T20 ratings BBL

Samuel Harper

Right-handed batter, age 29

+0.3

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 18 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 117th of 1,072 rated batters, top 15%.

Close to average in all three ways. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−0.8 to +1.8
Likely rank
44th to 426th
Per 24 balls
+0.4
Next season
−0.2
Next season, in the IPL
−0.3
Whole career
−0.1
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.22
Run-outs, per match
+0.18
Balls
1,806
Last played
2026
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.

HarperIPL average
Strike rate156153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls22%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay162155
Strike rate, middle146145
Strike rate, death171167

+8 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 18 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−0.4
Death+0.5

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 31%
Gets out lesstop 45%
Scores faster once intop 41%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16215717 balls
Left-arm pace16215417 balls
Off-spin14514720 balls
Left-arm spin13714219 balls
Wrist-spin14514617 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.

-200+20 2018: +1.8 per 24 over 244 balls 182019: +3.1 per 24 over 193 balls 192020: +1.2 per 24 over 283 balls 202021: −13.5 per 24 over 166 balls 212022: −1.8 per 24 over 187 balls 222023: −19.2 per 24 over 23 balls 232024: −8.5 per 24 over 140 balls 242025: +8.7 per 24 over 245 balls 252026: +10.7 per 24 over 267 balls 26
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. 1(2)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2026-08-08 · replay−2.9
  2. 77(51)v Colombo Kaps, LPL, 2026-08-07 · replay+40.8
  3. 44(21)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2026-08-05 · replay+13.4
  4. 28(16)v Colombo Kaps, LPL, 2026-08-01 · replay−0.8
  5. 72(38)v Kandy Royals, LPL, 2026-07-29 · replay+26.0
  6. 41(27)v Dambulla Sixers, LPL, 2026-07-26 · replay+2.8
  7. 14(12)v Kandy Royals, LPL, 2026-07-25 · replay−20.7
  8. 3(7)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2026-07-23 · scorecard−16.7
  9. 40(22)v Dambulla Sixers, LPL, 2026-07-22 · replay+24.3
  10. 65(45)v Colombo Kaps, LPL, 2026-07-18 · replay+39.6

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. 89(48)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2023-01-07+51.7
  2. 57(32)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2021-01-23+51.0
  3. 110*(60)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2025-12-26 · replay+50.1
  4. 77(51)v Colombo Kaps, LPL, 2026-08-07 · replay+40.8
  5. 65(45)v Colombo Kaps, LPL, 2026-07-18 · replay+39.6