Best bowling economy rates

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Best bowling economy rates in the IPL all-time (2007/08 – 2026) across 1,242 matches and 19 seasons. Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled to qualify.

All-Time Career (2007/08 – 2025)

# Player Economy (RPO) Sample 1 NB Singh
GUJARAT LIONS 3.75 24 legal deliveries bowled 2 DJ Thornely
MI 5.71 42 legal deliveries bowled 3 M Manhas
CSK, DCPUNE WARRIORS INDIA 6.00 42 legal deliveries bowled 4 MJ Clarke
PUNE WARRIORS INDIA 6.09 66 legal deliveries bowled 5 A Chandila
RR 6.21 234 legal deliveries bowled 6 MW Short
PBKS 6.25 24 legal deliveries bowled 7 DJM Short
RR 6.33 18 legal deliveries bowled 8 NJ Rimmington
PBKS 6.33 18 legal deliveries bowled 9 PH Solanki
CSK 6.33 36 legal deliveries bowled 10 Sohail Tanvir
RR 6.46 247 legal deliveries bowled 11 KA Maharaj
RR 6.50 36 legal deliveries bowled 12 SMSM Senanayake
KKR 6.53 192 legal deliveries bowled 13 SM Pollock
MI 6.54 276 legal deliveries bowled 14 A Kumble
RCB 6.58 965 legal deliveries bowled 15 FH Edwards
DECCAN CHARGERS 6.60 140 legal deliveries bowled 16 Sunil Narine
KKR 6.60 309 legal deliveries bowled 17 GD McGrath
DC 6.61 324 legal deliveries bowled 18 T Henderson
RR 6.67 36 legal deliveries bowled 19 IS Sodhi
RR 6.70 181 legal deliveries bowled 20 M Muralitharan
CSK, KOCHI TUSKERS KERALA, RCB 6.70 1528 legal deliveries bowled 21 GH Vihari
DC, SRH 6.71 42 legal deliveries bowled 22 RE van der Merwe
DC, RCB 6.74 443 legal deliveries bowled 23 GR Napier
MI 6.75 24 legal deliveries bowled 24 S Rana
PUNE WARRIORS INDIA, RCB 6.75 16 legal deliveries bowled 25 DL Vettori
DC, RCB 6.79 777 legal deliveries bowled

Season 2026

# Player Economy (RPO) Sample 1 Sunil Narine
KKR 6.60 309 legal deliveries bowled 2 Harpreet Brar
PBKS 7.50 48 legal deliveries bowled 3 Jason Holder
GT 7.57 230 legal deliveries bowled 4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
RCB 7.95 378 legal deliveries bowled 5 Ramakrishna Ghosh
CSK 8.00 18 legal deliveries bowled 6 Akeal Hosein
CSK 8.03 148 legal deliveries bowled 7 Mohsin Khan
LSG 8.14 168 legal deliveries bowled 8 Axar Patel
DC 8.18 264 legal deliveries bowled 9 Lungi Ngidi
DC 8.23 248 legal deliveries bowled 10 Saurabh Dubey
KKR 8.26 77 legal deliveries bowled 11 Jasprit Bumrah
MI 8.35 294 legal deliveries bowled 12 Noor Ahmad
CSK 8.39 306 legal deliveries bowled 13 Ravindra Jadeja
RR 8.39 198 legal deliveries bowled 14 Krunal Pandya
RCB 8.42 30