Highest Individual Scores in BBL History: Maxwell’s 154* Leads the Chart

Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 154 against Hobart Hurricanes is the highest individual score in Big Bash League history — an innings so dominant that it also produced the highest team total the league has ever seen. Behind it sits a list of the greatest single-handed batting performances in BBL history, from Marcus Stoinis’ unbeaten 147 to Josh Brown’s 140 in a knockout match, each of them a night when one batter simply took the game away from the opposition.

These figures are correct through the end of BBL|15 in January 2026, before the BBL 2026-27 season begins on 12 December 2026. In fifteen BBL seasons, only a handful of batters have passed 125 — and every innings on this list is still talked about years later.

Highest Individual Scores in BBL History: Top 5

Rank	Batter	Score	Balls	Opposition	Season
1	Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars)	154*	64	Hobart Hurricanes	2021–22
2	Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)	147*	79	Sydney Sixers	2019–20
3	Josh Brown (Brisbane Heat)	140	57	Adelaide Strikers	2023–24
4	Matthew Wade (Hobart Hurricanes)	130*	61	Adelaide Strikers	2019–20
5	Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes)	127	65	Melbourne Renegades	2021–22

Glenn Maxwell 154*: The Greatest BBL Innings Ever Played

On 19 January 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Glenn Maxwell played the greatest innings in BBL history. Captaining Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes, he scored an unbeaten 154 off just 64 balls, with 22 fours and four sixes — and he reached his century in 41 balls, making it also the joint-second-fastest century in BBL history.

Maxwell’s innings powered the Stars to 273/2, the highest team total the league has ever seen, and the Hurricanes were beaten by 106 runs. What made it remarkable was not just the power but the range: Maxwell scored all around the wicket, and by the end even the Hurricanes bowlers seemed to accept that there was no plan left to try. Four years on, nobody has come within seven runs of his record.

Marcus Stoinis 147*: The Record Season’s Peak

Marcus Stoinis’ unbeaten 147 off 79 balls for Melbourne Stars against Sydney Sixers in the 2019–20 season remains the second-highest individual score in BBL history, and it came during the greatest individual season the league has ever seen: Stoinis scored 705 runs that season, still the record for the most runs in a single BBL season.

Stoinis, who also sits fifth on the most runs in BBL history chart with 3,250 runs, built his innings the old-fashioned way for a T20 knock — he started steadily, then accelerated brutally at the death, hitting 13 fours and eight sixes. The Sixers, the eventual champions that season, had no answer to him that night.

Josh Brown 140: The Knockout Masterpiece

Josh Brown’s 140 off 57 balls for Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers in January 2024 is the third-highest individual score in BBL history, and it came in the highest-pressure game of all: a knockout Challenger, with a place in the final at stake. Brown reached his century in 41 balls and finished with 10 fours and 12 sixes — the most sixes ever hit in a single BBL innings.

The rest of the Heat batters scored just 66 runs off 63 balls between them that night, which tells you how one-sided the innings was. Brown’s knock took Brisbane to the final, which they went on to win, and it remains the standard for clutch batting in the BBL. His place on the fastest centuries in BBL history list, at joint-second, comes from this very innings.

Matthew Wade 130* and Ben McDermott 127: The Hurricanes Pair

Matthew Wade’s unbeaten 130 off 61 balls for Hobart Hurricanes against Adelaide Strikers in the 2019–20 season is the fourth-highest individual score in BBL history. Wade, who kept wicket and opened the batting, hit 11 fours and seven sixes in an innings that showed why he was one of the most dangerous white-ball openers of his era.

Ben McDermott’s 127 off 65 balls for Hobart Hurricanes against Melbourne Renegades in 2021–22 completes the top five. McDermott, who sits third on the most sixes in BBL history chart with 146 sixes, hit nine fours and nine sixes that night. That two Hurricanes batters feature in the top five is no accident: Hobart’s small boundaries at Bellerive Oval have produced some of the biggest hitting the league has seen.

Just outside the top five, Steve Smith’s unbeaten 125 off 66 balls for Sydney Sixers against Sydney Thunder in 2025–26 and D’Arcy Short’s unbeaten 122 off 69 balls for Hobart Hurricanes against Brisbane Heat are the next-highest scores — a reminder of how rare a 125-plus score really is. Behind them sit Luke Wright’s 117 off 60 balls for Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes in the very first BBL season, Jake Weatherald’s 115 off 70 balls for Adelaide Strikers against Hobart Hurricanes, and Colin Munro’s unbeaten 114 off 73 balls for Perth Scorchers against Adelaide Strikers. The bowlers, meanwhile, have their own record book: the most wickets in BBL history chart is led by Sean Abbott with 186.

Can Anyone Pass 154* in BBL|16?

Maxwell’s record has survived four seasons, and the gap to second place — seven runs — is deceptive: scoring 150 in a T20 match requires everything to go right, from the pitch to the bowling to the batter’s own form. The most likely challengers in BBL|16 are the men already on this list: Maxwell himself, still a Star; Josh Brown, still one of the cleanest hitters in the league; and Mitchell Owen, whose 108 off 42 balls in the BBL|14 final showed he can destroy any attack on his day.

For Indian fans following the new season, the BBL schedule 2026-27 shows when these batters play next — and whether anyone gets close to the greatest innings the BBL has ever seen.

Highest Individual Scores in BBL History FAQs

What is the highest individual score in BBL history?

Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 154 off 64 balls for Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes on 19 January 2022.

Who scored the second-highest score in BBL history?

Marcus Stoinis, with an unbeaten 147 off 79 balls for Melbourne Stars against Sydney Sixers in 2019–20.

What is the highest score in a BBL knockout match?

Josh Brown’s 140 off 57 balls for Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers in the BBL|13 Challenger in January 2024.

How many batters have scored 130 or more in the BBL?

Four: Maxwell (154*), Stoinis (147*), Brown (140) and Wade (130*).

What is the highest team total in BBL history?

Melbourne Stars’ 273/2 against Hobart Hurricanes in January 2022 — the same match as Maxwell’s 154*.