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Dale Steyn

Right-arm fast bowler, age 43

IPLT20IsMSLBlastCPLPSLCSA T20His Test ratings
+1.8

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.7 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 24th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 3%.

A wicket-taker and hard to score off. Adds most in the death.

89% range
+0.9 to +3.1
Likely rank
10th to 133rd
Per 24 balls
+1.9
Whole career
+3.6
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
Balls
4,494
Last played
2020
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.

SteynIPL average
Economy9.29.5
Balls per wicket1820
Dot balls32%29%
Economy, powerplay9.29.6
Economy, middle8.89.0
Economy, death10.010.4

Saves 1.1 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+2.1
Middle+1.6
Death+2.5

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 2%
Hard to score offtop 5%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 38%

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.

-160+16 2007: +4.7 per 24 over 270 balls 072008: +9.3 per 24 over 84 balls 082009: +4.9 per 24 over 588 balls 092010: +10.0 per 24 over 144 balls 102011: +8.4 per 24 over 273 balls 112012: +15.1 per 24 over 430 balls 122013: +9.7 per 24 over 606 balls 132014: +5.4 per 24 over 384 balls 142015: −4.2 per 24 over 198 balls 152016: +3.1 per 24 over 266 balls 162017: +12.1 per 24 over 84 balls 172018: +4.5 per 24 over 344 balls 182019: +10.5 per 24 over 456 balls 192020: −14.3 per 24 over 182 balls 20
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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. 1/34(3.4)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2021-03-03−39.5
  2. 1/20(3.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2021-03-02−1.6
  3. 2/44(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2021-02-26−16.5
  4. 0/23(4.0)v Galle Gladiators, LPL, 2020-12-10+5.9
  5. 2/33(4.0)v Jaffna Stallions, LPL, 2020-12-09+4.8
  6. 0/43(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2020-10-28−35.9
  7. 0/57(4.0)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2020-09-24−25.6
  8. 1/33(3.4)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2020-09-21−7.5
  9. 0/14(1.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2020-03-08−1.0
  10. 0/15(2.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2020-03-07−17.2

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. 3/12(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2012-04-09+88.1
  2. 4/17(4.0)v New Zealand, T20Is, 2014-03-24+83.3
  3. 2/20(4.0)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2013-11-15+74.7
  4. 3/8(4.0)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2012-05-20+70.8
  5. 2/18(4.0)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2011-04-09+67.7

Plays most like him

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Head to head with Matheesha PathiranaSee him in the IPL chart on the globe