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Best bowling average — T20 Internationals (Men)
Kuldeep Yadav leads the best bowling average in men's T20I history with a bowling average of 14.43 from 90 wickets; Imran Tahir is next with a bowling average of 14.8 from 55 wickets. The all-time top 50 below is computed from ball-by-ball data of every T20 Internationals (Men) match in our dataset and refreshed daily.
Minimum 20 wickets.
| # | Player | Inns | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuldeep Yadav | 50 | 90 | 14.43 | 7.07 | 12.24 |
| 2 | Imran Tahir | 33 | 55 | 14.8 | 6.63 | 13.4 |
| 3 | Dirk Nannes | 14 | 27 | 14.93 | 7.6 | 11.78 |
| 4 | Abbas Afridi | 23 | 38 | 15.53 | 8.49 | 10.97 |
| 5 | Sufyan Moqeem | 15 | 21 | 16.43 | 7.11 | 13.86 |
| 6 | Salman Mirza | 14 | 20 | 16.5 | 6.62 | 14.95 |
| 7 | Ajantha Mendis | 36 | 55 | 16.51 | 6.63 | 14.95 |
| 8 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 85 | 140 | 16.8 | 7.37 | 13.67 |
| 9 | Graeme Swann | 37 | 49 | 17.08 | 6.39 | 16.04 |
| 10 | Al-Amin Hossain | 23 | 36 | 17.42 | 7.35 | 14.22 |
| 11 | Rachin Ravindra | 21 | 23 | 17.57 | 7.09 | 14.87 |
| 12 | Umar Gul | 55 | 78 | 17.58 | 7.49 | 14.08 |
| 13 | Lockie Ferguson | 46 | 67 | 17.69 | 7.56 | 14.04 |
| 14 | Mohammad Sami | 12 | 20 | 17.95 | 8.55 | 12.6 |
| 15 | Ryan Sidebottom | 17 | 23 | 18 | 7.24 | 14.91 |
| 16 | Nathan Ellis | 35 | 53 | 18.11 | 7.77 | 13.98 |
| 17 | Saeed Ajmal | 62 | 82 | 18.24 | 6.38 | 17.15 |
| 18 | Jamie Overton | 21 | 27 | 18.3 | 8.12 | 13.52 |
| 19 | Abdul Razzaq | 21 | 20 | 18.35 | 6.73 | 16.35 |
| 20 | Varun Chakravarthy | 40 | 66 | 18.5 | 7.95 | 13.95 |
| 21 | Jasprit Bumrah | 85 | 111 | 18.59 | 6.7 | 16.65 |
| 22 | David Wiese | 19 | 24 | 18.75 | 7.34 | 15.33 |
| 23 | Robin Peterson | 19 | 24 | 18.79 | 7.54 | 14.96 |
| 24 | James Faulkner | 24 | 36 | 19 | 7.97 | 14.31 |
| 25 | Corbin Bosch | 20 | 29 | 19.07 | 8.25 | 13.86 |
| 26 | Usman Qadir | 20 | 29 | 19.07 | 8.13 | 14.07 |
| 27 | Yuvraj Singh | 28 | 24 | 19.21 | 7.24 | 15.92 |
| 28 | Dale Steyn | 44 | 58 | 19.47 | 7.09 | 16.47 |
| 29 | Jacob Duffy | 42 | 59 | 19.68 | 8.1 | 14.58 |
| 30 | Dwaine Pretorius | 27 | 35 | 19.89 | 8.29 | 14.4 |
| 31 | Matheesha Pathirana | 21 | 30 | 20.17 | 8.79 | 13.77 |
| 32 | James Franklin | 25 | 20 | 20.25 | 7.57 | 16.05 |
| 33 | Daniel Vettori | 33 | 36 | 20.28 | 5.74 | 21.19 |
| 34 | Brydon Carse | 13 | 20 | 20.6 | 9.22 | 13.4 |
| 35 | Andrew Tye | 30 | 46 | 20.83 | 8.72 | 14.33 |
| 36 | Shaheen Afridi | 89 | 123 | 20.85 | 8.05 | 15.54 |
| 37 | Josh Hazlewood | 55 | 75 | 20.92 | 7.52 | 16.69 |
| 38 | Ravi Bishnoi | 45 | 61 | 20.93 | 7.53 | 16.69 |
| 39 | Arshdeep Singh | 79 | 118 | 20.95 | 8.76 | 14.35 |
| 40 | Abdur Razzak | 23 | 28 | 20.96 | 7 | 17.96 |
| 41 | Billy Stanlake | 18 | 25 | 20.96 | 7.94 | 15.84 |
| 42 | Mitchell Johnson | 30 | 38 | 20.97 | 7.28 | 17.29 |
| 43 | Shaun Tait | 21 | 28 | 21.04 | 7.39 | 17.07 |
| 44 | Imad Wasim | 64 | 66 | 21.06 | 6.29 | 20.09 |
| 45 | Ben Sears | 22 | 28 | 21.18 | 8.29 | 15.32 |
| 46 | Adam Zampa | 105 | 134 | 21.37 | 7.46 | 17.19 |
| 47 | Lungi Ngidi | 61 | 83 | 21.37 | 8.63 | 14.86 |
| 48 | Mark Wood | 34 | 49 | 21.37 | 8.7 | 14.73 |
| 49 | Mohammad Nawaz | 72 | 79 | 21.39 | 7.27 | 17.65 |
| 50 | Haris Rauf | 81 | 118 | 21.4 | 8.49 | 15.12 |
Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · T20 Internationals (Men) (full-member fixtures only) · 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.
- Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.
- Economy — runs conceded per six legal balls bowled.
- Batting strike rate — runs per 100 balls faced (wides excluded). Bowling strike rate — balls per wicket.