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
110Kongala VimukthiSL2.33
110Mohinder AmarnathIND2.33
110Not on recordNOR2.33
113Asif MasoodPAK2.35
113Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.35
115Xavier BartlettAUS2.36
115Majid HaqSCO2.36
117Sudeep TyagiIND2.38
117Adeel RajaNED2.38
119Pat SymcoxSA2.39
120Boyd RankinENG2.40
120Chris TremlettENG2.40
120Bob WillisENG2.40
123Yasir ShahPAK2.41
124Golam FaruqBAN2.45
124Mike HendrickENG2.45
124Ahmed RazaUAE2.45
124Wasim RajaPAK2.45
128Aayan KhanUAE2.47
129Geoff MillerENG2.48
130Majid KhanPAK2.49
131Ranjan MadugalleSL2.50
131Peter OngondoKEN2.50
131Eoin MorganENG2.50
131Ambati RayuduIND2.50
131Khurram ShahzadQTR2.50
131Gajanand SinghUSA2.50
131Rohan MustafaUAE2.50
131Bernard ScholtzNAM2.50
131Norman GiffordENG2.50
131Alvin KallicharranWI2.50
131Shapoor ZadranAFG2.50
131Kane RichardsonAUS2.50
131Bruce EdgarNZ2.50
144Mudassar BukhariNED2.52
145Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.53
146Wavell HindsWI2.55
146Anshuman RathHK2.55
146Shadeep SilvaUAE2.55
146Mike HendrickENG2.55
150Michael HoldingWI2.56
150Not on recordIRE2.56
152Mirwais AshrafAFG2.57
153Merv HughesAUS2.58
154Derek UnderwoodENG2.59
155Mohammad HasnainPAK2.60
155Mark CosgroveAUS2.60
155Vivian KingmaNED2.60
155Simranjeet SinghUAE2.60
155Haseeb AmjadHK2.60
155Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.60
155Geoff ArnoldENG2.60
155Pradeep AireeNEP2.60
155Kyle AbbottSA2.60
155Bernard ScholtzNAM2.60
155Jehan MubarakSL2.60
155Barry WoodENG2.60
167Saleem JaffarPAK2.62
167James NgocheKEN2.62
169Not on recordCIS2.63
169Sikander BakhtPAK2.63
169Kirti AzadIND2.63
172Adrian NeillSCO2.64
172Peter WilleyENG2.64
174Ian BellENG2.65
175Carlisle BestWI2.67
175Vikrant ShettyUAE2.67
177Khurram KhanUAE2.68
178Geoff ArnoldENG2.69
179Chris SilverwoodENG2.70
179Sir Viv RichardsWI2.70
179Henk-Jan MolNED2.70
179Stanley De SilvaSL2.70
183Geoff CopeENG2.71
183Mike WhitneyAUS2.71
185Max WalkerAUS2.72
186Jahangir ShahBAN2.73
186Pommie MbangwaZIM2.73
188Alan ThomsonAUS2.75
188Irfan BhattiPAK2.75
188Karan KCNEP2.75
188Aryan DuttNED2.75
188Graham StevensonENG2.75
193Sylvester ClarkeWI2.76
193Max WalkerAUS2.76
195Paul HarrisSA2.77
196Mashrafe MortazaBAN2.78
196Mudassar BukhariNED2.78
196Junaid SiddiquiCAN2.78
196Mohammad NabiAFG2.78
200Muttiah MuralitharanSL2.79
200Manoj PrabhakarIND2.79
200Geoff DymockAUS2.79
200Chris OldENG2.79
204Joel GarnerWI2.80
204Asif MujtabaPAK2.80
204Michael ClarkeAUS2.80
204Emmanuel BundiKEN2.80
204Not on recordNAM2.80
204Jay OdedraOMN2.80
210Willie WatsonENG2.81
210Sagar PunNEP2.81
210Willie WatsonNZ2.81
210Richard CollingeNZ2.81
214Dennis LilleeAUS2.83
214Sir Andy RobertsWI2.83
214Geoff MillerENG2.83
217Not on recordKEN2.84
218Blessing MuzarabaniZIM2.85
218Shahzad AltafUAE2.85
218Christoffel ViljoenNAM2.85
218Karim SadiqAFG2.85
222Dirk NannesAUS2.86
222Mirwais AshrafAFG2.86
224Fidel EdwardsWI2.87
224Kariyawasam AsalankaSL2.87
226Majid KhanPAK2.88
227Eldine BaptisteWI2.89
227Majid KhanPAK2.89
229Martin SneddenNZ2.90
229Eddo BrandesZIM2.90
229Nicky BojeSA2.90
229Fazl-e-AkbarPAK2.90
229Joel GarnerWI2.90
234Terry AldermanAUS2.91
234Mick MaloneAUS2.91
236Rajeshkumar RanpuraOMN2.92
236Joel GarnerWI2.92
238Imran KhanPAK2.93
238Dale BenkensteinSA2.93
238Gladstone SmallENG2.93
238Derek PringleENG2.93
238Derek UnderwoodENG2.93
238Manjula GurugeUAE2.93
244John SnowENG2.94
244Fanie de VilliersSA2.94
244Michael YardyENG2.94
244Not on recordOMN2.94
248Fanie de VilliersSA2.95
248Angus FraserENG2.95
248Saradindu MukherjeeIND2.95
251Greg ChappellAUS2.96
252Graham McKenzieAUS2.97
252Aasif KarimKEN2.97
252Greg ChappellAUS2.97
255Michael HoldingWI2.98
255Shaun PollockSA2.98
257Alick AthanazeWI3.00
257Geoff ArnoldENG3.00
257Thomas OdoyoKEN3.00
257Dipendra AireeNEP3.00
257Ehsan NawazHK3.00
257Andrew StraussENG3.00
257Joseph AngaraKEN3.00
257Martin SujiKEN3.00
257Mike WhitneyAUS3.00
257Allan LambENG3.00
257Stephen BoockNZ3.00
257Nick CookENG3.00
257Bruce ReidAUS3.00
257Gary MartinZIM3.00
257Rahul DravidIND3.00
257Devendra BishooWI3.00
257Angelo MathewsSL3.00
257Sushant ModaniUSA3.00
257Rassie van der DussenSA3.00
257Sushant ModaniUSA3.00
257Ryan ten DoeschateNED3.00
257Sewnarine ChattergoonWI3.00
257Rohit SharmaIND3.00
257Shiv ChanderpaulWI3.00
257Andrew HudsonSA3.00
257Sanath KaluperumaSL3.00
257Samiur RahmanBAN3.00
257Josh DaveySCO3.00
257Najibullah ZadranAFG3.00
257Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.00
287Sir Garry SobersWI3.01
287Malcolm MarshallWI3.01
289Angus FraserENG3.02
289Phil SimmonsWI3.02
291Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.03
291Bernard ScholtzNAM3.03
291Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND3.03
294Bradley CurrieSCO3.05
295Nasum AhmedBAN3.06
295Imran NiaziPAK3.06
295Courtney WalshWI3.06
295Abdullah MazariAFG3.06
295Craig McDermottAUS3.06
300Abdur RehmanPAK3.07
300Wasim AkramPAK3.07
302Phil DeFreitasENG3.08
302Frederick KlaassenNED3.08
302Not on recordCAN3.08
305Eknath SolkarIND3.09
305Alan MullallyENG3.09
305Ray IllingworthENG3.09
308Makhaya NtiniSA3.10
308James NgocheKEN3.10
308Brad WilliamsAUS3.10
308Habibul BasharBAN3.10
308Dipak PatelNZ3.10
308Shaun UdalENG3.10
308Paul AdamsSA3.10
308Ashton AgarAUS3.10
316Kushal MallaNEP3.11
316Andy RobertsNZ3.11
316Colin CroftWI3.11
319Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIND3.12
320Mohammad NazirPAK3.13
320Graham GoochENG3.13
322Angus FraserENG3.14
322Abu HiderBAN3.14
322Saleem AltafPAK3.14
325Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.15
325Paras KhadkaNEP3.15
327Dilip DoshiIND3.16
327Hiren VaraiyaKEN3.16
329Elmore HutchinsonUSA3.17
329Nangeyalia KharoteAFG3.17
329Darren SammyWI3.17
329Roelof van der MerweNED3.17
329Danish KaneriaPAK3.17
329Tony DodemaideAUS3.17
329Pieter SeelaarNED3.17
329Bernard ScholtzNAM3.17
337Shaun PollockSA3.18
337Shane WarneAUS3.18
337Ijaz AhmedPAK3.18
340Ashley MallettAUS3.19
340Shahid MahboobPAK3.19
340Geert-Maarten MolNED3.19
343Dean FoxcroftNZ3.20
343Stephen PeallZIM3.20
343Jaydev UnadkatIND3.20
343Riley HekurePNG3.20
343Saurabh NetravalkarUSA3.20
343Mark WattSCO3.20
349Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.21
349Yuzvendra ChahalIND3.21
351Terry AldermanAUS3.22
351Stephen BoockNZ3.22
353Andy BlignautZIM3.23
353Mike WhitneyAUS3.23
353Andy CaddickENG3.23
353Ahmed RazaUAE3.23
353Rumesh RatnayakeSL3.23
358Ali DawoodBHR3.24
358Chris HarrisNZ3.24
360Omari BanksWI3.25
360Yasim MurtazaHK3.25
360Joel GarnerWI3.25
363Ahmed RazaUAE3.26
363Gavin LarsenNZ3.26
365Gopal SharmaIND3.27
365Madan LalIND3.27
365Ryan HindsWI3.27
368Adam DaleAUS3.28
369Ian BishopWI3.29
369Corey CollymoreWI3.29
369Andre BothaIRE3.29
369Sharafuddin AshrafAFG3.29
369Malcolm MarshallWI3.29
374Matthew HartNZ3.30
374Willie WatsonNZ3.30
374Sarandeep SinghIND3.30
374Jason GillespieAUS3.30
374Tom MoodyAUS3.30
374Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.30
374Willie WatsonENG3.30
381Dhammika PrasadSL3.31
381Trent JohnstonIRE3.31
381Tony DodemaideAUS3.31
381Geoff LawsonAUS3.31
385Keith ArthurtonWI3.33
385Alan MullallyENG3.33
385Barry WoodENG3.33
385Mirwais AshrafAFG3.33
385Madan LalIND3.33
385Jayananda WarnaweeraSL3.33
385Dinesh MongiaIND3.33
385Wayne LarkinsENG3.33
385Andrew JonesNZ3.33
385Paul ReiffelAUS3.33
385Jehan MubarakSL3.33
385Vusi SibandaZIM3.33
397Angus FraserENG3.34
397Kapil DevIND3.34
399Willie WatsonENG3.35
399Asif IqbalUAE3.35
399Manzoor ElahiPAK3.35
399Harsh ThakerCAN3.35
399Ravi ShastriIND3.35
404Kapil DevIND3.36
404Darius D'SilvaUAE3.36
404Joel GarnerWI3.36
404Shahid AhmadzaiCAN3.36
404Dipendra AireeNEP3.36
404Andrew FlintoffENG3.36
410Tom MoodyAUS3.37
410Simon DavisAUS3.37
412Khary PierreWI3.38
412Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.38
412Malcolm MarshallWI3.38
412Courtney WalshWI3.38
412Mohammad AkramPAK3.38
417Geoff ArnoldENG3.39
417Mitchell SantnerNZ3.39
419Ruwan KalpageSL3.40
419Reon KingWI3.40
419Daren PowellWI3.40
419Bob WillisENG3.40
419Shem NgocheKEN3.40
419Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.40
425Mohammad SaifuddinBAN3.41
425Sushan BhariNEP3.41
425Darren GoughENG3.41
425Jacob OramNZ3.41
425Dwayne LeverockBER3.41
430Maninder SinghIND3.42
430Charl LangeveldtSA3.42
432Bishan BediIND3.43
432Tony GreigENG3.43
434Reece TopleyENG3.44
434Assad ValaPNG3.44
434Tauseef AhmedPAK3.44
434Brian McMillanSA3.44
438Sir Curtly AmbroseWI3.45
439Craig McDermottAUS3.46
439Madan LalIND3.46
439Mushfiqur RahmanBAN3.46
439Graham DilleyENG3.46
443Merv HughesAUS3.47
443Khaliq DadAFG3.47
445Craig McDermottAUS3.49
445Neil McKenzieSA3.49
445Glenn McGrathAUS3.49
448Pradeep JayaprakashdaranSL3.50
448Graeme WatsonAUS3.50
448Daryn DupavillonSA3.50
448Andy FlowerZIM3.50
448Ken RutherfordNZ3.50
448Stuart MacGillAUS3.50
454Wasim AkramPAK3.51
455Sir Ian BothamENG3.52
455Glenn McGrathAUS3.52
457Martin SujiKEN3.53
458Gopal BoseIND3.55
459Adam BacherSA3.56
459Mike WhitneyAUS3.56
461Tawanda MupariwaZIM3.57
462Gary RobertsonNZ3.59
462Terry AldermanAUS3.59
462Sarfraz NawazPAK3.59
465Khary PierreWI3.60
465Ewen ChatfieldNZ3.60
467Kumar DharmasenaSL3.62
468Nikhil ChopraIND3.63
468Carl HooperWI3.63
470Doug WaltersAUS3.64
471Paras MhambreyIND3.67
471Glenn McGrathAUS3.67
473Courtney WalshWI3.68
474Tanvir IslamBAN3.70
474Morshed Ali KhanBAN3.70
476Vanburn HolderWI3.71
476Aminul IslamBAN3.71
478Fanie de VilliersSA3.72
478Malcolm MarshallWI3.72
480Mehidy HasanBAN3.74
480Chaminda VaasSL3.74
482Deighton 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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