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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Averages and Ratings
Best Bowling Average after Playing X Matches
Mat
Player
Country
Wickets
Avg
Year
1
C T B Turner
Australia
6
2.50
1887
2
K R Miller
Australia
9
7.33
1946
3
I W Johnson
Australia
6
7.00
1946
4
C T B Turner
Australia
39
7.97
1888
5
C T B Turner
Australia
45
9.40
1888
6
G A Lohmann
England
38
10.00
1888
7
J Briggs
England
11
7.91
1886
8
J Briggs
England
14
8.21
1886
9
J Briggs
England
19
9.32
1887
10
J Briggs
England
22
11.00
1887
11
J Briggs
England
22
11.00
1888
12
J Briggs
England
26
10.65
1888
13
J Briggs
England
31
9.74
1888
14
J Briggs
England
34
9.88
1888
15
J Briggs
England
38
9.87
1889
16
J Briggs
England
55
7.95
1889
17
J Briggs
England
55
8.18
1892
18
J Briggs
England
56
8.93
1892
19
J Briggs
England
66
9.36
1892
20
J Briggs
England
77
9.60
1893
21
J Briggs
England
86
10.86
1893
22
J Briggs
England
91
12.30
1894
23
J Briggs
England
93
12.31
1894
24
J Briggs
England
94
13.06
1895
25
J Briggs
England
100
13.50
1895
26
J Briggs
England
102
13.69
1895
27
J Briggs
England
105
14.59
1896
28
J Briggs
England
107
14.93
1897
29
J Briggs
England
112
15.89
1898
30
J Briggs
England
113
16.88
1898
31
J Briggs
England
114
17.07
1898
32
J Briggs
England
115
17.53
1898
33
J Briggs
England
118
17.75
1899
34
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
191
19.30
1995
35
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
194
19.73
1995
36
R R Lindwall
Australia
146
19.90
1953
37
R R Lindwall
Australia
151
19.60
1953
38
R R Lindwall
Australia
158
19.83
1953
39
R R Lindwall
Australia
161
19.91
1954
40
R R Lindwall
Australia
165
20.02
1954
41
J J Bumrah
India
181
20.06
2024
42
J J Bumrah
India
185
19.96
2024
43
J J Bumrah
India
194
19.53
2024
44
J J Bumrah
India
203
19.43
2024
45
J J Bumrah
India
205
19.40
2025
46
S M Pollock
South Africa
190
20.22
2000
47
S M Pollock
South Africa
194
20.38
2000
48
S M Pollock
South Africa
198
20.39
2000
49
S M Pollock
South Africa
203
20.26
2000
50
S M Pollock
South Africa
209
19.82
2001
51
S M Pollock
South Africa
210
19.94
2001
52
S M Pollock
South Africa
212
20.21
2001
53
S M Pollock
South Africa
217
20.39
2001
54
S M Pollock
South Africa
217
20.78
2001
55
S M Pollock
South Africa
222
20.72
2001
56
M D Marshall
West Indies
281
20.30
1988
57
M D Marshall
West Indies
284
20.27
1988
58
M D Marshall
West Indies
289
20.31
1988
59
S M Pollock
South Africa
247
20.32
2001
60
S M Pollock
South Africa
252
20.07
2001
61
S M Pollock
South Africa
253
20.40
2001
62
S M Pollock
South Africa
258
20.50
2001
63
S M Pollock
South Africa
261
20.68
2002
64
S M Pollock
South Africa
263
20.71
2002
65
M D Marshall
West Indies
324
20.41
1989
66
M D Marshall
West Indies
325
20.52
1989
67
M D Marshall
West Indies
327
20.63
1990
68
M D Marshall
West Indies
329
20.67
1990
69
S M Pollock
South Africa
281
20.62
2003
70
S M Pollock
South Africa
285
20.47
2003
71
S M Pollock
South Africa
287
20.51
2003
72
S M Pollock
South Africa
289
20.48
2003
73
S M Pollock
South Africa
299
20.50
2003
74
S M Pollock
South Africa
302
20.66
2003
75
S M Pollock
South Africa
303
20.80
2003
76
S M Pollock
South Africa
309
20.72
2003
77
S M Pollock
South Africa
315
20.71
2003
78
S M Pollock
South Africa
317
20.77
2003
79
M D Marshall
West Indies
366
20.96
1991
80
M D Marshall
West Indies
372
20.84
1991
81
M D Marshall
West Indies
376
20.95
1991
82
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
349
20.97
1998
83
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
349
21.14
1998
84
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
350
21.27
1999
85
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
355
21.14
1999
86
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
356
21.17
1999
87
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
359
21.33
1999
88
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
369
21.32
1999
89
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
376
21.05
2000
90
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
377
21.13
2000
91
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
381
21.02
2000
92
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
383
21.05
2000
93
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
388
21.10
2000
94
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
389
21.12
2000
95
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
393
21.03
2000
96
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
398
20.99
2000
97
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
402
20.97
2000
98
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
404
20.96
2000
99
G D McGrath
Australia
446
21.70
2004
100
G D McGrath
Australia
449
21.65
2004
101
G D McGrath
Australia
454
21.73
2004
102
G D McGrath
Australia
457
21.77
2004
103
G D McGrath
Australia
463
21.70
2004
104
G D McGrath
Australia
472
21.43
2004
105
G D McGrath
Australia
477
21.40
2004
106
G D McGrath
Australia
481
21.32
2005
107
G D McGrath
Australia
488
21.40
2005
108
G D McGrath
Australia
492
21.35
2005
109
G D McGrath
Australia
499
21.23
2005
110
G D McGrath
Australia
508
21.01
2005
111
G D McGrath
Australia
508
21.18
2005
112
G D McGrath
Australia
515
21.26
2005
113
G D McGrath
Australia
521
21.26
2005
114
G D McGrath
Australia
525
21.23
2005
115
G D McGrath
Australia
531
21.15
2005
116
G D McGrath
Australia
534
21.22
2005
117
G D McGrath
Australia
535
21.34
2005
118
G D McGrath
Australia
539
21.44
2005
119
G D McGrath
Australia
541
21.48
2006
120
G D McGrath
Australia
548
21.41
2006
121
G D McGrath
Australia
551
21.61
2006
122
G D McGrath
Australia
553
21.62
2006
123
G D McGrath
Australia
556
21.68
2006
124
G D McGrath
Australia
563
21.64
2007
125
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
769
21.92
2009
126
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
770
22.15
2009
127
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
770
22.18
2009
128
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
774
22.16
2009
129
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
780
22.20
2009
130
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
786
22.26
2009
131
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
788
22.58
2009
132
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
792
22.71
2009
133
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
797
22.65
2010
134
S K Warne
Australia
657
25.00
2005
135
S K Warne
Australia
659
25.08
2006
136
S K Warne
Australia
659
25.21
2006
137
S K Warne
Australia
670
25.16
2006
138
S K Warne
Australia
671
25.20
2006
139
S K Warne
Australia
677
25.31
2006
140
S K Warne
Australia
685
25.25
2006
141
S K Warne
Australia
685
25.29
2006
142
S K Warne
Australia
694
25.45
2006
143
S K Warne
Australia
695
25.47
2006
144
S K Warne
Australia
706
25.36
2006
145
S K Warne
Australia
708
25.42
2007
146
J M Anderson
England
570
26.83
2019
147
J M Anderson
England
572
26.96
2019
148
J M Anderson
England
575
26.94
2019
149
J M Anderson
England
575
26.94
2019
150
J M Anderson
England
576
27.01
2019
151
J M Anderson
England
584
26.83
2020
152
J M Anderson
England
587
26.80
2020
153
J M Anderson
England
589
26.83
2020
154
J M Anderson
England
590
26.92
2020
155
J M Anderson
England
593
26.94
2020
156
J M Anderson
England
600
26.80
2020
157
J M Anderson
England
606
26.60
2021
158
J M Anderson
England
611
26.49
2021
159
J M Anderson
England
611
26.53
2021
160
J M Anderson
England
614
26.47
2021
161
J M Anderson
England
616
26.52
2021
162
J M Anderson
England
617
26.65
2021
163
J M Anderson
England
621
26.59
2021
164
J M Anderson
England
626
26.49
2021
165
J M Anderson
England
629
26.46
2021
166
J M Anderson
England
631
26.54
2021
167
J M Anderson
England
635
26.60
2021
168
J M Anderson
England
639
26.49
2021
169
J M Anderson
England
640
26.53
2022
170
J M Anderson
England
644
26.52
2022
171
J M Anderson
England
651
26.45
2022
172
J M Anderson
England
656
26.34
2022
173
J M Anderson
England
658
26.41
2022
174
J M Anderson
England
664
26.26
2022
175
J M Anderson
England
667
26.22
2022
176
J M Anderson
England
672
26.16
2022
177
J M Anderson
England
675
26.13
2022
178
J M Anderson
England
682
25.94
2023
179
J M Anderson
England
685
25.88
2023
180
J M Anderson
England
686
26.03
2023
181
J M Anderson
England
687
26.16
2023
182
J M Anderson
England
689
26.25
2023
183
J M Anderson
England
690
26.35
2023
184
J M Anderson
England
695
26.35
2024
185
J M Anderson
England
696
26.40
2024
186
J M Anderson
England
698
26.50
2024
187
J M Anderson
England
700
26.53
2024
188
J M Anderson
England
704
26.46
2024
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