WPL leaderboard

WPL — Best Bowling Average

IECM Wong leads WPL all-time bowling avg with 14.44. Runs conceded per wicket taken across all WPL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.

All time (WPL 2023–2025/26)

#PlayerAverageSample
1IECM Wongmumbai-indians14.44
2N de Klerkroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru15.89
3LK Bellroyal-challengers-bengaluru16.58
4AC Kerrmumbai-indians17.15
5NSS Sharmadelhi-capitals18.59
6HK Matthewsmumbai-indians18.76
7S Ecclestoneup-warriorz20.44
8A Capseydelhi-capitals20.45
9JL Jonassendelhi-capitals20.76
10SFM Devinegujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bangalore20.77
11SR Patilroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru20.80
12M Kappdelhi-capitals21.16
13S Ishaquemumbai-indians21.20
14N Shree Charanidelhi-capitals21.33
15KJ Garthgujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bengaluru22.15

2025/26 · top 10 for the latest season

#PlayerAverageSample
1AC Kerrmumbai-indians15.00
2N de Klerkroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru15.69
3SFM Devinegujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bangalore16.00
4RS Gayakwadgujarat-giantsup-warriorz16.18
5LK Bellroyal-challengers-bengaluru16.58
6CA Henrydelhi-capitalsup-warriorz17.79
7NSS Sharmadelhi-capitals18.59
8SG Satgharegujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bengaluru19.44
9N Shree Charanidelhi-capitals22.36
10SR Patilroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru25.00

Frequently asked questions

Who leads WPL all-time bowling avg?
IECM Wong leads WPL all-time bowling avg with 14.44. The top three are: IECM Wong, N de Klerk, LK Bell.
How is WPL bowling avg calculated?
Runs conceded per wicket taken across all WPL 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 WPL bowling avg leaderboard include 2025/26?
Yes. The all-time table covers WPL 2023–2025/26. A separate 2025/26-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 WPL 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.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-wpl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: IECM Wong leads WPL all-time bowling avg with 14.44. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/wpl/leaderboards/bowling-average”