IPL 2023 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2023: MA Wood — 8.7 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 | MA WoodLSG | 8.7 | 96 legal deliveries |
| 2 | MM SharmaGT | 9.8 | 265 legal deliveries |
| 3 | MR MarshDC | 10.1 | 121 legal deliveries |
| 4 | Akash MadhwalMI | 10.9 | 153 legal deliveries |
| 5 | KV SharmaRCB | 12.9 | 129 legal deliveries |
| 6 | AD RussellKKR | 13.0 | 91 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Mohammed ShamiGT | 13.9 | 390 legal deliveries |
| 8 | M PathiranaCSK | 14.6 | 278 legal deliveries |
| 9 | Yash ThakurLSG | 14.7 | 191 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Rashid KhanGT | 14.9 | 402 legal deliveries |
| 11 | I SharmaDC | 15.0 | 150 legal deliveries |
| 12 | YS ChahalRR | 15.1 | 317 legal deliveries |
| 13 | Naveen-ul-HaqLSG | 15.3 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 14 | DL ChaharCSK | 15.7 | 204 legal deliveries |
| 15 | CV VarunKKR | 15.8 | 316 legal deliveries |
| 16 | Mohammed SirajRCB | 15.8 | 300 legal deliveries |
| 17 | Vijaykumar VyshakRCB | 16.0 | 144 legal deliveries |
| 18 | M JansenSRH | 16.2 | 162 legal deliveries |
| 19 | TU DeshpandeCSK | 16.2 | 341 legal deliveries |
| 20 | A MishraLSG | 16.3 | 114 legal deliveries |
| 21 | A ZampaRR | 16.5 | 132 legal deliveries |
| 22 | PP ChawlaMI | 16.6 | 366 legal deliveries |
| 23 | WD ParnellRCB | 16.8 | 151 legal deliveries |
| 24 | RP MeredithMI | 16.9 | 118 legal deliveries |
| 25 | RA JadejaCSK | 17.1 | 342 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2023 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2023 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2023), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.