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	Philip Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)	27	27	861	2	34.44	177.89	99	47
2	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	30	30	982	4	37.77	176.30	105	49
3	Andre Russell (DC,KKR)	134	110	2518	20	27.98	173.54	173	212
4	Tim David (MI,RCB)	44	39	751	15	31.29	173.04	44	55
5	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	24	23	557	10	42.85	170.86	38	33
6	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	83	80	2126	19	34.85	168.60	141	158
7	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	41	38	1166	7	37.61	168.01	71	72
8	Sunil Narine (KKR)	183	116	1664	20	17.33	167.24	176	108
9	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
10	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	127	63	567	24	14.54	163.40	40	40
11	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	69	67	1569	7	26.15	159.78	152	83
12	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR)	45	44	1022	7	27.62	159.69	69	73
13	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	33	29	985	1	35.18	159.39	68	63
14	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	30	24	549	10	39.21	158.21	42	31
15	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
16	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	140	134	2812	17	24.03	155.44	236	161
17	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
18	Jofra Archer (MI,RR)	47	29	220	13	13.75	154.93	11	16
19	Cameron Green (MI,RCB)	29	28	707	11	41.59	153.70	62	32
20	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
21	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	35	28	506	9	26.63	152.87	43	25
22	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	79	72	1392	26	30.26	152.80	86	91
23	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
24	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	46	40	818	5	23.37	151.48	61	51
25	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	56	46	658	12	19.35	151.26	43	42
26	Abishek Porel (DC)	23	21	509	3	28.28	150.59	51	20
27	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	64	46	571	17	19.69	150.26	38	38
28	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	40	40	919	-	22.98	149.43	99	48
29	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	60	59	1840	3	32.86	148.99	218	77
30	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
31	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	113	112	3800	13	38.38	148.09	376	170
32	Rovman Powell (DC,RR)	27	22	360	3	18.95	147.54	21	28
33	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
34	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
35	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	118	116	3387	17	34.21	147.01	304	159
36	Tilak Varma (MI)	43	42	1341	9	40.64	146.88	105	68
37	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	142	132	2608	41	28.66	146.02	195	141
38	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	156	141	3833	24	32.76	145.58	410	140
39	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	68	64	1561	12	30.02	145.21	91	103
40	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
41	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	46	42	615	12	20.50	144.71	39	42
42	Jonny Bairstow (PBKS,SRH)	50	50	1589	4	34.54	144.45	166	69
43	Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	30	30	768	2	27.43	144.36	85	39
44	Rinku Singh (KKR)	53	46	1009	14	31.53	144.14	80	51
45	Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)	174	154	3204	44	29.13	142.97	262	158
46	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	101	92	1925	23	27.90	142.17	152	97
47	Albie Morkel (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)	91	68	974	28	24.35	141.98	61	55
48	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	31	31	1363	3	48.68	141.98	126	44
49	Mahipal Lomror (RCB,RR)	40	35	527	6	18.17	141.29	33	30
50	Chris Lynn (DEC,KKR,MI)	42	42	1329	3	34.08	140.63	132	66