Best Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
TESTAll-time500 entries
110/2Anil KumbleINDBest return on the list
210/5Jim LakerENG
310/7Ajaz PatelNZ
● LEADS
Anil KumbleIND
10/2 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Muttiah MuralitharanSL
8 separate entries on this list · 299 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
9/7
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Anil KumbleIND10/2
2Jim LakerENG10/5
3Ajaz PatelNZ10/7
4Ajaz PatelNZ10/25
5Anil KumbleIND10/42
6Kapil DevIND9/0
6Sarfraz NawazPAK9/0
6Abdul QadirPAK9/0
6Rangana HerathSL9/0
10George LohmannENG9/7
11Abdul QadirPAK9/8
12Keshav MaharajSA9/10
13Sir Richard HadleeNZ9/15
14Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/17
15Devon MalcolmENG9/19
16Hugh TayfieldSA9/21
17Sarfraz NawazPAK9/22
18Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/23
19Rangana HerathSL9/26
20Jack NoreigaWI9/30
21Sydney BarnesENG9/48
22Jasubhai PatelIND9/55
23Subhash GupteIND9/86
24Derek UnderwoodENG8/0
25Harbhajan SinghIND8/1
26Michael HoldingWI8/2
26Anil KumbleIND8/2
26Angus FraserENG8/2
29Geoff LawsonAUS8/3
29Kapil DevIND8/3
31Sir Curtly AmbroseWI8/4
31Taijul IslamBAN8/4
31Neil FosterENG8/4
31Tony GreigENG8/4
35Frank LaverAUS8/6
36Sajid KhanPAK8/7
37George LohmannENG8/8
37Lance KlusenerSA8/8
37Stuart BroadENG8/8
40Albert TrottAUS8/9
40Fred TruemanENG8/9
40Ashley MallettAUS8/9
43Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND8/10
43Craig McDermottAUS8/10
43Roston ChaseWI8/10
43Angus FraserENG8/10
47Javagal SrinathIND8/12
48Sir Ian BothamENG8/13
48Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/13
50Graham McKenzieAUS8/14
50Glenn McGrathAUS8/14
50Saqlain MushtaqPAK8/14
50Nathan LyonAUS8/14
50Shannon GabrielWI8/14
50Sikander BakhtPAK8/14
56Tip SnookeSA8/15
57Lance GibbsWI8/16
57Imran KhanPAK8/16
57Shane WarneAUS8/16
60Craig McDermottAUS8/17
61Colin BlytheENG8/18
61Max WalkerAUS8/18
61Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/18
61Sydney BarnesENG8/18
61Rangana HerathSL8/18
61Glenn McGrathAUS8/18
67Nathan LyonAUS8/19
68George LohmannENG8/20
68Yasir ShahPAK8/20
70Hugh TrumbleAUS8/21
70Erapalli PrasannaIND8/21
72Mitchell JohnsonAUS8/22
73Ravi RatnayekeSL8/24
74Paul StrangZIM8/26
74Bob MassieAUS8/26
76Bob WillisENG8/28
77Bernard BosanquetENG8/29
77Colin CroftWI8/29
77Muttiah MuralitharanSL8/29
80Stuart MacGillAUS8/30
81Vinoo MankadIND8/35
82Alf ValentineWI8/39
83Goofy LawrenceSA8/40
84Allan DonaldSA8/42
84Noman AliPAK8/42
84Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND8/42
87Narendra HirwaniIND8/43
88Sir Ian BothamENG8/45
89Devendra BishooWI8/46
90Merv HughesAUS8/52
91Tom RichardsonENG8/94
92Jason KrejzaAUS8/102
93Fred TruemanENG7/0
93Phil EdmondsENG7/0
93Tony LockENG7/0
93Monty NobleAUS7/0
93Tom RichardsonENG7/0
98Johnny WardleENG7/1
98Pervez SajjadPAK7/1
98Allan BorderAUS7/1
98Washington SundarIND7/1
98Phil DeFreitasENG7/1
98Trevor BaileyENG7/1
104Alf HallSA7/2
104Subhash GupteIND7/2
104Jermaine LawsonWI7/2
104Harbhajan SinghIND7/2
104Fred TitmusENG7/2
104Denis AtkinsonWI7/2
110George UlyettENG7/3
110Joe PartridgeSA7/3
110Paul AdamsSA7/3
110Lance GibbsWI7/3
110Mohammad NazirPAK7/3
110John EmbureyENG7/3
116Roy TattersallENG7/4
116Aubrey FaulknerSA7/4
116Michael KasprowiczAUS7/4
119Sir Alec BedserENG7/5
119Derek UnderwoodENG7/5
119Derek UnderwoodENG7/5
119Geoff DymockAUS7/5
119Mark CraigNZ7/5
124Keith MillerAUS7/6
124Darren SammyWI7/6
124Danish KaneriaPAK7/6
124Keshav MaharajSA7/6
124Lance CairnsNZ7/6
124Shakib Al HasanBAN7/6
124Malcolm MarshallWI7/6
124Bishan BediIND7/6
132Dick BarlowENG7/7
132Ernie JonesAUS7/7
132Zaheer KhanIND7/7
132Rangana HerathSL7/7
132John SnowENG7/7
132Matthew HoggardENG7/7
132Daniel VettoriNZ7/7
132Mitchell SantnerNZ7/7
132Shamar JosephWI7/7
141Rangana HerathSL7/8
141Nathan LyonAUS7/8
141Shardul ThakurIND7/8
141Courtney WalshWI7/8
141Lance CairnsNZ7/8
141Derek UnderwoodENG7/8
141Corey CollymoreWI7/8
141Tim SoutheeNZ7/8
141Ravichandran AshwinIND7/8
141Stuart BroadENG7/8
141Saqlain MushtaqPAK7/8
141Imran KhanBHR7/8
153Dick BarlowENG7/9
153Brian StathamENG7/9
153Sir Wes HallWI7/9
153Intikhab AlamPAK7/9
153Maninder SinghIND7/9
153Mitchell StarcAUS7/9
153Michael KasprowiczAUS7/9
153Bruce YardleyAUS7/9
153Wilfred RhodesENG7/9
153Ray LindwallAUS7/9
153Chris OldENG7/9
153Shaun PollockSA7/9
153Jim HiggsAUS7/9
153Bruce TaylorNZ7/9
167George GiffenAUS7/10
167Sir Curtly AmbroseWI7/10
167Ravindra JadejaIND7/10
167Chris PringleNZ7/10
167Charles MacartneyAUS7/10
167Chris CairnsNZ7/10
167Noman AliPAK7/10
167Nathan LyonAUS7/10
167Richie BenaudAUS7/10
176Ray LindwallAUS7/11
176Shane WarneAUS7/11
176George LohmannENG7/11
176Brian StathamENG7/11
176Shane WarneAUS7/11
176Chaminda VaasSL7/11
182Iqbal QasimPAK7/12
182James AndersonENG7/12
182Makhaya NtiniSA7/12
182Phil TufnellENG7/12
182Trevor BaileyENG7/12
182Malcolm MarshallWI7/12
182Fidel EdwardsWI7/12
182Steve HarmisonENG7/12
190Bert IronmongerAUS7/13
190Ryan HarrisAUS7/13
190Mike WhitneyAUS7/13
190Todd MurphyAUS7/13
190Matthew HoggardENG7/13
190Glenn McGrathAUS7/13
196Bobby PeelENG7/14
196Keshav MaharajSA7/14
196Lindsay KlineAUS7/14
196Sir Alec BedserENG7/14
196Bert VoglerSA7/14
196John SnowENG7/14
196Franklyn RoseWI7/14
203Bob WillisENG7/15
203Rangana HerathSL7/15
203Jack SaundersAUS7/15
206Graham McKenzieAUS7/16
206Alan DavidsonAUS7/16
206Abdul QadirPAK7/16
206Danish KaneriaPAK7/16
206Neil WagnerNZ7/16
206Mitchell JohnsonAUS7/16
212Eric HolliesENG7/17
213Dennis LilleeAUS7/18
213Sir Ian BothamENG7/18
213Subhash GupteIND7/18
213Frank LaverAUS7/18
213Jomel WarricanWI7/18
213Andy CaddickENG7/18
219Ravichandran AshwinIND7/19
219Jason GillespieAUS7/19
219Daniel VettoriNZ7/19
219Anil KumbleIND7/19
223Waqar YounisPAK7/20
223Kagiso RabadaSA7/20
223Ravindra JadejaIND7/20
226Kapil DevIND7/21
226Sydney BarnesENG7/21
228Neil HawkeAUS7/22
228Harbhajan SinghIND7/22
228Waqar YounisPAK7/22
228Fazal MahmoodPAK7/22
228Frank TysonENG7/22
228Phil TufnellENG7/22
234Hugh TayfieldSA7/23
234Sir Richard HadleeNZ7/23
234Bruce YardleyAUS7/23
234Matt HenryNZ7/23
234Abrar AhmedPAK7/23
234Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/23
240Tom KendallAUS7/24
240Doug WrightENG7/24
240Billy BatesENG7/24
240Ray BrightAUS7/24
240John LeverENG7/24
245Dominic CorkENG7/25
245Geoff LawsonAUS7/25
245Gerry GomezWI7/25
248Sydney BarnesENG7/26
248Ian JohnsonAUS7/26
248Frank WorrellWI7/26
251Charlie TurnerAUS7/27
251Mehidy HasanBAN7/27
253Dale SteynSA7/29
253Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL7/29
253Johnny WardleENG7/29
256Anil KumbleIND7/30
257Bill LockwoodENG7/33
258Imran KhanPAK7/34
258Fazal MahmoodPAK7/34
258Sonny RamadhinWI7/34
261Graham McKenzieAUS7/36
261Taijul IslamBAN7/36
263J.J. FerrisAUS7/37
263Danny MorrisonNZ7/37
265Blessing MuzarabaniZIM7/38
266Muttiah MuralitharanSL7/39
267Bruce ReidAUS7/40
268Sir Alec BedserENG7/41
269Allan DonaldSA7/43
270Frederick SpofforthAUS7/44
270Yasir ShahPAK7/44
272Marchant de LangeSA7/45
273Rahkeem CornwallWI7/46
274Sir Richard HadleeNZ7/47
274Yasir ShahPAK7/47
274Sir Andy RobertsWI7/47
277George GearyENG7/50
278Tibby CotterAUS7/59
278Hugh TayfieldSA7/59
280Mike WhitneyAUS7/60
281Joey PalmerAUS7/61
282Sikandar RazaZIM7/62
283Mohammad ZahidPAK7/64
284Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/78
285George GiffenAUS7/117
286Ray IllingworthENG6/0
286Tom HoranAUS6/0
286Fred TitmusENG6/0
286Derek UnderwoodENG6/0
286Abdul QadirPAK6/0
286Marcus NorthAUS6/0
286Polly UmrigarIND6/0
293Fidel EdwardsWI6/1
293Monty PanesarENG6/1
293Max WalkerAUS6/1
293Lance GibbsWI6/1
293Graeme SwannENG6/1
293Bapu NadkarniIND6/1
293Ken MackayAUS6/1
293Mahmood HussainPAK6/1
301Joey PalmerAUS6/2
301Ernie ToshackAUS6/2
301Frank WorrellWI6/2
301Jasprit BumrahIND6/2
301Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND6/2
306Brian StathamENG6/3
306Bapu NadkarniIND6/3
306Fazal MahmoodPAK6/3
309Bapu NadkarniIND6/4
309Ray IllingworthENG6/4
311Josh HazlewoodAUS6/5
311Ernie JonesAUS6/5
311Hugh TayfieldSA6/5
311Ken HiggsENG6/5
311Wasim AkramPAK6/5
311Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND6/5
317Aubrey FaulknerSA6/6
317Ernie ToshackAUS6/6
317Bishan BediIND6/6
317Muttiah MuralitharanSL6/6
317Jomel WarricanWI6/6
317Terry AldermanAUS6/6
317Sonny RamadhinWI6/6
317David PitheySA6/6
325Arthur GilliganENG6/7
325Lance GibbsWI6/7
325Colin BlytheENG6/7
325Elias SunnyBAN6/7
325Dennis LilleeAUS6/7
330George GiffenAUS6/8
330Warwick ArmstrongAUS6/8
330Shane WarneAUS6/8
330Tony LockENG6/8
334Clarrie GrimmettAUS6/9
334Stuart BroadENG6/9
334Geoff ChubbSA6/9
337Dennis LilleeAUS6/10
337Chris LewisENG6/10
339Sir Wes HallWI6/11
339Schofield HaighENG6/11
339Charlie GriffithWI6/11
339Sir Curtly AmbroseWI6/11
339John BracewellNZ6/11
339Sadu ShindeIND6/11
345Maurice TateENG6/12
345Tom CartwrightENG6/12
345Jeff ThomsonAUS6/12
345Peter HeineSA6/12
345Sir Andy RobertsWI6/12
350Bill BowesENG6/13
350Jeff JonesENG6/13
350Johnny BriggsENG6/13
350Hugh TayfieldSA6/13
354Stuart BroadENG6/14
354Stan NicholsENG6/14
354Bill JohnstonAUS6/14
354Tibby CotterAUS6/14
358Richie BenaudAUS6/15
358Charlie TurnerAUS6/15
358Billy BarnesENG6/15
361Harry BoyleAUS6/16
361Walter LeesENG6/16
361Wasim AkramPAK6/16
361Derek UnderwoodENG6/16
361Neil HawkeAUS6/16
361Neil AdcockSA6/16
367Maurice TateENG6/17
367John SnowENG6/17
367Graham McKenzieAUS6/17
367Bob CunisNZ6/17
371Charlie TurnerAUS6/18
371Peter PollockSA6/18
371Kemar RoachWI6/18
371Venkatesh PrasadIND6/18
371Ramakant DesaiIND6/18
376Billy BarnesENG6/19
376Jack HearneENG6/19
376Jack HearneENG6/19
376Tony LockENG6/19
376Malcolm MarshallWI6/19
381Keith BoyceWI6/21
381Monty NobleAUS6/21
383Bobby PeelENG6/23
384Mike ProcterSA6/24
384Jason HolderWI6/24
384Dennis LilleeAUS6/24
387Len ColdwellENG6/25
387Alan DavidsonAUS6/25
389Buster NupenSA6/26
389Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND6/26
389Peter PollockSA6/26
389Cyril VincentSA6/26
389Jimmy SinclairSA6/26
394Claude CarterSA6/27
395Johnny BriggsENG6/28
395Lance GibbsWI6/28
397Makhaya NtiniSA6/29
398Fred TruemanENG6/30
398Frederick SpofforthAUS6/30
398Hugh TrumbleAUS6/30
401John SharpeENG6/31
401Fred TruemanENG6/31
403Ted PeateENG6/34
404Ian PeeblesENG6/35
405Clarrie GrimmettAUS6/37
405Bill LockwoodENG6/37
405Sydney BarnesENG6/37
408Sonny RamadhinWI6/38
409Jack CowieNZ6/40
410Ian JohnsonAUS6/42
410Haseeb AhsanPAK6/42
412Jeff ThomsonAUS6/45
413Alan ConnollyAUS6/47
414Erapalli PrasannaIND6/51
415Bishan BediIND6/52
416Syed Abid AliIND6/55
417Arthur MaileyAUS6/63
418Tom RichardsonENG6/75
419Arthur FielderENG6/82
420Jack CowieNZ6/83
421Tibby CotterAUS6/101
422George ParkerSA6/121
423George PaineENG5/0
423Doug WaltersAUS5/0
425Eric HolliesENG5/1
426Bill CopsonENG5/2
426Peter PollockSA5/2
426Bill BowesENG5/2
429Wilf FlowersENG5/3
430Warwick ArmstrongAUS5/4
430Lindsay TuckettSA5/4
430Frank KingWI5/4
433Nathan LyonAUS5/5
433Manny MartindaleWI5/5
433Geoff ArnoldENG5/5
436Stanley JacksonENG5/6
437Romario ShepherdWI5/7
437Johnny BriggsENG5/7
439Sir Alec BedserENG5/9
439Ken ShuttleworthENG5/9
441Baron ConstantineWI5/11
441George LohmannENG5/11
441Charlie McLeodAUS5/11
444Arthur MaileyAUS5/13
445Henry PromnitzSA5/14
445George GiffenAUS5/14
447Billy BarnesENG5/17
447Hugh TrumbleAUS5/17
449George MacaulayENG5/19
449Sydney CallawayAUS5/19
449Joey PalmerAUS5/19
452Wally HammondENG5/21
453Billy MidwinterAUS5/23
453Muhammad SiddiqueUAE5/23
455Alex KennedyENG5/24
456Billy BatesENG5/26
457Alfred ShawENG5/27
457J.J. FerrisAUS5/27
459'Young Jack' HearneENG5/30
460Johnny BriggsENG5/34
461George Finlay-BissettSA5/37
462Len BraundENG5/40
463Wilfred RhodesENG5/41
464Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/46
464Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/46
466Chud LangtonSA5/49
466Tom RichardsonENG5/49
468Clarrie GrimmettAUS5/59
469Sydney BarnesENG5/65
470Reg PerksENG5/99
471Jack GregoryAUS5/111
472Dave NourseSA4/1
472James Lillywhite (jnr)ENG4/1
474Fred MorleyENG4/4
475Bill LundieSA4/6
475Aubrey FaulknerSA4/6
477George UlyettENG4/7
478Billy BatesENG4/8
479Maurice TateENG4/12
480Frank WoolleyENG4/14
480Johnny DouglasENG4/14
482Allen HillENG4/18
482Charlie TurnerAUS4/18
484Percy FenderENG4/21
485Cyril VincentSA4/22
486Colin BlytheENG4/26
487Roy KilnerENG4/29
488Sid PeglerSA4/30
489Wilfred RhodesENG4/35
490Frederick SpofforthAUS4/40
490Fred RootENG4/40
492Ted ArnoldENG4/76
493Charlie McLeodAUS4/84
494Albert RelfENG3/9
495Bill HowellAUS3/35
496Monty NobleAUS3/37
497Claude NewberrySA3/93
498Johnny DouglasENG2/2
499Frank LaverAUS2/39
500George HirstENG2/47
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