DJ Willey

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DJ Willey is an English all-rounder who has appeared across five major competitions in a career spanning 361 matches. His primary competition is the T20 Blast, where he has featured for Northamptonshire and Yorkshire amongst others, but he has also represented England in 71 ODIs and 39 T20 Internationals. Career totals sit at 4,932 runs (average 23.26, strike rate 128.07) and 401 wickets (average 25.98, economy 7.15). On recent form, his bat has been quiet across the ILT20 and BBL in December 2025 and January 2026, though he has continued to contribute with the ball across those franchise stints.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Royal Challengers Bangalore

DJWILLEY

Bat Avg

23.3

Bowl Avg

26.0

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Royal Challengers Bangalore · All-Rounder

Recent form

Willey's last 10 matches, split between the ILT20 and the Big Bash League, have been lean with the bat. He has not passed 9 runs in any appearance. Though he claimed 2/39 against Melbourne Renegades o

Strongest format

T20 Blast — Willey's 125 T20 Blast appearances are his highest match count in any single competition, and his batting average of 28.39 plus bowling average of 24.

Career stats overview

71 ODI · 290 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

71 matches

656

Runs scored

100

Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

290 matches

4,276

Runs scored

301

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32

econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1

batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33

vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102

outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

401 career wickets across five competitions

Willey has taken 401 wickets in 361 career appearances, averaging 25.98 with the ball at an economy of 7.15. That workload spans the T20 Blast, ODIs, The Hundred, T20 Internationals and several overseas franchise leagues.

T20 Blast is his strongest format by distance

Across 125 T20 Blast matches, Willey averages 28.39 with the bat at a strike rate of 144.35, and has taken 135 wickets at 24.84. No other competition comes close for volume or consistency from him in either discipline.

Headingley is his most productive ground

In 41 appearances at Headingley, Willey has scored 1,199 runs at a batting average of 34.26 and a strike rate of 158.18, adding 50 wickets at an economy of 7.80. Those are the best batting numbers he posts at any venue in the data.

Strong record against India in international cricket

Against India Cricket across 12 matches, Willey averages 38 with the bat and has taken 17 wickets at an economy of just 5.93. That economy is amongst the lowest he records against any opponent.

Busy overseas schedule heading into 2026

Willey featured in the ILT20 from 14 December 2025 and moved directly into Big Bash League cricket in January 2026, turning out for Sydney Thunder. His last 10 appearances span two separate franchise competitions across two continents.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DJ Willey has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Derbyshire

Matches: 17
Runs: 450
Wickets: 19

Durham

Matches: 15
Runs: 353
Wickets: 15

Lancashire

Matches: 14
Runs: 339
Wickets: 9

Worcestershire

Matches: 14
Runs: 360
Wickets: 10

Australia

Matches: 13
Runs: 141
Wickets: 24

Leicestershire

Matches: 13
Runs: 351
Wickets: 21

India

Matches: 12
Runs: 228
Wickets: 17

Pakistan

Matches: 11
Runs: 98
Wickets: 24

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DJ Willey has turned out most often.

County Ground

Matches: 48
Runs: 1,210
Wickets: 58

Headingley, Leeds

Matches: 41
Runs: 1,199
Wickets: 50

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches: 14
Runs: 242
Wickets: 17

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Matches: 14
Runs: 173
Wickets: 20

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches: 13
Runs: 192
Wickets: 17

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches: 12
Runs: 163
Wickets: 16

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Matches: 11
Runs: 193
Wickets: 19

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 10
Runs: 81
Wickets: 11

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.