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Most Runs in IPL History

by Faizan
07/01/2025
Most Runs in IPL History

The IPL Season 17 is set to begin on March 14, 2025. The first match will feature last year’s champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, facing the runners-up, Sunrisers Hyderabad. The IPL remains one of the most popular and loved cricket leagues globally, surpassing leagues like the BBL, SA20, BPL, PSL, and The Hundred. Over the years, players such as Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, and Suresh Raina have contributed significantly by scoring runs and making the league exciting for fans.

Virat Kohli holds the record for the most runs in IPL history, having scored 8,004 runs in 244 innings across 252 matches. He also scored the highest runs in IPL 2024 by winning the orange cap with 741 runs in 15 innings.

This blog will explore the players with the most runs in IPL history, including details about their highest scores. The table of highest run-scorers in IPL will also include statistics such as the total number of matches, innings, strike rate, batting average, number of fours, sixes, centuries, half-centuries, and highest scores in an innings.

Top Most Runs in IPL

S.N Player Name Teams Mat Inns Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 Virat Kohli RCB 252 244 8004 113* 38.66 131.97 8 55 705 272
2 Shikhar Dhawan DC/DCH/MI/PBKS/SRH 222 221 6769 106* 35.25 127.14 2 51 768 152
3 Rohit Sharma DCH/MI 257 252 6628 109* 29.72 131.14 2 43 599 280
4 David Warner DC/SRH 184 184 6565 126 40.52 139.77 4 62 663 236
5 Suresh Raina CSK/GL 205 200 5528 100* 32.51 136.73 1 39 506 203
6 MS Dhoni CSK/RPS 264 229 5243 84* 39.12 137.53 – 24 363 252
7 AB de Villiers DC/RCB 184 170 5162 133* 39.70 151.68 3 40 413 251
8 Chris Gayle KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB 142 141 4965 175* 39.72 148.96 6 31 404 357
9 Robin Uthappa CSK/KKR/MI/PWI/RCB/RR 205 197 4952 88 27.51 130.35 – 27 481 182
10 Dinesh Karthik DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/RCB 257 234 4842 97* 26.31 135.36 – 22 466 161
11 KL Rahul KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB/SRH 132 123 4683 132* 45.46 134.60 4 37 400 187
12 Ajinkya Rahane CSK/DC/KKR/MI/RPS/RR 185 171 4642 105* 30.14 123.42 2 30 478 103
13 Faf du Plessis CSK/RCB/RPS 145 138 4571 96 35.99 136.36 – 37 421 166
14 Sanju Samson DC/RR 168 163 4419 119 30.68 138.96 3 25 352 206
15 Ambati Rayudu CSK/MI 204 187 4348 100* 28.23 127.54 1 22 359 173
16 Gautam Gambhir DC/KKR 154 152 4217 93 31.00 123.88 – 36 492 59
17 Shane Watson CSK/RCB/RR 145 141 3874 117* 30.99 137.91 4 21 375 190
18 Manish Pandey DC/KKR/LSG/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH 171 159 3850 114* 29.16 121.10 1 22 335 110
19 Suryakumar Yadav KKR/MI 150 135 3594 103* 32.08 145.32 2 24 385 130
20 Jos Buttler MI/RR 107 106 3582 124 38.10 147.52 7 19 355 161
21 Kieron Pollard MI 189 171 3412 87* 28.67 147.32 – 16 218 223
22 Rishabh Pant DC 111 110 3284 128* 35.31 148.93 1 18 296 154
23 Shubman Gill GT/KKR 103 100 3216 129 37.83 135.69 4 20 310 95
24 Yusuf Pathan KKR/RR/SRH 174 154 3204 100 29.12 142.97 1 13 262 158
25 Quniton de Kock DC/LSG/MI/RCB/SRH 107 107 3157 140* 31.25 134.22 2 23 316 123
26 Shreyas Iyer DC/KKR 116 115 3127 96 32.23 127.47 – 21 271 113
27 Ravindra Jadeja CSK/GL/Kochi/RR 240 184 2959 62* 27.39 129.78 – 3 215 107
28 Wriddhman Saha CSK/GT/KKR/KXIP/SRH 170 145 2934 115* 24.24 127.56 1 13 296 87
29 David Miller GT/KXIP/RR 130 124 2924 101* 36.09 139.23 1 13 207 134
30 Brendon McCullum CSK/GL/KKR/Kochi/RCB 109 109 2880 158* 27.69 131.74 2 13 293 130

FAQs

Q: Who holds the record for the most runs in IPL history?
Virat Kohli holds the record with 8,004 runs in 244 innings across 252 matches.

Q: Who scored the highest runs in IPL 2024?
Virat Kohli won the Orange Cap in IPL 2024, scoring 741 runs in 15 innings.

Q: Which player has hit the most centuries in IPL history?
Virat Kohli leads with 8 centuries in IPL.

Q: Who has the highest batting average among IPL’s top run-scorers?
KL Rahul boasts the highest average of 45.46 among the top run-scorers.

Q: Which IPL player has the highest strike rate among the top scorers?
AB de Villiers has the highest strike rate of 151.68 among the top scorers.

Q: How many runs has MS Dhoni scored in IPL?
MS Dhoni has scored 5,243 runs in 229 innings at an average of 39.12.

Q: Which player has hit the most sixes in IPL history?
Chris Gayle leads with 357 sixes in IPL.

Q: Who is the youngest player among the top IPL run-scorers?
Shubman Gill, born in 1999, is the youngest among the top IPL run-scorers.

Q: Which player has played the most matches in IPL history?
MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are among the players with the most matches, with 264 and 257 respectively.

Q: How many players have scored over 5,000 runs in IPL?
Seven players have scored over 5,000 runs in IPL history.

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