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

Stuart Clark

400

Runs

RANK 2

Ramon Simmonds

206.66

Runs

RANK 3

Kulwant Khejroliya

190

Runs

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Stuart Clark	26	2	4	1	4	0	400	2	1	0	0	0
2	Ramon Simmonds	26	6	31	15	13	31	206.66	5	3	2	0	0
3	Kulwant Khejroliya	26	2	19	10	18	0	190	2	0	2	0	0
4	Akash Deep	53	21	151	81	31	13.72	186.41	10	10	12	0	0
5	Anand Rajan	31	4	11	6	8	11	183.33	3	0	1	0	0
6	Pankaj Jaiswal	60	36	289	159	27	11.56	181.76	11	14	26	0	0
7	Sanvir Singh	46	34	560	311	55	32.94	180.06	17	43	33	1	0
8	Simon Kerrigan	24	4	9	5	4	0	180	4	1	0	0	0
9	Urvil Patel	60	60	1470	818	119	26.25	179.7	4	159	82	4	3
10	Suryakant Pradhan	52	35	392	219	48	14.51	178.99	8	19	30	0	0
11	Priyansh Arya	55	55	1605	898	103	29.72	178.73	1	155	103	8	2
12	Brian Vitori	28	11	71	40	38	11.83	177.5	5	2	7	0	0
13	Finn Allen NZ	187	184	5340	3022	151	30.34	176.7	8	480	346	33	6
14	Gareth Dukes	44	34	486	276	47	19.44	176.08	9	32	33	0	0
15	Ashutosh Sharma	58	49	1178	671	84	28.73	175.55	8	94	80	9	0
16	Abhishek Sharma IND	191	187	5681	3240	148	33.41	175.33	17	534	356	35	9
17	Sayed Monib KUW	44	30	280	160	32	14.73	175	11	17	23	0	0
18	Yudhvir Singh Charak	44	30	231	132	29	8.88	175	4	12	22	0	0
19	Faisal Khan	61	61	1743	1005	101	31.12	173.43	5	180	106	10	1
20	Heath Streak	23	19	333	196	59	27.75	169.89	7	26	14	1	0
21	Izatullah Dawlatzai	24	5	32	19	24	16	168.42	3	3	2	0	0
22	Saber Zakhil	55	50	1123	667	100	28.07	168.36	10	60	96	3	1
23	Donovan Ferreira SA	150	126	2735	1626	82	28.48	168.2	30	182	185	12	0
24	Andre Russell	590	508	9636	5749	121	26.18	167.61	140	635	784	34	2
25	Ramandeep Singh	99	71	1012	609	64	22.48	166.17	26	68	66	2	0
26	M Mohammed	41	23	162	98	34	10.8	165.3	8	9	11	0	0
27	Oliver Hairs SCO	30	30	504	305	127	18.66	165.24	3	47	33	2	1
28	Suresh Kumar	23	16	305	185	82	27.72	164.86	5	24	16	1	0
29	Mahammad Bilal Zalmai	57	55	1635	1001	111	34.06	163.33	7	164	97	12	1
30	Tim David AUS	325	290	6334	3884	102	31.2	163.07	87	439	412	23	1
31	Sumit Narwal	33	21	277	170	42	21.3	162.94	8	20	15	0	0
32	T Pradeep	22	11	159	98	36	22.71	162.24	4	7	15	0	0
33	Jack Blatherwick	27	16	150	93	34	15	161.29	6	6	12	0	0
34	Ali Raza BEL	29	26	497	309	64	19.88	160.84	1	51	30	3	0
35	Dillon Heyliger CAN	60	38	395	247	30	24.68	159.91	22	25	27	0	0
36	Louis Kimber	54	47	811	510	59	19.78	159.01	6	65	45	5	0
37	Karan Lal	31	28	676	426	113	27.04	158.68	3	61	40	2	1
38	Rajat Patidar	107	100	3145	1985	112	34.56	158.43	9	230	185	28	1
39	Nathan McAndrew	109	72	614	388	32	15.35	158.24	32	48	32	0	0
40	Krishnappa Gowtham	92	66	734	464	60	15.29	158.18	18	62	40	2	0
41	Sohraab Dhaliwal	29	26	365	231	51	19.21	158	7	26	23	1	0
42	Gordon Goudie	22	13	93	59	26	8.45	157.62	2	9	5	0	0
43	Musadiq Ahmed	41	37	597	379	63	21.32	157.51	9	67	31	3	0
44	Aneurin Donald	94	89	1797	1142	85	21.39	157.35	5	187	85	14	0
45	Atharva Ankolekar	25	13	135	86	37	16.87	156.97	5	3	11	0	0
46	Seekkuge Prasanna	209	163	2238	1429	76	17.08	156.61	32	137	171	8	0
47	Will Jacks ENG	252	235	6395	4084	108	29.47	156.58	18	608	334	42	5
48	Jaskaran Singh Buttar CAN	46	32	327	209	60	19.23	156.45	15	20	23	1	0
49	Romario Shepherd WI	241	176	2601	1665	73	24.77	156.21	71	163	194	7	0
50	Ian Harvey	54	52	1470	941	109	31.27	156.21	5	202	42	5	3
51	Graeme Hick	37	36	1201	769	116	36.39	156.17	3	127	52	10	2
52	Nikhil Dutta CAN	29	8	89	57	27	29.66	156.14	5	6	5	0	0
53	Naseem Khushi	54	42	703	451	69	18.02	155.87	3	47	50	3	0
54	Colin de Grandhomme NZ	253	229	4110	2641	86	22.96	155.62	50	292	239	15	0
55	Mark Ealham	52	42	568	365	91	17.21	155.61	9	35	38	1	0
56	Amit Mishra	31	14	84	54	18	8.4	155.55	4	8	4	0	0
57	Phil Salt ENG	338	328	8514	5487	141	28	155.16	24	883	358	55	4
58	Vishal Kushwah	30	25	367	237	60	21.58	154.85	8	19	28	1	0
59	Jordan Thompson	127	99	1262	816	74	17.05	154.65	25	68	89	5	0
60	John Hastings	106	74	877	568	80	16.86	154.4	22	62	52	3	0
61	Glenn Maxwell AUS	507	471	11011	7146	154	27.39	154.08	69	917	573	58	8
62	Daniel Sams	221	179	2351	1526	98	17.03	154.06	41	147	151	7	0
63	Shahid Afridi GER	329	279	4399	2858	101	18.25	153.91	38	326	252	10	1
64	Doug Bracewell	99	73	1274	828	93	27.69	153.86	27	80	76	3	0
65	Ed Pollock	91	86	1453	945	77	19.11	153.75	10	147	79	7	0
66	Jamie Overton ENG	205	146	1947	1267	83	19.86	153.67	48	139	109	1	0
67	Luke Ronchi	204	188	4217	2747	102	25.25	153.51	21	422	193	25	1
68	Ethan Brookes	38	37	786	512	57	25.35	153.51	6	78	31	3	0
69	Akash Vashist	32	27	597	389	76	33.16	153.47	9	51	25	2	0
70	Aslam Khan Malik	32	28	445	290	77	17.8	153.44	3	47	30	1	0
71	Ross Adair IRE	63	61	1354	884	116	23.75	153.16	4	138	78	4	3
72	Siddharth Chitnis	34	28	510	333	89	28.33	153.15	10	38	27	1	0
73	Tobias Visee	32	32	554	362	78	17.87	153.03	1	72	22	4	0
74	Jitesh Sharma IND	167	149	3226	2110	106	26.66	152.89	28	294	161	12	1
75	Yashasvi Jaiswal IND	131	127	3994	2614	124	33.84	152.79	9	480	170	26	4
76	Beyers Swanepoel	48	32	414	271	83	17.25	152.76	8	38	19	1	0
77	Anukul Roy	79	60	999	654	95	24.97	152.75	20	76	49	2	0
78	Mohit Ahlawat	29	27	666	436	74	27.75	152.75	3	51	41	2	0
79	Mukhtar Hussain	43	19	145	95	27	13.18	152.63	8	11	9	0	0
80	Gaurav Puri	32	27	618	405	93	28.09	152.59	5	28	48	3	0
81	Abdul Samad	41	35	531	348	48	18.31	152.58	6	40	34	0	0
82	Surya Kumar Yadav IND	367	341	9615	6303	117	34.83	152.54	65	952	423	64	6
83	Harry Brook ENG	177	164	4181	2741	105	33.18	152.53	38	361	178	17	4
84	Prithvi Shaw	124	124	3085	2029	134	25.08	152.04	1	366	128	22	1
85	Ramith Rambukwella	67	55	1015	668	70	20.3	151.94	5	94	63	5	0
86	Naved Malik	62	62	1381	909	90	23.01	151.92	2	150	68	12	0
87	KC Cariappa	58	30	361	238	72	18.05	151.68	10	22	26	2	0
88	Aamir Jamal	66	53	641	424	87	19.42	151.17	20	65	31	1	0
89	KC Karan NEP	96	54	520	344	45	14.85	151.16	19	25	41	0	0
90	Prabhsimran Singh	125	123	3519	2328	119	31.7	151.15	12	356	185	25	2