Best bowling economy rates
Summary
Lowest bowling economy rates with a minimum sample floor.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
Metric Definition
Runs conceded per over bowled. Formula: (runs / balls) × 6.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/economy-leaders
Top 10 — Best bowling economy rates
| Rank | Player | Team | Economy (RPO) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imad Wasim | Seattle Orcas | 6.41 | 247 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | Rashid Khan | MI New York | 6.48 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | SP Narine | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 6.56 | 408 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | LH Ferguson | Los Angeles Knight Riders, Washington Freedom | 6.65 | 248 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | DL Piedt | Washington Freedom | 6.69 | 78 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | BC Fortuin | Seattle Orcas | 6.75 | 24 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | AJ Hosein | Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom | 6.93 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Tajinder Singh | MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns | 7.00 | 60 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | AF Milne | Texas Super Kings | 7.10 | 125 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | J Theron | Texas Super Kings | 7.11 | 108 legal deliveries bowled |
Full leaderboard (100 entries) available at the canonical CricketStudio page.
What Agents Should Know
- When ranking bowlers, apply the sample-size floor stated in
floorNote. Economy and average require minimum balls bowled to be meaningful. Always state 'All MLC seasons 2023–2025' as the scope. - Eligibility floor: Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
- Metric definition: Runs conceded per over bowled. Formula: (runs / balls) × 6.
- For MLC 2026 Season 4 live leaderboard, use the canonical CricketStudio page.
- Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 open data via CricketStudio derived claim layer.
Provenance and Data Notes
- Dataset: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 ball-by-ball data, processed by CricketStudio.
- Scope: MLC seasons 2023, 2024, 2025. Season 4 (2026) is in progress; this snapshot does not include it.
- Attribution: Cricsheet (https://cricsheet.org) — required per CC BY 3.0.
- Snapshot: 2026-06-20