CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men ODI: Lowest bowling average

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Jayden Lennox	New Zealand	17.86	10	5	3	22
2	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand	18.20	11	7	40	20
3	Ottis Gibson	West Indies	18.26	15	11	141	34
4	Usman Shinwari	Pakistan	18.61	17	4	6	34
5	Joel Garner	West Indies	18.84	98	41	239	146
6	RJ Harris	Australia	18.90	21	13	48	44
7	Tony Gray	West Indies	18.97	25	11	51	44
8	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	19.43	123	95	1,469	226
9	Mike Hendrick	England	19.45	22	10	6	35
10	Len Pascoe	Australia	20.11	29	11	39	53
11	Andy Roberts	West Indies	20.35	56	32	231	87
12	Nahid Rana	Bangladesh	20.59	15	7	14	32
13	Colin Croft	West Indies	20.66	19	6	18	30
14	Dennis Lillee	Australia	20.82	63	34	240	103
15	Shane Bond	New Zealand	20.88	82	40	292	147
16	Tony Dodemaide	Australia	20.91	24	16	124	36
17	AM Ghazanfar	Afghanistan	21.00	21	11	65	30
18	Michael Holding	West Indies	21.36	102	42	282	142
19	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan	21.51	19	9	28	35
19	J Theron	South Africa	21.51	18	12	50	31
21	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	21.56	115	98	1,751	158
22	Allan Donald	South Africa	21.78	164	40	95	272
22	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	21.78	169	98	711	288
24	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	21.86	87	42	188	152
25	Stuart Binny	India	21.95	14	11	230	20
26	Glenn McGrath	Australia	22.02	250	68	115	381
27	Chris Old	England	22.20	32	25	338	45
28	Carl Rackemann	Australia	22.35	52	18	34	82
29	Hamid Hassan	Afghanistan	22.54	38	22	107	59
30	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	22.72	113	70	324	184
31	Ebadot Hossain	Bangladesh	22.90	12	6	3	22
32	Derek Underwood	England	22.93	26	13	53	32
33	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	23.08	350	162	674	534
34	Geoff Allott	New Zealand	23.21	31	11	17	52
35	Gerald Coetzee	South Africa	23.22	14	7	57	31
35	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	23.22	45	31	221	63
37	Brad Williams	Australia	23.25	25	6	27	35
38	Brett Lee	Australia	23.36	221	110	1,176	380
38	Terry Alderman	Australia	23.36	65	18	32	88
40	Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Sri Lanka	23.38	21	18	210	31
41	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	23.52	356	280	3,717	502
42	SW Tait	Australia	23.56	35	7	25	62
43	Mitchell Starc	Australia	23.58	130	77	583	247
44	Amit Mishra	India	23.60	36	11	43	64
45	Jasprit Bumrah	India	23.74	91	27	111	151
46	Reon King	West Indies	23.77	50	23	65	76
47	Dilip Doshi	India	23.81	15	5	9	22
48	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	23.84	262	139	969	416
49	Chris Pringle	New Zealand	23.87	64	41	193	103
50	Doug Bollinger	Australia	23.90	39	8	50	62
51	Alex Cusack	Ireland	23.96	59	47	745	63
52	Vernon Philander	South Africa	24.04	30	19	151	41
53	Mohammed Shami	India	24.05	108	49	225	206
54	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	24.12	176	96	639	225
55	Nathan Bracken	Australia	24.36	116	35	199	174
56	Clint McKay	Australia	24.37	59	31	190	97
57	Andrew Flintoff	England	24.38	141	122	3,394	169
57	Trent Boult	New Zealand	24.38	114	52	216	211
59	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Pakistan	24.50	77	44	332	146
59	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	24.50	303	205	3,519	393
61	Patrick Patterson	West Indies	24.51	59	20	44	90
62	Eric Simons	South Africa	24.54	23	18	217	33
63	Bob Willis	England	24.60	64	22	83	80
64	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	24.65	173	47	199	266
65	Craig McDermott	Australia	24.71	138	78	432	203
65	Gary Troup	New Zealand	24.71	22	12	101	32
67	Imran Tahir	South Africa	24.83	107	36	157	173
68	Hamish Bennett	New Zealand	24.84	19	7	10	33
68	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	24.84	71	58	1,142	113
70	Tom Hogan	Australia	24.95	16	12	72	23
71	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	South Africa	24.96	61	21	56	94
72	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	24.97	163	84	394	247
73	Matt Henry	New Zealand	24.98	95	38	270	172
73	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia	24.98	43	13	74	67
75	Arafat Sunny	Bangladesh	25.00	16	11	48	24
75	Craig Matthews	South Africa	25.00	56	22	141	79
77	Dilshan Madushanka	Sri Lanka	25.02	28	11	36	50
78	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	25.03	49	45	1,109	60
79	Jofra Archer	England	25.07	39	23	219	70
80	Arshdeep Singh	India	25.16	18	12	74	30
81	Aftab Alam	Afghanistan	25.19	27	17	80	41
82	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	25.26	153	91	951	239
83	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	25.30	24	10	18	40
84	Mohammed Siraj	India	25.32	50	21	57	76
84	Morne Morkel	South Africa	25.32	117	47	268	188
86	Vasbert Drakes	West Indies	25.35	34	17	94	51
87	Harvinder Singh	India	25.37	16	5	6	24
88	Damien Fleming	Australia	25.38	88	31	152	134
89	Amir Hamza	Afghanistan	25.40	31	16	23	40
90	Jason Gillespie	Australia	25.42	97	39	289	142
91	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka	25.44	38	19	39	52
92	Larry Gomes	West Indies	25.48	83	64	1,415	41
93	Kris Srikkanth	India	25.64	146	145	4,091	25
94	Haris Rauf	Pakistan	25.70	59	24	108	107
95	Shane Warne	Australia	25.73	194	107	1,018	293
96	Simon Davis	Australia	25.75	39	11	20	44
97	Aizaz Cheema	Pakistan	25.78	14	6	26	23
98	Vic Marks	England	25.79	34	24	285	44
99	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	25.84	114	48	118	140
100	Craig Young	Ireland	25.85	48	27	166	81

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Jayden Lennox leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling average: 17.86. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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