Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for South Africa in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	7	411	33
DG Bedingham	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	1228	67.42	1	4	2	91	17
KA Maharaj	2016-2025	62	95	8	1334	84	15.33	2197	60.71	-	6	19	153	29
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.8	4	8	4	236	20
GC Smith	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	10	1164	24
AK Markram	2017-2025	50	92	2	3192	152	35.46	5407	59.03	8	13	7	452	16
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28*	4	8	2	122+	3
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	24	40	5	1253	367*	35.80	2167	57.82	3	1	4	152	17
PL Symcox	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
K Verreynne	2021-2025	31	48	6	1266	136*	30.14	2271	55.74	4	3	4	131	14
T de Zorzi	2023-2025	17	31	1	919	177	30.63	1677	54.8	2	3	3	88	13
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
M Jansen	2021-2025	21	32	5	624	93	23.11	1145	54.49	-	4	4	77	13
RG Pollock	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48*	7	11	1	246+	11
RD Rickelton	2022-2025	15	27	3	897	259	37.37	1697	52.85	2	1	1	106	7
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	9	412	35
AN Petersen	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
K Rabada	2015-2025	73	110	20	1102	71	12.24	2131	51.71	-	1	22	139	20
M Morkel	2006-2018	86	104	23	944	40	11.65	1858	50.8	-	-	22	143	5
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
HM Amla	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	10	548	25
T Bavuma	2014-2025	66	114	14	3810	172	38.10	7794	48.88	4	26	10	434	16
M Ntini	1998-2009	101	116	45	699	32*	9.84	1439	48.57	-	-	21	104	8
N Boje	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	-	4	5	184	6
D Elgar	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
KD Petersen	2021-2024	14	25	-	704	82	28.16	1477	47.66	-	4	-	86	0
T Stubbs	2024-2025	14	26	2	759	122	31.62	1632	46.5	2	3	2	62	12
F du Plessis	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	9	516	21
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
TB de Bruyn	2017-2022	13	25	1	468	101	19.50	1012	46.24	1	-	2	69	2
AJ Hall	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	7	96	4
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	16	1477	96
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
SC Cook	2016-2017	11	19	-	632	117	33.26	1402	45.07	3	2	3	66	0
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	11	409	33
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	-	8	8	204	17
DW Steyn	2004-2019	93	119	27	1251	76	13.59	2825	44.28	-	2	14	124	36
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88*	6	15	3	251+	5
JA Rudolph	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	8	362	7
AG Prince	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.7	11	11	7	397	13
G Kirsten	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
SJ Erwee	2022-2023	10	19	1	479	108	26.61	1107	43.27	1	1	2	56	0
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42	5	16	9	409	22
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	38	62	5	1718	177*	30.14	4128	41.61	3	7	8	237	5
HE van der Dussen	2019-2022	18	32	2	905	98	30.16	2221	40.74	-	6	3	101	4
AM Bacher	1996-1999	19	33	1	833	96	26.03	2058	40.47	-	5	3	108	3
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	29	2	1027	118	38.03	2538	40.46	2	6	2	107	1
AC Hudson	1992-1998	35	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	7	254	5
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	78	5	2516	112	34.46	1063+	36.12*	1	18	4	132+	6
PR Adams	1995-2004	45	55	15	360	35	9.00	1012	35.57	-	-	8	32	4
AA Donald	1992-2002	72	94	33	652	37	10.68	1856	35.12	-	-	17	66	0
PL Harris	2007-2011	37	48	5	460	46	10.69	1357	33.89	-	-	9	47	3
PN Kirsten	1992-1994	12	22	2	626	104	31.30	2084	30.03	1	4	2	67	0

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]