BBL leaderboard
BBL — Powerplay Bowling Economy (Overs 1–6)
SMSM Senanayake leads BBL all-time pp economy with 3.00. Bowling economy in overs 1–6 across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in the powerplay.
All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)
| # | Player | PP Economy | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMSM Senanayakesydney-sixers | 3.00 | |
| 2 | JA Chohansydney-sixers | 3.67 | |
| 3 | CR Swanbrisbane-heat | 4.00 | |
| 4 | M Muralitharanmelbourne-renegades | 4.00 | |
| 5 | MN Samuelsmelbourne-renegades | 4.00 | |
| 6 | NA McSweeneybrisbane-heatmelbourne-renegades | 4.33 | |
| 7 | Azhar Mahmoodsydney-thunder | 4.50 | |
| 8 | OP Stonemelbourne-stars | 4.50 | |
| 9 | Naveen-ul-Haqsydney-sixers | 4.67 | |
| 10 | Usman Shinwarimelbourne-renegades | 4.86 | |
| 11 | DMK Grantbrisbane-heat | 5.00 | |
| 12 | J Wadiaadelaide-strikers | 5.00 | |
| 13 | MG Johnsonperth-scorchers | 5.28 | |
| 14 | JR Hopesbrisbane-heat | 5.48 | |
| 15 | BAW Mendissydney-thunder | 5.50 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads BBL all-time pp economy?
- SMSM Senanayake leads BBL all-time pp economy with 3.00. The top three are: SMSM Senanayake, JA Chohan, CR Swan.
- How is BBL pp economy calculated?
- Bowling economy in overs 1–6 across all BBL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in the powerplay.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this BBL pp 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 the powerplay. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-bbl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: SMSM Senanayake leads BBL all-time pp economy with 3.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/powerplay-economy”