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County Championship 2026 bowling averages

Updated 24 Sep 2026, after Kent vs Gloucestershire

Adam Lyth leads County Championship on bowling average: 12.75 from 14 matches (Yorkshire) · Kuldeep Yadav (15.70) and Hasan Mahmud (15.77) next

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#	Player · last 3 matchesPlayer	Team	Last 3 matches · newest first	Bowling Average	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Econ	4w	5w
1	Adam Lyth YOR 0/64/290/16	YOR	0/64/290/16	12.75	14	5	14	5	25.2	51	4	2.02	1	0
2	Kuldeep Yadav YOR 0/3710/120	YOR	0/3710/120	15.70	3	4	3	4	49.0	157	10	3.20	0	1
3	Hasan Mahmud KEN 7/627/1193/128	KEN	7/627/1193/128	15.77	4	8	4	8	126.5	410	26	3.24	0	3
4	George Drissell WOR 2/32	WOR	2/32	16.00	1	1	1	1	16.0	32	2	2.00	0	0
5	Yuzvendra Chahal NOR 2/575/659/120	NOR	2/575/659/120	16.14	5	9	5	9	120.0	339	21	2.83	0	2
6	Kyle Abbott HAM 2/545/994/101	HAM	2/545/994/101	16.16	14	24	14	24	422.1	1,034	64	2.45	4	6
7	Fergus O'Neil NOT 6/827/1318/86	NOT	6/827/1318/86	16.38	5	9	5	9	158.5	426	26	2.69	0	4
8	Tom Lammonby SOM 0/12/270/33	SOM	0/12/270/33	16.67	12	8	12	8	31.0	100	6	3.23	0	0
9	James Anderson LAN 3/583/746/96	LAN	3/583/746/96	17.68	11	21	11	21	321.3	884	50	2.75	2	5
10	Matty Potts DUR 2/806/623/67	DUR	2/806/623/67	17.95	11	21	11	21	371.7	1,077	60	2.90	1	7
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11	Joe Root	YOR		18.25	3	3	3	3	45.0	146	8	3.24	2	0
12	George Hill	YOR		18.40	14	26	14	26	354.3	883	48	2.49	0	7
13	Brett Randell	DER		18.60	4	8	4	8	133.5	372	20	2.79	0	3
14	Craig Overton	SOM		19.19	13	26	13	26	396.9	1,017	53	2.56	2	6
15	Ethan Bamber	WAR		19.39	14	27	14	27	445.3	1,338	69	3.00	1	9
16	Olly Stone	NOT		19.48	11	18	11	18	312.9	974	50	3.11	1	5
17	Ryan Higgins	MID		19.57	12	22	12	22	401.1	1,135	58	2.83	2	7
18	Manav Suthar	WAR		19.93	6	12	6	12	190.1	538	27	2.83	1	3
19	Lewis Gregory	SOM		19.96	11	21	11	21	297.8	958	48	3.22	2	5
20	Ben Raine	DUR		20.09	10	19	10	19	359.2	944	47	2.63	1	5
21	Jack Leach	SOM		20.22	13	24	13	24	316.7	728	36	2.30	4	2
22	Aristides Karvelas	SUS		20.25	4	7	4	7	89.0	243	12	2.73	0	1
23	Ben Stokes	DUR		20.36	7	12	7	12	169.6	509	25	3.00	1	3
24	Ben Allison	WOR		20.36	8	16	8	16	255.3	733	36	2.87	1	3
25	Ben Aitchison	DER		20.38	13	21	13	21	431.2	1,182	58	2.74	1	7
26	Matt Milnes	KEN		20.41	12	20	12	20	353.0	1,102	54	3.12	1	6
27	Ben Coad	YOR		20.63	7	13	7	13	212.7	495	24	2.33	0	3
28	Samuel Cook	ESS		20.76	12	19	12	19	309.9	872	42	2.81	2	4
29	Thomas Haines	SUS		20.83	13	14	13	14	95.0	250	12	2.63	0	1
30	Khaled Ahmed	KEN		20.94	3	6	3	6	98.9	335	16	3.39	0	2
31	Tom Price	SUS		21.05	7	13	7	13	142.8	442	21	3.10	1	2
32	Shane Snater	ESS		21.18	13	20	13	20	295.0	847	40	2.87	1	2
33	Daniel Moriarty	YOR		21.25	1	1	1	1	20.4	85	4	4.17	1	0
34	Naavya Sharma	MID		21.31	9	17	9	17	230.8	746	35	3.23	3	3
35	Glenton Stuurman	KEN		21.40	1	2	1	2	28.0	107	5	3.82	0	1
36	Ben Sanderson	NOR		21.57	13	24	13	24	439.3	1,251	58	2.85	2	6
37	George Balderson	LAN		21.89	13	24	13	24	373.2	1,160	53	3.11	3	4
38	Ben Gibbon	WOR		22.00	3	4	3	4	46.0	198	9	4.30	0	1
39	James Langridge	GLO		22.14	4	7	4	7	111.0	487	22	4.39	1	2
40	Jaydev Unadkat	SUS		22.21	7	13	7	13	225.4	622	28	2.76	2	2
41	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	WAR		22.64	13	23	13	23	301.1	883	39	2.93	1	4
42	Toby Roland-Jones	MID		22.71	13	24	13	24	385.8	1,022	45	2.65	1	5
43	Tom Norton	GLA		22.81	4	7	4	7	112.5	479	21	4.26	1	2
44	Rory Haydon	DER		22.82	4	8	4	8	157.3	502	22	3.19	1	2
45	Jack White	YOR		22.88	12	22	12	22	318.7	778	34	2.44	2	3
46	Daniel Worrall	SUR		22.89	8	13	8	13	252.5	641	28	2.54	1	2
47	Chris Woakes	WAR		22.93	8	16	8	16	201.1	619	27	3.08	1	2
48	Keith Barker	WAR		23.00	2	4	2	4	59.0	138	6	2.34	0	1
49	Sean Hunt	SUS		23.05	6	11	6	11	148.0	461	20	3.11	0	2
50	Luis Reece	DER		23.25	11	8	11	8	55.0	186	8	3.38	0	1
51	Tom Helm	LEI		23.26	9	17	9	17	290.1	907	39	3.13	1	4
52	Beyers Swanepoel	WOR		23.45	8	13	8	13	225.3	727	31	3.23	1	3
53	Ben Walkden	LAN		23.50	5	8	5	8	83.0	282	12	3.40	2	0
54	Henry Crocombe	SUS		23.53	10	16	10	16	249.6	941	40	3.77	1	4
55	Ian Holland	LEI		23.59	11	19	11	19	313.6	873	37	2.78	1	3
56	Auqib Nabi	SUR		23.88	2	4	2	4	62.0	191	8	3.08	0	1
57	Harry Conway	NOR		23.95	11	21	11	21	351.5	1,054	44	3.00	0	5
58	Ed Barnard	WAR		24.00	14	26	14	26	264.5	720	30	2.72	0	1
59	Luke Hollman	MID		24.00	5	5	5	5	20.5	96	4	4.68	0	0
60	Sonny Baker	HAM		24.28	8	13	8	13	201.8	704	29	3.49	1	3
61	Wiaan Mulder	ESS		24.56	4	6	4	6	59.8	221	9	3.70	0	1
62	Rahul Chahar	SUR		24.93	5	6	5	6	106.1	349	14	3.29	0	2
63	Sai Kishore	GLO		24.95	6	10	6	10	212.2	549	22	2.59	1	1
64	Zain Ul Hassan	GLA		25.04	10	18	10	18	220.6	701	28	3.18	2	2
65	Liam Patterson-White	NOT		25.12	14	24	14	24	435.7	1,055	42	2.42	1	4
66	Will Rhodes	DUR		25.50	8	8	8	8	48.3	153	6	3.17	0	0
67	Michael Booth	WAR		25.57	5	8	5	8	89.4	358	14	4.00	0	2
68	Danru Ferns	MID		25.71	2	4	2	4	52.0	180	7	3.46	0	1
69	Raymond Toole	GLA		25.82	3	6	3	6	92.8	284	11	3.06	0	1
70	Liam Livingstone	LAN		25.83	2	4	2	4	45.0	155	6	3.44	0	1
71	Brydon Carse	DUR		26.25	4	7	4	7	108.0	420	16	3.89	1	1
72	Ollie Edward Robinson	SUS		26.28	6	9	6	9	159.9	473	18	2.96	0	3
73	Harry Brook	YOR		26.33	2	3	2	3	28.1	79	3	2.81	0	0
74	Matthew Fisher	SUR		26.51	11	17	11	17	307.4	981	37	3.19	1	3
75	James Taylor	SUR		26.63	5	7	5	7	130.5	426	16	3.26	0	1
76	Benjamin Cliff	YOR		26.74	11	14	11	14	151.4	508	19	3.36	1	1
77	Will Williams	GLO		26.80	11	19	11	19	331.9	938	35	2.83	0	3
78	Archie Vaughan	SOM		26.95	13	19	13	19	178.9	512	19	2.86	1	1
79	Anuj Dal	DER		27.00	6	9	6	9	93.4	297	11	3.18	1	0
80	Matthew Quinn	KEN		27.00	4	8	4	8	94.4	270	10	2.86	0	1
81	Zaman Akhter	ESS		27.06	6	10	6	10	125.4	487	18	3.88	1	2
82	Hasan Ali	YOR		27.29	2	3	2	3	62.5	191	7	3.06	0	1
83	Brett Hutton	NOT		27.45	9	15	9	15	216.4	604	22	2.79	1	2
84	Fateh Singh	WOR		27.50	5	6	5	6	76.1	275	10	3.61	0	1
85	Liam Guthrie	NOR		27.75	7	13	7	13	158.4	666	24	4.20	0	3
86	Ben Green	LEI		27.88	10	19	10	19	311.5	920	33	2.95	2	2
87	Ryan Hadley	GLA		27.93	8	14	8	14	200.5	754	27	3.76	1	3
88	Dillon Pennington	NOT		27.97	9	15	9	15	277.5	811	29	2.92	0	4
89	Sebastian Morgan	MID		27.97	8	15	8	15	232.9	895	32	3.84	2	2
90	Josh de Caires	MID		28.00	4	4	4	4	22.0	56	2	2.55	0	0
91	George O'Connor	WOR		28.00	1	1	1	1	14.0	56	2	4.00	0	0
92	Timm van der Gugten	GLA		28.21	14	24	14	24	432.7	1,213	43	2.80	0	4
93	Matthew Waite	WOR		28.37	14	21	14	21	297.0	851	30	2.87	1	1
94	Jafer Chohan	YOR		28.50	1	2	1	2	16.0	57	2	3.56	0	0
95	Migael Pretorius	SOM		28.84	13	25	13	25	339.3	1,067	37	3.14	4	1
96	James Coles	SUS		29.15	13	19	13	19	217.4	787	27	3.62	1	1
97	Eddie Jack	HAM		29.33	9	16	9	16	181.4	704	24	3.88	2	1
98	Mir Hamza	GLA		29.45	4	6	4	6	88.2	324	11	3.67	1	0
99	Tom Bailey	LAN		29.50	11	20	11	20	315.9	1,003	34	3.18	1	2
100	Tom Prest	HAM		29.67	11	7	11	7	17.5	89	3	5.09	0	0

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County Championship 2026 Bowling Averages

Adam Lyth topped County Championship on bowling average (12.75) for Yorkshire, ahead of Kuldeep Yadav (15.70) and Hasan Mahmud (15.77). The County Championship 2026 bowling average leaderboard ranks the 226 players who meet the qualifying threshold this season. These are the final standings from the County Championship 2026 season. Qualification: minimum 10 overs bowled, 1 wickets.

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Who had the best bowling average in County Championship 2026?

Adam Lyth led County Championship 2026 with a bowling average of 12.75 from 14 matches, at an economy of 2.02. Kuldeep Yadav was second on 15.7 and Hasan Mahmud third on 15.77. A player needs a minimum 10 overs bowled, 1 wickets to be ranked. The table ranks every player in County Championship 2026 by bowling average, with their team and matches.

Who were the top bowlers in County Championship 2026?

The top three bowlers in County Championship 2026 were Adam Lyth (12.75 in 14 matches), Kuldeep Yadav (15.7 in 3 matches) and Hasan Mahmud (15.77 in 4 matches). Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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