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	Tim David (MI,RCB)	56	50	1019	22	36.39	177.84	66	74
2	Naman Dhir (MI)	28	24	501	6	27.83	175.17	45	28
3	Philip Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)	40	40	1258	3	34.00	174.48	138	67
4	Andre Russell (DC,KKR)	140	115	2651	21	28.20	174.18	186	223
5	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	83	80	2004	7	27.45	167.56	189	118
6	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
7	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	44	43	1289	4	33.05	166.75	146	60
8	Sunil Narine (KKR)	195	125	1816	21	17.46	165.84	191	120
9	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	55	51	1763	8	41.00	165.07	117	99
10	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	96	93	2344	20	32.11	164.95	160	170
11	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	48	44	1341	3	32.71	161.96	88	90
12	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	47	37	824	16	39.24	159.69	60	46
13	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	141	70	609	27	14.16	159.42	44	41
14	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	37	36	880	17	46.32	157.14	62	43
15	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	48	41	861	12	29.69	157.12	68	46
16	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR,SRH)	50	48	1065	7	25.98	156.16	70	76
17	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	55	54	1484	1	28.00	156.05	155	80
18	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
19	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
20	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	141	135	2819	17	23.89	155.15	237	161
21	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	61	52	1043	8	23.70	153.83	81	64
22	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
23	Cameron Green (KKR,MI,RCB)	36	35	869	12	37.78	153.26	78	39
24	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	73	73	2389	5	35.13	152.85	281	104
25	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	72	50	612	20	20.40	152.24	39	41
26	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
27	Ramandeep Singh (KKR,MI)	38	25	293	10	19.53	151.03	17	19
28	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	91	84	1527	30	28.28	150.59	95	95
29	Abishek Porel (DC)	31	29	661	3	25.42	149.89	65	27
30	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	126	124	4321	16	40.01	149.83	431	194
31	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
32	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	170	155	4401	28	34.65	148.58	462	171
33	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	57	50	736	15	21.03	148.09	46	50
34	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR)	28	24	653	3	31.10	148.07	68	23
35	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
36	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
37	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	156	144	2830	44	28.30	147.24	218	150
38	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	131	129	3700	20	33.94	147.12	333	175
39	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	68	58	815	15	18.95	147.11	52	51
40	Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)	52	52	1674	4	34.88	146.07	173	74
41	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	45	45	1928	4	47.02	145.95	200	57
42	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	115	103	2074	29	28.03	145.44	164	108
43	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
44	Rovman Powell (DC,KKR,RR)	34	27	485	5	22.05	144.78	31	35
45	Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	30	30	768	2	27.43	144.36	85	39
46	Tilak Varma (MI)	59	56	1542	11	34.27	144.11	121	74
47	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	85	81	1982	17	30.97	144.04	119	127
48	Jofra Archer (MI,RR)	58	35	273	14	13.00	143.68	15	18
49	Rinku Singh (KKR)	66	57	1231	17	30.78	143.47	100	59
50	Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)	174	154	3204	44	29.13	142.97	262	158