IPL 2018 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2018: CR Woakes — 13.8 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 | CR WoakesRCB | 13.8 | 110 legal deliveries |
| 2 | AJ TyePBKS | 14.0 | 336 legal deliveries |
| 3 | B LaughlinRR | 14.0 | 126 legal deliveries |
| 4 | HH PandyaMI | 14.2 | 256 legal deliveries |
| 5 | L NgidiCSK | 14.2 | 156 legal deliveries |
| 6 | AS RajpootPBKS | 14.3 | 157 legal deliveries |
| 7 | HV PatelDC | 15.0 | 105 legal deliveries |
| 8 | JC ArcherRR | 15.5 | 233 legal deliveries |
| 9 | UT YadavRCB | 16.0 | 319 legal deliveries |
| 10 | M Prasidh KrishnaKKR | 16.8 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 11 | S GopalRR | 16.9 | 186 legal deliveries |
| 12 | MJ McClenaghanMI | 17.1 | 240 legal deliveries |
| 13 | AD RussellKKR | 17.5 | 227 legal deliveries |
| 14 | SN ThakurCSK | 17.5 | 280 legal deliveries |
| 15 | M MarkandeMI | 17.6 | 264 legal deliveries |
| 16 | TA BoultDC | 17.6 | 316 legal deliveries |
| 17 | Mujeeb Ur RahmanPBKS | 17.7 | 248 legal deliveries |
| 18 | Kuldeep YadavKKR | 18.1 | 308 legal deliveries |
| 19 | A MishraDC | 18.5 | 222 legal deliveries |
| 20 | S KaulSRH | 18.9 | 396 legal deliveries |
| 21 | JJ BumrahMI | 19.1 | 324 legal deliveries |
| 22 | B StanlakeSRH | 19.2 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 23 | GJ MaxwellDC | 19.2 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 24 | Rashid KhanSRH | 19.4 | 408 legal deliveries |
| 25 | KH PandyaMI | 20.1 | 241 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2018 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2018 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2018), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.