Worst Bowling Fig – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the worst bowling fig in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
TESTAll-time500 entries
19/103Sydney BarnesENGBest return on the list
29/129Jack NoreigaWI
39/130Hugh TayfieldSA
● LEADS
Sydney BarnesENG
9/103 · best figures on this list
↑ MOST ENTRIES
George GiffenAUS
7 separate entries on this list · 307 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
8/124
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
18 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Worst Bowling Fig — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sydney BarnesENG9/103
2Jack NoreigaWI9/129
3Hugh TayfieldSA9/130
4Muttiah MuralitharanSL9/155
5Kapil DevIND9/220
6George LohmannENG8/52
7Tip SnookeSA8/70
8Albert TrottAUS8/84
8George LohmannENG8/84
10Ashley MallettAUS8/124
10Hugh TrumbleAUS8/124
12Merv HughesAUS8/130
13Alf ValentineWI8/140
14Max WalkerAUS8/143
15Craig McDermottAUS8/155
16Tom RichardsonENG8/164
16Tony GreigENG8/164
16Saqlain MushtaqPAK8/164
19Harbhajan SinghIND8/185
20Vinoo MankadIND8/196
21Jason KrejzaAUS8/215
22Bobby PeelENG7/49
23George GearyENG7/70
24Frederick SpofforthAUS7/73
25Billy BatesENG7/74
26Tom KendallAUS7/82
27Dick BarlowENG7/88
28George UlyettENG7/96
29Sydney BarnesENG7/102
30Charlie TurnerAUS7/112
31Alf HallSA7/114
32Frank LaverAUS7/121
32Sydney BarnesENG7/121
34Richie BenaudAUS7/123
35George GiffenAUS7/128
35Bert VoglerSA7/128
37George GiffenAUS7/132
38Subhash GupteIND7/133
39Dennis LilleeAUS7/137
39Intikhab AlamPAK7/137
41Sir Wes HallWI7/140
42Fazal MahmoodPAK7/141
43Hugh TayfieldSA7/144
44Sir Ian BothamENG7/145
45Phil TufnellENG7/147
46Tibby CotterAUS7/148
47Shane WarneAUS7/150
47Jim HiggsAUS7/150
49Doug WrightENG7/152
50Iqbal QasimPAK7/156
50Graham McKenzieAUS7/156
52Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND7/157
53Sir Alec BedserENG7/159
54Frank TysonENG7/160
54Anil KumbleIND7/160
56Rangana HerathSL7/161
57Taijul IslamBAN7/163
58Ernie JonesAUS7/164
59Shane WarneAUS7/165
60Tom RichardsonENG7/168
61Ray BrightAUS7/172
62Harbhajan SinghIND7/175
63Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL7/176
64Danish KaneriaPAK7/178
65Sonny RamadhinWI7/179
66Subhash GupteIND7/180
67Yasir ShahPAK7/184
68Bruce YardleyAUS7/187
69Danish KaneriaPAK7/188
70Prabath JayasuriyaSL7/194
71Abrar AhmedPAK7/205
72Nathan LyonAUS7/215
73Fazal MahmoodPAK7/247
74Billy BarnesENG6/28
75Charlie TurnerAUS6/53
76Aubrey FaulknerSA6/78
77Monty NobleAUS6/84
78Walter LeesENG6/85
79Johnny BriggsENG6/87
80Arthur FielderENG6/88
81Frederick SpofforthAUS6/90
82John SharpeENG6/91
83Warwick ArmstrongAUS6/93
84Tibby CotterAUS6/95
84Harry BoyleAUS6/95
86Jack HearneENG6/98
87Ted PeateENG6/99
88Tibby CotterAUS6/101
88Bill LockwoodENG6/101
90Colin BlytheENG6/106
90Syed Abid AliIND6/106
92Claude CarterSA6/111
92Joey PalmerAUS6/111
94Dennis LilleeAUS6/123
95Charlie LlewellynSA6/124
96Bishan BediIND6/127
97Alan ConnollyAUS6/130
97Tony LockENG6/130
97Maurice TateENG6/130
100Alan DavidsonAUS6/135
100Neil HawkeAUS6/135
102Fred TruemanENG6/136
103Tom RichardsonENG6/138
103Arthur MaileyAUS6/138
105Dennis LilleeAUS6/139
105Neil HawkeAUS6/139
107Maurice TateENG6/142
107Mushtaq AhmedPAK6/142
109John SnowENG6/143
110Jeff JonesENG6/145
111Kapil DevIND6/146
112Lance GibbsWI6/147
112Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/147
112Imran NiaziPAK6/147
115Buster NupenSA6/148
116Kapil DevIND6/149
117Ian PeeblesENG6/150
117Phil TufnellENG6/150
119George ParkerSA6/152
119Terry AldermanAUS6/152
119Bill JohnstonAUS6/152
122Nick CookENG6/153
122Mushtaq AhmedPAK6/153
124George GiffenAUS6/154
124Cyril VincentSA6/154
124Graham DilleyENG6/154
127Tony LockENG6/155
127Alex MoirNZ6/155
129Andy CaddickENG6/158
129Daniel VettoriNZ6/158
131Ishant SharmaIND6/159
132Sadu ShindeIND6/162
133Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND6/163
134Harbhajan SinghIND6/164
134Sohag GaziBAN6/164
134Rangana HerathSL6/164
137Saeed AjmalPAK6/167
137Sohag GaziBAN6/167
139Lance GibbsWI6/168
140Muttiah MuralitharanSL6/170
141Dennis LilleeAUS6/171
142Salim DuraniIND6/173
143Muttiah MuralitharanSL6/174
144Dilip DoshiIND6/175
145Devendra BishooWI6/177
146Anil KumbleIND6/178
147Taijul IslamBAN6/179
147Shane ShillingfordWI6/179
147Upul ChandanaSL6/179
150Nathan LyonAUS6/182
151Erapalli PrasannaIND6/187
152Harbhajan SinghIND6/189
153Andy McBrineIRE6/191
154Ravichandran AshwinIND6/194
154Nathan LyonAUS6/194
156Steve O'KeefeAUS6/199
156Ray PriceZIM6/199
158Daniel VettoriNZ6/200
159Haseeb AhsanPAK6/202
160Yasir ShahPAK6/213
161Taijul IslamBAN6/219
162Bishan BediIND6/226
163Fazal MahmoodPAK6/247
164Khan MohammadPAK6/259
165Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS6/298
166J.J. FerrisAUS5/73
167Sydney BarnesENG5/74
168J.J. FerrisAUS5/76
169Billy MidwinterAUS5/78
170George MacaulayENG5/80
171Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/83
172Albert RelfENG5/85
173Alex KennedyENG5/88
174George Finlay-BissettSA5/99
175Joey PalmerAUS5/103
176Tom RichardsonENG5/107
176Hugh TrumbleAUS5/107
178Colin McCoolAUS5/109
179Walter BrearleyENG5/110
180Charlie TurnerAUS5/111
181Johnny BriggsENG5/114
182George RoweSA5/115
182Subhash GupteIND5/115
182SurendranathIND5/115
185Lala AmarnathIND5/118
186Tom BurttNZ5/120
187Jimmy BlanckenbergSA5/122
187Warwick ArmstrongAUS5/122
187Sir Garry SobersWI5/122
190David AllenENG5/123
191Charlie McLeodAUS5/125
191Ian MeckiffAUS5/125
193Ashley MallettAUS5/126
194Mahmood HussainPAK5/129
195George GiffenAUS5/130
195Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/130
197David AllenENG5/133
198David BrownENG5/134
199Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/136
200Chris CairnsNZ5/137
201Salim DuraniIND5/139
201Prof EdwardsWI5/139
203Dick MotzNZ5/140
203Bruce TaylorNZ5/140
203Sandy BellSA5/140
206Doug WrightENG5/141
207Len BraundENG5/143
208Danny MorrisonNZ5/145
209Douglas CarrENG5/146
209Dilip DoshiIND5/146
211Brian StathamENG5/147
211Craig McDermottAUS5/147
211Sir Ian BothamENG5/147
214Lindsay TuckettSA5/148
214David O'SullivanNZ5/148
216Erapalli PrasannaIND5/149
216Iqbal QasimPAK5/149
218Rusi SurtiIND5/150
219Pat PocockENG5/152
220Danny MorrisonNZ5/153
220Sunil JoshiIND5/153
220Freddie BrownENG5/153
223Steve HarmisonENG5/154
224Khan MohammadPAK5/155
225Reg PerksENG5/156
226Azeem HafeezPAK5/157
227Greg MatthewsAUS5/158
228John GleesonAUS5/160
229Carl RackemannAUS5/161
229Antao D'SouzaPAK5/161
229Mehidy HasanBAN5/161
232Somachandra De SilvaSL5/162
233Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND5/163
233Dennis LilleeAUS5/163
233Adil RashidENG5/163
236Derek UnderwoodENG5/165
237Saeed AjmalPAK5/166
237Abdul QadirPAK5/166
239Azeem HafeezPAK5/167
240George PaineENG5/168
241Ramakant DesaiIND5/169
241Stuart MacGillAUS5/169
241Pat PocockENG5/169
241Doug WrightENG5/169
241Anil KumbleIND5/169
246Daniel VettoriNZ5/170
246Zaheer KhanIND5/170
248Mehidy HasanBAN5/171
249Roston ChaseWI5/172
250Shoaib BashirENG5/173
251Roly JenkinsENG5/174
251Athol RowanSA5/174
253Harbhajan SinghIND5/176
254Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/179
255Keshav MaharajSA5/180
256Danish KaneriaPAK5/181
257Ray PriceZIM5/182
257Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/182
257James AndersonENG5/182
257Arshad AyubIND5/182
261John PriceENG5/183
262Arthur MaileyAUS5/186
263Tauseef AhmedPAK5/189
263Danish KaneriaPAK5/189
265Moeen AliENG5/190
265Jack LeachENG5/190
265Ashley GilesENG5/190
268Ray PriceZIM5/192
269Yasir ShahPAK5/193
269Prabath JayasuriyaSL5/193
269Lasith EmbuldeniyaSL5/193
272Taijul IslamBAN5/198
273Dilruwan PereraSL5/202
274Paul StrangZIM5/212
275Suraj RandivSL5/222
276Anil KumbleIND5/223
277Muttiah MuralitharanSL5/224
278Vinoo MankadIND5/228
279Rangana HerathSL5/240
280Tommy ScottWI5/266
281James SouthertonENG4/61
282Tich FreemanENG4/66
283James Lillywhite (jnr)ENG4/70
284Schofield HaighENG4/72
284Reggie SchwarzSA4/72
284Claude NewberrySA4/72
287Frederick SpofforthAUS4/82
288Charlie McLeodAUS4/84
289George GiffenAUS4/89
290George UlyettENG4/91
291Cyril VincentSA4/93
292Bill LundieSA4/101
293Wilfred RhodesENG4/108
294Maurice TateENG4/111
295Frederick SpofforthAUS4/112
296Bobby PeelENG4/114
297Jimmy SinclairSA4/118
297Vinoo MankadIND4/118
299Roy KilnerENG4/127
299Syed Abid AliIND4/127
301Sid PeglerSA4/128
302Jimmy SinclairSA4/129
302Ian MeckiffAUS4/129
304Prabath JayasuriyaSL4/131
304Max WalkerAUS4/131
306Amir ElahiPAK4/134
306Bruce YardleyAUS4/134
308Frank WoolleyENG4/135
308Tony MacGibbonNZ4/135
310Hopper ReadENG4/136
311Bishan BediIND4/138
312Mohammad FarooqPAK4/139
312Sylvester ClarkeWI4/139
314Karsan GhavriIND4/140
315Shivlal YadavIND4/143
315Ian SmithSA4/143
315Jack AlabasterNZ4/143
318Hedley HowarthNZ4/144
319Lance GibbsWI4/145
320John SnowENG4/146
320Erapalli PrasannaIND4/146
322Abdul QadirPAK4/148
323Quintin McMillanSA4/150
324Ian JohnsonAUS4/151
325Shoaib AkhtarPAK4/153
325Mahmood HussainPAK4/153
327Jim LakerENG4/154
328Tom VeiversAUS4/155
328Phil EdmondsENG4/155
330Norbert PhillipWI4/159
331Ravi ShastriIND4/161
332Gavin RobertsonAUS4/163
332Ian SalisburyENG4/163
332Bishan BediIND4/163
335Erapalli PrasannaIND4/166
335Subhash GupteIND4/166
337Vinoo MankadIND4/167
338Mitchell JohnsonAUS4/168
339Anton MurraySA4/169
340Yasir ShahPAK4/173
341Sir Andy RobertsWI4/174
341Narendra HirwaniIND4/174
343Sir Alec BedserENG4/176
343John GleesonAUS4/176
345Daniel VettoriNZ4/178
345Mehidy HasanBAN4/178
347Arthur MaileyAUS4/179
348Tony GreigENG4/180
349Wellington MasakadzaZIM4/184
350Manoj PrabhakarIND4/187
350Graeme CremerZIM4/187
352Cyril VincentSA4/188
353Adil RashidENG4/192
354Shane ShillingfordWI4/193
355Danish KaneriaPAK4/194
356Muttiah MuralitharanSL4/195
357Shivlal YadavIND4/196
358Brett LeeAUS4/201
359Yasir ShahPAK4/205
360Devendra BishooWI4/217
361Nicky BojeSA4/221
362Zahid MahmoodPAK4/235
363Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
363Rajesh ChauhanIND4/276
365Johnny BriggsENG3/34
366Frederick SpofforthAUS3/67
367Joey PalmerAUS3/80
368John TrumbleAUS3/83
369Tom GarrettAUS3/88
370Reggie SchwarzSA3/90
371Claude NewberrySA3/93
372George GiffenAUS3/95
373William BruceAUS3/99
373Monty NobleAUS3/99
375Jimmy BlanckenbergSA3/101
375Hugh TrumbleAUS3/101
377Gilbert JessopENG3/105
378Bill HowellAUS3/111
379John SnowENG3/120
380Mahmood HussainPAK3/121
380Brian StathamENG3/121
382David AllenENG3/122
383Johnny BriggsENG3/128
384Ernie McCormickAUS3/129
385Brydon CarseENG3/130
386Kapil DevIND3/132
387Alf ValentineWI3/133
388Tich FreemanENG3/134
389Hedley HowarthNZ3/138
390Sir Garry SobersWI3/143
390Jack RobertsonENG3/143
392Kelly SeymourSA3/144
393Willie RodriguezWI3/145
393Collie SmithWI3/145
395Doug WrightENG3/146
396Tufty MannSA3/154
397Greg MatthewsAUS3/155
397Sir Richard HadleeNZ3/155
397Martin BicknellENG3/155
400Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/156
401Sir Wes HallWI3/157
402Mark IlottENG3/161
403Lahiru KumaraSL3/164
404Kerry O'KeeffeAUS3/166
405Amit MishraIND3/170
406Norman GordonSA3/174
406Athol RowanSA3/174
408Brian MurphyZIM3/175
408Charlie GriffithWI3/175
410Malcolm HiltonENG3/176
411Tony LockENG3/178
412Imran TahirSA3/180
413Matthew HartNZ3/181
413Mohammad RafiqueBAN3/181
415Paul HarrisSA3/182
416Zulfiqar BabarPAK3/183
417Paul AdamsSA3/184
418John TraicosSA3/186
419Kurukulasooriya PeirisSL3/189
420Fazal MahmoodPAK3/192
421Mushtaq AhmedPAK3/194
422Konganige RatnayakeSL3/196
422Keshav MaharajSA3/196
424Paul HarrisSA3/203
425Omari BanksWI3/204
426Sir Ian BothamENG3/217
427Saqlain MushtaqPAK3/237
428Sammy WoodsAUS2/80
429Buster NupenSA2/88
430George GiffenAUS2/96
431Harold BaumgartnerSA2/99
431Johnny BriggsENG2/99
433Bernard BosanquetENG2/100
434Joe CoxSA2/123
435Jack SaundersAUS2/125
435Jack GregoryAUS2/125
435Eddie FullerSA2/125
438Evan GrayNZ2/128
439Bruce MorrisonNZ2/129
439Tony LockENG2/129
439David CapelENG2/129
442Jack AlabasterNZ2/130
442George GearyENG2/130
444Bruce MitchellSA2/133
445Ashley MallettAUS2/134
446Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2/135
447Alan ThomsonAUS2/136
448Tony HowardWI2/140
449Asoka de SilvaSL2/141
450Andy WhittallZIM2/146
451Neil WilliamsENG2/148
452Bunny ButlerWI2/151
453Don AnurasiriSL2/158
454Stan NicholsENG2/161
455Simon DoullNZ2/162
456Jeff ThomsonAUS2/166
457Shahbaz NadeemIND2/167
458SurendranathIND2/168
459Greg MatthewsAUS2/169
460Peter SmithENG2/172
461Murphy Su'aNZ2/179
462Sohag GaziBAN2/181
463Gareth BattyENG2/185
464Maninder SinghIND2/191
465Benjamin WhiteIRE2/203
466Gamage DinushaSL2/234
467Mehidy HasanBAN2/246
468Khan MohammadPAK2/259
469George McShaneAUS1/39
470Tom McKibbinAUS1/73
471Hugh TrumbleAUS1/85
472George HirstENG1/89
473Monty NobleAUS1/91
474Jack WorrallAUS1/97
475Ernie JonesAUS1/98
476John KingENG1/99
477Buster NupenSA1/111
478Alex MoirNZ1/114
479Frank LaverAUS1/119
480George MacaulayENG1/123
481Prof EdwardsWI1/128
482Bob CunisNZ1/130
483Charlie McLeodAUS1/131
484Hedley HowarthNZ1/135
485Denis AtkinsonWI1/137
486Wilf FergusonWI1/155
487Peter SleepAUS1/158
488Graeme LabrooySL1/164
489Devon MalcolmENG1/166
490Abrar AhmedPAK1/174
490Phil TufnellENG1/174
492Mason CraneENG1/193
493Nilesh KulkarniIND1/195
494Amit MishraIND1/203
495Saqlain MushtaqPAK1/204
496Stephen BoockNZ1/229
497Dick TyldesleyENG0/130
498Matthew PottsENG0/141
499Alex MoirNZ0/159
500Dattu PhadkarIND0/173
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