Best Bowling Averages - minimum
wickets
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
1 |
C T B Turner
|
Australia
|
1887-1895
|
17
|
1057.2
|
457
|
1670
|
101
|
16.53
|
7/43
|
11
|
2
|
2 |
H Ironmonger
|
Australia
|
1928-1933
|
14
|
782.3
|
328
|
1330
|
74
|
17.97
|
7/23
|
4
|
2
|
3 |
F R Spofforth
|
Australia
|
1877-1887
|
18
|
1046.1
|
416
|
1731
|
94
|
18.41
|
7/44
|
7
|
4
|
4 |
H F Boyle
|
Australia
|
1879-1884
|
12
|
436.0
|
175
|
641
|
32
|
20.03
|
6/42
|
1
|
0
|
5 |
S M Boland*
|
Australia
|
2021-
|
10
|
255.1
|
63
|
712
|
35
|
20.34
|
6/7
|
1
|
0
|
6 |
A K Davidson
|
Australia
|
1953-1963
|
44
|
1662.3
|
431
|
3819
|
186
|
20.53
|
7/93
|
14
|
2
|
7 |
R A L Massie
|
Australia
|
1972-1973
|
6
|
267.1
|
74
|
647
|
31
|
20.87
|
8/53
|
2
|
1
|
8 |
E R H Toshack
|
Australia
|
1946-1948
|
12
|
443.2
|
155
|
989
|
47
|
21.04
|
6/29
|
4
|
1
|
9 |
W J Whitty
|
Australia
|
1909-1912
|
14
|
559.3
|
163
|
1373
|
65
|
21.12
|
6/17
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
G E Palmer
|
Australia
|
1880-1886
|
17
|
1129.1
|
452
|
1678
|
78
|
21.51
|
7/65
|
6
|
2
|
11 |
G D McGrath
|
Australia
|
1993-2007
|
124
|
4874.4
|
1470
|
12186
|
563
|
21.64
|
8/24
|
29
|
3
|
12 |
H Trumble
|
Australia
|
1890-1904
|
32
|
1431.2
|
452
|
3072
|
141
|
21.79
|
8/65
|
9
|
3
|
13 |
P J Cummins*
|
Australia
|
2011-
|
62
|
2102.2
|
465
|
6063
|
269
|
22.54
|
6/23
|
12
|
2
|
14 |
W J O'Reilly
|
Australia
|
1932-1946
|
27
|
1588.0
|
585
|
3254
|
144
|
22.60
|
7/54
|
11
|
3
|
15 |
J V Saunders
|
Australia
|
1902-1908
|
14
|
594.1
|
116
|
1796
|
79
|
22.73
|
7/34
|
6
|
0
|
16 |
L F Kline
|
Australia
|
1957-1961
|
13
|
331.1
|
113
|
776
|
34
|
22.82
|
7/75
|
1
|
0
|
17 |
K R Miller
|
Australia
|
1946-1956
|
55
|
1496.1
|
337
|
3906
|
170
|
22.98
|
7/60
|
7
|
1
|
18 |
R R Lindwall
|
Australia
|
1946-1960
|
61
|
1970.2
|
419
|
5251
|
228
|
23.03
|
7/38
|
12
|
0
|
19 |
H V Hordern
|
Australia
|
1911-1912
|
7
|
358.0
|
49
|
1075
|
46
|
23.37
|
7/90
|
5
|
2
|
20 |
R J Harris
|
Australia
|
2010-2015
|
27
|
956.0
|
258
|
2658
|
113
|
23.52
|
7/117
|
5
|
0
|
21 |
S R Clark
|
Australia
|
2006-2009
|
24
|
857.4
|
230
|
2243
|
94
|
23.86
|
5/32
|
2
|
0
|
22 |
W A Johnston
|
Australia
|
1947-1955
|
40
|
1515.0
|
372
|
3826
|
160
|
23.91
|
6/44
|
7
|
0
|
23 |
D K Lillee
|
Australia
|
1971-1984
|
70
|
2834.1
|
652
|
8493
|
355
|
23.92
|
7/83
|
23
|
7
|
24 |
C V Grimmett
|
Australia
|
1925-1936
|
37
|
2408.3
|
736
|
5231
|
216
|
24.22
|
7/40
|
21
|
7
|
25 |
B A Reid
|
Australia
|
1985-1992
|
27
|
1040.4
|
244
|
2784
|
113
|
24.64
|
7/51
|
5
|
2
|
26 |
J R Hazlewood*
|
Australia
|
2014-
|
70
|
2429.3
|
619
|
6778
|
273
|
24.83
|
6/67
|
12
|
0
|
27 |
M A Noble
|
Australia
|
1898-1909
|
42
|
1213.2
|
361
|
3025
|
121
|
25.00
|
7/17
|
9
|
2
|
28 |
S K Warne
|
Australia
|
1992-2007
|
145
|
6784.1
|
1762
|
17995
|
708
|
25.42
|
8/71
|
37
|
10
|
29 |
D W Fleming
|
Australia
|
1994-2001
|
20
|
688.1
|
153
|
1942
|
75
|
25.89
|
5/30
|
3
|
0
|
30 |
D E Bollinger
|
Australia
|
2009-2010
|
12
|
400.1
|
78
|
1296
|
50
|
25.92
|
5/28
|
2
|
0
|
|