IPL 2025 · Season leaderboard
Highest dot-ball percentage
Highest dot-ball percentage, IPL 2025: KK Ahmed — 48.9% Dot-ball %.
IPL bowlers who delivered the highest proportion of dot balls across their career. Measures control and pressure-building ability across 18 seasons.
| # | Player | Dot-ball % | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KK AhmedCSK | 48.9% | 280 legal deliveries |
| 2 | JR HazlewoodRCB | 45.5% | 264 legal deliveries |
| 3 | JJ BumrahMI | 45.1% | 284 legal deliveries |
| 4 | Mohammed SirajGT | 44.2% | 342 legal deliveries |
| 5 | DL ChaharMI | 43.9% | 246 legal deliveries |
| 6 | A KambojCSK | 43.4% | 129 legal deliveries |
| 7 | M Prasidh KrishnaGT | 41.2% | 354 legal deliveries |
| 8 | M JansenPBKS | 41.0% | 283 legal deliveries |
| 9 | JC ArcherRR | 40.3% | 273 legal deliveries |
| 10 | Harshit RanaKKR | 39.8% | 264 legal deliveries |
| 11 | PJ CumminsSRH | 39.6% | 298 legal deliveries |
| 12 | B KumarRCB | 39.4% | 312 legal deliveries |
| 13 | Arshdeep SinghPBKS | 39.1% | 350 legal deliveries |
| 14 | MA StarcDC | 39.1% | 233 legal deliveries |
| 15 | CV VarunKKR | 39.0% | 300 legal deliveries |
| 16 | Arshad KhanGT | 38.9% | 126 legal deliveries |
| 17 | JD UnadkatSRH | 37.8% | 143 legal deliveries |
| 18 | KA JamiesonPBKS | 37.8% | 90 legal deliveries |
| 19 | VG AroraKKR | 36.9% | 255 legal deliveries |
| 20 | TA BoultMI | 36.7% | 346 legal deliveries |
| 21 | Noor AhmadCSK | 35.7% | 300 legal deliveries |
| 22 | E MalingaSRH | 35.0% | 160 legal deliveries |
| 23 | Mukesh KumarDC | 34.6% | 237 legal deliveries |
| 24 | Kuldeep YadavDC | 34.0% | 318 legal deliveries |
| 25 | Suyash SharmaRCB | 34.0% | 300 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2025 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2025 · Across all seasons: all-time highest dot-ball percentage.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2025), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.