Highest dot-ball percentage

CricketStudio › Leagues › IPL › Leaderboards › Dot-ball % IPL all-time leaderboard 2007/08 → 2026 1,242 matches 19 seasons Highest dot-ball percentage IPL bowlers who delivered the highest proportion of dot balls across their career. Measures control and pressure-building ability across 19 seasons. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled. See across-seasons comparison →← All 35 leaderboards All-time career (2007/08 – 2025) # Player Dot-ball % Sample 1 FH EdwardsDECCAN-CHARGERS 53.6% ↗ 140 legal deliveries 2 Sohail TanvirRR 52.6% ↗ 247 legal deliveries 3 M NtiniCSK 51.4% ↗ 210 legal deliveries 4 R RampaulRCB 51.1% ↗ 268 legal deliveries 5 GD McGrathDC 50.0% ↗ 324 legal deliveries 6 MP YadavLSG 49.6% ↗ 121 legal deliveries 7 BW HilfenhausCSK 49.5% ↗ 372 legal deliveries 8 SS CottrellPBKS 49.2% ↗ 120 legal deliveries 9 N BurgerRR 49.0% ↗ 102 legal deliveries 10 SB WaghPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIARR 49.0% ↗ 102 legal deliveries 11 DW SteynDECCAN-CHARGERSGUJARAT-LIONSRCBSRH 48.8% 2182 legal deliveries 12 IC PandeyCSKPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA 48.3% 462 legal deliveries 13 CK LangeveldtKKRRCB 48.1% 156 legal deliveries 14 SM PollockMI 47.8% 276 legal deliveries 15 WPUJC VaasDECCAN-CHARGERS 47.5% 282 legal deliveries 16 DP NannesCSKDCRCB 47.4% 646 legal deliveries 17 S TyagiCSK 47.4% 209 legal deliveries 18 S SreesanthKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALAPBKSRR 47.3% 880 legal deliveries 19 DE BollingerCSK 46.9% 576 legal deliveries 20 RJ HarrisDECCAN-CHARGERSPBKS 46.9% 832 legal deliveries 21 SW TaitRR 46.9% 473 legal deliveries 22 JE TaylorPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA 46.2% 117 legal deliveries 23 KMDN KulasekaraCSK 46.1% 102 legal deliveries 24 B LeeKKRPBKS 45.7% 875 legal deliveries 25 CRD FernandoMI 45.7% 234 legal deliveries Per-season view # Player Dot-ball % Sample 1 Mohammed SirajGT 38.7% 372 legal deliveries 2 Mohammed ShamiLSG 37.6% 306 legal deliveries 3 Khaleel AhmedCSK 37.6% 101 legal deliveries 4 Sunil NarineKKR 37.5% 309 legal deliveries 5 Mayank YadavLSG 36.5% 96 legal deliveries 6 Kagiso RabadaGT 35.6% 388 legal deliveries 7 Jofra ArcherRR 35.0% 360 legal deliveries 8 Mukesh ChoudharyCSK 34.5% 168 legal deliveries 9 Jasprit BumrahMI 34.0% 294 legal deliveries 10 Akeal HoseinCSK 33.8% 148 legal deliveries 11 Arshad KhanGT 33.7% 104 legal deliveries 12 Josh HazlewoodRCB 33.3% 309 legal deliveries 13 Ashok SharmaGT 33.3% 126 legal deliveries 14 Nandre BurgerRR 33.0% 261 legal deliveries 15 Lungi NgidiDC 32.7% 248 legal deliveries 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 Dot-ball % Season hub 2026 Mohammed Siraj 38.7% Full 2026 → 2025 KK Ahmed 48.9% Full 2025 → 2024 N Burger 49.0% Full 2024 → 2023 Mohammed Siraj 54.0% Full 2023 → 2022 Mohsin Khan 54.0% Full 2022 → 2021 Shivam Mavi 47.2% Full 2021 → 2020/21 JC Archer 52.4% Full 2020/21 → 2019 DL Chahar 49.1% Full 2019 → 2018 DL Chahar 51.1% Full 2018 → 2017 MG Johnson 48.3% Full 2017 → 2016 AB Dinda 47.0% Full 2016 → 2015 Z Khan 52.4% Full 2015 → 2014 M Morkel 53.5% Full 2014 → 2013 S Sreesanth 54.6% Full 2013 → 2012 BW Hilfenhaus 53.4% Full 2012 → 2011 S Sreesanth 52.4% Full 2011 → 2009/10 DE Bollinger 52.2% Full 2009/10 → 2009 B Lee 59.2% Full 2009 → 2007/08 DW Steyn 53.9% 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 90 legal deliveries bowled. 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: FH Edwards leads IPL all-time dot-ball % (2007/08–2026) with53.6%. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/dot-ball-pct”