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Brett Lee

Right-arm fast bowler, age 49

+0.9

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.9 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 84th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 10%.

Takes fewer wickets than most and hard to score off. Adds most in the death.

89% range
−0.3 to +2.3
Likely rank
18th to 344th
Per 24 balls
+0.9
Whole career
+1.2
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
No-balls (1.69 per 100 balls), per 24
−0.30
Balls
2,347
Last played
2014
Where he sits among 1,127 rated bowlers

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In IPL numbers

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

LeeIPL average
Economy9.19.5
Balls per wicket2120
Dot balls31%29%
Economy, powerplay9.29.6
Economy, middle8.79.0
Economy, death10.010.4

Saves 1.3 runs a match against an average IPL bowler. Runs only; the rating also counts his wickets.

By phase

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

Powerplay+1.3
Middle+1.0
Death+1.8

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 13%
Hard to score offtop 2%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 30%

Bowling the 19th, defending 24 off 12

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average bowler in his place. Each line is one finish, ball by ball, from 24 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.

-200+20 2004: −1.0 per 24 over 24 balls 042005: −0.2 per 24 over 36 balls 052007: +4.4 per 24 over 301 balls 072008: −19.3 per 24 over 12 balls 082009: −7.4 per 24 over 285 balls 092010: −10.5 per 24 over 48 balls 102011: +3.7 per 24 over 614 balls 112012: −2.0 per 24 over 372 balls 122013: +8.3 per 24 over 288 balls 132014: +4.5 per 24 over 234 balls 14
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

By competition

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

CompetitionStrengthMatchesWktsAvgEconWin value

Last 10 matches

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

  1. 3/25(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2015-01-28+3.7
  2. 1/16(3.0)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2015-01-24−3.1
  3. 0/38(4.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2015-01-22−6.9
  4. 0/37(4.0)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2015-01-14−10.9
  5. 2/29(4.0)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2015-01-11+6.9
  6. 1/31(4.0)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2015-01-05+22.7
  7. 0/20(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2014-12-29+0.6
  8. 1/28(4.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2014-12-27+13.3
  9. 3/34(4.0)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2014-12-23+4.3
  10. 2/21(4.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2014-12-19+17.0

His biggest spells, by win chance added

Not the most runs or wickets: 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. 0/35(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2012-01-18+73.1
  2. 2/22(4.0)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2014-01-02+52.4
  3. 1/9(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2008-04-25+44.5
  4. 0/29(4.0)v England, T20Is, 2011-01-14+42.8
  5. 2/21(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2012-01-28+37.5