IPL 2021 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2021: AD Russell — 10.4 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 | AD RussellKKR | 10.4 | 114 legal deliveries |
| 2 | HV PatelRCB | 10.6 | 338 legal deliveries |
| 3 | JO HolderSRH | 11.9 | 191 legal deliveries |
| 4 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 13.8 | 248 legal deliveries |
| 5 | LH FergusonKKR | 13.8 | 180 legal deliveries |
| 6 | DJ BravoCSK | 14.4 | 202 legal deliveries |
| 7 | A NortjeDC | 15.2 | 182 legal deliveries |
| 8 | Avesh KhanDC | 15.3 | 366 legal deliveries |
| 9 | JJ BumrahMI | 15.7 | 330 legal deliveries |
| 10 | CH MorrisRR | 16.4 | 246 legal deliveries |
| 11 | Mohammed ShamiPBKS | 16.6 | 316 legal deliveries |
| 12 | NM Coulter-NileMI | 17.1 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 13 | SN ThakurCSK | 17.1 | 359 legal deliveries |
| 14 | Shivam MaviKKR | 17.5 | 193 legal deliveries |
| 15 | YS ChahalRCB | 17.7 | 318 legal deliveries |
| 16 | PJ CumminsKKR | 17.9 | 161 legal deliveries |
| 17 | Ravi BishnoiPBKS | 18.0 | 216 legal deliveries |
| 18 | KA JamiesonRCB | 18.7 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 19 | AR PatelDC | 18.8 | 282 legal deliveries |
| 20 | Rashid KhanSRH | 19.0 | 342 legal deliveries |
| 21 | JR HazlewoodCSK | 19.1 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 22 | M Prasidh KrishnaKKR | 19.3 | 231 legal deliveries |
| 23 | RD ChaharMI | 19.8 | 258 legal deliveries |
| 24 | SP NarineKKR | 21.0 | 336 legal deliveries |
| 25 | SM CurranCSK | 22.0 | 198 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2021 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2021 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2021), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.