BBL leaderboard
BBL — Death Overs Bowling Economy (Overs 17–20)
JG Bethell leads BBL all-time death economy with 2.31. Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs.
All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)
| # | Player | Death Economy | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JG Bethellmelbourne-renegades | 2.31 | |
| 2 | T Shamsiadelaide-strikers | 3.53 | |
| 3 | BG Drewadelaide-strikers | 4.00 | |
| 4 | RS Boparasydney-sixers | 4.00 | |
| 5 | Rishad Hossainhobart-hurricanes | 4.33 | |
| 6 | Mohammad Hasnainsydney-thunder | 4.50 | |
| 7 | Nikhil Chaudharyhobart-hurricanes | 4.67 | |
| 8 | DW Steynmelbourne-stars | 4.75 | |
| 9 | L Guthriebrisbane-heat | 5.00 | |
| 10 | DJ Husseymelbourne-stars | 5.50 | |
| 11 | Saeed Ajmaladelaide-strikers | 5.50 | |
| 12 | SL Malingamelbourne-stars | 5.67 | |
| 13 | Fazalhaq Farooqisydney-thunder | 5.75 | |
| 14 | JR Colemanmelbourne-stars | 6.00 | |
| 15 | Mujeeb Ur Rahmanbrisbane-heatmelbourne-renegades | 6.00 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads BBL all-time death economy?
- JG Bethell leads BBL all-time death economy with 2.31. The top three are: JG Bethell, T Shamsi, BG Drew.
- How is BBL death economy calculated?
- Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this BBL death economy 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 12 balls bowled in death overs. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-bbl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: JG Bethell leads BBL all-time death economy with 2.31. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/death-economy”