The experimental investigation and non-linear finite element analysis using elastic-viscoplastic constitutive model were conducted to study the effect of ball shear speed on shear force of BGA solder joints. The Ag3Sn intermetallic compound (IMC) particles were found inside the Sn-3.5Ag solder, while the fine intermixed structure of lead-rich phases and tin-rich phases was investigated inside the eutectic Sn-37Pb solder. The shear force linearly increased with shear speed and reached to the maximum value at the highest shear speed in both experimental and computational results. All of the test specimens were fractured like ductile mode, and the plastic strain energy density distributions were deeply related to the failure mechanism.