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.

PositionStats ValuePlayer NameTeam Name
16/298Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAustralia
12/154Tufty MannSouth Africa
13/176Malcolm HiltonEngland
18/196Vinoo MankadIndia
15/228Vinoo MankadIndia
13/178Tony LockEngland
12/151Bunny ButlerWest Indies
14/151Ian JohnsonAustralia
17/179Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
12/259Khan MohammadPakistan
15/169Ramakant DesaiIndia
17/140Sir Wes HallWest Indies
16/202Haseeb AhsanPakistan
13/192Fazal MahmoodPakistan
12/130Jack AlabasterNew Zealand
15/183John PriceEngland
16/168Lance GibbsWest Indies
17/157Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
16/187Erapalli PrasannaIndia
16/147Lance GibbsWest Indies
14/176John GleesonAustralia
15/160John GleesonAustralia
15/163Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
12/140Tony HowardWest Indies
14/180Tony GreigEngland
16/226Bishan BediIndia
15/149Erapalli PrasannaIndia
13/166Kerry O'KeeffeAustralia
14/174Sir Andy RobertsWest Indies
16/147Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
14/159Norbert PhillipWest Indies
17/172Ray BrightAustralia
17/187Bruce YardleyAustralia
16/175Dilip DoshiIndia
19/220Kapil DevIndia
14/196Shivlal YadavIndia
12/166Jeff ThomsonAustralia
11/164Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
13/217Sir Ian BothamEngland
14/148Abdul QadirPakistan
11/229Stephen BoockNew Zealand
14/187Manoj PrabhakarIndia
13/155Greg MatthewsAustralia
13/156Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
13/186John TraicosSouth Africa
15/179Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/224Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
15/212Paul StrangZimbabwe
14/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
15/169Stuart MacGillAustralia
16/200Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
13/184Paul AdamsSouth Africa
15/192Ray PriceZimbabwe
15/182Ray PriceZimbabwe
13/237Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
11/204Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
17/188Danish KaneriaPakistan
14/221Nicky BojeSouth Africa
14/194Danish KaneriaPakistan
18/215Jason KrejzaAustralia
15/240Rangana HerathSri Lanka
15/222Suraj RandivSri Lanka
13/170Amit MishraIndia
16/194Ravichandran AshwinIndia
17/215Nathan LyonAustralia
15/193Yasir ShahPakistan
13/183Zulfiqar BabarPakistan
16/213Yasir ShahPakistan
15/202Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka
16/219Taijul IslamBangladesh
12/246Mehidy HasanBangladesh
15/182Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
17/176Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
14/235Zahid MahmoodPakistan
12/203Benjamin WhiteIreland
15/198Taijul IslamBangladesh
13/196Konganige RatnayakeSri Lanka
10/141Matthew PottsEngland
23/130Brydon CarseEngland
25/193Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
21/174Abrar AhmedPakistan
27/205Abrar AhmedPakistan
27/194Prabath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
22/167Shahbaz NadeemIndia
25/180Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
24/217Devendra BishooWest Indies
24/205Yasir ShahPakistan
24/192Adil RashidEngland
26/199Steve O'KeefeAustralia
22/181Sohag GaziBangladesh
26/179Taijul IslamBangladesh
23/180Imran TahirSouth Africa
26/179Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
24/168Mitchell JohnsonAustralia
24/193Shane ShillingfordWest Indies
23/203Paul HarrisSouth Africa
21/203Amit MishraIndia
25/182James AndersonEngland
25/181Danish KaneriaPakistan
25/170Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
24/201Brett LeeAustralia
23/204Omari BanksWest Indies
24/178Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
23/175Brian MurphyZimbabwe
28/185Harbhajan SinghIndia
26/179Upul ChandanaSri Lanka
24/163Gavin RobertsonAustralia
22/146Andy WhittallZimbabwe
25/223Anil KumbleIndia
23/181Matthew HartNew Zealand
24/163Ian SalisburyEngland
22/169Greg MatthewsAustralia
25/153Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
27/150Shane WarneAustralia
24/174Narendra HirwaniIndia
22/191Maninder SinghIndia
28/130Merv HughesAustralia
25/189Tauseef AhmedPakistan
24/161Ravi ShastriIndia
25/157Azeem HafeezPakistan
25/161Carl RackemannAustralia
25/162Somachandra De SilvaSri Lanka
26/171Dennis LilleeAustralia
25/146Dilip DoshiIndia
27/156Iqbal QasimPakistan
27/150Jim HiggsAustralia
25/136Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
23/155Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
25/165Derek UnderwoodEngland
28/143Max WalkerAustralia
25/169Pat PocockEngland
24/166Erapalli PrasannaIndia
24/163Bishan BediIndia
23/138Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
26/143John SnowEngland
23/175Charlie GriffithWest Indies
23/145Willie RodriguezWest Indies
25/150Rusi SurtiIndia
24/146John SnowEngland
22/143Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
27/156Graham McKenzieAustralia
22/129Bruce MorrisonNew Zealand
24/139Mohammad FarooqPakistan
26/173Salim DuraniIndia
25/147Brian StathamEngland
26/247Fazal MahmoodPakistan
24/167Vinoo MankadIndia
21/137Denis AtkinsonWest Indies
27/123Richie BenaudAustralia
23/145Collie SmithWest Indies
27/160Frank TysonEngland
27/180Subhash GupteIndia
27/141Fazal MahmoodPakistan
25/174Athol RowanSouth Africa
25/141Doug WrightEngland
24/276Rajesh ChauhanIndia
35/266Tommy ScottWest Indies
35/132Michael MelleSouth Africa
36/162Sadu ShindeIndia
34/134Amir ElahiPakistan
34/169Anton MurraySouth Africa
35/155Khan MohammadPakistan
34/135Tony MacGibbonNew Zealand
39/130Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
30/173Dattu PhadkarIndia
31/114Alex MoirNew Zealand
34/166Subhash GupteIndia
35/139Salim DuraniIndia
36/135Alan DavidsonAustralia
35/161Antao D'SouzaPakistan
34/155Tom VeiversAustralia
33/122David AllenEngland
35/140Dick MotzNew Zealand
36/145Jeff JonesEngland
35/130Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
32/129Tony LockEngland
33/157Sir Wes HallWest Indies
32/136Alan ThomsonAustralia
31/130Bob CunisNew Zealand
34/146Erapalli PrasannaIndia
38/164Tony GreigEngland
34/144Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
35/163Dennis LilleeAustralia
34/140Karsan GhavriIndia
36/147Imran NiaziPakistan
34/134Bruce YardleyAustralia
36/146Kapil DevIndia
37/145Sir Ian BothamEngland
34/143Shivlal YadavIndia
31/158Peter SleepAustralia
35/167Azeem HafeezPakistan
36/153Nick CookEngland
38/155Craig McDermottAustralia
35/158Greg MatthewsAustralia
36/154Graham DilleyEngland
32/129David CapelEngland
35/182Arshad AyubIndia
32/148Neil WilliamsEngland
37/147Phil TufnellEngland
36/150Phil TufnellEngland
33/161Mark IlottEngland
36/158Andy CaddickEngland
32/179Murphy Su'aNew Zealand
31/195Nilesh KulkarniIndia
36/142Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
39/155Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
33/153Geoff AllottNew Zealand
38/164Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
31/174Phil TufnellEngland
37/175Harbhajan SinghIndia
36/199Ray PriceZimbabwe
32/185Gareth BattyEngland
37/160Anil KumbleIndia
36/178Anil KumbleIndia
33/181Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
36/164Harbhajan SinghIndia
34/195Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
35/189Danish KaneriaPakistan
36/167Saeed AjmalPakistan
36/164Sohag GaziBangladesh
36/167Sohag GaziBangladesh
36/177Devendra BishooWest Indies
35/170Zaheer KhanIndia
37/184Yasir ShahPakistan
35/190Moeen AliEngland
31/193Mason CraneEngland
34/173Yasir ShahPakistan
33/196Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
37/163Taijul IslamBangladesh
36/194Nathan LyonAustralia
36/191Andy McBrineIreland
35/173Shoaib BashirEngland
33/189Kurukulasooriya PeirisSri Lanka
33/97Joshua TongueEngland
42/95Ben StokesEngland
44/184Wellington MasakadzaZimbabwe
45/171Mehidy HasanBangladesh
43/164Lahiru KumaraSri Lanka
45/161Mehidy HasanBangladesh
45/190Jack LeachEngland
45/172Roston ChaseWest Indies
45/193Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
44/178Mehidy HasanBangladesh
46/182Nathan LyonAustralia
44/187Graeme CremerZimbabwe
45/163Adil RashidEngland
45/166Saeed AjmalPakistan
46/164Rangana HerathSri Lanka
47/161Rangana HerathSri Lanka
46/159Ishant SharmaIndia
43/182Paul HarrisSouth Africa
46/189Harbhajan SinghIndia
46/170Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
46/158Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
45/176Harbhajan SinghIndia
45/154Steve HarmisonEngland
47/178Danish KaneriaPakistan
45/169Anil KumbleIndia
45/190Ashley GilesEngland
47/165Shane WarneAustralia
45/153Sunil JoshiIndia
45/150Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
46/153Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
45/137Chris CairnsNew Zealand
46/174Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
42/162Simon DoullNew Zealand
42/158Don AnurasiriSri Lanka
43/155Martin BicknellEngland
45/145Danny MorrisonNew Zealand
42/141Asoka de SilvaSri Lanka
45/147Craig McDermottAustralia
41/166Devon MalcolmEngland
42/128Evan GrayNew Zealand
45/149Iqbal QasimPakistan
45/147Sir Ian BothamEngland
44/155Phil EdmondsEngland
46/152Terry AldermanAustralia
45/166Abdul QadirPakistan
46/149Kapil DevIndia
47/137Dennis LilleeAustralia
43/132Kapil DevIndia
44/139Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies
42/134Ashley MallettAustralia
46/139Dennis LilleeAustralia
45/152Pat PocockEngland
42/135Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
46/163Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
44/138Bishan BediIndia
49/129Jack NoreigaWest Indies
48/124Ashley MallettAustralia
46/130Alan ConnollyAustralia
44/145Lance GibbsWest Indies
41/128Prof EdwardsWest Indies
43/120John SnowEngland
45/134David BrownEngland
45/140Bruce TaylorNew Zealand
43/144Kelly SeymourSouth Africa
45/122Sir Garry SobersWest Indies
46/155Tony LockEngland
44/129Ian MeckiffAustralia
46/136Fred TruemanEngland
46/130Tony LockEngland
42/168SurendranathIndia
42/125Eddie FullerSouth Africa
44/97Tony MacGibbonNew Zealand
41/155Wilf FergusonWest Indies
47/133Subhash GupteIndia
40/159Alex MoirNew Zealand
43/121Mahmood HussainPakistan
46/155Alex MoirNew Zealand
42/121Cuan McCarthySouth Africa
46/259Khan MohammadPakistan
57/247Fazal MahmoodPakistan
55/116Roly JenkinsEngland
55/153Freddie BrownEngland
55/120Tom BurttNew Zealand
56/152Bill JohnstonAustralia
54/154Jim LakerEngland
53/133Alf ValentineWest Indies
54/96Harry CaveNew Zealand
55/125Ian MeckiffAustralia
55/115SurendranathIndia
54/153Mahmood HussainPakistan
55/133David AllenEngland
55/129Mahmood HussainPakistan
54/143Jack AlabasterNew Zealand
53/121Brian StathamEngland
56/135Neil HawkeAustralia
56/139Neil HawkeAustralia
55/123David AllenEngland
56/106Syed Abid AliIndia
56/127Bishan BediIndia
55/139Prof EdwardsWest Indies
55/126Ashley MallettAustralia
56/123Dennis LilleeAustralia
54/127Syed Abid AliIndia
57/137Intikhab AlamPakistan
51/135Hedley HowarthNew Zealand
55/148David O'SullivanNew Zealand
54/131Max WalkerAustralia
53/154Peter PetherickNew Zealand
53/137Raphick JumadeenWest Indies
54/132Sikander BakhtPakistan
56/137Sir Ian BothamEngland
53/131Derek UnderwoodEngland
55/148Sir Ian BothamEngland
53/146Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
58/150Geoff LawsonAustralia
52/145Laxman SivaramakrishnanIndia
55/146Graham DilleyEngland
54/146Arshad AyubIndia
54/126Tim MayAustralia
56/160Abdul QadirPakistan
56/142Devon MalcolmEngland
53/134Grant BradburnNew Zealand
55/136Chris CairnsNew Zealand
54/151Chris LewisEngland
54/153Darren GoughEngland
54/160Devon MalcolmEngland
56/147Shane WarneAustralia
51/132Rajindra DhanrajWest Indies
55/171Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
55/138Mohammad AkramZimbabwe
56/143Anil KumbleIndia
55/163Andy CaddickEngland
56/181Anil KumbleIndia
57/161Shane WarneAustralia
57/152Harbhajan SinghIndia
56/173Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
56/167Shane WarneAustralia
55/156Zaheer KhanIndia
53/166Sohail TanvirPakistan
57/183Danish KaneriaPakistan
55/178Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
55/158SreesanthIndia
56/159Graeme SwannEngland
53/154Dhammika PrasadSri Lanka
54/162Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
57/164Ishant SharmaIndia
57/175Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa
54/179Ravindra JadejaIndia
55/167Lakshan SandakanSri Lanka
56/178Nathan LyonAustralia
54/171Wanindu HasarangaSri Lanka
50/159Zafar GoharPakistan
53/188Lasith EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka
55/157Jack LeachEngland
56/170Kurukulasooriya PeirisSri Lanka
53/182Jeffrey VandersaySri Lanka
53/93Mitchell StarcAustralia
62/85Scott BolandAustralia
66/167Shoaib BashirEngland
68/151Nathan LyonAustralia
64/160Jack LeachEngland
66/185Noman AliPakistan
62/170Ainsley NdlovuZimbabwe
66/146Ravichandran AshwinIndia
64/153Jack LeachEngland
67/174Mehidy HasanBangladesh
68/163Nathan LyonAustralia
64/163Shaminda ErangaSri Lanka
64/158Jomel WarricanWest Indies
67/167Ravichandran AshwinIndia
62/157Monty PanesarEngland
66/154Mitchell StarcAustralia
67/157Rangana HerathSri Lanka
65/165Graeme SwannEngland
63/154Sulieman BennWest Indies
64/172Pragyan OjhaIndia
65/161Yasir ArafatPakistan
65/150Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
66/162Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa
65/163Nicky BojeSouth Africa
63/170Adam SanfordWest Indies
64/162Neil McGarrellWest Indies
67/160Matthew HoggardEngland
67/138Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
65/165Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
63/141Arshad KhanPakistan
610/134Anil KumbleIndia
65/155Angus FraserEngland
66/153Dion NashNew Zealand
64/131Dipak PatelNew Zealand
62/147Nadeem KhanPakistan
64/134Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
66/130John BracewellNew Zealand
63/135Don AnurasiriSri Lanka
61/158Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
64/119Graeme LabrooySri Lanka
67/143John EmbureyEngland
65/142Shivlal YadavIndia
64/143Ravi ShastriIndia
67/143Lance CairnsNew Zealand
61/143Dilip DoshiIndia
62/144Terry AldermanAustralia
64/131Abdul QadirPakistan
65/136Kapil DevIndia
66/135Iqbal QasimPakistan
65/142Lance CairnsNew Zealand
62/130Dayle HadleeNew Zealand
64/130Bishan BediIndia
61/130Geoff DymockAustralia
66/135Bhagwath ChandrasekharIndia
65/143Chris OldEngland
65/126Peter LeverEngland
62/115Intikhab AlamPakistan
62/120Eric FreemanAustralia
65/127Alan ConnollyAustralia
65/129Intikhab AlamPakistan
60/105Subrata GuhaIndia
62/120Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
66/129Peter PollockSouth Africa
65/134Graham McKenzieAustralia
64/118Frank CameronNew Zealand
62/130Mahmood HussainPakistan
65/121Haseeb AhsanPakistan
63/124Bob BarberEngland
62/151Haseeb AhsanPakistan
63/115Haseeb AhsanPakistan
64/119Jim LakerEngland
61/95Matt PooreNew Zealand
65/132Denis AtkinsonWest Indies
65/149Alf ValentineWest Indies
66/148Fazal MahmoodPakistan
67/116Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
68/104Alf ValentineWest Indies
66/146Geoff ChubbSouth Africa
67/246Mehidy HasanBangladesh
79/240Rangana HerathSri Lanka
72/103Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
75/143Sonny RamadhinWest Indies
76/115Doug RingAustralia
77/140Trevor BaileyEngland
76/142Hugh TayfieldSouth Africa
70/132Bapu NadkarniIndia
75/118Brian StathamEngland
70/94Johnny HayesNew Zealand
76/109Fazal MahmoodPakistan
71/141Abdul KardarIndia
72/123Nasim-ul-GhaniPakistan
74/121Chester WatsonWest Indies
77/117Fred TruemanEngland
75/130Munir MalikPakistan
75/133Peter PhilpottAustralia
77/123Joe PartridgeSouth Africa
76/118Graham McKenzieAustralia
76/100Ray IllingworthEngland
75/122John GleesonAustralia
75/105Ken ShuttleworthEngland
75/122Alan ConnollyAustralia
70/115Alan WardEngland
73/112Max WalkerAustralia
74/129Geoff ArnoldEngland
75/131Geoff ArnoldEngland
75/128Jeff ThomsonAustralia
74/130Joel GarnerWest Indies
76/141Richard CollingeNew Zealand
75/126Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies
74/135Shivlal YadavIndia
76/135Terry AldermanAustralia