The Perth Scorchers are the most successful team in the league's short history, having won the title five times including consecutively for two years twice.

Running over six seasons from 2005–06 to 2010–11, the Twenty20 Big Bash was the first top level domestic Twenty20 competition in Australia, contested by the six traditional Sheffield Shield state cricket teams.

[5][6] In 2015, former Black Caps captain and Melbourne Stars coach Stephen Fleming suggested the expansion of the tournament to include New Zealand teams and become a trans-Tasman competition.

[7] His views were also supported by Brisbane Heat coach and former Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori.

[8] Melbourne Renegades chief executive Stuart Coventry also stated that he wants Cricket Australia to grant each club a fifth home fixture next season.

[9] In 2016, Anthony Everard, head of the BBL, flagged the league's intentions to approach expansion through a soft launch.

He stated the short to medium term goal was to schedule BBL games involving existing franchises in regional markets before potentially adding new teams after the 2017–18 season when the broadcast deal expired.

He also indicated the regional markets of Canberra, Geelong, Launceston, Coffs Harbour, Albury, Moe, Cairns, Gold Coast, and Alice Springs will likely host games during the soft launch period.

In 2018, it was reported that the Gold Coast Suns were interested in securing a Big Bash League franchise if the competition was expanded.

[15] On 19 February 2015, Cricket Australia announced that a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) would commence in the 2015–16 season, with teams aligned to the men's competition.

The current champion from the 2022–23 Women's Big Bash League season is Adelaide Strikers who won their maiden WBBL title by defeating Sydney Thunder by 10 runs.

If the proposal is passed, it would have been a first in the history of Australian sport since no professional matches had played in Australia on Christmas Day at that time.

[17] This has not yet occurred, but in September 2018, it was reported that Cricket Australia had struck a deal with the Players Association to play BBL matches on Christmas Day.

The only exception to this rule was 2014–15 season when the final was played at a neutral venue (Manuka Oval), due to the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

[27] The competition features eight city-based franchises, instead of the six state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

[29] The Scorchers and Sixers have also developed a rivalry between them over the years and their matches attract good crowds and TV ratings.

[46] Cricket Australia increased the prize money for the BBL to a total of $890,000 for the four finalists from 2015–16 season, after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament was discontinued with effect from 2015.

The prize money will be split between the teams as follows:[47] However, the additional cash increase of $600,000 will go to successful clubs and not their players.

[50] BBL has provided a platform to create interest in playing cricket among younger children, due to its big hitting, high scoring and entertaining nature of the game.

[51] The 2014–15 season saw record domestic cricket crowds in the states of South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and the ACT, including a record attendance of 52,633 at the Adelaide Strikers' home semi-final, which was then the biggest ever crowd at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval.

[61] The KFC BBL|10 Final reached 2.5 million viewers on Seven and 669,000 on Foxtel, capping an extraordinary season in which as players, officials, staff and broadcast partners successfully navigated through the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manuka Oval hosted the final of 2014–15 BBL season as a neutral venue primarily because other major grounds were being prepared for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

In September 2017, the Adelaide Strikers agreed to play one home BBL and WBBL match at Traeger Park in Alice Springs over the course of the 2017–18 season.

The Sydney Sixers played two games at Coffs Harbour International Stadium in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales each season, while the Sydney Thunder played two home matches at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

The Melbourne Stars play one home match at either Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, New South Wales, or Manuka Oval in Canberra, ACT.

The Sydney Sixers play one of their home matches at Coffs Harbour International Stadium in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, while cross town rivals Sydney Thunder play one match at Manuka Oval in Canberra, ACT.

[66] Former Brisbane Heat player and captain Chris Lynn currently holds the record of scoring most runs in the league.

[67] The record of taking most wickets in the league belongs to Sean Abbott who currently plays for the Sydney Sixers.