Shoaib Malik

Batter and bowler, age 44

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−0.5

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 2.1 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 307th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 30%.

Takes fewer wickets than most, hard to score off and at his best at the death.

89% range: −1.3 to +0.2
Likely rank: 187th to 575th
Per 24 balls: −0.9
Next season: −0.2
Whole career: −0.6
Run-outs, per match: +0.05
No-balls (0.62 per 100 balls), per 24: −0.32
Balls: 2,674
Last played: 2025

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.

	Malik	IPL average
Economy	9.7	9.5
Balls per wicket	21	20
Dot balls	29%	29%
Economy, powerplay	9.8	9.6
Economy, middle	9.2	9.0
Economy, death	10.5	10.4

Costs 0.4 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−0.7

Death−0.3

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 24%

Hard to score offtop 25%

Stronger at the death than earliertop 23%

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.

Season	Matches	Overs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	SR	Dot %	Win value
2007	8	14.3	5	26	9	17.4	33.3	−26.4
2008	2	8.0	3	13.3	5	16	47.9	+6.0
2009	11	21.0	5	32	7.6	25.2	27.8	−10.0
2011	2	3.0	2	8.5	5.7	9	44.4	−7.5
2012	3	4.0	0	–	10	–	33.3	−10.7
2013	14	37.2	11	23.3	6.9	20.4	43.8	0.0
2014	11	33.0	9	30.3	8.3	22	34.8	−9.9
2015	23	51.4	12	28.8	6.7	25.8	39.7	+0.9
2016	18	34.0	8	31.4	7.4	25.5	38.7	−7.1
2017	17	37.0	10	26.4	7.1	22.2	44.1	−1.8
2018	11	25.2	3	57.7	6.8	50.7	38.8	−4.3
2019	27	53.0	11	33.4	6.9	28.9	39.9	−2.7
2020	6	10.0	2	32.5	6.5	30	36.7	−7.8
2021	23	41.0	7	40.7	7	35.1	36.6	−0.7
2022	6	13.5	6	13.3	5.8	13.8	38.6	+9.0
2023	17	41.3	9	33.3	7.2	27.7	35.7	−1.5
2025	2	2.0	0	–	17.5	–	25	−26.9

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.

Competition	Strength	Matches	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Win value
PSL	+0.1	51	17	46.6	7.1	−2.8
T20Is	−0.3	43	23	24.7	7.1	−2.2
BPL	−2.2	33	18	29.3	6.6	−3.2
CPL	−1.3	32	15	25.6	6.9	−3.3
LPL	−1.5	17	11	22.7	6.5	−0.7
BBL	−0.8	10	11	22.7	7.8	+0.1
Blast	−2.2	5	4	37	8.7	−6.8
IPL	0	5	2	42.5	10	−45.5
Full v associate	−2.4	4	2	32.5	9.3	−10.5
MSL	−1.3	1	0	–	10	−8.7

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).

0/16(1.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2025-04-13 · replay−4.7
0/19(1.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2025-04-12 · replay−8.8
0/20(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2024-03-11+2.4
0/28(3.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2024-03-09−4.0
0/24(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2024-03-06−4.0
0/8(1.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2024-03-03+1.6
1/19(3.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2024-02-29+7.0
0/31(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2024-02-28−1.9
0/4(1.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2024-02-24+0.6
1/3(1.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2024-02-21+13.1

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.

2/13(4.0)v Dambulla Aura, LPL, 2023-08-07+21.2
1/2(1.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2022-02-04+19.4
1/3(1.0)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2016-03-02+19.0
2/4(2.0)v Colombo Stars, LPL, 2022-12-19+18.4
1/2(1.0)v St Lucia Zouks, CPL, 2013-07-30+17.4

Plays most like him

Benjamin ListerSuper Smash−1.0 William RankinFull v associate−0.8 Qamar MushtaqueAssociate T20Is−1.4 Dilshan MadushankaLPL−0.9 Deepak HoodaIPL−0.6

Head to head with Mohammad Hasnain See him in the PSL chart on the globe

−1.3

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 469th of 1,072 rated batters, top 50%.

Hard to get out.

89% range: −2.0 to −0.1
Likely rank: 254th to 664th
Per 24 balls: −1.7
Next season: −1.8
Next season, in the IPL: −2.0
Whole career: −0.3
Ageing since his record, per 24: −1.00
Run-outs, per match: +0.05
Balls: 7,293
Last played: 2025

Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

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

	Malik	IPL average
Strike rate	147	153
Balls per dismissal	21	19
Boundary balls	20%	22%
Dot balls	28%	29%
Strike rate, powerplay	144	155
Strike rate, middle	141	145
Strike rate, death	164	167

−16 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 19 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−1.9

Middle−0.0

Death−0.6

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 42%

Gets out lesstop 4%

Scores faster once intop 32%

Against each kind of bowler

	Strike rate	IPL average	Out every
Right-arm pace	149	157	21 balls
Left-arm pace	142	154	21 balls
Off-spin	146	147	25 balls
Left-arm spin	150	142	24 balls
Wrist-spin	141	146	21 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

Season	Inns	Runs	Balls	Avg	SR	4s	6s	Dot %	Win value
2006	1	16	16	16	100	2	0	68.8	−19.3
2007	15	334	258	27.8	129.5	24	12	30.6	+3.1
2008	2	61	52	61	117.3	6	1	32.7	−2.5
2009	14	220	218	20	100.9	21	0	37.6	−1.6
2010	2	33	34	16.5	97.1	3	0	32.4	0.0
2011	6	73	67	14.6	109	6	1	40.3	−10.3
2012	12	171	182	24.4	94	13	3	44	−3.8
2013	20	395	380	21.9	103.9	26	10	40	−4.3
2014	16	610	464	46.9	131.5	39	24	27.8	+5.0
2015	36	898	739	34.5	121.5	73	24	32.2	+1.0
2016	28	780	634	33.9	123	54	23	29	−1.1
2017	32	836	655	36.3	127.6	57	32	31.8	+5.2
2018	35	842	626	32.4	134.5	58	34	29.6	+3.0
2019	36	1,089	836	45.4	130.3	94	33	29.9	−1.1
2020	16	357	284	27.5	125.7	24	10	25.7	+1.0
2021	42	966	711	29.3	135.9	70	43	32.2	+1.9
2022	27	626	476	29.8	131.5	50	19	29	+0.5
2023	21	527	420	43.9	125.5	40	17	31	+4.1
2025	1	14	15	14	93.3	0	0	20	−10.5

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.

Competition	Strength	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	Win value
PSL	−1.5	87	2,342	33.5	127.8	+0.6
T20Is	−0.9	97	1,984	29.2	120.6	+1.0
CPL	−1.1	61	1,668	34.8	117.5	+0.3
BPL	−3.1	56	1,403	35.1	125.6	+4.1
LPL	−2.9	30	674	29.3	132.4	0.0
Full v associate	−4.7	11	408	58.3	163.2	+5.0
Blast	−2.5	5	172	43	131.3	+1.0
BBL	−1.4	9	125	15.6	114.7	−18.9
IPL	0	5	52	13	110.6	−1.2
MSL	−2.3	1	20	–	250	+26.7

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).

14(15)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2025-04-13 · replay−7.0
22(25)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2024-03-11−35.0
27*(17)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2024-03-09+37.1
1(6)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2024-03-07−9.1
27*(20)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2024-03-06+0.3
38(28)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2024-03-03+1.8
12(20)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2024-02-29−11.8
6(7)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2024-02-28−3.3
39(32)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2024-02-24−2.2
29(29)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2024-02-21−3.7

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.

54*(53)v Dhaka Dynamites, BPL, 2017-11-20+87.2
41*(25)v Khulna Tigers, BPL, 2024-02-03+62.0
72(50)v Antigua Hawksbills, CPL, 2014-07-19+52.9
57*(50)v India, T20Is, 2012-12-25+43.1
48*(32)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2022-01-28+42.7

Plays most like him

Shubham RanjaneMLC−0.6 David WarnerIPL+0.4 Vijay ShankarIPL−0.3 Reeza HendricksT20Is−1.6 Devon ConwayT20Is−2.0

Head to head with Mark Adair See him in the PSL chart on the globe