Unlike other women’s T20 franchise leagues, the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) has been round since quite a few years now and thus, it has a few rich history too. Taking place towards the end of each year in Australia, this is a massive event on the women’s cricket calendar and quite a few iconic players have emerged from this tournament too (See also – List of all WBBL winners).
In the batting department, Australia’s Beth Mooney is on top of most of the lists, recently becoming the first batter in WBBL history to go past 4,000+ career WBBL runs. Here though on this page, we’re going to keep our focus on the bowlers and discuss some of the players who have outshined with the ball, right from the first WBBL edition till date.
Overall, it’s the local girl Molly Strano who is on top of the WBBL all-time wickets list, closely followed by her compatriot Jess Jonassen. Here however, we’re going to take a look at the top wicket-taker at the end of every WBBL season, right from the first season of WBBL 2015/16. Quite a few legendary players have ended as the leading wicket-taker in WBBL seasons over the years.
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The first ever edition of WBBL saw Rene Farrell from Sydney Thunder ending as the leading wicket-taker, with a whopping tally of 26 wickets in that WBBL 2015/16 season. After that, many others assumed the position of top wicket-taker in a single WBBL season and you can check out our complete list of the same below, season on season, updated on 14th November 2022, during the WBBL 08 season.
Women’s Big Bash League – season on season most wickets
| Season | Top Bowler | Team | Wickets (Matches) | Best spell |
| 2015/16 | Rene Farrell | Sydney Thunder | 26 (16) | 4/18 |
| 2016/17 | Sarah Aley | Sydney Sixers | 28 (16) | 4/23 |
| 2017/18 | Katherine Brunt / Sarah Aley | Perth Scorchers / Sydney Sixers | 23 (14) / 23 (16) | 3/11 ; 4/18 |
| 2018/19 | Heather Graham / Delissa Kimmince | Perth Scorchers / Brisbane Heat | 22 (14) / 22 (16) | 3/25 ; 4/18 |
| 2019/20 | Molly Strano | Melbourne Renegades | 24 (15) | 4/28 |
| 2020/21 | Sammy-Jo Johnson | Sydney Thunder | 22 (16) | 4/26 |
| 2021/22 | Amanda-Jade Wellington | Adelaide Strikers | 23 (17) | 5/8 |
| 2022/23 | Nicola Hancock | Brisbane Heat | 21 (12) | 4/32 |
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It was in WBBL 02 that the Sixers’ Sarah Aley went on to pick up 28 wickets in a single WBBL season, which is till date the highest ever wickets tally for a bowler in a single edition of the WBBL tournament. On the other hand, the lowest haul of wickets to end as the top bowlers for a season was 22 (on three occasions) – Heather Graham & Delissa Kimmince in 2018/19 and Sammy-Jo Johnson in 2020/21 too.
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Aley is the only person in WBBL history so far, to end at the top of the wicket-takers charts on two occasions, which she did during two successive WBBL seasons of 2016/17 and 2017/18. In two seasons, the top spot was tied but the official winner of the most wickets for the season goes to the bowler who has played a less number of matches.
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