Highest death-overs strike rates

CricketStudio › Leagues › IPL › Leaderboards › Death SR IPL all-time leaderboard 2007/08 → 2026 1,242 matches 19 seasons Highest death-overs strike rates Best batting strike rates in death overs (overs 17–20). Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20. See across-seasons comparison →← All 35 leaderboards All-time career (2007/08 – 2025) # Player Death SR Sample 1 R ShepherdLSGMIRCBSRH 266.7 ↗ 60 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 2 Cooper ConnollyPBKS 254.1 ↗ 37 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 3 Rajat PatidarRCB 249.1 ↗ 57 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 4 T StubbsDCMI 245.0 ↗ 151 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 5 Virat KohliRCB 244.4 ↗ 27 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 6 BJ RohrerDC 243.3 ↗ 30 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 7 LJ WrightPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA 240.0 ↗ 30 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 8 AB de VilliersDCRCB 235.3 ↗ 604 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 9 Sameer RizviCSKDC 234.6 ↗ 26 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 10 LS LivingstonePBKSRCBRR 231.7 ↗ 104 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 11 Lokesh RahulDC 226.7 30 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 12 GD PhillipsRRSRH 225.0 20 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 13 Sai SudharsanGT 223.5 34 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 14 Donovan FerreiraRR 221.7 83 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 15 Tim DavidRCB 219.7 76 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 16 Marcus StoinisPBKS 219.6 56 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 17 Naman DhirMI 217.6 102 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 18 YBK JaiswalRR 217.4 23 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 19 BB McCullumCSKGUJARAT-LIONSKKRKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALARCB 216.4 73 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 20 Nitish Kumar ReddySRH 215.9 63 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 21 Shreyas IyerPBKS 215.7 70 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 22 MA AgarwalDCPBKSRCBRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANTSRH 215.7 89 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 23 RR RossouwDCPBKSRCB 215.4 26 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 24 B Sai SudharsanGT 214.7 75 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 25 Q de KockDCKKRLSGMIRCBSRH 214.5 62 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) Per-season view # Player Death SR Sample 1 Tilak VarmaMI 256.7 60 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 2 Cooper ConnollyPBKS 254.1 37 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 3 Rajat PatidarRCB 249.1 57 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 4 Virat KohliRCB 244.4 27 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 5 Lokesh RahulDC 226.7 30 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 6 Sai SudharsanGT 223.5 34 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 7 Donovan FerreiraRR 221.7 83 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 8 Tim DavidRCB 219.7 76 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 9 Marcus StoinisPBKS 219.6 56 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 10 Nitish Kumar ReddySRH 215.9 63 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 11 Shreyas IyerPBKS 215.7 70 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 12 Rishabh PantLSG 211.1 45 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 13 Ashutosh SharmaDC 210.1 69 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 14 David MillerDC 209.8 61 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 15 Sanju SamsonCSK 205.7 35 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) Season 2026 15 qualifying players Source: Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) CricketStudio SETU aggregation Season leaders Who topped this leaderboard in each IPL season. Full season breakdown at across-seasons → Season Leader Death SR Season hub 2026 Tilak Varma 256.7 Full 2026 → 2025 R Shepherd 318.2 Full 2025 → 2024 T Stubbs 301.4 Full 2024 → 2023 V Shankar 287.9 Full 2023 → 2022 TH David 247.8 Full 2022 → 2021 AB de Villiers 228.8 Full 2021 → 2020/21 F du Plessis 263.3 Full 2020/21 → 2019 V Kohli 266.7 Full 2019 → 2018 KL Rahul 267.6 Full 2018 → 2017 HM Amla 234.6 Full 2017 → 2016 SN Khan 247.8 Full 2016 → 2015 AB de Villiers 260.5 Full 2015 → 2014 Yuvraj Singh 234.0 Full 2014 → 2013 AB de Villiers 262.7 Full 2013 → 2012 CH Gayle 247.4 Full 2012 → 2011 MS Dhoni 223.2 Full 2011 → 2009/10 RV Uthappa 274.4 Full 2009/10 → 2009 AB de Villiers 225.0 Full 2009 → 2007/08 RG Sharma 270.5 Full 2007/08 → Sources & methodology Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 → 2026).Sample-size floor (doctrine3.1): Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20. Claims below this floor are excluded.IPL 2026: live season data surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026. Some aspects (fastest-fifty, fastest-hundred, most-maidens, hat-tricks) are IPL 2026 only. Provenance. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: R Shepherd leads IPL all-time death sr (2007/08–2026) with266.7. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/death-overs-strike-rate”