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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)

#PlayerPP EconomySample
1SMSM Senanayakesydney-sixers3.00
2JA Chohansydney-sixers3.67
3CR Swanbrisbane-heat4.00
4M Muralitharanmelbourne-renegades4.00
5MN Samuelsmelbourne-renegades4.00
6NA McSweeneybrisbane-heatmelbourne-renegades4.33
7Azhar Mahmoodsydney-thunder4.50
8OP Stonemelbourne-stars4.50
9Naveen-ul-Haqsydney-sixers4.67
10Usman Shinwarimelbourne-renegades4.86
11DMK Grantbrisbane-heat5.00
12J Wadiaadelaide-strikers5.00
13MG Johnsonperth-scorchers5.28
14JR Hopesbrisbane-heat5.48
15BAW Mendissydney-thunder5.50

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.

Provenance. Projected from 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