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)	22	22	712	-	32.36	198.33	73	46
2	Tim David (MI,RCB)	59	52	1038	23	35.79	176.53	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	Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)	86	83	2241	8	29.88	170.16	214	132
6	Travis Head (RCB,SRH)	46	45	1402	4	34.20	169.12	152	70
7	Naman Dhir (MI)	31	27	568	6	27.05	168.05	54	29
8	Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)	36	27	247	9	13.72	166.89	15	17
9	Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)	58	54	1894	10	43.05	166.87	130	107
10	Sunil Narine (KKR)	196	126	1820	22	17.50	165.30	191	120
11	Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)	98	96	2375	20	31.25	162.78	163	171
12	Rajat Patidar (RCB)	51	46	1368	3	31.81	161.32	90	92
13	Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)	48	38	843	17	40.14	160.27	62	47
14	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	57	56	1619	1	29.44	158.57	170	86
15	Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)	40	38	912	17	43.43	157.51	66	44
16	Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)	145	72	620	28	14.09	157.36	45	41
17	Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR,SRH)	50	48	1065	7	25.98	156.16	70	76
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	Dhruv Jurel (RR)	51	44	928	12	29.00	153.64	76	48
22	Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)	22	22	473	2	23.65	153.57	45	25
23	Cameron Green (KKR,MI,RCB)	37	36	903	12	37.63	153.57	78	42
24	Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	76	76	2472	5	34.82	153.54	294	105
25	Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)	64	54	1054	8	22.91	153.42	82	65
26	Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)	74	50	612	20	20.40	152.24	39	41
27	AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)	184	170	5162	40	39.71	151.69	413	251
28	Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)	130	128	4429	17	39.90	149.88	440	200
29	Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)	93	86	1560	30	27.86	149.71	98	96
30	Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)	142	141	4965	16	39.72	148.96	405	357
31	Suryakumar Yadav (KKR,MI)	173	158	4457	28	34.28	148.22	469	172
32	Sai Sudharsan (GT)	49	49	2121	4	47.13	148.22	216	69
33	Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)	117	104	2136	30	28.86	147.51	168	114
34	Prithvi Shaw (DC)	79	79	1892	-	23.95	147.47	238	61
35	Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR)	29	25	662	3	30.09	147.44	69	23
36	Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)	60	51	744	15	20.67	147.33	47	50
37	Kieron Pollard (MI)	189	171	3412	52	28.67	147.32	218	223
38	Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)	159	147	2877	44	27.93	147.16	221	152
39	Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)	68	58	815	15	18.95	147.11	52	51
40	Tilak Varma (MI)	62	59	1687	12	35.89	146.82	134	82
41	Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)	133	132	3743	21	33.72	146.38	337	176
42	Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)	52	52	1674	4	34.88	146.07	173	74
43	Ramandeep Singh (KKR,MI)	39	26	299	10	18.69	145.85	17	19
44	Abishek Porel (DC)	32	30	691	3	25.59	145.78	68	27
45	Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)	31	23	280	8	18.67	145.08	16	15
46	Rinku Singh (KKR)	67	59	1318	19	32.95	144.84	108	64
47	Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	30	30	768	2	27.43	144.36	85	39
48	Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)	87	83	2009	17	30.44	143.40	122	128
49	Rovman Powell (DC,KKR,RR)	35	29	486	6	21.13	143.36	31	35
50	Jofra Archer (MI,RR)	61	36	275	15	13.10	143.23	15	18