IPL batting records: Most runs, fours, sixes, and more

The inaugural edition of IPL, in 2008, also marked Shaun Marsh‘s rise to fame. Virtually unheard-of till then, Marsh claimed the Orange Cap, the award for most runs scored in a single edition of the tournament. Marsh set a pattern that Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, and David Warner (twice) followed: indeed, five of the Orange Caps have gone to the Australians.

Apart from Warner, Chris Gayle is the only other won to have won the award twice, while Virat Kohli‘s staggering 973 runs in 2016 remain a record for any batsman in a single season.

Here is a list of all IPL Orange Cap winners:

Player	Season	Team	R	SR	4s	6s
Shaun Marsh	2008	KXIP	616	140	59	26
Matthew Hayden	2009	CSK	572	145	60	22
Sachin Tendulkar	2010	MI	618	133	86	3
Chris Gayle	2011	RCB	608	183	57	44
Chris Gayle	2012	RCB	733	161	46	59
Michael Hussey	2013	CSK	733	130	81	17
Robin Uthappa	2014	KKR	660	138	74	18
David Warner	2015	SRH	562	157	65	21
Virat Kohli	2016	RCB	973	152	83	38
David Warner	2017	SRH	641	142	63	26
Kane Williamson	2018	SRH	735	142	64	28

The all-time list is obviously dominated by Indians, none of whom had international commitments during IPL, and had a greater chance of being picked in the XI than their overseas counterparts.

Interestingly, five of the top seven, including highest run-getter Suresh Raina, have never won the Orange Cap.

Warner is the only overseas cricketer to have scored 4,000 runs, of which here is a list:

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	4s	6s
Suresh Raina	CSK, GL	4,985	34.37	138	448	185
Virat Kohli	RCB	4,948	38.35	131	434	177
Rohit Sharma	DCh, MI	4,493	31.86	131	379	184
Gautam Gambhir	DD, KKR	4,217	31.00	124	492	59
Robin Uthappa	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB	4,129	28.67	132	401	146
Shikhar Dhawan	DCh, DD, MI, SRH	4,058	33.26	124	460	85
MS Dhoni	CSK, RPS	4,016	40.16	138	275	186
David Warner	DD, SRH	4,014	40.54	142	401	160

In the above list, only two men – Dhoni and Warner – average over 40. Here is a list of batsmen with 500 or more runs with an average in excess of 40.

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	4s	6s
Hashim Amla	KXIP	577	44.38	142	60	21
Kane Williamson	SRH	1,146	42.44	137	98	39
Chris Gayle	KXIP, KKR, RCB	3,994	41.17	151	323	292
David Warner	DD, SRH	4,014	40.54	142	401	160
MS Dhoni	CSK, RPS	4,016	40.16	138	275	186

The list completely changes when one sorts by strike rates. As is evident, there are a number of big-hitting all-rounders in the list of batsmen with over 500 and runs and a strike rate of 150:

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	4s	6s
Andre Russell	DD, KKR	890	26.96	177	65	68
Sunil Narine	KKR	628	17.44	169	76	35
Rishabh Pant	DD	1,248	35.65	163	115	67
Glenn Maxwell	DD, KXIP, MI	1,397	22.90	161	109	91
Virender Sehwag	DD, KXIP	2,728	27.55	155	334	106
Krunal Pandya	MI	708	30.78	154	68	30
AB de Villiers	DD, RCB	3,953	39.53	151	326	187
Chris Gayle	KXIP, KKR, RCB	3,994	41.17	151	323	292
Jos Buttler	MI, RR	1,075	34.67	151	102	47

Only five men have scored 3 or more IPL hundreds. Of them, Gayle is 2 clear of anyone else.

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	100s
Chris Gayle	KXIP, KKR, RCB	3,994	41.17	151	6
Virat Kohli	RCB	4,948	38.35	131	4
Shane Watson	CSK, RR, RCB	3,177	32.41	141	4
David Warner	DD, SRH	4,014	40.54	142	3
AB de Villiers	DD, RCB	3,953	39.53	151	3

When it comes to 50+ scores, however, the list is headed by Warner. Gayle appears low on this list, but that has to do with his initial dry years for KKR.

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	100s	50s	50+
David Warner	DD, SRH	4,014	40.54	142	3	36	39
Virat Kohli	RCB	4,948	38.35	131	4	34	38
Suresh Raina	CSK, GL	4,985	34.37	138	1	35	36
G Gambhir	DD, KKR	4,217	31.00	124	0	36	36
Rohit Sharma	DCh, MI	4,493	31.86	131	1	34	35
S Dhawan	DCh, DD, MI, SRH	4,058	33.26	124	0	32	32
AB de Villiers	DD, RCB	3,953	39.53	151	3	28	31
Chris Gayle	KXIP, KKR, RCB	3,994	41.17	151	6	24	30

Only six men have hit over 400 fours in IPL history. Of them, only three – Raina, Kohli, and Warner – have also hit 150 sixes.

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	4s	6s
Gautam Gambhir	DD, KKR	4,217	31.00	124	492	59
Shikhar Dhawan	DCh, DD, MI, SRH	4,058	33.26	124	460	85
Suresh Raina	CSK, GL	4,985	34.37	138	448	185
Virat Kohli	RCB	4,948	38.35	131	434	177
Robin Uthappa	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB	4,129	28.67	132	401	146
David Warner	DD, SRH	4,014	40.54	142	401	160

Gayle stands head and shoulders above anyone on the sixes list. His 6:4 ratio makes incredible reading:

Player	Teams	R	Ave	SR	4s	6s
Chris Gayle	KXIP, KKR, RCB	3,994	41.17	151	323	292
AB de Villiers	DD, RCB	3,953	39.53	151	326	187
MS Dhoni	CSK, RPS	4,016	40.16	138	275	186
Suresh Raina	CSK, GL	4,985	34.37	138	448	185
Rohit Sharma	DCh, MI	4,493	31.86	131	379	184
Virat Kohli	RCB	4,948	38.35	131	434	177

The RCB dominance is clear when it comes to highest individual scores. They occupy four of the top five positions.

Player	Team	Against	H/A	Season	Score	SR	4s	6s
Gayle	RCB	PWI	Blore	2013	175*	265	13	17
McCullum	KKR	RCB	Blore	2008	158*	216	10	13
de Villiers	RCB	MI	Mumbai	2015	133*	225	19	4
de Villiers	RCB	GL	Blore	2016	129*	248	10	12
Gayle	RCB	DD	Delhi	2012	128*	206	7	13
Pant	DD	SRH	Delhi	2018	128*	203	11	7
Vijay	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010	127	227	8	11
Warner	SRH	KKR	Hyd	2017	126	214	10	8

Do note that all men have had strike rates of over 200. Gayle’s 175* is the highest score in T20 history, a record once held by McCullum.