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Highest Strike Rate in IPL 2026

Rank Player M Inns Runs NO AVG S/R 4s 6s
1
Phil Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)
34 34 1056 3 34.06 175.71 122 56
2
Andre Russell (DC,KKR)
140 115 2651 21 28.20 174.18 186 223
3
Tim David (MI,RCB)
50 44 846 18 32.54 173.36 54 60
4
Travis Head (RCB,SRH)
38 37 1146 4 34.73 170.03 126 55
5
Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)
49 45 1480 8 40.00 169.72 98 89
6
Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
90 87 2293 20 34.22 168.98 158 167
7
Krishnappa Gowtham (LSG,PBKS,RR)
36 27 247 9 13.72 166.89 15 17
8
Sunil Narine (KKR)
189 122 1780 21 17.62 166.51 189 116
9
Tristan Stubbs (DC,MI)
32 31 711 14 41.82 164.20 51 38
10
Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)
77 74 1816 7 27.10 163.02 174 101
11
Rashid Khan (GT,SRH)
136 68 585 26 13.93 160.27 41 41
12
Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR)
49 47 1051 7 26.28 158.76 70 75
13
Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)
41 33 773 14 40.68 157.76 56 43
14
Jitesh Sharma (PBKS,RCB)
55 47 991 8 25.41 157.05 77 62
15
Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)
104 104 2728 5 27.56 155.44 334 106
16
Chris Morris (CSK,DC,RCB,RR)
81 51 618 23 22.07 155.28 41 35
17
Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)
141 135 2819 17 23.89 155.15 237 161
18
Rajat Patidar (RCB)
42 38 1111 2 30.86 154.31 76 68
19
Dhruv Jurel (RR)
42 35 680 11 28.33 153.85 51 38
20
Cameron Green (MI,RCB)
29 28 707 11 41.59 153.70 62 32
21
Rilee Rossouw (DC,PBKS,RCB)
22 22 473 2 23.65 153.57 45 25
22
Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)
67 67 2166 3 33.84 152.86 258 92
23
Pat Cummins (DC,KKR,SRH)
72 50 612 20 20.40 152.24 39 41
24
Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)
51 51 1305 0 25.59 151.92 134 71
25
Shimron Hetmyer (DC,RCB,RR)
86 80 1488 29 29.18 151.84 94 93
26
Abdul Samad (LSG,SRH)
63 52 741 14 19.50 151.84 45 50
27
AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)
184 170 5162 40 39.71 151.69 413 251
28
Abishek Porel (DC)
31 29 661 3 25.42 149.89 65 27
29
Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)
121 119 4120 16 40.00 149.38 407 185
30
Shahrukh Khan (GT,PBKS)
55 49 732 15 21.53 149.08 46 50
31
Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)
142 141 4965 16 39.72 148.96 405 357
32
Surya Kumar Yadav (KKR,MI)
166 151 4311 28 35.05 148.66 454 168
33
Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)
125 123 3553 19 34.16 147.61 319 170
34
Prithvi Shaw (DC)
79 79 1892 0 23.95 147.47 238 61
35
Kieron Pollard (MI)
189 171 3412 52 28.67 147.32 218 223
36
Jofra Archer (MI,RR)
52 32 262 13 13.79 147.19 14 18
37
Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)
152 140 2749 43 28.34 146.93 207 148
38
Rovman Powell (DC,KKR,RR)
29 23 365 3 18.25 146.59 22 28
39
Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)
52 52 1674 4 34.88 146.07 173 74
40
Sai Sudharsan (GT)
40 40 1793 4 49.81 145.89 183 52
41
Rinku Singh (KKR)
59 51 1099 15 30.53 145.18 87 56
42
Ashish Reddy (DEC,SRH)
31 23 280 8 18.67 145.08 16 15
43
Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)
109 99 2026 27 28.14 144.71 158 106
44
N. Tilak Varma (MI)
54 51 1499 11 37.48 144.41 113 74
45
Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)
30 30 768 2 27.43 144.36 85 39
46
Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)
79 75 1859 14 30.48 143.66 108 122
47
Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)
174 154 3204 44 29.13 142.97 262 158
48
Nehal Wadhera (MI,PBKS)
36 31 719 4 26.63 142.94 60 39
49
Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)
55 49 1292 2 27.49 142.92 104 75
50
Albie Morkel (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)
91 68 974 28 24.35 141.98 61 55
51
Riyan Parag (RR)
84 73 1570 12 25.74 141.95 112 87
52
Mahipal Lomror (RCB,RR)
40 35 527 6 18.17 141.29 33 30
53
Chris Lynn (DEC,KKR,MI)
42 42 1329 3 34.08 140.63 132 66
54
Morne Morkel (DC,KKR,RR)
70 23 126 12 11.45 140.00 11 4
55
David Warner (DC,SRH)
184 184 6565 22 40.52 139.77 663 236
56
Moeen Ali (CSK,KKR,RCB)
73 59 1167 6 22.02 139.76 95 67
57
Devon Conway (CSK)
29 28 1080 3 43.20 139.72 116 34
58
Shardul Thakur (CSK,DC,KKR,LSG,PBKS,RPS)
105 42 325 14 11.61 139.48 30 13
59
Sanju Samson (DC,RR)
177 172 4704 19 30.75 139.05 379 219
60
Ryan ten Doeschate (KKR)
29 22 326 8 23.29 138.72 26 15
61
Shubman Gill (GT,KKR)
118 115 3866 17 39.45 138.72 372 119
62
David Miller (GT,LSG,PBKS,RR)
141 135 3077 49 35.78 138.60 220 138
63
Jason Roy (DC,GL,KKR,SRH)
21 21 614 2 32.32 138.60 75 21
64
Ayush Badoni (LSG)
56 46 963 10 26.75 138.56 73 38
65
Adam Gilchrist (DEC,PBKS)
80 80 2069 4 27.22 138.39 239 92
66
Shane Watson (CSK,RCB,RR)
145 141 3874 16 30.99 137.91 376 190
67
Harbhajan Singh (CSK,KKR,MI)
163 90 833 35 15.15 137.91 79 42
68
Rahul Tripathi (CSK,KKR,RPS,RR,SRH)
100 98 2291 10 26.03 137.85 229 85
69
Ishan Kishan (GL,MI,SRH)
119 112 2998 9 29.11 137.65 288 134
70
Matthew Hayden (CSK)
32 32 1107 2 36.90 137.52 121 44
71
Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK)
71 70 2502 8 40.35 137.47 231 95
72
Thisara Perera (CSK,KOCHI,MI,PBKS,RPS,SRH)
37 30 422 8 19.18 137.46 23 26
73
MS Dhoni (CSK,RPS)
278 242 5439 100 38.30 137.45 375 264
74
Venkatesh Iyer (KKR)
62 56 1468 7 29.96 137.32 136 65
75
Rahul Tewatia (DC,GT,PBKS,RR)
108 77 1112 29 23.17 137.11 90 54
76
Evin Lewis (LSG,MI,RR)
27 26 654 2 27.25 137.11 62 36
77
Nitish Rana (KKR,MI,RR)
118 112 2853 9 27.70 136.77 261 141
78
Suresh Raina (CSK,GL)
205 200 5528 30 32.52 136.73 506 203
79
Sam Curran (CSK,PBKS)
64 53 997 13 24.93 136.39 85 41
80
KL Rahul (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB,SRH)
145 137 5229 24 46.27 136.10 453 208
81
Faf du Plessis (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)
154 147 4773 11 35.10 135.79 439 174
82
James Faulkner (GL,PBKS,PWI,RR)
60 45 527 20 21.08 135.48 36 23
83
Dinesh Karthik (DC,GL,KKR,MI,PBKS,RCB)
257 234 4842 50 26.32 135.36 466 161
84
Dwayne Smith (CSK,DEC,GL,MI)
91 89 2385 5 28.39 135.20 245 117
85
Aiden Markram (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
57 55 1440 9 31.30 135.08 111 57
86
Kevin Pietersen (DC,RCB,RPS)
36 36 1001 8 35.75 134.72 92 40
87
Colin de Grandhomme (KKR,RCB)
25 21 303 5 18.94 134.67 18 18
88
Quinton De Kock (DC,KKR,LSG,MI,RCB,SRH)
115 115 3309 7 30.64 134.40 325 134
89
Axar Patel (DC,PBKS)
162 124 1916 37 22.02 133.99 130 94
90
Ben Stokes (CSK,RPS,RR)
45 44 935 6 24.61 133.95 81 32
91
Mayank Agarwal (DC,PBKS,RCB,RPS,SRH)
131 125 2756 5 22.97 133.53 273 100
92
Shreyas Iyer (DC,KKR,PBKS)
133 132 3731 23 34.23 133.35 314 152
93
Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)
28 22 485 5 28.53 132.88 31 25
94
Virat Kohli (RCB)
267 259 8661 40 39.55 132.86 771 291
95
Shaun Marsh (PBKS)
71 69 2477 7 39.95 132.74 266 78
96
Krunal Pandya (LSG,MI,RCB)
142 118 1756 37 21.68 132.43 153 65
97
Rohit Sharma (DEC,MI)
272 267 7046 30 29.73 132.10 640 302
98
Jesse Ryder (PWI,RCB)
29 29 604 1 21.57 131.88 69 19
99
Brendon McCullum (CSK,GL,KKR,KOCHI,RCB)
109 109 2880 5 27.69 131.75 293 130
100
Karun Nair (DC,PBKS,RCB,RR)
84 76 1694 5 23.86 131.73 186 49

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings

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Highest Strike Rate in IPL History: Players with the Fastest Scoring Rates

Phil Salt (DC,KKR,RCB) obtained 175.71 strike in 34 innings and scored 1056 runs. He set the record for the highest strike rate in IPL history. Andre Russell (DC,KKR) maintained a 174.18 strike rate while scoring 2651 runs in 115 innings. Andre Russell holds the 2nd-best strike rate in the IPL.
Tim David (MI,RCB) 173.36 strike rate powered his 846 runs in 44 innings. In the IPL, he is the third top player in strike rate. Travis Head (RCB,SRH) earned a 170.03 strike rate in 37 innings with 1146 runs. He sealed the 4th spot when it comes to the impressive strike rate in the IPL. These players have enhanced their aggressive batting by achieving the top 4 spot of the IPL's highest strike rate, thanks to their consistent performance. Their fearless approach and explosive scoring have set new benchmarks in the modern T20 format.

Highest Strike Rate in IPL History

The Highest Strike Rate in IPL history highlights the ability and consistent performance with the bat which shows the longevity of the performance. The strike rate of the batsman shows the scoring capability with an explosive power. Let’s dive into the list of players who have achieved Highest Strike Rate in IPL History.

  • Philip Salt is maintaining the highest strike rate in the IPL history with 175.71 with batting average of 34.06 in 34 innings of IPL.

  • Andre Russell is in the second position, maintaining the brilliant strike rate of 174. 18 in 115 innings with a batting average of 28.20 throughout the IPL season.

  • At the third position, Tim David delivered a strike rate of 173.36 with a batting average of 32.54 in 44 innings.

  • Travis Head with the strike rate of 170.03 in 37 innings made his place in the top 5 list of Highest Strike Rate in IPL History.

  • Heinrich Klaasen holds the strike rate of 169.72 with a batting average of 40 in 45 innings.

The player with the good strike rate has the ability to stand with their team in chasing down the runs or scoring big total during difficult times in the game. The Top 5 players in the list of Highest Strike Rate in IPL proved it right with their stellar performances in the IPL seasons.

Players with highest strike rate in IPL (2021-25)

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Highest strike rate in IPL 2021

Dwayne Bravo has the highest strike rate in IPL 2021 with 261.11 with a batting average of 47.00 in 3 innings. 

Shimron Hetmyer maintained a good strike rate of 168.06 in 14 matches and players like Andre Russell and Prithvi Shaw also maintained a good strike rate of 152.50 and 159.14 in IPL 2021.

Highest strike rate in IPL 2022

Pat Cummins holds the strike rate of 262.50 in 5 innings and Tim david followed the list of highest strike rate in IPL 2022 with 216.28 in 8 innings.

Highest strike rate in IPL 2023

Rashid Khan maintained the highest strike rate in IPL 2023 with 216.67 in 9 innings and Glenn Maxwell delivered the strike rate of 183.49 in 14 innings.

Highest strike rate in IPL 2024

Romario Shepherd held the strike rate of 271.43 in 5 innings and MS Dhoni maintained the strike rate of 220.55 in 11 innings.

Highest strike rate in IPL 2025

Romario Shepherd has the highest strike rate in 2025 with 291.67 and Urvil Patel stands on the strike rate of 212.50.

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