IPL 2017 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2017: AJ Tye — 10.5 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 | AJ TyeGUJARAT-LIONS | 10.5 | 126 legal deliveries |
| 2 | NM Coulter-NileKKR | 11.3 | 170 legal deliveries |
| 3 | JD UnadkatRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 11.5 | 275 legal deliveries |
| 4 | B KumarSRH | 12.1 | 314 legal deliveries |
| 5 | P NegiRCB | 12.1 | 193 legal deliveries |
| 6 | S KaulSRH | 13.4 | 214 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Mohammed SirajSRH | 13.8 | 138 legal deliveries |
| 8 | KV SharmaMI | 14.2 | 184 legal deliveries |
| 9 | CH MorrisDC | 15.5 | 186 legal deliveries |
| 10 | CR WoakesKKR | 15.5 | 264 legal deliveries |
| 11 | Imran TahirRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 15.7 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 12 | A NehraSRH | 15.9 | 127 legal deliveries |
| 13 | GJ MaxwellPBKS | 16.3 | 114 legal deliveries |
| 14 | P KumarGUJARAT-LIONS | 16.5 | 99 legal deliveries |
| 15 | S BadreeRCB | 16.7 | 150 legal deliveries |
| 16 | Sandeep SharmaPBKS | 16.9 | 288 legal deliveries |
| 17 | A ZampaRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 17.0 | 119 legal deliveries |
| 18 | MG JohnsonMI | 17.1 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 19 | MJ McClenaghanMI | 17.1 | 324 legal deliveries |
| 20 | UT YadavKKR | 17.1 | 291 legal deliveries |
| 21 | VR AaronPBKS | 17.1 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 22 | S NadeemDC | 17.8 | 107 legal deliveries |
| 23 | JJ BumrahMI | 18.1 | 362 legal deliveries |
| 24 | PJ CumminsDC | 18.5 | 277 legal deliveries |
| 25 | YS ChahalRCB | 18.6 | 261 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2017 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2017 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2017), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.