IPL 2014 · Season leaderboard
Highest dot-ball percentage
Highest dot-ball percentage, IPL 2014: M Morkel — 53.5% Dot-ball %.
IPL bowlers who delivered the highest proportion of dot balls across their career. Measures control and pressure-building ability across 18 seasons.
| # | Player | Dot-ball % | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M MorkelKKR | 53.5% | 288 legal deliveries |
| 2 | B KumarSRH | 49.8% | 319 legal deliveries |
| 3 | WD ParnellDC | 49.2% | 181 legal deliveries |
| 4 | SR WatsonRR | 48.4% | 126 legal deliveries |
| 5 | IC PandeyCSK | 48.0% | 252 legal deliveries |
| 6 | Sandeep SharmaPBKS | 46.9% | 241 legal deliveries |
| 7 | DS KulkarniRR | 46.3% | 162 legal deliveries |
| 8 | Z KhanMI | 46.3% | 134 legal deliveries |
| 9 | DW SteynSRH | 45.8% | 336 legal deliveries |
| 10 | BW HilfenhausCSK | 44.6% | 168 legal deliveries |
| 11 | MA StarcRCB | 44.4% | 322 legal deliveries |
| 12 | SL MalingaMI | 44.3% | 235 legal deliveries |
| 13 | VR AaronRCB | 44.1% | 220 legal deliveries |
| 14 | Harbhajan SinghMI | 43.6% | 330 legal deliveries |
| 15 | MG JohnsonPBKS | 43.6% | 321 legal deliveries |
| 16 | AR PatelPBKS | 42.7% | 396 legal deliveries |
| 17 | JA MorkelRCB | 42.7% | 96 legal deliveries |
| 18 | SP NarineKKR | 42.6% | 390 legal deliveries |
| 19 | Mohammed ShamiDC | 42.0% | 264 legal deliveries |
| 20 | JJ BumrahMI | 41.2% | 238 legal deliveries |
| 21 | KV SharmaSRH | 41.1% | 304 legal deliveries |
| 22 | KW RichardsonRR | 40.1% | 162 legal deliveries |
| 23 | KK CooperRR | 39.8% | 108 legal deliveries |
| 24 | Shakib Al HasanKKR | 39.3% | 300 legal deliveries |
| 25 | UT YadavKKR | 39.3% | 270 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2014 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2014 · Across all seasons: all-time highest dot-ball percentage.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2014), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.