IPL 2025 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling average
Best bowling average, IPL 2025: JD Unadkat — 15.91 Average (R/W).
Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better.
| # | Player | Average (R/W) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JD UnadkatSRH | 15.91 | 143 legal deliveries |
| 2 | Noor AhmadCSK | 17.00 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 3 | JR HazlewoodRCB | 17.55 | 264 legal deliveries |
| 4 | JJ BumrahMI | 17.56 | 284 legal deliveries |
| 5 | KV SharmaMI | 18.29 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 6 | E MalingaSRH | 18.31 | 160 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Harpreet BrarPBKS | 19.00 | 132 legal deliveries |
| 8 | M Prasidh KrishnaGT | 19.52 | 354 legal deliveries |
| 9 | R Sai KishoreGT | 20.68 | 255 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Ashwani KumarMI | 21.09 | 123 legal deliveries |
| 11 | A KambojCSK | 21.50 | 129 legal deliveries |
| 12 | KH PandyaRCB | 22.29 | 276 legal deliveries |
| 13 | CV VarunKKR | 22.53 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 14 | MM AliKKR | 22.67 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 15 | TA BoultMI | 23.50 | 346 legal deliveries |
| 16 | HH PandyaMI | 24.43 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 17 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 24.67 | 350 legal deliveries |
| 18 | VG AroraKKR | 25.29 | 255 legal deliveries |
| 19 | Kuldeep YadavDC | 26.00 | 318 legal deliveries |
| 20 | HV PatelSRH | 26.88 | 263 legal deliveries |
| 21 | YS ChahalPBKS | 26.88 | 270 legal deliveries |
| 22 | AD RussellKKR | 27.13 | 109 legal deliveries |
| 23 | M JansenPBKS | 27.19 | 283 legal deliveries |
| 24 | PJ CumminsSRH | 28.13 | 298 legal deliveries |
| 25 | B KumarRCB | 28.41 | 312 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2025 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2025 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling average.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2025), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.