BATTING RECORD

Men Test: Highest strike rate in an innings

Batting record from available scorecards, 600 qualifying entries.

Men Test: Highest strike rate in an innings
Rank	SR	Player	Team	Score	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
1	216.00	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	54	25	Zimbabwe	Newlands	2005-03-04
2	207.14	Dale Steyn	South Africa	58	28	West Indies	St George's Park	2014-12-26
3	203.70	David Warner	Australia	55	27	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground	2017-01-03
4	203.57	Ben Stokes	England	57*	28	West Indies	Edgbaston	2024-07-26
5	192.50	Tim Southee	New Zealand	77*	40	England	McLean Park	2008-03-22
6	189.65	Viv Richards	West Indies	110*	58	England	Antigua Recreation Ground	1986-04-11
7	184.84	Rishabh Pant	India	61	33	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2025-01-03
8	183.54	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	145	79	Australia	Hagley Oval	2016-02-20
9	182.75	S Shillingford	West Indies	53*	29	New Zealand	Sabina Park	2014-06-08
10	177.19	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	101*	57	Australia	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2014-10-30
11	174.46	Chris Cairns	New Zealand	82	47	England	Lord's	2004-05-20
12	173.91	Chris Gayle	West Indies	80*	46	New Zealand	Queen's Park Oval	2014-06-16
13	172.88	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	102*	59	England	WACA Ground	2006-12-14
14	172.41	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	50	29	South Africa	Newlands	2003-01-02
15	170.58	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	58	34	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	2005-03-24
16	170.45	Andrew Flintoff	England	75	44	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2002-03-21
17	169.44	Viv Richards	West Indies	61	36	India	Sabina Park	1983-02-23
18	169.23	JA Burns	Australia	66	39	India	Sydney Cricket Ground	2015-01-06
19	163.88	Ian Botham	England	59*	36	New Zealand	Kennington Oval	1986-08-21
20	163.41	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	67	41	India	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2007-05-25
21	161.81	Kapil Dev	India	89	55	England	Lord's	1982-06-10
22	161.36	Jonny Bairstow	England	71*	44	New Zealand	Headingley	2022-06-23
23	161.29	Rishabh Pant	India	50	31	Sri Lanka	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	2022-03-12
24	158.92	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	89	56	Bangladesh	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001-09-06
25	158.33	Shardul Thakur	India	57	36	England	Kennington Oval	2021-09-02
26	158.13	KL Rahul	India	68	43	Bangladesh	Green Park	2024-09-27
26	158.13	Mitchell Starc	Australia	68*	43	South Africa	WACA Ground	2012-11-30
28	157.77	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	71*	45	Sri Lanka	Hagley Oval	2018-12-26
29	157.57	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	52	33	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2009-12-03
30	157.14	Neil Wagner	New Zealand	66*	42	West Indies	Basin Reserve	2020-12-11
31	153.19	Ben Stokes	England	72	47	South Africa	Newlands	2020-01-03
32	152.94	Ishan Kishan	India	52*	34	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2023-07-20
33	150.90	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	83*	55	South Africa	Queens Sports Club	2025-07-06
34	148.97	Tim Southee	New Zealand	73	49	England	Basin Reserve	2023-02-24
35	148.19	Travis Head	Australia	123	83	England	Perth Stadium	2025-11-21
36	147.91	Joe Root	England	71*	48	Pakistan	Old Trafford	2016-07-22
37	147.82	Jonny Bairstow	England	136	92	New Zealand	Trent Bridge	2022-06-10
38	147.05	Blessing Mahwire	Zimbabwe	50*	34	New Zealand	Queens Sports Club	2005-08-15
39	145.94	Harbhajan Singh	India	54	37	England	Trent Bridge	2002-08-08
40	145.52	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	195	134	Sri Lanka	Hagley Oval	2014-12-26
41	145.23	Matt Prior	England	61	42	Australia	Lord's	2009-07-16
41	145.23	Ian Smith	New Zealand	61	42	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1990-10-26
43	144.68	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	68*	47	India	Galle International Stadium	2010-07-18
44	144.44	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	52	36	India	Green Park	1986-12-17
45	143.39	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	76*	53	Bangladesh	Seddon Park	2019-02-28
46	142.50	Travis Head	Australia	57	40	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2025-01-29
47	141.89	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	105	74	West Indies	Basin Reserve	2017-12-01
48	141.66	Chris Gayle	West Indies	102	72	Australia	WACA Ground	2009-12-16
49	141.55	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	109	77	South Africa	Eden Gardens	1996-11-27
50	141.30	Umar Gul	Pakistan	65*	46	England	Trent Bridge	2010-07-29
51	141.17	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	72	51	Bangladesh	Green Park	2024-09-27
52	140.42	Tapash Baisya	Bangladesh	66	47	New Zealand	MA Aziz Stadium	2004-10-26
53	138.88	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	100	72	Australia	Bourda	2003-04-10
54	138.77	AB de Villiers	South Africa	68	49	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2012-03-23
55	138.09	Andrew Flintoff	England	58	42	West Indies	Lord's	2004-07-22
56	137.83	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	51	37	England	Lord's	2017-07-06
57	137.77	Stuart Broad	England	62	45	West Indies	Old Trafford	2020-07-24
58	137.73	Kapil Dev	India	73	53	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1982-12-23
59	137.50	Ian Botham	England	66	48	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1981-12-23
60	137.20	Steven Smith	Australia	59	43	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground	2017-01-03
61	136.84	Ben Stokes	England	78*	57	West Indies	Old Trafford	2020-07-16
62	136.58	Joe Root	England	56	41	India	The Rose Bowl	2014-07-27
63	136.00	Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	68	50	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2024-08-07
64	135.13	Jacob Bethell	England	50*	37	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	2024-11-28
64	135.13	Shane Warne	Australia	50*	37	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2005-03-18
66	134.88	Daren Sammy	West Indies	58	43	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	2011-10-21
67	134.78	David Warner	Australia	62	46	Sri Lanka	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2012-12-26
68	134.69	Chris Gayle	West Indies	66	49	South Africa	St George's Park	2007-12-26
69	134.04	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	63	47	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	2018-11-22
70	134.00	Jamie Smith	England	67	50	Sri Lanka	Kennington Oval	2024-09-06
71	133.84	Harry Brook	England	87	65	Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	2022-12-01
72	133.33	Andrew Symonds	Australia	72	54	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
73	133.33	Mark Boucher	South Africa	68	51	England	Lord's	2003-07-31
74	132.69	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	138	104	Australia	Seddon Park	2010-03-27
75	132.69	MS Dhoni	India	69	52	West Indies	Antigua Recreation Ground	2006-06-02
76	132.65	Alex Carey	Australia	65	49	West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2024-01-25
77	132.55	Ian Bell	England	57*	43	Sri Lanka	Lord's	2011-06-03
78	132.14	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	222	168	England	Lancaster Park	2002-03-13
79	132.07	Prithvi Shaw	India	70	53	West Indies	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	2018-10-12
80	131.89	Harry Brook	England	153	116	Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	2022-12-01
81	131.70	Harry Brook	England	54	41	New Zealand	Bay Oval	2023-02-16
81	131.70	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	54	41	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	2011-11-17
81	131.70	Adrian Griffith	West Indies	54*	41	Zimbabwe	Sabina Park	2000-03-24
84	131.57	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	75	57	Sri Lanka	University Oval, Dunedin	2015-12-10
85	131.57	Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe	50	38	Pakistan	Harare Sports Club	2002-11-09
86	131.53	Rishabh Pant	India	146	111	England	Edgbaston	2022-07-01
87	130.61	Chris Gayle	West Indies	64*	49	New Zealand	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2012-07-25
88	130.43	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	150	115	Bangladesh	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001-09-06
89	130.43	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	60	46	India	National Stadium, Karachi	2006-01-29
90	130.30	Ben Stokes	England	258	198	South Africa	Newlands	2016-01-02
91	130.15	Jason Holder	West Indies	82*	63	Australia	Sabina Park	2015-06-11
91	130.15	Hansie Cronje	South Africa	82	63	Sri Lanka	SuperSport Park	1998-03-27
93	130.00	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	52	40	Australia	WACA Ground	1999-11-26
94	129.59	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	127	98	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2005-08-07
95	129.54	Rohit Sharma	India	57	44	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2023-07-20
96	128.75	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	103	80	India	Gaddafi Stadium	2006-01-13
97	128.57	Razaullah	Pakistan	81	63	England	Edgbaston	2026-09-09
98	128.57	Ben Duckett	England	63	49	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	2022-12-09
99	128.57	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	54	42	India	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2010-07-26
99	128.57	Pat Symcox	South Africa	54	42	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1998-01-30

Available scorecards only; the twelve-team archive is complete from 2001 and partial before. Tied figures share a rank.