Top 20 ODI Spin Bowlers With Best Economy

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

CONTENTS

1. TOP 20 ODI Spinners WITH BEST ECONOMY RATES

2. TOP 20 ODI Spinners WITH BEST R ER

3. TOP TEAMS

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