PSL leaderboard

PSL — Best Bowling Economy

Muhammad Naeem leads PSL all-time economy with 5.00. Runs conceded per over across all PSL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 15 balls bowled.

All time (PSL 2016–2026)

#PlayerEconomySample
1Muhammad Naeemlahore-qalandars5.00
2Nahid Ranapeshawar-zalmi5.44
3Mohammad Abbasmultan-sultans5.75
4Fakhar Zamanlahore-qalandars5.80
5Raja Farzanlahore-qalandars5.83
6Abdul Nasirquetta-gladiators5.86
7Azhar Alilahore-qalandars6.00
8Athar Mahmoodislamabad-united6.13
9Rashid Khanlahore-qalandars6.14
10SP Narinelahore-qalandars6.25
11Maaz Sadaqathyderabad-kingsmenpeshawar-zalmi6.33
12RR Rossouwmultan-sultansquetta-gladiators6.38
13JC Archerquetta-gladiators6.63
14CJ Greenislamabad-unitedmultan-sultans6.68
15C Camphermultan-sultans6.75

2026 · top 10 for the latest season

#PlayerEconomySample
1Nahid Ranapeshawar-zalmi5.44
2CJ Greenislamabad-unitedmultan-sultans6.78
3Shadab Khanislamabad-united7.03
4RJ Gleesonislamabad-united7.17
5Sufiyan Muqeempeshawar-zalmi7.20
6Usama Mirkarachi-kingslahore-qalandarsmultan-sultans7.38
7AM Hardiepeshawar-zalmi7.42
8Mustafizur Rahmanlahore-qalandars7.47
9Usman Tariqquetta-gladiators7.55
10Imad Wasimislamabad-unitedkarachi-kings7.57

Frequently asked questions

Who leads PSL all-time economy?
Muhammad Naeem leads PSL all-time economy with 5.00. The top three are: Muhammad Naeem, Nahid Rana, Mohammad Abbas.
How is PSL economy calculated?
Runs conceded per over across all PSL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 15 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 economy 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 15 balls bowled. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-psl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Muhammad Naeem leads PSL all-time economy with 5.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/psl/leaderboards/economy-leaders”