Who leads BBL all-time middle wickets?

CJ Boyce leads BBL all-time middle wickets with 85. The top three are: CJ Boyce, A Zampa, Fawad Ahmed.

How is BBL middle wickets calculated?

Wickets taken in the middle overs (7–15) across all BBL seasons. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.

Does this BBL middle wickets 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 — Most Middle Overs Wickets (Overs 7–15)

CJ Boyce leads BBL all-time middle wickets with 85. Wickets taken in the middle overs (7–15) across all BBL seasons.

All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)

#	Player	Middle Wickets
1	CJ Boyceadelaide-strikers hobart-hurricanes melbourne-renegades	85
2	A Zampaadelaide-strikers melbourne-renegades melbourne-stars sydney-thunder	84
3	Fawad Ahmedadelaide-strikers melbourne-renegades perth-scorchers sydney-thunder	78
4	SA Abbottsydney-sixers sydney-thunder	72
5	AJ Tyemelbourne-renegades perth-scorchers sydney-thunder	71
6	Rashid Khanadelaide-strikers	71
7	MJ Swepsonbrisbane-heat melbourne-stars	70
8	BJ Dwarshuissydney-sixers	63
9	AC Agarperth-scorchers	59
10	SNJ O'Keefesydney-sixers	59
11	DT Christianbrisbane-heat hobart-hurricanes melbourne-renegades sydney-sixers sydney-thunder	53
12	CJ Greensydney-thunder	45
13	L Popeadelaide-strikers sydney-sixers	45
14	GB Hoggmelbourne-renegades perth-scorchers	43
15	PM Siddleadelaide-strikers melbourne-renegades melbourne-stars	43

Frequently asked questions

Who leads BBL all-time middle wickets?: CJ Boyce leads BBL all-time middle wickets with 85. The top three are: CJ Boyce, A Zampa, Fawad Ahmed.
How is BBL middle wickets calculated?: Wickets taken in the middle overs (7–15) across all BBL seasons. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
Does this BBL middle wickets 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.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-bbl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: CJ Boyce leads BBL all-time middle wickets with 85. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/middle-wickets”