#1 - Leader
Jhye Richardson
Perth Scorchers
29
Wickets
17Inn
29Wkts
12.72SR
7.69Eco
Bowling Records - BBL Season 2020-21
BBL Season 2020-21: Most Wickets by a Bowler
All Seasons
2020-21
#2 - Second
Mark Steketee
Brisbane Heat
24
Wickets
16Inn
24Wkts
14.08SR
9.27Eco
#3 - Third
Ben Dwarshuis
Sydney Sixers
24
Wickets
13Inn
24Wkts
11.38SR
8.86Eco
Bowling Insights - BBL 2020
BBL 2020-21 Most Wickets leaderboard
The BBL 2020-21 most wickets list ranks bowlers by total wickets in BBL 2020-21. It captures sustained wicket-taking across a season or across BBL history, rewarding bowlers who strike regularly and carry workloads.
Leaders like Jhye Richardson, Mark Steketee and Ben Dwarshuis combine strike power with control. The table also shows innings, strike rate and economy to provide pace and efficiency context across eras.
Key insights
- Jhye Richardson leads with 29.0 Wkts.
- Gap to #2 (Mark Steketee) is 5.0 Wkts.
- Top three: Jhye Richardson, Mark Steketee and Ben Dwarshuis.
- Jhye Richardson economy rate: 7.69.
Top players mentioned
- Jhye Richardson Wkts 29.0
- Mark Steketee Wkts 24.0
- Ben Dwarshuis Wkts 24.0
- Wes Agar Wkts 22.0
- Andrew Tye Wkts 21.0
| # | Player | Inn | Wkts | SR | Eco | 3W | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Wes Agar | 15 | 22 | 14.91 | 8.36 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Andrew Tye | 16 | 21 | 15.48 | 7.99 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Tanveer Sangha | 15 | 21 | 13.57 | 8.08 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Nathan Ellis | 14 | 20 | 16.10 | 8.31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Adam Zampa | 12 | 19 | 14.26 | 7.35 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Peter Siddle | 13 | 19 | 13.68 | 7.45 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Peter Hatzoglou | 12 | 17 | 16.59 | 8.28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Scott Boland | 14 | 17 | 19.18 | 7.95 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Carlos Brathwaite | 16 | 16 | 18.00 | 8.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Riley Meredith | 13 | 16 | 18.88 | 7.83 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Rashid Khan | 10 | 16 | 14.62 | 6.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Jason Behrendorff | 16 | 16 | 19.88 | 7.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nathan McAndrew | 13 | 15 | 17.60 | 9.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Steve O'Keefe | 14 | 15 | 19.60 | 6.94 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Daniel Christian | 14 | 15 | 18.00 | 8.84 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Fawad Ahmed | 16 | 15 | 22.60 | 7.72 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Kane Richardson | 11 | 15 | 16.20 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 8 | 14 | 12.86 | 6.27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Billy Stanlake | 12 | 13 | 17.92 | 8.34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Chris Green | 14 | 13 | 18.00 | 8.62 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Jack Wildermuth | 12 | 13 | 19.38 | 7.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Liam Hatcher | 9 | 13 | 16.00 | 8.88 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Xavier Bartlett | 15 | 12 | 20.50 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Danny Briggs | 14 | 11 | 25.00 | 7.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 6 | 11 | 11.91 | 7.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Daniel Sams | 9 | 11 | 16.73 | 8.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Marnus Labuschagne | 6 | 10 | 10.20 | 8.59 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Aaron Hardie | 16 | 10 | 26.40 | 9.02 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Daniel Worrall | 10 | 10 | 22.30 | 7.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Imad Wasim | 10 | 10 | 22.30 | 7.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Zak Evans | 5 | 10 | 9.00 | 9.73 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Brendan Doggett | 5 | 9 | 12.11 | 6.61 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Mitchell Swepson | 6 | 9 | 16.00 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jacob Ball | 7 | 9 | 16.00 | 11.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Sandeep Lamichhane | 8 | 8 | 23.25 | 7.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | D'Arcy Short | 14 | 8 | 24.00 | 7.94 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | James Faulkner | 5 | 8 | 13.25 | 7.47 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Glenn Maxwell | 12 | 7 | 24.71 | 7.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Lewis Gregory | 11 | 7 | 23.14 | 10.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Jackson Bird | 9 | 7 | 24.86 | 7.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Sean Abbott | 4 | 7 | 12.00 | 9.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Josh Lalor | 7 | 6 | 26.00 | 10.54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Zahir Khan | 8 | 6 | 29.00 | 6.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Jack Prestwidge | 8 | 5 | 26.40 | 7.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Morne Morkel | 6 | 5 | 25.20 | 8.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ben Manenti | 8 | 5 | 26.40 | 7.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Adam Milne | 12 | 5 | 52.80 | 7.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | SL Rainbird | 5 | 5 | 21.60 | 8.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Liam Livingstone | 6 | 5 | 12.00 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Ben Cutting | 14 | 4 | 43.50 | 7.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Will Sutherland | 6 | 4 | 23.75 | 10.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Michael Neser | 4 | 4 | 18.00 | 7.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Nicolas Maddinson | 5 | 4 | 12.00 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Mitchell Marsh | 5 | 4 | 17.25 | 6.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Mohammad Nabi | 7 | 4 | 22.50 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Lloyd Pope | 6 | 4 | 27.00 | 8.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | James Bazley | 6 | 3 | 24.00 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Chris Tremain | 3 | 3 | 15.67 | 10.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Jono Cook | 3 | 3 | 18.00 | 9.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Johan Botha | 5 | 3 | 22.00 | 7.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Matthew Kuhnemann | 6 | 3 | 28.00 | 7.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Dilbar Hussain | 2 | 3 | 11.67 | 6.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Marcus Stoinis | 3 | 2 | 18.00 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Jason Holder | 3 | 2 | 30.00 | 8.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Gurinder Sandhu | 3 | 2 | 15.00 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Noor Ahmad | 6 | 2 | 66.00 | 8.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Harry Conway | 3 | 2 | 30.00 | 7.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Hilton Cartwright | 4 | 2 | 18.50 | 15.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Liam O'Connor | 5 | 2 | 45.00 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Jack Wood | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Clint Hinchliffe | 4 | 2 | 18.00 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Haris Rauf | 3 | 1 | 36.00 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | M Perry | 1 | 1 | 12.00 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Will Jacks | 3 | 1 | 24.00 | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Keemo Paul | 2 | 1 | 30.00 | 13.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Beau Webster | 6 | 1 | 96.00 | 6.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Cameron Valente | 1 | 1 | 24.00 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Travis Head | 3 | 1 | 36.00 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Ben Laughlin | 8 | 1 | 174.00 | 8.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Arjun Nair | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAQs
Who leads most wickets in BBL 2020-21?
Jhye Richardson leads BBL 2020-21 with 29.0 Wkts.
How is this leaderboard calculated?
Players are ranked by most wickets totals, with innings, strike rate and economy 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.