MLC leaderboards
All MLC leaderboards
55 leaderboard surfaces covering the full Major League Cricket corpus — batting averages, bowling economy, powerplay strike rates, death-overs wickets, and more. Every figure derives from ball-by-ball data (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0) with explicit sample-size floors and a stable canonical URL.
- Orange cap — most runs
Top run-scorers across all captured MLC matches. The MLC equivalent of the IPL Orange Cap. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Purple cap — most wickets
Top wicket-takers across all captured MLC matches. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Highest batting strike rates
Best batting strike rates with a minimum sample floor. Minimum 30 balls faced.
- Best bowling economy rates
Lowest bowling economy rates with a minimum sample floor. Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
- Most sixes
Top six-hitters across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Most fours
Top boundary-hitters across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Highest individual scores
Highest individual innings scores across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Best bowling — wicket leaders
Wicket totals across captured MLC matches. Per-innings figures available on player profiles. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Most ducks
Most times dismissed without scoring. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Most single-digit outs
Most times dismissed for fewer than 10 runs. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Highest powerplay strike rates
Best batting strike rates in the powerplay (overs 1–6 of a T20 innings). Minimum 30 balls faced in overs 1–6.
- Best death-overs economy
Lowest bowling economy rates in death overs (overs 17–20 of a T20 innings). Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled in overs 17–20.
- Highest death-overs strike rates
Best batting strike rates in death overs (overs 17–20). Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20.
- Best powerplay economy
Lowest bowling economy rates in the powerplay (overs 1–6). Minimum 18 legal deliveries bowled in overs 1–6.
- Best batting averages
Highest batting averages across captured MLC matches (runs per dismissal). Minimum 30 balls faced.
- Best bowling averages
Lowest bowling averages across captured MLC matches (runs per wicket). Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Best bowling strike rates
Fewest balls per wicket (lower is better) across captured MLC matches. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Most runs conceded
Bowlers who conceded the most runs — high-volume context metric. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.
- Most powerplay runs scored
Top run-scorers in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most death-overs runs scored
Top run-scorers in death overs (overs 17–20) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most powerplay wickets taken
Top wicket-takers in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most death-overs wickets taken
Top wicket-takers in death overs (overs 17–20) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most powerplay sixes
Most sixes hit in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most death-overs sixes
Most sixes hit in death overs (overs 17–20) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most powerplay fours
Most fours hit in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most death-overs fours
Most fours hit in death overs (overs 17–20) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most not-outs
Batters who finished unbeaten most often — a marker of finishers and middle-order anchors. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.
- Most innings batted
Most innings batted across all captured MLC matches. A volume metric for high-frequency batters. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.
- Most matches played
Most MLC matches played — the all-time appearance leaders across 2023–2025. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.
- Most boundaries (4s + 6s)
Total boundaries (fours plus sixes combined) across all captured MLC matches. Counting stat — no minimum sample floor.
- Most powerplay boundaries
Most boundaries (fours + sixes) hit in the powerplay (overs 1–6) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all powerplay appearances included.
- Most death-overs boundaries
Most boundaries (fours + sixes) hit in death overs (overs 17–20) across captured MLC matches. Counting stat — all death-over appearances included.
- Best powerplay bowling strike rate
Fewest balls per wicket in the powerplay (overs 1–6). Lower values are better. Minimum 18 legal deliveries in the powerplay with at least 1 wicket.
- Best death-overs bowling strike rate
Fewest balls per wicket in death overs (overs 17–20). Lower values are better. Minimum 12 legal deliveries in death overs with at least 1 wicket.
- Most powerplay balls bowled
Total legal deliveries bowled in the powerplay — identifies the highest-usage PP attack bowlers. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most death-overs balls bowled
Total legal deliveries bowled in death overs — identifies the most-used death bowlers. Counting stat — all appearances included.
- Most fifties
Most innings scoring 50–99 runs across all captured MLC matches. All innings included — minimum 1 fifty to appear.
- Most hundreds
Most innings scoring ≥100 runs across all captured MLC matches. All innings included — minimum 1 century to appear.
- Most dot balls bowled
Most legal deliveries conceding 0 total runs, indicating control and pressure ability. Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
- Most middle-overs runs
Most runs scored in the middle overs (overs 6–15) across all captured MLC matches. Minimum 20 balls faced in middle overs.
- Best middle-overs economy
Fewest runs conceded per over in the middle overs (overs 6–15). Lower is better. Minimum 18 legal deliveries in middle overs.
- Most middle-overs sixes
Most sixes hit in the middle overs (overs 6–15) across all captured MLC matches. Minimum 20 balls faced in middle overs.
- Most middle-overs wickets
Most wickets taken in the middle overs (overs 6–15) across all captured MLC matches. Minimum 18 legal deliveries in middle overs with at least 1 wicket.
- Fastest fifties
Fewest balls needed to score 50 in an MLC innings. Ascending by balls faced. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
- Fastest hundreds
Fewest balls needed to score 100 in an MLC innings. Ascending by balls faced. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
- Most maiden overs
Most over-length (6-ball) overs with a single bowler conceding zero runs across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
- Hat-tricks
Three or more consecutive bowler-credited wickets in an innings across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
- Highest dot-ball percentage
Bowlers who delivered the highest proportion of dot balls (0 runs off the bat) across captured MLC matches. Measures control and pressure-building ability. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Highest boundary dependency
Batters who scored the highest proportion of their runs through boundaries (fours and sixes). Indicates reliance on hitting over running between wickets. Minimum 30 balls faced.
- Best century rate
Batters who convert innings into centuries most often — hundreds per innings as a percentage. Identifies elite match-winners. Minimum 10 innings batted.
- Highest partnership stands
Largest batting partnerships (runs scored between consecutive wicket falls) across all MLC matches. Derived from ball-by-ball data — every stand is traceable to a specific match.
- Highest opening partnerships
Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in MLC history. Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of winning the match in T20 cricket.
- Fastest partnerships by run rate
Batting pairs with the highest scoring rate in a single partnership stand across MLC matches. Minimum 18 balls in the partnership. Minimum 18 balls in the stand.
- Highest 2nd wicket partnerships
Largest partnerships for the 2nd wicket in MLC — the key consolidation stand after the first wicket falls.
- Highest 3rd wicket partnerships
Largest 3rd wicket batting partnerships in MLC history — the middle-order anchor stand.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the MLC Orange Cap leaderboard?
- The Orange Cap leaderboard ranks the top run-scorers in Major League Cricket across all seasons (2023–present). It aggregates ball-by-ball run tallies from the Cricsheet dataset (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU snapshot.
- What is the MLC Purple Cap leaderboard?
- The Purple Cap leaderboard ranks the top wicket-takers in MLC across all seasons. Sample-size floors apply — bowlers must meet minimum delivery thresholds to qualify.
- How are MLC leaderboard stats calculated?
- Every leaderboard projects from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot (data/_season-stats-mlc.json), derived from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure consistency across all 50 aspects.
- Do MLC leaderboards include 2026?
- MLC 2026 pre-season rosters are included. Ball-by-ball records for completed seasons (2023, 2024, 2025) are fully indexed. The 2026 in-season data will be added as matches are captured.
- How many MLC leaderboard surfaces are there?
- There are 55 leaderboard surfaces covering batting (runs, strike rate, average, sixes, fours) and bowling (wickets, economy, average, bowling strike rate) across all-time and phase-specific windows (powerplay, death overs).
Sources & methodology
Every leaderboard derives from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-mlc.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.