Dale Steyn
Dale Steyn — career overview
Dale Steyn is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm fast bowler). In international cricket Dale Steyn has appeared in 93 Tests (1,251 runs at 13.60, with 2 fiftys); 125 ODIs (365 runs at 9.36, with 1 fifty); 47 T20Is (21 runs at 3.50). With the ball, Dale Steyn has taken 796 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Dale Steyn with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where South Africa rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 93 | 119 | 27 | 1251 | 76 | 13.60 | 2824 | 44.30 | - | 2 | 124 | 36 |
| ODI | 125 | 51 | 12 | 365 | 60 | 9.36 | 562 | 64.95 | - | 1 | 35 | 9 |
| T20I | 47 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 3.50 | 26 | 80.77 | - | - | 2 | - |
| IPL | 95 | 37 | 15 | 167 | 19 | 7.59 | 160 | 104.38 | - | - | 14 | 3 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 93 | 171 | 18608 | 10077 | 439 | 7/51 | 11/60 | 22.95 | 3.25 | 42.4 | 26 | 5 |
| ODI | 125 | 124 | 6256 | 5088 | 196 | 6/39 | 6/39 | 25.96 | 4.88 | 31.9 | 3 | - |
| T20I | 47 | 47 | 1015 | 1175 | 64 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 18.36 | 6.95 | 15.9 | - | - |
| IPL | 95 | 95 | 2176 | 2508 | 97 | 3/8 | 3/8 | 25.86 | 6.92 | 22.4 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Dale Steyn — Career Overview
Dale Steyn is a bowler from South Africa. Dale bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm fast. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. South Africa is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 93 Tests: 1,251 runs at an average of 13.60, strike rate 44.30 (2 fiftys); 125 ODIs: 365 runs at an average of 9.36, strike rate 64.95 (1 fifty); 47 T20Is: 21 runs at an average of 3.50, strike rate 80.77. International bowling — 439 wickets in Test at 22.95, economy 3.25 and 26 5-fer; 196 wickets in ODI at 25.96, economy 4.88 and 3 5-fer; 64 wickets in T20I at 18.36, economy 6.95. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 167 runs in 95 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Dale Steyn's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Dale Steyn's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.