IPL 2016 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2016: A Zampa — 8.5 Balls per wicket.
Fewest balls per wicket across IPL career. Lower is better — measures how quickly a bowler takes wickets.
| # | Player | Balls per wicket | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A ZampaRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 8.5 | 102 legal deliveries |
| 2 | DR SmithGUJARAT-LIONS | 13.5 | 108 legal deliveries |
| 3 | YS ChahalRCB | 14.0 | 295 legal deliveries |
| 4 | AD RussellKKR | 14.6 | 219 legal deliveries |
| 5 | CJ JordanRCB | 15.3 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 6 | UT YadavKKR | 15.6 | 156 legal deliveries |
| 7 | S AravindRCB | 15.9 | 175 legal deliveries |
| 8 | DS KulkarniGUJARAT-LIONS | 16.3 | 294 legal deliveries |
| 9 | AB DindaRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 16.6 | 183 legal deliveries |
| 10 | SR WatsonRCB | 17.0 | 339 legal deliveries |
| 11 | B KumarSRH | 17.2 | 396 legal deliveries |
| 12 | A NehraSRH | 17.3 | 156 legal deliveries |
| 13 | MP StoinisPBKS | 17.3 | 138 legal deliveries |
| 14 | MJ McClenaghanMI | 18.8 | 320 legal deliveries |
| 15 | Imran TahirDC | 19.2 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 16 | PV TambeGUJARAT-LIONS | 19.2 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 17 | PP ChawlaKKR | 19.3 | 212 legal deliveries |
| 18 | DJ BravoGUJARAT-LIONS | 19.8 | 336 legal deliveries |
| 19 | CR BrathwaiteDC | 19.9 | 139 legal deliveries |
| 20 | Sandeep SharmaPBKS | 20.0 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 21 | CH MorrisDC | 20.3 | 264 legal deliveries |
| 22 | JJ BumrahMI | 20.8 | 312 legal deliveries |
| 23 | A MishraDC | 21.2 | 276 legal deliveries |
| 24 | BB SranSRH | 21.2 | 297 legal deliveries |
| 25 | M MorkelKKR | 21.3 | 213 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2016 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2016 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2016), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.