T20 player rankings
Best Big Bash League bowling economy rates
Compare the lowest bowling economy rates in Big Bash League for players with at least 120 legal balls.
Minimum 120 legal balls; ranked from lowest to highest economy rate. Aggregated from 656 Big Bash League matches in the current CricLens historical dataset. Rankings describe this dataset, not an all-time official record book.
| # | Player | Inns | Balls | Economy | Wkts | Dot-ball % | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasith Malinga | 11 | 252 | 5.38 | 14 | 44.84% | 18.00 |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 366 | 5.70 | 19 | 33.88% | 19.26 |
| 3 | Shakib Al Hasan | 6 | 126 | 6.10 | 9 | 42.06% | 14.00 |
| 4 | Usman Khan | 7 | 168 | 6.14 | 8 | 41.67% | 21.00 |
| 5 | Mitchell Johnson | 19 | 444 | 6.15 | 20 | 47.97% | 22.20 |
| 6 | Mujeeb Zadran | 51 | 1202 | 6.41 | 52 | 42.18% | 23.12 |
| 7 | S Badree | 13 | 312 | 6.42 | 14 | 38.46% | 22.29 |
| 8 | Yasir Shah | 7 | 168 | 6.43 | 5 | 32.14% | 33.60 |
| 9 | Rashid Khan | 68 | 1598 | 6.44 | 98 | 38.80% | 16.31 |
| 10 | Adil Rashid | 9 | 208 | 6.52 | 16 | 38.94% | 13.00 |
| 11 | Steve O'Keefe | 94 | 1985 | 6.57 | 96 | 35.42% | 20.68 |
| 12 | Marlon Samuels | 6 | 132 | 6.59 | 8 | 34.85% | 16.50 |
| 13 | Stuart MacGill | 7 | 150 | 6.64 | 7 | 40.67% | 21.43 |
| 14 | Kemar Roach | 6 | 121 | 6.69 | 4 | 50.41% | 30.25 |
| 15 | Michael Beer | 52 | 1113 | 6.71 | 40 | 37.38% | 27.82 |
| 16 | Brad Hogg | 55 | 1230 | 6.73 | 55 | 33.09% | 22.36 |
| 17 | T Murphy | 28 | 408 | 6.78 | 21 | 33.33% | 19.43 |
| 18 | Akeal Hosein | 15 | 348 | 6.79 | 19 | 38.79% | 18.32 |
| 19 | A Thomas | 20 | 424 | 6.83 | 19 | 37.03% | 22.32 |
| 20 | C Connolly | 28 | 432 | 6.85 | 27 | 36.81% | 16.00 |
| 21 | Joel Davies | 17 | 270 | 6.98 | 15 | 26.67% | 18.00 |
| 22 | D Nannes | 24 | 523 | 7.02 | 28 | 42.64% | 18.68 |
| 23 | Daniel Vettori | 14 | 330 | 7.02 | 9 | 33.94% | 36.67 |
| 24 | D Hussey | 12 | 168 | 7.11 | 11 | 30.95% | 15.27 |
| 25 | Jason Behrendorff | 112 | 2437 | 7.12 | 145 | 44.40% | 16.81 |
| 26 | Nikhil Chaudhary | 21 | 294 | 7.12 | 9 | 29.25% | 32.67 |
| 27 | Fawad Ahmed | 93 | 2085 | 7.13 | 90 | 32.13% | 23.17 |
| 28 | Brett Lee | 34 | 794 | 7.17 | 33 | 42.44% | 24.06 |
| 29 | Lockie Ferguson | 6 | 144 | 7.17 | 8 | 41.67% | 18.00 |
| 30 | Jackson Coleman | 10 | 152 | 7.18 | 11 | 42.76% | 13.82 |
| 31 | Jacques Kallis | 11 | 198 | 7.18 | 6 | 41.92% | 33.00 |
| 32 | William Somerville | 7 | 132 | 7.18 | 3 | 35.61% | 44.00 |
| 33 | Nathan Lyon | 36 | 766 | 7.19 | 43 | 34.46% | 17.81 |
| 34 | Johan Botha | 64 | 1225 | 7.20 | 41 | 33.22% | 29.88 |
| 35 | SJ Coyte (2) | 11 | 222 | 7.22 | 7 | 38.74% | 31.71 |
| 36 | JR Hopes | 28 | 553 | 7.24 | 20 | 33.27% | 27.65 |
| 37 | AW O'Brien | 22 | 468 | 7.26 | 21 | 32.91% | 22.29 |
| 38 | Shane Warne | 11 | 234 | 7.26 | 8 | 34.19% | 29.25 |
| 39 | Chris Green | 117 | 2233 | 7.27 | 86 | 32.69% | 25.97 |
| 40 | Adam Zampa | 116 | 2575 | 7.31 | 130 | 31.38% | 19.81 |
| 41 | Ben Manenti | 37 | 597 | 7.32 | 22 | 30.49% | 27.14 |
| 42 | Usama Mir | 13 | 282 | 7.32 | 16 | 31.21% | 17.62 |
| 43 | Josh Hazlewood | 18 | 402 | 7.34 | 25 | 37.81% | 16.08 |
| 44 | Ashton Agar | 93 | 1896 | 7.35 | 73 | 31.33% | 25.97 |
| 45 | Izharulhaq Naveed | 9 | 210 | 7.37 | 9 | 27.62% | 23.33 |
| 46 | Samit Patel | 8 | 174 | 7.38 | 6 | 29.31% | 29.00 |
| 47 | Jackson Bird | 84 | 1725 | 7.39 | 84 | 41.45% | 20.54 |
| 48 | Zahir Khan | 29 | 645 | 7.39 | 26 | 32.56% | 24.81 |
| 49 | Mohammad Nabi | 40 | 641 | 7.40 | 28 | 31.36% | 22.89 |
| 50 | Sunil Narine | 12 | 288 | 7.40 | 14 | 36.46% | 20.57 |
| 51 | Tanveer Sangha | 49 | 1002 | 7.41 | 55 | 31.84% | 18.22 |
| 52 | Sandeep Lamichhane | 43 | 959 | 7.42 | 48 | 31.49% | 19.98 |
| 53 | Danny Briggs | 14 | 275 | 7.42 | 11 | 29.09% | 25.00 |
| 54 | Yasir Arafat | 15 | 345 | 7.43 | 26 | 38.55% | 13.27 |
| 55 | Beau Webster | 38 | 582 | 7.43 | 20 | 27.32% | 29.10 |
| 56 | Ashton Turner | 43 | 348 | 7.45 | 18 | 31.32% | 19.33 |
| 57 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 74 | 1599 | 7.46 | 90 | 36.27% | 17.77 |
| 58 | LW Feldman | 12 | 254 | 7.46 | 14 | 42.52% | 18.14 |
| 59 | Mohammad Hasnain | 7 | 146 | 7.52 | 8 | 45.21% | 18.25 |
| 60 | Cameron Boyce | 103 | 2199 | 7.54 | 111 | 28.38% | 19.81 |
| 61 | Imad Wasim | 17 | 373 | 7.54 | 14 | 32.71% | 26.64 |
| 62 | Darren Pattinson | 8 | 144 | 7.54 | 6 | 40.28% | 24.00 |
| 63 | SH Johnson | 28 | 626 | 7.55 | 41 | 45.85% | 15.27 |
| 64 | LA Doran | 13 | 192 | 7.56 | 8 | 31.25% | 24.00 |
| 65 | Matt Renshaw | 31 | 337 | 7.57 | 14 | 28.49% | 24.07 |
| 66 | Peter Siddle | 102 | 2112 | 7.58 | 127 | 36.98% | 16.63 |
| 67 | Chris Gayle | 13 | 144 | 7.58 | 5 | 35.42% | 28.80 |
| 68 | Jono Cook | 24 | 474 | 7.59 | 24 | 34.18% | 19.75 |
| 69 | Tom Cooper | 27 | 264 | 7.59 | 10 | 38.26% | 26.40 |
| 70 | PG Dooley | 21 | 455 | 7.61 | 26 | 33.85% | 17.50 |
| 71 | Mitchell Swepson | 94 | 1958 | 7.62 | 80 | 29.11% | 24.48 |
| 72 | Matthew Kuhnemann | 61 | 1223 | 7.64 | 53 | 27.23% | 23.08 |
| 73 | Matt Short | 69 | 984 | 7.64 | 38 | 31.61% | 25.89 |
| 74 | Xavier Doherty | 28 | 600 | 7.64 | 25 | 31.67% | 24.00 |
| 75 | R Naved | 7 | 167 | 7.65 | 14 | 31.14% | 11.93 |
| 76 | Fidel Edwards | 5 | 120 | 7.65 | 6 | 33.33% | 20.00 |
| 77 | Qais Ahmad | 27 | 604 | 7.67 | 32 | 30.63% | 18.88 |
| 78 | Arjun Nair | 30 | 462 | 7.68 | 22 | 27.92% | 21.00 |
| 79 | Nic Maddinson | 22 | 216 | 7.69 | 13 | 23.61% | 16.62 |
| 80 | Glenn Maxwell | 94 | 1205 | 7.70 | 45 | 28.38% | 26.78 |
| 81 | Liam O'Connor | 23 | 456 | 7.71 | 15 | 27.63% | 30.40 |
| 82 | James Faulkner | 66 | 1261 | 7.73 | 80 | 39.33% | 15.76 |
| 83 | Jofra Archer | 27 | 615 | 7.73 | 34 | 40.65% | 18.09 |
| 84 | Adam Milne | 15 | 324 | 7.78 | 8 | 43.83% | 40.50 |
| 85 | Jason Krejza | 8 | 174 | 7.79 | 10 | 38.51% | 17.40 |
| 86 | Peter Hatzoglou | 45 | 948 | 7.80 | 41 | 31.43% | 23.12 |
| 87 | Shoaib Malik | 10 | 192 | 7.81 | 11 | 34.38% | 17.45 |
| 88 | D Willey | 28 | 552 | 7.82 | 28 | 41.67% | 19.71 |
| 89 | Tom Andrews | 18 | 330 | 7.82 | 13 | 33.64% | 25.38 |
| 90 | Rishad Hossain | 11 | 240 | 7.83 | 15 | 30.00% | 16.00 |
| 91 | Carlos Brathwaite | 23 | 442 | 7.85 | 28 | 33.71% | 15.79 |
| 92 | J Muirhead | 8 | 132 | 7.86 | 6 | 26.52% | 22.00 |
| 93 | John Hastings | 36 | 761 | 7.87 | 48 | 38.24% | 15.85 |
| 94 | F O'Neill | 12 | 231 | 7.87 | 10 | 45.02% | 23.10 |
| 95 | Jhye Richardson | 80 | 1783 | 7.88 | 113 | 42.51% | 15.78 |
| 96 | Shahid Afridi | 6 | 143 | 7.89 | 8 | 30.07% | 17.88 |
| 97 | Kane Richardson | 113 | 2476 | 7.92 | 138 | 39.01% | 17.94 |
| 98 | Haris Rauf | 33 | 699 | 7.92 | 56 | 35.34% | 12.48 |
| 99 | Mitchell Starc | 15 | 345 | 7.95 | 30 | 44.06% | 11.50 |
| 100 | D Payne | 22 | 472 | 7.96 | 33 | 42.16% | 14.30 |