T20 ratings IPL

Kagiso Rabada

Batter and bowler, age 31

+1.6

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.7 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 33rd of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 3%.

A wicket-taker, hard to score off and at his best before the death. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range
+0.3 to +2.3
Likely rank
17th to 148th
Per 24 balls
+1.7
Next season
+1.7
Whole career
+1.8
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
No-balls (0.8 per 100 balls), per 24
−0.13
Balls
5,841
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.

RabadaIPL average
Economy9.29.5
Balls per wicket1920
Dot balls32%29%
Economy, powerplay9.39.6
Economy, middle8.79.0
Economy, death10.110.4

Saves 1.0 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+1.9

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 6%
Hard to score offtop 6%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 17%

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: −5.0 per 24 over 144 balls 142015: −11.5 per 24 over 278 balls 152016: +13.2 per 24 over 144 balls 162017: −0.1 per 24 over 254 balls 172018: 0.0 per 24 over 273 balls 182019: +3.1 per 24 over 547 balls 192020: +0.8 per 24 over 555 balls 202021: −1.3 per 24 over 630 balls 212022: +1.4 per 24 over 810 balls 222023: +2.6 per 24 over 426 balls 232024: +6.6 per 24 over 613 balls 242025: +2.3 per 24 over 534 balls 252026: +0.6 per 24 over 388 balls 26
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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. 1/44(3.0)v Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL, 2026-05-31 · replay−8.2
  2. 2/35(4.0)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2026-05-29 · replay+10.2
  3. 2/54(4.0)v Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL, 2026-05-26 · replay−7.8
  4. 3/32(3.4)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2026-05-21 · replay+8.5
  5. 0/40(4.0)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2026-05-16 · replay−9.7
  6. 3/28(4.0)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2026-05-12 · replay+14.8
  7. 2/33(3.0)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2026-05-09 · replay−18.6
  8. 2/22(4.0)v Punjab Kings, IPL, 2026-05-03 · replay+16.1
  9. 1/44(4.0)v Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL, 2026-04-30 · replay−9.6
  10. 3/25(4.0)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2026-04-26 · replay+17.9

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. 2/19(4.0)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2024-06-10+69.8
  2. 3/18(4.0)v United States of America, Full v associate, 2024-06-19+55.1
  3. 2/22(4.0)v Paarl Royals, SA20, 2025-01-13 · scorecard+53.7
  4. 1/19(4.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2016-07-08+53.6
  5. 2/29(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2022-04-13+40.0