Who leads BBL all-time pp wickets?

JP Behrendorff leads BBL all-time pp wickets with 84. The top three are: JP Behrendorff, JM Bird, SA Abbott.

How is BBL pp wickets calculated?

Wickets taken in the powerplay (overs 1–6) 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 pp 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 Powerplay Wickets (Overs 1–6)

JP Behrendorff leads BBL all-time pp wickets with 84. Wickets taken in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across all BBL seasons.

All time (BBL 2011/12–2025)

#	Player	PP Wickets
1	JP Behrendorffmelbourne-renegades perth-scorchers	84
2	JM Birdmelbourne-stars sydney-sixers	57
3	SA Abbottsydney-sixers sydney-thunder	54
4	MG Neseradelaide-strikers brisbane-heat	50
5	RP Meredithhobart-hurricanes	45
6	BJ Dwarshuissydney-sixers	43
7	MT Steketeebrisbane-heat melbourne-stars	40
8	JA Richardsonperth-scorchers	38
9	GS Sandhumelbourne-renegades sydney-sixers sydney-thunder	37
10	JK Lalorbrisbane-heat melbourne-renegades perth-scorchers sydney-sixers sydney-thunder	33
11	SNJ O'Keefesydney-sixers	33
12	TS Rogershobart-hurricanes melbourne-renegades	33
13	DR Samssydney-sixers sydney-thunder	30
14	JP Faulknerhobart-hurricanes melbourne-stars	28
15	NM Coulter-Nilemelbourne-stars perth-scorchers	27

Frequently asked questions

Who leads BBL all-time pp wickets?: JP Behrendorff leads BBL all-time pp wickets with 84. The top three are: JP Behrendorff, JM Bird, SA Abbott.
How is BBL pp wickets calculated?: Wickets taken in the powerplay (overs 1–6) 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 pp 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: JP Behrendorff leads BBL all-time pp wickets with 84. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/bbl/leaderboards/powerplay-wickets”