T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Middle Overs Bowling Economy (Overs 7–15)
Sompal Kami leads T20 World Cup all-time middle economy with 2.00. Bowling economy in middle overs (7–15) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 18 balls bowled in middle overs.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Middle Econ | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sompal Kaminepal | 2.00 | |
| 2 | J Karikopapua-new-guinea | 3.71 | |
| 3 | Zahoor Khanunited-arab-emirates | 3.80 | |
| 4 | Aayan Afzal Khanunited-arab-emirates | 3.83 | |
| 5 | B Regminepal | 3.83 | |
| 6 | D Pretoriussouth-africa | 4.00 | |
| 7 | GF Lindesouth-africa | 4.00 | |
| 8 | Mohammad Amirpakistan | 4.33 | |
| 9 | SP Narinewest-indies | 4.33 | |
| 10 | T Panyangarazimbabwe | 4.50 | |
| 11 | AR Ramjaniuganda | 4.67 | |
| 12 | BJ Curriescotland | 4.67 | |
| 13 | Mohammed Sirajindia | 4.67 | |
| 14 | OEG Baartmansouth-africa | 4.67 | |
| 15 | RS Boparaengland | 4.67 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Middle Econ | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GF Lindesouth-africa | 4.00 | |
| 2 | J Littleireland | 4.00 | |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadavindia | 4.67 | |
| 4 | GJ Delanyireland | 4.83 | |
| 5 | BTJ Whealscotland | 5.00 | |
| 6 | KIC Asalankasri-lanka | 5.33 | |
| 7 | PA van Meekerennetherlands | 5.33 | |
| 8 | DS Aireenepal | 5.43 | |
| 9 | LV van Beeknetherlands | 5.50 | |
| 10 | NT Ellisaustralia | 5.75 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time middle economy?
- Sompal Kami leads T20 World Cup all-time middle economy with 2.00. The top three are: Sompal Kami, J Kariko, Zahoor Khan.
- How is T20 World Cup middle economy calculated?
- Bowling economy in middle overs (7–15) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 18 balls bowled in middle 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 18 balls bowled in middle overs. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Sompal Kami leads T20 WC all-time middle economy with 2.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/middle-economy”