Best Bowling Averages - minimum
wickets
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
1 |
G A Lohmann
|
England
|
1886-1896
|
18
|
801.0
|
364
|
1205
|
112
|
10.76
|
9/28
|
9
|
5
|
2 |
J J Ferris
|
England
|
1887-1892
|
9
|
533.3
|
251
|
775
|
61
|
12.70
|
7/37
|
6
|
1
|
3 |
M J Procter
|
South Africa
|
1967-1970
|
7
|
252.2
|
80
|
616
|
41
|
15.02
|
6/73
|
1
|
0
|
4 |
W Barnes
|
England
|
1880-1890
|
21
|
569.1
|
271
|
793
|
51
|
15.55
|
6/28
|
3
|
0
|
5 |
W Bates
|
England
|
1881-1887
|
15
|
591.0
|
282
|
821
|
50
|
16.42
|
7/28
|
4
|
1
|
6 |
S F Barnes
|
England
|
1901-1914
|
27
|
1312.1
|
356
|
3106
|
189
|
16.43
|
9/103
|
24
|
7
|
7 |
C T B Turner
|
Australia
|
1887-1895
|
17
|
1057.2
|
457
|
1670
|
101
|
16.53
|
7/43
|
11
|
2
|
8 |
R Peel
|
England
|
1884-1896
|
20
|
1073.3
|
444
|
1715
|
101
|
16.98
|
7/31
|
5
|
1
|
9 |
A R Patel*
|
India
|
2021-
|
12
|
376.2
|
92
|
858
|
50
|
17.16
|
6/38
|
5
|
1
|
10 |
J Briggs
|
England
|
1884-1899
|
33
|
1052.3
|
385
|
2094
|
118
|
17.75
|
8/11
|
9
|
4
|
11 |
R Appleyard
|
England
|
1954-1956
|
9
|
239.4
|
70
|
554
|
31
|
17.87
|
5/51
|
1
|
0
|
12 |
H Ironmonger
|
Australia
|
1928-1933
|
14
|
782.3
|
328
|
1330
|
74
|
17.97
|
7/23
|
4
|
2
|
13 |
K R Mayers*
|
West Indies
|
2021-
|
18
|
254.0
|
77
|
622
|
34
|
18.29
|
5/18
|
1
|
0
|
14 |
F R Spofforth
|
Australia
|
1877-1887
|
18
|
1046.1
|
416
|
1731
|
94
|
18.41
|
7/44
|
7
|
4
|
15 |
F H Tyson
|
England
|
1954-1959
|
17
|
490.4
|
97
|
1411
|
76
|
18.57
|
7/27
|
4
|
1
|
16 |
C Blythe
|
England
|
1901-1910
|
19
|
757.4
|
231
|
1863
|
100
|
18.63
|
8/59
|
9
|
4
|
17 |
A S Kennedy
|
England
|
1922-1923
|
5
|
280.3
|
91
|
599
|
31
|
19.32
|
5/76
|
2
|
0
|
18 |
H F Boyle
|
Australia
|
1879-1884
|
12
|
436.0
|
175
|
641
|
32
|
20.03
|
6/42
|
1
|
0
|
19 |
S J Snooke
|
South Africa
|
1906-1923
|
26
|
270.0
|
62
|
702
|
35
|
20.06
|
8/70
|
1
|
1
|
20 |
K A Jamieson*
|
New Zealand
|
2020-
|
18
|
561.0
|
178
|
1486
|
74
|
20.08
|
6/48
|
5
|
1
|
21 |
B N Schultz
|
South Africa
|
1992-1997
|
9
|
288.5
|
82
|
749
|
37
|
20.24
|
5/48
|
2
|
0
|
22 |
S M Boland*
|
Australia
|
2021-
|
10
|
255.1
|
63
|
712
|
35
|
20.34
|
6/7
|
1
|
0
|
23 |
J H Wardle
|
England
|
1948-1957
|
28
|
1029.1
|
403
|
2080
|
102
|
20.39
|
7/36
|
5
|
1
|
24 |
G Ulyett
|
England
|
1877-1890
|
25
|
654.2
|
299
|
1020
|
50
|
20.40
|
7/36
|
1
|
0
|
25 |
A K Davidson
|
Australia
|
1953-1963
|
44
|
1662.3
|
431
|
3819
|
186
|
20.53
|
7/93
|
14
|
2
|
26 |
W H Lockwood
|
England
|
1893-1902
|
12
|
353.1
|
100
|
884
|
43
|
20.56
|
7/71
|
5
|
1
|
27 |
F R Foster
|
England
|
1911-1912
|
11
|
407.5
|
108
|
926
|
45
|
20.58
|
6/91
|
4
|
0
|
28 |
K Higgs
|
England
|
1965-1968
|
15
|
675.2
|
194
|
1473
|
71
|
20.75
|
6/91
|
2
|
0
|
29 |
R A L Massie
|
Australia
|
1972-1973
|
6
|
267.1
|
74
|
647
|
31
|
20.87
|
8/53
|
2
|
1
|
30 |
M D Marshall
|
West Indies
|
1978-1991
|
81
|
2930.4
|
613
|
7876
|
376
|
20.95
|
7/22
|
22
|
4
|
31 |
J Garner
|
West Indies
|
1977-1987
|
58
|
2194.5
|
575
|
5433
|
259
|
20.98
|
6/56
|
7
|
0
|
32 |
C E L Ambrose
|
West Indies
|
1988-2000
|
98
|
3683.5
|
1001
|
8502
|
405
|
20.99
|
8/45
|
22
|
3
|
33 |
E R H Toshack
|
Australia
|
1946-1948
|
12
|
443.2
|
155
|
989
|
47
|
21.04
|
6/29
|
4
|
1
|
34 |
N A T Adcock
|
South Africa
|
1953-1962
|
26
|
917.3
|
218
|
2195
|
104
|
21.11
|
6/43
|
5
|
0
|
35 |
W J Whitty
|
Australia
|
1909-1912
|
14
|
559.3
|
163
|
1373
|
65
|
21.12
|
6/17
|
3
|
0
|
36 |
J C Laker
|
England
|
1948-1959
|
46
|
1913.3
|
674
|
4101
|
193
|
21.25
|
10/53
|
9
|
3
|
37 |
G E Palmer
|
Australia
|
1880-1886
|
17
|
1129.1
|
452
|
1678
|
78
|
21.51
|
7/65
|
6
|
2
|
38 |
J Cowie
|
New Zealand
|
1937-1949
|
9
|
338.0
|
65
|
969
|
45
|
21.53
|
6/40
|
4
|
1
|
39 |
Kuldeep Yadav*
|
India
|
2017-
|
8
|
213.1
|
33
|
733
|
34
|
21.56
|
5/40
|
3
|
0
|
40 |
F S Trueman
|
England
|
1952-1965
|
67
|
2447.4
|
522
|
6625
|
307
|
21.58
|
8/31
|
17
|
3
|
41 |
G D McGrath
|
Australia
|
1993-2007
|
124
|
4874.4
|
1470
|
12186
|
563
|
21.64
|
8/24
|
29
|
3
|
42 |
E A Martindale
|
West Indies
|
1933-1939
|
10
|
243.7
|
40
|
804
|
37
|
21.73
|
5/22
|
3
|
0
|
43 |
H Trumble
|
Australia
|
1890-1904
|
32
|
1431.2
|
452
|
3072
|
141
|
21.79
|
8/65
|
9
|
3
|
44 |
D Olivier*
|
South Africa
|
2017-
|
15
|
348.0
|
61
|
1294
|
59
|
21.93
|
6/37
|
3
|
1
|
45 |
J J Bumrah*
|
India
|
2018-
|
30
|
1044.4
|
254
|
2815
|
128
|
21.99
|
6/27
|
8
|
0
|
46 |
E Peate
|
England
|
1881-1886
|
9
|
524.0
|
260
|
682
|
31
|
22.00
|
6/85
|
2
|
0
|
47 |
J T Hearne
|
England
|
1892-1899
|
12
|
551.4
|
211
|
1082
|
49
|
22.08
|
6/41
|
4
|
1
|
48 |
S E Bond
|
New Zealand
|
2001-2009
|
18
|
562.0
|
113
|
1922
|
87
|
22.09
|
6/51
|
5
|
1
|
49 |
A E Hall
|
South Africa
|
1923-1931
|
7
|
393.3
|
107
|
886
|
40
|
22.15
|
7/63
|
3
|
1
|
50 |
O E Robinson*
|
England
|
2021-
|
19
|
619.4
|
159
|
1688
|
76
|
22.21
|
5/49
|
3
|
0
|
|