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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
135.36Michael NeserAUS0.52 clear of Olly Stone
235.88Olly StoneENG0.52 off the lead
336.93Mike ProcterSA1.57 off the lead
● LEADS
Michael NeserAUS
35.36 · 0.52 better than Stone
↑ IN THE CHASE
11
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
38.78
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
12 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Michael NeserAUS35.36
2Olly StoneENG35.88
3Mike ProcterSA36.93
4Shamar JosephWI38.12
5Josh TongueENG38.39
6Gary GilmourAUS38.46
7Scott BolandAUS38.68
8Shane BondNZ38.76
9Frank TysonENG38.76
10Marco JansenSA38.78
11Bernard BosanquetENG38.80
12Duanne OlivierSA38.85
13George Simpson-HaywardENG39.04
14Mark GillespieNZ39.45
15Kuldeep YadavIND39.52
16George Finlay-BissettSA39.56
17Manny MartindaleWI39.59
18Jack IversonAUS39.62
19Kagiso RabadaSA40.08
20Albert TrottAUS40.08
21Barry McCarthyIRE40.31
22Tony GrayWI40.36
23Gerald CoetzeeSA40.80
24Matthew KuhnemannAUS41.04
25Monde ZondekiSA41.05
26Jacob DuffyNZ41.20
27Rashid KhanAFG41.42
28Walter BrearleyENG41.47
29Nathan SmithNZ41.54
30Tanvir AhmedPAK41.59
31Gus AtkinsonENG41.65
32Sydney BarnesENG41.66
33John TrimWI41.67
34Senuran MuthusamySA41.74
35Will O?RourkeNZ41.78
36Akila DananjayaSL41.97
37Dale SteynSA42.39
38Jasprit BumrahIND42.87
39George LohmannENG42.98
40Ollie RobinsonENG43.07
41Bert VoglerSA43.19
42Waqar YounisPAK43.50
43Arif ButtPAK43.86
44Bill CopsonENG43.87
44Kyle JamiesonNZ43.87
45Anrich NortjeSA44.24
46Michael BevanAUS44.31
47Saliya AhangamaSL44.50
48Lungi NgidiSA44.58
49Jubair HossainBAN44.69
50Kyle MayersWI44.82
51Jack CowieNZ45.07
52Jack SaundersAUS45.13
53Prasidh KrishnaIND45.21
54Aamer JamalPAK45.35
55Colin BlytheENG45.46
56Mitchell StarcAUS45.57
57Shoaib AkhtarPAK45.75
58Vinothen JohnSL45.75
59Tip SnookeSA46.29
60Hasan MahmudBAN46.31
61Jermaine LawsonWI46.35
62Asitha FernandoSL46.37
63Bob AppleyardENG46.39
64Vallance JuppENG46.46
65Brydon CarseENG46.53
66Axar PatelIND46.67
67Ranji HordernAUS46.70
68Jayden SealesWI46.74
69Malcolm MarshallWI46.77
70Blair TicknerNZ46.81
71Brett SchultzSA46.84
72Pat CumminsAUS46.88
73Allan DonaldSA47.03
74Rehan AhmedENG47.18
75Goofy LawrenceSA47.64
76Mark AdairIRE47.68
77Jeff ThomsonAUS47.73
78Simon JonesENG47.81
79Fred TruemanENG47.85
80Dennis LilleeAUS47.94
81Khurram ShahzadPAK47.97
82Reggie SchwarzSA47.98
83Doug BollingerAUS48.02
84Sir Richard HadleeNZ48.19
85Noman AliPAK48.23
86Walter LeesENG48.31
87Mohammad NissarIND48.44
88Haris SohailPAK48.46
89Wayne DanielWI48.72
90Mohammad AsifPAK48.78
91Zakary FoulkesNZ48.79
92Sajid KhanPAK48.79
93Shardul ThakurIND48.82
94Michael MelleSA48.88
95James PattinsonAUS48.93
96Simon HarmerSA49.04
97Charlie LlewellynSA49.21
98Colin CroftWI49.32
99Bill LockwoodENG49.33
100David IronsideSA49.47
101Simon KatichAUS49.48
102Blessing MuzarabaniZIM49.57
103Gudakesh MotieWI49.71
104Michael HoldingWI49.81
105Bob WillisENG49.85
106Fen CresswellNZ50.00
107Walter RobinsENG50.09
108Graham OnionsENG50.19
109Matt HenryNZ50.28
110Mohammed ShamiIND50.28
111Chris DrumNZ50.38
112Dean HeadleyENG50.43
113Shabbir AhmedPAK50.51
114David TerbruggeSA50.60
115Ravichandran AshwinIND50.74
116Ryan HarrisAUS50.76
117Joel GarnerWI50.85
118Mohammed SirajIND50.85
119Vernon PhilanderSA50.85
120Sir Gubby AllenENG50.99
121Bert HopkinsAUS51.04
122Mitchell JohnsonAUS51.12
123Steven FinnENG51.30
124Wiaan MulderSA51.38
125Ali UsmanPAK51.42
126Josh HazlewoodAUS51.48
127Imran NiaziBHR51.50
128Aubrey FaulknerSA51.55
129Jayant YadavIND51.56
130Lasith MalingaSL51.57
131Darren GoughENG51.62
132Bill WhittyAUS51.65
133Bob MassieAUS51.71
134Bill BowesENG51.72
135Bonnor MiddletonSA51.83
136Sir Wes HallWI51.84
137Ray LindwallAUS51.88
138Kemar RoachWI51.88
139Chris MorrisSA51.92
140Patrick PattersonWI51.92
141Glenn McGrathAUS51.95
142Tibby CotterAUS52.06
143Glenn PhillipsNZ52.18
144Ian BishopWI52.22
145Tanaka ChivangaZIM52.24
146Nantie HaywardSA52.24
147Colin McCoolAUS52.28
148J.J. FerrisAUS52.44
149Todd MurphyAUS52.59
150Claude CarterSA52.68
151Dane PatersonSA52.76
152Neil WagnerNZ52.79
153Wayne ClarkAUS52.80
154Perumapperuma JayawickramaSL52.80
154Mohammad ZahidPAK52.80
155Umesh YadavIND52.82
156Mohammad AbbasPAK52.83
157Sir Andy RobertsWI52.84
158Keith MillerAUS52.84
159Aamer NazirPAK52.85
160Tich FreemanENG52.88
161Shaheen AfridiPAK52.90
162Neil AdcockSA52.95
163Justin GreavesWI53.06
164Bhuvneshwar KumarIND53.14
165Len PascoeAUS53.17
166Jack O'ConnorAUS53.23
167Brett LeeAUS53.33
168Kyle AbbottSA53.36
169Morne MorkelSA53.39
170Makhaya NtiniSA53.42
171Johnny BriggsENG53.48
172Peter PollockSA53.50
173Chris CairnsNZ53.66
174Alan DavidsonAUS53.72
175Tom RichardsonENG53.85
176Ernie McCormickAUS53.86
177Richard SnellSA53.95
178Alex TudorENG54.00
179Bruce TaylorNZ54.02
180Stuart MacGillAUS54.02
181Alzarri JosephWI54.03
182Ted ArnoldENG54.10
183Keith BoyceWI54.15
184Nahid RanaBAN54.22
185Alex KennedyENG54.29
186Leslie HyltonWI54.31
187Alan WardENG54.36
188Frank FosterENG54.38
189Hasan AliPAK54.44
190Jofra ArcherENG54.57
191Sir Curtly AmbroseWI54.58
192Kyle JarvisZIM54.59
193Vishwa FernandoSL54.59
194Wasim AkramPAK54.65
195Amir HamzaAFG54.67
196Prof EdwardsWI54.72
197Stuart ClarkAUS54.74
198Chris TremlettENG54.75
199Shoriful IslamBAN54.86
199Akash DeepIND54.86
200Doug WaltersAUS54.92
201Trent BoultNZ54.94
202Jason GillespieAUS54.96
203Muttiah MuralitharanSL55.05
204Damien FlemingAUS55.05
205Hardik PandyaIND55.12
206Ajaz PatelNZ55.16
207Alan HurstAUS55.21
208Bruce ReidAUS55.26
209John GunnENG55.50
210Mark WoodENG55.55
211Sailor YoungENG55.58
212Sir Ian BothamENG55.62
213Lakshan SandakanSL55.76
214Kenny BenjaminWI55.78
215Stuart BroadENG55.79
216Colin StuartWI55.80
217Ben StokesENG55.89
218Dougie MarillierZIM56.00
219Eric FreemanAUS56.03
220Matthew HoggardENG56.08
221Ken CranstonENG56.11
222Quintin McMillanSA56.14
223Mohsin KamalPAK56.17
224John LeverENG56.18
225Claude BuckenhamENG56.29
226Imran KhanBHR56.41
227Charlie GriffithWI56.44
228Peter HeineSA56.45
229Lahiru KumaraSL56.49
230Jack CrawfordENG56.49
231Shannon GabrielWI56.50
231Sajid MahmoodENG56.50
232James LangridgeENG56.53
233Fanie de VilliersSA56.53
234Milan RathnayakeSL56.60
235Roy GilchristWI56.61
236Reg PerksENG56.64
237Ernie ToshackAUS56.64
238Keshav MaharajSA56.67
239Beau WebsterAUS56.75
240Jomel WarricanWI56.77
241James KirtleyENG56.79
242Naseem ShahPAK56.85
243James AndersonENG56.87
244Jackson BirdAUS56.88
245Chetan SharmaIND56.89
246Bill JohnstonAUS56.89
247Arthur MaileyAUS56.90
248Ken FarnesENG56.93
249Craig McDermottAUS57.00
250Ian ButlerNZ57.00
251Ken HiggsENG57.07
252Jason KrejzaAUS57.15
253Abrar AhmedPAK57.20
254Schofield HaighENG57.25
255John SnowENG57.29
256Kasun RajithaSL57.31
257Rodney HoggAUS57.34
258Arthur FielderENG57.35
259Shane WarneAUS57.49
260Andy BichelAUS57.53
261Dhammika PrasadSL57.69
262Richard CollingeNZ57.75
263Courtney WalshWI57.84
264Shaun PollockSA57.85
265Roly JenkinsENG57.94
266Andy CaddickENG57.94
267Merv HughesAUS57.95
268James FranklinNZ58.13
269Fidel EdwardsWI58.19
270Maurice AllomENG58.36
271Yasir ShahPAK58.42
272Chris WoakesENG58.43
273Khan MohammadPAK58.46
274Dayle HadleeNZ58.46
275Lindsay KlineAUS58.56
276Ravindra JadejaIND58.58
277Dominic CorkENG58.61
278Dasun ShanakaSL58.62
279David LarterENG58.70
280EhteshamuddinPAK58.75
281Ramesh MendisSL58.77
282Nayeem HasanBAN58.79
283Irfan PathanIND58.84
284Yamin AhmadzaiAFG58.86
285Umar GulPAK58.89
286Franklyn RoseWI58.94
287Peter LoaderENG58.97
288Sylvester ClarkeWI58.98
289Alf HallSA59.03
290Jimmy SinclairSA59.03
291Chris OldENG59.03
292Eric DaltonSA59.17
293Steve HarmisonENG59.18
294Arthur GilliganENG59.28
295Colin MillerAUS59.29
296Greville StevensENG59.30
297Baron ConstantineWI59.33
298Graham DilleyENG59.36
299Heath DavisNZ59.41
300Brian StathamENG59.41
301George ThompsonENG59.43
302Jasubhai PatelIND59.48
303Jim LakerENG59.50
304Thilan ThusharaSL59.57
305Ashantha de MelSL59.63
306Praveen KumarIND59.67
307Jerome TaylorWI59.67
308Tom GoddardENG59.68
309Johan BothaSA59.82
310Andy BlignautZIM59.87
311Terry AldermanAUS59.89
312Mohammad NawazPAK59.94
313Aizaz CheemaPAK60.00
313Sydney BurkeSA60.00
313Zahir KhanAFG60.00
314Rangana HerathSL60.03
315Mark ButcherENG60.07
316Tim SoutheeNZ60.08
317Will JacksENG60.08
318Iain O'BrienNZ60.19
319Graeme SwannENG60.19
320Chris MartinNZ60.20
321Tom KendallAUS60.21
322David BrainZIM60.33
323Nobby ClarkENG60.34
324Zaheer KhanIND60.40
325Wahab RiazPAK60.46
326David LawrenceENG60.50
327Herman GriffithWI60.52
328Mushtaq MohammadPAK60.56
329Winston BenjaminWI60.56
330Johnny WardleENG60.60
331Monty NobleAUS60.64
332Hines JohnsonWI60.69
333Bill VoceENG60.71
334Washington SundarIND60.78
335Jack GregoryAUS60.80
336Prabath JayasuriyaSL60.84
337Matthew PottsENG60.86
338Stan NicholsENG60.90
339Hugh TrumbleAUS60.91
340Newman NyamhuriZIM60.91
341Ryan SidebottomENG60.91
342Tinashe PanyangaraZIM60.94
343Roger BinnyIND61.06
344Ben HilfenhausAUS61.39
345George PaineENG61.41
346Malinda PushpakumaraSL61.43
347Angus FraserENG61.45
348Johnny DouglasENG61.47
349Paul ReiffelAUS61.57
350John MaguireAUS61.60
351Ishant SharmaIND61.61
352Winston DavisWI61.62
353Nathan LyonAUS61.64
354Sir Alec BedserENG61.67
355Simon DoullNZ61.77
356Geoff LawsonAUS61.77
357David BrownENG61.80
358Dilhara FernandoSL61.81
359Moeen AliENG61.81
360Jim SmithENG62.00
361Andre NelSA62.03
362Shahid NazirPAK62.06
363SreesanthIND62.29
364Shoaib BashirENG62.35
365Mark EalhamENG62.35
366Charl LangeveldtSA62.44
367Charlie TurnerAUS62.57
368Narsingh DeonarineWI62.63
369Adam HuckleZIM62.72
370Geoff DymockAUS62.73
371Heath StreakZIM62.77
372Danny MorrisonNZ62.90
373Peter SiddleAUS62.93
374Max WalkerAUS63.03
375Michael OwensNZ63.18
376Michael KasprowiczAUS63.19
377Dushmantha ChameeraSL63.19
378Geoff ArnoldENG63.20
379Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND63.22
380Mehidy HasanBAN63.22
381Frank MissonAUS63.31
382Daryl TuffeyNZ63.34
383RP SinghIND63.35
384Karsan GhavriIND63.38
385Bert IronmongerAUS63.45
386Sid PeglerSA63.60
387Adil RashidENG63.60
388Ata-ur-RehmanPAK63.65
389Steve O'KeefeAUS63.66
390Harold LarwoodENG63.71
391Shakib Al HasanBAN63.72
392Bobby PeelENG63.73
393David RennebergAUS63.74
394Ernie JonesAUS63.80
395Tommy ScottWI63.86
396Kapil DevIND63.92
397Taijul IslamBAN63.93
398Doug WrightENG63.97
399Javagal SrinathIND64.00
400Mohammad AmirPAK64.03
401Ian PeeblesENG64.04
402Graham McKenzieAUS64.17
403Tony DodemaideAUS64.24
404Zulfiqar AhmedPAK64.25
405Jean-Paul DuminySA64.36
406Bob CottamENG64.50
407Frank LaverAUS64.68
408Richard EllisonENG64.69
409Jimmy BlanckenbergSA64.80
410Liam PlunkettENG64.85
411Junaid KhanPAK64.86
412Arthur OchseSA64.90
413Tim BresnanENG64.92
414Darren LehmannAUS64.93
415Reon KingWI64.94
416Norbert PhillipWI65.00
417Lakshmipathy BalajiIND65.04
418Narendra HirwaniIND65.12
419Saeed AjmalPAK65.12
420Tino BestWI65.19
421Eric AtkinsonWI65.36
422Ravindra PushpakumaraSL65.38
423Hugh TayfieldSA65.39
424Abu JayedBAN65.47
425Ciss ParkinENG65.47
426Dane PiedtSA65.59
427Pedro CollinsWI65.70
428Nishan PeirisSL65.75
429Richard NgaravaZIM65.76
430Sam CurranENG65.77
431Laurie MayneAUS65.84
432Wilfred RhodesENG65.91
433Kyle MillsNZ65.95
434Anil KumbleIND65.99
435Chaminda VaasSL66.02
436Richie BenaudAUS66.02
437Mohammad AliPAK66.04
438Paul AdamsSA66.04
439Varun AaronIND66.06
440Jim HiggsAUS66.06
441Shingi MasakadzaZIM66.06
442Andrew FlintoffENG66.15
443Mike HendrickENG66.16
444Bill O'ReillyAUS66.18
445Robin PetersonSA66.18
446Henry OlongaZIM66.21
447Jack LeachENG66.21
448Devon MalcolmENG66.25
449Taskin AhmedBAN66.25
450Tony GreigENG66.27
451Tharindu KaushalSL66.32
452Mervyn DillonWI66.44
453Matthew HumphreysIRE66.47
454Ruchira PereraSL66.47
455Brighton WatambwaZIM66.50
456Shahid AfridiGER66.54
457Ashley MallettAUS66.55
458Brian CloseENG66.56
459Vasant RanjaneIND66.58
460Dion NashNZ66.62
461Nathan HauritzAUS66.67
462Travis HeadAUS66.69
463Andrew HallSA66.69
464Steve ElworthySA66.69
465Rory KleinveldtSA66.70
466Frederick SpofforthAUS66.73
467Billy BarnesENG66.84
468Phil NewportENG66.90
469Clarrie GrimmettAUS66.91
470Shane ShillingfordWI67.06
471Ted McDonaldAUS67.09
472Craig WhiteENG67.10
473Sikander BakhtPAK67.10
474Tharindu RatnayakeSL67.11
475Dilruwan PereraSL67.11
476Amit MishraIND67.14
477Mike WatkinsonENG67.20
477Jaswick TaylorWI67.20
478Cameron GreenAUS67.21
479Harry TrottAUS67.21
480Fred RumseyENG67.35
481Bruce YardleyAUS67.42
482Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS67.45
483Terry JennerAUS67.46
484Pragyan OjhaIND67.55
485Jack HearneENG67.55
486Jimmy MatthewsAUS67.56
487Ajantha MendisSL67.57
488Freddie BrownENG67.60
489Saqlain MushtaqPAK67.64
490Norman CowansENG67.69
491Sohail KhanPAK67.70
492Mohammad FarooqPAK67.71
493Mushtaq AhmedPAK67.74
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