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ODI strike rate is a pretty important factor in ODI. However when comparing players across era's it becomes a point of debate.
For example - Maxwell has SR of 121.64 (currently) is higher than Afridi's SR of 116.94. But it should be noted that during Afridi's time players were scoring at lower SR (82.35) as compared to Maxwell time (88.17)
This graph shows how SR got higher with time.

ODI Players rated according to Strike Rate (min 2000 ODI runs) Players with 40+ average are highlighted.
Excellent SR percentage
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Rank [/td][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Player SR [/td][td]SR Era [/td][td]Diff [/td][td]SR Per Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 [/td][td]Shahid Afridi [/td][td]1996-2015 [/td][td]398 [/td][td]23.57 [/td][td]116.94 [/td][td]82.35 [/td][td]34.59 [/td][td]42.01 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2 [/td][td]GJ Maxwell [/td][td]2012-2019 [/td][td]90 [/td][td]32.31 [/td][td]121.64 [/td][td]88.17 [/td][td]33.47 [/td][td]37.96 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 [/td][td]JC Buttler [/td][td]2012-2018 [/td][td]122 [/td][td]39.7 [/td][td]116.97 [/td][td]88.11 [/td][td]28.86 [/td][td]32.75 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 [/td][td]NLTC Perera [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]148 [/td][td]21.12 [/td][td]113.57 [/td][td]86.82 [/td][td]26.75 [/td][td]30.80 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 [/td][td]N Kapil Dev [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]225 [/td][td]23.79 [/td][td]95.07 [/td][td]72.83 [/td][td]22.24 [/td][td]30.53 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 [/td][td]V Sehwag [/td][td]1999-2013 [/td][td]251 [/td][td]35.05 [/td][td]104.33 [/td][td]81.93 [/td][td]22.40 [/td][td]27.35 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7 [/td][td]IVA Richards [/td][td]1975-1991 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]90.2 [/td][td]72.45 [/td][td]17.75 [/td][td]24.50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 [/td][td]RL Powell [/td][td]1999-2005 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]24.82 [/td][td]96.66 [/td][td]79.96 [/td][td]16.70 [/td][td]20.88 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 [/td][td]AC Gilchrist [/td][td]1996-2008 [/td][td]287 [/td][td]35.89 [/td][td]96.94 [/td][td]80.41 [/td][td]16.53 [/td][td]20.56 [/td][/tr]
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For example - Maxwell has SR of 121.64 (currently) is higher than Afridi's SR of 116.94. But it should be noted that during Afridi's time players were scoring at lower SR (82.35) as compared to Maxwell time (88.17)
This graph shows how SR got higher with time.

ODI Players rated according to Strike Rate (min 2000 ODI runs) Players with 40+ average are highlighted.
Excellent SR percentage
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Rank [/td][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]Player SR [/td][td]SR Era [/td][td]Diff [/td][td]SR Per Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 [/td][td]Shahid Afridi [/td][td]1996-2015 [/td][td]398 [/td][td]23.57 [/td][td]116.94 [/td][td]82.35 [/td][td]34.59 [/td][td]42.01 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2 [/td][td]GJ Maxwell [/td][td]2012-2019 [/td][td]90 [/td][td]32.31 [/td][td]121.64 [/td][td]88.17 [/td][td]33.47 [/td][td]37.96 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 [/td][td]JC Buttler [/td][td]2012-2018 [/td][td]122 [/td][td]39.7 [/td][td]116.97 [/td][td]88.11 [/td][td]28.86 [/td][td]32.75 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 [/td][td]NLTC Perera [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]148 [/td][td]21.12 [/td][td]113.57 [/td][td]86.82 [/td][td]26.75 [/td][td]30.80 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 [/td][td]N Kapil Dev [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]225 [/td][td]23.79 [/td][td]95.07 [/td][td]72.83 [/td][td]22.24 [/td][td]30.53 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 [/td][td]V Sehwag [/td][td]1999-2013 [/td][td]251 [/td][td]35.05 [/td][td]104.33 [/td][td]81.93 [/td][td]22.40 [/td][td]27.35 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7 [/td][td]IVA Richards [/td][td]1975-1991 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]90.2 [/td][td]72.45 [/td][td]17.75 [/td][td]24.50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 [/td][td]RL Powell [/td][td]1999-2005 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]24.82 [/td][td]96.66 [/td][td]79.96 [/td][td]16.70 [/td][td]20.88 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 [/td][td]AC Gilchrist [/td][td]1996-2008 [/td][td]287 [/td][td]35.89 [/td][td]96.94 [/td][td]80.41 [/td][td]16.53 [/td][td]20.56 [/td][/tr]
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