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)	27	27	792	-	29.33	190.84	79	52
2	Tim David (MI,RCB)	64	57	1096	23	32.24	175.08	71	79
3	Phil 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)	50	49	1544	4	34.31	171.56	171	77
6	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	92	89	2379	8	29.37	171.27	224	144
7	Ryan Rickelton (MI)	26	26	836	2	34.83	168.21	78	55
8	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
9	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	64	60	2104	10	42.08	166.72	146	120
10	Sunil Narine (KKR)	202	126	1820	22	17.50	165.30	191	120
11	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	57	52	1612	4	33.58	164.49	106	110
12	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	104	102	2527	21	31.20	163.98	169	186
13	Naman Dhir (MI)	37	34	711	8	27.35	163.82	67	36
14	Ashutosh Sharma (DC,PBKS)	29	22	507	7	31.69	163.55	35	35
15	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	53	42	905	17	36.20	161.61	67	51
16	Will Jacks (MI,RCB)	28	26	602	4	27.36	158.84	50	38
17	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	63	62	1783	1	29.23	157.79	188	92
18	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	153	74	635	28	13.80	156.40	45	43
19	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR,SRH)	50	48	1065	7	25.98	156.16	70	76
20	Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)	104	104	2728	5	27.56	155.44	334	106
21	Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)	81	51	618	23	22.07	155.28	41	35
22	Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)	141	135	2819	17	23.89	155.15	237	161
23	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	58	51	1195	13	31.45	154.19	98	62
24	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
25	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	83	83	2593	5	33.24	152.80	310	110
26	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	80	53	642	20	19.45	152.49	40	44
27	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	71	59	1107	11	23.06	152.48	86	68
28	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
29	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	47	44	986	20	39.44	151.69	69	47
30	Cameron Green (KKR,MI,RCB)	43	42	1029	15	38.11	151.10	84	49
31	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	138	136	4646	19	39.71	149.73	458	211
32	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	94	87	1566	30	27.47	149.29	99	96
33	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	57	57	2515	5	48.37	149.17	258	82
34	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
35	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	71	61	859	17	19.52	148.87	55	55
36	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR)	34	29	875	4	35.00	148.56	85	35
37	Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)	68	63	1855	3	30.92	148.52	155	111
38	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	178	163	4565	28	33.81	148.46	479	178
39	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	120	107	2205	30	28.64	147.49	176	117
40	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
41	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	60	51	744	15	20.67	147.33	47	50
42	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
43	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	139	137	3866	22	33.62	146.77	349	181
44	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	162	150	2955	44	27.88	146.29	228	155
45	Rinku Singh (KKR)	73	63	1398	22	34.10	146.23	115	67
46	Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)	52	52	1674	4	34.88	146.07	173	74
47	Dewald Brevis (CSK,MI)	27	24	606	-	25.25	146.02	38	43
48	Ramandeep Singh (KKR,MI)	39	26	299	10	18.69	145.85	17	19
49	Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)	42	35	787	8	29.15	145.47	50	46
50	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	92	87	2129	19	31.31	145.42	132	137