CAREER RECORD

Men Test: Lowest bowling average

Minimum 20 wickets. Official career snapshot 2026-09-30.

Lowest bowling average · Men Test

1 George Lohmann

10.75

2 J.J. Ferris

12.70

3 Albert Trott

15.00

4 Mike Procter

15.02

5 Jack Iverson

15.23

6 Billy Barnes

15.54

7 Jacob Duffy

16.28

8 Billy Bates

16.42

9 Sydney Barnes

16.43

10 Charlie Turner

16.53

Men Test: Lowest bowling average
Rank	Lowest bowling average	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
1	10.75	George Lohmann	England	1886-1896	18	36	3,830	1,205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	9
2	12.70	J.J. Ferris	Australia / England	1887-1892	9	16	2,302	775	61	7/37	12.70	2.01	37.73	6
3	15.00	Albert Trott	Australia / England	1895-1899	5	8	948	390	26	8/43	15.00	2.46	36.46	2
4	15.02	Mike Procter	South Africa	1967-1970	7	14	1,514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	1
5	15.23	Jack Iverson	Australia	1950-1951	5	8	1,108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	1
6	15.54	Billy Barnes	England	1880-1890	21	28	2,289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	3
7	16.28	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	2025-2025	4	8	1,030	407	25	5/34	16.28	2.37	41.20	3
8	16.42	Billy Bates	England	1881-1887	15	23	2,364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	4
9	16.43	Sydney Barnes	England	1901-1914	27	50	7,873	3,106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	24
10	16.53	Charlie Turner	Australia	1887-1895	17	30	5,179	1,670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	11
11	16.98	Bobby Peel	England	1884-1896	20	35	5,216	1,715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	5
12	17.13	Tony Gray	West Indies	1986-1987	5	10	888	377	22	4/39	17.13	2.54	40.36	0
13	17.34	Manav Suthar	India	2026-2026	3	6	842	399	23	6/33	17.34	2.84	36.60	2
14	17.75	Johnny Briggs	England	1884-1899	33	49	5,332	2,095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	9
15	17.87	Bob Appleyard	England	1954-1956	9	17	1,596	554	31	5/51	17.87	2.08	51.48	1
16	17.96	Walter Lees	England	1906-1906	5	9	1,256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	2
17	17.97	Bert Ironmonger	Australia	1928-1933	14	27	4,695	1,330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.44	4
18	18.26	George Simpson-Hayward	England	1910-1910	5	10	898	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	2
19	18.28	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa	1961-1962	5	9	1,334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2
20	18.29	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	2021-2023	18	28	1,524	622	34	5/18	18.29	2.44	44.82	1
21	18.30	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Pakistan	1952-1956	9	10	1,285	366	20	6/42	18.30	1.70	64.25	2
22	18.41	Bonnor Middleton	South Africa	1896-1902	6	11	1,064	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2
22	18.41	Frederick Spofforth	Australia	1877-1887	18	30	4,185	1,731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	7
24	18.56	Frank Tyson	England	1954-1959	17	29	3,452	1,411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	4
25	18.58	SM Boland	Australia	2021-2026	19	37	3,191	1,524	82	6/7	18.58	2.86	38.91	2
26	18.63	Colin Blythe	England	1901-1910	19	37	4,546	1,863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	9
27	18.76	George Bissett	South Africa	1927-1928	4	8	989	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2
28	18.90	MG Neser	Australia	2021-2026	5	10	778	416	22	5/42	18.90	3.20	35.36	1
29	19.25	OE Robinson	England	2021-2026	24	45	4,479	2,003	104	5/39	19.25	2.68	43.06	5
30	19.32	Alex Kennedy	England	1922-1923	5	9	1,683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	2
31	19.66	Axar Patel	India	2021-2025	15	29	2,660	1,121	57	6/38	19.66	2.52	46.66	5
32	19.79	Jasprit Bumrah	India	2018-2025	52	99	10,031	4,631	234	6/27	19.79	2.77	42.86	16
33	20.03	Harry Boyle	Australia	1879-1884	12	21	1,743	641	32	6/42	20.03	2.20	54.46	1
34	20.05	Tip Snooke	South Africa	1906-1923	26	29	1,620	702	35	8/70	20.05	2.60	46.28	1
35	20.23	KA Jamieson	New Zealand	2020-2026	21	40	3,948	1,821	90	6/48	20.23	2.76	43.86	6
36	20.24	Brett Schultz	South Africa	1992-1997	9	14	1,733	749	37	5/48	20.24	2.59	46.83	2
37	20.39	Johnny Wardle	England	1948-1957	28	52	6,597	2,080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	5
38	20.40	George Ulyett	England	1877-1890	25	35	2,627	1,020	50	7/36	20.40	2.32	52.54	1
39	20.44	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2018-2025	6	11	1,864	920	45	7/66	20.44	2.96	41.42	5
40	20.53	Alan Davidson	Australia	1953-1963	44	82	11,587	3,819	186	7/93	20.53	1.97	62.29	14
40	20.53	Bill Lockwood	England	1893-1902	12	18	1,973	883	43	7/71	20.53	2.68	45.88	5
42	20.57	Frank Foster	England	1911-1912	11	19	2,447	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.37	4
43	20.74	Ken Higgs	England	1965-1968	15	27	4,112	1,473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	2
44	20.86	Allan Steel	England	1880-1888	13	20	1,360	605	29	3/27	20.86	2.66	46.89	0
45	20.87	Bob Massie	Australia	1972-1973	6	11	1,739	647	31	8/53	20.87	2.23	56.09	2
46	20.94	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	1978-1991	81	151	17,584	7,876	376	7/22	20.94	2.68	46.76	22
47	20.97	Joel Garner	West Indies	1977-1987	58	111	13,169	5,433	259	6/56	20.97	2.47	50.84	7
48	20.99	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	1988-2000	98	179	22,103	8,501	405	8/45	20.99	2.30	54.57	22
49	21.04	Ernie Toshack	Australia	1946-1948	12	23	3,140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.80	4
50	21.10	Neil Adcock	South Africa	1953-1962	26	46	6,391	2,195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5
51	21.12	Bill Whitty	Australia	1909-1912	14	25	3,357	1,373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.64	3
51	21.12	Marco Jansen	South Africa	2021-2025	21	38	3,408	1,880	89	7/13	21.12	3.30	38.29	4
53	21.24	Jim Laker	England	1948-1959	46	86	12,027	4,101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	9
54	21.51	Joey Palmer	Australia	1880-1886	17	30	4,517	1,678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	6
55	21.53	Jack Cowie	New Zealand	1937-1949	9	13	2,028	969	45	6/40	21.53	2.86	45.06	4
56	21.57	Fred Trueman	England	1952-1965	67	127	15,178	6,625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	17
57	21.64	Glenn McGrath	Australia	1993-2007	124	243	29,248	12,186	563	8/24	21.64	2.49	51.95	29
58	21.72	Manny Martindale	West Indies	1933-1939	10	17	1,605	804	37	5/22	21.72	3.00	43.37	3
59	21.78	Hugh Trumble	Australia	1890-1904	32	57	8,099	3,072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.43	9
60	21.79	SR Harmer	South Africa	2015-2025	14	24	3,134	1,504	69	6/37	21.79	2.87	45.42	2
61	21.91	Pat Cummins	Australia	2011-2026	74	137	14,673	7,056	322	6/23	21.91	2.88	45.56	14
62	21.92	Vinothen John	Sri Lanka	1983-1984	6	9	1,281	614	28	5/60	21.92	2.87	45.75	2
63	21.96	Jasubhai Patel	India	1955-1960	7	11	1,725	637	29	9/69	21.96	2.21	59.48	2
64	22.00	Vallance Jupp	England	1921-1928	8	14	1,301	616	28	4/37	22.00	2.84	46.46	0
65	22.03	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	2015-2025	73	134	13,436	7,493	340	7/112	22.03	3.34	39.51	17
65	22.03	Ted Peate	England	1881-1886	9	15	2,096	683	31	6/85	22.03	1.95	67.61	2
67	22.08	Jack Hearne	England	1892-1899	12	20	2,976	1,082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.73	4
68	22.09	Shane Bond	New Zealand	2001-2009	18	32	3,372	1,922	87	6/51	22.09	3.41	38.75	5
69	22.15	Alf Hall	South Africa	1923-1931	7	14	2,361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3
70	22.20	MP Kuhnemann	Australia	2023-2025	5	9	1,026	555	25	5/16	22.20	3.24	41.04	2
71	22.25	Allan Donald	South Africa	1992-2002	72	129	15,519	7,344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.02	20
72	22.29	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	1973-1990	86	150	21,918	9,611	431	9/52	22.29	2.63	50.85	36
73	22.32	Vernon Philander	South Africa	2011-2020	64	119	11,391	5,000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.85	13
74	22.33	Bill Bowes	England	1932-1946	15	29	3,655	1,519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	6
75	22.35	William Attewell	England	1884-1892	10	18	2,850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.78	0
76	22.51	Peter Loader	England	1954-1959	13	26	2,662	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.25	1
77	22.55	Dick Barlow	England	1881-1887	17	26	2,456	767	34	7/40	22.55	1.87	72.23	3
78	22.59	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	1932-1946	27	48	10,024	3,254	144	7/54	22.59	1.94	69.61	11
79	22.67	Mohammad Abbas	Pakistan	2017-2026	33	59	6,915	2,971	131	6/54	22.67	2.57	52.78	8
80	22.71	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	2013-2017	11	21	2,081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.35	3
81	22.72	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	1992-2010	133	230	44,039	18,180	800	9/51	22.72	2.47	55.04	67
82	22.73	Bert Vogler	South Africa	1906-1911	15	28	2,764	1,455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.18	5
82	22.73	Jack Saunders	Australia	1902-1908	14	27	3,565	1,796	79	7/34	22.73	3.02	45.12	6
84	22.81	Imran Khan	Pakistan	1971-1992	88	142	19,458	8,258	362	8/58	22.81	2.54	53.75	23
85	22.82	Lindsay Kline	Australia	1957-1961	13	22	2,373	776	34	7/75	22.82	1.96	69.79	1
86	22.95	Dale Steyn	South Africa	2004-2019	93	171	18,608	10,077	439	7/51	22.95	3.24	42.38	26
87	22.97	Keith Miller	Australia	1946-1956	55	95	10,461	3,906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.53	7
88	23.03	Ray Lindwall	Australia	1946-1960	61	113	13,650	5,251	228	7/38	23.03	2.30	59.86	12
88	23.03	Shabbir Ahmed	Pakistan	2003-2005	10	19	2,576	1,175	51	5/48	23.03	2.73	50.50	2
90	23.11	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	1995-2008	108	202	24,353	9,733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.84	16
91	23.30	Colin Croft	West Indies	1977-1982	27	52	6,165	2,913	125	8/29	23.30	2.83	49.32	3
92	23.36	Kuldeep Yadav	India	2017-2026	19	36	3,150	1,869	80	5/40	23.36	3.56	39.37	5
92	23.36	Ranji Hordern	Australia	1911-1912	7	13	2,148	1,075	46	7/90	23.36	3.00	46.69	5
94	23.37	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	2018-2025	20	35	2,578	1,356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.44	3
95	23.52	RJ Harris	Australia	2010-2015	27	52	5,736	2,658	113	7/117	23.52	2.78	50.76	5
96	23.56	Eric Atkinson	West Indies	1958-1959	8	15	1,634	589	25	5/42	23.56	2.16	65.36	1
96	23.56	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1989-2003	87	154	16,224	8,788	373	7/76	23.56	3.25	43.49	22
98	23.62	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1985-2002	104	181	22,627	9,779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.65	25
99	23.68	Michael Holding	West Indies	1975-1987	60	113	12,680	5,898	249	8/92	23.68	2.79	50.92	13
100	23.86	Stuart Clark	Australia	2006-2009	24	48	5,146	2,243	94	5/32	23.86	2.61	54.74	2

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