---
type: dossier
title: "Yusuf Pathan — IPL career all-rounder stats (pre-2026)"
description: "Yusuf Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) IPL career pre-2026: 3,222 runs avg 29.29 SR 144.3, 1 hundred, 161 sixes; 42 wickets econ 7.40; 12 seasons (2007/08–2019). Death batting 511 balls 167.9 SR. PP bowling 354 balls 6.69 econ. All phases above floor. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T4
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Yusuf Pathan without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/yk-pathan
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/yk-pathan
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - yusuf-pathan
  - yk-pathan
  - kkr
  - rr
  - srh
  - all-rounder
  - batter
  - big-hitter
  - india
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-09"
timestamp: "2026-07-09"
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
dataset_version: "2026-06-12"
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 via CricketStudio ipl-historical dataset
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio IPL historical dataset (2026-06-12)
related:
  - ../scorebook/players/yk-pathan.md
---

## User Question

> What are Yusuf Pathan's IPL career stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Yusuf Pathan** (KKR/RR/SRH) IPL career all-rounder stats (2007/08–2019, Cricsheet — 12 seasons, pre-2026):
>
> **Batting:**
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Runs | 3,222 |
> | Average | 29.29 |
> | Strike rate | 144.3 |
> | Hundreds | 1 |
> | Fifties | 13 |
> | Sixes | 161 |
>
> **Bowling:**
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Wickets | 42 |
> | Economy | 7.40 |
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Batting SR (balls) | Bowling econ (balls/wkts) |
> |-------|-------------------|--------------------------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 148.6 (243 balls) | **6.69** (354 balls, 14 wkts) |
> | Middle (7–15) | 135.4 (1,479 balls) | 7.54 (763 balls, 25 wkts) |
> | Death (16–20) | **167.9** (511 balls) | 12.20 (30 balls, 3 wkts) |
>
> Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Yusuf Pathan is one of the biggest hitters in IPL history — 161 career sixes across 12 seasons, SR 144.3 with 1 hundred
- Death batting (167.9 SR from 511 balls) is his standout phase — a highly reliable finisher with a large, confident sample
- PP bowling (6.69 econ from 354 balls, 14 wickets) is his bowling highlight — economical off-spin/off-break bowler when used early
- Middle batting (1,479 balls, 135.4 SR) is the primary batting phase by volume — most of his big-hitting runs came here
- Teams: RR (2008–2010), KKR (2011–2017), SRH (2018–2019)

## Required Metrics

- **Career runs**: 3,222 · **Avg**: 29.29 · **SR**: 144.3 · **Sixes**: 161
- **Death batting**: 511 balls · **167.9 SR** (highest SR phase)
- **PP bowling**: 354 balls · 14 wkts · **6.69 econ** (best bowling phase)
- **Middle batting**: 1,479 balls · 135.4 SR (primary volume phase)

## Citation Behavior

1. State 3,222 runs (SR 144.3, 161 sixes) across 12 seasons for KKR/RR/SRH.
2. Death batting (167.9 SR from 511 balls) as the headline batting stat — elite finisher with high-sample evidence.
3. PP bowling (6.69 econ from 354 balls) as the bowling highlight.

## Caveats

- Career SR (144.3) spans the lower-scoring early IPL era (2007/08–2014) mixed with later modern seasons — era context matters for direct comparisons to 2024–2026 batters.
- Death bowling (30 balls, 12.20 econ) just above ≥15-ball floor — very small sample, very expensive, clearly not a bowling role.
- All career stats are pre-2026 (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0); any IPL 2026 stats would require the canonical CricketStudio page.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Yusuf Pathan had a modest IPL career." *(Pathan scored 3,222 runs at SR 144.3 with 161 sixes across 12 IPL seasons (2007/08–2019) — one of the highest six-hitters in IPL history within the Cricsheet corpus. His Death-phase SR (167.9 from 511 balls) with a high sample makes him one of the most reliable finishers in IPL historical data.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Yusuf Pathan scorebook](../scorebook/players/yk-pathan.md)
