IPL Records Header

Bowling Records - IPL Season 2026

IPL Season 2026: Best Economy Rate by a Bowler

All Seasons 2026
#1 - Leader

Mohammed Shami

Lucknow Super Giants

6.25

Economy

4Inn
6.25Wkts
24.00SR
6.25Eco
#2 - Second

Sunil Narine

Kolkata Knight Riders

6.87

Economy

4Inn
6.87Wkts
30.00SR
6.87Eco
#3 - Third

Rashid Khan

Gujarat Titans

6.88

Economy

4Inn
6.88Wkts
19.20SR
6.88Eco

Bowling Insights - IPL 2026

IPL 2026 Best Economy leaderboard

IPL 2026 best economy IPL 2026 bowling records IPL 2026 best economy list IPL 2026 top bowlers IPL 2026 bowling stats IPL 2026 best economy leaders

The IPL 2026 best economy list ranks bowlers by runs conceded per over in IPL 2026 (minimum 50 balls). It highlights control, discipline, and the ability to squeeze scoring in high-pressure overs.

Names like Mohammed Shami, Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan show who consistently keeps batters in check. Use strike rate alongside economy to compare control versus wicket-taking impact.

Key insights

  • Mohammed Shami leads with 6.25 Eco.
  • Gap to #2 (Sunil Narine) is 0.62 Eco.
  • Top three: Mohammed Shami, Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan.
  • Mohammed Shami economy rate: 6.25.

Top players mentioned

Related IPL pages

# Player Inn Eco SR Eco 3W 4W 5W
4 Axar Patel 4 7.86 28.00 7.86 0 0 0
5 Lungi Ngidi 4 8.04 18.80 8.04 1 0 0
6 Jasprit Bumrah 4 8.20 NA 8.20 0 0 0
7 Yuzvendra Chahal 3 8.20 20.00 8.20 0 0 0
8 Anukul Roy 4 8.26 15.25 8.26 0 0 0
9 Jofra Archer 5 8.47 14.57 8.47 0 0 0
10 DS Rathi 3 8.50 24.00 8.50 0 0 0
11 Marco Jansen 3 8.58 36.00 8.58 0 0 0
12 Harsh Dubey 5 8.67 18.00 8.67 0 0 0
13 S K K Ahmed 5 8.67 50.50 8.67 0 0 0
14 N Burger 5 8.69 19.20 8.69 0 0 0
15 Suyash Sharma 3 8.73 16.50 8.73 0 0 0
16 Prince Yadav 4 8.80 15.00 8.80 0 0 0
17 Shivang Kumar 4 8.80 22.50 8.80 1 0 0
18 K H Pandya 4 9.08 15.60 9.08 0 0 0
19 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 9.19 24.00 9.19 1 0 0
20 Ravi Bishnoi 5 9.31 10.67 9.31 0 1 0
21 Thangarasu Natarajan 4 9.40 22.50 9.40 1 0 0
22 M Prasidh Krishna 4 9.50 9.60 9.50 1 1 0
23 Mohammed Siraj 4 9.57 28.00 9.57 0 0 0
24 Craig Overton 4 9.64 13.20 9.64 0 1 0
25 Mukesh Kumar 4 9.64 21.00 9.64 0 0 0
26 Kuldeep Singh Yadav 4 9.85 26.00 9.85 0 0 0
27 Xavier Bartlett 4 9.88 20.50 9.88 0 0 0
28 Noor Ahmad 5 9.88 25.50 9.88 1 0 0
29 K Nithish Kumar Reddy 5 9.89 27.00 9.89 0 0 0
30 A Kamboj 5 10.12 11.20 10.12 1 0 0
31 Ashok Sharma 4 10.36 21.00 10.36 0 0 0
32 E Malinga 5 10.40 18.00 10.40 0 0 0
33 Aavesh Khan 3 10.40 20.00 10.40 0 0 0
34 Kartik Tyagi 4 10.47 18.00 10.47 0 0 0
35 Vijaykumar Vyshak 3 10.50 12.00 10.50 1 0 0
36 Hardik Pandya 3 10.56 27.00 10.56 0 0 0
37 Arshdeep Singh 4 10.64 42.00 10.64 0 0 0
38 Kagiso Rabada 4 10.80 22.50 10.80 0 0 0
39 Sandeep Sharma 5 10.86 20.00 10.86 0 0 0
40 Jaydev Unadkat 4 10.91 19.25 10.91 1 0 0
41 JA Duffy 3 11.50 12.00 11.50 1 0 0
42 V Chakravarthy 3 11.67 NA 11.67 0 0 0
43 Tushar U Deshpande 3 12.00 18.00 12.00 0 0 0
44 Vaibhav G Arora 4 12.00 16.00 12.00 0 0 0
45 Trent Boult 3 12.22 54.00 12.22 0 0 0
46 Abhinandan Singh 3 12.62 19.33 12.62 0 0 0
47 Matthew Henry 3 13.00 30.00 13.00 0 0 0
48 Shardul Thakur 4 13.45 13.20 13.45 1 0 0

FAQs

Who leads best economy in IPL 2026?

Mohammed Shami leads IPL 2026 with 6.25 Eco.

Is there a minimum balls filter for this ranking?

Yes. Bowlers are included after bowling a minimum of 50 balls.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each IPL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.