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Most Runs in IPL History

by Faizan

07/01/2025

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.

Faizan

Faizan, a seasoned cricket journalist with over 5 years of experience, has made contributions to renowned platforms like ESPNcricinfo, SportsKeeda, Times of India, and Hindustan Times where he covered the IPL and Indian Cricket Team. Using his expertise and experience, he started a new venture, a cricket betting information site, dedicated to delivering insightful analysis and updates to IPL Betting enthusiasts