Highest Strike Rate in IPL

This list contains the names of the players with the highest strike-rate in IPL. In a format where the ability to score quick runs is of utmost importance, the strike-rate is the right parameter to judge a player's ability to do well in the shortest format of the game.

The strike-rate shows a player's efficiency in maximizing every delivery faced. With only 120 deliveries in an innings, the players hardly get the time to get set and are needed to go big right from the word go. Players with high strike-rates are undoubtedly an invaluable assets in the T20 format.

Talking about the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders star Andre Russell holds the record for the highest strike-rate in the competition. The hard-hitting allrounder, who has played 127 matches so far, has a career strike-rate of 174.92.

He is followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen who has a strike-rate of 168.30. At number three is Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine. The spin-bowling allrounder has a strike-rate of 165.83. Narine is followed by Liam Livingstone and Nicholas Pooran.

While Livingstone's strike-rate in IPL is 162.45, Pooran has scored his runs at a strike-rate of 162.29. Among Indians who have played at least 25 games in the IPL, Rajat Patidar has the highest strike-rate - 158.84.

Highest Strike Rate

No	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	Avg	S/R	4s	6s
1	Andre Russell (DC,KKR)	140	115	2651	21	28.20	174.18	186	223
2	Philip Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)	32	32	984	2	32.80	174.16	114	52
3	Tim David (MI,RCB)	50	44	846	18	32.54	173.36	54	60
4	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	34	34	1103	4	36.77	172.34	117	55
5	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	49	45	1480	8	40.00	169.72	98	89
6	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	90	87	2293	20	34.22	168.98	158	167
7	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
8	Sunil Narine (KKR)	189	122	1780	21	17.62	166.51	189	116
9	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	33	31	711	14	41.82	164.20	51	38
10	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	77	74	1816	7	27.10	163.02	174	101
11	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	135	67	585	25	13.93	161.16	41	41
12	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR)	47	46	1026	7	26.31	158.58	70	73
13	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	39	30	707	13	41.59	156.42	53	37
14	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	46	46	1225	1	27.22	156.05	130	64
15	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	53	46	967	8	25.45	155.72	75	60
16	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
17	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
18	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	141	135	2819	17	23.89	155.15	237	161
19	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	39	35	1052	1	30.94	154.71	73	65
20	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	42	35	680	11	28.33	153.85	51	38
21	Cameron Green (MI,RCB)	29	28	707	11	41.59	153.70	62	32
22	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
23	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	67	67	2166	3	33.84	152.86	258	92
24	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	72	50	612	20	20.40	152.24	39	41
25	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	86	80	1488	29	29.18	151.84	94	93
26	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	63	52	741	14	19.50	151.84	45	50
27	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
28	Abishek Porel (DC)	31	28	654	3	26.16	150.69	64	27
29	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	121	119	4120	16	40.00	149.38	407	185
30	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
31	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	54	48	719	15	21.79	148.55	46	49
32	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	164	149	4234	28	34.99	148.35	449	162
33	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	125	123	3553	19	34.16	147.61	319	170
34	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
35	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
36	Jofra Archer (MI,RR)	52	32	262	13	13.79	147.19	14	18
37	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	150	138	2712	42	28.25	146.67	206	145
38	Rovman Powell (DC,KKR,RR)	29	23	365	3	18.25	146.59	22	28
39	Rinku Singh (KKR)	59	51	1099	15	30.53	145.18	87	56
40	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
41	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	73	69	1685	12	29.56	145.01	98	111
42	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	107	96	1992	26	28.46	144.45	156	103
43	Jonny Bairstow (PBKS,SRH)	50	50	1589	4	34.54	144.45	166	69
44	Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	30	30	768	2	27.43	144.36	85	39
45	Tilak Varma (MI)	51	48	1405	11	37.97	144.10	109	69
46	Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)	54	48	1292	2	28.09	143.72	104	75
47	Nehal Wadhera (MI,PBKS)	33	27	605	3	25.21	143.71	52	32
48	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	36	36	1543	3	46.76	143.53	151	47
49	Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)	174	154	3204	44	29.13	142.97	262	158
50	Albie Morkel (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)	91	68	974	28	24.35	141.98	61	55