Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Best career bowling average (without qualification) in Tests

Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
W Barber (ENG)	1935-1935	2	2	0.2	-	-	1	1/0	-	-	2.00	-	-	-
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	28	7.0	7	-	1	1/0	-	-	28.00	-	-	-
BAG Murray (NZ)	1968-1971	13	6	-	1	-	1	1/0	-	-	6.00	-	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1960-1966	4	18	-	2	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	-	-	-
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	40	8.0	4	8	4	4/8	2.00	1.20	10.00	1	-	-
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	18	3.0	1	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	-	-	-
RM Poore (SA)	1896-1896	3	9	1.4	-	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.00	-	-	-
Hon.A Lyttelton (ENG)	1880-1884	4	48	12.0	5	19	4	4/19	4.75	2.37	12.00	1	-	-
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1978	10	11	-	-	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	-	-	-
MR Bynoe (WI)	1959-1967	4	30	5.0	4	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.00	-	-	-
CB Lambert (WI)	1991-1998	5	10	1.4	-	5	1	1/4	5.00	3.00	10.00	-	-	-
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	3	24	-	1	12	2	2/12	6.00	3.00	12.00	-	-	-
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	147	8	1.2	-	6	1	1/6	6.00	4.50	8.00	-	-	-
WA Shalders (SA)	1899-1907	12	48	-	3	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48.00	-	-	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	18	3.0	-	7	1	1/6	7.00	2.33	18.00	-	-	-
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	18	19	3.1	1	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.00	-	-	-
WH Moule (AUS)	1880-1880	1	51	12.3	4	23	3	3/23	7.66	2.70	17.00	-	-	-
PC Charlton (AUS)	1890-1890	2	45	9.0	1	24	3	3/18	8.00	3.20	15.00	-	-	-
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	18	3.0	-	8	1	1/2	8.00	2.66	18.00	-	-	-
ZG Foulkes (NZ)	2025-2025	1	150	25.0	7	75	9	5/37	8.33	3.00	16.66	1	1	-
AD Pougher (ENG)	1892-1892	1	105	21.0	8	26	3	3/26	8.66	1.48	35.00	-	-	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	154	38.2	16	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	-	1	-
CS Marriott (ENG)	1933-1933	1	247	41.1	8	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	-	2	1
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	31	66	11.0	3	18	2	2/18	9.00	1.63	33.00	-	-	-
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1969	5	36	6.0	1	9	1	1/2	9.00	1.50	36.00	-	-	-
K Thomson (NZ)	1968-1968	2	21	3.3	1	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.57	21.00	-	-	-
GS Dinusha (SL)	2025-2025	1	75	12.3	4	29	3	3/22	9.66	2.32	25.00	-	-	-
AW Powell (SA)	1899-1899	1	20	4.0	1	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.00	20.00	-	-	-
BJ Sealey (WI)	1933-1933	1	30	5.0	1	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.00	30.00	-	-	-
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-2001	74	25	4.1	1	10	1	1/4	10.00	2.40	25.00	-	-	-
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1892	2	410	82.0	30	141	14	6/50	10.07	2.06	29.28	-	2	1
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
CFH Leslie (ENG)	1882-1883	4	96	24.0	10	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	-	-	-
RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1955	27	45	-	2	22	2	2/4	11.00	2.93	22.50	-	-	-
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1960	8	48	8.0	2	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.00	-	-	-
AJ Fothergill (ENG)	1889-1889	2	321	80.1	42	90	8	4/19	11.25	1.68	40.12	1	-	-
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1981-1989	11	132	22.0	7	46	4	3/26	11.50	2.09	33.00	-	-	-
NO Norton (SA)	1910-1910	1	90	15.0	4	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	-	-
JH Parks (ENG)	1937-1937	1	126	21.0	9	36	3	2/26	12.00	1.71	42.00	-	-	-
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	123	20.3	5	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1946-1956	9	77	-	4	24	2	2/21	12.00	1.87	38.50	-	-	-
WR Cuttell (ENG)	1899-1899	2	285	57.0	32	73	6	3/17	12.16	1.53	47.50	-	-	-
Codi Yusuf (SA)	2025-2025	2	282	47.0	9	122	10	3/22	12.20	2.59	28.20	-	-	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	282	35.2	10	74	6	3/8	12.33	1.57	47.00	-	-	-
LJ Nash (AUS)	1932-1937	2	311	-	12	126	10	4/18	12.60	2.43	31.10	2	-	-
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	9	2302	-	251	775	61	7/37	12.70	2.01	37.73	4	6	1
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	1	342	57.0	24	77	6	5/63	12.83	1.35	57.00	-	1	-
TP Horan (AUS)	1877-1885	15	373	93.1	45	143	11	6/40	13.00	2.30	33.90	-	1	-
CL Smith (ENG)	1983-1986	8	102	17.0	4	39	3	2/31	13.00	2.29	34.00	-	-	-
Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	2019-2025	8	12	2.0	-	13	1	1/13	13.00	6.50	12.00	-	-	-
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1986	88	19	-	-	13	1	1/9	13.00	4.10	19.00	-	-	-
GH Mudie (WI)	1935-1935	1	174	29.0	12	40	3	2/23	13.33	1.37	58.00	-	-	-
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	2017-2018	4	250	41.4	9	147	11	3/13	13.36	3.52	22.72	-	-	-
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	173	43.1	18	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	-	1	-
Ziaur Rahman (AFG)	2025-2025	1	192	32.0	4	97	7	7/97	13.85	3.03	27.42	-	1	-
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	3	447	74.3	23	153	11	4/19	13.90	2.05	40.63	1	-	-
JR Hodges (AUS)	1877-1877	2	136	34.0	9	84	6	2/7	14.00	3.70	22.66	-	-	-
A McGrath (ENG)	2003-2003	4	102	17.0	1	56	4	3/16	14.00	3.29	25.50	-	-	-
JPF Travers (AUS)	1902-1902	1	48	8.0	2	14	1	1/14	14.00	1.75	48.00	-	-	-
AE Trott (AUS/ENG)	1895-1899	5	948	-	54	390	26	8/43	15.00	2.46	36.46	3	2	-
MC Bird (ENG)	1910-1914	10	259	43.1	11	120	8	3/11	15.00	2.77	32.37	-	-	-
R Clarke (ENG)	2003-2003	2	174	29.0	11	60	4	2/7	15.00	2.06	43.50	-	-	-
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	66	11.0	2	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	-	-	-
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	36	6.0	2	15	1	1/11	15.00	2.50	36.00	-	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Ireland vs Bangladesh at Sylhet, Ireland in Bangladesh 1st Test, Nov 11-14, 2025 [Test # 2605]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]