Highest career strike rate
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOB Cann (Ber) | 2006-2009 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 590 | 52 | 26.81 | 504 | 117.06 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) | 1996-2009 | 288 | 270 | 18 | 5830 | 109 | 23.13 | 5259 | 110.85 | 4 | 30 | 24 |
| AM Blignaut (Zim) | 1999-2005 | 51 | 40 | 8 | 625 | 63* | 19.53 | 586 | 106.65 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| JM Davison (Can) | 2003-2009 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 766 | 111 | 29.46 | 724 | 105.80 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| BL Cairns (NZ) | 1974-1985 | 78 | 65 | 6 | 987 | 60 | 16.72 | 941 | 104.88 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| JA Morkel (Afr/SA) | 2004-2009 | 46 | 33 | 8 | 619 | 97 | 24.76 | 604 | 102.48 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) | 1999-2009 | 211 | 206 | 8 | 6730 | 130 | 33.98 | 6592 | 102.09 | 11 | 35 | 11 |
| DR Smith (WI) | 2004-2007 | 71 | 56 | 3 | 791 | 68 | 14.92 | 779 | 101.54 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| IDS Smith (NZ) | 1980-1992 | 98 | 77 | 16 | 1055 | 62* | 17.29 | 1061 | 99.43 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) | 1996-2008 | 287 | 279 | 11 | 9619 | 172 | 35.89 | 9922 | 96.94 | 16 | 55 | 19 |
| RL Powell (WI) | 1999-2005 | 109 | 100 | 16 | 2085 | 124 | 24.82 | 2157 | 96.66 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| S Lee (Aus) | 1995-2001 | 45 | 35 | 8 | 477 | 47 | 17.66 | 500 | 95.40 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1978-1994 | 225 | 198 | 39 | 3783 | 175* | 23.79 | 3979 | 95.07 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| JD Ryder (NZ) | 2008-2009 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 637 | 105 | 35.38 | 683 | 93.26 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| CK Coventry (Zim) | 2003-2009 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 629 | 194* | 27.34 | 678 | 92.77 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A Symonds (Aus) | 1998-2009 | 198 | 161 | 33 | 5088 | 156 | 39.75 | 5504 | 92.44 | 6 | 30 | 15 |
| RV Uthappa (India) | 2006-2008 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 786 | 86 | 27.10 | 855 | 91.92 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 1989-2009 | 441 | 429 | 18 | 13377 | 189 | 32.54 | 14649 | 91.31 | 28 | 68 | 34 |
| C Sharma (India) | 1983-1994 | 65 | 35 | 16 | 456 | 101* | 24.00 | 504 | 90.47 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1991 | 187 | 167 | 24 | 6721 | 189* | 47.00 | 7451 | 90.20 | 11 | 45 | 7 |
| JR Hopes (Aus) | 2005-2009 | 67 | 48 | 6 | 1000 | 63* | 23.80 | 1110 | 90.09 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| L Klusener (SA) | 1996-2004 | 171 | 137 | 50 | 3576 | 103* | 41.10 | 3977 | 89.91 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
| Manzoor Elahi (Pak) | 1984-1995 | 54 | 46 | 13 | 741 | 50* | 22.45 | 827 | 89.60 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SB Joshi (India) | 1996-2001 | 69 | 45 | 11 | 584 | 61* | 17.17 | 653 | 89.43 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) | 2000-2009 | 244 | 224 | 31 | 7226 | 139 | 37.44 | 8101 | 89.19 | 12 | 42 | 12 |
| MS Dhoni (Asia/India) | 2004-2009 | 151 | 134 | 35 | 4954 | 183* | 50.04 | 5565 | 89.02 | 5 | 33 | 5 |
| A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) | 1999-2009 | 141 | 122 | 16 | 3394 | 123 | 32.01 | 3821 | 88.82 | 3 | 18 | 9 |
| N Boje (Afr/SA) | 1995-2005 | 115 | 71 | 18 | 1414 | 129 | 26.67 | 1594 | 88.70 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| DJ Hussey (Aus) | 2008-2009 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 598 | 111 | 28.47 | 676 | 88.46 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1984-2003 | 356 | 280 | 55 | 3717 | 86 | 16.52 | 4208 | 88.33 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| IJ Harvey (Aus) | 1997-2004 | 73 | 51 | 11 | 715 | 48* | 17.87 | 811 | 88.16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 2002-2009 | 163 | 137 | 22 | 3387 | 166 | 29.45 | 3857 | 87.81 | 2 | 16 | 11 |
| BJ Hodge (Aus) | 2005-2007 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 575 | 123 | 30.26 | 657 | 87.51 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC) | 2004-2009 | 93 | 83 | 15 | 3131 | 116 | 46.04 | 3584 | 87.36 | 7 | 20 | 4 |
| RN ten Doeschate (Neth) | 2006-2009 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 1026 | 109* | 64.12 | 1176 | 87.24 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| SK Raina (India) | 2005-2009 | 77 | 65 | 13 | 1813 | 116* | 34.86 | 2080 | 87.16 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | 2004-2009 | 126 | 102 | 35 | 3623 | 109* | 54.07 | 4157 | 87.15 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| RJ Ratnayake (SL) | 1982-1993 | 70 | 55 | 18 | 612 | 33* | 16.54 | 705 | 86.80 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1996-2008 | 303 | 205 | 72 | 3519 | 130 | 26.45 | 4059 | 86.69 | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2009 | 436 | 425 | 39 | 17178 | 186* | 44.50 | 20022 | 85.79 | 45 | 91 | 20 |
| WB Phillips (Aus) | 1982-1986 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 852 | 75* | 24.34 | 994 | 85.71 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) | 2005-2009 | 91 | 87 | 11 | 2949 | 146 | 38.80 | 3444 | 85.62 | 3 | 20 | 5 |
| SM Ervine (Zim) | 2001-2004 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 698 | 100 | 25.85 | 816 | 85.53 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| MF Maharoof (SL) | 2004-2009 | 91 | 62 | 15 | 973 | 69* | 20.70 | 1138 | 85.50 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kamran Akmal (Pak) | 2002-2009 | 111 | 96 | 13 | 2220 | 124 | 26.74 | 2605 | 85.22 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| ME Trescothick (Eng) | 2000-2006 | 123 | 122 | 6 | 4335 | 137 | 37.37 | 5087 | 85.21 | 12 | 21 | 13 |
| CJ Ferguson (Aus) | 2009-2009 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 599 | 71* | 46.07 | 704 | 85.08 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MV Boucher (Afr/SA) | 1998-2009 | 286 | 213 | 56 | 4604 | 147* | 29.32 | 5413 | 85.05 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
| Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | 1974-1985 | 62 | 60 | 6 | 2572 | 123 | 47.62 | 3033 | 84.80 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza (Asia/Bang) | 2001-2009 | 103 | 81 | 14 | 1046 | 51* | 15.61 | 1234 | 84.76 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| E Chigumbura (Afr/Zim) | 2004-2009 | 103 | 96 | 9 | 2093 | 79 | 24.05 | 2479 | 84.42 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| G Gambhir (India) | 2003-2009 | 86 | 83 | 7 | 2815 | 150 | 37.03 | 3337 | 84.35 | 6 | 18 | 6 |
| CL Cairns (ICC/NZ) | 1991-2006 | 215 | 193 | 25 | 4950 | 115 | 29.46 | 5874 | 84.26 | 4 | 26 | 9 |
| CL White (Aus) | 2005-2009 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 918 | 105 | 32.78 | 1094 | 83.91 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| IA Healy (Aus) | 1988-1997 | 168 | 120 | 36 | 1764 | 56 | 21.00 | 2104 | 83.84 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) | 1987-1997 | 103 | 66 | 23 | 690 | 67 | 16.04 | 823 | 83.83 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| PL Symcox (SA) | 1993-1999 | 80 | 54 | 13 | 694 | 61 | 16.92 | 830 | 83.61 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Aftab Ahmed (Bang) | 2004-2008 | 80 | 80 | 6 | 1874 | 92 | 25.32 | 2243 | 83.54 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | 1996-2009 | 245 | 238 | 16 | 8060 | 175 | 36.30 | 9673 | 83.32 | 21 | 37 | 22 |
| S Dhaniram (Can) | 2006-2009 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 813 | 92 | 26.22 | 978 | 83.12 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| JM Kemp (Afr/SA) | 2001-2007 | 85 | 66 | 18 | 1512 | 100* | 31.50 | 1819 | 83.12 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| BJ Haddin (Aus) | 2001-2009 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 1490 | 109 | 32.39 | 1793 | 83.10 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| CH Gayle (ICC/WI) | 1999-2009 | 205 | 200 | 14 | 7429 | 153* | 39.94 | 8942 | 83.07 | 19 | 39 | 19 |
| SR Watson (Aus) | 2002-2009 | 96 | 78 | 22 | 2276 | 136* | 40.64 | 2741 | 83.03 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 1999-2009 | 166 | 143 | 27 | 3641 | 137* | 31.38 | 4386 | 83.01 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
| GC Smith (Afr/SA) | 2002-2009 | 147 | 145 | 9 | 5557 | 141 | 40.86 | 6695 | 83.00 | 8 | 40 | 8 |
| AC Cummins (Can/WI) | 1991-2007 | 76 | 49 | 13 | 486 | 44* | 13.50 | 586 | 82.93 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| JDP Oram (NZ) | 2001-2009 | 135 | 99 | 13 | 2094 | 101* | 24.34 | 2536 | 82.57 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Harbhajan Singh (Asia/India) | 1998-2009 | 201 | 106 | 28 | 1038 | 49 | 13.30 | 1259 | 82.44 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| HM Amla (SA) | 2008-2009 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 751 | 140 | 46.93 | 912 | 82.34 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| RW Marsh (Aus) | 1971-1984 | 92 | 76 | 15 | 1225 | 66 | 20.08 | 1489 | 82.26 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| SM Patil (India) | 1980-1986 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 1005 | 84 | 24.51 | 1223 | 82.17 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 2004-2009 | 52 | 45 | 11 | 1281 | 111* | 37.67 | 1560 | 82.11 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 2009-2009 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 738 | 122* | 41.00 | 900 | 82.00 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| AP Kuiper (SA) | 1991-1996 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 539 | 63* | 33.68 | 662 | 81.41 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D Ramdin (WI) | 2005-2009 | 67 | 51 | 14 | 740 | 74* | 20.00 | 909 | 81.40 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| DS Lehmann (Aus) | 1996-2005 | 117 | 101 | 22 | 3078 | 119 | 38.96 | 3784 | 81.34 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| Moin Khan (Pak) | 1990-2004 | 219 | 183 | 41 | 3266 | 72* | 23.00 | 4017 | 81.30 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 2002-2009 | 56 | 50 | 11 | 1523 | 79* | 39.05 | 1875 | 81.22 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1973-1985 | 87 | 69 | 19 | 1977 | 102 | 39.54 | 2434 | 81.22 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| LRPL Taylor (NZ) | 2006-2009 | 73 | 67 | 11 | 1948 | 128* | 34.78 | 2399 | 81.20 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| DJ Bravo (WI) | 2004-2009 | 99 | 79 | 16 | 1511 | 112* | 23.98 | 1861 | 81.19 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak) | 2003-2009 | 69 | 46 | 17 | 448 | 33 | 15.44 | 552 | 81.15 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 1984-2003 | 308 | 296 | 30 | 9284 | 145 | 34.90 | 11443 | 81.13 | 11 | 64 | 17 |
| Imran Nazir (Pak) | 1999-2009 | 79 | 79 | 2 | 1895 | 160 | 24.61 | 2339 | 81.01 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| AA Mulla (Can) | 2006-2009 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 482 | 58 | 20.08 | 595 | 81.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SP O'Donnell (Aus) | 1985-1991 | 87 | 64 | 15 | 1242 | 74* | 25.34 | 1534 | 80.96 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| JN Rhodes (SA) | 1992-2003 | 245 | 220 | 51 | 5935 | 121 | 35.11 | 7336 | 80.90 | 2 | 33 | 12 |
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 1997-2009 | 248 | 153 | 48 | 1715 | 83 | 16.33 | 2123 | 80.78 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 247 | 244 | 19 | 8824 | 194 | 39.21 | 10938 | 80.67 | 20 | 43 | 15 |
| AB Agarkar (India) | 1998-2007 | 191 | 113 | 26 | 1269 | 95 | 14.58 | 1574 | 80.62 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) | 1995-2009 | 330 | 321 | 36 | 12311 | 164 | 43.19 | 15293 | 80.50 | 28 | 73 | 17 |
| B Lee (Aus) | 2000-2009 | 186 | 92 | 37 | 897 | 57 | 16.30 | 1115 | 80.44 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) | 1986-2000 | 250 | 232 | 29 | 6564 | 139* | 32.33 | 8174 | 80.30 | 10 | 37 | 14 |
Minimum of 500 balls faced
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
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South Africa v England at Centurion, 2nd ODI, Nov 22, 2009
[ODI # 2929] |
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South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, 2nd ODI, Nov 10, 2009
[ODI # 2928] |
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New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 3rd ODI, Nov 9, 2009
[ODI # 2927] |
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