IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Highest batting strike rates

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

Best batting strike rates with a minimum sample floor. Minimum 30 balls faced.

#	Player	Strike rate	Sample
1	R ShepherdLSG MI RCB SRH	217.6	12 matches · 85 balls · 185 runs
2	Urvil PatelCSK	212.5	3 matches · 32 balls · 68 runs
3	V SuryavanshiRR	208.3	7 matches · 121 balls · 252 runs
4	J Fraser-McGurkDC	201.6	15 matches · 191 balls · 385 runs
5	A MhatreCSK	189.0	7 matches · 127 balls · 240 runs
6	Priyansh AryaPBKS	182.9	18 matches · 298 balls · 545 runs
7	V NigamDC	182.1	8 matches · 78 balls · 142 runs
8	Naman DhirMI	181.5	19 matches · 216 balls · 392 runs
9	LJ WrightPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA	179.7	5 matches · 59 balls · 106 runs
10	PD SaltDC KKR RCB	177.5	34 matches · 595 balls · 1056 runs
11	AD RussellDC KKR	176.1	114 matches · 1508 balls · 2655 runs
12	Shahid AfridiDECCAN-CHARGERS	176.1	9 matches · 46 balls · 81 runs
13	TH DavidMI RCB	175.2	44 matches · 483 balls · 846 runs
14	KK CooperRR	173.1	12 matches · 67 balls · 116 runs
15	JG BethellRCB	171.8	2 matches · 39 balls · 67 runs
16	TM HeadRCB SRH	171.8	37 matches · 667 balls · 1146 runs
17	H KlaasenRCB RR SRH	171.5	45 matches · 863 balls · 1480 runs
18	N PooranLSG PBKS SRH	169.2	86 matches · 1355 balls · 2293 runs
19	BCJ CuttingMI RR SRH	168.8	17 matches · 141 balls · 238 runs
20	K GowthamLSG PBKS RR	168.0	27 matches · 147 balls · 247 runs
21	Avesh KhanDC LSG RCB RR	167.6	13 matches · 37 balls · 62 runs
22	SP NarineKKR	166.8	118 matches · 1067 balls · 1780 runs
23	Ashutosh SharmaDC PBKS	166.5	18 matches · 236 balls · 393 runs
24	Aniket VermaSRH	166.2	12 matches · 142 balls · 236 runs
25	Kamran AkmalRR	166.2	6 matches · 77 balls · 128 runs

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. 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 strike rate with 217.6. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/strike-rate”