Top 10 ODI bowlers with the best economy rate of all time 

#4 Malcolm Marshall – 3.53

Malcolm Marshall was one of the fastest bowlers in the 1980s. His ability to surprise the batsmen with magical and devastating deliveries was brilliant. India's great all-rounder Kapil Dev once summed up Marshall’s bowling style and said, “He was a slippery customer in the truest sense. You never knew whether the ball would rise to your throat or hit your ankles.”

His ODI career though, never took off, like his Test career. However, even though he didn’t get a lot of wickets, his economy is one of the best in ODI cricket. He played 126 ODIs where he took 157 wickets at a superb economy of 3.53.

#3 Curtly Ambrose – 3.48

At a height of 6 feet and 7 inches, Curtly Ambrose is regarded as one of the best fast bowlers to have played the game. Ambrose had the excellent ability to generate discomforting bounce.

He will be remembered as a wonderful Test bowler and his exploits of 7/1 will never be forgotten. But, little do people know that the tall fast-bowler from Antigua has the third-best economy of bowlers who’ve played more than 100 ODIs.

In 176 One-Day games, he has taken 225 wickets at an average of 24.12. His economy of 3.48 is one of the best in ODI history.

Late in his career, he also bowled one of the most economical spells in the history of ODI cricket. In 1999, playing against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, Ambrose produced a jaw-dropping spell of 10-5-5-1.