Best Bowlers Against Right-Handed Batters in ODIs
Lasith Malinga has taken the most wickets against right-handed batters in ODIs in our records: 210 in 1178.3 overs at an economy of 5.03.
Covers ODIs involving the teams we follow. Afghanistan is not in our data source, and matches between two other associate teams are not included.
| # | Player | Wkts | Overs | Econ | Avg | SR | Dot % | Balls per boundary | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasith Malinga | 210 | 1178.3 | 5.03 | 28.21 | 33.7 | 55% | 10.2 | Right-arm fast |
| 2 | Shakib Al Hasan | 209 | 1344.3 | 4.27 | 27.48 | 38.6 | 56% | 16.4 | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| 3 | Shahid Afridi | 186 | 1230.1 | 4.32 | 28.56 | 39.7 | 52% | 17.5 | Right-arm leg-break |
| 4 | Ravindra Jadeja | 179 | 1318 | 4.69 | 34.54 | 44.2 | 51% | 14.3 | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| 5 | James Anderson | 176 | 979.5 | 4.80 | 26.72 | 33.4 | 60% | 10.0 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 6 | Adil Rashid | 170 | 1014.2 | 5.35 | 31.91 | 35.8 | 46% | 12.6 | Right-arm leg-break |
| 7 | Brett Lee | 165 | 879 | 4.37 | 23.28 | 32.0 | 61% | 11.2 | Right-arm fast |
| 8 | Mitchell Starc | 160 | 742.2 | 4.95 | 22.96 | 27.8 | 58% | 10.1 | Left-arm fast |
| 9 | Tim Southee | 155 | 896.3 | 5.27 | 30.46 | 34.7 | 55% | 8.9 | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 10 | Adam Zampa | 148 | 775.4 | 5.44 | 28.53 | 31.4 | 45% | 11.7 | Right-arm leg-break |
| 11 | Dale Steyn | 143 | 713.1 | 4.61 | 22.99 | 29.9 | 60% | 10.8 | Right-arm fast |
| 12 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 140 | 775.1 | 3.86 | 21.36 | 33.2 | 57% | 24.5 | Right-arm off-break |
| 13 | Mohammed Shami | 139 | 553 | 5.27 | 20.96 | 23.9 | 58% | 8.8 | Right-arm fast |
| 14 | Trent Boult | 139 | 644 | 4.76 | 22.05 | 27.8 | 60% | 10.1 | Left-arm fast-medium |
| 15 | Mashrafe Mortaza | 138 | 859.5 | 4.91 | 30.58 | 37.4 | 56% | 10.7 | Right-arm fast |
| 16 | Mitchell Johnson | 136 | 851.5 | 4.53 | 28.36 | 37.6 | 59% | 11.2 | Left-arm fast |
| 17 | Daniel Vettori | 132 | 955.4 | 3.79 | 27.42 | 43.4 | 58% | 21.5 | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| 18 | Stuart Broad | 129 | 715.2 | 5.07 | 28.10 | 33.3 | 57% | 9.1 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 19 | Dwayne Bravo | 129 | 706.3 | 5.19 | 28.45 | 32.9 | 50% | 12.0 | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 20 | Abdur Razzak | 126 | 718.1 | 4.22 | 24.06 | 34.2 | 59% | 13.8 | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| 21 | Nuwan Kulasekara | 126 | 875.2 | 4.74 | 32.96 | 41.7 | 60% | 10.2 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 22 | Kuldeep Yadav | 123 | 663.2 | 5.07 | 27.36 | 32.4 | 50% | 12.6 | Left-arm wrist-spin |
| 23 | Thisara Perera | 123 | 677.2 | 5.64 | 31.07 | 33.0 | 50% | 9.1 | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 24 | Kyle Mills | 122 | 675.3 | 4.58 | 25.36 | 33.2 | 60% | 10.4 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 25 | Morné Morkel | 121 | 646.5 | 4.69 | 25.07 | 32.1 | 59% | 10.3 | Right-arm fast |
| 26 | Makhaya Ntini | 116 | 526 | 4.81 | 21.81 | 27.2 | 59% | 9.9 | Right-arm fast |
| 27 | Imran Tahir | 116 | 645 | 4.40 | 24.47 | 33.4 | 54% | 15.8 | Right-arm leg-break |
| 28 | Matt Henry | 115 | 509.4 | 5.06 | 22.44 | 26.6 | 57% | 9.8 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 29 | Mustafizur Rahman | 111 | 597.5 | 4.88 | 26.26 | 32.3 | 57% | 10.2 | Left-arm fast-medium |
| 30 | Harbhajan Singh | 111 | 890.1 | 4.19 | 33.62 | 48.1 | 54% | 19.4 | Right-arm off-break |
| 31 | Alzarri Joseph | 110 | 483.3 | 5.35 | 23.52 | 26.4 | 53% | 9.2 | Right-arm fast |
| 32 | Umar Gul | 110 | 595 | 4.73 | 25.58 | 32.5 | 60% | 9.7 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 33 | Saeed Ajmal | 107 | 642.4 | 4.04 | 24.25 | 36.0 | 57% | 17.3 | Right-arm off-break |
| 34 | Zaheer Khan | 107 | 656.3 | 4.83 | 29.66 | 36.8 | 56% | 10.5 | Left-arm fast-medium |
| 35 | Kagiso Rabada | 106 | 559 | 4.54 | 23.96 | 31.6 | 60% | 10.8 | Right-arm fast |
| 36 | Chris Woakes | 106 | 593 | 5.14 | 28.76 | 33.6 | 55% | 9.7 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 37 | Nathan Bracken | 105 | 536.3 | 4.27 | 21.82 | 30.7 | 60% | 12.9 | Left-arm fast-medium |
| 38 | Shane Watson | 104 | 627.3 | 4.84 | 29.23 | 36.2 | 53% | 11.7 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 39 | Jason Holder | 102 | 672.5 | 5.25 | 34.65 | 39.6 | 55% | 9.3 | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 40 | Sandeep Lamichhane | 99 | 485.4 | 4.18 | 20.51 | 29.4 | 60% | 14.0 | Right-arm leg-break |
| 41 | Jasprit Bumrah | 97 | 488.4 | 4.26 | 21.45 | 30.2 | 61% | 11.5 | Right-arm fast |
| 42 | Mitchell Santner | 97 | 746.3 | 4.57 | 35.21 | 46.2 | 52% | 15.1 | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| 43 | Josh Hazlewood | 96 | 588.4 | 4.72 | 28.92 | 36.8 | 60% | 10.1 | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 44 | Ajantha Mendis | 94 | 480.1 | 4.89 | 24.97 | 30.6 | 50% | 14.7 | Right-arm off-break |
| 45 | Irfan Pathan | 91 | 522.2 | 4.91 | 28.18 | 34.4 | 57% | 10.1 | Left-arm medium-fast |
| 46 | Brad Hogg | 90 | 507.3 | 4.27 | 24.10 | 33.8 | 54% | 19.6 | Left-arm wrist-spin |
| 47 | Rubel Hossain | 90 | 493.2 | 5.32 | 29.17 | 32.9 | 52% | 9.8 | Right-arm fast |
| 48 | Pat Cummins | 90 | 537.5 | 4.97 | 29.68 | 35.9 | 57% | 9.9 | Right-arm fast |
| 49 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | 89 | 386.3 | 5.35 | 23.22 | 26.1 | 57% | 8.5 | Left-arm fast |
| 50 | Liam Plunkett | 88 | 412.2 | 5.45 | 25.52 | 28.1 | 50% | 10.0 | Right-arm fast-medium |
Balls bowled to right-handed batters, with runs off the bat (wides and no-balls are not counted against a batter, so economy here runs a little lower than overall). SR is balls per wicket. Batting hands and bowling styles from Wikipedia.
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