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
336.84Shamar JosephWI1.48 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
38.76
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Michael NeserAUS35.36
2Olly StoneENG35.88
3Shamar JosephWI36.84
4Mike ProcterSA36.93
5Scott BolandAUS38.23
6Joshua TongueENG38.39
7Gary GilmourAUS38.46
8Shane BondNZ38.76
9Frank TysonENG38.76
10Marco JansenSA38.76
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 RabadaSA39.98
20Albert TrottAUS40.08
21Barry McCarthyIRE40.31
22Tony GrayWI40.36
23Matthew KuhnemannAUS41.04
24Monde ZondekiSA41.05
25Jacob DuffyNZ41.20
26Rashid KhanAFG41.42
27Walter BrearleyENG41.47
28Nathan SmithNZ41.54
29Tanvir AhmedPAK41.59
30Angus AtkinsonENG41.65
31Sydney BarnesENG41.66
32John TrimWI41.67
33Senuran MuthusamySA41.74
34William O'RourkeNZ41.78
35Akila DananjayaSL41.97
36Dale SteynSA42.39
37Jasprit BumrahIND42.87
38George LohmannENG42.98
39Oliver RobinsonENG43.07
40Bert VoglerSA43.19
41Waqar YounisPAK43.50
42Arif ButtPAK43.86
43Kyle JamiesonNZ43.87
43Bill CopsonENG43.87
44Michael BevanAUS44.31
45Saliya AhangamaSL44.50
46Anrich NortjeSA44.55
47Lungi NgidiSA44.58
48Jubair HossainBAN44.69
49Kyle MayersWI44.82
50Jack CowieNZ45.07
51Jack SaundersAUS45.13
52Muralikrishna KrishnaIND45.21
53Aamer JamalPAK45.35
54Colin BlytheENG45.46
55Shoaib AkhtarPAK45.75
56Vinothen JohnSL45.75
57Pat CumminsAUS45.90
58Mitchell StarcAUS45.97
59Jayden SealesWI46.06
60Tip SnookeSA46.29
61Jermaine LawsonWI46.35
62Asitha FernandoSL46.37
63Bob AppleyardENG46.39
64Vallance JuppENG46.46
65Brydon CarseENG46.53
66Axar PatelIND46.67
67Ranji HordernAUS46.70
68Malcolm MarshallWI46.77
69Blair TicknerNZ46.81
70Brett SchultzSA46.84
71Allan DonaldSA47.03
72Blessing MuzarabaniZIM47.18
73Rehan AhmedENG47.18
74Goofy LawrenceSA47.64
75Mark AdairIRE47.68
76Jeff ThomsonAUS47.73
77Hasan MahmudBAN47.80
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
89Simon HarmerSA48.65
90Wayne DanielWI48.72
91Mohammad AsifPAK48.78
92Zakary FoulkesNZ48.79
93Sajid KhanPAK48.79
94Shardul ThakurIND48.82
95Michael MelleSA48.88
96James PattinsonAUS48.93
97Charlie LlewellynSA49.21
98Colin CroftWI49.32
99Bill LockwoodENG49.33
100David IronsideSA49.47
101Simon KatichAUS49.48
102Gudakesh MotieWI49.71
103Michael HoldingWI49.81
104Bob WillisENG49.85
105Fen CresswellNZ50.00
106Walter RobinsENG50.09
107Graham OnionsENG50.19
108Matt HenryNZ50.28
109Mohammed ShamiIND50.28
110Chris DrumNZ50.38
111Dean HeadleyENG50.43
112Shabbir AhmedPAK50.51
113David TerbruggeSA50.60
114Ravichandran AshwinIND50.74
115Ryan HarrisAUS50.76
116Joel GarnerWI50.85
117Mohammed SirajIND50.85
118Vernon PhilanderSA50.85
119Josh HazlewoodAUS50.94
120Sir Gubby AllenENG50.99
121Bert HopkinsAUS51.04
122Wiaan MulderSA51.07
123Mitchell JohnsonAUS51.12
124Steven FinnENG51.30
125Not on recordWI51.42
126Imran NiaziBHR51.50
127Aubrey FaulknerSA51.55
128Jayant YadavIND51.56
129Lasith MalingaSL51.57
130Darren GoughENG51.62
131Bill WhittyAUS51.65
132Justin GreavesWI51.68
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
154Mohammad ZahidPAK52.80
154Perumapperuma JayawickramaSL52.80
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
163Bhuvneshwar KumarIND53.14
164Len PascoeAUS53.17
165Jack O'ConnorAUS53.23
166Brett LeeAUS53.33
167Kyle AbbottSA53.36
168Morne MorkelSA53.39
169Makhaya NtiniSA53.42
170Johnny BriggsENG53.48
171Peter PollockSA53.50
172Chris CairnsNZ53.66
173Alan DavidsonAUS53.72
174Tom RichardsonENG53.85
175Ernie McCormickAUS53.86
176Richard SnellSA53.95
177Alex TudorENG54.00
178Bruce TaylorNZ54.02
179Stuart MacGillAUS54.02
180Alzarri JosephWI54.03
181Ted ArnoldENG54.10
182Keith BoyceWI54.15
183Nahid RanaBAN54.22
184Alex KennedyENG54.29
185Leslie HyltonWI54.31
186Alan WardENG54.36
187Frank FosterENG54.38
188Hasan AliPAK54.44
189Jofra ArcherENG54.57
190Sir Curtly AmbroseWI54.58
191Kyle JarvisZIM54.59
192Vishwa FernandoSL54.59
193Wasim AkramPAK54.65
194Amir HamzaAFG54.67
195Prof EdwardsWI54.72
196Stuart ClarkAUS54.74
197Chris TremlettENG54.75
198Akash DeepIND54.86
199Doug WaltersAUS54.92
200Trent BoultNZ54.94
201Jason GillespieAUS54.96
202Muttiah MuralitharanSL55.05
203Damien FlemingAUS55.05
204Hardik PandyaIND55.12
205Ajaz PatelNZ55.16
206Alan HurstAUS55.21
207Bruce ReidAUS55.26
208John GunnENG55.50
209Mark WoodENG55.55
210Sailor YoungENG55.58
211Sir Ian BothamENG55.62
212Mohammad IslamBAN55.64
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
231Sajid MahmoodENG56.50
231Shannon GabrielWI56.50
232James LangridgeENG56.53
233Fanie de VilliersSA56.53
234Rathnayake RathnayakeSL56.60
235Roy GilchristWI56.61
236Reg PerksENG56.64
237Ernie ToshackAUS56.64
238Keshav MaharajSA56.67
239James KirtleyENG56.79
240Naseem ShahPAK56.85
241James AndersonENG56.87
242Jackson BirdAUS56.88
243Chetan SharmaIND56.89
244Bill JohnstonAUS56.89
245Arthur MaileyAUS56.90
246Ken FarnesENG56.93
247Craig McDermottAUS57.00
248Ian ButlerNZ57.00
249Ken HiggsENG57.07
250Jason KrejzaAUS57.15
251Abrar AhmedPAK57.20
252Schofield HaighENG57.25
253John SnowENG57.29
255Rodney HoggAUS57.34
256Arthur FielderENG57.35
257Shane WarneAUS57.49
258Andy BichelAUS57.53
259Dhammika PrasadSL57.69
260Richard CollingeNZ57.75
261Courtney WalshWI57.84
262Shaun PollockSA57.85
263Roly JenkinsENG57.94
264Andy CaddickENG57.94
265Merv HughesAUS57.95
266James FranklinNZ58.13
267Fidel EdwardsWI58.19
268Nayeem HasanBAN58.33
269Maurice AllomENG58.36
270Yasir ShahPAK58.42
271Chris WoakesENG58.43
272Khan MohammadPAK58.46
273Dayle HadleeNZ58.46
274Lindsay KlineAUS58.56
275Ravindra JadejaIND58.58
276Dominic CorkENG58.61
278David LarterENG58.70
279EhteshamuddinPAK58.75
280Wanigamuni MendisSL58.77
281Irfan PathanIND58.84
282Yamin AhmadzaiAFG58.86
283Umar GulPAK58.89
284Franklyn RoseWI58.94
285Peter LoaderENG58.97
286Sylvester ClarkeWI58.98
287Alf HallSA59.03
288Jimmy SinclairSA59.03
289Chris OldENG59.03
290Eric DaltonSA59.17
291Steve HarmisonENG59.18
292Arthur GilliganENG59.28
293Colin MillerAUS59.29
294Greville StevensENG59.30
295Baron ConstantineWI59.33
296Graham DilleyENG59.36
297Heath DavisNZ59.41
298Brian StathamENG59.41
299George ThompsonENG59.43
300Jasubhai PatelIND59.48
301Jim LakerENG59.50
302Jomel WarricanWI59.51
303Thilan ThusharaSL59.57
304Ashantha de MelSL59.63
305Praveen KumarIND59.67
306Jerome TaylorWI59.67
307Tom GoddardENG59.68
308Johan BothaSA59.82
309Andy BlignautZIM59.87
310Terry AldermanAUS59.89
312Zahir KhanAFG60.00
312Sydney BurkeSA60.00
312Aizaz CheemaPAK60.00
313Rangana HerathSL60.03
314Mark ButcherENG60.07
315Tim SoutheeNZ60.08
316William JacksENG60.08
317Iain O'BrienNZ60.19
318Graeme SwannENG60.19
319Chris MartinNZ60.20
320Tom KendallAUS60.21
321David BrainZIM60.33
322Nobby ClarkENG60.34
323Zaheer KhanIND60.40
324Wahab RiazPAK60.46
325David LawrenceENG60.50
326Herman GriffithWI60.52
327Mushtaq MohammadPAK60.56
328Winston BenjaminWI60.56
329Johnny WardleENG60.60
330Monty NobleAUS60.64
331Hines JohnsonWI60.69
332Bill VoceENG60.71
333Washington SundarIND60.78
334Jack GregoryAUS60.80
335Prabath JayasuriyaSL60.84
336Matthew PottsENG60.86
337Stan NicholsENG60.90
338Hugh TrumbleAUS60.91
339Ryan SidebottomENG60.91
340Tinashe PanyangaraZIM60.94
341Roger BinnyIND61.06
342Nathan LyonAUS61.37
343Ben HilfenhausAUS61.39
344George PaineENG61.41
345Malinda PushpakumaraSL61.43
346Angus FraserENG61.45
347Johnny DouglasENG61.47
348Paul ReiffelAUS61.57
349John MaguireAUS61.60
350Ishant SharmaIND61.61
351Winston DavisWI61.62
352Sir Alec BedserENG61.67
353Simon DoullNZ61.77
354Geoff LawsonAUS61.77
355David BrownENG61.80
356Dilhara FernandoSL61.81
357Moeen AliENG61.81
358Jim SmithENG62.00
359Andre NelSA62.03
360Shahid NazirPAK62.06
361SreesanthIND62.29
362Shoaib BashirENG62.35
363Mark EalhamENG62.35
364Mehidy HasanBAN62.38
365Charl LangeveldtSA62.44
366Charlie TurnerAUS62.57
367Narsingh DeonarineWI62.63
368Adam HuckleZIM62.72
369Geoff DymockAUS62.73
370Heath StreakZIM62.77
371Taijul IslamBAN62.90
372Danny MorrisonNZ62.90
373Peter SiddleAUS62.93
374Max WalkerAUS63.03
375Michael OwensNZ63.18
376Michael KasprowiczAUS63.19
377Dushmantha ChameeraSL63.19
378Geoff ArnoldENG63.20
379Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND63.22
380Frank MissonAUS63.31
381Daryl TuffeyNZ63.34
382RP SinghIND63.35
383Karsan GhavriIND63.38
384Bert IronmongerAUS63.45
385Sid PeglerSA63.60
386Adil RashidENG63.60
387Ata-ur-RehmanPAK63.65
388Steve O'KeefeAUS63.66
389Harold LarwoodENG63.71
390Shakib Al HasanBAN63.72
391Bobby PeelENG63.73
392David RennebergAUS63.74
393Ernie JonesAUS63.80
394Tommy ScottWI63.86
395Kapil DevIND63.92
396Doug WrightENG63.97
397Javagal SrinathIND64.00
398Mohammad AmirPAK64.03
399Ian PeeblesENG64.04
400Graham McKenzieAUS64.17
401Tony DodemaideAUS64.24
402Zulfiqar AhmedPAK64.25
403Jean-Paul DuminySA64.36
404Bob CottamENG64.50
405Frank LaverAUS64.68
406Richard EllisonENG64.69
407Jimmy BlanckenbergSA64.80
408Travis HeadAUS64.81
409Liam PlunkettENG64.85
410Junaid KhanPAK64.86
411Arthur OchseSA64.90
412Tim BresnanENG64.92
413Darren LehmannAUS64.93
414Reon KingWI64.94
415Norbert PhillipWI65.00
416Lakshmipathy BalajiIND65.04
417Narendra HirwaniIND65.12
418Saeed AjmalPAK65.12
419Taskin AhmedBAN65.13
420Tino BestWI65.19
421Eric AtkinsonWI65.36
422Ravindra PushpakumaraSL65.38
423Hugh TayfieldSA65.39
424Abu JayedBAN65.47
425Ciss ParkinENG65.47
426Dane PiedtSA65.59
427Pedro CollinsWI65.70
428Kurukulasooriya 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
449Tony GreigENG66.27
450Tharindu KaushalSL66.32
451Mervyn DillonWI66.44
452Matthew HumphreysIRE66.47
453Ruchira PereraSL66.47
454Brighton WatambwaZIM66.50
455Shahid AfridiGER66.54
456Ashley MallettAUS66.55
457Brian CloseENG66.56
458Vasant RanjaneIND66.58
459Dion NashNZ66.62
460Nathan HauritzAUS66.67
461Andrew HallSA66.69
462Steve ElworthySA66.69
463Rory KleinveldtSA66.70
464Frederick SpofforthAUS66.73
465Billy BarnesENG66.84
466Phil NewportENG66.90
467Clarrie GrimmettAUS66.91
468Shane ShillingfordWI67.06
469Ted McDonaldAUS67.09
470Craig WhiteENG67.10
471Sikander BakhtPAK67.10
472Konganige RatnayakeSL67.11
473Dilruwan PereraSL67.11
474Amit MishraIND67.14
475Mike WatkinsonENG67.20
475Jaswick TaylorWI67.20
476Cameron GreenAUS67.21
477Harry TrottAUS67.21
478Fred RumseyENG67.35
479Bruce YardleyAUS67.42
480Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS67.45
481Terry JennerAUS67.46
482Pragyan OjhaIND67.55
483Jack HearneENG67.55
484Jimmy MatthewsAUS67.56
485Ajantha MendisSL67.57
486Freddie BrownENG67.60
487Saqlain MushtaqPAK67.64
488Norman CowansENG67.69
489Sohail KhanPAK67.70
490Mohammad FarooqPAK67.71
491Mushtaq AhmedPAK67.74
492Ian JohnsonAUS67.78
493Sarandeep SinghIND67.80
494Danish KaneriaPAK67.80
495Geoff ChubbSA67.86
496Doug RingAUS67.89
497Pat TrimbornSA67.91
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