IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Best bowling average

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.

#	Player	Average (R/W)	Sample
1	Sohail TanvirRR	12.09	22 wkts · 266 runs · econ 6.46
2	CK LangeveldtKKR RCB	14.38	13 wkts · 187 runs · econ 7.19
3	Umar GulKKR	15.33	12 wkts · 184 runs · econ 8.18
4	MA WoodCSK LSG	16.27	11 wkts · 179 runs · econ 8.95
5	CRD FernandoMI	17.53	17 wkts · 298 runs · econ 7.64
6	BJ HodgeKKR KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RR	17.82	17 wkts · 303 runs · econ 7.77
7	L NgidiCSK RCB	18.24	29 wkts · 529 runs · econ 8.53
8	E MalingaSRH	18.31	13 wkts · 238 runs · econ 8.93
9	DE BollingerCSK	18.73	37 wkts · 693 runs · econ 7.22
10	AD MascarenhasPBKS RR	18.74	19 wkts · 356 runs · econ 6.94
11	MF MaharoofDC	19.26	27 wkts · 520 runs · econ 7.43
12	R RampaulRCB	19.31	16 wkts · 309 runs · econ 6.92
13	WPUJC VaasDECCAN-CHARGERS	19.72	18 wkts · 355 runs · econ 7.55
14	SL MalingaMI	19.83	170 wkts · 3371 runs · econ 7.15
15	T ThusharaCSK	20.13	8 wkts · 161 runs · econ 7.16
16	R Sai KishoreGT	20.34	32 wkts · 651 runs · econ 8.86
17	YA AbdullaPBKS	20.47	15 wkts · 307 runs · econ 8.81
18	MP YadavLSG	20.56	9 wkts · 185 runs · econ 9.17
19	N BurgerRR	20.71	7 wkts · 145 runs · econ 8.53
20	Imran TahirCSK DC RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	20.77	82 wkts · 1703 runs · econ 7.76
21	JR HazlewoodCSK RCB	20.98	57 wkts · 1196 runs · econ 8.28
22	A ZampaRCB RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT RR SRH	21.03	31 wkts · 652 runs · econ 8.38
23	Ashwani KumarMI	21.09	11 wkts · 232 runs · econ 11.32
24	MR MarshDC DECCAN-CHARGERS LSG PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT SRH	21.49	37 wkts · 795 runs · econ 8.52
25	M PathiranaCSK	21.62	47 wkts · 1016 runs · econ 8.68

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-ipl-historical.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,169 matches across 18 seasons (2007/08 → 2025).
Sample-size floor (doctrine §3.1): Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled. Claims below this floor are excluded.
Excludes IPL 2026: the current season runs on Sportmonks live data and is surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026.

Provenance. Projected from the hash-stable SETU snapshot of 1,169 IPL matches. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Sohail Tanvir leads IPL all-time bowling avg with 12.09. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/bowling-average”