T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Powerplay Bowling Economy (Overs 1–6)
Imran Tahir leads T20 World Cup all-time pp economy with 2.00. Bowling economy in powerplay (overs 1–6) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in the powerplay.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | PP Economy | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imran Tahirsouth-africa | 2.00 | |
| 2 | JDF Vandersaysri-lanka | 3.00 | |
| 3 | OEG Baartmansouth-africa | 3.13 | |
| 4 | BD Glovernetherlands | 3.17 | |
| 5 | CA Youngireland | 3.67 | |
| 6 | MA Leaskscotland | 3.67 | |
| 7 | SL Malingasri-lanka | 3.71 | |
| 8 | DM de Silvasri-lanka | 4.11 | |
| 9 | NL McCullumnew-zealand | 4.33 | |
| 10 | TJG Pringlenetherlands | 4.50 | |
| 11 | JOA Gordoncanada | 4.63 | |
| 12 | A Nortjesouth-africa | 4.67 | |
| 13 | AR Ramjaniuganda | 4.75 | |
| 14 | AV Lalchetaoman | 4.75 | |
| 15 | PWH de Silvasri-lanka | 4.80 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | PP Economy | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nortjesouth-africa | 3.50 | |
| 2 | Agha Salmanpakistan | 5.00 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Jawadullahunited-arab-emirates | 5.00 | |
| 4 | Kaleem Sanacanada | 5.20 | |
| 5 | B Muzarabanizimbabwe | 5.46 | |
| 6 | Saad Bin Zafarcanada | 5.50 | |
| 7 | MJ Santnernew-zealand | 5.67 | |
| 8 | Nadeem Khanoman | 5.67 | |
| 9 | NK Yadavnepal | 5.75 | |
| 10 | SC van Schalkwykunited-states-of-america | 5.86 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time pp economy?
- Imran Tahir leads T20 World Cup all-time pp economy with 2.00. The top three are: Imran Tahir, JDF Vandersay, OEG Baartman.
- How is T20 World Cup pp economy calculated?
- Bowling economy in powerplay (overs 1–6) across all T20 World Cup editions. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in the powerplay.. 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 the powerplay. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: Imran Tahir leads T20 WC all-time pp economy with 2.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/powerplay-economy”