Top 25 ODI Batsmen With Highest Strike Rates

Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. The first list simply gives you the batsmen with best strike rates in ODI cricket. The second list gives you the batsmen with best Relative Strike Rates (R SR).

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS

1. TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST STRIKE RATES

2. TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST R SR

3. TOP TEAMS

Qualification
Min Inns Against Top Teams	30
Min Runs	2500
Min Average	25

TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST STRIKE RATES

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	NO	100s	RUNS	SR
1	GJ Maxwell	AUS	136	18	4	3990	126.75
2	JC Buttler	ENG	171	30	11	5515	115.18
3	TM Head	AUS	76	7	7	3007	105.73
4	JJ Roy	ENG	110	3	12	4271	105.53
5	V Sehwag	IND	245	9	15	8273	104.47
6	DA Miller	SA	154	45	7	4611	103.69
7	JM Bairstow	ENG	98	8	11	3868	102.93
8	AB de Villiers	SA	218	39	25	9577	101.10
9	S Gill	IND	61	8	8	2953	99.03
10	SS Iyer	IND	70	6	5	2977	98.58
11	AK Markram	SA	82	9	4	2708	97.90
12	DA Warner	AUS	159	6	22	6932	97.26
13	AC Gilchrist	AUS	279	11	16	9619	96.95
14	Q de Kock	SA	161	8	23	7123	96.69
15	BB McCullum	NZ	228	28	5	6083	96.37
16	DJ Mitchell	NZ	54	8	9	2690	95.73
17	BA Stokes	ENG	99	15	5	3463	95.69
18	MR Marsh	AUS	95	12	4	3098	94.57
19	KA Pollard	WI	113	9	3	2706	94.42
20	V Kohli	IND	299	47	54	14797	93.82
21	SK Raina	IND	194	35	5	5615	93.51
22	Fakhar Zaman	PAK	91	6	11	3861	93.15
23	MDKJ Perera	SL	111	5	6	3237	92.88
24	RG Sharma	IND	274	37	33	11577	92.75
25	A Symonds	AUS	161	33	6	5088	92.46

TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST R SR

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is a more accurate type of strike rate. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

Strength of Opposition.
Positions at which a batsman has played.
Venues at which he has played.
Time Period in which he has been active

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	NO	100s	RUNS	SR	R SR
1	GJ Maxwell	AUS	136	18	4	3990	126.75	112.38
2	V Sehwag	IND	245	9	15	8273	104.47	102.04
3	JC Buttler	ENG	171	30	11	5515	115.18	100.99
4	IVA Richards	WI	167	24	11	6721	90.29	99.53
5	AC Gilchrist	AUS	279	11	16	9619	96.95	97.71
6	AB de Villiers	SA	218	39	25	9577	101.10	94.88
7	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	60	6	7	2572	84.80	94.11
8	ST Jayasuriya	SL	433	18	28	13430	91.20	93.26
9	JJ Roy	ENG	110	3	12	4271	105.53	93.22
10	L Klusener	SA	137	50	2	3576	89.87	92.92
11	TM Head	AUS	76	7	7	3007	105.73	92.60
12	BB McCullum	NZ	228	28	5	6083	96.37	91.35
13	A Symonds	AUS	161	33	6	5088	92.46	91.23
14	DA Miller	SA	154	45	7	4611	103.69	91.08
15	JM Bairstow	ENG	98	8	11	3868	102.93	90.68
16	DI Gower	ENG	111	8	7	3170	75.39	88.11
17	SM Pollock	SA	205	72	1	3519	86.72	87.95
18	SR Tendulkar	IND	452	41	49	18426	86.14	87.91
19	A Flintoff	ENG	122	16	3	3394	88.82	87.88
20	SK Raina	IND	194	35	5	5615	93.51	87.38
21	CL Cairns	NZ	193	25	4	4950	84.23	87.32
22	DA Warner	AUS	159	6	22	6932	97.26	86.93
23	KA Pollard	WI	113	9	3	2706	94.42	86.54
24	PA de Silva	SL	296	30	11	9284	81.03	86.49
25	SS Iyer	IND	70	6	5	2977	98.58	86.19