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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
11.04Alfred ShawENG0.01 clear of William Attewell
21.05William AttewellENG0.01 off the lead
31.07Edwin EvansAUS0.03 off the lead
● LEADS
Alfred ShawENG
1.04 · 0.01 better than Attewell
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.40
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
23 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Alfred ShawENG1.04
2William AttewellENG1.05
3Edwin EvansAUS1.07
4Fred MorleyENG1.22
5Dick BarlowENG1.25
6Ted PeateENG1.30
7Billy BatesENG1.39
8Billy BarnesENG1.40
9Wilf FlowersENG1.40
10Billy MidwinterAUS1.40
11Tom GarrettAUS1.42
12J.J. FerrisAUS1.45
13Harry BoyleAUS1.47
14John TrumbleAUS1.48
15Joey PalmerAUS1.49
16George LohmannENG1.50
17Tom KendallAUS1.53
18Reg ScarlettWI1.56
19George UlyettENG1.56
20Tom EmmettENG1.56
21Charlie TurnerAUS1.59
22Bobby PeelENG1.60
23W.G. GraceENG1.61
24Frederick SpofforthAUS1.66
25Bert IronmongerAUS1.70
26Bapu NadkarniIND1.70
27Zulfiqar AhmedPAK1.71
28Ron OxenhamAUS1.74
29Allan SteelENG1.78
30Ted a'BeckettAUS1.79
31Hines JohnsonWI1.81
32Fred RootENG1.81
33Trevor GoddardSA1.82
34John SharpeENG1.85
35Malcolm JarvisZIM1.85
36Foffie WilliamsWI1.86
37Bill BradleyENG1.86
38Polly UmrigarIND1.87
39Fred BarrattENG1.88
40Gerry GomezWI1.90
41Tommy GreenhoughENG1.90
42Denis AtkinsonWI1.91
43Cliff GladwinENG1.92
44Gopal SharmaIND1.92
45Clive EksteenSA1.93
46Maurice AllomENG1.95
47Bob McLeodAUS1.95
48Jack HearneENG1.96
49Don WilsonENG1.97
50Arthur RichardsonAUS1.97
51Cyril FrancoisSA1.97
52Jack WhiteENG1.98
53Ray IllingworthENG1.98
54Harry BromfieldSA1.99
55John ShepherdWI1.99
56Johnny BriggsENG1.99
57Norman GiffordENG2.00
58Ken MackayAUS2.00
59Vaman KumarIND2.00
60Johnny WardleENG2.02
61Tom CartwrightENG2.03
62William BruceAUS2.03
63Maurice FosterWI2.03
64William CooperAUS2.03
65Hansie CronjeSA2.03
66Basil D'OliveiraENG2.04
67Maurice TateENG2.05
68Stephen PeallZIM2.05
69Bill O'ReillyAUS2.05
70Sonny RamadhinWI2.05
71Sir Clyde WalcottWI2.05
72John MortimoreENG2.06
73Snuffy BrowneWI2.06
74Dick PollardENG2.06
75Pat TrimbornSA2.06
76Mohammad NazirPAK2.07
77Jim BurkeAUS2.07
78Hedley VerityENG2.07
79Ramesh DivechaIND2.07
80Alf ValentineWI2.08
81ShujauddinPAK2.08
82Tony LockENG2.08
83David AllenENG2.08
84Bill HowellAUS2.08
85Pervez SajjadPAK2.09
86Charles MacartneyAUS2.09
87Richard HuttonENG2.09
88Bob BerryENG2.09
89Fazal MahmoodPAK2.10
90Gavin LarsenNZ2.10
91Trent CopelandAUS2.10
92Jack YoungENG2.10
93Abdul KardarIND2.11
94Don BlackieAUS2.11
95Fred TitmusENG2.12
96Jimmy CameronWI2.12
97Albert RelfENG2.12
98George GearyENG2.13
99Bonnor MiddletonSA2.13
100Tom VeiversAUS2.13
101Alex KennedyENG2.14
102Lance GibbsWI2.14
103Roger HarperWI2.14
104Jim LakerENG2.14
105Hugh TrumbleAUS2.15
106Jeremy ConeyNZ2.16
107Harry CaveNZ2.16
108Eric AtkinsonWI2.16
109Bilal AsifPAK2.17
110George GiffenAUS2.17
111Clarrie GrimmettAUS2.17
112Bob CottamENG2.17
113John WatkinsSA2.18
114Ghulam AhmedIND2.18
115Atholl McKinnonSA2.18
116Raphick JumadeenWI2.18
117Elquemedo WillettWI2.18
118Ken HiggsENG2.18
119Warwick ArmstrongAUS2.19
120Roy KilnerENG2.19
121Vinoo MankadIND2.19
122Collie SmithWI2.20
123Phil EdmondsENG2.20
124John GoddardWI2.21
125Derek UnderwoodENG2.22
126Jasubhai PatelIND2.22
127David SmithENG2.22
128Derek ShackletonENG2.22
129Roy TattersallENG2.22
130Bishan BediIND2.22
131David IronsideSA2.22
132Lala AmarnathIND2.23
133Ernie ToshackAUS2.23
134Walter LeesENG2.23
135Sandeep PatilIND2.23
136Robin HobbsENG2.24
137Anton MurraySA2.24
138Jack NoreigaWI2.24
139Neil McGarrellWI2.24
140John EmbureyENG2.24
141Arthur BarrettWI2.24
142Albert TrottAUS2.25
143Don BeardNZ2.25
144Eric HolliesENG2.25
145Alf HallSA2.25
146Dilip DoshiIND2.25
147Venkatapathy RajuIND2.25
148Nathan AstleNZ2.26
149Craig MatthewsSA2.26
150Alan MossENG2.27
151Tufty MannSA2.27
152Arshad KhanPAK2.27
153Frank FosterENG2.27
154Sam StaplesENG2.27
155Tauseef AhmedPAK2.28
156Ted BadcockNZ2.28
157Trevor HohnsAUS2.28
158Clive LloydWI2.28
159John ReidNZ2.29
160Gulabrai RamchandIND2.29
161Ian ThomsonENG2.29
162Peter LoaderENG2.29
163Stork HendryAUS2.29
164Alan DavidsonAUS2.29
165Sir Viv RichardsWI2.29
166Clyde ButtsWI2.30
167Malcolm HiltonENG2.30
168Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2.30
169Rolph GrantWI2.30
170Goofy LawrenceSA2.30
171Gary BrentZIM2.30
172Bob NewsonSA2.30
173Iqbal QasimPAK2.31
174James LangridgeENG2.31
175Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.31
176Jack IversonAUS2.31
177AG Kripal SinghIND2.31
178Joe SolomonWI2.31
179Bob AppleyardENG2.31
180Grahame CorlingAUS2.31
181George RoweSA2.32
182Charlie McLeodAUS2.32
183Larry GomesWI2.32
184John GunnENG2.32
185Pommie MbangwaZIM2.33
186Jimmy MatthewsAUS2.33
187John TrimWI2.33
188Sir Garry SobersWI2.33
189Dattu PhadkarIND2.33
190George MacaulayENG2.34
191Sydney BurkeSA2.34
192Don AnurasiriSL2.34
193Lindsay KlineAUS2.34
194Allan BorderAUS2.34
195Charlie DavisWI2.34
196Subhash GupteIND2.34
197Mike HendrickENG2.34
198Rajesh ChauhanIND2.35
199Neville QuinnSA2.35
200Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.35
201Ewart AstillENG2.35
202Len ColdwellENG2.36
203Arshad AyubIND2.36
204Ravi ShastriIND2.36
205Sailor YoungENG2.36
206Amar SinghIND2.36
207Ray BrightAUS2.36
208Sydney BarnesENG2.37
209Robert CroftENG2.37
210Jacob DuffyNZ2.37
211Dinanath RamnarineWI2.37
212Tim MayAUS2.38
213Hugh TayfieldSA2.38
214Motganhalli JaisimhaIND2.38
215Aashish KapoorIND2.38
216Peter SuchENG2.39
217Willie WatsonENG2.39
218Colin de GrandhommeNZ2.39
219Eddie FullerSA2.39
220Neil AdcockSA2.39
221Gerry HazlittAUS2.39
222Ron ArcherAUS2.39
223EhteshamuddinPAK2.39
224Frank WorrellWI2.39
225Tendai ChataraZIM2.39
226Hedley HowarthNZ2.40
227Peter MartinENG2.40
228Jacob OramNZ2.40
229Shaun PollockSA2.40
230Maninder SinghIND2.40
231Ajit de SilvaSL2.40
232Alan MullallyENG2.40
233Dick TyldesleyENG2.41
234Chandika HathurusinghaSL2.41
235Fred RumseyENG2.42
236Frank LaverAUS2.42
237Bob MassieAUS2.42
238Sir Alec BedserENG2.42
239Phil TufnellENG2.42
240Frank KingWI2.42
241Graham GoochENG2.43
242Frank CameronNZ2.43
243Nick CookENG2.43
244SurendranathIND2.43
245John RennieZIM2.43
246Geoff ChubbSA2.43
247Geoff MillerENG2.43
248Niroshan BandaratillekeSL2.43
249Bryan StrangZIM2.43
250Greg ChappellAUS2.43
251Stephen BoockNZ2.43
252Tony MacGibbonNZ2.44
253Jaswick TaylorWI2.44
254Asif IqbalPAK2.44
255Mike ProcterSA2.44
256Jackie BottenSA2.44
257Kyle MayersWI2.45
258James TredwellENG2.45
259Carl HooperWI2.45
260Wally HammondENG2.45
261Jack RyderAUS2.45
262Bill WhittyAUS2.45
263Wilfred RhodesENG2.45
264Khan MohammadPAK2.46
265Richie BenaudAUS2.46
266Colin BlytheENG2.46
267Andrew McDonaldAUS2.46
268Saeed AhmedPAK2.46
269Sanath JayasuriyaSL2.47
270Eddie HemmingsENG2.47
271Richard DumbrillSA2.47
271Puss AchongWI2.47
272Phil SimmonsWI2.47
273Salim DuraniIND2.47
274Monty NobleAUS2.47
275Joel GarnerWI2.48
276Muttiah MuralitharanSL2.48
277Bob CowperAUS2.48
278Eldine BaptisteWI2.48
279Dick HoworthENG2.48
280Vanburn HolderWI2.48
281Meyrick PringleSA2.48
282Richard IllingworthENG2.48
283Robin JackmanENG2.50
284Bill LockwoodENG2.50
285Glenn McGrathAUS2.50
286Tim WallAUS2.51
287Peter WilleyENG2.51
288Carl RackemannAUS2.51
289Brian StathamENG2.51
290Charles KellewayAUS2.51
291Brian McMillanSA2.52
292Hamilton MasakadzaZIM2.52
293Bill JohnstonAUS2.52
294Percy HornibrookAUS2.52
295Jahangir KhanIND2.52
296Kumar DharmasenaSL2.52
297Stan McCabeAUS2.53
298Axar PatelIND2.53
299Jayantha SilvaSL2.53
300Abdur RehmanPAK2.53
301Prior JonesWI2.53
302Jim SmithENG2.54
303Courtney WalshWI2.54
304Mike GattingENG2.54
305Erapalli PrasannaIND2.54
306Darren LehmannAUS2.54
307Alan FairfaxAUS2.55
308Chandu BordeIND2.55
309Murali KartikIND2.55
310Tony GrayWI2.55
311Lance CairnsNZ2.55
312Bruce MartinNZ2.55
313Kyle AbbottSA2.55
314Sunil JoshiIND2.56
315Mahendra NagamootooWI2.56
316Evan GrayNZ2.56
317Alan ConnollyAUS2.56
318Graeme HickENG2.56
319Geoff CopeENG2.56
320Mohammad AbbasPAK2.56
321Dion NashNZ2.57
322Jim PothecarySA2.57
323Andrew SymondsAUS2.57
324David ColleyAUS2.57
325Shivlal YadavIND2.57
326Mudassar NazarPAK2.57
327Trevor BaileyENG2.58
328Fanie de VilliersSA2.58
329Buster NupenSA2.58
330Joe PartridgeSA2.58
331Geoff BoycottENG2.58
332Tinashe PanyangaraZIM2.58
333Ian JohnsonAUS2.58
334Neil HawkeAUS2.59
335Allan WatkinsENG2.59
336Saeed AjmalPAK2.59
337Barry KnightENG2.59
338Daniel VettoriNZ2.59
339Bill BowesENG2.59
340Ravindra JadejaIND2.59
341Wasim AkramPAK2.59
342Brett SchultzSA2.59
343Cameron CuffyWI2.59
344Geoff DymockAUS2.59
345Bernard JulienWI2.60
346Praveen KumarIND2.60
347Justin VaughanNZ2.60
348Peter ParfittENG2.60
349David LarterENG2.60
350Tip SnookeSA2.60
351Vic PollardNZ2.61
352Saliya AhangamaSL2.61
353John BracewellNZ2.61
354Keith MillerAUS2.61
355Jack RobertsonENG2.61
356Jason HolderWI2.61
357Stuart ClarkAUS2.62
358Max WalkerAUS2.62
359Bev CongdonNZ2.62
360Joey CarewWI2.62
361Tony DodemaideAUS2.62
362Majid KhanPAK2.62
363Nigel HaigENG2.62
364John GleesonAUS2.62
365George HirstENG2.63
366Jayananda WarnaweeraSL2.63
367Paul ReiffelAUS2.63
368Bryan YuileNZ2.63
369Arjuna RanatungaSL2.63
370Chris GayleWI2.63
371Vernon PhilanderSA2.63
372David PitheySA2.63
373Alf GoverENG2.64
374Aamer SohailPAK2.64
375Lance KlusenerSA2.64
376Paul StrangZIM2.65
377Saqlain MushtaqPAK2.65
378Colin MillerAUS2.65
379Steve WaughAUS2.65
380Shane WarneAUS2.65
381David HolfordWI2.65
382Inshan AliWI2.65
383Paul HarrisSA2.66
384Imran NiaziBHR2.66
385Asoka de SilvaSL2.66
386Mohammad MunafPAK2.66
387Ray LindwallAUS2.66
388Brian CloseENG2.66
389Somachandra De SilvaSL2.67
390Peter HeineSA2.67
391Mohammad HafeezPAK2.67
392Angus FraserENG2.67
393Mahmood HussainPAK2.67
394Harold LarwoodENG2.67
395Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK2.67
396Guy WhittallZIM2.67
397Bruce ReidAUS2.68
398Winston BenjaminWI2.68
399Oliver RobinsonENG2.68
400George PaineENG2.68
401Vic MarksENG2.68
402Pat PocockENG2.69
403Geoff ArnoldENG2.69
404Tom GoddardENG2.69
405Malcolm MarshallWI2.69
406Gary BartlettNZ2.69
407Chaminda VaasSL2.69
408Pragyan OjhaIND2.69
409Russel ArnoldSL2.69
410Heath StreakZIM2.69
411Ashley MallettAUS2.69
412Cyril AllcottNZ2.69
413Frank WoolleyENG2.69
414Jalal-ud-DinPAK2.69
415Ian MeckiffAUS2.70
416Fen CresswellNZ2.70
417Athol RowanSA2.70
418Anil KumbleIND2.70
419Cyril VincentSA2.70
420Ted DexterENG2.70
421Nilesh KulkarniIND2.70
422C.K.NayuduIND2.70
423Saleem JaffarPAK2.70
424Sanjay BangarIND2.70
425Pat SymcoxSA2.70
426Jack HillAUS2.70
427Sam LoxtonAUS2.71
428Fred TruemanENG2.71
429Tom BurttNZ2.71
430Bill CopsonENG2.71
431Angelo MathewsSL2.71
432Peter PollockSA2.71
433Bob BlairNZ2.72
434Schofield HaighENG2.72
435Terry AldermanAUS2.72
436Wilf FergusonWI2.72
437Grayson ShillingfordWI2.73
438Ernie JonesAUS2.73
439Johnny HayesNZ2.73
440Nathan BrackenAUS2.73
440Asif MujtabaPAK2.73
441Grant FlowerZIM2.73
442Shabbir AhmedPAK2.74
443Ken CranstonENG2.74
444Gilbert JessopENG2.74
445Stanley JacksonENG2.74
446Chris HarrisNZ2.74
447Mohammad ShahidBAN2.74
448Vijay HazareIND2.74
449Intikhab AlamPAK2.74
450Sarfraz NawazPAK2.75
451David BrownENG2.75
452Abdul QadirPAK2.75
453Dick MotzNZ2.75
454Bill VoceENG2.76
455Freddie BrownENG2.76
456Shane WatsonAUS2.76
457Freddie MartinWI2.76
458Bob WyattENG2.76
459Mark EalhamENG2.76
460Ian CrombNZ2.76
461Martin SneddenNZ2.76
462Enamul HaqueBAN2.76
463Jack BirkenshawENG2.77
464Kyle JamiesonNZ2.77
465Stan NicholsENG2.77
466Subrata GuhaIND2.77
467Jasprit BumrahIND2.77
468Neil FosterENG2.77
469Steve O'KeefeAUS2.77
470John SparlingNZ2.77
471Narendra HirwaniIND2.77
472Kerry O'KeeffeAUS2.77
473Terry JennerAUS2.78
474Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.78
475Richard EllisonENG2.78
476Josh HazlewoodAUS2.78
477Jack FlavellENG2.78
478Ryan HarrisAUS2.78
479Ryan SidebottomENG2.78
480Kapil DevIND2.78
481Graham McKenzieAUS2.79
482Ben HilfenhausAUS2.79
483Eddie BarlowSA2.79
484Monty PanesarENG2.79
485Sulieman BennWI2.79
486Ian BishopWI2.79
487Azhar MahmoodPAK2.79
488Ashton AgarAUS2.79
489James AndersonENG2.79
490Chris PringleNZ2.79
491John SnowENG2.79
492Aravinda de SilvaSL2.79
493Nobby ClarkENG2.79
494Matthew HartNZ2.80
495Mohammad RafiqueBAN2.80
496Kelly SeymourSA2.80
496Haris SohailPAK2.80
497Jack AlabasterNZ2.80
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