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 Test Cricket - Bowling - Averages and Ratings
Best Bowling Averages (minimum 50 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 W Barnes England 1880-1890 21 569.1 271 793 51 15.55 6/28 3 0
4 W Bates England 1881-1887 15 591.0 282 821 50 16.42 7/28 4 1
5 S F Barnes England 1901-1914 27 1312.1 356 3106 189 16.43 9/103 24 7
6 C T B Turner Australia 1887-1895 17 1057.2 457 1670 101 16.53 7/43 11 2
7 R Peel England 1884-1896 20 1073.3 444 1715 101 16.98 7/31 5 1
8 J Briggs England 1884-1899 33 1052.3 385 2094 118 17.75 8/11 9 4
9 H Ironmonger Australia 1928-1933 14 782.3 328 1330 74 17.97 7/23 4 2
10 F R Spofforth Australia 1877-1887 18 1046.1 416 1731 94 18.41 7/44 7 4
11 F H Tyson England 1954-1959 17 490.4 97 1411 76 18.57 7/27 4 1
12 C Blythe England 1901-1910 19 757.4 231 1863 100 18.63 8/59 9 4
13 J H Wardle England 1948-1957 28 1029.1 403 2080 102 20.39 7/36 5 1
14 G Ulyett England 1877-1890 25 654.2 299 1020 50 20.40 7/36 1 0
15 A K Davidson Australia 1953-1963 44 1662.3 431 3819 186 20.53 7/93 14 2
16 K Higgs England 1965-1968 15 675.2 194 1473 71 20.75 6/91 2 0
17 M D Marshall West Indies 1978-1991 81 2930.4 613 7876 376 20.95 7/22 22 4
18 J Garner West Indies 1977-1987 58 2194.5 575 5433 259 20.98 6/56 7 0
19 C E L Ambrose West Indies 1988-2000 98 3683.5 1001 8502 405 20.99 8/45 22 3
20 N A T Adcock South Africa 1953-1962 26 917.3 218 2195 104 21.11 6/43 5 0
21 W J Whitty Australia 1909-1912 14 559.3 163 1373 65 21.12 6/17 3 0
22 J C Laker England 1948-1959 46 1913.3 674 4101 193 21.25 10/53 9 3
23 G E Palmer Australia 1880-1886 17 1129.1 452 1678 78 21.51 7/65 6 2
24 F S Trueman England 1952-1965 67 2447.4 522 6625 307 21.58 8/31 17 3
25 P J Cummins* Australia 2011- 34 1289.0 318 3542 164 21.60 6/23 5 1
26 G D McGrath Australia 1993-2007 124 4874.4 1470 12186 563 21.64 8/24 29 3
27 H Trumble Australia 1890-1904 32 1431.2 452 3072 141 21.79 8/65 9 3
28 S E Bond New Zealand 2001-2009 18 562.0 113 1922 87 22.09 6/51 5 1
29 A A Donald South Africa 1992-2002 72 2586.3 661 7344 330 22.25 8/71 20 3
30 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 86 3460.4 809 9611 431 22.30 9/52 36 9
31 V D Philander South Africa 2011-2020 64 1898.3 507 5000 224 22.32 6/21 13 2
32 W E Bowes England 1932-1946 15 585.5 131 1519 68 22.34 6/33 6 0
33 Hasan Ali* Pakistan 2017- 15 459.2 113 1415 63 22.46 5/27 5 1
34 W J O'Reilly Australia 1932-1946 27 1588.0 585 3254 144 22.60 7/54 11 3
35 A E E Vogler South Africa 1906-1911 15 460.4 96 1455 64 22.73 7/94 5 1
36 J V Saunders Australia 1902-1908 14 594.1 116 1796 79 22.73 7/34 6 0
37 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1992-2010 133 7339.5 1792 18180 800 22.73 9/51 67 22
38 K Rabada* South Africa 2015- 47 1464.1 304 4846 213 22.75 7/112 10 4
39 J J Bumrah* India 2018- 24 866.5 212 2302 101 22.79 6/27 6 0
40 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 88 3106.0 727 8258 362 22.81 8/58 23 6
41 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 93 3101.2 660 10077 439 22.95 7/51 26 5
42 K R Miller Australia 1946-1956 55 1496.1 337 3906 170 22.98 7/60 7 1
43 Mohammad Abbas* Pakistan 2017- 25 855.4 261 2072 90 23.02 5/33 4 1
44 R R Lindwall Australia 1946-1960 61 1970.2 419 5251 228 23.03 7/38 12 0
45 Shabbir Ahmed Pakistan 2003-2005 10 429.2 97 1175 51 23.04 5/48 2 0
46 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 108 4058.5 1211 9733 421 23.12 7/87 16 1
47 C E H Croft West Indies 1977-1982 27 1027.3 211 2913 125 23.30 8/29 3 0
48 R J Harris Australia 2010-2015 27 956.0 258 2658 113 23.52 7/117 5 0
49 Waqar Younis Pakistan 1989-2003 87 2704.0 516 8788 373 23.56 7/76 22 5
50 Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985-2002 104 3771.1 871 9779 414 23.62 7/119 25 5
51 M A Holding West Indies 1975-1987 60 2066.4 459 5898 249 23.69 8/92 13 2
52 S R Clark Australia 2006-2009 24 857.4 230 2243 94 23.86 5/32 2 0
53 Pervez Sajjad Pakistan 1964-1973 19 676.1 217 1410 59 23.90 7/74 3 0
54 W A Johnston Australia 1947-1955 40 1515.0 372 3826 160 23.91 6/44 7 0
55 D K Lillee Australia 1971-1984 70 2834.1 652 8493 355 23.92 7/83 23 7
56 Khan Mohammad Pakistan 1952-1958 13 526.1 153 1292 54 23.93 6/21 4 0
57 P M Pollock South Africa 1961-1970 28 1034.0 270 2806 116 24.19 6/38 9 1
58 C V Grimmett Australia 1925-1936 37 2408.3 736 5231 216 24.22 7/40 21 7
59 P S De Villiers South Africa 1993-1998 18 800.5 221 2061 85 24.25 6/23 5 2
60 I R Bishop West Indies 1989-1998 43 1411.1 288 3911 161 24.29 6/40 6 0

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