# Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League

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Melbourne Stars (BBL): 7 seasons of league tables — position, points, net run rate — and who actually played.

Melbourne Stars appear in 7 of our Big Bash League tables, from 2016/17 to 2025/26, with 37 wins and 46 defeats from 84 league matches. Their best finish in this set is 1, in 2019/20; their lowest is 8, in 2017/18, 2022/23. Fixtures like these are covered by [cricket match betting](/en) on Cricketin.

Across those 84 matches they scored 12468 runs and conceded 12700. By net run rate their strongest season here was 2025/26 at +0.759, the weakest 2017/18 at -0.926 — a measure that ignores how close the finishes were. They did not take the title in any of the seasons we hold complete. Off the field, Cricketin also has [casino games](/en/casino): crash games, slots and live tables.

## Season by season

**League-stage record by season**

| Season | Pos | P | W | L | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [2025/26](/en/tables/bbl-2025-26) | 4 / 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.759 | 12 |
| [2022/23](/en/tables/bbl-2022-23) | 8 / 8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | -0.287 | 6 |
| [2020/21](/en/tables/bbl-2020-21) | 7 / 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0.125 | 11 |
| [2019/20](/en/tables/bbl-2019-20) | 1 / 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.568 | 20 |
| [2018/19](/en/tables/bbl-2018-19) | 4 / 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | -0.062 | 14 |
| [2017/18](/en/tables/bbl-2017-18) | 8 / 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | -0.926 | 4 |
| [2016/17](/en/tables/bbl-2016-17) | 4 / 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0.417 | 8 |

[All Big Bash League points tables](/en/leagues/bbl)

## Who played in 2025/26

These are the 14 players who actually took the field for Melbourne Stars in the 2025/26 season, read from the ball-by-ball archive rather than from a squad announcement. Names appear in scorecard form, as the match records write them. To follow these pages on your phone, add the Cricketin [betting app](/en/app) to your home screen.

- BD Macdonald
- C Kellaway
- GJ Maxwell
- HWR Cartwright
- Haris Rauf
- J Merlo
- JM Clarke
- LC Hatcher
- MJ Swepson
- MP Stoinis
- PM Siddle
- SB Harper
- TF Rogers
- TK Curran

## Other teams in the Big Bash League

- [Perth Scorchers](/en/teams/bbl-perth-scorchers)
- [Brisbane Heat](/en/teams/bbl-brisbane-heat)
- [Sydney Sixers](/en/teams/bbl-sydney-sixers)
- [Melbourne Renegades](/en/teams/bbl-melbourne-renegades)
- [Adelaide Strikers](/en/teams/bbl-adelaide-strikers)
- [Hobart Hurricanes](/en/teams/bbl-hobart-hurricanes)
- [Sydney Thunder](/en/teams/bbl-sydney-thunder)

## More from the teams

- [Perth Scorchers (BBL): Season Record 2016–2025](/en/teams/bbl-perth-scorchers)
- [Sydney Sixers (BBL): Season Record 2016–2025](/en/teams/bbl-sydney-sixers)
- [Sydney Thunder (BBL): Season Record 2016–2025](/en/teams/bbl-sydney-thunder)
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- [Barbados Tridents (CPL): Season Record 2017–2020](/en/teams/cpl-barbados-tridents)
- [Guyana Amazon Warriors (CPL): Season Record 2017–2024](/en/teams/cpl-guyana-amazon-warriors)
- [Jamaica Tallawahs (CPL): Season Record 2017–2021](/en/teams/cpl-jamaica-tallawahs)
- [St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (CPL): Season Record 2017–2024](/en/teams/cpl-st-kitts-and-nevis-patriots)
- [St Lucia Kings (CPL): Season Record 2021–2024](/en/teams/cpl-st-lucia-kings)

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