Beginning in the Futures League, good form allowed him to make his List A debut for Western Australia in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup, in a match against Tasmania at Hands Oval.[7] In the match, he dismissed Mark Cosgrove with the first ball of Tasmania's innings, finishing with figures of 1/18 from five overs.[8] Due to injuries to other fast bowlers, Behrendorff played more regularly at state level the following season, taking 4/76 on his Sheffield Shield debut against Victoria in November 2011.[9] He finished the 2011–12 season with 13 wickets from five Shield matches and five wickets from five Ryobi One-Day Cup matches, having often competed with Nathan Coulter-Nile for a regular spot in the side.[10][11] At the end of the 2011–12 season, Behrendorff was given the "Future Legend" award at the Western Australian Cricket Association's awards night.[12][13]
In June 2014, pending recovery of an achilles injury, Behrendorff was picked for the Australia A team in a series of four-day matches against South Africa A in Townsville in August 2014.[17] Behrendorff again played for the Scorchers during the 2014–15 BBL season and was a member of the team that won its second consecutive title. Generally opening the bowling, he took 15 wickets from ten matches, equal with teammate Yasir Arafat and behind only the Melbourne Stars' John Hastings (16 wickets) for the tournament. Behrendorff bowled 40 overs during the tournament (completing his allocation in every game), more than any other player. His wickets came at an average of 16.73 and an economy rate of 6.27 runs per over, which was only beaten by four spinners – Shakib Al Hasan, Michael Beer, Fawad Ahmed and Brad Hogg – amongst those who bowled more than 15 overs.[18]
At the 2014 Allan Border Medal ceremony, held in January 2015, Behrendorff was named "Domestic Player of the Year". He recorded 22 percent of the vote for the award, which is voted on by players, beating teammate Adam Voges (16 percent).[19]
In February 2017, Behrendorff took figures of 9 for 37 in the first innings against Victoria, the fifth-best figures in the Sheffield Shield.[20]
In August 2023, Behrendorff was named in Australia’s T20 squad to face South Africa in a 3 match series.[27] Behrendorff played the 2nd Match recording figures of 2/25 to help Australia to their 2nd win of an eventual 3-0 sweep of South Africa.[28]
In November 2023, Behrendorff was named in the Australian squad to face India in a 5 match T20i series. Behrendorff played in 4 out of the 5 matches proving to be economical with figures of 1/25, 1/12, 2/32 and 2/38. Behrendorff appeared to be the only consistent performer of Australia’s weakened bowling attack throughout the 4-1 series loss.[29]
^Sandhu, Vinny (April 2020). "Take 6 with Mr Maximo and Jason Behrendorff". European Cricket Studio. Retrieved 21 January 2021. Jason has European heritage, but (unlike Shane Warne) wouldn't be eligible to play for Germany...It was very interesting to learn more about Jason Behrendorff's European heritage. Shane Warne's mother was born in Germany so he would be eligible for a German passport. Jason explained how an extra "f" was added on the end of his surname to avoid persecution during World War I, and that his surname actually means "bear in the village".
