Best Strike Rate – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best strike rate in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ODIAll-time500 entries
120.14Ali KhanUSA1.39 clear of Gavin Main
221.53Gavin MainSCO1.39 off the lead
321.74Ottis GibsonWI1.60 off the lead
● LEADS
Ali KhanUSA
20.14 · 1.39 better than Main
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
25.16
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Scotland
8 of the top 50 · 21 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Ali KhanUSA20.14
2Gavin MainSCO21.53
3Ottis GibsonWI21.74
4Usman KhanPAK22.59
4Gerald CoetzeeSA22.59
5Ryan HarrisAUS23.43
6Jacob DuffyNZ24.35
7Bilal KhanOMN24.39
8Corey AndersonNZ24.75
9Sandeep LamichhaneNEP25.14
10Rusty TheronSA25.16
11Ehsan KhanHK25.45
12Manjula GurugeUAE25.54
13Dilshan MadushankaSL25.57
14Chris GreavesSCO25.64
15Mohammed ShamiIND25.85
16Harshit RanaIND26.42
17AM GhazanfarAFG26.63
18Rashid KhanAFG26.66
19Haris RaufPAK26.67
20Shaheen AfridiPAK26.72
21Haseeb AmjadHK26.82
22Josh DaveySCO26.98
23Hamish BennettNZ27.03
24Shaun TaitAUS27.23
25Michael RipponNED27.24
26Mitchell StarcAUS27.26
27Ajantha MendisSL27.33
28Chris SoleSCO27.57
29Not on recordNAM27.89
30Anrich NortjeSA27.94
31Gordon GoudieSCO28.18
32Craig WrightSCO28.20
33Prasidh KrishnaIND28.38
34Brandon McMullenSCO28.38
35Craig YoungIRE28.40
36Tanzim Hasan SakibBAN28.46
37Kris SrikkanthIND28.48
38Mitchell McClenaghanNZ28.49
39Matt HenryNZ28.57
40Harvinder SinghIND28.58
41Aizaz CheemaPAK28.61
42John BlainSCO28.72
43Rodney TrottBER28.78
44Tony GrayWI28.86
45Wanindu HasarangaSL28.97
46Reece TopleyENG28.98
47Hamid HassanAFG29.03
48Naseem ShahPAK29.03
49Khurram ChohanCAN29.03
50Arshdeep SinghIND29.07
51Trent BoultNZ29.14
52Shane BondNZ29.22
53Imran HaiderUAE29.31
54Christoffel ViljoenNAM29.33
55Geoff AllottNZ29.38
56Barry McCarthyIRE29.41
57Brett LeeAUS29.43
58Iain WardlawSCO29.46
59Karan KCNEP29.49
60Len PascoeAUS29.58
61Ryan ten DoeschateNED29.59
62Kaleem SanaCAN29.63
63Brad EvansZIM29.67
64Oshane ThomasWI29.68
65Jeffrey VandersaySL29.69
66Alex CusackIRE29.79
67Abrar AhmedPAK29.79
68Shardul ThakurIND29.85
69Mohammed SirajIND29.86
70Brad WhealSCO29.87
71Mohammad WasimPAK29.93
72Amit MishraIND29.95
73Nandre BurgerSA29.95
74Jan Nicol Loftie-EatonNAM29.96
74Mark JonkmanNED29.96
75Jhye RichardsonAUS30.00
76Fareed AhmadAFG30.04
77Lungi NgidiSA30.10
78Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG30.11
79Cameron StevensonUSA30.13
80Al-Amin HossainBAN30.14
81Nadeem AhmedHK30.23
82Semo KameaPNG30.30
83Saqlain MushtaqPAK30.45
84Bas de LeedeNED30.52
85Waqar YounisPAK30.52
86Clint McKayAUS30.57
87Asitha FernandoSL30.61
88Sompal KamiNEP30.63
89Morne MorkelSA30.64
90Ben ShikongoNAM30.75
91George O'BrienBER30.78
92Yuzvendra ChahalIND30.90
93Lahiru KumaraSL30.93
93Jofra ArcherENG30.93
93Aftab AlamAFG30.93
94Liam PlunkettENG30.94
95Adam ZampaAUS30.99
96Jasprit BumrahIND31.09
97Sajeewa de SilvaSL31.13
98Vernon PhilanderSA31.20
99Ryan McLarenSA31.21
100Alzarri JosephWI31.28
101Ruben TrumpelmannNAM31.28
102Doug BollingerAUS31.32
103Mitchell JohnsonAUS31.33
104Naveen-ul-HaqAFG31.41
105Shoaib AkhtarPAK31.43
106Kuldeep YadavIND31.46
107Allan DonaldSA31.47
108Naved-ul-HasanPAK31.51
109Lonwabo TsotsobeSA31.53
110Lalit RajbanshiNEP31.55
111Shingi MasakadzaZIM31.64
111Blair TicknerNZ31.64
112Lameck OnyangoKEN31.65
113Mustafizur RahmanBAN31.68
114Karthik MeiyappanUAE31.68
115Timm van der GugtenNED31.70
116Marco JansenSA31.71
117Dhammika PrasadSL31.72
118Dawlat ZadranAFG31.76
119Mohammad SaifuddinBAN31.86
120Dale SteynSA31.92
121Ahmad ButtOMN32.00
122Imran TahirSA32.03
123Shoriful IslamBAN32.06
124David WilleyENG32.10
125Shariz AhmadNED32.11
126Vasbert DrakesWI32.16
127Chris PringleNZ32.17
128Hasan AliPAK32.22
129Taskin AhmedBAN32.25
130Lasith MalingaSL32.27
131Nathan Coulter-NileAUS32.27
132Jamie OvertonENG32.27
133Zahoor KhanUAE32.29
134Nosaina PokanaPNG32.31
135Shayne O'ConnorNZ32.33
136Kagiso RabadaSA32.40
137Ishant SharmaIND32.46
138Jayden SealesWI32.52
139Wayne ParnellSA32.57
140Saeed AjmalPAK32.61
141Kaushal LokuarachchiSL32.61
142Edgar SchiferliNED32.64
143Makhaya NtiniSA32.66
144Dwaine PretoriusSA32.69
145Andre RussellWI32.71
146Dwayne BravoWI32.72
147Andile PhehlukwayoSA32.73
148Junaid KhanPAK32.74
149Alasdair EvansSCO32.78
150Nelson OdhiamboKEN32.79
151Larry GomesWI32.80
152Ahsan MalikNED32.82
153Dave Langford-SmithIRE32.90
154Ajit AgarkarIND32.93
155Mohammad NaveedUAE32.94
156Keith ArthurtonWI32.95
157Pat CumminsAUS32.96
158Mudassar BukhariNED33.00
159SreesanthIND33.01
160Ian HollandUSA33.05
161Tangeni LungameniNAM33.10
162Nathan BrackenAUS33.10
163Sheldon CottrellWI33.12
164Josh LittleIRE33.13
165Saqib MahmoodENG33.15
166Chamika KarunaratneSL33.21
167Michael KasprowiczAUS33.21
168Chris WoakesENG33.22
169Kabua MoreaPNG33.27
170Andrew FlintoffENG33.28
171Richard NgaravaZIM33.33
172Vivian KingmaNED33.34
173Grant ElliottNZ33.38
174James FaulknerAUS33.45
175Adil RashidENG33.48
176Thilan ThusharaSL33.52
177Nasir AzizUAE33.56
178Umesh YadavIND33.57
179Mike HendrickENG33.60
180Kane RichardsonAUS33.64
181Kabir AliENG33.65
182Thisara PereraSL33.71
183Wavell HindsWI33.75
184Jack BrassellNAM33.79
185Jay OdedraOMN33.82
186Irfan PathanIND33.84
187Fazalhaq FarooqiAFG33.86
188Taijul IslamBAN33.87
189Umar GulPAK33.88
190Patrick PattersonWI33.89
191Jerome TaylorWI33.91
192Boyd RankinENG34.00
192Basil HameedUAE34.00
193Carl RackemannAUS34.04
194Glenn McGrathAUS34.04
195Willie GaveraPNG34.05
196Greg CampbellAUS34.06
197Khurram KhanUAE34.07
198Shaminda ErangaSL34.10
199Irfan AhmedHK34.13
200Roger TelemachusSA34.25
200Reon KingWI34.25
201Hasan MahmudBAN34.27
202Kyle MillsNZ34.29
203Andy McKayNZ34.30
204Stuart BroadENG34.32
205Kamran ShazadUAE34.33
206Junaid SiddiqueUAE34.36
207Farveez MaharoofSL34.37
208Brad WilliamsAUS34.37
209Nathan SmithNZ34.38
210Graham HumeIRE34.43
211Lockie FergusonNZ34.47
212Ravi RampaulWI34.47
213Damien FlemingAUS34.47
214James NeeshamNZ34.48
215Darren LehmannAUS34.48
216Stuart ClarkAUS34.51
217Fred KlaassenNED34.58
218Arafat SunnyBAN34.58
219Akeal HoseinWI34.63
220Mark AdairIRE34.64
221Stefan KellyBER34.67
222Dennis LilleeAUS34.73
223Karim SadiqAFG34.74
224Alex WharfENG34.78
225Shannon GabrielWI34.79
226Dilhara FernandoSL34.80
227Steven FinnENG34.80
228Josh HazlewoodAUS34.81
229Billy StellingNED34.83
230Gerhard ErasmusNAM34.86
230Rishad HossainBAN34.86
231Rizwan CheemaCAN34.86
232Charl LangeveldtSA34.89
233Anthony IrelandZIM34.89
234Paul van MeekerenNED34.98
235Debasis MohantyIND35.02
236Saurabh NetravalkarUSA35.05
237Sohail KhanPAK35.05
238James TredwellENG35.07
239Vanburn HolderWI35.11
240Andrew HallSA35.17
241Muttiah MuralitharanSL35.23
242Basant RegmiNEP35.30
243Luke JongweZIM35.38
244John HastingsAUS35.38
245Aayan Afzal KhanUAE35.40
246Mohammad SamiPAK35.40
247Tawanda MupariwaZIM35.42
248Gus AtkinsonENG35.44
249Henry OlongaZIM35.50
250Kasun RajithaSL35.51
251Pulasthi GunaratneSL35.52
252Shane LeeAUS35.54
253Chris JordanENG35.56
253Rob TaylorSCO35.56
254John RevaPNG35.57
255Andre AdamsNZ35.57
256James AndersonENG35.59
257Kyle JamiesonNZ35.59
258Suranga LakmalSL35.60
259Andrew WhiteIRE35.61
260Fidel EdwardsWI35.63
261Matthew FordeWI35.64
262Colin CroftWI35.67
262Brad HoggAUS35.67
263JJ SmitNAM35.69
264Nathan EllisAUS35.73
265Washington SundarIND35.79
266Sir Andy RobertsNZ35.80
267Zaheer KhanIND35.80
268Andre NelSA35.86
269Akila DananjayaSL35.95
270Dilip DoshiIND36.00
270Liam DawsonENG36.00
270Andre BothaIRE36.00
271Wahab RiazPAK36.06
272Darren GoughENG36.07
273Mohit SharmaIND36.16
274Jason GillespieAUS36.23
275Wasim AkramPAK36.23
276Amir HamzaAFG36.24
277Rubel HossainBAN36.26
278Jan FrylinckNAM36.28
279Shafiul IslamBAN36.29
280Wiaan MulderSA36.31
281Shane WarneAUS36.32
282Daniel ChristianAUS36.35
282Hamza TahirSCO36.35
283Craig WhiteENG36.37
284Danny MorrisonNZ36.40
285Peter ChaseIRE36.41
286Allan BorderAUS36.42
287Gary TroupNZ36.44
288Brian VitoriZIM36.50
289Joel GarnerWI36.51
290Geoff ArnoldENG36.53
291Tim SoutheeNZ36.54
292Dilon HeyligerCAN36.55
293Kemar RoachWI36.58
294Laurie WilliamsWI36.61
295Paul JarvisENG36.63
295Graeme SwannENG36.63
295Peter ConnellIRE36.63
296Ashish NehraIND36.63
297Riley HekurePNG36.65
298Munaf PatelIND36.67
299Safyaan SharifSCO36.71
300Ian BishopWI36.71
301Eric SimonsSA36.73
302Craig McDermottAUS36.75
303Kevin O'BrienIRE36.80
304Norman VanuaPNG36.85
305Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN36.86
306Tony DodemaideAUS36.86
307Maheesh TheekshanaSL36.86
308Jeremy GordonCAN36.91
309Gulsan JhaNEP36.91
310Prabath NissankaSL36.93
311Tabraiz ShamsiSA36.95
312Keemo PaulWI36.97
313Tendai ChataraZIM37.09
314John MooneyIRE37.12
315Regan WestIRE37.13
316RP SinghIND37.17
317Mohammad AmirPAK37.20
318Logan van BeekNED37.24
319Chris OldENG37.27
320Harvir BaidwanCAN37.30
321Henry OsindeCAN37.31
322Nuwan PradeepSL37.34
323Mohammad IrfanPAK37.46
324Nazmul HossainBAN37.48
325Soumya SarkarBAN37.50
325Tendai ChisoroZIM37.50
326Roelof van der MerweNED37.57
327Chad SoperPNG37.60
328Karima GoreUSA37.65
329Bjorn FortuinSA37.67
330Sarfraz NawazPAK37.68
331Rahat AliPAK37.72
332Adam HollioakeENG37.75
333Vinay KumarIND37.79
334Javagal SrinathIND37.89
335Asela GunaratneSL37.91
336Nehemiah OdhiamboKEN37.96
337Keshav MaharajSA37.99
338Curtis CampherIRE38.00
338Dave GilbertAUS38.00
339Craig MatthewsSA38.01
340Hardik PandyaIND38.02
341Sean AbbottAUS38.03
342Michael MasonNZ38.03
343Dunith WellalageSL38.06
344Mark WattSCO38.09
345Michael LeaskSCO38.13
346Steve HarmisonENG38.14
347Kevin SandherCAN38.19
348Lance KlusenerSA38.21
349Tino BestWI38.24
350Paul AdamsSA38.24
351Brydon CarseENG38.26
352Terry AldermanAUS38.31
353Kyle AbbottSA38.32
354Sikander BakhtPAK38.33
355Craig McMillanNZ38.35
356Will O?RourkeNZ38.36
357Roger BinnyIND38.40
358Steven SmithAUS38.43
359Iftikhar AnjumPAK38.44
360Nisarg PatelUSA38.45
361Con de LangeSCO38.47
361Tom CurranENG38.47
362Abdur RazzakBAN38.48
362Sunil NarineWI38.48
363Liam LivingstoneENG38.48
364Tim de LeedeNED38.48
365Shane WatsonAUS38.49
366Michael HoldingWI38.54
367Dushmantha ChameeraSL38.55
368Ian HarveyAUS38.58
369Bernard ScholtzNAM38.59
370Abdul QadirPAK38.64
371Shadeep SilvaUAE38.67
372Steve ElworthySA38.68
373Simi SinghIRE38.71
374Sir Richard HadleeNZ38.72
375Mohammad AshrafulBAN38.72
376Tim BresnanENG38.72
377Trevor ChappellAUS38.74
378Aizaz KhanHK38.79
379Peter MartinENG38.81
380Mitchell MarshAUS38.82
381Sajid MahmoodENG38.91
382Sam CurranENG38.98
383Tim MurtaghIRE39.03
384Douglas HondoZIM39.03
385Doug BracewellNZ39.08
386Ish SodhiNZ39.11
387Assad ValaPNG39.16
388Ehsan NawazHK39.26
389Graeme CremerZIM39.30
390Saad Bin ZafarCAN39.31
391Adam MilneNZ39.33
391Saleem MukuddemBER39.33
392Corbin BoschSA39.37
393Balaji RaoCAN39.38
394Jacques KallisSA39.38
395Saleem MalikPAK39.38
396Daryl TuffeyNZ39.39
397Nuwan ZoysaSL39.44
398Chaminda VaasSL39.44
399Chris MorrisSA39.46
400Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG39.49
401Meyrick PringleSA39.55
402Derek UnderwoodENG39.56
403Thomas OdoyoKEN39.56
404Ian ButlerNZ39.61
405Heath StreakZIM39.62
406Amir HayatUAE39.65
407Kane WilliamsonNZ39.65
408Aqib SulehriOMN39.65
408Wayne DanielWI39.65
409Shakib Al HasanBAN39.67
410Ryan BurlZIM39.68
411Shaul KarnainSL39.69
412Martin SneddenNZ39.69
413Gulbadin NaibAFG39.77
414Chris LewisENG39.77
415Jon LewisENG39.78
416Gerrie SnymanNAM39.79
417Jade DernbachENG39.81
418Tom HoganAUS39.87
419Nikhil ChopraIND39.89
420Khawar AliOMN39.90
421Suraj RandivSL39.92
422Jacob OramNZ39.95
423Ahmed RazaUAE39.96
424Kenny BenjaminWI39.97
425Shaun PollockSA39.98
426Peter OngondoKEN39.99
427Gudakesh MotieWI40.13
428Daren PowellWI40.14
429Sean ErvineZIM40.22
430Simon O'DonnellAUS40.28
431John DavisonCAN40.31
432Jason BehrendorffAUS40.31
433James NgocheKEN40.33
434Shadab KhanPAK40.35
435Zakir KhanPAK40.38
436Eddo BrandesZIM40.40
437Ravichandran AshwinIND40.40
438Blessing MuzarabaniZIM40.43
439Pedro CollinsWI40.44
440Mashrafe MortazaBAN40.45
441Jason HolderWI40.45
442Manoj PrabhakarIND40.51
443Peter TaylorAUS40.59
444Dewald NelSCO40.63
445Chris CairnsNZ40.64
446Ian BradshawWI40.67
447Abdul RazzaqPAK40.67
448Upul ChandanaSL40.68
449Cameron GreenAUS40.70
450Justin KempSA40.72
451Kyle JarvisZIM40.75
452Matthew HoggardENG40.81
453Malinga BandaraSL40.83
454Imran NiaziBHR40.92
455Mohammad SheikhBAN40.95
456Rohan MustafaUAE40.96
457Sunil DhaniramCAN41.00
457Piyush ChawlaIND41.00
458Jeetan PatelNZ41.10
459Mark GillespieNZ41.11
460Graeme HickENG41.20
461Kevin HurdleBER41.21
462Mohammad NadeemOMN41.24
463Kieron PollardWI41.36
464Anderson CumminsWI41.40
465Kashif DaudUAE41.44
466Albie MorkelSA41.46
467Bhuvneshwar KumarIND41.47
468Venkatesh PrasadIND41.47
469Jasdeep SinghUSA41.52
470Sohail TanvirPAK41.54
471Sagar PunNEP41.55
472Sir Curtly AmbroseWI41.57
473Nuwan KulasekaraSL41.58
474Kepler WesselsAUS41.61
475Tanwir AfzalHK41.69
476Pragyan OjhaIND41.71
477Will JacksENG41.72
478Aaron PhangisoSA41.73
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