Weber Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) Winners List

The men’s version of the Big Bash League (BBL) may have begun much earlier than the women’s tournament, but the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) hasn’t held back since inception either. It was one of the first major franchise tournaments for the ladies in the game, and it has continued to be a leading event on the women’s cricket calendar.

The tournament replaced the Australian Women’s Twenty20 Cup and we think the WBBL is now here to stay, after having its first season (WBBL|01) back in 2015/16. A total of eight franchise teams participate in the tournament, which has a double round robin format before the knockout stages. Today we’ll walk down memory lane and check out all the past WBBL winners.

Women’s Big Bash League winners list

If interested, you can also check out our men’s BBL winners list before we start discussing the women’s competition. It has a short history so far but it’s been a pioneer when it comes to global women’s T20 leagues, with the likes of the Indian Premier League still unable to replicate such a good women’s version of their T20 tournament.

Currently known as the Weber WBBL for sponsorship reasons, only five of the eight WBBL franchises have lifted at least one title in the eight completed seasons so far. We’ve listed down all winners of the Women’s Big Bash League below, last updated 22nd October 2023, during the start of WBBL 09 which is the WBBL 2023/24 season. Take a look at this complete and in-depth WBBL winners list:

Complete WBBL winners list

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Venue	Player of the Match
2015-16 (WBBL\|01)	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Sixers	Melbourne	Erin Osborne
2016-17 (WBBL\|02)	Sydney Sixers	Perth Scorchers	Perth	Sarah Aley
2017-18 (WBBL\|03)	Sydney Sixers (2)	Perth Scorchers	Adelaide	Sarah Coyte
2018-19 (WBBL\|04)	Brisbane Heat	Sydney Sixers	Sydney	Beth Mooney
2019-20 (WBBL\|05)	Brisbane Heat (2)	Adelaide Strikers	Brisbane	Beth Mooney (2)
2020-21 (WBBL\|06)	Sydney Thunder (2)	Melbourne Stars	Sydney	Shabnim Ismail
2021-22 (WBBL\|07)	Perth Scorchers	Adelaide Strikers	Perth	Marizanne Kapp
2022-23 (WBBL\|08)	Adelaide Strikers	Sydney Sixers	Sydney	Deandra Dottin
2023-24 (WBBL\|09)	Adelaide Strikers (2)	Brisbane Heat	Adelaide	Amanda-Jade Wellington – 9(9)* & 3/16

Winning the WBBL title two times each are Sydney Sixers, Brisbane Heat, and Sydney Thunder in that order respectively, making them the most successful franchises in WBBL history. Additionally, Sydney Sixers Women is the most consistent team in the league, making five WBBL finals, reaching there four successive times between WBBL|01 and WBBL|04 too.

Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat continue to have the best success rate in WBBL finals, making the final twice each and both maintaining a 100% success rate in these respective finals. They’ve made the finals twice and after Adelaide Strikers won WBBL 08, three franchises in Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Stars, and Melbourne Renegades are the only ones yet to win a WBBL title.

Among the individual performers, Beth Mooney will always be remembered as one of the finest players in WBBL history, currently the top run scorer in the tournament by a long way (4,176 runs) and also the only player in the tournament to have won the Player of the Match award in two different WBBL finals (WBBL|04 and WBBL|05). Jess Jonassen leads the wicket-takers list with 141 scalps under her belt.

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— Read Scoops (@ReadScoops) October 22, 2023