Best career bowling average (without qualification)
Best career bowling average (without qualification) in WODIs
Best career bowling average (without qualification)
Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| MA Lear (ENG-W/YEWmn) | 1973-1982 | 21 | 12 | 2.0 | 2 | - | 1 | 1/0 | - | - | 12.00 | - | - | - |
| 2021-2025 | 37 | 3 | 0.3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1991-1991 | 3 | 42 | 7.0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3/6 | 2.00 | 0.85 | 14.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2014-2014 | 1 | 50 | 8.2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5/18 | 3.60 | 2.16 | 10.00 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2018-2025 | 47 | 43 | 7.1 | - | 18 | 5 | 4/3 | 3.60 | 2.51 | 8.60 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2016-2016 | 1 | 48 | 8.0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2/8 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 24.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2009-2021 | 73 | 30 | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | 4.00 | 0.80 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1999-1999 | 2 | 72 | 12.0 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 3/8 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 18.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1984-1984 | 1 | 66 | 11.0 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 4/24 | 6.00 | 2.18 | 16.50 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1973-1973 | 2 | 104 | 17.2 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 6/20 | 7.66 | 2.65 | 17.33 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1999-1999 | 3 | 115 | 19.1 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 2/4 | 7.75 | 1.61 | 28.75 | - | - | - | |
| 1973-1973 | 4 | 84 | 14.0 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 4/9 | 8.80 | 3.14 | 16.80 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 5 | 132 | 22.0 | 2 | 80 | 9 | 4/24 | 8.88 | 3.63 | 14.66 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2025-2025 | 2 | 120 | 20.0 | 2 | 63 | 7 | 5/36 | 9.00 | 3.15 | 17.14 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 1 | 23 | 3.5 | - | 19 | 2 | 2/19 | 9.50 | 4.95 | 11.50 | - | - | - | |
| 1988-1990 | 10 | 503 | 83.5 | 23 | 162 | 17 | 4/23 | 9.52 | 1.93 | 29.58 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2000-2000 | 3 | 144 | 24.0 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 2/17 | 10.00 | 2.08 | 28.80 | - | - | - | |
| 2001-2001 | 2 | 24 | 4.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 2.50 | 24.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2023-2024 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | - | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 3.33 | 18.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1978-1978 | 3 | 12 | 2.0 | - | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 12.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1973-1973 | 6 | 396 | 66.0 | 27 | 82 | 8 | 3/16 | 10.25 | 1.24 | 49.50 | - | - | - | |
| 2000-2005 | 30 | 128 | 21.2 | 3 | 72 | 7 | 3/13 | 10.28 | 3.37 | 18.28 | - | - | - | |
| 2003-2017 | 144 | 132 | 22.0 | 5 | 63 | 6 | 2/8 | 10.50 | 2.86 | 22.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2000-2000 | 1 | 60 | 10.0 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2/21 | 10.50 | 2.10 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1997-1997 | 5 | 150 | 25.0 | 4 | 64 | 6 | 5/21 | 10.66 | 2.56 | 25.00 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2022-2023 | 2 | 71 | 11.5 | - | 43 | 4 | 4/26 | 10.75 | 3.63 | 17.75 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1995-2005 | 82 | 150 | 25.0 | 6 | 87 | 8 | 4/19 | 10.87 | 3.48 | 18.75 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1973-1973 | 5 | 253 | 42.1 | 14 | 99 | 9 | 5/14 | 11.00 | 2.34 | 28.11 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1999-2000 | 7 | 24 | 4.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1/11 | 11.00 | 2.75 | 24.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1999-2022 | 232 | 171 | 28.3 | 7 | 91 | 8 | 3/4 | 11.37 | 3.19 | 21.37 | - | - | - | |
| 1997-1997 | 7 | 198 | 33.0 | 9 | 115 | 10 | 3/8 | 11.50 | 3.48 | 19.80 | - | - | - | |
| 1993-1993 | 7 | 408 | 68.0 | 12 | 154 | 13 | 5/36 | 11.84 | 2.26 | 31.38 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1984-1990 | 34 | 132 | 22.0 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 2/14 | 12.00 | 2.18 | 33.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1979-1979 | 1 | 60 | 10.0 | - | 36 | 3 | 3/36 | 12.00 | 3.60 | 20.00 | - | - | - |
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