T20 ratings Blast

David Willey

Batter and bowler, age 36

−0.6

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.5 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 360th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 40%.

At his best before the death.

89% range
−1.5 to +0.2
Likely rank
196th to 648th
Per 24 balls
−0.7
Next season
−0.0
Whole career
−0.5
Run-outs, per match
+0.17
No-balls (0.35 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.12
Balls
5,825
Last played
2026
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.

WilleyIPL average
Economy9.79.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls28%29%
Economy, powerplay9.89.6
Economy, middle9.19.0
Economy, death10.810.4

Costs 0.8 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−0.5
Middle−0.5
Death−1.5

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 39%
Hard to score offtop 31%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 4%

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.

-140+14 2014: −13.8 per 24 over 162 balls 142015: +0.8 per 24 over 602 balls 152016: +7.2 per 24 over 269 balls 162017: −5.4 per 24 over 519 balls 172018: −3.0 per 24 over 486 balls 182019: −4.3 per 24 over 226 balls 192020: −1.8 per 24 over 43 balls 202021: +6.9 per 24 over 345 balls 212022: +2.4 per 24 over 511 balls 222023: +4.7 per 24 over 852 balls 232024: +2.7 per 24 over 516 balls 242025: −4.4 per 24 over 756 balls 252026: −1.3 per 24 over 336 balls 26
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. 1/36(4.0)v Hampshire, Blast, 2026-07-18 · replay−32.0
  2. 3/17(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-07-18 · replay+71.1
  3. 1/47(4.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay−21.2
  4. 0/47(4.0)v Warwickshire, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay−41.1
  5. 1/34(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay−5.1
  6. 1/31(3.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-07-08 · replay−10.0
  7. 0/43(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay−3.1
  8. 0/31(4.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-07-01 · replay+3.4
  9. 0/22(2.0)v Essex, Blast, 2026-06-26 · replay+2.5
  10. 2/28(4.0)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-06-09 · replay−0.6

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. 3/22(3.5)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2022-01-31+102.4
  2. 3/17(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-07-18 · replay+71.1
  3. 1/18(3.0)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2024-06-16+44.3
  4. 3/22(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2024-03-12+42.2
  5. 3/20(4.0)v West Indies, T20Is, 2016-04-03+42.0