Best bowling average in Test cricket

George Alfred Lohmann (England) leads with 10.76. International matches only. Minimum 30 wickets.

Top 25

#	Player	Average	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Span
1	George Alfred Lohmann · England	10.76	18	3	112	1886–1896
2	John James Ferris · Australia	12.70	9	3	61	1887–1892
3	Michael John Procter · South Africa	15.02	7	8	41	1967–1970
4	William Barnes · England	15.55	21	7	51	1880–1890
5	Willie Bates · England	16.42	15	1	50	1881–1887
6	Sydney Francis Barnes · England	16.43	27	8	189	1901–1914
7	Charles Thomas Biass Turner · Australia	16.53	17	3	101	1887–1895
8	Robert Peel · England	16.98	20	3	101	1884–1896
9	Axar Rajeshbhai Patel · India	17.31	11	19	54	2021–2025
10	John Briggs · England	17.75	33	5	118	1884–1899
11	Robert Appleyard · England	17.87	9	3	31	1954–1956
12	Herbert Ironmonger · Australia	17.97	14	11	74	1928–1933
13	Scott Michael Boland · Australia	18.06	19	24	87	2021–2026
14	Kyle Rico Mayers · West Indies	18.29	18	32	34	2021–2023
15	Frederick Robert Spofforth · Australia	18.41	18	3	94	1877–1887
16	Frank Holmes Tyson · England	18.57	17	7	76	1954–1959
17	Colin Blythe · England	18.63	19	1	100	1901–1910
18	Oliver Edward Robinson · England	19.26	24	38	104	2021–2026
19	Alexander Stuart Kennedy · England	19.32	5	0	31	1922–1923
20	Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah · India	19.34	50	72	227	2018–2025
21	Henry Frederick Boyle · Australia	20.03	12	5	32	1879–1884
22	Sibley John Snooke · South Africa	20.06	26	10	35	1906–1923
23	Kyle Alex Jamieson · New Zealand	20.23	21	30	90	2020–2026
24	Brett Nolan Schultz · South Africa	20.24	9	8	37	1992–1997
25	John Henry Wardle · England	20.39	28	5	102	1948–1957