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Brendon McCullum

Right-handed batter, age 45

IPLT20IsBBLCPLBlastPSLBPLHis Test ratings
+0.9

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 70th of 1,072 rated batters, top 10%.

A big hitter. Adds most in the death.

89% range
−0.1 to +2.2
Likely rank
28th to 230th
Per 24 balls
+1.1
Whole career
+1.3
Run-outs, per match
+0.03
Balls
6,072
Last played
2018
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

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In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

McCullumIPL average
Strike rate163153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls24%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay168155
Strike rate, middle149145
Strike rate, death182167

+25 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 19 balls an innings. Runs only; the rating also counts what his wickets cost.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay+1.3
Middle−0.5
Death+3.0

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 4%
Gets out lesstop 49%
Scores faster once inbottom 39%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace17015717 balls
Left-arm pace16515418 balls
Off-spin15314720 balls
Left-arm spin14214219 balls
Wrist-spin14814617 balls

Walking in at 40 needed off 18, six down

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average batter in his place. Each line is one chase, ball by ball, from 40 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-480+48 2004: −0.8 per 24 over 24 balls 042005: −45.4 per 24 over 19 balls 2006: +10.3 per 24 over 50 balls 062007: +0.9 per 24 over 245 balls 2008: +15.5 per 24 over 218 balls 082009: −3.3 per 24 over 626 balls 2010: −7.2 per 24 over 116 balls 102011: +4.3 per 24 over 494 balls 2012: −0.6 per 24 over 592 balls 122013: +10.8 per 24 over 171 balls 2014: −5.0 per 24 over 384 balls 142015: +8.2 per 24 over 436 balls 2016: +3.3 per 24 over 740 balls 162017: −3.4 per 24 over 1,191 balls 2018: +2.8 per 24 over 590 balls 18
SeasonInnsRunsBallsAvgSR4s6sDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical batter there against a typical IPL batter, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthInnsRunsAvgSRWin value

Last 10 innings

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 51(39)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2019-02-03+25.7
  2. 3(7)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2019-02-01−0.7
  3. 3(11)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2019-01-29−9.5
  4. 13(14)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2019-01-27+3.4
  5. 27(31)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2019-01-20−6.4
  6. 0(1)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2019-01-17−10.4
  7. 69(43)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2019-01-13+5.5
  8. 50(47)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2019-01-10−3.9
  9. 56(35)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2019-01-08+12.0
  10. 14(11)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2019-01-05−0.5

His biggest innings, by win chance added

Not the most runs: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 69*(55)v India, T20Is, 2009-02-27+60.5
  2. 158*(73)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2008-04-18+60.2
  3. 66(42)v Barbados Tridents, CPL, 2018-08-26+58.8
  4. 65(45)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2014-03-29+55.3
  5. 116*(56)v Australia, T20Is, 2010-02-28+51.5

Plays most like him

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Head to head with Aaron FinchSee him in the IPL chart on the globe