BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2025-26
GJ Maxwell
Right-handed bat · Right-arm off-break
GJ Maxwell, an all-rounder, has played fourteen BBL seasons for two clubs, and has scored 3,184 runs, the 4th-most in BBL history.
The arrival
GJ Maxwell's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Melbourne Renegades.
That first season brought 5 matches, 100 runs and 1 wicket at 6.97 an over. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021-22, for Melbourne Stars: 468 runs at an average of 42.5, striking at 152.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 124.7, with 2 hundreds and 1 fifty, and a highest score of 154 not out. There were five seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2024-25).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2024-25: 325 runs at a strike rate of 181.6, 50 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
With the ball, the best season was 2019-20, for Melbourne Stars: 10 wickets at 6.94 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.49.
Club by club
2011-12, Melbourne Renegades. 5 matches, 100 runs and 1 wicket.
2012-13 to 2025-26, Melbourne Stars. 115 matches, 3,084 runs and 43 wickets.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Melbourne Stars, 2012-13 to 2025-26. 2022-23 is missing from the record: a season without a BBL appearance.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, GJ Maxwell has struck at 148.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.5, so GJ Maxwell has scored about 23 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 61% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 263 fours and 148 sixes, the 2nd-most sixes in BBL history.
With the ball, 44 wickets in 1,227 deliveries, at 7.32 runs an over against a league rate of 7.45 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
Where it stands
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, GJ Maxwell stands 4th for runs, 8th for matches played and 2nd for sixes. The story is still being written: 2025-26 was another season with Melbourne Stars.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Melbourne Renegades | 5 | 100 | 46 | 20.0 | 140.8 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.97 | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 50 | 19 | 12.5 | 131.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Melbourne Stars | 6 | 143 | 58* | 47.7 | 183.3 | 1/0 | 3 | 6.13 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Melbourne Stars | 6 | 118 | 66 | 19.7 | 134.1 | 1/0 | 2 | 7.55 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 149 | 56* | 49.7 | 147.5 | 2/0 | 2 | 7.15 | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 117 | 58* | 39.0 | 162.5 | 1/0 | 1 | 9.25 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 299 | 84 | 37.4 | 143.1 | 3/0 | 1 | 8.21 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Melbourne Stars | 13 | 331 | 82 | 33.1 | 136.8 | 2/0 | 3 | 7.73 | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Melbourne Stars | 16 | 398 | 83* | 39.8 | 143.2 | 3/0 | 10 | 6.94 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 379 | 71* | 31.6 | 136.8 | 3/0 | 7 | 7.53 | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Melbourne Stars | 13 | 468 | 154* | 42.5 | 152.9 | 1/2 | 4 | 7.29 | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 243 | 35* | 34.7 | 162.0 | 0/0 | 7 | 7.16 | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 325 | 90 | 54.2 | 181.6 | 3/0 | 1 | 8.59 | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 64 | 39* | 16.0 | 123.1 | 0/0 | 1 | 7.24 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Renegades: 2011-12
- Melbourne Stars: 2012-13 to 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics