T20 player rankings
Best T20 Blast bowling economy rates
Compare the lowest bowling economy rates in T20 Blast for players with at least 120 legal balls.
Minimum 120 legal balls; ranked from lowest to highest economy rate. Aggregated from 1,539 T20 Blast 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 | Usman Tariq | 11 | 252 | 6.10 | 16 | 35.71% | 15.75 |
| 2 | Gareth Breese | 11 | 206 | 6.20 | 12 | 33.01% | 17.17 |
| 3 | Keshav Maharaj | 5 | 120 | 6.30 | 2 | 38.33% | 60.00 |
| 4 | Mark Wood | 12 | 264 | 6.45 | 17 | 46.21% | 15.53 |
| 5 | SH Johnson | 8 | 174 | 6.52 | 9 | 46.55% | 19.33 |
| 6 | Dale Steyn | 9 | 203 | 6.53 | 16 | 49.26% | 12.69 |
| 7 | Shahid Afridi | 30 | 690 | 6.65 | 32 | 35.07% | 21.56 |
| 8 | Saeed Ajmal | 22 | 522 | 6.72 | 33 | 38.31% | 15.82 |
| 9 | Kagiso Rabada | 6 | 144 | 6.75 | 6 | 53.47% | 24.00 |
| 10 | Mohammad Nabi | 30 | 668 | 6.85 | 26 | 30.99% | 25.69 |
| 11 | Sunil Narine | 28 | 665 | 6.92 | 34 | 31.58% | 19.56 |
| 12 | Clinton McKay | 35 | 743 | 6.94 | 48 | 39.17% | 15.48 |
| 13 | S Croft | 84 | 1111 | 6.96 | 50 | 32.13% | 22.22 |
| 14 | Lockie Ferguson | 22 | 492 | 6.96 | 29 | 41.26% | 16.97 |
| 15 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 11 | 192 | 6.97 | 8 | 29.17% | 24.00 |
| 16 | Zahir Khan | 7 | 158 | 7.03 | 9 | 39.24% | 17.56 |
| 17 | AM Ghazanfar | 14 | 330 | 7.05 | 16 | 42.12% | 20.62 |
| 18 | Jeetan Patel | 91 | 2070 | 7.06 | 96 | 32.85% | 21.56 |
| 19 | Mitchell Santner | 33 | 755 | 7.06 | 41 | 35.89% | 18.41 |
| 20 | JKH Naik | 30 | 594 | 7.08 | 29 | 28.96% | 20.48 |
| 21 | Qais Ahmad | 25 | 588 | 7.10 | 24 | 32.65% | 24.50 |
| 22 | Nathan Ellis | 29 | 588 | 7.12 | 38 | 37.93% | 15.47 |
| 23 | Imad Wasim | 28 | 625 | 7.12 | 31 | 34.56% | 20.16 |
| 24 | Mujeeb Zadran | 27 | 636 | 7.13 | 25 | 38.05% | 25.44 |
| 25 | Rashid Khan | 26 | 618 | 7.15 | 33 | 31.72% | 18.73 |
| 26 | S Steel | 30 | 476 | 7.16 | 17 | 32.14% | 28.00 |
| 27 | Rikki Clarke | 67 | 1230 | 7.17 | 61 | 39.35% | 20.16 |
| 28 | Paul Collingwood | 50 | 993 | 7.20 | 39 | 27.09% | 25.46 |
| 29 | BG Whitehead | 6 | 120 | 7.20 | 5 | 31.67% | 24.00 |
| 30 | James Faulkner | 38 | 817 | 7.21 | 56 | 36.72% | 14.59 |
| 31 | Liam Dawson | 122 | 2703 | 7.23 | 128 | 31.74% | 21.12 |
| 32 | Junaid Khan | 19 | 438 | 7.25 | 30 | 35.39% | 14.60 |
| 33 | WR Smith | 44 | 786 | 7.27 | 40 | 31.17% | 19.65 |
| 34 | A Javid | 40 | 537 | 7.27 | 19 | 28.68% | 28.26 |
| 35 | Gareth Batty | 92 | 1772 | 7.28 | 76 | 28.56% | 23.32 |
| 36 | NJ Dexter | 35 | 540 | 7.28 | 22 | 26.67% | 24.55 |
| 37 | Imran Tahir | 40 | 924 | 7.30 | 56 | 31.49% | 16.50 |
| 38 | Tim Murtagh | 8 | 156 | 7.31 | 7 | 32.69% | 22.29 |
| 39 | H Walsh | 13 | 248 | 7.31 | 6 | 26.21% | 41.33 |
| 40 | Sikandar Raza | 16 | 330 | 7.33 | 11 | 27.88% | 30.00 |
| 41 | Tom Westley | 18 | 216 | 7.33 | 7 | 25.00% | 30.86 |
| 42 | Robin Peterson | 15 | 264 | 7.34 | 10 | 31.82% | 26.40 |
| 43 | Adam Milne | 30 | 659 | 7.35 | 45 | 40.06% | 14.64 |
| 44 | M Waller | 93 | 1898 | 7.44 | 85 | 26.82% | 22.33 |
| 45 | S Parry | 60 | 1206 | 7.44 | 53 | 27.53% | 22.75 |
| 46 | Dan Lawrence | 55 | 768 | 7.44 | 48 | 32.68% | 16.00 |
| 47 | Benny Howell | 142 | 2920 | 7.48 | 161 | 29.83% | 18.14 |
| 48 | T SMith | 123 | 2470 | 7.48 | 141 | 27.73% | 17.52 |
| 49 | Duan Jansen | 7 | 154 | 7.48 | 16 | 47.40% | 9.62 |
| 50 | Will Jacks | 51 | 748 | 7.49 | 40 | 33.02% | 18.70 |
| 51 | Tim Southee | 12 | 270 | 7.49 | 15 | 31.48% | 18.00 |
| 52 | DD Masters | 26 | 555 | 7.50 | 16 | 36.76% | 34.69 |
| 53 | M Ashraf | 7 | 132 | 7.50 | 7 | 40.15% | 18.86 |
| 54 | RM Pyrah | 21 | 402 | 7.51 | 20 | 34.33% | 20.10 |
| 55 | DKH Mitchell | 85 | 1250 | 7.52 | 47 | 24.16% | 26.60 |
| 56 | Usama Mir | 23 | 546 | 7.52 | 39 | 33.33% | 14.00 |
| 57 | D Rawlins | 25 | 426 | 7.52 | 21 | 32.16% | 20.29 |
| 58 | Samit Patel | 155 | 3327 | 7.53 | 145 | 28.37% | 22.94 |
| 59 | Adil Rashid | 56 | 1233 | 7.53 | 65 | 30.25% | 18.97 |
| 60 | Keaton Jennings | 28 | 486 | 7.53 | 20 | 29.01% | 24.30 |
| 61 | C Parkinson | 128 | 2753 | 7.54 | 155 | 32.11% | 17.76 |
| 62 | Richard Gleeson | 75 | 1598 | 7.54 | 95 | 42.55% | 16.82 |
| 63 | Glenn Maxwell | 37 | 600 | 7.54 | 28 | 30.33% | 21.43 |
| 64 | Danny Briggs | 167 | 3596 | 7.56 | 205 | 29.70% | 17.54 |
| 65 | Mohammad Amir | 49 | 1097 | 7.58 | 60 | 39.38% | 18.28 |
| 66 | I Holland | 22 | 361 | 7.58 | 16 | 31.86% | 22.56 |
| 67 | Ravi Bopara | 131 | 2417 | 7.61 | 113 | 26.73% | 21.39 |
| 68 | C Harrison | 73 | 1416 | 7.62 | 80 | 27.40% | 17.70 |
| 69 | Ashton Turner | 28 | 335 | 7.63 | 16 | 28.96% | 20.94 |
| 70 | M Carter | 62 | 1248 | 7.65 | 59 | 31.33% | 21.15 |
| 71 | James Middlebrook | 10 | 166 | 7.66 | 10 | 27.71% | 16.60 |
| 72 | JJ Cobb | 99 | 1308 | 7.67 | 49 | 28.06% | 26.69 |
| 73 | LA Patterson-White | 30 | 536 | 7.67 | 34 | 28.92% | 15.76 |
| 74 | Kabir Ali | 11 | 234 | 7.67 | 20 | 35.04% | 11.70 |
| 75 | A Sheikh | 8 | 144 | 7.67 | 6 | 45.14% | 24.00 |
| 76 | A Lilley | 73 | 1070 | 7.68 | 44 | 30.19% | 24.32 |
| 77 | WJ Durston | 29 | 486 | 7.68 | 21 | 32.51% | 23.14 |
| 78 | N Sowter | 130 | 2690 | 7.69 | 143 | 29.29% | 18.81 |
| 79 | Moeen Ali | 65 | 1196 | 7.69 | 69 | 30.43% | 17.33 |
| 80 | F Singh | 17 | 296 | 7.70 | 16 | 27.70% | 18.50 |
| 81 | M Parkinson | 97 | 1998 | 7.72 | 133 | 27.98% | 15.02 |
| 82 | SA Piolet | 15 | 318 | 7.72 | 16 | 26.73% | 19.88 |
| 83 | Mohammad Ali (2) | 10 | 239 | 7.73 | 19 | 35.56% | 12.58 |
| 84 | Colin Ingram | 38 | 617 | 7.74 | 26 | 25.12% | 23.73 |
| 85 | W Beer | 74 | 1362 | 7.75 | 65 | 27.09% | 20.95 |
| 86 | C Rushworth | 51 | 1029 | 7.75 | 47 | 39.36% | 21.89 |
| 87 | LWP Wells | 53 | 931 | 7.77 | 37 | 23.95% | 25.16 |
| 88 | Adam Lyth | 38 | 447 | 7.77 | 21 | 31.99% | 21.29 |
| 89 | D Payne | 127 | 2807 | 7.78 | 177 | 39.22% | 15.86 |
| 90 | D Mousley | 58 | 1049 | 7.79 | 58 | 32.70% | 18.09 |
| 91 | van Buuren | 58 | 945 | 7.79 | 40 | 27.62% | 23.62 |
| 92 | J Shutt | 13 | 252 | 7.79 | 16 | 26.98% | 15.75 |
| 93 | Kevin O'Brien | 20 | 327 | 7.80 | 16 | 40.06% | 20.44 |
| 94 | Ben Lister | 7 | 150 | 7.80 | 8 | 34.67% | 18.75 |
| 95 | Azeem Rafiq | 44 | 893 | 7.81 | 54 | 29.90% | 16.54 |
| 96 | C Ackermann | 77 | 1099 | 7.81 | 51 | 30.94% | 21.55 |
| 97 | Zafar Ansari | 28 | 456 | 7.82 | 24 | 25.66% | 19.00 |
| 98 | Ajmal Shahzad | 21 | 444 | 7.82 | 24 | 35.14% | 18.50 |
| 99 | Jacques Rudolph | 14 | 132 | 7.82 | 3 | 21.21% | 44.00 |
| 100 | James Tredwell | 43 | 909 | 7.83 | 30 | 25.19% | 30.30 |