IPL 2022 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2022: AD Russell — 9.9 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 | 9.9 | 169 legal deliveries |
| 2 | K RabadaPBKS | 12.5 | 288 legal deliveries |
| 3 | DJ BravoCSK | 12.9 | 206 legal deliveries |
| 4 | PWH de SilvaRCB | 13.2 | 342 legal deliveries |
| 5 | Umran MalikSRH | 13.4 | 295 legal deliveries |
| 6 | JR HazlewoodRCB | 14.0 | 279 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Mohsin KhanLSG | 14.1 | 198 legal deliveries |
| 8 | OC McCoyRR | 14.1 | 155 legal deliveries |
| 9 | Kuldeep YadavDC | 14.2 | 298 legal deliveries |
| 10 | T NatarajanSRH | 14.3 | 258 legal deliveries |
| 11 | KK AhmedDC | 14.7 | 235 legal deliveries |
| 12 | A NortjeDC | 14.9 | 134 legal deliveries |
| 13 | OF SmithPBKS | 15.0 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 14 | TG SoutheeKKR | 15.0 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 15 | YS ChahalRR | 15.1 | 408 legal deliveries |
| 16 | J SuchithSRH | 15.4 | 108 legal deliveries |
| 17 | Avesh KhanLSG | 15.9 | 286 legal deliveries |
| 18 | R Sai KishoreGT | 16.0 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 19 | HV PatelRCB | 16.9 | 321 legal deliveries |
| 20 | PJ CumminsKKR | 17.0 | 119 legal deliveries |
| 21 | TS MillsMI | 17.0 | 102 legal deliveries |
| 22 | Mukesh ChoudharyCSK | 17.1 | 273 legal deliveries |
| 23 | M TheekshanaCSK | 17.5 | 210 legal deliveries |
| 24 | Yash DayalGT | 17.5 | 192 legal deliveries |
| 25 | JO HolderLSG | 17.8 | 249 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2022 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2022 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2022), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.