Best career bowling average

Records for Test Matches

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	-	364	3830	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	9	-	251	2302	775	61	7/37	12.70	2.01	37.73	4	6	1
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	-	271	2289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3	-
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	7873	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24	7
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	-	457	5179	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11	2
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	-	444	5216	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5	1
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2023	12	376.2	92	2258	858	50	6/38	17.16	2.27	45.16	2	5	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	33	-	386	5332	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	4	9	4
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.44	4	4	2
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	1046.1	416	4185	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	6	7	4
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	-	97	3452	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	19	757.4	231	4546	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	2	9	4
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2023	18*	561.0	178	3366	1486	74	6/48	20.08	2.64	45.48	3	5	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	-	403	6597	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1890	25	-	299	2627	1020	50	7/36	20.40	2.32	52.54	2	1	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	44	-	431	11587	3819	186	7/93	20.53	1.97	62.29	6	14	2
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	11	407.5	108	2447	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.37	2	4	-
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	-	194	4112	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	2930.4	614	17584	7876	376	7/22	20.94	2.68	46.76	19	22	4
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	2194.5	576	13169	5433	259	6/56	20.97	2.47	50.84	18	7	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	3683.5	1001	22103	8501	405	8/45	20.99	2.30	54.57	21	22	3
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	-	155	3140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.80	2	4	1
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1909-1912	14	559.3	163	3357	1373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.64	7	3	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	46	-	674	12027	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9	3
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	1129.1	452	4517	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6	2
J Cowie (NZ)	1937-1949	9	338.0	65	2028	969	45	6/40	21.53	2.86	45.06	3	4	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	-	522	15178	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	19	17	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	29248	12186	563	8/24	21.64	2.49	51.95	28	29	3
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	32	-	452	8099	3072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.43	8	9	3
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	15	348.0	61	2088	1294	59	6/37	21.93	3.71	35.38	1	3	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2022	30	1044.4	254	6268	2815	128	6/27	21.99	2.69	48.96	2	8	-
E Peate (ENG)	1881-1886	9	524.0	250	2096	683	31	6/85	22.03	1.95	67.61	2	2	-
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1899	12	-	211	2976	1082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.73	4	4	1
SE Bond (NZ)	2001-2009	18	562.0	113	3372	1922	87	6/51	22.09	3.41	38.75	7	5	1
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2023	19	619.4	159	3718	1688	76	5/49	22.21	2.72	48.92	4	3	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	2586.3	661	15519	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.02	11	20	3
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	-	809	21918	9611	431	9/52	22.29	2.63	50.85	25	36	9
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	11391	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.85	8	13	2
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	15	-	131	3655	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	2	6	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2023	60	1852.5	369	11117	6257	280	7/112	22.34	3.37	39.70	14	13	4
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	10	-	326	2850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.78	2	-	-
PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1959	13	-	115	2662	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.25	2	1	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	17	614.0	325	2456	767	34	7/40	22.55	1.87	72.23	-	3	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1946	27	-	585	10024	3254	144	7/54	22.59	1.94	69.61	8	11	3
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.35	-	3	-
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1992-2010	133	7339.5	1794	44039	18180	800	9/51	22.72	2.47	55.04	45	67	22
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	14	594.1	116	3565	1796	79	7/34	22.73	3.02	45.12	6	6	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	15	460.4	96	2764	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.18	3	5	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	88	-	727	19458	8258	362	8/58	22.81	2.54	53.75	17	23	6
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1961	13	-	113	2373	776	34	7/75	22.82	1.96	69.79	2	1	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2023	55	1899.2	434	11396	5484	239	6/23	22.94	2.88	47.68	14	9	1
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	3101.2	660	18608	10077	439	7/51	22.95	3.24	42.38	27	26	5
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	55	-	337	10461	3906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.53	8	7	1
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	855.4	261	5134	2072	90	5/33	23.02	2.42	57.04	6	4	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	61	-	419	13650	5251	228	7/38	23.03	2.30	59.86	8	12	-
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2005	10	429.2	97	2576	1175	51	5/48	23.03	2.73	50.50	5	2	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	4058.5	1222	24353	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.84	23	16	1
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1982	27	1027.3	211	6165	2913	125	8/29	23.30	2.83	49.32	7	3	-
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	7	358.0	49	2148	1075	46	7/90	23.36	3.00	46.69	2	5	2
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2022	17	385.5	93	2315	1192	51	6/39	23.37	3.08	45.39	1	3	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	27	956.0	258	5736	2658	113	7/117	23.52	2.78	50.76	4	5	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	87	2704.0	516	16224	8788	373	7/76	23.56	3.25	43.49	28	22	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	3771.1	871	22627	9779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.65	20	25	5
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	94	4185.3	871	25113	11569	489	7/59	23.65	2.76	51.35	24	34	8
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	60	-	459	12680	5898	249	8/92	23.68	2.79	50.92	11	13	2
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	24	857.4	230	5146	2243	94	5/32	23.86	2.61	54.74	6	2	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	19	-	217	4145	1410	59	7/74	23.89	2.04	70.25	4	3	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	40	-	372	11048	3826	160	6/44	23.91	2.07	69.05	8	7	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	70	-	652	18467	8493	355	7/83	23.92	2.75	52.01	23	23	7
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1958	13	526.1	153	3157	1292	54	6/21	23.92	2.45	58.46	4	4	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2023	67	2725.4	682	16354	6620	275	7/42	24.07	2.42	59.46	12	12	2
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	-	270	6522	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.22	1	9	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	37	-	736	14513	5231	216	7/40	24.21	2.16	67.18	7	21	7
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	800.5	221	4805	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.52	6	5	2
IR Bishop (WI)	1989-1998	43	1401.1	288	8407	3909	161	6/40	24.27	2.78	52.21	6	6	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2005-2010	23	861.5	200	5171	2583	106	6/41	24.36	2.99	48.78	6	7	1
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	40	-	604	11173	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.59	9	5	2
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	5003.1	1144	30019	12688	519	7/37	24.44	2.53	57.84	32	22	3
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	6244	2784	113	7/51	24.63	2.67	55.25	11	5	2
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1962	34	1639.0	560	9834	3434	139	7/42	24.70	2.09	70.74	6	13	4
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	-	595	16056	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.71	9	9	1
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	51	-	574	15918	5876	236	7/44	24.89	2.21	67.44	11	15	5
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.16	1	9	2

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v New Zealand at Mirpur, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 6-10, 2023 [Test # 2517 - Live]
>> New Zealand 55/5 (12.4 ov, GD Phillips 5*, DJ Mitchell 12*, Taijul Islam 2/29) - Stumps

Bangladesh v New Zealand at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2023 [Test # 2516]

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]