Highest Strike Rate in T20

Highest Strike Rate in T20 is the definitive measure of a batter’s "scoring velocity" and destructive potential, representing the average number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. In a format where time is the most constrained resource, the strike rate is often considered more critical than the batting average as it dictates the team's momentum.
In T20 Internationals (T20I), as of 2026, the benchmark is set by India’s Suryakumar Yadav, who maintains a career strike rate near 170, utilizing his "360-degree" hitting ability to dismantle any field setting. In the global T20 circuit, power-hitters like Andre Russell and Nicholas Pooran lead the way, consistently operating in the 160–175 range. In the modern era, the strike rate has evolved into the ultimate barometer of "match-winning impact," distinguishing traditional accumulators from the elite "finishers" and "power-play exploiters" who define the current landscape of T20 cricket.

RANK 1

Anand Rajan

183.33

Runs

RANK 2

Pankaj Jaiswal

181.76

Runs

289

RANK 3

Simon Kerrigan

180

Runs

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Anand Rajan	31	4	11	6	8	11	183.33	3	0	1	0	0
2	Pankaj Jaiswal	60	36	289	159	27	11.56	181.76	11	14	26	0	0
3	Simon Kerrigan	24	4	9	5	4	0	180	4	1	0	0	0
4	Suryakant Pradhan	52	35	392	219	48	14.51	178.99	8	19	30	0	0
5	Brian Vitori	28	11	71	40	38	11.83	177.5	5	2	7	0	0
6	Finn Allen NZ	187	184	5340	3022	151	30.34	176.7	8	480	346	33	6
7	Gareth Dukes	44	34	486	276	47	19.44	176.08	9	32	33	0	0
8	Heath Streak	23	19	333	196	59	27.75	169.89	7	26	14	1	0
9	Izatullah Dawlatzai	24	5	32	19	24	16	168.42	3	3	2	0	0
10	Donovan Ferreira SA	150	126	2735	1626	82	28.48	168.2	30	182	185	12	0
11	Andre Russell	590	508	9636	5749	121	26.18	167.61	140	635	784	34	2
12	M Mohammed	41	23	162	98	34	10.8	165.3	8	9	11	0	0
13	Oliver Hairs	30	30	504	305	127	18.66	165.24	3	47	33	2	1
14	Suresh Kumar	23	16	305	185	82	27.72	164.86	5	24	16	1	0
15	Sumit Narwal	33	21	277	170	42	21.3	162.94	8	20	15	0	0
16	Ali Raza BEL	29	26	497	309	64	19.88	160.84	1	51	30	3	0
17	Louis Kimber	54	47	811	510	59	19.78	159.01	6	65	45	5	0
18	Nathan McAndrew	109	72	614	388	32	15.35	158.24	32	48	32	0	0
19	Krishnappa Gowtham	92	66	734	464	60	15.29	158.18	18	62	40	2	0
20	Sohraab Dhaliwal	29	26	365	231	51	19.21	158	7	26	23	1	0
21	Gordon Goudie	22	13	93	59	26	8.45	157.62	2	9	5	0	0
22	Musadiq Ahmed	41	37	597	379	63	21.32	157.51	9	67	31	3	0
23	Aneurin Donald	94	89	1797	1142	85	21.39	157.35	5	187	85	14	0
24	Seekkuge Prasanna	209	163	2238	1429	76	17.08	156.61	32	137	171	8	0
25	Will Jacks ENG	252	235	6395	4084	108	29.47	156.58	18	608	334	42	5
26	Graeme Hick	37	36	1201	769	116	36.39	156.17	3	127	52	10	2
27	Nikhil Dutta CAN	29	8	89	57	27	29.66	156.14	5	6	5	0	0
28	Colin de Grandhomme NZ	253	229	4110	2641	86	22.96	155.62	50	292	239	15	0
29	Phil Salt ENG	338	328	8514	5487	141	28	155.16	24	883	358	55	4
30	Jordan Thompson	127	99	1262	816	74	17.05	154.65	25	68	89	5	0
31	John Hastings	106	74	877	568	80	16.86	154.4	22	62	52	3	0
32	Glenn Maxwell AUS	507	471	11011	7146	154	27.39	154.08	69	917	573	58	8
33	Shahid Afridi GER	329	279	4399	2858	101	18.25	153.91	38	326	252	10	1
34	Doug Bracewell	99	73	1274	828	93	27.69	153.86	27	80	76	3	0
35	Ed Pollock	91	86	1453	945	77	19.11	153.75	10	147	79	7	0
36	Jamie Overton ENG	205	146	1947	1267	83	19.86	153.67	48	139	109	1	0
37	Luke Ronchi	204	188	4217	2747	102	25.25	153.51	21	422	193	25	1
38	Siddharth Chitnis	34	28	510	333	89	28.33	153.15	10	38	27	1	0
39	Tobias Visee	32	32	554	362	78	17.87	153.03	1	72	22	4	0
40	Jitesh Sharma IND	167	149	3226	2110	106	26.66	152.89	28	294	161	12	1
41	Beyers Swanepoel	48	32	414	271	83	17.25	152.76	8	38	19	1	0
42	Surya Kumar Yadav IND	367	341	9615	6303	117	34.83	152.54	65	952	423	64	6
43	Ramith Rambukwella	67	55	1015	668	70	20.3	151.94	5	94	63	5	0
44	KC Cariappa	58	30	361	238	72	18.05	151.68	10	22	26	2	0
45	Aamir Jamal	66	53	641	424	87	19.42	151.17	20	65	31	1	0
46	KC Karan NEP	96	54	520	344	45	14.85	151.16	19	25	41	0	0
47	Thisara Perera SL	385	318	4873	3226	103	21.09	151.05	87	357	274	12	1
48	Kieron Pollard	735	652	14482	9593	104	31.62	150.96	194	898	982	67	1
49	Marcus Trescothick	89	87	2363	1569	108	28.81	150.6	5	304	80	17	2
50	Thikshila de Silva	59	55	953	633	72	18.68	150.55	4	88	53	5	0
51	Jehan Daniel	28	23	380	253	82	23.75	150.19	7	26	19	1	0
52	AB de Villiers	340	320	9424	6277	133	37.24	150.13	67	753	436	69	4
53	Chris Morris	234	153	1868	1245	82	20.08	150.04	60	128	95	3	0
54	Heinrich Klaasen	284	261	6535	4361	105	31.87	149.85	56	426	355	40	3
55	Ishan Jayaratne	65	42	636	425	50	27.65	149.64	19	35	38	1	0
56	Manpreet Gony	91	54	501	335	42	13.54	149.55	17	33	31	0	0
57	Josh Inglis AUS	172	162	4029	2696	118	29.4	149.44	25	397	155	20	4
58	Rory Kleinveldt	163	112	1008	676	46	13.26	149.11	36	53	72	0	0
59	Scott Coyte	25	15	155	104	33	15.5	149.03	5	11	7	0	0
60	Imran Nazir	103	101	2542	1707	93	27.93	148.91	10	290	121	18	0
61	Travis Head AUS	182	176	4738	3182	102	29.79	148.9	17	465	218	27	2
62	Sunil Narine WI	589	379	4779	3210	109	15.26	148.87	66	446	306	17	1
63	Robert Frylinck	148	101	1332	895	63	20.49	148.82	36	85	77	2	0
64	Michael-Kyle Pepper	126	123	2888	1943	120	26.01	148.63	12	314	116	16	2
65	Balachandra Akhil	35	26	321	216	35	17.83	148.61	8	30	12	0	0
66	Jan Stander	22	21	405	273	116	23.82	148.35	4	29	21	1	1
67	Graham Napier	137	96	1206	813	152	15.66	148.33	19	95	76	0	1
68	Aminuddin Ramly	23	21	280	189	41	16.47	148.14	4	13	20	0	0
69	Luqman Butt	45	41	1240	838	80	36.47	147.97	7	105	71	6	0
70	Will Fraine	36	34	411	278	44	17.86	147.84	11	36	17	0	0
71	Virender Sehwag	159	157	4061	2747	122	26.89	147.83	6	487	147	24	2
72	Evan Jones	68	44	755	511	83	25.16	147.74	14	47	42	3	0
73	Matt McKiernan	42	30	273	185	26	14.36	147.56	11	25	12	0	0
74	Andrew Symonds	93	85	2141	1453	117	32.43	147.35	19	194	83	12	2
75	Arron Lilley	127	98	1764	1200	99	20.27	147	11	178	70	5	0
76	Nicholas Pooran	451	424	10453	7111	108	29.52	146.99	70	696	716	63	4
77	Ryan Rickelton SA	161	154	4510	3070	123	31.98	146.9	13	392	232	27	4
78	Rashid Khan AFG	525	311	2901	1975	79	13.94	146.88	103	210	192	5	0
79	Asif Ali	321	289	4974	3388	100	21.72	146.81	60	329	321	15	1
80	Delray Rawlins BER	86	79	1730	1179	91	26.21	146.73	13	129	102	9	0
81	Jonathan Smit NAM	108	88	1570	1071	111	28.03	146.59	32	89	97	5	1
82	Mukhtar Ahmed	66	55	1370	935	123	29.14	146.52	8	166	47	4	3
83	Rinku Singh IND	192	164	3644	2489	79	33.43	146.4	55	298	174	19	0
84	Sajid Mahmood	69	31	183	125	34	7.95	146.4	8	12	12	0	0
85	Jos Buttler ENG	499	470	14051	9604	124	34.95	146.3	68	1287	602	100	8
86	Umaid Asif	119	53	437	299	40	13.24	146.15	20	29	25	0	0
87	Hasan Ali PAK	238	116	834	571	45	11.74	146.05	45	53	52	0	0
88	Wesley Marshall	49	48	1172	804	87	25.47	145.77	2	148	32	7	0
89	Rahkeem Cornwall	95	87	1473	1011	102	18.18	145.69	6	131	108	5	1
90	Shivam Dube IND	210	185	4098	2813	95	31.28	145.68	54	258	253	18	0