Who leads BBL all-time bowling sr?

S Mahmood leads BBL all-time bowling sr with 10.6. The top three are: S Mahmood, MA Starc, Naved-ul-Hasan.

How is BBL bowling sr calculated?

Balls bowled per wicket across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.

Does this BBL bowling sr leaderboard include 2025?

Yes. The all-time table covers BBL 2011/12–2025. A separate 2025-only view is shown below the all-time table.

What data source powers this leaderboard?

Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.

BBL leaderboard

BBL — Best Bowling Strike Rate

S Mahmood leads BBL all-time bowling sr with 10.6. Balls bowled per wicket across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.

All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)

#	Player	Bowling SR
1	S Mahmoodsydney-thunder	10.6
2	MA Starcsydney-sixers	11.5
3	Naved-ul-Hasanhobart-hurricanes	11.9
4	LS Livingstoneperth-scorchers	12.1
5	Haris Raufmelbourne-stars	12.5
6	Yasir Arafatperth-scorchers	12.5
7	LE Plunkettmelbourne-stars	12.8
8	Z Evansmelbourne-renegades	12.9
9	AU Rashidadelaide-strikers	13.0
10	JK Reedhobart-hurricanes	13.5
11	S Milenkobrisbane-heat hobart-hurricanes	13.7
12	JR Colemanmelbourne-stars	13.8
13	HTRY Thorntonadelaide-strikers sydney-sixers	14.0
14	Shakib Al Hasanadelaide-strikers melbourne-renegades	14.0
15	BM Edmondsonperth-scorchers	14.1

Frequently asked questions

Who leads BBL all-time bowling sr?: S Mahmood leads BBL all-time bowling sr with 10.6. The top three are: S Mahmood, MA Starc, Naved-ul-Hasan.
How is BBL bowling sr calculated?: Balls bowled per wicket across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 90 balls bowled.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
Does this BBL bowling sr leaderboard include 2025?: Yes. The all-time table covers BBL 2011/12–2025. A separate 2025-only view is shown below the all-time table.
What data source powers this leaderboard?: Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical BBL SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.

Sample-size floor: Minimum 90 balls bowled. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-bbl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: S Mahmood leads BBL all-time bowling sr with 10.6. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/bowling-strike-rate”