Best economy rate in Test cricket
William Attewell (England) leads with 1.32. International matches only. Minimum 100 overs.
Top 25
| # | Player | Economy | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Attewell · England | 1.32 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 1884–1892 |
| 2 | Geffery Noblet · Australia | 1.42 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1950–1953 |
| 3 | Reginald Osmond Scarlett · West Indies | 1.56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1960 |
| 4 | Alfred Shaw · England | 1.56 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1877–1882 |
| 5 | Morris William Sievers · Australia | 1.60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1936–1937 |
| 6 | Clifford Gladwin · England | 1.61 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1947–1949 |
| 7 | Edwin Evans · Australia | 1.61 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1881–1886 |
| 8 | Trevor Leslie Goddard · South Africa | 1.65 | 41 | 12 | 123 | 1955–1970 |
| 9 | David Ernest James Ironside · South Africa | 1.67 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1953–1954 |
| 10 | Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni · India | 1.68 | 41 | 2 | 88 | 1955–1968 |
| 11 | Herbert Ironmonger · Australia | 1.70 | 14 | 11 | 74 | 1928–1933 |
| 12 | James Wallace Burke · Australia | 1.70 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1951–1959 |
| 13 | Zulfiqar Ahmed · Pakistan | 1.71 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 1952–1956 |
| 14 | Gordon Frederick Rorke · Australia | 1.73 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1959 |
| 15 | John Brian Iverson · Australia | 1.73 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1950–1951 |
| 16 | Arthur John Richardson · Australia | 1.73 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1924–1926 |
| 17 | Ronald Keven Oxenham · Australia | 1.74 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1928–1931 |
| 18 | John Cecil Watkins · South Africa | 1.75 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1949–1957 |
| 19 | Kenneth Donald Mackay · Australia | 1.78 | 37 | 12 | 50 | 1956–1963 |
| 20 | Edward Lambert a'Beckett · Australia | 1.79 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1928–1931 |
| 21 | Anton Ronald Andrew Murray · South Africa | 1.79 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1952–1954 |
| 22 | Charles Frederick Root · England | 1.81 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1926 |
| 23 | Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson · West Indies | 1.81 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1948–1950 |
| 24 | Ernest Albert Vivian Williams · West Indies | 1.82 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1939–1948 |
| 25 | Edward Serrurier Newson · South Africa | 1.82 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1930–1939 |