PSL leaderboard
PSL — Best Bowling Average
Nahid Rana leads PSL all-time bowling avg with 10.89. Runs conceded per wicket taken across all PSL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.
All time (PSL 2016–2026)
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nahid Ranapeshawar-zalmi | 10.89 | |
| 2 | AM Hardiepeshawar-zalmi | 12.82 | |
| 3 | Rashid Khanlahore-qalandars | 15.48 | |
| 4 | S Mahmoodpeshawar-zalmi | 15.71 | |
| 5 | GD Elliottlahore-qalandarsquetta-gladiators | 16.60 | |
| 6 | Arif Yaqoobpeshawar-zalmi | 16.64 | |
| 7 | Fazalhaq Farooqiislamabad-united | 16.64 | |
| 8 | Mahmudullahquetta-gladiators | 17.13 | |
| 9 | S Lamichhanelahore-qalandars | 17.18 | |
| 10 | Mohammad Basitpeshawar-zalmi | 17.20 | |
| 11 | Ihsanullahkarachi-kingsmultan-sultans | 17.35 | |
| 12 | JP Faulknerlahore-qalandarsquetta-gladiators | 18.53 | |
| 13 | RJ Gleesonislamabad-united | 18.92 | |
| 14 | JO Holderislamabad-united | 19.00 | |
| 15 | Saud Shakeelquetta-gladiators | 19.10 |
2026 · top 10 for the latest season
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nahid Ranapeshawar-zalmi | 10.89 | |
| 2 | AM Hardiepeshawar-zalmi | 12.82 | |
| 3 | Sufiyan Muqeempeshawar-zalmi | 14.41 | |
| 4 | Shadab Khanislamabad-united | 14.47 | |
| 5 | Ali Razapeshawar-zalmi | 16.80 | |
| 6 | Mohammad Basitpeshawar-zalmi | 17.20 | |
| 7 | Shaheen Shah Afridilahore-qalandars | 18.19 | |
| 8 | Hunain Shahhyderabad-kingsmenislamabad-united | 18.41 | |
| 9 | RJ Gleesonislamabad-united | 18.92 | |
| 10 | Mohammad Alihyderabad-kingsmenmultan-sultanspeshawar-zalmi | 18.95 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads PSL all-time bowling avg?
- Nahid Rana leads PSL all-time bowling avg with 10.89. The top three are: Nahid Rana, AM Hardie, Rashid Khan.
- How is PSL bowling avg calculated?
- Runs conceded per wicket taken across all PSL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this PSL bowling avg leaderboard include 2026?
- Yes. The all-time table covers PSL 2016–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical PSL SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
Sample-size floor: Minimum 90 balls bowled. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-psl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Nahid Rana leads PSL all-time bowling avg with 10.89. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/psl/leaderboards/bowling-average”