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	Priyansh Arya (PBKS)	24	24	770	-	32.08	195.43	75	52
2	Tim David (MI,RCB)	60	53	1038	23	34.60	176.23	66	76
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	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	48	47	1501	4	34.91	171.35	164	76
6	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	89	86	2297	8	29.45	170.91	217	138
7	Ryan Rickelton (MI)	23	23	770	2	36.67	167.39	72	50
8	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
9	Naman Dhir (MI)	34	30	695	7	30.22	165.87	66	35
10	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	61	57	1988	10	42.30	165.39	136	112
11	Sunil Narine (KKR)	198	126	1820	22	17.50	165.30	191	120
12	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	101	99	2477	20	31.35	164.48	168	180
13	Ashutosh Sharma (DC,PBKS)	27	21	471	5	29.44	163.54	31	33
14	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	53	48	1437	3	31.93	162.01	94	98
15	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	50	40	847	17	36.83	159.81	63	47
16	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	148	72	620	28	14.09	157.36	45	41
17	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	60	59	1655	1	28.53	157.02	175	86
18	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR,SRH)	50	48	1065	7	25.98	156.16	70	76
19	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
20	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
21	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	141	135	2819	17	23.89	155.15	237	161
22	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	53	46	994	12	29.24	154.35	81	52
23	Will Jacks (MI,RCB)	25	23	530	3	26.50	154.07	44	33
24	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
25	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	78	78	2481	5	33.99	153.43	294	106
26	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	77	52	641	20	20.03	152.98	40	44
27	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	44	42	982	18	40.92	152.96	69	47
28	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	66	56	1073	8	22.35	152.85	83	67
29	Cameron Green (KKR,MI,RCB)	39	38	939	14	39.13	151.94	78	44
30	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
31	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	94	87	1566	30	27.47	149.29	99	96
32	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	133	131	4475	17	39.25	149.27	443	203
33	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
34	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	176	161	4490	28	33.76	148.33	474	173
35	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	52	52	2294	4	47.79	147.81	232	74
36	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	120	107	2205	30	28.64	147.49	176	117
37	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
38	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	60	51	744	15	20.67	147.33	47	50
39	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
40	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	68	58	815	15	18.95	147.11	52	51
41	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	136	135	3805	22	33.67	146.97	344	179
42	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	160	148	2895	44	27.84	146.36	223	152
43	Dewald Brevis (CSK,MI)	24	21	529	-	25.19	146.13	36	37
44	Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)	52	52	1674	4	34.88	146.07	173	74
45	Ramandeep Singh (KKR,MI)	39	26	299	10	18.69	145.85	17	19
46	Rinku Singh (KKR)	69	60	1340	20	33.50	145.49	110	65
47	Tilak Varma (MI)	65	62	1760	12	35.20	145.21	137	84
48	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
49	Abishek Porel (DC)	33	31	696	3	24.86	145.00	69	27
50	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR)	31	27	722	3	30.08	144.69	74	25