Best career bowling average

Records for ODI Matches

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
S Lamichhane (NEP)	2018-2023	51	462.2	28	2774	2023	112	6/11	18.06	4.37	24.76	8	3	-
Basil Hameed (UAE)	2019-2023	37	168.4	11	1012	676	36	5/17	18.77	4.00	28.11	2	1	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	98	888.2	141	5330	2752	146	5/31	18.84	3.09	36.50	2	3	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2009-2012	21	171.5	13	1031	832	44	5/19	18.90	4.84	23.43	-	3	-
AH Gray (WI)	1985-1991	25	211.4	16	1270	835	44	6/50	18.97	3.94	28.86	2	1	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1973-1981	22	-	36	1248	681	35	5/31	19.45	3.27	35.65	2	1	-
T Lungameni (NAM)	2022-2023	22	171.0	14	1026	739	37	6/42	19.97	4.32	27.72	1	1	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1982	29	261.2	21	1568	1066	53	5/30	20.11	4.07	29.58	4	1	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	56	-	76	3123	1771	87	5/22	20.35	3.40	35.89	2	1	-
Rashid Khan (AFG)	2015-2023	103	883.2	32	5300	3748	183	7/18	20.48	4.24	28.96	6	4	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1981	19	178.2	21	1070	620	30	6/15	20.66	3.47	35.66	-	1	-
Bilal Khan (OMA)	2019-2023	45	391.0	29	2346	1969	95	5/31	20.72	5.03	24.69	4	4	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1983	63	-	80	3593	2145	103	5/34	20.82	3.58	34.88	5	1	-
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2010	82	715.5	88	4295	3070	147	6/19	20.88	4.28	29.21	7	4	-
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1988-1993	24	221.1	30	1327	753	36	5/21	20.91	3.40	36.86	1	1	-
BM Scholtz (NAM)	2019-2023	41	346.5	40	2081	1181	56	5/22	21.08	3.40	37.16	1	1	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1987	102	912.1	99	5473	3034	142	5/26	21.36	3.32	38.54	5	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	115	-	185	6182	3407	158	5/25	21.56	3.30	39.12	1	5	-
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2023	21	189.5	14	1139	913	42	6/40	21.73	4.80	27.11	-	1	-
AA Donald (SA)	1991-2003	164	1426.5	101	8561	5926	272	6/23	21.78	4.15	31.47	11	2	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2003	169	1461.4	66	8770	6275	288	5/20	21.78	4.29	30.45	11	6	-
BAW Mendis (SL)	2008-2015	87	692.2	34	4154	3324	152	6/13	21.86	4.80	27.32	7	3	-
GD McGrath (AUS/ICC)	1993-2007	250	2161.4	279	12970	8391	381	7/15	22.02	3.88	34.04	9	7	-
JH Davey (SCOT)	2010-2019	31	216.5	18	1301	1082	49	6/28	22.08	4.99	26.55	1	2	-
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	32	-	42	1755	999	45	4/8	22.20	3.41	39.00	2	-	-
JJ Smit (NAM)	2019-2022	29	184.0	14	1104	777	35	5/26	22.20	4.22	31.54	1	2	-
R Trumpelmann (NAM)	2021-2023	34	282.1	22	1693	1336	60	5/30	22.26	4.73	28.21	2	2	-
SN Netravalkar (USA)	2019-2023	48	409.4	49	2458	1626	73	5/32	22.27	3.96	33.67	1	2	-
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1983-1991	52	465.1	51	2791	1833	82	5/16	22.35	3.94	34.03	3	1	-
Hamid Hassan (AFG)	2009-2019	38	289.0	24	1734	1330	59	5/45	22.54	4.60	29.38	2	1	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2008-2015	113	1000.0	50	6000	4182	184	5/24	22.72	4.18	32.60	6	2	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2019-2023	41	304.1	29	1825	1550	68	6/21	22.79	5.09	26.83	2	1	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1973-1982	26	-	24	1278	734	32	4/44	22.93	3.44	39.93	1	-	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2010-2023	121	1040.0	50	6240	5420	236	6/28	22.96	5.21	26.44	12	9	-
M Muralidaran (Asia/ICC/SL)	1993-2011	350	3135.1	198	18811	12326	534	7/30	23.08	3.93	35.22	15	10	-
GI Allott (NZ)	1997-2000	31	254.4	17	1528	1207	52	4/35	23.21	4.73	29.38	4	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1973-1984	45	-	49	2412	1463	63	4/27	23.22	3.63	38.28	4	-	-
BA Williams (AUS)	2002-2004	25	200.3	19	1203	814	35	5/22	23.25	4.05	34.37	1	2	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2012	221	1864.1	141	11185	8877	380	5/22	23.36	4.76	29.43	14	9	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	65	561.5	75	3371	2056	88	5/17	23.36	3.65	38.30	1	2	-
KS Lokuarachchi (SL)	2003-2007	21	168.3	7	1011	725	31	4/44	23.38	4.30	32.61	1	-	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1984-2003	356	3031.0	237	18186	11812	502	5/15	23.52	3.89	36.22	17	6	-
FJ Klaassen (NED)	2018-2023	19	174.3	12	1047	753	32	3/23	23.53	4.31	32.71	-	-	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2016-2023	89	763.2	57	4580	3509	149	6/19	23.55	4.59	30.73	6	2	-
SW Tait (AUS)	2007-2011	35	281.2	11	1688	1461	62	4/39	23.56	5.19	27.22	2	-	-
A Mishra (IND)	2003-2016	36	319.3	19	1917	1511	64	6/48	23.60	4.72	29.95	2	2	-
CB Sole (SCOT)	2016-2023	30	248.2	17	1490	1255	53	4/27	23.67	5.05	28.11	3	-	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	101	830.5	51	4985	4618	195	7/57	23.68	5.55	25.56	10	5	-
RD King (WI)	1998-2005	50	433.5	41	2603	1807	76	4/25	23.77	4.16	34.25	2	-	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	262	2116.2	143	12698	9919	416	7/36	23.84	4.68	30.52	14	13	-
C Pringle (NZ)	1990-1995	64	552.2	36	3314	2459	103	5/45	23.87	4.45	32.17	2	1	-
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2009-2011	39	323.4	28	1942	1482	62	5/35	23.90	4.57	31.32	3	2	-
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2023	53	449.1	24	2695	2490	104	6/35	23.94	5.54	25.91	6	3	-
AR Cusack (IRE)	2007-2015	59	325.3	24	1953	1510	63	5/20	23.96	4.63	31.00	1	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2007-2015	30	213.1	20	1279	986	41	4/12	24.04	4.62	31.19	2	-	-
RN ten Doeschate (NED)	2006-2011	33	263.2	18	1580	1327	55	4/31	24.12	5.03	28.72	3	-	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	176	1558.5	192	9353	5429	225	5/17	24.12	3.48	41.56	6	4	-
NW Bracken (AUS)	2001-2009	116	959.5	90	5759	4240	174	5/47	24.36	4.41	33.09	5	2	-
CJ McKay (AUS)	2009-2014	59	494.1	38	2965	2364	97	5/28	24.37	4.78	30.56	4	2	-
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	1999-2009	141	937.2	67	5624	4121	169	5/19	24.38	4.39	33.27	6	2	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2023	114	1030.0	76	6180	5146	211	7/34	24.38	4.99	29.28	10	6	-
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2008	303	2618.4	313	15712	9631	393	6/35	24.50	3.67	39.97	12	5	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1993	59	508.2	37	3050	2206	90	6/29	24.51	4.33	33.88	1	1	-
Nadeem Ahmed (HKG)	2004-2018	25	221.1	16	1327	932	38	4/26	24.52	4.21	34.92	4	-	-
EO Simons (SA)	1994-1995	23	202.0	21	1212	810	33	4/42	24.54	4.00	36.72	1	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	64	-	97	3595	1968	80	4/11	24.60	3.28	44.93	4	-	-
MRJ Watt (SCOT)	2016-2023	61	531.4	45	3190	2192	89	5/33	24.62	4.12	35.84	3	1	-
M Ntini (ICC/SA)	1998-2009	173	1447.5	123	8687	6559	266	6/22	24.65	4.53	32.65	8	4	-
GB Troup (NZ)	1976-1985	22	-	22	1180	791	32	4/19	24.71	4.02	36.87	3	-	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1996	138	1243.3	101	7461	5018	203	5/44	24.71	4.03	36.75	4	1	-
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	107	923.3	38	5541	4297	173	7/45	24.83	4.65	32.02	7	3	-
LL Tsotsobe (SA)	2009-2013	61	494.0	44	2964	2347	94	4/22	24.96	4.75	31.53	7	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar (Asia/ICC/PAK)	1998-2011	163	1294.0	99	7764	6169	247	6/16	24.97	4.76	31.43	6	4	-
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1995-2005	43	370.5	28	2225	1674	67	5/45	24.98	4.51	33.20	1	2	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1991-1997	56	500.3	53	3003	1975	79	4/10	25.00	3.94	38.01	3	-	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 3rd ODI, Dec 9, 2023 [ODI # 4708]

West Indies v England at North Sound, 2nd ODI, Dec 6, 2023 [ODI # 4707]

West Indies v England at North Sound, 1st ODI, Dec 3, 2023 [ODI # 4706]