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Men T20I: Highest batting strike rate

Minimum 500 balls faced


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting strike rate	Matches	Batting innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Abhishek Sharma	India	187.24	56	55	1,629	10
2	Finn Allen	New Zealand	170.73	62	61	1,663	—
3	Tim David	Australia	168.40	74	63	1,679	5
4	Dewald Brevis	South Africa	163.94	35	33	923	1
5	Andre Russell	West Indies	163.79	86	75	1,122	61
6	Phil Salt	England	163.74	65	60	1,852	—
7	Suryakumar Yadav	India	162.94	113	107	3,272	2
8	Harry Brook	England	160.58	68	59	1,532	—
9	Josh Inglis	Australia	157.95	49	46	1,033	—
10	Travis Head	Australia	156.69	53	51	1,335	1
11	Colin Munro	New Zealand	156.44	65	62	1,724	4
12	Sanju Samson	India	155.99	66	58	1,432	—
13	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	154.42	130	118	2,897	51
14	Shivam Dube	India	152.09	73	56	1,127	38
15	Evin Lewis	West Indies	152.07	67	66	1,799	—
16	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	151.63	84	74	1,204	51
17	Jacob Bethell	England	150.86	36	32	786	8
18	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	150.00	99	91	1,416	98
19	Liam Livingstone	England	148.98	60	47	955	33
20	Jos Buttler	England	148.93	160	147	4,212	—
21	Sherfane Rutherford	West Indies	147.62	56	48	902	2
22	Aiden Markram	South Africa	147.59	77	73	1,966	16
23	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	146.37	90	84	2,279	—
24	Ishan Kishan	India	146.31	55	55	1,608	—
25	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	146.28	87	70	1,416	53
26	Hardik Pandya	India	145.91	138	109	2,288	114
27	Shane Watson	Australia	145.32	58	56	1,462	48
28	James Neesham	New Zealand	145.20	105	77	1,105	64
29	Tilak Varma	India	145.18	59	56	1,645	5
30	Romario Shepherd	West Indies	144.97	81	57	909	81
31	Shadab Khan	Pakistan	144.14	124	69	1,009	123
32	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	142.69	97	85	2,286	9
33	Aaron Finch	Australia	142.53	103	103	3,120	0
34	Brian Bennett	Zimbabwe	142.50	69	69	2,129	9
35	David Warner	Australia	142.47	110	110	3,277	—
36	Moeen Ali	England	142.41	92	75	1,229	51
37	Jason Holder	West Indies	142.25	98	69	909	112
38	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	142.23	110	109	3,095	—
39	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	142.07	88	83	2,313	17
40	Rovman Powell	West Indies	141.98	120	106	2,347	5
41	Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	141.84	58	53	1,000	0
42	Kevin Pietersen	England	141.51	37	36	1,176	1
43	David Miller	South Africa	141.40	140	123	2,804	—
44	Rohit Sharma	India	140.89	159	151	4,231	1
45	Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	140.62	57	56	893	16
46	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	140.53	104	90	1,879	9
47	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	140.41	85	75	1,678	—
48	KL Rahul	India	139.12	72	68	2,265	—
49	Shubman Gill	India	138.59	36	36	869	—
50	Alex Hales	England	138.35	75	75	2,074	—
51	Shreyas Iyer	India	138.04	61	57	1,415	0
52	Najibullah Zadran	Afghanistan	137.80	107	95	1,830	—
53	Jason Roy	England	137.61	64	64	1,522	—
54	Jonny Bairstow	England	137.53	80	72	1,671	—
55	Chris Gayle	West Indies	137.50	79	75	1,899	20
56	Virat Kohli	India	137.04	125	117	4,188	4
57	Luke Wright	England	137.00	51	45	759	18
58	Sahibzada Farhan	Pakistan	136.64	46	45	1,305	—
59	Shai Hope	West Indies	136.59	70	68	1,743	—
60	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	136.39	106	97	2,275	—
61	Yuvraj Singh	India	136.38	58	51	1,177	28
62	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	136.37	152	140	2,448	109
63	Michael Hussey	Australia	136.29	38	30	721	0
64	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	136.21	71	70	2,140	—
65	Eoin Morgan	England / Ireland	136.17	115	107	2,458	—
66	Saim Ayub	Pakistan	135.91	67	64	1,298	29
67	Mark Chapman	New Zealand	135.73	113	95	2,074	4
68	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	135.70	122	118	3,531	0
69	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	135.67	144	139	3,244	114
70	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	135.55	87	87	2,280	—
71	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	135.29	52	46	759	26
72	AB de Villiers	South Africa	135.16	78	75	1,672	—
73	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	135.14	101	83	1,569	42
74	Suresh Raina	India	134.87	78	66	1,605	13
75	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	134.43	41	39	773	2
76	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	134.38	50	50	1,528	0
77	Gareth Delany	Ireland	134.37	93	79	1,294	60
78	Paul Stirling	Ireland	134.35	163	160	3,895	20
79	Matthew Wade	Australia	134.15	92	68	1,202	—
80	George Dockrell	Ireland	133.77	159	109	1,426	91
81	Mohammad Nawaz	Pakistan	133.38	98	69	911	101
82	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	133.18	55	55	1,493	0
83	Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	133.01	52	43	967	0
84	Brandon King	West Indies	132.98	87	85	2,028	—
85	Cameron White	Australia	132.97	47	44	984	1
86	Kusal Perera	Sri Lanka	132.89	95	93	2,335	—
87	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	132.72	45	45	1,160	—
88	Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	132.51	120	110	2,494	0
89	Dawid Malan	England	132.49	62	60	1,892	1
90	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	132.12	73	73	2,048	—
91	Hashim Amla	South Africa	132.05	44	44	1,277	—
92	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland	130.92	110	103	1,973	58
93	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	130.66	138	92	1,108	142
94	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	130.52	45	40	744	—
95	Axar Patel	India	130.43	101	64	750	101
96	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	130.20	109	109	2,694	—
97	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	130.05	46	41	766	5
98	Tadiwanashe Marumani	Zimbabwe	129.96	78	78	1,414	—
99	Sam Curran	England	129.84	80	51	744	73
100	Dasun Shanaka	Sri Lanka	129.63	134	121	2,008	46

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Abhishek Sharma leads this snapshot. Highest batting strike rate: 187.24. Minimum 500 balls faced. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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