IPL 2024 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling average
Best bowling average, IPL 2024: M Pathirana — 13.00 Average (R/W).
Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better.
| # | Player | Average (R/W) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M PathiranaCSK | 13.00 | 132 legal deliveries |
| 2 | AD RussellKKR | 15.53 | 176 legal deliveries |
| 3 | JJ BumrahMI | 16.80 | 311 legal deliveries |
| 4 | CV VarunKKR | 19.33 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 5 | R Sai KishoreGT | 19.57 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 6 | HV PatelPBKS | 19.88 | 294 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Harshit RanaKKR | 20.16 | 253 legal deliveries |
| 8 | N BurgerRR | 20.71 | 102 legal deliveries |
| 9 | GJ MaxwellRCB | 21.50 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Mukesh KumarDC | 21.65 | 213 legal deliveries |
| 11 | SP NarineKKR | 21.65 | 330 legal deliveries |
| 12 | Swapnil SinghRCB | 22.17 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 13 | Mustafizur RahmanCSK | 22.79 | 206 legal deliveries |
| 14 | Kuldeep YadavDC | 23.25 | 258 legal deliveries |
| 15 | Sandeep SharmaRR | 23.92 | 228 legal deliveries |
| 16 | PP ChawlaMI | 24.00 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 17 | T NatarajanSRH | 24.47 | 308 legal deliveries |
| 18 | TU DeshpandeCSK | 24.94 | 288 legal deliveries |
| 19 | VG AroraKKR | 25.45 | 180 legal deliveries |
| 20 | SM CurranPBKS | 26.00 | 246 legal deliveries |
| 21 | MA StarcKKR | 26.12 | 251 legal deliveries |
| 22 | G CoetzeeMI | 26.23 | 201 legal deliveries |
| 23 | UT YadavGT | 26.25 | 126 legal deliveries |
| 24 | I SharmaDC | 26.50 | 162 legal deliveries |
| 25 | Naveen-ul-HaqLSG | 26.57 | 219 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2024 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2024 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling average.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2024), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.