Highest death-overs strike rates

About the Leaderboard

Best batting strike rates in death overs (overs 17–20) across 1,242 IPL matches from 2007/08 to 2026. Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20 to qualify.

All-Time Career (2007/08 – 2025)

• 1. R Shepherd (LSG, MI, RCB, SRH) – 266.7 (60 balls faced)
• 2. Cooper Connolly (PBKS) – 254.1 (37 balls faced)
• 3. Rajat Patidar (RCB) – 249.1 (57 balls faced)
• 4. T Stubbs (DC, MI) – 245.0 (151 balls faced)
• 5. Virat Kohli (RCB) – 244.4 (27 balls faced)
• 6. BJ Rohrer (DC) – 243.3 (30 balls faced)
• 7. LJ Wright (Pune Warriors India) – 240.0 (30 balls faced)
• 8. AB de Villiers (DC, RCB) – 235.3 (604 balls faced)
• 9. Sameer Rizvi (CSK, DC) – 234.6 (26 balls faced)
• 10. LS Livingstone (PBKS, RCB, RR) – 231.7 (104 balls faced)
• 11. Lokesh Rahul (DC) – 226.7 (30 balls faced)
• 12. GD Phillips (RR, SRH) – 225.0 (20 balls faced)
• 13. Sai Sudharsan (GT) – 223.5 (34 balls faced)
• 14. Donovan Ferreira (RR) – 221.7 (83 balls faced)
• 15. Tim David (RCB) – 219.7 (76 balls faced)
• 16. Marcus Stoinis (PBKS) – 219.6 (56 balls faced)
• 17. Naman Dhir (MI) – 217.6 (102 balls faced)
• 18. YBK Jaiswal (RR) – 217.4 (23 balls faced)
• 19. BB McCullum (CSK, Gujarat Lions, KKR, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, RCB) – 216.4 (73 balls faced)
• 20. Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH) – 215.9 (63 balls faced)
• 21. Shreyas Iyer (PBKS) – 215.7 (70 balls faced)
• 22. MA Agarwal (DC, PBKS, RCB, Rising Pune Supergiants, RR) – 215.7 (89 balls faced)
• 23. RR Rossouw (DC, PBKS, RCB) – 215.4 (26 balls faced)
• 24. B Sai Sudharsan (GT) – 214.7 (75 balls faced)
• 25. Q de Kock (DC, KKR, LSG, MI, RCB, SRH) – 214.5 (62 balls faced)

Per-Season View (2026)

• 1. Tilak Varma (MI) – 256.7 (60 balls faced)
• 2. Cooper Connolly (PBKS) – 254.1 (37 balls faced)
• 3. Rajat Patidar (RCB) – 249.1 (57 balls faced)
• 4. Virat Kohli (RCB) – 244.4 (27 balls faced)
• 5. Lokesh Rahul (DC) – 226.7 (30 balls faced)
• 6. Sai Sudharsan (GT) – 223.5 (34 balls faced)
• 7. Donovan Ferreira (RR) – 221.7 (83 balls faced)
• 8. Tim David (RCB) – 219.7 (76 balls faced)
• 9. Marcus Stoinis (PBKS) – 219.6 (56 balls faced)
• 10. Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH) – 215.9 (63 balls faced)
• 11. Shreyas Iyer (PBKS) – 215.7 (70 balls faced)
• 12. Rishabh Pant (LSG) – 211.1 (45 balls faced)
• 13. Ashutosh Sharma (DC) – 210.1 (69 balls faced)
• 14. David Miller (DC) – 209.8 (61 balls faced)
• 15. Sanju Samson (CSK) – 205.7 (35 balls faced)

Season Leaders

Top performers in death-overs strike rate for each IPL season:

• 2026: Tilak Varma – 256.7
• 2025: R Shepherd – 318.2
• 2024: T Stubbs – 301.4
• 2023: V Shankar – 287.9
• 2022: TH David – 247.8
• 2021: AB de Villiers – 228.8
• 2020/21: F du Plessis – 263.3
• 2019: V Kohli – 266.7
• 2018: KL Rahul – 267.6
• 2017: HM Amla – 234.6
• 2016: SN Khan – 247.8
• 2015: AB de Villiers – 260.5
• 2014: Yuvraj Singh – 234.0
• 2013: AB de Villiers – 262.7
• 2012: CH Gayle – 247.4
• 2011: MS Dhoni – 223.2
• 2009/10: RV Uthappa – 274.4
• 2009: AB de Villiers – 225.0
• 2007/08: RG Sharma – 270.5

Sources & Methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. Data spans 1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 to 2026). Minimum sample size: 20 balls faced in overs 17–20. IPL 2026 data is live and available separately.