T20 Cricket 2026 bowling averages
Updated , after India vs West IndiesHamid Shah leads T20 Cricket on bowling average: 8.38 from 7 matches (Denmark) · Arab Gul (9.17) and Kamal Soukhiya (9.57) next
| # | Player · last 3 inningsPlayer | Team | Last 3 innings · newest first | Bowling Average | Mat | Inns | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | Econ | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid Shah | 3/232/313/13 | 8.38 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10.3 | 67 | 8 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Arab Gul AFG 1/134/81/14 | AFG | 1/134/81/14 | 9.17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13.2 | 55 | 6 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Kamal Soukhiya | 2/191/224/26 | 9.57 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 67 | 7 | 5.58 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Tabraiz Shamsi | 4/150/201/19 | 10.50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.5 | 84 | 8 | 5.79 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | Sonny Baker | 2/171/153/12 | 10.78 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 41.6 | 291 | 27 | 7.00 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Naveenraj Rajendran | 2/223/151/28 | 10.83 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 65 | 6 | 5.91 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Rachin Ravindra | 2/231/274/29 | 11.04 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 32.0 | 254 | 23 | 7.94 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | Nasrulla Rana HK 1/182/231/11 | HK | 1/182/231/11 | 11.36 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | 125 | 11 | 5.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Adam Senn | 2/242/150/35 | 11.50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 92 | 8 | 5.75 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ahmadullah Shinwari | 1/281/323/12 | 11.63 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 93 | 8 | 5.81 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 11 | Naser Baluch | SWE | 11.75 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 94 | 8 | 6.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Benjamin Ito-Davis | JPN | 11.80 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12.0 | 59 | 5 | 4.92 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Pavandeep Singh | ML | 11.82 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 130 | 11 | 5.20 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Danilson Hawoe | ISN | 12.00 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 108 | 9 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Irfan Husain | ROU | 12.20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17.0 | 122 | 10 | 7.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Samuel Cook | ESS | 12.25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16.6 | 98 | 8 | 5.90 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | Hammadullah Shinwari | FIN | 12.38 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29.3 | 161 | 13 | 5.49 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | Mackenzie Jones | SCO | 12.43 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12.0 | 87 | 7 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | Amjad Sher | FIN | 12.44 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39.0 | 224 | 18 | 5.74 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | GAW | 12.67 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.2 | 114 | 9 | 6.63 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Joshua James | ABF | 12.75 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17.6 | 153 | 12 | 8.69 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Nahid Rana | BAN | 13.00 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29.3 | 195 | 15 | 6.66 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | Craig Young | DG | 13.00 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18.0 | 169 | 13 | 9.39 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Jeremy Martins | POR | 13.80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.2 | 69 | 5 | 6.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Jan Balt | NAM | 13.82 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26.0 | 152 | 11 | 5.85 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | Ottneil Baartman | SO | 13.95 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 69.4 | 558 | 40 | 8.04 | 2 | 1 | |
| 27 | Ajin Soman | MLT | 14.00 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16.0 | 112 | 8 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Ahmad Khalid Ahmadzai | BEL | 14.40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10.0 | 72 | 5 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Mohammad Nabi | AFG | 14.58 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 47.0 | 350 | 24 | 7.45 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30 | Matt Renshaw | AUS | 14.75 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 18.0 | 118 | 8 | 6.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Craig Miles | GLO | 14.83 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13.4 | 89 | 6 | 6.64 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Ravi Thapliyal | BEL | 14.86 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 104 | 7 | 7.43 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ehsan Khan | HK | 15.00 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32.4 | 180 | 12 | 5.56 | 1 | 0 | |
| 34 | Samiullah Rahmani | SWE | 15.00 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 180 | 12 | 6.92 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Jeevan Bhatt | DEU | 15.00 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13.0 | 105 | 7 | 8.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Gurinder Sandhu | MR | 15.07 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21.0 | 211 | 14 | 10.05 | 3 | 0 | |
| 37 | Duan Jansen | SA | 15.17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 50.4 | 440 | 29 | 8.73 | 2 | 0 | |
| 38 | Edward Fleming | POR | 15.25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19.0 | 122 | 8 | 6.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Sufiyan Muqeem | PAK | 15.26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 96.0 | 717 | 47 | 7.47 | 3 | 0 | |
| 40 | Shahid Afridi | DEU | 15.33 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 23.5 | 230 | 15 | 9.79 | 2 | 0 | |
| 41 | Shariq Munir | QAT | 15.50 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15.0 | 124 | 8 | 8.27 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | Lloyd Pope | LAKR | 15.75 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 189 | 12 | 7.56 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | Ibrar Shah | UAE | 15.80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 79 | 5 | 6.58 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44 | Calvin Harrison | NOR | 15.82 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49.6 | 348 | 22 | 7.02 | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | Michael Bracewell | AF | 15.92 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 54.0 | 382 | 24 | 7.07 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Mohammed Aslam | KWT | 16.00 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 80 | 5 | 7.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Scott Currie | HAM | 16.04 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 55.5 | 417 | 26 | 7.51 | 1 | 0 | |
| 48 | Sunil Narine | TKR | 16.13 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 154.7 | 855 | 53 | 5.53 | 1 | 0 | |
| 49 | Corbin Bosch | MI | 16.19 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 96.6 | 777 | 48 | 8.04 | 3 | 0 | |
| 50 | Syed Zaki Ul Hassan | BEL | 16.20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 81 | 5 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | James Sales | NOR | 16.21 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 46.0 | 389 | 24 | 8.46 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Mitchell Stanley | LAN | 16.33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11.0 | 98 | 6 | 8.91 | 1 | 0 | |
| 53 | Hardus Viljoen | TSK | 16.39 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33.2 | 295 | 18 | 8.89 | 1 | 0 | |
| 54 | Ben Raine | DUR | 16.59 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40.5 | 282 | 17 | 6.96 | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | Junaid Siddique | UAE | 16.69 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24.4 | 217 | 13 | 8.89 | 0 | 1 | |
| 56 | D'Arcy Short | GLO | 16.73 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 23.0 | 184 | 11 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 57 | Richard Ngarava | ZIM | 16.75 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29.2 | 268 | 16 | 9.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 58 | Abdullah Mahmood | DNK | 16.80 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14.0 | 84 | 5 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Ali Raza | PZ | 16.80 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.1 | 168 | 10 | 9.82 | 1 | 0 | |
| 60 | Joel Davies | AUS | 16.83 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 29.0 | 202 | 12 | 6.97 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Adam Finch | WOR | 17.00 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21.0 | 204 | 12 | 9.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | Musa Ahmadzai | CHE | 17.00 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13.2 | 119 | 7 | 9.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | Ashwani Kumar | MI | 17.00 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | 102 | 6 | 10.20 | 1 | 0 | |
| 64 | Khuzaima Tanveer | UAE | 17.11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20.8 | 154 | 9 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Gerhard Erasmus | NAM | 17.17 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 27.0 | 206 | 12 | 7.63 | 1 | 0 | |
| 66 | Mohammad Basit | PZ | 17.20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21.7 | 172 | 10 | 7.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| 67 | Daniel Worrall | JSK | 17.25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 69 | 4 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | Rahkeem Cornwall | ABF | 17.29 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14.0 | 121 | 7 | 8.64 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | Shadnan Khan | AUT | 17.33 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14.0 | 104 | 6 | 7.43 | 1 | 0 | |
| 70 | Jamie Overton | CSK | 17.36 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 79.2 | 625 | 36 | 7.89 | 1 | 0 | |
| 71 | Matthew Humphreys | BW | 17.38 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 75.5 | 556 | 32 | 7.36 | 2 | 0 | |
| 72 | Ben Dwarshuis | PBKS | 17.38 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 66.8 | 556 | 32 | 8.32 | 1 | 0 | |
| 73 | Hasan Ali | YOR | 17.38 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 92.5 | 782 | 45 | 8.45 | 3 | 0 | |
| 74 | Muhammad Azri Azhar | ML | 17.50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10.4 | 70 | 4 | 6.73 | 0 | 0 | |
| 75 | Gareth Delany | ECR | 17.60 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 28.0 | 176 | 10 | 6.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | Mohammad Ali | HK | 17.62 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 84.3 | 687 | 39 | 8.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | James Anderson | LAN | 17.63 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19.0 | 141 | 8 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | Crishan Kalugamage | ITA | 17.64 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 194 | 11 | 7.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | Liam Patterson-White | NOT | 17.67 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29.0 | 212 | 12 | 7.31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 | Ajay Kumar | UAE | 17.67 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | 53 | 3 | 5.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Wes Agar | SYT | 17.71 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14.0 | 124 | 7 | 8.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| 82 | Ateeq Iqbal | HK | 17.75 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | 71 | 4 | 7.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | RCB | 17.89 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 63.0 | 501 | 28 | 7.95 | 1 | 0 | |
| 84 | Marcus Stoinis | PBKS | 17.97 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 22 | 63.3 | 539 | 30 | 8.52 | 0 | 1 | |
| 85 | Iain Latin | GIB | 18.00 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15.0 | 126 | 7 | 8.40 | 1 | 0 | |
| 86 | Tom Lawes | SUR | 18.09 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 22.5 | 199 | 11 | 8.84 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Shadab Khan | PAK | 18.12 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 129.0 | 924 | 51 | 7.16 | 1 | 0 | |
| 88 | Callum Parkinson | DUR | 18.24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 43.0 | 310 | 17 | 7.21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Mitchell Starc | DC | 18.29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 42.0 | 384 | 21 | 9.14 | 2 | 0 | |
| 90 | Tharindu Ratnayake | SL | 18.29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15.0 | 128 | 7 | 8.53 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Sebastian Cruz De Oliviera | POR | 18.29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.0 | 128 | 7 | 7.53 | 1 | 0 | |
| 92 | Ben Sears | NZ | 18.33 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35.2 | 275 | 15 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Reece Topley | ECR | 18.36 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49.3 | 404 | 22 | 8.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | James Hayes | GLO | 18.50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10.4 | 111 | 6 | 10.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Azmatullah Omarzai | AFG | 18.53 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36.5 | 315 | 17 | 8.63 | 1 | 0 | |
| 96 | Shubham Ranjane | RD | 18.57 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 18.0 | 130 | 7 | 7.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Jasper Davidson | RD | 18.57 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12.0 | 130 | 7 | 10.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Gerald Coetzee | SA | 18.58 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29.5 | 223 | 12 | 7.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Jyd Goolie | TKR | 18.71 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18.0 | 131 | 7 | 7.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | Zabiullah Zahid | SWE | 18.75 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20.0 | 150 | 8 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | |
Bowling Average: bowling average · Mat: matches · Inns: innings · Ov: overs · Runs: runs conceded · Wkts: wickets · Econ: economy rate · 4w: 4-wicket hauls · 5w: 5-wicket hauls · Last 3 innings: in this competition, newest first
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T20 Cricket 2026 Bowling Averages
Hamid Shah leads T20 Cricket on bowling average (8.38) for Denmark, ahead of Arab Gul (9.17) and Kamal Soukhiya (9.57). The T20 Cricket 2026 bowling average leaderboard ranks the 598 players who meet the qualifying threshold this season. The leading bowler can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse bowling average depth across squads. Qualification: minimum 10 overs bowled, 1 wickets.
Frequently asked questions
Who has the best bowling average in T20 Cricket 2026?
Hamid Shah leads T20 Cricket 2026 with a bowling average of 8.38 from 7 matches, at an economy of 6.5. Arab Gul is second on 9.17 and Kamal Soukhiya third on 9.57. A player needs a minimum 10 overs bowled, 1 wickets to be ranked. The table ranks every player in T20 Cricket 2026 by bowling average, with their team and matches.
Who are the top bowlers in T20 Cricket 2026?
The top three bowlers in T20 Cricket 2026 are Hamid Shah (8.38 in 7 matches), Arab Gul (9.17 in 4 matches) and Kamal Soukhiya (9.57 in 3 matches). Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.



