Who leads BBL all-time economy?

CR Swan leads BBL all-time economy with 4.00. The top three are: CR Swan, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga.

How is BBL economy calculated?

Runs conceded per over across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 15 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 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.

BBL leaderboard

BBL — Best Bowling Economy

CR Swan leads BBL all-time economy with 4.00. Runs conceded per over across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 15 balls bowled.

All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)

#	Player	Economy
1	CR Swanbrisbane-heat	4.00
2	SMSM Senanayakesydney-sixers	4.75
3	SL Malingamelbourne-stars	5.38
4	Saeed Ajmaladelaide-strikers	5.50
5	J Seymourmelbourne-renegades melbourne-stars	5.60
6	T Shamsiadelaide-strikers	5.66
7	M Muralitharanmelbourne-renegades	5.70
8	Fazalhaq Farooqisydney-thunder	5.81
9	Azhar Mahmoodsydney-thunder	6.00
10	DMK Grantbrisbane-heat	6.00
11	IS Sodhiadelaide-strikers	6.09
12	Shakib Al Hasanadelaide-strikers melbourne-renegades	6.10
13	BMAJ Mendissydney-sixers	6.13
14	Usman Shinwarimelbourne-renegades	6.14
15	MG Johnsonperth-scorchers	6.15

Frequently asked questions

Who leads BBL all-time economy?: CR Swan leads BBL all-time economy with 4.00. The top three are: CR Swan, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga.
How is BBL economy calculated?: Runs conceded per over across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 15 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 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 15 balls bowled. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-bbl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: CR Swan leads BBL all-time economy with 4.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/economy-leaders”