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Best economy — Indian Premier League

Anil Kumble leads the best economy in IPL history with an economy of 6.58 across 160.5 overs; Glenn McGrath is next with an economy of 6.61 across 54.0 overs. The all-time top 50 below is computed from ball-by-ball data of every Indian Premier League match in our dataset and refreshed daily.

Minimum 300 balls bowled.

Each point is a player; bowling average (vertical) vs economy (horizontal). Hover or tap a point for detail; the leader is highlighted.

#	Player	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg
1	Anil Kumble	42	160.5	45	6.58	23.51
2	Glenn McGrath	14	54.0	12	6.61	29.75
3	Muttiah Muralitharan	66	254.0	63	6.68	26.92
4	Roelof van der Merwe	21	73.5	21	6.74	23.71
5	Daniel Vettori	34	129.3	28	6.79	31.39
6	Sunil Narine	200	775.1	207	6.79	25.42
7	Jayant Yadav	20	65.0	8	6.85	55.63
8	Dale Steyn	95	362.4	97	6.92	25.86
9	Johan Botha	34	115.4	25	6.92	32
10	Dimitri Mascarenhas	13	51.2	19	6.94	18.74
11	Rahul Sharma	44	154.4	40	7.02	27.15
12	Harbhajan Singh	160	569.2	150	7.08	26.87
13	Lasith Malinga	122	471.1	170	7.14	19.8
14	Ravichandran Ashwin	217	785.0	187	7.2	30.22
15	Doug Bollinger	27	96.0	37	7.22	18.73
16	Moeen Ali	57	142.2	41	7.23	25.1
17	Iqbal Abdulla	48	153.2	40	7.23	27.73
18	Murali Kartik	55	191.3	31	7.25	44.77
19	Shane Warne	54	199.0	57	7.27	25.39
20	Rashid Khan	153	588.2	179	7.28	23.92
21	Dirk Nannes	29	107.4	28	7.29	28.04
22	Jasprit Bumrah	158	605.1	187	7.34	23.75
23	Ankit Sharma	21	61.1	12	7.36	37.5
24	Pragyan Ojha	90	316.3	89	7.37	26.2
25	Amit Mishra	162	561.5	174	7.38	23.82
26	JP Duminy	49	113.0	23	7.38	36.26
27	Suresh Raina	69	151.2	25	7.39	44.72
28	Yusuf Pathan	82	191.1	42	7.4	33.69
29	Rajat Bhatia	91	272.4	71	7.41	28.45
30	Ramesh Powar	26	71.0	13	7.42	40.54
31	Farveez Maharoof	20	70.0	27	7.43	19.26
32	Axar Patel	173	596.3	139	7.43	31.88
33	Mohammad Nabi	23	69.3	15	7.44	34.47
34	Shakib Al Hasan	70	247.2	63	7.44	29.19
35	Yuvraj Singh	73	144.5	36	7.44	29.92
36	Brad Hogg	21	76.2	23	7.47	24.78
37	Mitchell Santner	35	114.3	30	7.51	28.67
38	Brett Lee	38	145.5	25	7.51	43.8
39	Munaf Patel	63	225.5	74	7.52	22.95
40	Ryan Harris	37	138.4	45	7.55	23.27
41	Shahbaz Nadeem	70	235.5	48	7.56	37.17
42	Krunal Pandya	147	450.1	107	7.57	31.87
43	Siddharth Trivedi	75	251.0	65	7.59	29.29
44	Zaheer Khan	99	366.4	102	7.59	27.27
45	Stuart Binny	63	99.0	22	7.66	34.45
46	Andrew Symonds	30	87.5	20	7.67	33.7
47	Ishwar Pandey	24	77.0	18	7.68	32.83
48	Morné Morkel	70	271.3	77	7.69	27.13
49	Nathan Coulter-Nile	38	142.5	48	7.7	22.92
50	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	206	766.4	226	7.71	26.16

Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · Indian Premier League · data through 13 October 2026Show ▾

Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.

Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures.

Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.

Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. The dataset has no playing-XI record, so match appearances can't be counted. A match where a player neither batted nor bowled is not reflected anywhere in their figures.

Inns counts innings in which the player bowled. Matches where they did not bowl are not included.

Inns (bowling) — innings in which the player bowled at least one delivery. Matches where they did not bowl are not counted.
Economy — runs conceded per six legal balls bowled.
Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.

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