IPL 2021 · Season leaderboard
Most dot balls bowled
Most dot balls bowled, IPL 2021: Avesh Khan — 156 Dot balls.
Most legal deliveries where the batter scored 0 runs across IPL career. Measures consistent pressure bowling.
| # | Player | Dot balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avesh KhanDC | 156 | 366 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | CV VarunKKR | 149 | 408 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | Mohammed SirajRCB | 147 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | Mohammed ShamiPBKS | 145 | 316 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | JJ BumrahMI | 142 | 330 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | TA BoultMI | 138 | 308 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | SN ThakurCSK | 137 | 359 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | K RabadaDC | 135 | 336 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | Rashid KhanSRH | 134 | 342 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | DL ChaharCSK | 132 | 324 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | SP NarineKKR | 131 | 336 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | YS ChahalRCB | 127 | 318 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | HV PatelRCB | 122 | 338 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | C SakariyaRR | 113 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | Mustafizur RahmanRR | 113 | 311 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | RA JadejaCSK | 104 | 294 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | B KumarSRH | 103 | 252 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | AR PatelDC | 102 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | M Prasidh KrishnaKKR | 102 | 231 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | R AshwinDC | 95 | 268 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | RD ChaharMI | 93 | 258 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | CH MorrisRR | 91 | 246 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | Shivam MaviKKR | 91 | 193 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 88 | 248 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | JR HazlewoodCSK | 87 | 210 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2021 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2021 · Across all seasons: all-time most dot balls bowled.
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.