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Best Bowling Average
This list features the players with the best international bowling average in test cricket history as of 2025.
RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | APPS | RUNS | AVG. | YEARS |
1 | George Lohmann | England | 18 | 112 | 10.75 | 1886–1896 |
2 | John James Ferris | Australia/England | 9 | 61 | 12.70 | 1887–1892 |
3 | William Barnes | England | 21 | 51 | 15.54 | 1880–1890 |
4 | William Bates | England | 15 | 50 | 16.42 | 1881–1887 |
5 | Sydney Francis Barnes | England | 27 | 189 | 16.43 | 1901–1914 |
6 | Scott Michael Boland | Australia | 14 | 62 | 16.53 | 2021–2025 |
7 | Charles Turner | Australia | 17 | 101 | 16.53 | 1887–1895 |
8 | Robert Peel | England | 20 | 101 | 16.98 | 1884–1896 |
9 | Johnny Briggs | England | 33 | 118 | 17.75 | 1884–1899 |
10 | Bert Ironmonger | Australia | 14 | 74 | 17.97 | 1928–1933 |
11 | Frederick Robert Spofforth | Australia | 18 | 94 | 18.41 | 1877–1887 |
12 | Frank Holmes Tyson | England | 17 | 76 | 18.56 | 1954–1959 |
13 | Colin Blythe | England | 19 | 100 | 18.63 | 1901–1910 |
14 | Axar Rajeshbhai Patel | India | 14 | 55 | 19.34 | 2021–2024 |
15 | Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | 19 | 80 | 19.73 | 2020–2024 |
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