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Mitchell Johnson stats

Data through 6 May 2018Last updated 6 May 2018

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 26 February 2006 to 6 May 2018. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Mitchell Johnson played 73 Tests, 147 ODIs, 30 T20Is for Australia in the data, between 2006 and 2018. With the ball, the best return was 313 wickets in Tests at an average of 28.41 and an economy rate of 3.33.

International matches

250

Tests 73 · ODIs 147 · T20Is 30

International runs

3,108

1 hundreds

International wickets

577

15 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

171 runs

Best bowling

8/61

Test

Teams played for

Australia 2006–2015 · 250Punjab Kings 2014–2016 · 26Mumbai Indians 2013–2017 · 22Perth Scorchers 2016–2018 · 19Kolkata Knight Riders 2018 · 6

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Mitchell Johnson batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	73	109	16	2,065	123*	22.20	3,536	58.4	1	11	19	247	31
ODI	147	88	31	934	73*	16.39	976	95.7	0	2	6	80	22
T20I	30	17	7	109	28*	10.90	95	114.7	0	0	2	8	3
T20 (leagues & domestic)	73	31	18	171	16*	13.15	170	100.6	0	0	2	10	7

Runs per year

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Mitchell Johnson: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2006	4
2007	64
2008	398
2009	835
2010	358
2011	426
2012	113
2013	310
2014	464
2015	262
2016	5
2017	20
2018	20

Year-by-year batting (30 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2006	ODI	3	4	2.00	36.4	3	0	0
2007	ODI	4	35	17.50	68.6	24	0	0
2007	T20I	3	14	14.00	200.0	9	0	0
2007	Test	1	15	–	42.9	15	0	0
2008	ODI	10	38	7.60	67.9	9	0	0
2008	Test	21	360	22.50	55.9	50	0	1
2009	ODI	19	288	20.57	97.6	73	0	1
2009	T20I	3	47	23.50	156.7	28	0	0
2009	Test	17	500	33.33	65.4	123	1	3
2010	ODI	9	119	19.83	106.2	23	0	0
2010	T20I	7	15	2.50	60.0	5	0	0
2010	Test	19	224	11.79	53.6	62	0	1
2011	ODI	13	208	23.11	106.1	57	0	1
2011	T20I	3	30	30.00	107.1	22	0	0
2011	Test	11	188	20.89	66.0	53	0	1
2012	ODI	3	11	11.00	64.7	8	0	0
2012	Test	3	102	51.00	55.1	92	0	1
2013	ODI	13	102	11.33	76.7	25	0	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	39	9.75	108.3	11	0	0
2013	T20I	1	3	–	60.0	3	0	0
2013	Test	10	166	23.71	47.2	64	0	1
2014	ODI	9	95	15.83	126.7	23	0	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	56	18.67	112.0	16	0	0
2014	Test	15	313	24.08	64.0	88	0	2
2015	ODI	5	34	11.33	113.3	27	0	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	31	7.75	86.1	13	0	0
2015	Test	12	197	16.42	54.3	77	0	1
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	2.50	35.7	4	0	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	20	–	117.6	13	0	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	20	–	117.6	12	0	0

Mitchell Johnson bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	140	16,002	8,892	313	8/61	12/127	28.41	3.33	51.1	28	12	514
ODI	144	7,187	5,790	226	6/31	–	25.62	4.83	31.8	10	3	69
T20I	30	657	797	38	3/15	–	20.97	7.28	17.3	0	0	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	73	1,676	2,157	81	3/3	–	26.63	7.72	20.7	0	0	6

Wickets per year

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Mitchell Johnson: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2006	12
2007	47
2008	88
2009	112
2010	74
2011	58
2012	16
2013	89
2014	78
2015	53
2016	6
2017	22
2018	3

Year-by-year bowling (31 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2006	ODI	8	12	19.33	4.38	4/11
2007	ODI	15	26	24.00	5.07	5/26
2007	T20I	7	10	17.20	6.37	3/22
2007	Test	6	11	26.09	2.61	3/21
2008	ODI	17	25	21.60	4.15	5/29
2008	T20I	1	0	–	15.00	0/30
2008	Test	28	63	29.02	3.12	8/61
2009	ODI	28	45	30.11	5.32	4/34
2009	T20I	4	4	18.50	7.40	2/36
2009	Test	24	63	27.43	3.44	5/69
2010	ODI	12	18	28.44	4.95	4/51
2010	T20I	12	16	19.38	6.67	3/15
2010	Test	21	40	34.17	3.59	6/38
2011	ODI	22	39	20.97	4.44	6/31
2011	T20I	4	6	23.00	8.62	3/29
2011	Test	10	13	56.62	3.68	4/168
2012	ODI	4	4	42.50	5.00	2/33
2012	Test	4	12	20.25	3.80	4/63
2013	ODI	20	29	26.76	4.77	4/46
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	24	19.12	7.17	3/27
2013	T20I	2	2	36.50	9.12	2/41
2013	Test	12	34	17.53	2.80	7/40
2014	ODI	10	14	30.86	4.81	3/24
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	26.12	8.30	2/19
2014	Test	18	47	23.28	3.16	7/68
2015	ODI	8	14	23.64	5.25	3/27
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	9	37.33	9.38	2/23
2015	Test	17	30	33.77	3.82	3/21
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	6	28.33	8.95	3/33
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	22	15.55	5.90	3/3
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	3	135.33	8.29	1/23

Mitchell Johnson against each team

vs England vs India vs South Africa vs Pakistan vs Sri Lanka vs West Indies vs New Zealand

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
South Africa	Test	20	578	38.53	70.0	123	1	2
England	Test	29	533	19.74	57.3	77	0	5
India	Test	22	376	23.50	60.9	88	0	2
Pakistan	Test	13	214	16.46	50.8	61	0	1
Sri Lanka	Test	8	140	23.33	49.5	92	0	1
West Indies	Test	10	134	14.89	46.5	35	0	0
New Zealand	Test	7	90	12.86	52.6	31	0	0
England	ODI	15	208	18.91	96.7	57	0	1
India	ODI	16	171	21.38	100.0	27	0	0
West Indies	ODI	8	130	65.00	132.7	73	0	1
South Africa	ODI	16	124	9.54	74.7	30	0	0
New Zealand	ODI	10	86	12.29	92.5	21	0	0
Bangladesh	ODI	3	67	33.50	176.3	41	0	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	11	63	7.00	56.8	23	0	0
Pakistan	ODI	6	46	9.20	71.9	21	0	0
Sri Lanka	T20I	3	57	57.00	142.5	28	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	6	11	2.75	68.8	5	0	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	35	11.67	109.4	14	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	26	26.00	123.8	16	0	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	26	8.67	96.3	13	0	0
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	23	23.00	109.5	12	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	20	6.67	111.1	11	0	0
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	12	12.00	70.6	4	0	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	12	12.00	85.7	8	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	Test	34	87	25.82	3.58	7/40
South Africa	Test	23	64	25.64	3.10	8/61
India	Test	28	50	36.68	3.31	5/64
West Indies	Test	16	35	27.80	3.66	5/103
New Zealand	Test	12	33	23.36	3.55	6/73
Sri Lanka	Test	13	23	31.52	3.10	4/63
Pakistan	Test	14	21	33.43	2.93	3/27
India	ODI	26	43	26.07	5.08	5/26
England	ODI	25	37	28.16	4.95	4/45
New Zealand	ODI	21	34	26.09	5.14	4/33
Sri Lanka	ODI	18	29	22.31	4.46	6/31
South Africa	ODI	17	26	30.58	5.31	4/34
West Indies	ODI	14	18	29.11	4.56	5/29
Pakistan	ODI	9	16	22.50	4.34	3/24
Bangladesh	ODI	9	16	18.06	4.50	3/17
England	T20I	7	11	16.27	7.41	3/22
West Indies	T20I	5	6	23.00	7.74	2/22
Sri Lanka	T20I	5	5	26.40	7.62	3/15
Pakistan	T20I	6	5	36.40	7.53	2/21
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	14	18.93	7.76	2/13
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	9	36.33	9.34	3/27
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	26.43	8.41	2/26
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	6	30.50	7.96	2/23
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	5	39.40	7.58	2/19
Melbourne Renegades	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	13.40	5.58	3/13
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	42.25	8.89	2/23
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	4	52.75	9.52	2/27
Melbourne Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	13.75	4.58	3/3
Sydney Sixers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	21.67	5.42	2/27
Adelaide Strikers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	24.00	6.00	3/33
Hobart Hurricanes	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	46.50	7.75	2/15

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	24	383	20.16	62
Sydney Cricket Ground	19	355	23.67	64
The Gabba	13	270	27.00	88
Melbourne Cricket Ground	18	269	20.69	92
The Wanderers Stadium	8	261	87.00	96
Newlands	7	199	33.17	123
Lord's	6	158	31.60	63
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	10	109	18.17	47
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2	98	49.00	61
Sophia Gardens	3	95	31.67	77

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	38	74	23.89	4.11
Melbourne Cricket Ground	28	55	24.55	3.59
Adelaide Oval	17	44	23.14	3.59
The Gabba	24	43	27.33	3.73
Sydney Cricket Ground	22	37	32.22	3.97
Wankhede Stadium	15	22	21.64	7.44
SuperSport Park	8	21	17.29	4.47
Newlands	10	21	23.67	3.75
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	13	21	30.81	4.95
Seddon Park	4	16	15.88	4.58

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	1	3	33.3	1	1064	47	7.36
T20	Middle	10	25	40.0	2	798	35	7.10
T20	Death	269	237	113.5	20	471	37	8.97
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	1939	53	4.47
ODI	Middle	217	322	67.4	11	4146	116	4.58
ODI	Death	717	654	109.6	46	1102	57	6.43

How Mitchell Johnson was dismissed

Caught93 (54%)
Bowled48 (28%)
Lbw10 (6%)
Run out8 (5%)
Caught and bowled7 (4%)
Stumped7 (4%)

How Mitchell Johnson took wickets

Caught482
Bowled102
Lbw63
Caught and bowled9
Hit wicket2

Last 20 innings

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Mitchell Johnson: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
11 Jun 2015	5
8 Jul 2015	14
8 Jul 2015	77
16 Jul 2015	15
29 Jul 2015	3
29 Jul 2015	14
6 Aug 2015	13
6 Aug 2015	5
20 Aug 2015	0
13 Nov 2015	2
13 Nov 2015	29
11 Apr 2016	0
15 Apr 2016	4
25 Apr 2016	1
22 Apr 2017	7
24 Apr 2017	0
21 May 2017	13
1 Feb 2018	4
14 Apr 2018	4
27 Apr 2018	12

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
27 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	12*	6	not out	Arun Jaitley Stadium
14 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4*	5	not out	Eden Gardens
1 Feb 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	4*	6	not out	Perth Stadium
21 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	13*	14	not out	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
24 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	0*	0	not out	Wankhede Stadium
22 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	7*	3	not out	Wankhede Stadium
25 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1	2	bowled	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
15 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	4	12	bowled	Arun Jaitley Stadium
11 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat Lions	0*	0	not out	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
13 Nov 2015	Test	New Zealand	29	45	caught	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
13 Nov 2015	Test	New Zealand	2	10	stumped	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
20 Aug 2015	Test	England	0	2	bowled	Kennington Oval
6 Aug 2015	Test	England	5	16	caught	Trent Bridge
6 Aug 2015	Test	England	13	25	caught	Trent Bridge
29 Jul 2015	Test	England	14	38	caught	Edgbaston
29 Jul 2015	Test	England	3	6	caught	Edgbaston
16 Jul 2015	Test	England	15	33	caught	Lord's
8 Jul 2015	Test	England	77	94	caught	Sophia Gardens
8 Jul 2015	Test	England	14	19	caught	Sophia Gardens
11 Jun 2015	Test	West Indies	5	16	caught	Sabina Park

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
6 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/25	3	0	Wankhede Stadium
3 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	0/51	4	0	Eden Gardens
29 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/38	3	0	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
27 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/42	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
14 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1/30	3	0	Eden Gardens
8 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1/30	4	0	Eden Gardens
1 Feb 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	0/43	4	0	Perth Stadium
25 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	0/17	4	0	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
20 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	0/35	4	0	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
13 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	0/22	4	0	Traeger Park
11 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	0/25	4	0	Sydney Showground Stadium
8 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	1/23	4	0	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
1 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Sixers	0/25	4	0	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
29 Dec 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	3/13	4	1	Docklands Stadium
26 Dec 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Stars	1/24	4	0	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
23 Dec 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Sixers	2/27	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
21 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	3/26	4	0	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
19 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	2/28	4	0	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
13 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	1/30	4	0	Eden Gardens
24 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	1/34	4	0	Wankhede Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Mitchell Johnson bowled to most

Sachin Tendulkar vs Mitchell Johnson720 balls
AB de Villiers vs Mitchell Johnson695 balls
Hashim Amla vs Mitchell Johnson644 balls
Alastair Cook vs Mitchell Johnson586 balls
Ian Bell vs Mitchell Johnson514 balls
Kumar Sangakkara vs Mitchell Johnson467 balls
Joe Root vs Mitchell Johnson440 balls
Jean-Paul Duminy vs Mitchell Johnson394 balls
Andrew Strauss vs Mitchell Johnson387 balls
Murali Vijay vs Mitchell Johnson386 balls
Jacques Kallis vs Mitchell Johnson386 balls
MS Dhoni vs Mitchell Johnson380 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Mitchell Johnson taken in Tests?

313 wickets in 140 innings at an average of 28.41, economy 3.33, best figures 8/61.

How many wickets has Mitchell Johnson taken in ODIs?

226 wickets in 144 innings at an average of 25.62, economy 4.83, best figures 6/31.

How many runs has Mitchell Johnson scored in Tests?

2,065 runs in 109 innings (73 matches) at an average of 22.20 and a strike rate of 58.4, in the data from 2007 to 2015.

How many runs has Mitchell Johnson scored in ODIs?

934 runs in 88 innings (147 matches) at an average of 16.39 and a strike rate of 95.7, in the data from 2006 to 2015.

How many runs has Mitchell Johnson scored in T20Is?

109 runs in 17 innings (30 matches) at an average of 10.90 and a strike rate of 114.7, in the data from 2007 to 2013.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.