Top 20 ODI Spin Bowlers With Best Economy

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. To qualify for the rating, a player must have played at least 50 innings against the Top Teams (TT). TT may be found in the last section of the rating. The first list simply gives you the bowlers with best Economy Rates in ODI Cricket. The second list gives you the bowlers with best Relative Economy Rates (R ER). Only bowlers who have bowled more than 2500 balls are considered for both lists.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

TOP 20 ODI Spinners WITH BEST ECONOMY RATES


RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP INNS RUNS BALLS ER
1 M Muralitharan SL 1993 2011 341 12326 18811 3.93
2 Maninder Singh IND 1983 1993 57 2067 3133 3.96
3 RA Harper WI 1983 1996 99 3431 5175 3.98
4 RW Price ZIM 2002 2012 99 3575 5374 3.99
5 Abdul Qadir PAK 1983 1993 100 3442 5100 4.05
6 JE Emburey ENG 1980 1993 61 2346 3425 4.11
7 SP Narine WI 2011 2016 65 2435 3540 4.13
8 DL Vettori NZ 1997 2015 277 9674 14060 4.13
9 Tauseef Ahmed PAK 1982 1990 67 2247 3250 4.15
10 PL Symcox SA 1993 1999 80 2762 3991 4.15
11 DN Patel NZ 1987 1997 69 2259 3251 4.17
12 PL Taylor AUS 1987 1992 80 2740 3937 4.18
13 Saeed Ajmal PAK 2008 2015 112 4182 6000 4.18
14 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 2003 2019 177 5400 7733 4.19
15 RJ Shastri IND 1981 1992 136 4650 6613 4.22
16 SK Warne AUS 1993 2005 191 7541 10642 4.25
17 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 1989 2003 142 5361 7543 4.26
18 GRJ Matthews AUS 1984 1993 54 1999 2808 4.27
19 HDPK Dharmasena SL 1994 2004 134 4998 7009 4.28
20 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 1995 2003 165 6275 8770 4.29

TOP 20 ODI Spinners WITH BEST R ER


R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) is a more accurate type of ER. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active
RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP INNS RUNS BALLS ER R ER
1 SP Narine WI 2011 2016 65 2435 3540 4.13 3.74
2 M Muralitharan SL 1993 2011 341 12326 18811 3.93 3.88
3 HMRKB Herath SL 2004 2015 67 2362 3242 4.37 3.92
4 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 2003 2019 177 5400 7733 4.19 3.93
5 RW Price ZIM 2002 2012 99 3575 5374 3.99 3.94
6 Saeed Ajmal PAK 2008 2015 112 4182 6000 4.18 3.96
7 DL Vettori NZ 1997 2015 277 9674 14060 4.13 3.99
8 RA Harper WI 1983 1996 99 3431 5175 3.98 4.05
9 Harbhajan Singh IND 1998 2015 227 8973 12479 4.31 4.12
10 GP Swann ENG 2000 2013 76 2888 3809 4.55 4.13
11 Maninder Singh IND 1983 1993 57 2067 3133 3.96 4.14
12 Imran Tahir SA 2011 2019 104 4297 5541 4.65 4.15
13 PL Symcox SA 1993 1999 80 2762 3991 4.15 4.16
14 SK Warne AUS 1993 2005 191 7541 10642 4.25 4.22
15 Abdul Qadir PAK 1983 1993 100 3442 5100 4.05 4.23
16 MJ Santner NZ 2015 2023 88 3473 4277 4.87 4.24
17 DN Patel NZ 1987 1997 69 2259 3251 4.17 4.25
18 J Botha SA 2005 2012 75 2916 3823 4.58 4.25
19 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2006 2023 229 8840 11939 4.44 4.26
20 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 1995 2003 165 6275 8770 4.29 4.26

TOP TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN
2020s BAN IND PAK AUS NZ SA ENG SL


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