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
10.00Monkey HornbyENGlevel with Victor Trumper
10.00Victor TrumperAUS
10.00Rolland BeaumontSA
● LEADS
Monkey HornbyENG
0.00 · level with Trumper
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Neil HarveyAUS
5 separate entries on this list · 381 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0.25
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
14 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Monkey HornbyENG0.00
1Victor TrumperAUS0.00
1Rolland BeaumontSA0.00
1Herbie TaylorSA0.00
1Wilf BarberENG0.00
1Dudley NourseSA0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Frank MooneyNZ0.00
1Imtiaz AhmedPAK0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1John HoltWI0.00
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1Bill LawryAUS0.00
1Bruce MurrayNZ0.00
1Roger PrideauxENG0.00
1Ian RedpathAUS0.00
1Terry JarvisNZ0.00
1Zaheer AbbasPAK0.00
1Kim HughesAUS0.00
1Allan LambENG0.00
1Ashok MalhotraIND0.00
1Chris TavaréENG0.00
1Gus LogieWI0.00
1Dean JonesAUS0.00
1Mark GreatbatchNZ0.00
1Dave HoughtonZIM0.00
1David BoonAUS0.00
1Jonty RhodesSA0.00
1Ricky PontingAUS0.00
1Matthew ElliottAUS0.00
1Rahul DravidIND0.00
1Wajahatullah WastiPAK0.00
1Shiv ChanderpaulWI0.00
1Xavier MarshallWI0.00
1Jamie HowNZ0.00
1Raqibul HasanBAN0.00
1Matthew WadeAUS0.00
1Virat KohliIND0.00
1Mominul HaqueBAN0.00
1Shan MasoodPAK0.00
1Azhar AliPAK0.00
1Steven SmithAUS0.00
1Ross TaylorNZ0.00
1Rachin RavindraNZ0.00
1Mahmudul JoyBAN0.00
1Travis HeadAUS0.00
1Kieran PowellWI0.00
1Adam LythENG0.00
1Daniel FlynnNZ0.00
1Yasir HameedPAK0.00
1Hashan TillakaratneSL0.00
1Graham ThorpeENG0.00
1Damien MartynAUS0.00
1Sir Richie RichardsonWI0.00
1John ReidNZ0.00
1Tim RobinsonENG0.00
1Qasim UmarPAK0.00
1Majid KhanPAK0.00
1Seymour NurseWI0.00
1John SparlingNZ0.00
1Eric RowanSA0.00
1Wilf BarberENG0.00
1Roger PrideauxENG0.00
1Larry GomesWI0.00
1Andy FlowerZIM0.00
1Raqibul HasanBAN0.00
1Frank MooneyNZ0.00
1Bruce MurrayNZ0.00
69Pankaj RoyIND0.25
69Alan MossENG0.25
71Peter LashleyWI0.33
71Joe SolomonWI0.33
71Yashpal SharmaIND0.33
71Geoff HowarthNZ0.33
71Mathew SinclairNZ0.33
76Hanif MohammadPAK0.40
77Rohan KanhaiWI0.50
77Boeta DippenaarSA0.50
77Kane WilliamsonNZ0.50
77Gary KirstenSA0.50
77Jacques KallisSA0.50
77Alistair CampbellZIM0.50
77Mike ShrimptonNZ0.50
77Graham ThorpeENG0.50
77Nathan AstleNZ0.50
77Schofield HaighENG0.50
87George HeadleyWI0.60
88Arthur ShrewsburyENG0.67
88Sammy JonesAUS0.67
88Barry WoodENG0.67
88Azhar KhanPAK0.67
88Hashan TillakaratneSL0.67
88Alex HalesENG0.67
88John WrightNZ0.67
88Murali VijayIND0.67
88Babar AzamPAK0.67
88Walter BrearleyENG0.67
88Asif MujtabaPAK0.67
99Billy BarnesENG0.69
100Charles StuddENG0.70
101William ShaldersSA0.75
101Kim HughesAUS0.75
101Brendon McCullumNZ0.75
104Arun LalIND0.77
105Bapu NadkarniIND0.78
106Dick BarlowENG0.79
107Arjuna RanatungaSL0.80
107Lawrence RoweWI0.80
107Vijay ManjrekarIND0.80
110Billy BatesENG0.83
110Mark DekkerZIM0.83
112Charles JonesWI0.86
112Asif MujtabaPAK0.86
114Angelo MathewsSL0.88
114Edwin EvansAUS0.88
116Alfred ShawENG0.89
117W.G. GraceENG0.90
117Charlie TurnerAUS0.90
119Shubman GillIND0.91
120William AttewellENG0.92
121Allan SteelENG0.95
121William AttewellENG0.95
121Tom GarrettAUS0.95
124Tom GarrettAUS0.96
125Denis AtkinsonWI0.98
125Johnny BriggsENG0.98
127Fred MorleyENG1.00
127Arthur HillENG1.00
127Lord TennysonENG1.00
127Jackie GrantWI1.00
127Gul MohammadIND1.00
127Colin CowdreyENG1.00
127Vijay MehraUAE1.00
127Derek VarnalsSA1.00
127Robin BynoeWI1.00
127Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
127Zaheer AbbasPAK1.00
127VVS LaxmanIND1.00
127Ajay RatraIND1.00
127Yuvraj SinghIND1.00
127Imrul KayesBAN1.00
127Kuldeep YadavIND1.00
127Asad ShafiqPAK1.00
127MS DhoniIND1.00
127Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
127Hasan RazaPAK1.00
127VVS LaxmanIND1.00
127Graeme HickENG1.00
127Hashan TillakaratneSL1.00
127Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.00
127Derek RandallENG1.00
127Anshuman GaekwadIND1.00
127Sunil GavaskarIND1.00
127Rohan KanhaiWI1.00
127Vijay ManjrekarIND1.00
127Sir Conrad HunteWI1.00
127Jim BurkeAUS1.00
127Murray ChappleNZ1.00
127Bert SutcliffeNZ1.00
127Reg SimpsonENG1.00
127Doodles TapscottSA1.00
127George McShaneAUS1.00
127Charles LeslieENG1.00
127Vijay MehraUAE1.00
127Tom GraveneyENG1.00
127Geoff BoycottENG1.00
127Colin CowdreyENG1.00
127Mohammad IlyasPAK1.00
127Raphick JumadeenWI1.00
127Mike GattingENG1.00
127Clive LloydWI1.00
127Ranjan MadugalleSL1.00
127Daryll CullinanSA1.00
127Gary SteadNZ1.00
127Mark RamprakashENG1.00
127Mahela JayawardeneSL1.00
127Alastair CookENG1.00
127Usman KhawajaAUS1.00
127Jeet RavalNZ1.00
127Cheteshwar PujaraIND1.00
127Asghar StanikzaiAFG1.00
127Tamim IqbalBAN1.00
127Mark RichardsonNZ1.00
127Clayton LambertWI1.00
127Sandeep PatilIND1.00
127John WrightNZ1.00
127Shafiq AhmedPAK1.00
127Aftab BalochPAK1.00
127Shafqat RanaPAK1.00
127Abdul KardarIND1.00
127Dick BarlowENG1.00
192Billy MidwinterAUS1.01
193Sir Garry SobersWI1.05
194Bobby PeelENG1.07
195Roger HarperWI1.08
196William AttewellENG1.09
197Neil HarveyAUS1.10
197Fazal MahmoodPAK1.10
199Nat ThomsonAUS1.11
200William AttewellENG1.12
200Johnny BriggsENG1.12
202Greg ChappellAUS1.15
203Joe SolomonWI1.16
204Geoff BoycottENG1.17
204Alfred MarrAUS1.17
206Woorkeri RamanIND1.21
207Polly UmrigarIND1.23
208Dick PougherENG1.24
209Woorkeri RamanIND1.25
209Younis KhanPAK1.25
209Paul CollingwoodENG1.25
209Senuran MuthusamySA1.25
209Mike SmithENG1.25
214Allan SteelENG1.26
214John TrumbleAUS1.26
216Harold ButlerENG1.27
216Clive LloydWI1.27
216Hiralal GaekwadIND1.27
219Willis CuttellENG1.28
219Abdul KardarIND1.28
221Sunil GavaskarIND1.29
222Michael MelleSA1.31
222Ray IllingworthENG1.31
222Marlon SamuelsWI1.31
222Billy BarnesENG1.31
226Rajendra PisalROM1.33
226Geoff BoycottENG1.33
226Maurice FosterWI1.33
226Gordon GreenidgeWI1.33
226Sir Clyde WalcottWI1.33
231Billy IbadullaPAK1.34
231Bapu NadkarniIND1.34
233Bobby PeelENG1.35
233Mick MaloneAUS1.35
233George LohmannENG1.35
236Tom MoodyAUS1.36
236Edwin EvansAUS1.36
238Sir Clyde WalcottWI1.37
239Coimbatarao GopinathIND1.38
239George MudieWI1.38
241Joey PalmerAUS1.39
242Aravinda de SilvaSL1.40
242Dattu PhadkarIND1.40
242Asanka GurusinhaSL1.40
242Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK1.40
242Syed Abid AliIND1.40
242Doug WaltersAUS1.40
248Tom VeiversAUS1.41
248Asoka de SilvaSL1.41
248Vinoo MankadIND1.41
251Geff NobletAUS1.42
251Trevor GoddardSA1.42
253Joey CarewWI1.43
254Tony LockENG1.44
254Majid KhanPAK1.44
254Gary KirstenSA1.44
254Tom EmmettENG1.44
254Derek UnderwoodENG1.44
254William CooperAUS1.44
260Hedley VerityENG1.45
261Alan MossENG1.46
261Jeremy ConeyNZ1.46
261Ray IllingworthENG1.46
261Billy MidwinterAUS1.46
265Trevor GoddardSA1.47
265Greg ChappellAUS1.47
265Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK1.47
268Hansie CronjeSA1.48
268James Lillywhite (jnr)ENG1.48
270Martyn MoxonENG1.50
270Alviro PetersenSA1.50
270Abdur RazzakBAN1.50
270Not on recordPAN1.50
270Michael HusseyAUS1.50
270Ijaz AhmedPAK1.50
270Ken RutherfordNZ1.50
270Farrukh ZamanPAK1.50
270C.B. FryENG1.50
270Andrew StoddartENG1.50
270Clive LloydWI1.50
270Dean JonesAUS1.50
270Aamer MalikPAK1.50
270Robin SmithENG1.50
270Hashan TillakaratneSL1.50
270Ijaz AhmedPAK1.50
270Dimuth KarunaratneSL1.50
270Sir Richie RichardsonWI1.50
270Venkataraman SubramanyaIND1.50
270Jeffrey StollmeyerWI1.50
270Jack HearneENG1.50
270Roy MarshallWI1.50
270Martin HortonENG1.50
270Javed BurkiPAK1.50
270Colin BlandSA1.50
270Sadiq MohammadPAK1.50
296Dinuka HettiarachchiSL1.52
297Heath StreakZIM1.53
298Charlie TurnerAUS1.54
298Hansie CronjeSA1.54
298Arshad AyubIND1.54
298George LohmannENG1.54
302Roy TattersallENG1.56
302Reg ScarlettWI1.56
302Polly UmrigarIND1.56
305Bob WyattENG1.57
305Maurice TateENG1.57
305Albert RelfENG1.57
305Grant ElliottNZ1.57
305Clive EksteenSA1.57
310Justin VaughanNZ1.58
310Alf ValentineWI1.58
312Hamilton MasakadzaZIM1.59
312Tauseef AhmedPAK1.59
312Liaqat AliPAK1.59
312Ray IllingworthENG1.59
312Norman GiffordENG1.59
317Tip SnookeSA1.60
317Naveen-ul-HaqAFG1.60
317Gerry GomezWI1.60
317Thilan SamaraweeraSL1.60
317Ravindra PushpakumaraSL1.60
317Alf ValentineWI1.60
317Sonny RamadhinWI1.60
317Joe SolomonWI1.60
325Trevor GoddardSA1.61
325Jack HearneENG1.61
325Cliff GladwinENG1.61
328Ray IllingworthENG1.62
328Bill JohnstonAUS1.62
330Chester WatsonWI1.63
331Bobby PeelENG1.64
332Neil HarveyAUS1.65
333Bobby PeelENG1.66
333Jack HearneENG1.66
333Bapu NadkarniIND1.66
336Michael ClarkeAUS1.67
336Dick PollardENG1.67
336Ted a'BeckettAUS1.67
336Johnny WardleENG1.67
336Esmond KentishWI1.67
336Graeme PollockSA1.67
342Sydney CallawayAUS1.68
342W.G. GraceENG1.68
344Conky ConynghamSA1.69
344Sir Viv RichardsWI1.69
344Bert IronmongerAUS1.69
347Victor TrumperAUS1.71
347Wiaan MulderSA1.71
347Chandu SarwateIND1.71
347Albert PadmoreWI1.71
347Tinashe PanyangaraZIM1.71
347Paul HarrisSA1.71
347Alan DavidsonAUS1.71
354Walter MeadENG1.72
355Wasim AkramPAK1.73
355Keith MillerAUS1.73
357Bill HowellAUS1.74
357Roy KilnerENG1.74
357Suranga LakmalSL1.74
357Bill O'ReillyAUS1.74
361Ike TraversAUS1.75
361Tillakaratne DilshanSL1.75
361Geoff BoycottENG1.75
361Not on recordOMN1.75
361Ron OxenhamAUS1.75
366Frank LaverAUS1.76
366Wilfred RhodesENG1.76
366Monty NobleAUS1.76
366Jermaine BlackwoodWI1.76
366Ernie ToshackAUS1.76
371Charlie McLeodAUS1.77
371Ravindra JadejaIND1.77
371Charlie BarnettENG1.77
371Erapalli PrasannaIND1.77
375Imran NiaziPAK1.78
375Imran KhanPAK1.78
375Alvin KallicharranWI1.78
378Albert RelfENG1.79
378Mohammad HafeezPAK1.79
380Shikhar DhawanIND1.80
380Charlie TurnerAUS1.80
382Keegan MethZIM1.81
382Fred RootENG1.81
382Warwick ArmstrongAUS1.81
382Muttiah MuralitharanSL1.81
386Bishan BediIND1.82
386Arthur RichardsonAUS1.82
388Mushtaq MohammadPAK1.83
388Henry PromnitzSA1.83
388Warwick ArmstrongAUS1.83
388Charles MacartneyAUS1.83
392Rathnayake RathnayakeSL1.84
392Bishan BediIND1.84
392David SteeleENG1.84
392Fred TitmusENG1.84
396Bob McLeodAUS1.85
397Maurice TateENG1.86
398Not on recordPAK1.88
398Dave NourseSA1.88
398George LohmannENG1.88
401Sir Garry SobersWI1.89
402Ricky PontingAUS1.90
402Ted ArnoldENG1.90
404Dick TyldesleyENG1.91
404Charlie McLeodAUS1.91
404George GearyENG1.91
404Wilf FlowersENG1.91
408Warwick ArmstrongAUS1.92
408Claude CarterSA1.92
408Arthur GilliganENG1.92
411Trevor GoddardSA1.93
411Colin BlytheENG1.93
413Barry KnightENG1.94
413Tendai ChataraZIM1.94
413Lance GibbsWI1.94
416Lindsay KlineAUS1.95
416Frank TysonENG1.95
418Monty NobleAUS1.99
418Cyril VincentSA1.99
418Jim LakerENG1.99
421Harry TectorIRE2.00
421Arthur JonesENG2.00
421John LyonsAUS2.00
421Nawab of PataudiIND2.00
421Mahela JayawardeneSL2.00
421MS DhoniIND2.00
421Dimuth KarunaratneSL2.00
421Aiden MarkramSA2.00
421Keaton JenningsENG2.00
421Darren BravoWI2.00
421Ross TaylorNZ2.00
421Sir Richie RichardsonWI2.00
421Sunil GavaskarIND2.00
421George GiffenAUS2.00
421Lawrence RoweWI2.00
436Hugh TrumbleAUS2.01
436Lance GibbsWI2.01
438Nathan AstleNZ2.02
439Charles MacartneyAUS2.03
440Dwaine PretoriusSA2.04
440Walter BrearleyENG2.04
442Mohammad AbbasPAK2.05
443Jason GillespieAUS2.09
443Tim MurtaghIRE2.09
443Joe CoxSA2.09
446Mehidy HasanBAN2.10
446Albert RelfENG2.10
446Glenn McGrathAUS2.10
446Wally HammondENG2.10
450Wilfred RhodesENG2.12
450Ewart AstillENG2.12
450Bob WoolmerENG2.12
453Kane WilliamsonNZ2.13
453Derek ShackletonENG2.13
453Maurice TateENG2.13
453William BruceAUS2.13
453George HirstENG2.13
458John GunnENG2.14
458David AllenENG2.14
460Hedley VerityENG2.16
460Bert VoglerSA2.16
462Barry RichardsSA2.17
462Arthur RichardsonAUS2.17
464Arthur RichardsonAUS2.18
465Jimmy BlanckenbergSA2.19
466Dave NourseSA2.20
467Colin MunroNZ2.22
467Hugh TrumbleAUS2.22
469Roy KilnerENG2.23
470Walter LeesENG2.24
471Andy McBrineIRE2.25
471Ashwell PrinceSA2.25
471Peter PollockSA2.25
471Frank WoolleyENG2.25
475Charles KellewayAUS2.27
475Bill HowellAUS2.27
475Kelly SeymourSA2.27
478Frank LaverAUS2.29
478Aubrey FaulknerSA2.29
480Not on recordWI2.30
481Alick AthanazeWI2.33
481Len BraundENG2.33
483Wilfred RhodesENG2.35
483Bill HowellAUS2.35
485Gilbert JessopENG2.38
485George HirstENG2.38
485Wilfred RhodesENG2.38
488Colin BlytheENG2.41
488Johnny BriggsENG2.41
490Bob NewsonSA2.42
491Albert TrottAUS2.43
492Mohammed SirajIND2.44
493Tom McKibbinAUS2.47
494Bill BowesENG2.52
495Foffie WilliamsWI2.56
496Schofield HaighENG2.57
497Charlie McLeodAUS2.60
498Herbie CollinsAUS2.62
498Ken FarnesENG2.62
500Clarrie GrimmettAUS2.64
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