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	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	26	26	839	4	38.14	176.63	85	43
2	Philip Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)	22	22	709	2	35.45	175.93	83	36
3	Andre Russell (DC,KKR)	128	106	2488	20	28.93	174.84	171	209
4	Tim David (MI,RCB)	39	35	659	12	28.65	170.28	38	46
5	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	36	33	1027	6	38.04	170.03	61	65
6	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
7	Sunil Narine (KKR)	178	111	1578	20	17.34	165.93	169	100
8	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	77	74	1844	18	32.93	164.64	119	134
9	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR)	40	40	954	7	28.91	163.64	68	67
10	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	122	60	545	23	14.73	161.72	39	38
11	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	28	25	833	1	34.71	160.50	56	55
12	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	29	23	417	7	26.06	157.95	34	22
13	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	135	130	2771	17	24.52	156.64	232	160
14	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	64	62	1401	7	25.47	156.01	133	73
15	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
16	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
17	Jofra Archer (MI,RR)	41	26	200	13	15.38	155.04	11	14
18	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	73	67	1285	26	31.34	153.89	77	86
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	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
22	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	41	36	730	4	22.81	151.14	53	45
23	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	54	53	1608	2	31.53	150.00	198	64
24	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	59	42	515	16	19.81	149.28	33	34
25	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
26	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	112	111	3284	17	34.94	148.53	296	154
27	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	108	107	3636	12	38.27	147.74	359	163
28	Rovman Powell (DC,RR)	27	22	360	3	18.95	147.54	21	28
29	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
30	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
31	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	66	62	1511	11	29.63	146.56	86	102
32	Abdul Samad (SRH)	50	40	577	10	19.23	146.08	37	36
33	Tilak Varma (MI)	39	39	1187	9	39.57	145.64	92	60
34	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	137	128	2525	40	28.69	145.62	189	136
35	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
36	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	151	136	3623	23	32.06	144.98	387	131
37	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	35	35	761	-	21.74	144.95	79	41
38	Jonny Bairstow (PBKS,SRH)	50	50	1589	4	34.54	144.45	166	69
39	Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	30	30	768	2	27.43	144.36	85	39
40	Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)	174	154	3204	44	29.13	142.97	262	158
41	Rinku Singh (KKR)	47	41	905	11	30.17	142.97	68	46
42	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	41	39	559	11	19.96	142.60	35	38
43	Albie Morkel (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)	91	68	974	28	24.35	141.98	61	55
44	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	97	89	1886	22	28.15	141.91	151	93
45	Moeen Ali (CSK,RCB)	67	57	1162	6	22.78	141.53	95	67
46	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	26	26	1108	3	48.17	141.33	100	37
47	Mahipal Lomror (RCB,RR)	40	35	527	6	18.17	141.29	33	30
48	Devon Conway (CSK)	23	22	924	3	48.63	141.28	99	30
49	Chris Lynn (DEC,KKR,MI)	42	42	1329	3	34.08	140.63	132	66
50	Morne Morkel (DC,KKR,RR)	70	23	126	12	11.45	140.00	11	4