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Batting Records - BBL Season 2017-18

Most Runs — Top 100

All Seasons 2017-18
#1 - Leader

D'Arcy Short

Hobart Hurricanes

572

Runs

11Inn
148SR
1100s
266s
#2 - Second

Alex Carey

Adelaide Strikers

443

Runs

11Inn
141SR
1100s
136s
#3 - Third

Jake Weatherald

Adelaide Strikers

383

Runs

12Inn
126SR
1100s
196s

Batting Insights - BBL 2017

BBL 2017-18 Most Runs leaderboard

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The BBL 2017-18 most runs list ranks batters by total runs in BBL 2017-18. It is a volume metric that rewards longevity, consistency, and the ability to score across different phases of the tournament. Because it aggregates every innings, it helps separate one-season spikes from sustained dominance. For analysts, it is the quickest way to identify who has carried top-order workloads and who has remained a reliable run source.

Leaders like D'Arcy Short, Alex Carey and Jake Weatherald combine big totals with high-impact innings, and this table also shows innings, strike rate and boundary counts to add pace context. Compare these numbers across seasons to track top run-scorer races, peak years, and shifts in scoring environments. It is especially useful for evaluating anchors versus power hitters.

Key insights

  • D'Arcy Short leads with 572 Runs.
  • Gap to #2 (Alex Carey) is 129 Runs.
  • Top three: D'Arcy Short, Alex Carey and Jake Weatherald.
  • D'Arcy Short scored at SR 148 across 11 innings.

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# Player Inn Runs SR 4s 6s 100s
4 Travis Head 9 374 133 28 12 0
5 Shane Watson 10 331 139 31 15 0
6 Ben McDermott 12 325 138 22 15 0
7 Marcus Harris 11 324 129 34 10 0
8 Cameron White 8 304 111 23 8 0
9 Glenn Maxwell 9 299 154 26 12 0
10 Tom Cooper 9 298 141 24 12 0
11 Nicolas Maddinson 10 291 145 27 14 0
12 Colin Ingram 12 277 139 20 14 0
13 Ashton Turner 11 252 162 12 16 0
14 Matthew Wade 10 251 137 26 6 0
15 Hilton Cartwright 11 249 112 18 9 0
16 Brendon McCullum 10 248 135 29 6 0
17 Daniel Hughes 8 227 110 19 4 0
18 Kevin Pietersen 8 226 143 24 8 0
19 Daniel Christian 10 216 153 16 10 0
20 Alex Ross 9 210 122 11 7 0
21 Jos Buttler 6 202 143 18 10 0
22 George Bailey 11 202 114 17 4 0
23 Joseph Burns 7 201 142 12 10 0
24 M Klinger 10 194 108 20 4 0
25 Cameron Bancroft 5 194 128 16 6 0
26 Ben Cutting 9 190 152 9 14 0
27 James Faulkner 9 188 105 9 4 0
28 Alexander Doolan 8 186 115 17 4 0
29 Kurtis Patterson 8 185 106 18 1 0
30 Marcus Stoinis 5 179 144 14 7 0
31 Adam Voges 10 169 119 12 3 0
32 Jimmy Peirson 9 160 132 16 4 0
33 Sam Billings 6 156 141 12 6 0
34 Jordan Silk 4 156 130 13 3 0
35 Ashton Agar 7 149 128 5 8 0
36 Chris Lynn 5 148 162 18 8 0
37 Joe Denly 4 146 131 13 7 0
38 Jonathan Wells 10 139 106 6 3 0
39 Usman Khawaja 3 137 145 17 5 0
40 Peter Handscomb 7 136 104 15 0 0
41 BJ Rohrer 10 136 160 12 6 0
42 DJ Willey 6 127 113 9 5 0
43 Ben Dunk 10 115 112 12 3 0
44 Arjun Nair 7 111 133 4 4 0
45 Simon Milenko 6 110 171 9 6 0
46 Aaron Finch 6 108 136 15 3 0
47 Matt Short 3 106 121 11 2 0
48 Callum Ferguson 6 102 104 7 0 0
49 Dwayne Bravo 8 100 131 6 5 0
50 Sam Heazlett 7 99 111 11 2 0
51 JS Lehmann 9 93 119 10 1 0
52 Chris Green 6 88 139 3 6 0
53 Mohammad Nabi 3 88 139 5 2 0
54 LJ Wright 5 82 107 10 1 0
55 James Vince 3 75 125 6 4 0
56 Johan Botha 5 75 110 5 2 0
57 Rob Quiney 4 72 118 5 3 0
58 Seb Gotch 5 72 102 5 1 0
59 EP Gulbis 5 70 125 4 3 0
60 Steve O'Keefe 3 70 148 6 2 0
61 Bradley Hodge 5 68 133 2 6 0
62 Peter Nevill 5 68 101 9 0 0
63 KA Pollard 4 67 124 4 2 0
64 Jason Roy 6 62 103 6 2 0
65 Michael Neser 6 62 121 4 3 0
66 TP Ludeman 5 61 122 6 2 0
67 Moises Henriques 5 54 131 2 2 0
68 John Hastings 5 51 134 3 3 0
69 JR Dean 4 51 110 3 4 0
70 Tim Bresnan 2 50 172 4 2 0
71 Jack Wildermuth 4 45 132 2 3 0
72 Ben Dwarshuis 4 42 144 2 3 0
73 Jay Lenton 2 41 170 3 3 0
74 Josh Lalor 5 40 97 5 0 0
75 Jofra Archer 5 40 137 1 1 0
76 WG Bosisto 4 37 92 6 0 0
77 Mark Steketee 7 37 115 2 3 0
78 Tim David 3 36 128 2 2 0
79 Rashid Khan 5 36 180 1 3 0
80 Sean Abbott 4 36 150 5 0 0
81 Beau Webster 3 35 194 1 2 0
82 NJ Reardon 1 32 145 2 2 0
83 CJ Gannon 2 32 91 4 0 0
84 Shaun Marsh 1 30 166 6 0 0
85 Ryan Gibson 5 30 71 0 1 0
86 Jhye Richardson 3 26 118 1 2 0
87 Matthew Renshaw 1 22 115 2 0 0
88 Marnus Labuschagne 3 21 72 2 0 0
89 Kane Richardson 2 21 131 0 1 0
90 AC Blizzard 3 15 115 2 0 0
91 Daniel Worrall 1 13 162 2 0 0
92 Clive Rose 1 13 76 0 0 0
93 Josh Inglis 3 11 84 1 0 0
94 Gurinder Sandhu 3 11 157 1 1 0
95 Mitchell McClenaghan 4 10 76 0 0 0
96 Sam Whiteman 2 9 112 2 0 0
97 Carlos Brathwaite 1 9 150 2 0 0
98 Tim Paine 2 9 81 1 0 0
99 Andrew Tye 1 7 175 1 0 0
100 Matthew Kelly 1 7 100 1 0 0

FAQs

Who leads most runs in BBL 2017-18?

D'Arcy Short leads BBL 2017-18 with 572 Runs.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most runs totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each BBL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.