IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Highest powerplay strike rates

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

Best batting strike rates in the powerplay (overs 1–6 of a T20 innings). Minimum 30 balls faced in overs 1–6.

#	Player	PP strike rate	Sample
1	J Fraser-McGurkDC	209.9	298 runs · 142 balls · 35×4 · 22×6
2	V SuryavanshiRR	205.7	144 runs · 70 balls · 11×4 · 14×6
3	A MhatreCSK	192.4	177 runs · 92 balls · 27×4 · 7×6
4	TM HeadRCB SRH	184.4	673 runs · 365 balls · 92×4 · 32×6
5	Priyansh AryaPBKS	177.0	384 runs · 217 balls · 50×4 · 17×6
6	PD SaltDC KKR RCB	176.5	722 runs · 409 balls · 91×4 · 37×6
7	SP NarineKKR	171.4	1150 runs · 671 balls · 141×4 · 70×6
8	A RaghuvanshiKKR	167.4	154 runs · 92 balls · 19×4 · 7×6
9	JP InglisPBKS	166.2	128 runs · 77 balls · 11×4 · 10×6
10	C GreenMI RCB	164.7	196 runs · 119 balls · 28×4 · 6×6
11	Abhishek SharmaDC SRH	161.8	1018 runs · 629 balls · 124×4 · 47×6
12	PBB RajapaksaPBKS	160.4	77 runs · 48 balls · 8×4 · 5×6
13	YBK JaiswalRR	159.5	1378 runs · 864 balls · 194×4 · 58×6
14	N PooranLSG PBKS SRH	155.7	179 runs · 115 balls · 17×4 · 13×6
15	RD RickeltonMI	153.9	297 runs · 193 balls · 39×4 · 12×6
16	Atharva TaidePBKS SRH	152.4	157 runs · 103 balls · 20×4 · 6×6
17	Abishek PorelDC	151.9	316 runs · 208 balls · 39×4 · 12×6
18	JM BairstowMI PBKS SRH	151.5	944 runs · 623 balls · 120×4 · 39×6
19	P Simran SinghPBKS	149.6	872 runs · 583 balls · 106×4 · 40×6
20	MR MarshDC DECCAN-CHARGERS LSG PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT SRH	149.3	518 runs · 347 balls · 49×4 · 32×6
21	MJ LumbDECCAN-CHARGERS RR	149.0	225 runs · 151 balls · 37×4 · 5×6
22	YK PathanKKR RR SRH	148.6	361 runs · 243 balls · 47×4 · 16×6
23	WG JacksMI RCB	148.4	190 runs · 128 balls · 20×4 · 10×6
24	H KlaasenRCB RR SRH	148.3	89 runs · 60 balls · 9×4 · 4×6
25	E LewisLSG MI RR	146.9	420 runs · 286 balls · 49×4 · 21×6

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 30 balls faced in overs 1–6. 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: J Fraser-McGurk leads IPL all-time pp strike rate with 209.9. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/powerplay-strike-rate”