IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Highest death-overs strike rates

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Best batting strike rates in death overs (overs 17–20). Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20.

#	Player	Death SR	Sample
1	R ShepherdLSG MI RCB SRH	266.7	160 runs · 60 balls · 12×4 · 15×6
2	T StubbsDC MI	245.0	370 runs · 151 balls · 33×4 · 23×6
3	BJ RohrerDC	243.3	73 runs · 30 balls · 6×4 · 5×6
4	LJ WrightPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA	240.0	72 runs · 30 balls · 12×4 · 2×6
5	AB de VilliersDC RCB	235.3	1421 runs · 604 balls · 106×4 · 112×6
6	Sameer RizviCSK DC	234.6	61 runs · 26 balls · 5×4 · 5×6
7	LS LivingstonePBKS RCB RR	231.7	241 runs · 104 balls · 14×4 · 23×6
8	GD PhillipsRR SRH	225.0	45 runs · 20 balls · 3×4 · 4×6
9	Naman DhirMI	217.6	222 runs · 102 balls · 21×4 · 15×6
10	YBK JaiswalRR	217.4	50 runs · 23 balls · 6×4 · 3×6
11	BB McCullumCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KKR KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RCB	216.4	158 runs · 73 balls · 13×4 · 10×6
12	MA AgarwalDC PBKS RCB RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT SRH	215.7	192 runs · 89 balls · 17×4 · 12×6
13	RR RossouwDC PBKS RCB	215.4	56 runs · 26 balls · 4×4 · 4×6
14	B Sai SudharsanGT	214.7	161 runs · 75 balls · 12×4 · 11×6
15	Q de KockDC KKR LSG MI RCB SRH	214.5	133 runs · 62 balls · 14×4 · 7×6
16	HM AmlaPBKS	213.2	81 runs · 38 balls · 10×4 · 4×6
17	H KlaasenRCB RR SRH	209.7	434 runs · 207 balls · 31×4 · 30×6
18	CH GayleKKR PBKS RCB	209.3	404 runs · 193 balls · 27×4 · 35×6
19	Shashank SinghPBKS SRH	209.3	360 runs · 172 balls · 28×4 · 24×6
20	AD RussellDC KKR	208.1	1134 runs · 545 balls · 83×4 · 100×6
21	AC GilchristDECCAN-CHARGERS PBKS	208.0	52 runs · 25 balls · 3×4 · 5×6
22	TH DavidMI RCB	207.2	578 runs · 279 balls · 34×4 · 50×6
23	RR PantDC LSG	207.1	696 runs · 336 balls · 59×4 · 51×6
24	SB DubeyRR	207.1	87 runs · 42 balls · 4×4 · 8×6
25	SM PollockMI	205.7	72 runs · 35 balls · 7×4 · 5×6

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-ipl-historical.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,169 matches across 18 seasons (2007/08 → 2025).
Sample-size floor (doctrine §3.1): Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20. Claims below this floor are excluded.
Excludes IPL 2026: the current season runs on Sportmonks live data and is surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026.

Provenance. Projected from the hash-stable SETU snapshot of 1,169 IPL matches. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: R Shepherd leads IPL all-time death sr with 266.7. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/death-overs-strike-rate”