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Best Bowling Economy Rate in IPL 2026

Rank Player M Inns Ovr Runs Wk Avg Eco SR 4W 5W
1
Nathu Singh (GL)
2 2 4.0 15 1 15.00 3.75 24.00 0 0
3
Dominic Thornely (MI)
4 4 7.0 40 3 13.33 5.71 14.00 0 0
4
Sachin Baby (RCB,RR,SRH)
2 2 1.4 8 2 4.00 5.71 4.20 0 0
6
Michael Clarke (PWI)
5 5 11.0 67 2 33.50 6.09 33.00 0 0
7
Ajit Chandila (RR)
12 12 39.0 242 11 22.00 6.21 21.27 1 0
9
D'Arcy Short (RR)
2 2 3.0 19 1 19.00 6.33 18.00 0 0
10
Prashant Solanki (CSK)
2 2 6.0 38 2 19.00 6.33 18.00 0 0
11
Sohail Tanvir (RR)
11 11 41.1 266 22 12.09 6.47 11.21 2 1
12
Keshav Maharaj (RR)
2 2 6.0 39 2 19.50 6.50 18.00 0 0
13
Sachithra Senanayake (KKR)
8 8 32.0 209 9 23.22 6.53 21.33 0 0
14
Shaun Pollock (MI)
13 13 46.0 301 11 27.36 6.54 25.09 0 0
15
Anil Kumble (RCB)
42 42 160.1 1058 45 23.51 6.61 21.35 3 1
16
Glenn McGrath (DC)
14 14 54.0 357 12 29.75 6.61 27.00 1 0
17
Tyron Henderson (RR)
2 2 6.0 40 1 40.00 6.67 36.00 0 0
18
Muttiah Muralitharan (CSK,KOCHI,RCB)
66 66 253.6 1696 63 26.92 6.69 24.15 0 0
19
Hanuma Vihari (DC,SRH)
6 6 7.0 47 1 47.00 6.71 42.00 0 0
20
Ish Sodhi (RR)
8 8 30.1 202 9 22.44 6.71 20.07 0 0
21
Fidel Edwards (DEC)
6 6 22.8 154 5 30.80 6.75 27.36 0 0
22
Roelof van der Merwe (DC,RCB)
21 21 73.5 498 21 23.71 6.78 21.00 0 0
23
Mohammad Hafeez (KKR)
4 4 10.0 68 2 34.00 6.80 30.00 0 0
25
Sunil Narine (KKR)
187 187 723.7 4922 192 25.64 6.80 22.62 8 1
26
Daniel Vettori (DC,RCB)
34 34 128.9 879 28 31.39 6.82 27.62 0 0
27
Jayant Yadav (DC,GT,MI)
20 20 65.0 445 8 55.63 6.85 48.75 0 0
28
Ravi Rampaul (RCB)
12 12 43.4 298 14 21.29 6.87 18.60 0 0
29
Makhaya Ntini (CSK)
9 9 35.0 242 7 34.57 6.91 30.00 1 0
30
Johan Botha (DC,KKR,RR)
34 34 115.4 800 25 32.00 6.93 27.70 0 0
31
Dale Steyn (DEC,GL,RCB,SRH)
95 95 361.6 2508 97 25.86 6.94 22.37 0 0
32
Dimitri Mascarenhas (PBKS,RR)
13 13 51.2 356 19 18.74 6.95 16.17 1 1
33
Paul Collingwood (DC)
6 6 14.5 101 5 20.20 6.97 17.40 0 0
34
John Hastings (CSK,KKR)
3 3 9.4 66 3 22.00 7.02 18.80 0 0
35
Rahul Sharma (DC,DEC,PWI)
44 44 154.4 1086 40 27.15 7.03 23.16 0 0
36
Nuwan Kulasekara (CSK)
5 5 17.0 120 5 24.00 7.06 20.40 0 0
37
Harbhajan Singh (CSK,KKR,MI)
160 160 568.8 4030 150 26.87 7.09 22.75 2 1
38
Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)
136 136 530.9 3766 158 23.84 7.09 20.16 2 0
39
Ali Murtaza (MI,PWI)
12 12 44.0 313 9 34.78 7.11 29.33 0 0
40
Ajantha Mendis (KKR,PWI)
10 10 40.0 285 8 35.63 7.13 30.00 0 0
41
Chetanya Nanda (MI)
3 3 8.0 57 2 28.50 7.13 24.00 0 0
42
Lasith Malinga (MI)
122 122 468.3 3365 170 19.79 7.19 16.53 7 1
43
Charl Langeveldt (KKR,RCB)
7 7 26.0 187 13 14.38 7.19 12.00 0 0
44
Jeevan Mendis (DC)
2 2 5.0 36 1 36.00 7.20 30.00 0 0
45
Domnic Muthuswami (DC)
6 6 14.0 101 4 25.25 7.21 21.00 0 0
46
Thilan Thushara (CSK)
6 6 22.3 161 8 20.13 7.22 16.73 0 0
47
Ravichandran Ashwin (CSK,DC,PBKS,RPS,RR)
217 217 783.0 5653 187 30.23 7.22 25.12 1 0
48
Shane Bond (KKR)
8 8 31.0 224 9 24.89 7.23 20.67 0 0
49
Ryan ten Doeschate (KKR)
10 10 13.0 94 2 47.00 7.23 39.00 0 0
50
Murali Kartik (KKR,PBKS,PWI,RCB)
55 55 191.4 1388 31 44.77 7.25 37.05 0 0
51
Doug Bollinger (CSK)
27 27 95.6 693 37 18.73 7.25 15.50 1 0
52
Iqbal Abdulla (KKR,RCB,RR)
48 48 152.8 1109 40 27.73 7.26 22.92 0 0
53
Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah (MI)
145 145 554.9 4030 183 22.02 7.26 18.19 5 2
54
Moeen Ali (CSK,KKR,RCB)
57 57 141.8 1029 41 25.10 7.26 20.75 1 0
55
Shane Warne (RR)
54 54 199.0 1447 57 25.39 7.27 20.95 1 0
56
Shane Harwood (RR)
3 3 10.0 73 3 24.33 7.30 20.00 0 0
57
Mitchell Santner (CSK,MI)
31 31 100.3 735 25 29.40 7.33 24.07 0 0
58
Dirk Nannes (CSK,DC,RCB)
29 29 106.9 785 28 28.04 7.34 22.91 0 0
59
Ankit Sharma (DEC,RPS,RR,SRH)
21 21 61.1 450 12 37.50 7.36 30.55 0 0
60
Axar Patel Axar Patel (DC,PBKS)
159 159 549.5 4046 128 31.61 7.36 25.76 1 0
61
Amit Mishra (DC,DEC,LSG,SRH)
162 162 561.1 4145 174 23.82 7.39 19.35 5 1
62
Pragyan Ojha (DEC,MI)
90 90 315.5 2332 89 26.20 7.39 21.27 0 0
63
Jean Paul Duminy (DC,DEC,MI)
49 49 112.6 834 23 36.26 7.41 29.37 1 0
64
Kevin Pietersen (DC,RCB,RPS)
13 13 29.0 215 7 30.71 7.41 24.86 0 0
65
Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)
82 82 190.7 1415 42 33.69 7.42 27.24 0 0
66
Ramesh Powar (KOCHI,PBKS)
26 26 71.0 527 13 40.54 7.42 32.77 0 0
67
Samuel Badree (CSK,RCB,RR)
12 12 43.0 319 11 29.00 7.42 23.45 1 0
68
Rajat Bhatia (DC,KKR,RPS,RR)
91 91 272.0 2020 71 28.45 7.43 22.99 1 0
69
Farveez Maharoof (DC)
20 20 70.0 520 27 19.26 7.43 15.56 0 0
70
Yuvraj Singh (DC,MI,PBKS,PWI,RCB,SRH)
73 73 144.5 1077 36 29.92 7.45 24.08 2 0
71
Suresh Raina (CSK,GL)
69 69 150.0 1118 25 44.72 7.45 36.00 0 0
72
Shakib Al Hasan (KKR,SRH)
70 70 246.8 1839 63 29.19 7.45 23.50 0 0
73
Gurkeerat Singh Mann (PBKS,RCB)
6 6 13.0 97 5 19.40 7.46 15.60 0 0
74
Krunal Pandya (LSG,MI,RCB)
132 132 399.4 2985 93 32.10 7.47 25.77 1 0
75
Brad Hogg (KKR,RR)
21 21 76.2 570 23 24.78 7.48 19.88 1 0
76
Shahid Afridi (DEC)
10 10 30.0 225 9 25.00 7.50 20.00 0 0
77
Justin Kemp (CSK)
5 5 7.2 54 3 18.00 7.50 14.40 0 0
80
Mohammad Nabi (MI,SRH)
23 23 68.9 517 15 34.47 7.50 27.56 1 0
81
Brett Lee (KKR,PBKS)
38 38 145.5 1095 25 43.80 7.53 34.92 0 0
82
Munaf Patel (GL,MI,RR)
63 63 225.1 1698 74 22.95 7.54 18.25 3 1
83
Dilhara Fernando (MI)
10 10 39.0 294 17 17.29 7.54 13.76 1 0
84
Chaminda Vaas (DEC)
13 13 47.0 355 18 19.72 7.55 15.67 0 0
85
David Willey (CSK,RCB)
11 11 36.0 272 6 45.33 7.56 36.00 0 0
86
Ryan Harris (DEC,PBKS)
37 37 138.4 1047 45 23.27 7.57 18.45 1 0
87
Shahbaz Nadeem (DC,SRH)
70 70 235.1 1784 48 37.17 7.59 29.39 0 0
88
Varun Chakaravarthy Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR,PBKS)
83 83 314.4 2385 100 23.85 7.59 18.86 2 1
89
Zaheer Khan (DC,MI,RCB)
99 99 365.6 2782 102 27.27 7.61 21.51 1 0
90
Siddharth Trivedi (RR)
75 75 249.8 1904 65 29.29 7.62 23.06 1 0
91
Vikramjeet Malik (PBKS,RR)
13 13 34.1 261 6 43.50 7.65 34.10 0 0
92
Stuart Binny (MI,RCB,RR)
63 63 99.0 758 22 34.45 7.66 27.00 0 0
93
Scott Styris (CSK,DEC)
11 11 36.0 276 8 34.50 7.67 27.00 0 0
94
Ishwar Pandey (CSK,PWI)
24 24 77.0 591 18 32.83 7.68 25.67 0 0
95
Suraj Randiv (CSK)
8 8 29.0 223 6 37.17 7.69 29.00 0 0
96
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (PWI,RCB,SRH)
189 189 698.8 5375 198 27.15 7.69 21.18 4 2
97
Ravindra Jadeja Ravindra Jadeja (CSK,GL,KOCHI,RR)
225 225 673.6 5188 170 30.52 7.70 23.77 4 1
98
Andrew Symonds (DEC,MI)
30 30 87.5 674 20 33.70 7.70 26.25 0 0
99
Morne Morkel (DC,KKR,RR)
70 70 271.3 2089 77 27.13 7.70 21.14 1 0
100
Shoaib Akhtar (KKR)
3 3 7.0 54 5 10.80 7.71 8.40 1 0

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings

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The bowling economy of Nathu Singh (GL) is 3.75 in the IPL. He holds the record of achieving the best bowling economy rate in IPL. He participated in 2 matches and took 1 wicket.  Rachin Ravindra (CSK) delivered a good performance with an economy of 3.81. He took part in 3 matches with 0 wickets to his name. Dominic Thornely (MI) has recorded an economy rate of 5.71 in the IPL. He played 4 matches and picked up 3 wickets. He featured in 4 games and took 3 wickets.  Sachin Baby (RCB,RR,SRH) bowling economy includes 5.71. He has made an impression in 2 matches, with two five-wicket hauls in the IPL. In the Indian Premier League, all top 4 bowlers with an excellent economy rate are always in the spotlight because, over the years, they have delivered many match-winning performances by restricting runs. That is the main reason they are in the list of the top 4 in the best bowling economy rate in IPL.

Best Bowling Economy Rate in IPL​ 

A bowler with a good economic rate turns out to be lethal, as it directly contributes to the team's success in T20 matches where every run counts. Keeping a low economy rate is essential for building pressure and generating wicket-taking opportunities, which play an important role in winning matches.

Best Bowling Economy Rate in IPL History 

Nathu Singh is Right arm fast medium bowler who maintained the economy rate of 3.75 with an average of 15.00. Nathu Singh holds the record of best bowling economy rate in IPL history. 

Dominic Thorenly, Right arm off spinner maintained the economy rate of 5.71 with an average of 13.33 across IPL seasons.

Sachin Baby listed on number three of best bowling economy rate, maintaining 5.71with an average of 4 in 2 innings.

Muttiah Muralitharan, right arm off spinner maintained an exceptional economy rate of 6.67 in 66 matches.

Sunil Narine, also an off spinner with rich experience of 187 matches, kept a tight economy of 6.80 in 187 matches.

Roelof van der Merwe remained economical with 6.74 in 21 matches and Daniel Vettori maintained the score with 6.78  in 34 matches.

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