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WPL — Death Overs Bowling Economy (Overs 17–20)

LK Bell leads WPL all-time death economy with 4.50. Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all WPL seasons. Lower is better. Minimum 12 balls bowled in death overs.

All time (WPL 2023–2025/26)

#PlayerDeath EconomySample
1LK Bellroyal-challengers-bengaluru4.50
2Shafali Vermadelhi-capitals4.50
3GM Harrisroyal-challengers-bengaluruup-warriorz5.10
4RP Yadavdelhi-capitalsroyal-challengers-bengaluru6.17
5PG Chopraup-warriorz6.50
6AC Jayanganiup-warriorz7.00
7M Manidelhi-capitals7.14
8S Molineuxroyal-challengers-bangalore7.20
9S Ishaquemumbai-indians7.29
10NSS Sharmadelhi-capitals7.69
11SR Patilroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru7.86
12S Ecclestoneup-warriorz8.24
13HK Matthewsmumbai-indians8.41
14AC Kerrmumbai-indians8.60
15G Warehamgujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru8.60

2025/26 · top 10 for the latest season

#PlayerDeath EconomySample
1LK Bellroyal-challengers-bengaluru4.50
2Shafali Vermadelhi-capitals4.50
3G Warehamgujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru6.00
4AC Kerrmumbai-indians7.33
5NSS Sharmadelhi-capitals7.69
6SR Patilroyal-challengers-bangaloreroyal-challengers-bengaluru8.05
7M Kappdelhi-capitals8.75
8S Ecclestoneup-warriorz8.80
9S Pandeydelhi-capitalsup-warriorz8.86
10SFM Devinegujarat-giantsroyal-challengers-bangalore8.94

Frequently asked questions

Who leads WPL all-time death economy?
LK Bell leads WPL all-time death economy with 4.50. The top three are: LK Bell, Shafali Verma, GM Harris.
How is WPL death economy calculated?
Bowling economy in death overs (17–20) across all WPL seasons. 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.
Does this WPL death economy leaderboard include 2025/26?
Yes. The all-time table covers WPL 2023–2025/26. A separate 2025/26-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.

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical WPL 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-wpl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: LK Bell leads WPL all-time death economy with 4.50. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/wpl/leaderboards/death-economy