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
119.16Muhammad KhanUSA2.37 clear of Gavin Main
221.53Gavin MainSCO2.37 off the lead
321.74Ottis GibsonWI2.58 off the lead
● LEADS
Muhammad KhanUSA
19.16 · 2.37 better than Main
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Khan is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
25.16
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Scotland
7 of the top 50 · 20 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Muhammad KhanUSA19.16
2Gavin MainSCO21.53
3Ottis GibsonWI21.74
4Usman KhanPAK22.59
4Gerald CoetzeeSA22.59
5Ryan HarrisAUS23.43
6Bilal KhanOMN24.39
7Corey AndersonNZ24.75
8AM GhazanfarAFG25.07
9Sandeep LamichhaneNEP25.09
10Rusty TheronSA25.16
11Ehsan KhanHK25.45
12Manjula GurugeUAE25.54
13Christopher GreavesSCO25.64
14Lokumarakkalage MadushankaSL25.71
15Mohammed ShamiIND25.85
16Jacob DuffyNZ25.90
17Haris RaufPAK26.40
18Harshit RanaIND26.42
19Shaheen AfridiPAK26.70
20Haseeb AmjadHK26.82
21Josh DaveySCO26.98
22Hamish BennettNZ27.03
23Rashid KhanAFG27.17
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
33Muralikrishna KrishnaIND28.38
34Craig YoungIRE28.40
35Naseem ShahPAK28.40
36Tanzim SakibBAN28.46
37Kris SrikkanthIND28.48
38Mitchell McClenaghanNZ28.49
39Matt HenryNZ28.57
40Harvinder SinghIND28.58
41Aizaz CheemaPAK28.61
42Karan KCNEP28.61
43Jay OdedraOMN28.64
44John BlainSCO28.72
45Rodney TrottBER28.78
46Tony GrayWI28.86
47Ruben TrumpelmannNAM28.97
48Wanindu HasarangaSL28.97
49Reece TopleyENG28.98
50Hamid HassanAFG29.03
51Khurram ChohanCAN29.03
52Trent BoultNZ29.14
53Shane BondNZ29.22
54Imran HaiderUAE29.31
55Christoffel ViljoenNAM29.33
56Geoff AllottNZ29.38
57Barry McCarthyIRE29.41
58Brett LeeAUS29.43
59Iain WardlawSCO29.46
60Len PascoeAUS29.58
61Ryan ten DoeschateNED29.59
62Brandon McMullenSCO29.61
63Arshdeep SinghIND29.64
64Oshane ThomasWI29.68
65Jeffrey VandersaySL29.69
66Alex CusackIRE29.79
67Abrar AhmedPAK29.79
68Shardul ThakurIND29.85
69Mohammed SirajIND29.86
70Brad WhealSCO29.87
71Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG29.88
72Mohammad WasimPAK29.93
73Amit MishraIND29.95
74Nandre BurgerSA29.95
75Mark JonkmanNED29.96
76Jhye RichardsonAUS30.00
77Fareed AhmadAFG30.04
78Asitha FernandoSL30.06
79Lungi NgidiSA30.10
80Cameron StevensonUSA30.13
81Al-Amin HossainBAN30.14
82Nadeem AhmedHK30.23
83Semo KameaPNG30.30
84Saqlain MushtaqPAK30.45
85Waqar YounisPAK30.52
86Brad EvansZIM30.55
87Bas LeedeNED30.56
88Clint McKayAUS30.57
89Basil HameedUAE30.59
90Sompal KamiNEP30.63
91Morne MorkelSA30.64
92Blair TicknerNZ30.68
93Ben ShikongoNAM30.75
94George O'BrienBER30.78
95Yuzvendra ChahalIND30.90
96Lahiru KumaraSL30.93
96Jofra ArcherENG30.93
96Aftab AlamAFG30.93
97Liam PlunkettENG30.94
98Adam ZampaAUS30.99
99Jasprit BumrahIND31.09
100Sajeewa de SilvaSL31.13
101Vernon PhilanderSA31.20
102Ryan McLarenSA31.21
103Alzarri JosephWI31.28
104Doug BollingerAUS31.32
105Mitchell JohnsonAUS31.33
106Naveen-ul-HaqAFG31.41
107Shoaib AkhtarPAK31.43
108Kuldeep YadavIND31.46
109Allan DonaldSA31.47
110Naved-ul-HasanPAK31.51
111Lonwabo TsotsobeSA31.53
112Mohammad IslamBAN31.59
113Timm van der GugtenNED31.62
114Shingi MasakadzaZIM31.64
115Lameck OnyangoKEN31.65
116Mustafizur RahmanBAN31.66
117Karthik MeiyappanUAE31.68
118Marco JansenSA31.71
119Dhammika PrasadSL31.72
120Dawlat ZadranAFG31.76
121Frederick KlaassenNED31.82
122Mohammad SaifuddinBAN31.86
123Dale SteynSA31.92
124Ahmad ButtOMN32.00
125Imran TahirSA32.03
126David WilleyENG32.10
127Kaleem RehmanCAN32.11
128Vasbert DrakesWI32.16
129Chris PringleNZ32.17
130Hasan AliPAK32.22
131Lasith MalingaSL32.27
132Nathan Coulter-NileAUS32.27
133Zahoor KhanUAE32.29
134Nosaina PokanaPNG32.31
135Shayne O'ConnorNZ32.33
136Taskin AhmedBAN32.38
137Kagiso RabadaSA32.40
138Ishant SharmaIND32.46
139Jayden SealesWI32.52
140Wayne ParnellSA32.57
141Saeed AjmalPAK32.61
142Kaushal LokuarachchiSL32.61
143Edgar SchiferliNED32.64
144Makhaya NtiniSA32.66
145Dwaine PretoriusSA32.69
146Andre RussellWI32.71
147Dwayne BravoWI32.72
148Andile PhehlukwayoSA32.73
149Junaid KhanPAK32.74
150Alasdair EvansSCO32.78
151Nelson OdhiamboKEN32.79
152Muhammad SiddiqueUAE32.79
153Larry GomesWI32.80
154Ahsan MalikNED32.82
155Dave Langford-SmithIRE32.90
156Ajit AgarkarIND32.93
157Mohammad NaveedUAE32.94
158Keith ArthurtonWI32.95
159Pat CumminsAUS32.96
160Mudassar BukhariNED33.00
161SreesanthIND33.01
162Angus AtkinsonENG33.05
163Ian HollandUSA33.05
164Lalit RajbanshiNEP33.06
165Tangeni LungameniNAM33.10
166Nathan BrackenAUS33.10
167Sheldon CottrellWI33.12
168Josh LittleIRE33.13
169Saqib MahmoodENG33.15
170Nathan SmithNZ33.20
171Chamika KarunaratneSL33.21
172Michael KasprowiczAUS33.21
173Chris WoakesENG33.22
174Kabua MoreaPNG33.27
175Andrew FlintoffENG33.28
176Richard NgaravaZIM33.33
177Vivian KingmaNED33.34
178Grant ElliottNZ33.38
179Adil RashidENG33.42
180James FaulknerAUS33.45
181Thilan ThusharaSL33.52
182Nasir AzizUAE33.56
183Umesh YadavIND33.57
184Mike HendrickENG33.60
185Kane RichardsonAUS33.64
186Kabir AliENG33.65
187Thisara PereraSL33.71
188Wavell HindsWI33.75
189Irfan PathanIND33.84
190Taijul IslamBAN33.87
191Umar GulPAK33.88
192Patrick PattersonWI33.89
193Jerome TaylorWI33.91
194Boyd RankinENG34.00
195Carl RackemannAUS34.04
196Glenn McGrathAUS34.04
197Willie GaveraPNG34.05
198Greg CampbellAUS34.06
199Khurram KhanUAE34.07
200Shaminda ErangaSL34.10
201Irfan AhmedHK34.13
202Aayan KhanUAE34.24
203Roger TelemachusSA34.25
203Reon KingWI34.25
204Hasan MahmudBAN34.27
205Kyle MillsNZ34.29
206Andy McKayNZ34.30
207Stuart BroadENG34.32
208Kamran ShazadUAE34.33
209Farveez MaharoofSL34.37
210Brad WilliamsAUS34.37
211Graham HumeIRE34.43
212Lockie FergusonNZ34.47
213Ravi RampaulWI34.47
214Damien FlemingAUS34.47
215James NeeshamNZ34.48
216Darren LehmannAUS34.48
217Stuart ClarkAUS34.51
218Fazalhaq FarooqiAFG34.56
219Arafat SunnyBAN34.58
220Paul van MeekerenNED34.60
221Akeal HoseinWI34.63
222Mark AdairIRE34.64
223Stefan KellyBER34.67
224Dennis LilleeAUS34.73
225Karim SadiqAFG34.74
226Alex WharfENG34.78
227Shannon GabrielWI34.79
228Dilhara FernandoSL34.80
229Steven FinnENG34.80
230Josh HazlewoodAUS34.81
231Billy StellingNED34.83
232Mohammad HossainBAN34.86
233Rizwan CheemaCAN34.86
234Charl LangeveldtSA34.89
235Anthony IrelandZIM34.89
236Debasis MohantyIND35.02
237Sohail KhanPAK35.05
238James TredwellENG35.07
239Gulshan JhaNEP35.09
240Vanburn HolderWI35.11
241Andrew HallSA35.17
242Saurabh NetravalkarUSA35.17
243Saad ZafarCAN35.18
244Muttiah MuralitharanSL35.23
245Merwe ErasmusNAM35.29
246Basant RegmiNEP35.30
247Luke JongweZIM35.38
248John HastingsAUS35.38
249Mohammad SamiPAK35.40
250Tawanda MupariwaZIM35.42
251Henry OlongaZIM35.50
253Pulasthi GunaratneSL35.52
254Shane LeeAUS35.54
255Chris JordanENG35.56
255Rob TaylorSCO35.56
256John RevaPNG35.57
257Andre AdamsNZ35.57
258James AndersonENG35.59
259Suranga LakmalSL35.60
260Andrew WhiteIRE35.61
261Fidel EdwardsWI35.63
262Matthew FordeWI35.64
263Colin CroftWI35.67
263Brad HoggAUS35.67
264Nathan EllisAUS35.73
265Washington SundarIND35.79
266Sir Andy RobertsNZ35.80
267Zaheer KhanIND35.80
268Andre NelSA35.86
269Akila DananjayaSL35.95
270Andre BothaIRE36.00
270Dilip DoshiIND36.00
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
293Morawakage TheekshanaSL36.57
294Kemar RoachWI36.58
295Safyaan SharifSCO36.61
295Laurie WilliamsWI36.61
296Peter ConnellIRE36.63
296Graeme SwannENG36.63
296Paul JarvisENG36.63
297Ashish NehraIND36.63
298Riley HekurePNG36.65
299Munaf PatelIND36.67
300Ian BishopWI36.71
301Eric SimonsSA36.73
302Craig McDermottAUS36.75
303Kevin O'BrienIRE36.80
304Norman VanuaPNG36.85
305Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN36.86
306Tony DodemaideAUS36.86
307Jeremy GordonCAN36.91
308Prabath NissankaSL36.93
309Kyle JamiesonNZ36.93
310Tabraiz ShamsiSA36.95
311Keemo PaulWI36.97
312Tendai ChataraZIM37.09
313John MooneyIRE37.12
314Regan WestIRE37.13
315RP SinghIND37.17
316Dunith WellalageSL37.18
317Mohammad AmirPAK37.20
318Logan van BeekNED37.24
319Chris OldENG37.27
320Harvir BaidwanCAN37.30
321Henry OsindeCAN37.31
322Nuwan PradeepSL37.34
323Mark WattSCO37.36
324Mohammad IrfanPAK37.46
325Nazmul HossainBAN37.48
326Soumya SarkarBAN37.50
326Tendai ChisoroZIM37.50
327Roelof van der MerweNED37.57
328Chad SoperPNG37.60
329Karima GoreUSA37.65
330Bjorn FortuinSA37.67
331Sarfraz NawazPAK37.68
332Rahat AliPAK37.72
333Adam HollioakeENG37.75
334Vinay KumarIND37.79
335Javagal SrinathIND37.89
337Nehemiah OdhiamboKEN37.96
338Johannes SmitNAM37.97
339Keshav MaharajSA37.99
340Dave GilbertAUS38.00
341Craig MatthewsSA38.01
342Hardik PandyaIND38.02
343Sean AbbottAUS38.03
344Michael MasonNZ38.03
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
356William O'RourkeNZ38.36
357Roger BinnyIND38.40
358Ryan BurlZIM38.42
359Steven SmithAUS38.43
360Iftikhar AnjumPAK38.44
361Nisarg PatelUSA38.45
362Tom CurranENG38.47
362Con de LangeSCO38.47
363Sunil NarineWI38.48
363Abdur RazzakBAN38.48
364Liam LivingstoneENG38.48
365Tim de LeedeNED38.48
366Curtis CampherIRE38.48
367Shane WatsonAUS38.49
368Sam CurranENG38.53
369Michael HoldingWI38.54
370Dushmantha ChameeraSL38.55
371Ian HarveyAUS38.58
372Abdul QadirPAK38.64
373Shadeep SilvaUAE38.67
374Steve ElworthySA38.68
375William JacksENG38.69
376Simi SinghIRE38.71
377Sir Richard HadleeNZ38.72
378Mohammad AshrafulBAN38.72
379Tim BresnanENG38.72
380Trevor ChappellAUS38.74
381Aizaz KhanHK38.79
382Peter MartinENG38.81
383Mitchell MarshAUS38.82
384Bernard ScholtzNAM38.83
385Sajid MahmoodENG38.91
386Tim MurtaghIRE39.03
387Douglas HondoZIM39.03
388Doug BracewellNZ39.08
389Ish SodhiNZ39.11
390Assad ValaPNG39.16
391Ehsan NawazHK39.26
392Graeme CremerZIM39.30
393Saleem MukuddemBER39.33
393Adam MilneNZ39.33
394Corbin BoschSA39.37
395Balaji RaoCAN39.38
396Jacques KallisSA39.38
397Saleem MalikPAK39.38
398Daryl TuffeyNZ39.39
399Nuwan ZoysaSL39.44
400Chaminda VaasSL39.44
401Chris MorrisSA39.46
402Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG39.49
403Meyrick PringleSA39.55
404Derek UnderwoodENG39.56
405Thomas OdoyoKEN39.56
406Ian ButlerNZ39.61
407Heath StreakZIM39.62
408Amir HayatUAE39.65
409Kane WilliamsonNZ39.65
410Wayne DanielWI39.65
410Aqib SulehriOMN39.65
411Shakib Al HasanBAN39.67
412Shaul KarnainSL39.69
413Martin SneddenNZ39.69
414Gulbadin NaibAFG39.77
415Chris LewisENG39.77
416Jon LewisENG39.78
417Gerrie SnymanNAM39.79
418Jade DernbachENG39.81
419Shadab KhanPAK39.86
420Tom HoganAUS39.87
421Nikhil ChopraIND39.89
422Khawar AliOMN39.90
423Suraj RandivSL39.92
424Jacob OramNZ39.95
425Ahmed RazaUAE39.96
426Kenny BenjaminWI39.97
427Shaun PollockSA39.98
428Peter OngondoKEN39.99
429Gudakesh MotieWI40.13
430Daren PowellWI40.14
431Sean ErvineZIM40.22
433Simon O'DonnellAUS40.28
434John DavisonCAN40.31
435Jason BehrendorffAUS40.31
436James NgocheKEN40.33
437Zakir KhanPAK40.38
438Eddo BrandesZIM40.40
439Ravichandran AshwinIND40.40
440Pedro CollinsWI40.44
441Mashrafe MortazaBAN40.45
442Jason HolderWI40.45
443Manoj PrabhakarIND40.51
444Peter TaylorAUS40.59
445Dewald NelSCO40.63
446Chris CairnsNZ40.64
447Ian BradshawWI40.67
448Abdul RazzaqPAK40.67
449Upul ChandanaSL40.68
450Cameron GreenAUS40.70
450Jasdeep SinghUSA40.70
451Justin KempSA40.72
452Kyle JarvisZIM40.75
453Blessing MuzarabaniZIM40.79
454Matthew HoggardENG40.81
455Malinga BandaraSL40.83
456Imran NiaziBHR40.92
457Mohammad SheikhBAN40.95
458Rohan MustafaUAE40.96
459Sunil DhaniramCAN41.00
459Piyush ChawlaIND41.00
460Jeetan PatelNZ41.10
461Mark GillespieNZ41.11
462Graeme HickENG41.20
463Kevin HurdleBER41.21
464Mohammad NadeemOMN41.24
465Kieron PollardWI41.36
466Anderson CumminsWI41.40
467Kashif DaudUAE41.44
468Albie MorkelSA41.46
469Bhuvneshwar KumarIND41.47
470Venkatesh PrasadIND41.47
471Sohail TanvirPAK41.54
472Sagar PunNEP41.55
473Sir Curtly AmbroseWI41.57
474Nuwan KulasekaraSL41.58
475Kepler WesselsAUS41.61
476Tanwir AfzalHK41.69
477Pragyan OjhaIND41.71
478Aaron PhangisoSA41.73
479Narendra HirwaniIND41.74
480Steve TikoloKEN41.75
481Andy BichelAUS41.76
482Vic MarksENG41.77
482Sohag GaziBAN41.77
483Ben StokesENG41.78
484Stu GillespieNZ41.87
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