CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Lowest bowling average

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	George Lohmann	England	10.75	18	26	213	112
2	J.J. Ferris	Australia / England	12.70	9	17	114	61
3	Albert Trott	Australia / England	15.00	5	9	228	26
4	Mike Procter	South Africa	15.02	7	10	226	41
5	Jack Iverson	Australia	15.23	5	7	3	21
6	Billy Barnes	England	15.54	21	33	725	51
7	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	16.28	4	5	78	25
8	Billy Bates	England	16.42	15	26	656	50
9	Sydney Barnes	England	16.43	27	39	242	189
10	Charlie Turner	Australia	16.53	17	32	323	101
11	Bobby Peel	England	16.98	20	33	427	101
12	Tony Gray	West Indies	17.13	5	8	48	22
13	Manav Suthar	India	17.34	3	4	79	23
14	Johnny Briggs	England	17.75	33	50	815	118
15	Bob Appleyard	England	17.87	9	9	51	31
16	Walter Lees	England	17.96	5	9	66	26
17	Bert Ironmonger	Australia	17.97	14	21	42	74
18	George Simpson-Hayward	England	18.26	5	8	105	23
19	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa	18.28	5	8	141	28
20	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	18.29	18	32	949	34
21	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Pakistan	18.30	9	10	200	20
22	Bonnor Middleton	South Africa	18.41	6	12	52	24
22	Frederick Spofforth	Australia	18.41	18	29	217	94
24	Frank Tyson	England	18.56	17	24	230	76
25	SM Boland	Australia	18.58	19	24	125	82
26	Colin Blythe	England	18.63	19	31	183	100
27	George Bissett	South Africa	18.76	4	4	38	25
28	MG Neser	Australia	18.90	5	7	131	22
29	Alex Kennedy	England	19.32	5	8	93	31
30	OE Robinson	England	19.53	23	38	448	99
31	Axar Patel	India	19.66	15	24	688	57
32	Jasprit Bumrah	India	19.79	52	78	348	234
33	Harry Boyle	Australia	20.03	12	16	153	32
34	Tip Snooke	South Africa	20.05	26	46	1,008	35
35	KA Jamieson	New Zealand	20.23	21	30	523	90
36	Brett Schultz	South Africa	20.24	9	8	9	37
37	Johnny Wardle	England	20.39	28	41	653	102
38	George Ulyett	England	20.40	25	39	949	50
39	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	20.44	6	9	154	45
40	Alan Davidson	Australia	20.53	44	61	1,328	186
40	Bill Lockwood	England	20.53	12	16	231	43
42	Frank Foster	England	20.57	11	15	330	45
43	Ken Higgs	England	20.74	15	19	185	71
44	Allan Steel	England	20.86	13	20	600	29
45	Bob Massie	Australia	20.87	6	8	78	31
46	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	20.94	81	107	1,810	376
47	Joel Garner	West Indies	20.97	58	68	672	259
48	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	20.99	98	145	1,439	405
49	Ernie Toshack	Australia	21.04	12	11	73	47
50	Neil Adcock	South Africa	21.10	26	39	146	104
51	Bill Whitty	Australia	21.12	14	19	161	65
51	Marco Jansen	South Africa	21.12	21	32	624	89
53	Jim Laker	England	21.24	46	63	676	193
54	Joey Palmer	Australia	21.51	17	25	296	78
55	Jack Cowie	New Zealand	21.53	9	13	90	45
56	Fred Trueman	England	21.57	67	85	981	307
57	Glenn McGrath	Australia	21.64	124	138	641	563
58	Manny Martindale	West Indies	21.72	10	14	58	37
59	Hugh Trumble	Australia	21.78	32	57	851	141
60	SR Harmer	South Africa	21.79	14	20	273	69
61	Pat Cummins	Australia	21.91	74	110	1,584	322
62	Vinothen John	Sri Lanka	21.92	6	10	53	28
63	Jasubhai Patel	India	21.96	7	10	25	29
64	Vallance Jupp	England	22.00	8	13	208	28
65	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	22.03	73	110	1,102	340
65	Ted Peate	England	22.03	9	14	70	31
67	Jack Hearne	England	22.08	12	18	126	49
68	Shane Bond	New Zealand	22.09	18	20	168	87
69	Alf Hall	South Africa	22.15	7	8	11	40
70	MP Kuhnemann	Australia	22.20	5	6	18	25
71	Allan Donald	South Africa	22.25	72	94	652	330
71	Mohammad Abbas	Pakistan	22.25	32	50	177	128
73	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	22.29	86	134	3,124	431
74	Vernon Philander	South Africa	22.32	64	94	1,779	224
75	Bill Bowes	England	22.33	15	11	28	68
76	William Attewell	England	22.35	10	15	150	28
77	Peter Loader	England	22.51	13	19	76	39
78	Dick Barlow	England	22.55	17	30	591	34
79	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	22.59	27	39	410	144
80	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	22.71	11	14	95	39
81	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	22.72	133	164	1,261	800
82	Bert Vogler	South Africa	22.73	15	26	340	64
82	Jack Saunders	Australia	22.73	14	23	39	79
84	Imran Khan	Pakistan	22.81	88	126	3,807	362
85	Lindsay Kline	Australia	22.82	13	16	58	34
86	Dale Steyn	South Africa	22.95	93	119	1,251	439
87	Keith Miller	Australia	22.97	55	87	2,958	170
88	Ray Lindwall	Australia	23.03	61	84	1,502	228
88	Shabbir Ahmed	Pakistan	23.03	10	15	88	51
90	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	23.11	108	156	3,781	421
91	Colin Croft	West Indies	23.30	27	37	158	125
92	Kuldeep Yadav	India	23.36	19	24	252	80
92	Ranji Hordern	Australia	23.36	7	13	254	46
94	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	23.37	20	31	97	58
95	RJ Harris	Australia	23.52	27	39	603	113
96	Eric Atkinson	West Indies	23.56	8	9	126	25
96	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	23.56	87	120	1,010	373
98	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	23.62	104	147	2,898	414
99	Michael Holding	West Indies	23.68	60	76	910	249
100	Stuart Clark	Australia	23.86	24	26	248	94

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

George Lohmann leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling average: 10.75. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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