| Top Economy Rates min: 10wkts 20ov's |
| # | Name | Country | Mts | Overs | Maids | Runs | Wkt's | Econ |
| 1 | Gilmour,G | AUS | 2 | 24 | 8 | 62 | 11 | 2.58 |
| 2 | Willis,R | ENG | 11 | 118 | 27 | 315 | 18 | 2.66 |
| 3 | Hendrick,M | ENG | 5 | 56 | 14 | 149 | 10 | 2.66 |
| 4 | Old,C | ENG | 9 | 90 | 18 | 243 | 16 | 2.68 |
| 5 | Hadlee,R | NZ | 13 | 146 | 38 | 421 | 22 | 2.88 |
| 6 | Holding,M | WI | 11 | 115 | 16 | 341 | 20 | 2.94 |
| 7 | Julien,B | WI | 5 | 60 | 11 | 177 | 10 | 2.95 |
| 8 | Ambrose,C | WI | 17 | 164 | 20 | 499 | 24 | 3.03 |
| 9 | Marshall,M | WI | 11 | 113 | 13 | 349 | 14 | 3.08 |
| 10 | Marks,V | ENG | 7 | 78 | 9 | 246 | 13 | 3.15 |
| 11 | Garner,J | WI | 8 | 90 | 12 | 289 | 13 | 3.21 |
| 12 | Roberts Andy | WI | 16 | 170 | 29 | 552 | 26 | 3.24 |
| 13 | McKechnie,B | NZ | 8 | 89 | 9 | 304 | 13 | 3.38 |
| 14 | Coney,J | NZ | 10 | 89 | 7 | 303 | 12 | 3.40 |
| 15 | Botham,I | ENG | 22 | 222 | 34 | 762 | 30 | 3.43 |
| 16 | Walsh,C | WI | 17 | 158 | 23 | 547 | 27 | 3.46 |
| 17 | Hogg,R | AUS | 8 | 78 | 9 | 271 | 10 | 3.47 |
| 18 | Mullally,A | ENG | 5 | 50 | 6 | 176 | 10 | 3.51 |
| 19 | Larsen,G | NZ | 19 | 170 | 12 | 599 | 18 | 3.52 |
| 20 | Boyce,K | WI | 5 | 52 | 3 | 185 | 10 | 3.55 |
| 21 | Traicos John (Zim) | ZIM | 20 | 188 | 16 | 673 | 16 | 3.57 |
| 22 | Elworthy,S | SA | 8 | 72 | 9 | 262 | 10 | 3.63 |
| 23 | Asif Iqbal | PAK | 5 | 59 | 5 | 215 | 10 | 3.64 |
| 24 | Sarfraz Nawaz | PAK | 11 | 119 | 15 | 435 | 16 | 3.65 |
| 25 | Madan Lal,S | IND | 11 | 116 | 12 | 426 | 22 | 3.66 |
| 26 | Pollock,S | SA | 15 | 137 | 15 | 502 | 15 | 3.66 |
| 27 | Harper,R | WI | 14 | 132 | 10 | 488 | 18 | 3.69 |
| 28 | Allott,G | NZ | 9 | 87 | 7 | 325 | 20 | 3.70 |
| 29 | Abdul Qadir | PAK | 13 | 135 | 8 | 506 | 24 | 3.72 |
| 30 | Muralitharan,M | SL | 11 | 100 | 6 | 374 | 13 | 3.73 |
| 31 | McMillan,B | SA | 15 | 116 | 12 | 433 | 17 | 3.73 |
| 32 | Kapil Dev | IND | 26 | 237 | 27 | 892 | 28 | 3.76 |
| 33 | Cairns Lance | NZ | 11 | 115 | 16 | 436 | 14 | 3.78 |
| 34 | Ealham,M | ENG | 5 | 50 | 5 | 191 | 10 | 3.81 |
| 35 | Imran Khan | PAK | 28 | 169 | 18 | 655 | 34 | 3.86 |
| 36 | Amarnath,M | IND | 14 | 110 | 9 | 431 | 16 | 3.90 |
| 37 | Warne,S | AUS | 16 | 152 | 16 | 599 | 31 | 3.91 |
| 38 | Abdur Razzaq | PAK | 9 | 77 | 5 | 302 | 13 | 3.92 |
| 39 | McGrath,G | AUS | 16 | 148 | 19 | 581 | 23 | 3.92 |
| 40 | De Freitas,P | ENG | 22 | 187 | 30 | 742 | 29 | 3.95 |
| 41 | Patel,D | NZ | 17 | 140 | 9 | 554 | 13 | 3.95 |
| 42 | Wasim Akram | PAK | 32 | 278 | 12 | 1110 | 43 | 3.98 |
| 43 | Chatfield,E | NZ | 13 | 131 | 15 | 525 | 14 | 3.99 |
| 44 | Maninder Singh | IND | 7 | 70 | 1 | 280 | 14 | 4.00 |
| 45 | Binny,R | IND | 9 | 95 | 9 | 382 | 19 | 4.02 |
| 46 | McDermott,C | AUS | 16 | 146 | 8 | 587 | 26 | 4.02 |
| 47 | Donald,A | SA | 22 | 194 | 12 | 780 | 37 | 4.02 |
| 48 | Mushtaq Ahmed | PAK | 15 | 135 | 5 | 549 | 26 | 4.06 |
| 49 | Hooper,C | WI | 14 | 121 | 2 | 493 | 15 | 4.07 |
| 50 | Lillee,D | AUS | 9 | 98 | 8 | 400 | 12 | 4.08 |
| 51 | Kumble,A | IND | 14 | 137 | 4 | 562 | 23 | 4.10 |
| 52 | Azhar Mahmood | PAK | 10 | 84 | 4 | 348 | 13 | 4.14 |
| 53 | Richards Viv | WI | 23 | 83 | 2 | 345 | 10 | 4.15 |
| 54 | Raju,S | IND | 11 | 88 | 7 | 366 | 13 | 4.15 |
| 55 | Aaqib Javed | PAK | 15 | 124 | 13 | 517 | 18 | 4.16 |
| 56 | Cummins,A | WI | 6 | 59 | 1 | 246 | 12 | 4.16 |
| 57 | Benjamin,W | WI | 13 | 123 | 10 | 515 | 14 | 4.18 |
| 58 | Shastri,R | IND | 14 | 92 | 2 | 389 | 12 | 4.20 |
| 59 | de Silva,DS | SL | 11 | 110 | 12 | 463 | 10 | 4.20 |
| 60 | Patterson Patrick | WI | 7 | 66 | 2 | 278 | 15 | 4.21 |
| 61 | Illingworth RK | ENG | 10 | 98 | 6 | 424 | 12 | 4.31 |
| 62 | Gough,D | ENG | 11 | 99 | 8 | 430 | 15 | 4.31 |
| 63 | Watson William | NZ | 14 | 132 | 14 | 571 | 19 | 4.32 |
| 64 | Shah,A | ZIM | 16 | 104 | 9 | 456 | 11 | 4.36 |
| 65 | Fleming,D | AUS | 16 | 133 | 12 | 583 | 26 | 4.37 |
| 66 | Prabhakar,M | IND | 19 | 145 | 10 | 640 | 24 | 4.40 |
| 67 | Vaas,C | SL | 11 | 96 | 10 | 423 | 13 | 4.40 |
| 68 | Small,G | ENG | 13 | 103 | 5 | 458 | 11 | 4.44 |
| 69 | Srinath,J | IND | 23 | 192 | 17 | 855 | 28 | 4.44 |
| 70 | Reiffel,P | AUS | 10 | 86 | 6 | 383 | 10 | 4.45 |
| 71 | Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | 11 | 93 | 5 | 417 | 19 | 4.45 |
| 72 | Prasad,B | IND | 14 | 129 | 5 | 578 | 17 | 4.45 |
| 73 | Streak,H | ZIM | 14 | 112 | 11 | 501 | 15 | 4.47 |
| 74 | Strang,P | ZIM | 12 | 86 | 6 | 388 | 15 | 4.47 |
| 75 | Rawson,P | ZIM | 10 | 95 | 10 | 427 | 12 | 4.48 |
| 76 | Moody,T | AUS | 18 | 101 | 7 | 460 | 14 | 4.55 |
| 77 | Waqar Younis | PAK | 7 | 63 | 5 | 289 | 15 | 4.58 |
| 78 | Wickramasinghe,G | SL | 17 | 136 | 8 | 625 | 16 | 4.58 |
| 79 | Harris,C | NZ | 22 | 159 | 7 | 732 | 30 | 4.59 |
| 80 | Hemmings,E | ENG | 6 | 59 | 4 | 274 | 13 | 4.60 |
| 81 | Klusener,L | SA | 9 | 75 | 5 | 350 | 17 | 4.61 |
| 82 | Waugh,S | AUS | 32 | 166 | 7 | 771 | 27 | 4.63 |
| 83 | Johnson,N | ZIM | 8 | 50 | 4 | 233 | 12 | 4.65 |
| 84 | Shoaib Akhtar | PAK | 10 | 80 | 6 | 392 | 16 | 4.84 |
| 85 | Ratnayake,R | SL | 9 | 89 | 6 | 437 | 12 | 4.91 |
| 86 | Brandes,E | ZIM | 16 | 129 | 11 | 640 | 16 | 4.95 |
| 87 | de Mel,A | SL | 9 | 90 | 13 | 449 | 18 | 4.97 |
| 88 | Mohanty,D | IND | 6 | 52 | 2 | 260 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 89 | Jayasuriya,S | SL | 17 | 87 | 3 | 443 | 10 | 5.04 |
| 90 | Cairns,C | NZ | 20 | 138 | 9 | 701 | 16 | 5.05 |
| 91 | Butchart,I | ZIM | 17 | 117 | 6 | 640 | 12 | 5.47 |
| 92 | Snedden,M | NZ | 9 | 81 | 6 | 454 | 10 | 5.54 |
| 93 | Blain,J | SCot | 5 | 37 | 1 | 210 | 10 | 5.65 |
| 94 | Ratnayeke,J | SL | 6 | 54 | 2 | 313 | 10 | 5.79 |