MLC leaderboard
Most maiden overs
R Shepherd leads MLC all-time most maidens with 3. Most over-length (6-ball) overs with a single bowler conceding zero runs across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
All time (MLC 2023–2026)
| # | Player | Maidens | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Shepherd | 3 | |
| 2 | R Ravindra | 2 | |
| 3 | G Coetzee | 1 | |
| 4 | K Rabada | 1 | |
| 5 | Rashid Khan | 1 | |
| 6 | Ehsan Adil | 1 | |
| 7 | MJ Santner | 1 | |
| 8 | Imad Wasim | 1 | |
| 9 | PJ Cummins | 1 | |
| 10 | M Jansen | 1 | |
| 11 | N Burger | 1 | |
| 12 | SN Netravalkar | 1 | |
| 13 | MG Bracewell | 1 | |
| 14 | Haris Rauf | 1 | |
| 15 | AJ Hosein | 1 |
2026 · top 10 for the latest season
| # | Player | Maidens | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Shepherd | 3 | |
| 2 | R Ravindra | 2 | |
| 3 | G Coetzee | 1 | |
| 4 | K Rabada | 1 | |
| 5 | Rashid Khan | 1 | |
| 6 | Ehsan Adil | 1 | |
| 7 | MJ Santner | 1 | |
| 8 | Imad Wasim | 1 | |
| 9 | PJ Cummins | 1 | |
| 10 | M Jansen | 1 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads MLC all-time most maidens?
- R Shepherd leads MLC all-time most maidens with 3. The top three are: R Shepherd, R Ravindra, G Coetzee.
- How is MLC most maidens calculated?
- Most over-length (6-ball) overs with a single bowler conceding zero runs across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this MLC most maidens leaderboard include 2026?
- Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-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. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
Sample-size floor: All innings across 2023–2025 seasons. Per doctrine §3.1 — claims below the floor are excluded from this surface.
data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: R Shepherd leads MLC all-time most maidens with 3. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/most-maidens”