IPL 2020/21 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2020/21: L Ngidi — 10.7 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 | L NgidiCSK | 10.7 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 2 | JO HolderSRH | 12.0 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 3 | K RabadaDC | 12.4 | 397 legal deliveries |
| 4 | JJ BumrahMI | 12.8 | 372 legal deliveries |
| 5 | MP StoinisDC | 13.7 | 178 legal deliveries |
| 6 | TA BoultMI | 13.9 | 348 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Mohammed SirajRCB | 14.8 | 163 legal deliveries |
| 8 | LH FergusonKKR | 15.3 | 122 legal deliveries |
| 9 | YS ChahalRCB | 16.3 | 343 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Mohammed ShamiPBKS | 16.5 | 330 legal deliveries |
| 11 | A NortjeDC | 16.6 | 366 legal deliveries |
| 12 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 16.6 | 149 legal deliveries |
| 13 | JC ArcherRR | 16.7 | 334 legal deliveries |
| 14 | CH MorrisRCB | 17.3 | 190 legal deliveries |
| 15 | Shivam MaviKKR | 17.3 | 156 legal deliveries |
| 16 | AD RussellKKR | 18.0 | 108 legal deliveries |
| 17 | CV VarunKKR | 18.4 | 312 legal deliveries |
| 18 | M AshwinPBKS | 18.9 | 189 legal deliveries |
| 19 | KK AhmedSRH | 19.3 | 154 legal deliveries |
| 20 | JL PattinsonMI | 19.4 | 213 legal deliveries |
| 21 | Rashid KhanSRH | 19.4 | 388 legal deliveries |
| 22 | SM CurranCSK | 19.4 | 252 legal deliveries |
| 23 | SN ThakurCSK | 19.4 | 194 legal deliveries |
| 24 | SS CottrellPBKS | 20.0 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 25 | DJ BravoCSK | 21.0 | 126 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2020/21 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2020-21 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2020/21), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.