Best economy rates for England in Tests
Best economy rates
Player | Span | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 1884-1892 | 10 | - | 326 | 2850 | 626 | 28 | 4/42 | 22.35 | 1.31 | 101.7 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1947-1949 | 8 | - | 89 | 2129 | 571 | 15 | 3/21 | 38.06 | 1.60 | 141.9 | - | - | - | |
| 1924-1926 | 9 | - | 82 | 2368 | 734 | 24 | 4/51 | 30.58 | 1.85 | 98.6 | 4 | - | - | |
| 1881-1887 | 17 | 614.0 | 325 | 2456 | 767 | 34 | 7/40 | 22.55 | 1.87 | 72.2 | - | 3 | - | |
| 1931-1939 | 40 | - | 604 | 11173 | 3510 | 144 | 8/43 | 24.37 | 1.88 | 77.5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1886-1896 | 18 | - | 364 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1948-1957 | 28 | - | 403 | 6597 | 2080 | 102 | 7/36 | 20.39 | 1.89 | 64.6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1958-1973 | 61 | - | 715 | 11934 | 3807 | 122 | 6/29 | 31.20 | 1.91 | 97.8 | 5 | 3 | - | |
| 1947-1949 | 8 | - | 119 | 2368 | 757 | 17 | 3/65 | 44.52 | 1.91 | 139.2 | - | - | - | |
| 1924-1935 | 39 | - | 581 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16 | 1.94 | 80.7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1966-1972 | 44 | - | 318 | 5706 | 1859 | 47 | 3/46 | 39.55 | 1.95 | 121.4 | - | - | - | |
| 1881-1886 | 9 | 524.0 | 250 | 2096 | 683 | 31 | 6/85 | 22.03 | 1.95 | 67.6 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 1955-1975 | 53 | - | 777 | 15118 | 4931 | 153 | 7/79 | 32.22 | 1.95 | 98.8 | 9 | 7 | - | |
| 1884-1896 | 20 | - | 444 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1921-1931 | 15 | 800.1 | 253 | 4801 | 1581 | 49 | 8/126 | 32.26 | 1.97 | 97.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1954-1959 | 13 | - | 115 | 2662 | 878 | 39 | 6/36 | 22.51 | 1.97 | 68.2 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 1964-1973 | 15 | 514.0 | 174 | 3084 | 1026 | 33 | 5/55 | 31.09 | 1.99 | 93.4 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 1960-1966 | 39 | - | 685 | 11297 | 3779 | 122 | 5/30 | 30.97 | 2.00 | 92.5 | 8 | 4 | - | |
| 1952-1968 | 49 | - | 819 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58 | 2.03 | 75.5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1959-1964 | 9 | - | 133 | 2162 | 733 | 13 | 3/36 | 56.38 | 2.03 | 166.3 | - | - | - | |
| 1974-1987 | 52 | - | 135 | 2835 | 966 | 27 | 3/28 | 35.77 | 2.04 | 105.0 | - | - | - | |
| 1948-1959 | 46 | - | 674 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24 | 2.04 | 62.3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1880-1890 | 21 | - | 271 | 2289 | 793 | 51 | 6/28 | 15.54 | 2.07 | 44.8 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| 1881-1887 | 15 | 591.0 | 282 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42 | 2.08 | 47.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1966-1982 | 86 | - | 1239 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | |
| 1924-1934 | 14 | 635.0 | 181 | 3810 | 1353 | 46 | 7/70 | 29.41 | 2.13 | 82.8 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 1975-1987 | 51 | - | 613 | 12028 | 4273 | 125 | 7/66 | 34.18 | 2.13 | 96.2 | 9 | 2 | - | |
| 1951-1954 | 16 | - | 212 | 4228 | 1513 | 58 | 7/52 | 26.08 | 2.14 | 72.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1965-1968 | 15 | - | 194 | 4112 | 1473 | 71 | 6/91 | 20.74 | 2.14 | 57.9 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| 1969-1977 | 30 | - | 393 | 8833 | 3178 | 86 | 5/34 | 36.95 | 2.15 | 102.7 | 5 | 2 | - | |
| 1949-1958 | 19 | 679.0 | 242 | 4074 | 1467 | 34 | 4/21 | 43.14 | 2.16 | 119.8 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1976-1984 | 34 | - | 219 | 5149 | 1859 | 60 | 5/44 | 30.98 | 2.16 | 85.8 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 1974-1981 | 30 | - | 249 | 6208 | 2248 | 87 | 4/28 | 25.83 | 2.17 | 71.3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 1892-1899 | 12 | - | 211 | 2976 | 1082 | 49 | 6/41 | 22.08 | 2.18 | 60.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1978-1995 | 64 | - | 741 | 15391 | 5646 | 147 | 7/78 | 38.40 | 2.20 | 104.7 | 5 | 6 | - | |
| 1949-1965 | 58 | - | 444 | 7725 | 2835 | 85 | 6/60 | 33.35 | 2.20 | 90.8 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 1946-1955 | 51 | - | 574 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1950-1963 | 7 | 346.2 | 96 | 2078 | 768 | 18 | 4/72 | 42.66 | 2.21 | 115.4 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1935-1950 | 13 | 592.2 | 176 | 3554 | 1332 | 44 | 7/50 | 30.27 | 2.24 | 80.7 | - | 5 | - | |
| 1996-2006 | 81 | 948.0 | 317 | 5688 | 2143 | 51 | 3/27 | 42.01 | 2.26 | 111.5 | - | - | - | |
| 1911-1912 | 11 | 407.5 | 108 | 2447 | 926 | 45 | 6/91 | 20.57 | 2.27 | 54.3 | 2 | 4 | - | |
| 1951-1958 | 26 | - | 228 | 5659 | 2160 | 70 | 5/64 | 30.85 | 2.29 | 80.8 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 1975-1989 | 43 | - | 489 | 10360 | 3958 | 123 | 6/73 | 32.17 | 2.29 | 84.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1965-1978 | 61 | - | 197 | 5620 | 2154 | 59 | 5/65 | 36.50 | 2.29 | 95.2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 1877-1890 | 25 | - | 299 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 20.40 | 2.32 | 52.5 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 1978-1989 | 30 | - | 327 | 6598 | 2564 | 74 | 7/87 | 34.64 | 2.33 | 89.1 | 1 | 4 | - | |
| 1951-1965 | 70 | - | 595 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84 | 2.33 | 63.7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1927-1930 | 9 | 363.4 | 98 | 2182 | 856 | 25 | 4/58 | 34.24 | 2.35 | 87.2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1884-1899 | 33 | - | 386 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 17.75 | 2.35 | 45.1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1927-1947 | 85 | - | 300 | 7969 | 3138 | 83 | 5/36 | 37.80 | 2.36 | 96.0 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 1901-1914 | 27 | 1312.1 | 356 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.6 | 2 | 24 | 7 | |
| 1996-2001 | 21 | 769.5 | 195 | 4619 | 1825 | 49 | 5/95 | 37.24 | 2.37 | 94.2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 1949-1959 | 61 | - | 379 | 9712 | 3856 | 132 | 7/34 | 29.21 | 2.38 | 73.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1993-1999 | 11 | 520.4 | 135 | 3124 | 1242 | 37 | 6/67 | 33.56 | 2.38 | 84.4 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 1986-1993 | 15 | 581.0 | 182 | 3486 | 1387 | 40 | 6/78 | 34.67 | 2.38 | 87.1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2016-2022 | 29 | 675.4 | 163 | 4054 | 1615 | 49 | 6/41 | 32.95 | 2.39 | 82.7 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2002-2009 | 33 | 827.2 | 240 | 4964 | 1983 | 60 | 4/41 | 33.05 | 2.39 | 82.7 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1996-2001 | 19 | 754.1 | 213 | 4525 | 1812 | 58 | 5/105 | 31.24 | 2.40 | 78.0 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1975-1995 | 118 | - | 122 | 2655 | 1069 | 23 | 3/39 | 46.47 | 2.41 | 115.4 | - | - | - | |
| 1974-1985 | 43 | - | 447 | 10628 | 4280 | 130 | 7/74 | 32.92 | 2.41 | 81.7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1990-2001 | 42 | 1881.2 | 505 | 11288 | 4560 | 121 | 7/47 | 37.68 | 2.42 | 93.2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1961-1965 | 19 | 761.4 | 220 | 4570 | 1849 | 62 | 5/34 | 29.82 | 2.42 | 73.7 | 3 | 3 | - | |
| 1983-1989 | 15 | 695.4 | 220 | 4174 | 1689 | 52 | 6/65 | 32.48 | 2.42 | 80.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1954-1959 | 17 | - | 97 | 3452 | 1411 | 76 | 7/27 | 18.56 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1901-1910 | 19 | 757.4 | 231 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 18.63 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1982-1991 | 16 | 739.3 | 207 | 4437 | 1825 | 43 | 6/58 | 42.44 | 2.46 | 103.1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1961-1969 | 29 | - | 204 | 5377 | 2223 | 70 | 4/38 | 31.75 | 2.48 | 76.8 | 4 | - | - | |
| 1932-1946 | 15 | - | 131 | 3655 | 1519 | 68 | 6/33 | 22.33 | 2.49 | 53.7 | 2 | 6 | - | |
| 1899-1930 | 58 | - | 365 | 8225 | 3425 | 127 | 8/68 | 26.96 | 2.49 | 64.7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1963-1969 | 17 | - | 168 | 2897 | 1213 | 34 | 4/43 | 35.67 | 2.51 | 85.2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1965-1973 | 32 | - | 207 | 4421 | 1853 | 40 | 3/3 | 46.32 | 2.51 | 110.5 | - | - | - | |
| 1970-1975 | 17 | - | 92 | 3571 | 1509 | 41 | 6/38 | 36.80 | 2.53 | 87.0 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 1967-1975 | 34 | - | 284 | 7650 | 3254 | 115 | 6/45 | 28.29 | 2.55 | 66.5 | 3 | 6 | - | |
| 1983-1988 | 10 | 346.0 | 87 | 2076 | 886 | 17 | 3/73 | 52.11 | 2.56 | 122.1 | - | - | - | |
| 1991-2001 | 65 | 509.3 | 128 | 3057 | 1306 | 23 | 4/126 | 56.78 | 2.56 | 132.9 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1992-2001 | 32 | 1032.4 | 311 | 6196 | 2649 | 93 | 6/27 | 28.48 | 2.56 | 66.6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1931-1953 | 22 | - | 117 | 3260 | 1398 | 45 | 5/49 | 31.06 | 2.57 | 72.4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| 1930-1947 | 27 | - | 211 | 6360 | 2733 | 98 | 7/70 | 27.88 | 2.57 | 64.8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1953-1964 | 19 | - | 114 | 3525 | 1515 | 43 | 4/85 | 35.23 | 2.57 | 81.9 | 3 | - | - | |
| 1997-2014 | 112 | 4775.2 | 1194 | 28652 | 12330 | 361 | 7/87 | 34.15 | 2.58 | 79.3 | 19 | 20 | 3 | |
| 1962-1965 | 10 | 362.0 | 87 | 2172 | 941 | 37 | 5/57 | 25.43 | 2.59 | 58.7 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| 1909-1934 | 64 | - | 251 | 6495 | 2815 | 83 | 7/76 | 33.91 | 2.60 | 78.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1958-1968 | 62 | - | 186 | 5317 | 2306 | 66 | 4/10 | 34.93 | 2.60 | 80.5 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1980-1990 | 41 | 1400.3 | 360 | 8403 | 3653 | 102 | 6/32 | 35.81 | 2.60 | 82.3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1922-1925 | 11 | - | 73 | 2404 | 1046 | 36 | 6/7 | 29.05 | 2.61 | 66.7 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 1952-1965 | 67 | - | 522 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | |
| 1934-1939 | 15 | - | 103 | 3932 | 1719 | 60 | 6/96 | 28.65 | 2.62 | 65.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1973-1990 | 86 | - | 809 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 25 | 36 | 9 | |
| 1965-1969 | 26 | - | 182 | 5098 | 2237 | 79 | 5/42 | 28.31 | 2.63 | 64.5 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 1976-1986 | 21 | - | 140 | 4433 | 1951 | 73 | 7/46 | 26.72 | 2.64 | 60.7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1965-1978 | 35 | - | 228 | 7689 | 3393 | 116 | 6/63 | 29.25 | 2.64 | 66.2 | 5 | 3 | - | |
| 1897-1909 | 24 | - | 146 | 4010 | 1770 | 59 | 5/48 | 30.00 | 2.64 | 67.9 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| 2020-2024 | 19 | 593.0 | 187 | 3558 | 1579 | 80 | 6/48 | 19.73 | 2.66 | 44.4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1964-1972 | 20 | - | 140 | 4250 | 1887 | 51 | 6/76 | 37.00 | 2.66 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 1989-1998 | 46 | 1812.4 | 439 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | |
| 1926-1933 | 21 | 828.1 | 167 | 4969 | 2212 | 78 | 6/32 | 28.35 | 2.67 | 63.7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1973-1976 | 11 | - | 75 | 2744 | 1224 | 18 | 5/148 | 68.00 | 2.67 | 152.4 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1968-1985 | 25 | 1108.2 | 281 | 6650 | 2976 | 67 | 6/79 | 44.41 | 2.68 | 99.2 | 4 | 3 | - | |
| 1961-1969 | 32 | - | 279 | 7034 | 3148 | 100 | 6/63 | 31.48 | 2.68 | 70.3 | 3 | 5 | - | |
| 1965-1976 | 49 | - | 415 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66 | 2.68 | 59.5 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
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