IPL 2021 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling average
Best bowling average, IPL 2021: HV Patel — 14.34 Average (R/W).
Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better.
| # | Player | Average (R/W) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HV PatelRCB | 14.34 | 338 legal deliveries |
| 2 | JO HolderSRH | 15.44 | 191 legal deliveries |
| 3 | A NortjeDC | 15.58 | 182 legal deliveries |
| 4 | AD RussellKKR | 17.09 | 114 legal deliveries |
| 5 | LH FergusonKKR | 17.23 | 180 legal deliveries |
| 6 | NM Coulter-NileMI | 18.14 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Avesh KhanDC | 18.75 | 366 legal deliveries |
| 8 | DJ BravoCSK | 18.79 | 202 legal deliveries |
| 9 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 19.00 | 248 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Ravi BishnoiPBKS | 19.17 | 216 legal deliveries |
| 11 | JJ BumrahMI | 19.52 | 330 legal deliveries |
| 12 | YS ChahalRCB | 20.78 | 318 legal deliveries |
| 13 | Mohammed ShamiPBKS | 20.79 | 316 legal deliveries |
| 14 | AR PatelDC | 20.80 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 15 | Rashid KhanSRH | 21.11 | 342 legal deliveries |
| 16 | Shivam MaviKKR | 21.18 | 193 legal deliveries |
| 17 | SP NarineKKR | 22.56 | 336 legal deliveries |
| 18 | RD ChaharMI | 24.46 | 258 legal deliveries |
| 19 | CV VarunKKR | 24.89 | 408 legal deliveries |
| 20 | CH MorrisRR | 25.07 | 246 legal deliveries |
| 21 | SN ThakurCSK | 25.10 | 359 legal deliveries |
| 22 | PJ CumminsKKR | 26.33 | 161 legal deliveries |
| 23 | RA JadejaCSK | 26.62 | 294 legal deliveries |
| 24 | JR HazlewoodCSK | 26.64 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 25 | MM AliCSK | 26.83 | 152 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2021 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2021 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling average.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2021), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.