IPL 2011 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling average
Best bowling average, IPL 2011: SL Malinga — 13.39 Average (R/W).
Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better.
| # | Player | Average (R/W) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SL MalingaMI | 13.39 | 378 legal deliveries |
| 2 | Shakib Al HasanKKR | 15.91 | 153 legal deliveries |
| 3 | MM PatelMI | 16.27 | 326 legal deliveries |
| 4 | R SharmaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 17.06 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 5 | S AravindRCB | 17.52 | 276 legal deliveries |
| 6 | YK PathanKKR | 18.31 | 234 legal deliveries |
| 7 | A MishraDECCAN-CHARGERS | 18.84 | 320 legal deliveries |
| 8 | Iqbal AbdullaKKR | 19.06 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 9 | DE BollingerCSK | 19.35 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 10 | R AshwinCSK | 19.40 | 378 legal deliveries |
| 11 | PP ChawlaPBKS | 21.00 | 248 legal deliveries |
| 12 | Yuvraj SinghPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 21.33 | 174 legal deliveries |
| 13 | DW SteynDECCAN-CHARGERS | 21.36 | 273 legal deliveries |
| 14 | SK WarneRR | 22.85 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 15 | SJ SrivastavaPBKS | 23.25 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 16 | WD ParnellPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 23.67 | 176 legal deliveries |
| 17 | RJ HarrisPBKS | 23.88 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 18 | A SinghRR | 23.89 | 171 legal deliveries |
| 19 | JH KallisKKR | 24.29 | 144 legal deliveries |
| 20 | RV GomezKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA | 24.80 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 21 | JD UnadkatKKR | 25.00 | 108 legal deliveries |
| 22 | M MorkelDC | 25.00 | 258 legal deliveries |
| 23 | J Syed MohammadRCB | 25.40 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 24 | BA BhattPBKS | 25.44 | 167 legal deliveries |
| 25 | JA MorkelCSK | 25.47 | 270 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2011 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2011 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling average.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2011), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.