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Best Strike Rate by a Bowler

All Seasons
#1 - Leader

Ish Sodhi

Adelaide Strikers

7.67

Strike Rate

3Inn
7.67Wkts
7.67SR
6.09Eco
#2 - Second

Saqib Mahmood

Sydney Thunder

10.62

Strike Rate

6Inn
10.62Wkts
10.62SR
9.13Eco
#3 - Third

Waqar Salamkheil

Hobart Hurricanes

11.00

Strike Rate

4Inn
11.00Wkts
11.00SR
9.45Eco

Bowling Insights

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The BBL best strike rate list ranks bowlers by balls per wicket across all BBL seasons (minimum 50 balls). It measures how quickly a bowler takes wickets rather than just containment.

Leaders such as Ish Sodhi, Saqib Mahmood and Waqar Salamkheil break partnerships early and often. Pair strike rate with economy to identify balanced wicket-takers.

Key insights

  • Ish Sodhi leads with 7.67 SR.
  • Gap to #2 (Saqib Mahmood) is 2.95 SR.
  • Top three: Ish Sodhi, Saqib Mahmood and Waqar Salamkheil.
  • Ish Sodhi economy rate: 6.09.

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# Player Inn SR SR Eco 3W 4W 5W
4 Tabraiz Shamsi 4 11.12 11.12 5.66 1 1 0
5 Dan Lawrence 7 11.14 11.14 8.23 0 1 0
6 Mitchell Starc 15 11.50 11.50 7.95 2 1 0
7 Naved-ul-Hasan 7 11.93 11.93 7.65 1 1 0
8 Sam Curran 3 12.00 12.00 9.60 1 0 0
9 Liam Livingstone 11 12.11 12.11 8.20 0 0 0
10 Haris Rauf 33 12.48 12.48 7.92 8 0 1
11 Liam Plunkett 8 12.83 12.83 8.22 1 1 0
12 Zak Evans 10 12.92 12.92 10.04 1 0 1
13 Adil Rashid 9 13.00 13.00 6.52 2 0 0
14 Yasir Arafat 15 13.27 13.27 7.43 1 2 0
15 Nathan McSweeney 8 13.40 13.40 7.88 1 0 0
16 JK Reed 9 13.50 13.50 9.85 2 0 0
17 Simon Milenko 12 13.67 13.67 10.10 1 0 0
18 Jackson Coleman 10 13.82 13.82 7.18 3 0 0
19 Thomas Balkin 5 13.83 13.83 8.60 0 0 0
20 HTRY Thornton 35 13.96 13.96 8.68 1 2 1
21 SM Harwood 4 14.00 14.00 8.50 0 0 0
22 Shakib Al Hasan 6 14.00 14.00 6.10 0 1 0
23 BM Edmondson 9 14.07 14.07 8.84 0 1 0
24 Tim Bresnan 13 14.20 14.20 8.58 2 0 0
25 JA Thompson 9 14.25 14.25 9.00 2 0 0
26 KA Pollard 19 14.25 14.25 9.37 1 0 0
27 DA Payne 22 14.30 14.30 7.96 5 0 0
28 Sean Abbott 129 14.42 14.42 8.36 20 5 1
29 Chris Morris 15 14.50 14.50 8.01 1 0 0
30 O Patterson 3 14.50 14.50 9.10 0 0 0
31 W Prestwidge 8 14.62 14.62 10.00 0 0 0
32 Dilbar Hussain 3 14.75 14.75 9.36 0 0 0
33 Craig Overton 27 14.77 14.77 8.36 5 0 0
34 Thisara Perera 9 14.91 14.91 9.11 1 1 0
35 Tom Curran 51 14.94 14.94 8.28 10 2 0
36 PI Walter 17 15.14 15.14 8.81 1 0 0
37 AC McDermott 14 15.17 15.17 8.59 3 0 0
38 Matthew Kelly 39 15.18 15.18 8.12 3 2 0
39 Zaman Khan 7 15.20 15.20 8.41 1 0 0
40 Daniel Sams 96 15.23 15.23 8.67 9 6 1
41 SH Johnson 28 15.27 15.27 7.55 4 2 0
42 DJ Hussey 12 15.27 15.27 7.11 0 0 0
43 Marnus Labuschagne 18 15.31 15.31 9.44 2 0 0
44 Ryan Harris 4 15.33 15.33 7.96 0 0 0
45 M Beardman 13 15.38 15.38 7.98 2 0 0
46 Mark Steketee 77 15.46 15.46 8.94 7 3 1
47 Wes Agar 69 15.57 15.57 9.12 8 4 0
48 Dale Steyn 4 15.60 15.60 6.23 0 0 0
49 Andrew McDonald 9 15.60 15.60 9.77 1 0 0
50 Andrew Tye 116 15.67 15.67 8.01 12 6 1
51 James Faulkner 66 15.76 15.76 7.73 9 1 0
52 Jhye Richardson 80 15.78 15.78 7.88 10 6 0
53 Carlos Brathwaite 23 15.79 15.79 7.85 1 1 0
54 John Hastings 36 15.85 15.85 7.87 4 1 0
55 Lloyd Pope 50 15.87 15.87 8.38 2 3 0
56 Xavier Bartlett 58 15.96 15.96 8.69 8 2 0
57 Rishad Hossain 11 16.00 16.00 7.82 2 0 0
58 LR Butterworth 3 16.00 16.00 7.78 0 0 0
59 C Connolly 28 16.00 16.00 6.85 2 0 0
60 Jacob Ball 7 16.00 16.00 11.12 1 0 0
61 Shaun Tait 31 16.05 16.05 8.79 5 0 0
62 Josh Hazlewood 18 16.08 16.08 7.34 3 0 0
63 Rashid Khan 68 16.31 16.31 6.44 7 1 1
64 Ben Dwarshuis 126 16.40 16.40 8.10 12 4 2
65 CJ Gannon 25 16.45 16.45 8.89 2 2 0
66 Marlon Samuels 6 16.50 16.50 6.59 2 0 0
67 H Kerr 51 16.57 16.57 8.44 2 1 0
68 Nicolas Maddinson 22 16.62 16.62 7.69 2 0 0
69 Lance Morris 35 16.62 16.62 8.28 4 0 1
70 Riley Meredith 90 16.63 16.63 8.33 14 1 0
71 Peter Siddle 103 16.72 16.72 7.56 11 2 2
72 JG Bethell 5 16.75 16.75 6.81 0 0 0
73 BE Young 4 16.80 16.80 7.36 0 0 0
74 Tom O'Connell 7 16.80 16.80 8.00 0 0 0
75 Jason Behrendorff 112 16.81 16.81 7.12 9 2 0
76 Tom Rogers 59 16.87 16.87 8.39 8 1 1
77 L Wood 21 16.96 16.96 9.03 2 0 1
78 RJW Topley 12 17.07 17.07 8.99 3 0 0
79 Gurinder Sandhu 81 17.10 17.10 8.27 6 4 0
80 Marcus Stoinis 68 17.10 17.10 8.48 6 1 0
81 Jason Krejza 8 17.40 17.40 7.79 1 0 0
82 Jack Edwards 33 17.42 17.42 7.93 2 0 1
83 Shadab Khan 17 17.43 17.43 7.97 1 1 0
84 Shoaib Malik 10 17.45 17.45 7.81 1 0 0
85 PG Dooley 21 17.50 17.50 7.61 2 1 0
86 Michael Neser 99 17.60 17.60 8.47 8 3 0
87 Usama Mir 13 17.62 17.62 7.32 1 0 0
88 Nathan Ellis 80 17.66 17.66 8.29 7 3 0
89 Nathan Coulter-Nile 74 17.77 17.77 7.46 9 1 0
90 JJS Sangha 12 17.80 17.80 8.70 0 0 0
91 Nathan Lyon 36 17.81 17.81 7.19 3 1 1
92 Shahid Afridi 6 17.88 17.88 7.89 2 0 0
93 Clinton McKay 35 17.93 17.93 8.19 5 1 0
94 Kane Richardson 113 17.94 17.94 7.92 12 5 0
95 Ben Laughlin 90 17.95 17.95 8.15 8 2 0
96 Steven Smith 6 18.00 18.00 8.06 0 0 0
97 HP Kingston 5 18.00 18.00 11.17 0 0 0
98 GHS Garton 9 18.00 18.00 10.04 0 0 0
99 Lasith Malinga 11 18.00 18.00 5.38 0 0 1
100 ND Buchanan 5 18.00 18.00 10.75 0 0 0

FAQs

Who leads best strike rate in BBL history?

Ish Sodhi leads the BBL best strike rate list with 7.67 SR.

Is there a minimum balls filter for this ranking?

Yes. Bowlers are included after bowling a minimum of 50 balls.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each BBL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.