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)	26	26	792	-	30.46	191.30	79	52
2	Tim David (MI,RCB)	62	55	1068	23	33.38	176.82	68	78
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)	48	47	1501	4	34.91	171.35	164	76
6	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	90	87	2323	8	29.41	170.18	220	139
7	Ryan Rickelton (MI)	25	25	824	2	35.83	168.16	77	54
8	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
9	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	62	58	2035	10	42.40	165.72	142	114
10	Sunil Narine (KKR)	201	126	1820	22	17.50	165.30	191	120
11	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	103	101	2525	21	31.56	164.60	169	186
12	Naman Dhir (MI)	36	32	704	7	28.16	164.49	66	36
13	Ashutosh Sharma (DC,PBKS)	27	21	471	5	29.44	163.54	31	33
14	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	54	49	1448	3	31.48	161.79	94	99
15	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	52	42	905	17	36.20	161.61	67	51
16	Will Jacks (MI,RCB)	27	25	569	4	27.10	157.62	47	36
17	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	150	72	620	28	14.09	157.36	45	41
18	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	62	61	1714	1	28.57	157.10	181	90
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	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	80	80	2536	5	33.81	153.79	305	107
24	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
25	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	78	52	641	20	20.03	152.98	40	44
26	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	68	57	1081	9	22.52	152.90	84	67
27	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	55	48	1100	13	31.43	152.35	89	57
28	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	45	43	986	18	39.44	152.16	69	47
29	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
30	Cameron Green (KKR,MI,RCB)	42	41	1027	15	39.50	151.47	84	49
31	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	135	133	4589	18	39.90	149.97	453	209
32	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	94	87	1566	30	27.47	149.29	99	96
33	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
34	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	54	54	2431	5	49.61	148.87	245	81
35	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR)	34	29	875	4	35.00	148.56	85	35
36	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	177	162	4505	28	33.62	148.53	476	174
37	Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)	68	63	1855	3	30.92	148.52	155	111
38	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	70	60	822	16	18.68	147.58	52	52
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)	138	136	3840	22	33.68	147.01	346	181
44	Rinku Singh (KKR)	72	62	1398	22	34.95	146.39	115	67
45	Abishek Porel (DC)	34	32	747	3	25.76	146.18	76	28
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	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	161	149	2921	44	27.82	145.69	225	153
50	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	92	87	2129	19	31.31	145.42	132	137