T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Best Bowling Average
Tanzim Hasan Sakib leads T20 World Cup all-time bowling avg with 10.27. Runs conceded per wicket across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzim Hasan Sakibbangladesh | 10.27 | |
| 2 | R Ravindranew-zealand | 11.08 | |
| 3 | Imran Tahirsouth-africa | 11.88 | |
| 4 | PWH de Silvasri-lanka | 12.05 | |
| 5 | A Nortjesouth-africa | 12.61 | |
| 6 | AS Josephwest-indies | 12.78 | |
| 7 | S Badreewest-indies | 13.12 | |
| 8 | TA Boultnew-zealand | 13.31 | |
| 9 | Kuldeep Yadavindia | 13.44 | |
| 10 | KV Moreapapua-new-guinea | 13.63 | |
| 11 | A Zampaaustralia | 13.98 | |
| 12 | PA van Meekerennetherlands | 14.00 | |
| 13 | Usman Tariqpakistan | 14.10 | |
| 14 | Ahsan Maliknetherlands | 14.25 | |
| 15 | JJ Bumrahindia | 14.28 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Ravindranew-zealand | 12.27 | |
| 2 | JJ Bumrahindia | 12.43 | |
| 3 | MA Leaskscotland | 13.56 | |
| 4 | Usman Tariqpakistan | 14.10 | |
| 5 | B Muzarabanizimbabwe | 14.46 | |
| 6 | A Zampaaustralia | 14.50 | |
| 7 | Harmeet Singhunited-states-of-america | 16.14 | |
| 8 | J Overtonengland | 16.56 | |
| 9 | CJPF Kalugamageitaly | 16.57 | |
| 10 | G Motiewest-indies | 17.30 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time bowling avg?
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib leads T20 World Cup all-time bowling avg with 10.27. The top three are: Tanzim Hasan Sakib, R Ravindra, Imran Tahir.
- How is T20 World Cup bowling avg calculated?
- Runs conceded per wicket across all T20 World Cup editions. 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. Career totals span 6 editions (2013/14–2025/26).
- Which T20 World Cup editions are included?
- 6 editions from Cricsheet's public corpus: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024, and 2025/26 (230 matches, 687 players). The 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions are not available in Cricsheet. The all-time table aggregates career totals across all 6 editions. An edition-specific breakdown for 2025/26 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 T20 WC 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-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Tanzim Hasan Sakib leads T20 WC all-time bowling avg with 10.27. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/bowling-average”