CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men ODI: Lowest economy rate

Minimum 300 legal balls


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest economy rate	Matches	Bowling innings	Runs conceded	Wickets
1	John Snow	England	2.58	9	8	232	14
2	Sylvester Clarke	West Indies	2.80	10	10	245	13
3	Geoff Arnold	England	2.84	14	13	339	19
4	Alan Hurst	Australia	3.02	8	7	203	12
5	Geoff Dymock	Australia	3.06	15	14	412	15
6	Mick Malone	Australia	3.08	10	10	315	11
7	Gary Gilmour	Australia	3.09	5	5	165	16
7	Joel Garner	West Indies	3.09	98	98	2,752	146
9	Barry Wood	England	3.20	13	10	224	9
10	Max Walker	Australia	3.25	17	17	546	20
11	Mike Hendrick	England	3.27	22	22	681	35
12	Bob Willis	England	3.28	64	64	1,968	80
13	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	3.30	115	112	3,407	158
14	Michael Holding	West Indies	3.32	102	102	3,034	142
15	Syed Abid Ali	India	3.33	5	5	187	7
16	Richard Collinge	New Zealand	3.34	15	15	479	18
17	Simon Davis	Australia	3.37	39	39	1,133	44
18	Andy Roberts	West Indies	3.40	56	56	1,771	87
18	Tony Dodemaide	Australia	3.40	24	24	753	36
20	Chris Old	England	3.41	32	31	999	45
20	Hedley Howarth	New Zealand	3.41	9	8	280	11
20	Majid Khan	Pakistan	3.41	23	15	374	13
23	Derek Underwood	England	3.44	26	24	734	32
24	Bishan Bedi	India	3.45	10	10	340	7
25	Colin Croft	West Indies	3.47	19	19	620	30
25	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand	3.47	11	11	364	20
27	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	3.48	176	175	5,429	225
28	Asif Masood	Pakistan	3.49	7	7	234	5
29	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	3.51	87	10	210	8
30	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	3.53	136	134	4,233	157
31	Angus Fraser	England	3.54	42	42	1,412	47
31	Tim Shaw	South Africa	3.54	9	9	298	9
33	Mike Whitney	Australia	3.55	38	38	1,249	46
33	Peter Lever	England	3.55	10	9	261	11
35	Richard Johnson	England	3.56	10	9	239	11
36	Bernard Julien	West Indies	3.57	12	12	463	18
36	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	3.57	114	112	3,618	140
36	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa	3.57	83	82	2,636	95
39	Dennis Lillee	Australia	3.58	63	63	2,145	103
40	Nigel Jones	Ireland	3.60	14	13	234	10
41	Brian McKechnie	New Zealand	3.63	14	14	495	19
41	Gary Cosier	Australia	3.63	9	8	248	14
41	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	3.63	45	45	1,463	63
44	Geoff Lawson	Australia	3.65	79	79	2,592	88
44	Terry Alderman	Australia	3.65	65	65	2,056	88
46	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	3.67	303	297	9,631	393
47	Adam Dale	Australia	3.68	30	30	979	32
48	Vic Marks	England	3.70	34	32	1,135	44
49	Akram Raza	Pakistan	3.71	49	48	1,611	38
49	John Lever	England	3.71	22	22	713	24
49	Kapil Dev	India	3.71	225	221	6,945	253
52	Regan West	Ireland	3.74	10	9	279	9
52	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India	3.74	15	14	542	5
54	Tom Hogan	Australia	3.75	16	15	574	23
55	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand	3.76	121	119	4,000	113
55	Karim Sadiq	Afghanistan	3.76	24	12	201	6
57	Phil Edmonds	England	3.77	29	27	965	26
58	Graham Dilley	England	3.79	36	36	1,291	48
59	Asif Iqbal	Pakistan	3.83	10	10	378	16
59	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	3.83	205	204	6,918	227
59	Peter Willey	England	3.83	26	22	659	13
62	Alan Mullally	England	3.84	50	49	1,728	63
62	Geoff Miller	England	3.84	25	24	813	25
64	Gary Robertson	New Zealand	3.86	10	10	321	6
65	Glenn McGrath	Australia	3.88	250	248	8,391	381
65	John Traicos	South Africa / Zimbabwe	3.88	27	26	987	19
67	Imran Khan	Pakistan	3.89	175	153	4,844	182
67	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	3.89	356	351	11,812	502
69	Kaushik Amalean	Sri Lanka	3.90	8	8	207	9
70	Matthew Hart	New Zealand	3.91	13	12	373	13
70	Rashid Khan	Pakistan	3.91	29	28	923	20
70	Wayne Daniel	West Indies	3.91	18	18	595	23
73	Amir Hamza	Afghanistan	3.92	31	31	1,016	40
73	Paul Reiffel	Australia	3.92	92	92	3,096	106
73	Shaun Udal	England	3.92	11	11	400	9
76	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	3.93	350	341	12,326	534
77	Bevan Congdon	New Zealand	3.94	11	10	287	7
77	Carl Rackemann	Australia	3.94	52	52	1,833	82
77	Craig Matthews	South Africa	3.94	56	55	1,975	79
77	Jaydev Unadkat	India	3.94	8	8	225	9
77	Rodney Hogg	Australia	3.94	71	67	2,418	85
77	Tony Gray	West Indies	3.94	25	24	835	44
83	Greg Campbell	Australia	3.95	12	12	404	18
83	Maninder Singh	India	3.95	59	57	2,066	66
85	Dilip Doshi	India	3.96	15	15	524	22
85	Ian Botham	England	3.96	116	115	4,139	145
85	Neal Radford	England	3.96	6	6	230	2
85	Phil DeFreitas	England	3.96	103	103	3,775	115
85	Shaun Graf	Australia	3.96	11	10	345	8
90	Roger Harper	West Indies	3.97	105	99	3,431	100
90	Wasim Raja	Pakistan	3.97	54	29	687	21
92	Atul Wassan	India	3.98	9	9	283	11
93	Dave Mohammed	West Indies	3.99	7	6	235	10
93	Keith Boyce	West Indies	3.99	8	8	313	13
93	Ray Price	Zimbabwe	3.99	102	99	3,575	100
93	Simi Singh	Ireland	3.99	35	30	1,011	39
97	A Martin	West Indies	4.00	9	9	296	11
97	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies	4.00	41	41	1,436	41
97	Eric Simons	South Africa	4.00	23	23	810	33
97	Vanburn Holder	West Indies	4.00	12	12	454	19

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

John Snow leads this snapshot. Lowest economy rate: 2.58. Minimum 300 legal balls. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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