Best Bowling Average in T20

Best Bowling Average in T20 is the purest metric for evaluating a bowler's wicket-taking efficiency, representing the average number of runs conceded for every wicket taken. Calculated as Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Wickets Taken, a lower average indicates a bowler's ability to dismiss batters at a minimal cost to the scoreboard.
In T20 Internationals (T20I), for bowlers with a significant sample size, the record is often headlined by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, who has maintained an average in the 14.0 to 15.0 range for much of his career. As of 2026, any bowler maintaining a career T20 average below 18.0 is considered elite, while dipping below 15.0 signifies a "generational talent" with game-changing impact. While Economy Rate measures run-saving, Bowling Average serves as the definitive gold standard for "strike-bowlers," highlighting those who possess the raw lethal edge to systematically dismantle any batting lineup.

RANK 1

Mosharraf Hossain

AVG

6.2

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RANK 2

Andrew Birch

AVG

Wkts

RANK 3

Dhruv Maisuria

BTS

AVG

10.12

Wkts

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Balls	Runs	Wkts	AVG	Econ	SR	Bbi	Bbm	4w	5w
1	Mosharraf Hossain	56	20	184.1	1105	62	60	6.2	6.38	61.38	4/9	4/9	2	0
2	Andrew Birch	84	39	277.3	1665	250	98	10	7.77	106.38	5/16	5/16	2	1
3	Dhruv Maisuria BTS	45	43	151.3	909	830	82	10.12	5.47	11	5/18	5/18	4	2
4	Craig Alexander	63	23	189.4	1138	118	50	10.72	7.67	108.25	4/11	4/11	2	0
5	Anas Khan HK	28	24	75.2	452	450	41	10.97	5.97	11	6/12	6/12	1	1
6	Makoto Taniyama	38	36	86.4	520	471	38	12.39	5.43	13.6	4/19	4/19	1	0
7	Derrick Brangman BER	30	30	97	582	528	42	12.57	5.44	13.8	5/19	5/19	1	1
8	Janith Silva	50	40	68.3	411	398	27	12.83	7.54	112.42	4/22	4/22	2	0
9	Jandre Coetzee	77	75	270	1620	1600	123	13	5.92	13.1	5/10	5/10	1	1
10	Deepak Behera	39	30	119.5	719	269	38	13.45	7.15	122.27	3/23	3/23	0	0
11	Virandeep Singh MAL	114	92	286.3	1719	1575	113	13.93	5.49	15.2	4/5	4/5	4	0
12	Malinda Pushpakumara	73	68	237.4	1426	1536	110	13.96	6.46	12.9	5/13	5/13	3	1
13	Nisarg Patel	21	21	67.4	406	377	27	13.96	5.57	15	4/17	4/17	1	0
14	Jayanta Behera	25	25	82	492	482	34	14.17	5.87	14.4	3/14	3/14	0	0
15	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1648	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.9	7/19	7/19	6	1
16	Sajeewa Weerakoon	31	29	97.3	585	567	39	14.53	5.81	15	3/14	3/14	0	0
17	Charles Perchard JER	59	56	195	1170	1223	84	14.55	6.27	13.9	5/17	5/17	3	1
18	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	28	20	62.3	375	417	28	14.89	6.67	13.3	4/18	4/18	2	0
19	Adeesha Thilanchana	30	26	66.4	400	477	32	14.9	7.15	12.5	3/17	3/17	0	0
20	Chanaka Welegedara	38	38	133.1	799	867	58	14.94	6.51	13.7	4/2	4/2	1	0
21	Dilesh Gunaratne	27	27	84.3	507	568	38	14.94	6.72	13.3	3/12	3/12	0	0
22	Ahsan Malik	46	43	146.1	877	1022	67	15.25	6.99	13	5/19	5/19	3	1
23	Clive Rose	58	24	160.5	965	183	28	15.25	8.41	138.63	2/14	2/14	0	0
24	Henry Ssenyondo UGA	117	110	384.1	2305	2095	137	15.29	5.45	16.8	5/8	5/8	7	1
25	Cheepurapalli Stephen	52	51	188.3	1131	1336	87	15.35	7.08	13	5/10	5/10	4	2
26	Paresh Patel	32	30	90.5	545	568	37	15.35	6.25	14.7	4/11	4/11	1	0
27	Prabath Jayasuriya SL	64	60	211.4	1270	1279	83	15.4	6.04	15.3	4/8	4/8	4	0
28	Alankara Asanka Silva	47	45	152.2	914	987	64	15.42	6.47	14.2	4/13	4/13	3	0
29	Alistair Gray	22	21	59.5	359	432	28	15.42	7.22	12.8	4/24	4/24	1	0
30	Manan Sharma	26	24	81.3	489	495	32	15.46	6.07	15.2	4/17	4/17	1	0
31	Himesh Ramanayake	23	23	68.5	413	500	32	15.62	7.26	12.9	4/31	4/31	1	0
32	Nalin Nipiko VAN	39	31	94.1	565	771	49	15.73	8.18	11.5	5/19	5/19	5	1
33	Aqib Ilyas	60	41	135	810	821	52	15.78	6.08	15.5	4/10	4/10	2	0
34	Janaka Gunaratne	50	40	122.4	736	791	50	15.82	6.44	14.7	4/21	4/21	2	0
35	Udith Madushan	24	22	66.5	401	459	29	15.82	6.86	13.8	3/17	3/17	0	0
36	Kabua Morea PNG	23	23	78.2	470	557	35	15.91	7.11	13.4	5/9	5/9	2	1
37	Ryan Hinds	23	22	63.5	383	382	24	15.91	5.98	15.9	3/12	3/12	0	0
38	Rakep Patel KEN	147	65	161.2	968	1040	65	16	6.44	14.8	4/30	4/30	1	0
39	Sachintha Peiris	26	25	80	480	512	32	16	6.4	15	3/15	3/15	0	0
40	Amila Aponso	49	45	155.2	932	920	57	16.14	5.92	16.3	3/7	3/7	0	0
41	Adrian Wright	27	26	90.3	543	469	29	16.17	5.18	18.7	4/14	4/14	1	0
42	Nimanda Madushanka	23	20	69.4	418	259	35	16.18	7.39	147.15	5/19	5/19	1	1
43	Brian Masaba	80	39	97.5	587	583	36	16.19	5.95	16.3	3/8	3/8	0	0
44	Tumi Masekela	23	22	67.2	404	421	26	16.19	6.25	15.5	5/14	5/14	0	1
45	Shaminda Eranga	37	37	135	810	941	58	16.22	6.97	13.9	4/18	4/18	3	0
46	Sachithra Serasinghe	40	33	96.1	577	684	42	16.28	7.11	13.7	5/22	5/22	2	1
47	Shadeep Silva	22	22	81.2	488	456	28	16.28	5.6	17.4	3/19	3/19	0	0
48	Pulina Tharanga	64	49	138	828	948	58	16.34	6.86	14.2	3/4	3/4	0	0
49	Nimesh Perera - jnr	46	32	100	600	688	42	16.38	6.88	14.2	4/26	4/26	2	0
50	Junaid Dawood	25	24	78	468	575	35	16.42	7.37	13.3	5/30	5/30	0	1
51	Kenneth Waiswa UGA	82	40	108.2	650	791	48	16.47	7.3	13.5	4/14	4/14	2	0
52	Kushal Bhurtel NEP	85	37	92.2	554	628	38	16.52	6.8	14.5	4/12	4/12	2	0
53	Shiran Fernando	36	33	102.5	617	778	47	16.55	7.56	13.1	4/19	4/19	1	0
54	Udara Jayasundera	55	25	63.5	383	447	27	16.55	7	14.1	4/16	4/16	2	0
55	Yogesh Nagar	55	21	47.3	285	350	21	16.66	7.36	13.5	3/13	3/13	0	0
56	Anand Rajan	31	31	114.5	689	784	47	16.68	6.82	14.6	4/26	4/26	1	0
57	Trevor Garwe	38	32	83.4	502	686	41	16.73	8.19	12.2	5/20	5/20	2	1
58	Sandeep Lamichhane NEP	170	168	628	3768	4179	249	16.78	6.65	15.1	5/9	5/9	4	2
59	Nayan Doshi	52	51	168	1008	1143	68	16.8	6.8	14.8	4/22	4/22	4	0
60	Lukman Meriwala	72	71	253.3	1521	1833	109	16.81	7.23	13.9	5/8	5/8	1	3
61	Nishan Peiris	43	39	113.4	682	740	44	16.81	6.51	15.5	4/3	4/3	2	0
62	Chad Soper	32	30	96.4	580	622	37	16.81	6.43	15.6	3/11	3/11	0	0
63	Roscoe Thattil	31	21	61.1	367	438	26	16.84	7.16	14.1	5/23	5/23	0	1
64	Bamanye Xenxe	33	29	79.3	477	658	39	16.87	8.27	12.2	4/25	4/25	4	0
65	Basant Regmi NEP	40	40	140.3	843	901	53	17	6.41	15.9	4/16	4/16	2	0
66	Sahan Arachchige	90	53	123.1	739	890	52	17.11	7.22	14.2	4/8	4/8	1	0
67	Padmanabhan Prasanth	49	49	175.1	1051	1098	64	17.15	6.26	16.4	4/13	4/13	1	0
68	Dushan Vimukthi	34	31	92.2	554	567	33	17.18	6.14	16.7	4/21	4/21	1	0
69	Delorn Johnson	21	21	71.5	431	552	32	17.25	7.68	13.4	5/5	5/5	0	1
70	Majid Haq	40	39	146.4	880	900	52	17.3	6.13	16.9	3/12	3/12	0	0
71	Saeed Ajmal	195	193	723	4338	4706	271	17.36	6.5	16	4/14	4/14	8	0
72	Mansoor Amjad	48	28	69	414	469	27	17.37	6.79	15.3	4/18	4/18	1	0
73	Amit Verma	52	36	86.5	521	626	36	17.38	7.2	14.4	4/2	4/2	2	0
74	Ehsan Khan HK	108	106	387.4	2326	2439	140	17.42	6.29	16.6	4/5	4/5	5	0
75	Sahan Nanayakkare	28	27	79.3	477	523	30	17.43	6.57	15.9	5/24	5/24	1	1
76	Tyrone Kane IRE	48	35	93.1	559	752	43	17.48	8.07	13	5/22	5/22	1	1
77	Wanindu Hasaranga SL	243	234	849.5	5099	5956	340	17.51	7	14.9	6/9	6/9	11	3
78	Gayan Sirisoma	26	26	90.5	545	649	37	17.54	7.14	14.7	4/25	4/25	1	0
79	Dushan Hemantha SL	87	69	224.5	1349	1545	88	17.55	6.87	15.3	6/23	6/23	3	1
80	Saif Ahmad DEN	33	28	86	516	474	27	17.55	5.51	19.1	3/9	3/9	0	0
81	Krishmar Santokie	119	119	437.5	2627	3162	180	17.56	7.22	14.5	5/24	5/24	6	1
82	Khawar Ali OMA	44	41	124.2	746	826	47	17.57	6.64	15.8	4/11	4/11	3	0
83	Jesal Karia	30	22	73	438	494	28	17.64	6.76	15.6	3/15	3/15	0	0
84	Iresh Saxena	24	24	75.4	454	441	25	17.64	5.82	18.1	3/13	3/13	0	0
85	Shanuka Dissanayake	28	27	88.2	530	530	30	17.66	6	17.6	5/15	5/15	0	2
86	Jalaj Saxena	79	71	229.5	1379	1520	86	17.67	6.61	16	5/16	5/16	2	2
87	Nizakat Khan HK	153	30	81.1	487	496	28	17.71	6.11	17.3	3/10	3/10	0	0
88	Geeth Kumara	32	20	52.2	314	320	18	17.77	6.11	17.4	4/13	4/13	1	0
89	Usman Tariq PAK	60	58	227.5	1367	1585	89	17.8	6.95	15.3	4/16	4/16	5	0
90	Don Radebe	25	24	83.5	503	679	38	17.86	8.09	13.2	5/25	5/25	1	1