The KFC Big Bash League (BBL) is the Australian men’s professional franchise-level Twenty20 competition, which was started under the supervision of Cricket Australia in 2011. This replaced the previously held KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which included 6 teams, while two more teams were drafted at the start of the BBL.
During the summer season in Australia, BBL is featured over the grounds of Australia, with Perth Scorchers being the most successful side in its history. Over the years, several big players have starred in the BBL, while some legendary players have been featured in the competition and have shocked everyone with their immense legacy.
With several greats of Australian cricket, like David Warner, Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell, having played in the Big Bash League, only a few could rank up higher to score hundreds in the BBL.
Three Players with the Most Centuries in the Big Bash League
3. CJ Simmons
Craig Simmons, the big New South Wales batter, made his BBL debut for the Perth Scorchers in 2014, as he starred over two seasons, the first with the Scorchers, followed by the next season with the Strikers.
In his short BBL career of just 20 matches, the opening batter, who had a career strike rate of nearly 145, scored two breathtaking centuries for which he remains one of the finest to have played the BBL ever.
Though several more players like Alex Carey, former English all-rounder Luke Wright, Usman Khawaja, Darcy Short, former Aussie T20 World Cup-winning skipper Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell all had scored two centuries in the history of the Big Bash League.
2. Ben McDermott
McDermott has often been considered one of the greatest to have scored more than 4,500 T20 runs, and the opening batter has also been a star in the history of the Big Bash League.
The legendary player went on to score three hundred in the history of the IPL and became the first player in the history of the BBL to achieve this unique milestone before the Aussie veteran Steve Smith passed him with the record.
1. Steve Smith
Legendary Steve Smith has not had immense success for Australia in the shortest format of the game. Smith has not played several international matches in T20Is and has scored just 1000+ runs in the format. Steve Smith has featured in only 32 matches in the Big Bash League but has managed to score 1147 runs with an excellent average above 45.88. He, recently, notched his third hundred for Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers, while the other two centuries came in the last BBL season, played in 2023-24.
