Tests - Fast Bowlers With Best Averages

Top 25 Fast Bowlers With Best Averages In Tests

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All Test Stats on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). The first list simply gives you the bowlers with best averages in Test Cricket since 1950. The second list gives you the bowlers with best Relative Averages (R Ave).

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS
1. QUALIFICATION
2. TOP 25 PACERS WITH BEST AVERAGES IN TEST CRICKET
3. TOP 25 PACERS WITH BEST R AVE IN TEST CRICKET

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (Top Teams) 30
Min Wickets 100

TOP 25 PACERS WITH BEST AVERAGES IN TEST CRICKET

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP INNS RUNS WKTS AVE
1 JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2025 91 4341 219 19.82
2 AK Davidson AUS 1953 1963 82 3819 186 20.53
3 MD Marshall WI 1978 1991 151 7876 376 20.95
4 J Garner WI 1977 1987 111 5433 259 20.98
5 CEL Ambrose WI 1988 2000 179 8501 405 20.99
6 NAT Adcock SA 1953 1962 46 2195 104 21.11
7 FS Trueman ENG 1952 1965 127 6625 307 21.58
8 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 243 12186 563 21.64
9 K Rabada SA 2015 2025 130 7306 336 21.74
10 PJ Cummins AUS 2011 2025 132 6829 309 22.10
11 AA Donald SA 1992 2002 129 7344 330 22.25
12 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 150 9612 431 22.30
13 VD Philander SA 2011 2020 119 5000 224 22.32
14 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 142 8258 362 22.81
15 DW Steyn SA 2004 2019 171 10077 439 22.95
16 SM Pollock SA 1995 2008 202 9733 421 23.12
17 Mohammad Abbas PAK 2017 2025 48 2318 100 23.18
18 CEH Croft WI 1977 1982 52 2913 125 23.30
19 RJ Harris AUS 2010 2015 52 2658 113 23.52
20 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 154 8788 373 23.56
21 Wasim Akram PAK 1985 2002 181 9778 414 23.62
22 MA Holding WI 1975 1987 113 5898 249 23.69
23 DK Lillee AUS 1971 1984 132 8493 355 23.92
24 PM Pollock SA 1961 1970 52 2806 116 24.19
25 JR Hazlewood AUS 2014 2025 143 7144 295 24.22

TOP 25 PACERS WITH BEST R AVE IN TEST CRICKET

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active
RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE
1 JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2025 91 4341 219 19.82 19.26
2 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 243 12186 563 21.64 20.61
3 Mohammad Asif PAK 2005 2010 44 2583 106 24.37 20.84
4 CEL Ambrose WI 1988 2000 179 8501 405 20.99 20.92
5 AK Davidson AUS 1953 1963 82 3819 186 20.53 21.06
6 MD Marshall WI 1978 1991 151 7876 376 20.95 21.56
7 J Garner WI 1977 1987 111 5433 259 20.98 21.84
8 NAT Adcock SA 1953 1962 46 2195 104 21.11 21.85
9 SM Pollock SA 1995 2008 202 9733 421 23.12 21.95
10 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 150 9612 431 22.30 21.97
11 DW Steyn SA 2004 2019 171 10077 439 22.95 21.99
12 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 142 8258 362 22.81 22.00
13 VD Philander SA 2011 2020 119 5000 224 22.32 22.03
14 AA Donald SA 1992 2002 129 7344 330 22.25 22.12
15 K Rabada SA 2015 2025 130 7306 336 21.74 22.40
16 FS Trueman ENG 1952 1965 127 6625 307 21.58 22.53
17 PJ Cummins AUS 2011 2025 132 6829 309 22.10 22.66
18 RJ Harris AUS 2010 2015 52 2658 113 23.52 23.05
19 CEH Croft WI 1977 1982 52 2913 125 23.30 23.39
20 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 1997 2007 82 4574 178 25.70 23.59
21 Wasim Akram PAK 1985 2002 181 9778 414 23.62 23.65
22 CA Walsh WI 1984 2001 242 12688 519 24.45 23.77
23 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 154 8788 373 23.56 23.83
24 Mohammad Abbas PAK 2017 2025 48 2318 100 23.18 23.84
25 PM Pollock SA 1961 1970 52 2806 116 24.19 24.03

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