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| Rank | Player | Player | Span | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | W Attewell | W Attewell (ENG) | 1884-1892 | 10 | - | 326 | 2850 | 626 | 28 | 4/42 | 22.35 | 1.31 | 101.7 | 2 | - | - |
🥈 2 | C Gladwin | C Gladwin (ENG) | 1947-1949 | 8 | - | 89 | 2129 | 571 | 15 | 3/21 | 38.06 | 1.60 | 141.9 | - | - | - |
🥉 3 | R Kilner | R Kilner (ENG) | 1924-1926 | 9 | - | 82 | 2368 | 734 | 24 | 4/51 | 30.58 | 1.85 | 98.6 | 4 | - | - |
4 | RG Barlow | RG Barlow (ENG) | 1881-1887 | 17 | 614.0 | 325 | 2456 | 767 | 34 | 7/40 | 22.55 | 1.87 | 72.2 | - | 3 | - |
5 | H Verity | H Verity (ENG) | 1931-1939 | 40 | - | 604 | 11173 | 3510 | 144 | 8/43 | 24.37 | 1.88 | 77.5 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
5 | GA Lohmann | GA Lohmann (ENG) | 1886-1896 | 18 | - | 364 | 3830 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.1 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
7 | JH Wardle | JH Wardle (ENG) | 1948-1957 | 28 | - | 403 | 6597 | 2080 | 102 | 7/36 | 20.39 | 1.89 | 64.6 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
8 | R Illingworth | R Illingworth (ENG) | 1958-1973 | 61 | - | 715 | 11934 | 3807 | 122 | 6/29 | 31.20 | 1.91 | 97.8 | 5 | 3 | - |
8 | JA Young | JA Young (ENG) | 1947-1949 | 8 | - | 119 | 2368 | 757 | 17 | 3/65 | 44.52 | 1.91 | 139.2 | - | - | - |
10 | MW Tate | MW Tate (ENG) | 1924-1935 | 39 | - | 581 | 12523 | 4055 | 155 | 6/42 | 26.16 | 1.94 | 80.7 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
11 | BL D'Oliveira | BL D'Oliveira (ENG) | 1966-1972 | 44 | - | 318 | 5706 | 1859 | 47 | 3/46 | 39.55 | 1.95 | 121.4 | - | - | - |
11 | E Peate | E Peate (ENG) | 1881-1886 | 9 | 524.0 | 250 | 2096 | 683 | 31 | 6/85 | 22.03 | 1.95 | 67.6 | 2 | 2 | - |
11 | FJ Titmus | FJ Titmus (ENG) | 1955-1975 | 53 | - | 777 | 15118 | 4931 | 153 | 7/79 | 32.22 | 1.95 | 98.8 | 9 | 7 | - |
14 | R Peel | R Peel (ENG) | 1884-1896 | 20 | - | 444 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.6 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
14 | JC White | JC White (ENG) | 1921-1931 | 15 | 800.1 | 253 | 4801 | 1581 | 49 | 8/126 | 32.26 | 1.97 | 97.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
14 | PJ Loader | PJ Loader (ENG) | 1954-1959 | 13 | - | 115 | 2662 | 878 | 39 | 6/36 | 22.51 | 1.97 | 68.2 | 2 | 1 | - |
17 | N Gifford | N Gifford (ENG) | 1964-1973 | 15 | 514.0 | 174 | 3084 | 1026 | 33 | 5/55 | 31.09 | 1.99 | 93.4 | 2 | 1 | - |
18 | DA Allen | DA Allen (ENG) | 1960-1966 | 39 | - | 685 | 11297 | 3779 | 122 | 5/30 | 30.97 | 2.00 | 92.5 | 8 | 4 | - |
19 | GAR Lock | GAR Lock (ENG) | 1952-1968 | 49 | - | 819 | 13147 | 4451 | 174 | 7/35 | 25.58 | 2.03 | 75.5 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
19 | JB Mortimore | JB Mortimore (ENG) | 1959-1964 | 9 | - | 133 | 2162 | 733 | 13 | 3/36 | 56.38 | 2.03 | 166.3 | - | - | - |
21 | JC Laker | JC Laker (ENG) | 1948-1959 | 46 | - | 674 | 12027 | 4101 | 193 | 10/53 | 21.24 | 2.04 | 62.3 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
22 | W Barnes | W Barnes (ENG) | 1880-1890 | 21 | - | 271 | 2289 | 793 | 51 | 6/28 | 15.54 | 2.07 | 44.8 | 1 | 3 | - |
23 | W Bates | W Bates (ENG) | 1881-1887 | 15 | 591.0 | 282 | 2364 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42 | 2.08 | 47.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
24 | DL Underwood | DL Underwood (ENG) | 1966-1982 | 86 | - | 1239 | 21862 | 7674 | 297 | 8/51 | 25.83 | 2.10 | 73.6 | 13 | 17 | 6 |
25 | G Geary | G Geary (ENG) | 1924-1934 | 14 | 635.0 | 181 | 3810 | 1353 | 46 | 7/70 | 29.41 | 2.13 | 82.8 | - | 4 | 1 |
25 | PH Edmonds | PH Edmonds (ENG) | 1975-1987 | 51 | - | 613 | 12028 | 4273 | 125 | 7/66 | 34.18 | 2.13 | 96.2 | 9 | 2 | - |
27 | R Tattersall | R Tattersall (ENG) | 1951-1954 | 16 | - | 212 | 4228 | 1513 | 58 | 7/52 | 26.08 | 2.14 | 72.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
27 | K Higgs | K Higgs (ENG) | 1965-1968 | 15 | - | 194 | 4112 | 1473 | 71 | 6/91 | 20.74 | 2.14 | 57.9 | 6 | 2 | - |
29 | G Miller | G Miller (ENG) | 1976-1984 | 34 | - | 219 | 5149 | 1859 | 60 | 5/44 | 30.98 | 2.16 | 85.8 | 1 | 1 | - |
30 | M Hendrick | M Hendrick (ENG) | 1974-1981 | 30 | - | 249 | 6208 | 2248 | 87 | 4/28 | 25.83 | 2.17 | 71.3 | 5 | - | - |
31 | JT Hearne | JT Hearne (ENG) | 1892-1899 | 12 | - | 211 | 2976 | 1082 | 49 | 6/41 | 22.08 | 2.18 | 60.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
32 | JE Emburey | JE Emburey (ENG) | 1978-1995 | 64 | - | 741 | 15391 | 5646 | 147 | 7/78 | 38.40 | 2.20 | 104.7 | 5 | 6 | - |
33 | AV Bedser | AV Bedser (ENG) | 1946-1955 | 51 | - | 574 | 15918 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 24.89 | 2.21 | 67.4 | 11 | 15 | 5 |
33 | D Shackleton | D Shackleton (ENG) | 1950-1963 | 7 | 346.2 | 96 | 2078 | 768 | 18 | 4/72 | 42.66 | 2.21 | 115.4 | 1 | - | - |
35 | WE Hollies | WE Hollies (ENG) | 1935-1950 | 13 | 592.2 | 176 | 3554 | 1332 | 44 | 7/50 | 30.27 | 2.24 | 80.7 | - | 5 | - |
36 | FR Foster | FR Foster (ENG) | 1911-1912 | 11 | 407.5 | 108 | 2447 | 926 | 45 | 6/91 | 20.57 | 2.27 | 54.3 | 2 | 4 | - |
37 | G Ulyett | G Ulyett (ENG) | 1877-1890 | 25 | - | 299 | 2627 | 1020 | 50 | 7/36 | 20.40 | 2.32 | 52.5 | 2 | 1 | - |
38 | JB Statham | JB Statham (ENG) | 1951-1965 | 70 | - | 595 | 16056 | 6261 | 252 | 7/39 | 24.84 | 2.33 | 63.7 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
39 | WE Astill | WE Astill (ENG) | 1927-1930 | 9 | 363.4 | 98 | 2182 | 856 | 25 | 4/58 | 34.24 | 2.35 | 87.2 | 2 | - | - |
39 | J Briggs | J Briggs (ENG) | 1884-1899 | 33 | - | 386 | 5332 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 17.75 | 2.35 | 45.1 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
41 | WR Hammond | WR Hammond (ENG) | 1927-1947 | 85 | - | 300 | 7969 | 3138 | 83 | 5/36 | 37.80 | 2.36 | 96.0 | 1 | 2 | - |
41 | SF Barnes | SF Barnes (ENG) | 1901-1914 | 27 | 1312.1 | 356 | 7873 | 3106 | 189 | 9/103 | 16.43 | 2.36 | 41.6 | 2 | 24 | 7 |
43 | RDB Croft | RDB Croft (ENG) | 1996-2001 | 21 | 769.5 | 195 | 4619 | 1825 | 49 | 5/95 | 37.24 | 2.37 | 94.2 | 1 | 1 | - |
44 | TE Bailey | TE Bailey (ENG) | 1949-1959 | 61 | - | 379 | 9712 | 3856 | 132 | 7/34 | 29.21 | 2.38 | 73.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
44 | PM Such | PM Such (ENG) | 1993-1999 | 11 | 520.4 | 135 | 3124 | 1242 | 37 | 6/67 | 33.56 | 2.38 | 84.4 | 1 | 2 | - |
46 | AD Mullally | AD Mullally (ENG) | 1996-2001 | 19 | 754.1 | 213 | 4525 | 1812 | 58 | 5/105 | 31.24 | 2.40 | 78.0 | - | 1 | - |
47 | GA Gooch | GA Gooch (ENG) | 1975-1995 | 118 | - | 122 | 2655 | 1069 | 23 | 3/39 | 46.47 | 2.41 | 115.4 | - | - | - |
48 | PCR Tufnell | PCR Tufnell (ENG) | 1990-2001 | 42 | 1881.2 | 505 | 11288 | 4560 | 121 | 7/47 | 37.68 | 2.42 | 93.2 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
48 | NGB Cook | NGB Cook (ENG) | 1983-1989 | 15 | 695.4 | 220 | 4174 | 1689 | 52 | 6/65 | 32.48 | 2.42 | 80.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
50 | FH Tyson | FH Tyson (ENG) | 1954-1959 | 17 | - | 97 | 3452 | 1411 | 76 | 7/27 | 18.56 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
50 | C Blythe | C Blythe (ENG) | 1901-1910 | 19 | 757.4 | 231 | 4546 | 1863 | 100 | 8/59 | 18.63 | 2.45 | 45.4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
52 | EE Hemmings | EE Hemmings (ENG) | 1982-1991 | 16 | 739.3 | 207 | 4437 | 1825 | 43 | 6/58 | 42.44 | 2.46 | 103.1 | - | 1 | - |
53 | BR Knight | BR Knight (ENG) | 1961-1969 | 29 | - | 204 | 5377 | 2223 | 70 | 4/38 | 31.75 | 2.48 | 76.8 | 4 | - | - |
54 | WE Bowes | WE Bowes (ENG) | 1932-1946 | 15 | - | 131 | 3655 | 1519 | 68 | 6/33 | 22.33 | 2.49 | 53.7 | 2 | 6 | - |
54 | W Rhodes | W Rhodes (ENG) | 1899-1930 | 58 | - | 365 | 8225 | 3425 | 127 | 8/68 | 26.96 | 2.49 | 64.7 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
56 | P Lever | P Lever (ENG) | 1970-1975 | 17 | - | 92 | 3571 | 1509 | 41 | 6/38 | 36.80 | 2.53 | 87.0 | 1 | 2 | - |
57 | GG Arnold | GG Arnold (ENG) | 1967-1975 | 34 | - | 284 | 7650 | 3254 | 115 | 6/45 | 28.29 | 2.55 | 66.5 | 3 | 6 | - |
58 | GA Hick | GA Hick (ENG) | 1991-2001 | 65 | 509.3 | 128 | 3057 | 1306 | 23 | 4/126 | 56.78 | 2.56 | 132.9 | 1 | - | - |
59 | FR Brown | FR Brown (ENG) | 1931-1953 | 22 | - | 117 | 3260 | 1398 | 45 | 5/49 | 31.06 | 2.57 | 72.4 | 3 | 1 | - |
59 | W Voce | W Voce (ENG) | 1930-1947 | 27 | - | 211 | 6360 | 2733 | 98 | 7/70 | 27.88 | 2.57 | 64.8 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
61 | JDF Larter | JDF Larter (ENG) | 1962-1965 | 10 | 362.0 | 87 | 2172 | 941 | 37 | 5/57 | 25.43 | 2.59 | 58.7 | 3 | 2 | - |
62 | FE Woolley | FE Woolley (ENG) | 1909-1934 | 64 | - | 251 | 6495 | 2815 | 83 | 7/76 | 33.91 | 2.60 | 78.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
62 | ER Dexter | ER Dexter (ENG) | 1958-1968 | 62 | - | 186 | 5317 | 2306 | 66 | 4/10 | 34.93 | 2.60 | 80.5 | 2 | - | - |
64 | AER Gilligan | AER Gilligan (ENG) | 1922-1925 | 11 | - | 73 | 2404 | 1046 | 36 | 6/7 | 29.05 | 2.61 | 66.7 | - | 2 | 1 |
64 | FS Trueman | FS Trueman (ENG) | 1952-1965 | 67 | - | 522 | 15178 | 6625 | 307 | 8/31 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 19 | 17 | 3 |
66 | K Farnes | K Farnes (ENG) | 1934-1939 | 15 | - | 103 | 3932 | 1719 | 60 | 6/96 | 28.65 | 2.62 | 65.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
67 | DJ Brown | DJ Brown (ENG) | 1965-1969 | 26 | - | 182 | 5098 | 2237 | 79 | 5/42 | 28.31 | 2.63 | 64.5 | 1 | 2 | - |
68 | JK Lever | JK Lever (ENG) | 1976-1986 | 21 | - | 140 | 4433 | 1951 | 73 | 7/46 | 26.72 | 2.64 | 60.7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
68 | GH Hirst | GH Hirst (ENG) | 1897-1909 | 24 | - | 146 | 4010 | 1770 | 59 | 5/48 | 30.00 | 2.64 | 67.9 | 1 | 3 | - |
70 | ARC Fraser | ARC Fraser (ENG) | 1989-1998 | 46 | 1812.4 | 439 | 10876 | 4836 | 177 | 8/53 | 27.32 | 2.66 | 61.4 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
71 | H Larwood | H Larwood (ENG) | 1926-1933 | 21 | 828.1 | 167 | 4969 | 2212 | 78 | 6/32 | 28.35 | 2.67 | 63.7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
72 | PI Pocock | PI Pocock (ENG) | 1968-1985 | 25 | 1108.2 | 281 | 6650 | 2976 | 67 | 6/79 | 44.41 | 2.68 | 99.2 | 4 | 3 | - |
72 | JA Snow | JA Snow (ENG) | 1965-1976 | 49 | - | 415 | 12021 | 5387 | 202 | 7/40 | 26.66 | 2.68 | 59.5 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
74 | MS Nichols | MS Nichols (ENG) | 1930-1939 | 14 | - | 97 | 2565 | 1152 | 41 | 6/35 | 28.09 | 2.69 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | - |
75 | CM Old | CM Old (ENG) | 1972-1981 | 46 | - | 311 | 8858 | 4020 | 143 | 7/50 | 28.11 | 2.72 | 61.9 | 7 | 4 | - |
76 | AP Freeman | AP Freeman (ENG) | 1924-1929 | 12 | - | 142 | 3732 | 1707 | 66 | 7/71 | 25.86 | 2.74 | 56.5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
77 | OE Robinson | OE Robinson (ENG) | 2021-2024 | 20 | 632.4 | 159 | 3796 | 1742 | 76 | 5/49 | 22.92 | 2.75 | 49.9 | 4 | 3 | - |
78 | NA Foster | NA Foster (ENG) | 1983-1993 | 29 | 1043.3 | 239 | 6261 | 2891 | 88 | 8/107 | 32.85 | 2.77 | 71.1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
78 | RM Ellison | RM Ellison (ENG) | 1984-1986 | 11 | 377.2 | 90 | 2264 | 1048 | 35 | 6/77 | 29.94 | 2.77 | 64.6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
78 | AW Greig | AW Greig (ENG) | 1972-1977 | 58 | - | 338 | 9802 | 4541 | 141 | 8/86 | 32.20 | 2.77 | 69.5 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
81 | RJ Sidebottom | RJ Sidebottom (ENG) | 2001-2010 | 22 | 802.0 | 188 | 4812 | 2231 | 79 | 7/47 | 28.24 | 2.78 | 60.9 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
81 | MS Panesar | MS Panesar (ENG) | 2006-2013 | 50 | 2079.1 | 468 | 12475 | 5797 | 167 | 6/37 | 34.71 | 2.78 | 74.7 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
83 | JM Anderson | JM Anderson (ENG) | 2003-2024 | 188 | 6672.5 | 1730 | 40037 | 18627 | 704 | 7/42 | 26.45 | 2.79 | 56.8 | 32 | 32 | 3 |
84 | RGD Willis | RGD Willis (ENG) | 1971-1984 | 90 | - | 554 | 17357 | 8190 | 325 | 8/43 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 12 | 16 | - |
85 | LC Braund | LC Braund (ENG) | 1901-1908 | 23 | 634.1 | 144 | 3805 | 1810 | 47 | 8/81 | 38.51 | 2.85 | 80.9 | 1 | 3 | - |
85 | DR Pringle | DR Pringle (ENG) | 1982-1992 | 30 | 881.1 | 192 | 5287 | 2518 | 70 | 5/95 | 35.97 | 2.85 | 75.5 | 2 | 3 | - |
85 | GC Small | GC Small (ENG) | 1986-1991 | 17 | 654.3 | 154 | 3927 | 1871 | 55 | 5/48 | 34.01 | 2.85 | 71.4 | 4 | 2 | - |
88 | AF Giles | AF Giles (ENG) | 1998-2006 | 54 | 2030.0 | 397 | 12180 | 5806 | 143 | 5/57 | 40.60 | 2.86 | 85.1 | 11 | 5 | - |
88 | PAJ DeFreitas | PAJ DeFreitas (ENG) | 1986-1995 | 44 | 1639.4 | 367 | 9838 | 4700 | 140 | 7/70 | 33.57 | 2.86 | 70.2 | 8 | 4 | - |
90 | KF Barrington | KF Barrington (ENG) | 1955-1968 | 82 | - | 102 | 2715 | 1300 | 29 | 3/4 | 44.82 | 2.87 | 93.6 | - | - | - |
91 | IAR Peebles | IAR Peebles (ENG) | 1927-1931 | 13 | 480.2 | 78 | 2882 | 1391 | 45 | 6/63 | 30.91 | 2.89 | 64.0 | 4 | 3 | - |
92 | PJW Allott | PJW Allott (ENG) | 1981-1985 | 13 | 370.5 | 76 | 2225 | 1084 | 26 | 6/61 | 41.69 | 2.92 | 85.5 | - | 1 | - |
93 | DM Bess | DM Bess (ENG) | 2018-2021 | 14 | 417.0 | 82 | 2502 | 1223 | 36 | 5/30 | 33.97 | 2.93 | 69.5 | 2 | 2 | - |
94 | CT Tremlett | CT Tremlett (ENG) | 2007-2013 | 12 | 483.4 | 114 | 2902 | 1431 | 53 | 6/48 | 27.00 | 2.95 | 54.7 | 2 | 2 | - |
95 | T Richardson | T Richardson (ENG) | 1893-1898 | 14 | - | 191 | 4498 | 2220 | 88 | 8/94 | 25.22 | 2.96 | 51.1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
96 | A Flintoff | A Flintoff (ENG) | 1998-2009 | 78 | 2457.5 | 502 | 14747 | 7303 | 219 | 5/58 | 33.34 | 2.97 | 67.3 | 10 | 3 | - |
96 | SCJ Broad | SCJ Broad (ENG) | 2007-2023 | 167 | 5616.2 | 1304 | 33698 | 16719 | 604 | 8/15 | 27.68 | 2.97 | 55.7 | 28 | 20 | 3 |
98 | JC Archer | JC Archer (ENG) | 2019-2025 | 15 | 523.2 | 108 | 3140 | 1562 | 51 | 6/45 | 30.62 | 2.98 | 61.5 | - | 3 | - |
98 | GP Swann | GP Swann (ENG) | 2008-2013 | 60 | 2558.1 | 493 | 15349 | 7642 | 255 | 6/65 | 29.96 | 2.98 | 60.1 | 14 | 17 | 3 |
100 | IT Botham | IT Botham (ENG) | 1977-1992 | 102 | - | 788 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 8/34 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.9 | 17 | 27 | 4 |
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