Best Bowling Averages - minimum
wickets
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
10w
|
1 |
M J Procter
|
South Africa
|
1967-1970
|
7
|
252.2
|
80
|
616
|
41
|
15.02
|
6/73
|
1
|
0
|
2 |
S J Snooke
|
South Africa
|
1906-1923
|
26
|
270.0
|
62
|
702
|
35
|
20.06
|
8/70
|
1
|
1
|
3 |
B N Schultz
|
South Africa
|
1992-1997
|
9
|
288.5
|
82
|
749
|
37
|
20.24
|
5/48
|
2
|
0
|
4 |
N A T Adcock
|
South Africa
|
1953-1962
|
26
|
917.3
|
218
|
2195
|
104
|
21.11
|
6/43
|
5
|
0
|
5 |
K Rabada*
|
South Africa
|
2015-
|
62
|
1902.4
|
378
|
6419
|
291
|
22.06
|
7/112
|
14
|
4
|
6 |
A E Hall
|
South Africa
|
1923-1931
|
7
|
393.3
|
107
|
886
|
40
|
22.15
|
7/63
|
3
|
1
|
7 |
A A Donald
|
South Africa
|
1992-2002
|
72
|
2586.3
|
661
|
7344
|
330
|
22.25
|
8/71
|
20
|
3
|
8 |
V D Philander
|
South Africa
|
2011-2020
|
64
|
1898.3
|
507
|
5000
|
224
|
22.32
|
6/21
|
13
|
2
|
9 |
L Ngidi*
|
South Africa
|
2018-
|
18
|
391.5
|
94
|
1222
|
54
|
22.63
|
6/39
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
K J Abbott
|
South Africa
|
2013-2017
|
11
|
346.5
|
95
|
886
|
39
|
22.72
|
7/29
|
3
|
0
|
11 |
A E E Vogler
|
South Africa
|
1906-1911
|
15
|
460.4
|
96
|
1455
|
64
|
22.73
|
7/94
|
5
|
1
|
12 |
M Jansen*
|
South Africa
|
2021-
|
13
|
330.0
|
59
|
1117
|
49
|
22.80
|
5/35
|
1
|
0
|
13 |
D W Steyn
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
93
|
3101.2
|
660
|
10077
|
439
|
22.95
|
7/51
|
26
|
5
|
14 |
S M Pollock
|
South Africa
|
1995-2008
|
108
|
4058.5
|
1211
|
9733
|
421
|
23.12
|
7/87
|
16
|
1
|
15 |
P M Pollock
|
South Africa
|
1961-1970
|
28
|
1034.0
|
270
|
2806
|
116
|
24.19
|
6/38
|
9
|
1
|
16 |
P S De Villiers
|
South Africa
|
1993-1998
|
18
|
800.5
|
221
|
2061
|
85
|
24.25
|
6/23
|
5
|
2
|
17 |
D Olivier*
|
South Africa
|
2017-
|
16
|
382.0
|
64
|
1432
|
59
|
24.27
|
6/37
|
3
|
1
|
18 |
P S Heine
|
South Africa
|
1955-1962
|
14
|
545.0
|
106
|
1455
|
58
|
25.09
|
6/58
|
4
|
0
|
19 |
R O Schwarz
|
South Africa
|
1906-1912
|
20
|
439.5
|
66
|
1417
|
55
|
25.76
|
6/47
|
2
|
0
|
20 |
H J Tayfield
|
South Africa
|
1949-1960
|
37
|
1851.0
|
602
|
4405
|
170
|
25.91
|
9/113
|
14
|
2
|
21 |
T L Goddard
|
South Africa
|
1955-1970
|
41
|
1767.4
|
706
|
3226
|
123
|
26.23
|
6/53
|
5
|
0
|
22 |
G A Faulkner
|
South Africa
|
1906-1924
|
25
|
704.3
|
124
|
2180
|
82
|
26.59
|
7/84
|
4
|
0
|
23 |
A Nortje*
|
South Africa
|
2019-
|
19
|
509.4
|
81
|
1870
|
70
|
26.71
|
6/56
|
4
|
0
|
24 |
S R Harmer*
|
South Africa
|
2015-
|
10
|
350.5
|
68
|
1075
|
39
|
27.56
|
4/61
|
0
|
0
|
25 |
M Morkel
|
South Africa
|
2006-2018
|
86
|
2749.4
|
605
|
8550
|
309
|
27.67
|
6/23
|
8
|
0
|
26 |
M Ntini
|
South Africa
|
1998-2009
|
101
|
3472.2
|
759
|
11242
|
390
|
28.83
|
7/37
|
18
|
4
|
27 |
C R Matthews
|
South Africa
|
1992-1995
|
18
|
663.2
|
231
|
1502
|
52
|
28.88
|
5/42
|
2
|
0
|
28 |
C B Llewellyn
|
South Africa
|
1896-1912
|
15
|
393.4
|
55
|
1421
|
48
|
29.60
|
6/92
|
4
|
1
|
29 |
M Hayward
|
South Africa
|
1999-2004
|
16
|
470.1
|
90
|
1609
|
54
|
29.80
|
5/56
|
1
|
0
|
30 |
W J Cronje
|
South Africa
|
1992-2000
|
68
|
633.2
|
243
|
1288
|
43
|
29.95
|
3/14
|
0
|
0
|
|