T20 World Cup leaderboard

ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Death Overs Bowling Economy (Overs 17–20)

Mehran Khan leads T20 World Cup all-time death economy with 1.50. Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerDeath EconomySample
1Mehran Khanoman1.50
2GH Dockrellireland2.00
3SC Williamszimbabwe3.00
4DN Wellalagesri-lanka3.33
5Usman Tariqpakistan3.43
6Zeeshan Maqsoodoman4.00
7Imran Tahirsouth-africa4.33
8DS Aireenepal4.40
9J Miyajiuganda4.50
10M Pathiranasri-lanka4.94
11KT Maphakasouth-africa5.00
12LA Dawsonengland5.00
13PA van Meekerennetherlands5.50
14R Ravindranew-zealand5.50
15S Lamichhanenepal5.50

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerDeath EconomySample
1DN Wellalagesri-lanka3.33
2Usman Tariqpakistan3.43
3KT Maphakasouth-africa5.00
4LA Dawsonengland5.00
5A Nortjesouth-africa5.50
6R Ravindranew-zealand5.50
7Salman Mirzapakistan6.00
8C Boschsouth-africa6.25
9L Ngidisouth-africa6.33
10MADI Hemanthasri-lanka6.50

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time death economy?
Mehran Khan leads T20 World Cup all-time death economy with 1.50. The top three are: Mehran Khan, GH Dockrell, SC Williams.
How is T20 World Cup death economy calculated?
Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline. Career totals span 6 editions (2013/14–2025/26).
Which T20 World Cup editions are included?
6 editions from Cricsheet's public corpus: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024, and 2025/26 (230 matches, 687 players). The 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions are not available in Cricsheet. The all-time table aggregates career totals across all 6 editions. An edition-specific breakdown for 2025/26 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 T20 WC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.

Sample-size floor: Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Mehran Khan leads T20 WC all-time death economy with 1.50. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/death-economy