CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Lowest economy rate

Minimum 300 legal balls


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest economy rate	Matches	Bowling innings	Runs conceded	Wickets
1	William Attewell	England	1.31	10	18	626	28
2	Mick Malone	Australia	1.35	1	2	77	6
3	Geff Noblet	Australia	1.41	3	6	183	7
4	Pat Crawford	Australia	1.46	4	7	107	7
5	John Inverarity	Australia	1.50	6	5	93	4
6	Shah Nyalchand	India	1.51	1	1	97	3
7	Charles Studd	England	1.53	5	7	98	3
8	Reg Scarlett	West Indies	1.55	3	6	209	2
9	Alfred Shaw	England	1.56	7	10	285	12
10	Cliff Gladwin	England	1.60	8	15	571	15
10	Morris Sievers	Australia	1.60	3	5	161	9
12	Edwin Evans	Australia	1.61	6	9	332	7
12	Phil Carlson	Australia	1.61	2	3	99	2
14	Trevor Goddard	South Africa	1.64	41	75	3,226	123
15	Bapu Nadkarni	India	1.67	41	65	2,559	88
15	David Ironside	South Africa	1.67	3	5	275	15
17	Arnold Fothergill	England	1.68	2	4	90	8
17	Conky Conyngham	South Africa	1.68	1	2	103	2
19	Bert Ironmonger	Australia	1.69	14	27	1,330	74
19	Jim Burke	Australia	1.69	24	16	230	8
21	Albert Padmore	West Indies	1.70	2	3	135	1
21	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Pakistan	1.70	9	10	366	20
23	Tony Dell	Australia	1.71	2	4	160	6
24	Arthur Richardson	Australia	1.72	9	14	521	12
25	Gordon Rorke	Australia	1.73	4	7	203	10
25	Jack Iverson	Australia	1.73	5	8	320	21
25	Neil Harvey	Australia	1.73	79	17	120	3
25	Ron Oxenham	Australia	1.73	7	12	522	14
29	John Watkins	South Africa	1.74	15	27	816	29
30	Billy Ibadulla	Pakistan	1.76	4	6	99	1
31	Ken Mackay	Australia	1.78	37	53	1,721	50
32	Anton Murray	South Africa	1.79	10	16	710	18
32	Ted a'Beckett	Australia	1.79	4	8	317	3
34	Hines Johnson	West Indies	1.80	3	5	238	13
34	Sydney Callaway	Australia	1.80	3	6	142	6
36	Bob Newson	South Africa	1.81	3	6	265	4
36	Foffie Williams	West Indies	1.81	4	7	241	9
36	Fred Root	England	1.81	3	3	194	8
36	Keegan Meth	Zimbabwe	1.81	2	3	98	4
40	Fred Morley	England	1.82	4	8	296	16
40	Gerry Gomez	West Indies	1.82	29	46	1,590	58
40	Henry Promnitz	South Africa	1.82	2	4	161	8
43	Malcolm Jarvis	Zimbabwe	1.85	5	8	393	11
43	Roy Kilner	England	1.85	9	12	734	24
43	Tony White	West Indies	1.85	2	3	152	3
46	Les Jackson	England	1.86	2	4	155	7
47	Dick Barlow	England	1.87	17	26	767	34
47	John Sharpe	England	1.87	3	6	305	11
47	Polly Umrigar	India	1.87	59	50	1,473	35
50	Ernie Toshack	Australia	1.88	12	23	989	47
50	Fred Barratt	England	1.88	5	7	235	5
50	George Lohmann	England	1.88	18	36	1,205	112
50	Hedley Verity	England	1.88	40	73	3,510	144
54	Don Wilson	England	1.89	6	12	466	11
54	Graeme Hole	Australia	1.89	18	14	126	3
54	Johnny Wardle	England	1.89	28	52	2,080	102
54	Tommy Greenhough	England	1.89	4	8	357	16
58	Colin Bland	South Africa	1.90	21	12	125	2
58	Denis Atkinson	West Indies	1.90	22	39	1,647	47
60	Gopal Sharma	India	1.91	5	8	418	10
60	Jack Young	England	1.91	8	14	757	17
60	Ray Illingworth	England	1.91	61	100	3,807	122
63	Clive Eksteen	South Africa	1.92	7	14	494	8
63	Geoff Cope	England	1.92	3	5	277	8
65	Charlie Turner	Australia	1.93	17	30	1,670	101
66	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	1.94	27	48	3,254	144
66	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa	1.94	37	61	4,405	170
66	Lester King	West Indies	1.94	2	4	154	9
66	Maurice Allom	England	1.94	5	8	265	14
66	Maurice Tate	England	1.94	39	68	4,055	155
71	Alf Valentine	West Indies	1.95	36	63	4,215	139
71	Basil D'Oliveira	England	1.95	44	66	1,859	47
71	Fred Titmus	England	1.95	53	90	4,931	153
71	Reg Sinfield	England	1.95	1	2	123	2
71	Ted Peate	England	1.95	9	15	683	31
76	Charran Singh	West Indies	1.96	2	4	166	5
76	Lindsay Kline	Australia	1.96	13	22	776	34
76	Tom Veivers	Australia	1.96	21	31	1,375	33
79	Alan Davidson	Australia	1.97	44	82	3,819	186
79	Alec Hurwood	Australia	1.97	2	4	170	11
79	Bobby Peel	England	1.97	20	35	1,715	101
79	Cyril Francois	South Africa	1.97	5	9	225	6
79	Esmond Kentish	West Indies	1.97	2	4	178	8
79	Jack White	England	1.97	15	27	1,581	49
79	Peter Loader	England	1.97	13	26	878	39
79	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies	1.97	43	76	4,579	158
87	Harry Bromfield	South Africa	1.98	9	16	599	17
87	John Shepherd	West Indies	1.98	5	8	479	19
87	Lance Gibbs	West Indies	1.98	79	148	8,989	309
87	Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan	1.98	2	3	115	2
87	Tufty Mann	South Africa	1.98	19	33	1,920	58
92	Norman Gifford	England	1.99	15	21	1,026	33
93	Berkeley Gaskin	West Indies	2.00	2	4	158	2
93	Brian Booth	Australia	2.00	29	12	146	3
93	David Allen	England	2.00	39	65	3,779	122
93	Vaman Kumar	India	2.00	2	3	202	7
97	J.J. Ferris	Australia / England	2.01	9	16	775	61
97	Len Hopwood	England	2.01	2	3	155	0
99	Maurice Foster	West Indies	2.02	14	23	600	9
99	Tom Cartwright	England	2.02	5	7	544	15

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

William Attewell leads this snapshot. Lowest economy rate: 1.31. Minimum 300 legal balls. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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