wally EdwardsAUS
10.00Glenn TurnerNZ
● LEADS
Ashok MalhotraIND
0.00 · level with Edwards
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Derek UnderwoodENG
5 separate entries on this list · 376 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0.50
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
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
1Robin UthappaIND0.00
1Wally EdwardsAUS0.00
1Glenn TurnerNZ0.00
17Jimmy AdamsWI0.50
18John WrightNZ0.67
19Wasim RajaPAK1.00
19Clive LloydWI1.00
19Javed MiandadPAK1.00
19Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
19Farhad RezaBAN1.00
19Basant RegmiNEP1.00
19Asghar StanikzaiAFG1.00
19Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.00
19Jeff CroweNZ1.00
19Gus LogieWI1.00
19Jeff CroweNZ1.00
19Asghar StanikzaiAFG1.00
31Yamin AhmadzaiAFG1.33
31Mthokozisi SheziSA1.33
31Mthokozisi SheziSA1.33
34Bishan BediIND1.42
35Iqbal QasimPAK1.44
36David LloydENG1.50
36Ross TaylorNZ1.50
36Ashwell PrinceSA1.50
36Mujahid JamshedPAK1.50
36Chris TavaréENG1.50
36Aamer HameedPAK1.50
36John JamesonENG1.50
36Mujahid JamshedPAK1.50
36Ashwell PrinceSA1.50
45Not on recordNEP1.57
45Taijul IslamBAN1.57
47Chris OldENG1.60
48Javed MiandadPAK1.67
49Saeed AnwarPAK1.80
49Matthew ParkerSCO1.80
49Calum MacLeodSCO1.80
52John SnowENG1.81
53Jonty RhodesSA1.82
54Tim BresnanENG1.83
54Graeme PorterAUS1.83
56Dinusha FernandoSL1.86
57Imran KhanPAK1.88
57Imran NiaziPAK1.88
59Adam DaleAUS1.90
60Lance GibbsWI1.91
61Mike GattingENG2.00
61Rohit SharmaIND2.00
61Jayant YadavIND2.00
61Yasir ChowdhuryBAN2.00
61Shreyas IyerIND2.00
61Rinku SinghIND2.00
61Vishnu SukumaranUAE2.00
61Shreyas IyerIND2.00
61Not on recordNAM2.00
61Francis OtienoKEN2.00
61Runako MortonWI2.00
61Craig McMillanNZ2.00
61Andrew JonesNZ2.00
61Bruce YardleyAUS2.00
61Mohsin KhanHK2.00
61Pat PocockENG2.00
61Jermaine LawsonWI2.00
61Mohammad AsifPAK2.00
61Tom de GroothNED2.00
61Thilan SamaraweeraSL2.00
61Sarel BurgerNAM2.00
61Noor Ali ZadranAFG2.00
61Mangesh PanchalNED2.00
61Mansoor AkhtarPAK2.00
61Mohsin KhanPAK2.00
86Gary TroupNZ2.03
87Josh HazlewoodAUS2.07
88John EmbureyENG2.10
89Nuwan KulasekaraSL2.11
90Gary CosierAUS2.12
91Alasdair EvansSCO2.13
92Sylvester ClarkeWI2.14
93Stuart ThompsonIRE2.15
94Derek UnderwoodENG2.18
95Brett GeevesAUS2.20
95Trevor GripperZIM2.20
95Phil TufnellENG2.20
98Adrian NeillSCO2.22
99Amir HayatUAE2.25
100Derek UnderwoodENG2.27
100Clive LloydWI2.27
102Matthew HumphreysIRE2.29
102Iqbal QasimPAK2.29
102Craig WrightSCO2.29
102Geoff CopeENG2.29
106Andre BothaIRE2.30
106Chris WoakesENG2.30
108Pavandeep Singh Jagjit SinghMAL2.32
108Bev CongdonNZ2.32
110Mohinder AmarnathIND2.33
110Not on recordNOR2.33
112Asif MasoodPAK2.35
112Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.35
114Xavier BartlettAUS2.36
114Majid HaqSCO2.36
116Sudeep TyagiIND2.38
116Adeel RajaNED2.38
118Pat SymcoxSA2.39
119Boyd RankinENG2.40
119Chris TremlettENG2.40
119Bob WillisENG2.40
122Yasir ShahPAK2.41
123Golam FaruqBAN2.45
123Mike HendrickENG2.45
123Ahmed RazaUAE2.45
123Wasim RajaPAK2.45
127Aayan KhanUAE2.47
128Geoff MillerENG2.48
129Majid KhanPAK2.49
130Ranjan MadugalleSL2.50
130Peter OngondoKEN2.50
130Eoin MorganENG2.50
130Ambati RayuduIND2.50
130Khurram ShahzadQTR2.50
130Gajanand SinghUSA2.50
130Rohan MustafaUAE2.50
130Bernard ScholtzNAM2.50
130Norman GiffordENG2.50
130Alvin KallicharranWI2.50
130Shapoor ZadranAFG2.50
130Kane RichardsonAUS2.50
130Bruce EdgarNZ2.50
143Mudassar BukhariNED2.52
144Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.53
145Wavell HindsWI2.55
145Anshuman RathHK2.55
145Shadeep SilvaUAE2.55
145Mike HendrickENG2.55
149Michael HoldingWI2.56
149Not on recordIRE2.56
151Mirwais AshrafAFG2.57
152Merv HughesAUS2.58
153Derek UnderwoodENG2.59
154Mohammad HasnainPAK2.60
154Mark CosgroveAUS2.60
154Vivian KingmaNED2.60
154Simranjeet SinghUAE2.60
154Haseeb AmjadHK2.60
154Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.60
154Geoff ArnoldENG2.60
154Pradeep AireeNEP2.60
154Kyle AbbottSA2.60
154Bernard ScholtzNAM2.60
154Jehan MubarakSL2.60
154Barry WoodENG2.60
166Saleem JaffarPAK2.62
166James NgocheKEN2.62
168Not on recordCIS2.63
168Sikander BakhtPAK2.63
168Kirti AzadIND2.63
171Adrian NeillSCO2.64
171Peter WilleyENG2.64
173Ian BellENG2.65
174Carlisle BestWI2.67
174Vikrant ShettyUAE2.67
176Khurram KhanUAE2.68
177Geoff ArnoldENG2.69
178Chris SilverwoodENG2.70
178Sir Viv RichardsWI2.70
178Henk-Jan MolNED2.70
178Stanley De SilvaSL2.70
182Geoff CopeENG2.71
182Mike WhitneyAUS2.71
184Max WalkerAUS2.72
185Jahangir ShahBAN2.73
185Pommie MbangwaZIM2.73
187Alan ThomsonAUS2.75
187Irfan BhattiPAK2.75
187Karan KCNEP2.75
187Aryan DuttNED2.75
187Graham StevensonENG2.75
192Sylvester ClarkeWI2.76
192Max WalkerAUS2.76
194Paul HarrisSA2.77
195Mashrafe MortazaBAN2.78
195Mudassar BukhariNED2.78
195Junaid SiddiquiCAN2.78
195Mohammad NabiAFG2.78
199Muttiah MuralitharanSL2.79
199Manoj PrabhakarIND2.79
199Geoff DymockAUS2.79
199Chris OldENG2.79
203Joel GarnerWI2.80
203Asif MujtabaPAK2.80
203Michael ClarkeAUS2.80
203Emmanuel BundiKEN2.80
203Not on recordNAM2.80
203Jay OdedraOMN2.80
209Willie WatsonENG2.81
209Sagar PunNEP2.81
209Willie WatsonNZ2.81
209Richard CollingeNZ2.81
213Dennis LilleeAUS2.83
213Sir Andy RobertsWI2.83
213Geoff MillerENG2.83
216Not on recordKEN2.84
217Shahzad AltafUAE2.85
217Christoffel ViljoenNAM2.85
217Karim SadiqAFG2.85
220Dirk NannesAUS2.86
220Mirwais AshrafAFG2.86
222Fidel EdwardsWI2.87
222Kariyawasam AsalankaSL2.87
224Majid KhanPAK2.88
225Eldine BaptisteWI2.89
225Majid KhanPAK2.89
227Martin SneddenNZ2.90
227Eddo BrandesZIM2.90
227Nicky BojeSA2.90
227Fazl-e-AkbarPAK2.90
227Joel GarnerWI2.90
232Terry AldermanAUS2.91
232Mick MaloneAUS2.91
234Rajeshkumar RanpuraOMN2.92
234Joel GarnerWI2.92
236Imran KhanPAK2.93
236Dale BenkensteinSA2.93
236Gladstone SmallENG2.93
236Derek PringleENG2.93
236Derek UnderwoodENG2.93
236Manjula GurugeUAE2.93
242John SnowENG2.94
242Fanie de VilliersSA2.94
242Michael YardyENG2.94
242Not on recordOMN2.94
246Fanie de VilliersSA2.95
246Angus FraserENG2.95
246Saradindu MukherjeeIND2.95
249Greg ChappellAUS2.96
250Graham McKenzieAUS2.97
250Aasif KarimKEN2.97
250Greg ChappellAUS2.97
253Michael HoldingWI2.98
253Shaun PollockSA2.98
255Alick AthanazeWI3.00
255Geoff ArnoldENG3.00
255Thomas OdoyoKEN3.00
255Dipendra AireeNEP3.00
255Ehsan NawazHK3.00
255Andrew StraussENG3.00
255Joseph AngaraKEN3.00
255Martin SujiKEN3.00
255Mike WhitneyAUS3.00
255Allan LambENG3.00
255Stephen BoockNZ3.00
255Nick CookENG3.00
255Bruce ReidAUS3.00
255Gary MartinZIM3.00
255Rahul DravidIND3.00
255Devendra BishooWI3.00
255Angelo MathewsSL3.00
255Sushant ModaniUSA3.00
255Rassie van der DussenSA3.00
255Sushant ModaniUSA3.00
255Ryan ten DoeschateNED3.00
255Sewnarine ChattergoonWI3.00
255Rohit SharmaIND3.00
255Shiv ChanderpaulWI3.00
255Andrew HudsonSA3.00
255Sanath KaluperumaSL3.00
255Samiur RahmanBAN3.00
255Josh DaveySCO3.00
255Najibullah ZadranAFG3.00
255Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.00
285Sir Garry SobersWI3.01
285Malcolm MarshallWI3.01
287Angus FraserENG3.02
287Phil SimmonsWI3.02
289Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.03
289Bernard ScholtzNAM3.03
289Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND3.03
292Bradley CurrieSCO3.05
293Nasum AhmedBAN3.06
293Imran NiaziPAK3.06
293Courtney WalshWI3.06
293Abdullah MazariAFG3.06
293Craig McDermottAUS3.06
298Abdur RehmanPAK3.07
298Wasim AkramPAK3.07
300Phil DeFreitasENG3.08
300Frederick KlaassenNED3.08
300Not on recordCAN3.08
303Eknath SolkarIND3.09
303Alan MullallyENG3.09
303Ray IllingworthENG3.09
306Makhaya NtiniSA3.10
306James NgocheKEN3.10
306Brad WilliamsAUS3.10
306Habibul BasharBAN3.10
306Dipak PatelNZ3.10
306Shaun UdalENG3.10
306Paul AdamsSA3.10
306Ashton AgarAUS3.10
314Kushal MallaNEP3.11
314Andy RobertsNZ3.11
314Colin CroftWI3.11
317Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIND3.12
318Mohammad NazirPAK3.13
318Graham GoochENG3.13
320Angus FraserENG3.14
320Abu HiderBAN3.14
320Saleem AltafPAK3.14
323Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.15
323Paras KhadkaNEP3.15
325Dilip DoshiIND3.16
325Hiren VaraiyaKEN3.16
327Elmore HutchinsonUSA3.17
327Nangeyalia KharoteAFG3.17
327Darren SammyWI3.17
327Roelof van der MerweNED3.17
327Danish KaneriaPAK3.17
327Tony DodemaideAUS3.17
327Pieter SeelaarNED3.17
327Bernard ScholtzNAM3.17
335Shaun PollockSA3.18
335Shane WarneAUS3.18
335Ijaz AhmedPAK3.18
338Ashley MallettAUS3.19
338Shahid MahboobPAK3.19
338Geert-Maarten MolNED3.19
341Dean FoxcroftNZ3.20
341Stephen PeallZIM3.20
341Jaydev UnadkatIND3.20
341Riley HekurePNG3.20
341Saurabh NetravalkarUSA3.20
341Mark WattSCO3.20
347Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.21
347Yuzvendra ChahalIND3.21
349Terry AldermanAUS3.22
349Stephen BoockNZ3.22
351Andy BlignautZIM3.23
351Mike WhitneyAUS3.23
351Andy CaddickENG3.23
351Ahmed RazaUAE3.23
351Rumesh RatnayakeSL3.23
356Ali DawoodBHR3.24
356Chris HarrisNZ3.24
358Omari BanksWI3.25
358Yasim MurtazaHK3.25
358Joel GarnerWI3.25
361Ahmed RazaUAE3.26
361Gavin LarsenNZ3.26
363Gopal SharmaIND3.27
363Madan LalIND3.27
363Ryan HindsWI3.27
366Adam DaleAUS3.28
367Ian BishopWI3.29
367Corey CollymoreWI3.29
367Andre BothaIRE3.29
367Sharafuddin AshrafAFG3.29
367Malcolm MarshallWI3.29
372Matthew HartNZ3.30
372Willie WatsonNZ3.30
372Sarandeep SinghIND3.30
372Jason GillespieAUS3.30
372Tom MoodyAUS3.30
372Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.30
372Willie WatsonENG3.30
379Dhammika PrasadSL3.31
379Trent JohnstonIRE3.31
379Tony DodemaideAUS3.31
379Geoff LawsonAUS3.31
383Keith ArthurtonWI3.33
383Alan MullallyENG3.33
383Barry WoodENG3.33
383Mirwais AshrafAFG3.33
383Madan LalIND3.33
383Jayananda WarnaweeraSL3.33
383Dinesh MongiaIND3.33
383Wayne LarkinsENG3.33
383Andrew JonesNZ3.33
383Paul ReiffelAUS3.33
383Jehan MubarakSL3.33
383Vusi SibandaZIM3.33
395Angus FraserENG3.34
395Kapil DevIND3.34
397Willie WatsonENG3.35
397Asif IqbalUAE3.35
397Manzoor ElahiPAK3.35
397Harsh ThakerCAN3.35
397Ravi ShastriIND3.35
402Kapil DevIND3.36
402Darius D'SilvaUAE3.36
402Joel GarnerWI3.36
402Shahid AhmadzaiCAN3.36
402Dipendra AireeNEP3.36
402Andrew FlintoffENG3.36
408Tom MoodyAUS3.37
408Simon DavisAUS3.37
410Khary PierreWI3.38
410Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.38
410Malcolm MarshallWI3.38
410Courtney WalshWI3.38
410Mohammad AkramPAK3.38
415Mitchell SantnerNZ3.39
415Geoff ArnoldENG3.39
417Ruwan KalpageSL3.40
417Reon KingWI3.40
417Daren PowellWI3.40
417Bob WillisENG3.40
417Shem NgocheKEN3.40
417Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.40
423Mohammad SaifuddinBAN3.41
423Sushan BhariNEP3.41
423Darren GoughENG3.41
423Jacob OramNZ3.41
423Dwayne LeverockBER3.41
428Maninder SinghIND3.42
428Charl LangeveldtSA3.42
430Bishan BediIND3.43
430Tony GreigENG3.43
432Reece TopleyENG3.44
432Assad ValaPNG3.44
432Tauseef AhmedPAK3.44
432Brian McMillanSA3.44
436Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.45
437Craig McDermottAUS3.46
437Madan LalIND3.46
437Mushfiqur RahmanBAN3.46
437Graham DilleyENG3.46
441Merv HughesAUS3.47
441Khaliq DadAFG3.47
443Craig McDermottAUS3.49
443Neil McKenzieSA3.49
443Glenn McGrathAUS3.49
446Pradeep JayaprakashdaranSL3.50
446Jason SmithSA3.50
446Graeme WatsonAUS3.50
446Daryn DupavillonSA3.50
446Andy FlowerZIM3.50
446Ken RutherfordNZ3.50
446Stuart MacGillAUS3.50
453Wasim AkramPAK3.51
454Sir Ian BothamENG3.52
454Glenn McGrathAUS3.52
456Martin SujiKEN3.53
457Gopal BoseIND3.55
458Adam BacherSA3.56
458Mike WhitneyAUS3.56
460Tawanda MupariwaZIM3.57
461Gary RobertsonNZ3.59
461Terry AldermanAUS3.59
461Sarfraz NawazPAK3.59
464Khary PierreWI3.60
464Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.60
466Kumar DharmasenaSL3.62
467Nikhil ChopraIND3.63
467Carl HooperWI3.63
469Doug WaltersAUS3.64
470Paras MhambreyIND3.67
470Glenn McGrathAUS3.67
472Courtney WalshWI3.68
473Tanvir IslamBAN3.70
473Morshed Ali KhanBAN3.70
475Vanburn HolderWI3.71
475Aminul IslamBAN3.71
477Fanie de VilliersSA3.72
477Malcolm MarshallWI3.72
479Mehidy HasanBAN3.74
479Chaminda VaasSL3.74
481Eathan BoschSA3.76
481Deighton ButlerWI3.76
483Michael HoldingWI3.77
484Mohammad HassanBAN3.80
485Barry WoodENG3.82
486Shaun PollockSA3.84
487Basil D'OliveiraENG3.92
488Sir Viv RichardsWI4.00
489Derek UnderwoodENG4.09
490Josh HazlewoodAUS4.11
490Bernard JulienWI4.11
492Ken ShuttleworthENG4.14
493Jeffrey VandersaySL4.20
493Faisal AkramPAK4.20
495Ashley MallettAUS4.25
496John SnowENG4.75
497Keith StackpoleAUS5.00
498Peter LeverENG5.36
499Ray IllingworthENG6.25
500Basil D'OliveiraENG6.33
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