Most Runs in IPL History: Player to score the most runs in the IPL tournament will be named as the player to score the most runs in IPL history.
Most Runs in IPL History Since 2008
Most Runs in IPL History: Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the record for the most runs scored in the IPL since its beginning in 2008.
Chris Gayle, however, holds many of the individual records, including the highest-individual score in a match (175 runs off 66 balls), the most 6s scored (357) most 6s in a match (17), fastest century (from 30 balls). AB de Villiers holds the record for the Player of the Match award (24).
Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets (233) in IPL history. The IPL 2026 season will be played with 10 teams as of last edition. Complete List of Orange Cap Holders with Most Runs in IPL 2026.
Check out the players with the Most Runs in IPL History Since 2008 below:
| Player | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| V Kohli (RCB) | 283 | 9336 | 113* | 40.41 | 134.79 | 9 | 68 |
| RG Sharma (DCH/MI) | 281 | 7329 | 109* | 29.91 | 132.91 | 2 | 49 |
| S Dhawan (DC/DCH/MI/PBKS/SRH) | 222 | 6769 | 106* | 35.25 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 |
| DA Warner (DC/SRH) | 184 | 6565 | 126 | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 62 |
| KL Rahul (DC/KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB/SRH) | 159 | 5815 | 152* | 46.15 | 139.14 | 6 | 45 |
| SK Raina (CSK/GL) | 205 | 5528 | 100* | 32.51 | 136.73 | 1 | 39 |
| MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS) | 278 | 5439 | 84* | 38.3 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 |
| AM Rahane (CSK/DC/KKR/MI/RPS/RR) | 212 | 5367 | 105* | 30.15 | 125.6 | 2 | 35 |
| SV Samson (CSK/DC/RR) | 191 | 5181 | 119 | 31.78 | 141.13 | 5 | 27 |
| AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) | 184 | 5162 | 133* | 39.7 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 |
| CH Gayle (KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) | 142 | 4965 | 175* | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 |
| RV Uthappa (CSK/KKR/MI/PWI/RCB/RR) | 205 | 4952 | 88 | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 |
| KD Karthik (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/RCB) | 257 | 4842 | 97* | 26.31 | 135.36 | 0 | 22 |
| F du Plessis (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) | 154 | 4773 | 96 | 35.09 | 135.78 | 0 | 39 |
| JC Buttler (GT/MI/RR) | 138 | 4646 | 124 | 39.7 | 149.72 | 7 | 28 |
| Shubman Gill (GT/KKR) | 134 | 4598 | 129 | 40.33 | 142.08 | 5 | 32 |
| SA Yadav (KKR/MI) | 179 | 4581 | 103* | 33.68 | 148.58 | 2 | 31 |
| AT Rayudu (CSK/MI) | 204 | 4348 | 100* | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 |
| SS Iyer (DC/KKR/PBKS) | 147 | 4229 | 101* | 35.83 | 136.72 | 1 | 32 |
| G Gambhir (DC/KKR) | 154 | 4217 | 93 | 31 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 |
| MK Pandey (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) | 180 | 4012 | 114* | 29.5 | 121.83 | 1 | 22 |
| SR Watson (CSK/RCB/RR) | 145 | 3874 | 117* | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 |
| RR Pant (DC/LSG) | 139 | 3865 | 128* | 33.6 | 146.79 | 2 | 20 |
| Ishan Kishan (GL/MI/SRH) | 134 | 3600 | 106* | 30.5 | 143.54 | 1 | 23 |
| RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) | 268 | 3526 | 77* | 29.14 | 130.64 | 0 | 5 |
| Q de Kock (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/RCB/SRH) | 118 | 3441 | 140* | 31.28 | 134.94 | 3 | 24 |
| KA Pollard (MI) | 189 | 3412 | 87* | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 |
| DA Miller (DC/GT/KXIP/LSG/RR) | 152 | 3288 | 101* | 35.73 | 139.49 | 1 | 14 |
| YK Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) | 174 | 3204 | 100 | 29.12 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 |
| N Rana (DC/KKR/MI/RR) | 127 | 3078 | 91 | 27.72 | 137.71 | 0 | 22 |
| HH Pandya (GT/MI) | 162 | 2955 | 91 | 27.87 | 146.28 | 0 | 10 |
| WP Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/KXIP/SRH) | 170 | 2934 | 115* | 24.24 | 127.56 | 1 | 13 |
| BB McCullum (CSK/GL/KKR/Kochi/RCB) | 109 | 2880 | 158* | 27.69 | 131.74 | 2 | 13 |
| PA Patel (CSK/DCH/Kochi/MI/RCB/SRH) | 139 | 2848 | 81 | 22.6 | 120.78 | 0 | 13 |
| RD Gaikwad (CSK) | 85 | 2839 | 108* | 38.36 | 135.64 | 2 | 22 |
| GJ Maxwell (DC/KXIP/MI/PBKS/RCB) | 141 | 2819 | 95 | 23.88 | 155.14 | 0 | 18 |
| MA Agarwal (DC/KXIP/PBKS/RCB/RPS/SRH) | 131 | 2756 | 106 | 22.96 | 133.52 | 1 | 13 |
| Yuvraj Singh (DC/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) | 132 | 2750 | 83 | 24.77 | 129.71 | 0 | 13 |
| V Sehwag (DC/KXIP) | 104 | 2728 | 122 | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 |
| AD Russell (DC/KKR) | 140 | 2651 | 88* | 28.2 | 174.17 | 0 | 12 |
| M Vijay (CSK/DC/KXIP) | 106 | 2619 | 127 | 25.93 | 121.87 | 2 | 13 |
| YBK Jaiswal (RR) | 83 | 2593 | 124 | 33.67 | 152.79 | 2 | 18 |
| N Pooran (KXIP/LSG/PBKS/SRH) | 104 | 2527 | 87* | 31.58 | 164.09 | 0 | 15 |
| B Sai Sudharsan (GT) | 57 | 2515 | 108* | 48.36 | 149.16 | 3 | 20 |
| SPD Smith (DC/PWI/RPS/RR) | 103 | 2485 | 101 | 34.51 | 128.09 | 1 | 11 |
| SE Marsh (KXIP) | 71 | 2477 | 115 | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 |
| JH Kallis (KKR/RCB) | 98 | 2427 | 89* | 28.55 | 109.22 | 0 | 17 |
| DR Smith (CSK/DCH/GL/MI) | 91 | 2385 | 87* | 28.39 | 135.2 | 0 | 17 |
| Abhishek Sharma (DC/SRH) | 92 | 2379 | 141 | 29.37 | 171.27 | 2 | 13 |
| SR Tendulkar (MI) | 78 | 2334 | 100* | 34.83 | 119.81 | 1 | 13 |
| RA Tripathi (CSK/KKR/RPS/RR/SRH) | 100 | 2291 | 93 | 26.33 | 137.84 | 0 | 12 |
| D Padikkal (LSG/RCB/RR) | 90 | 2270 | 101* | 26.7 | 133.13 | 1 | 14 |
| MP Stoinis (DC/KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RCB) | 122 | 2242 | 124* | 28.74 | 147.5 | 1 | 10 |
| R Dravid (RCB/RR) | 89 | 2174 | 75* | 28.23 | 115.51 | 0 | 11 |
| S Dube (CSK/RCB/RR) | 92 | 2129 | 95* | 31.3 | 145.42 | 0 | 10 |
| KS Williamson (GT/SRH) | 79 | 2128 | 89 | 35.46 | 125.61 | 0 | 18 |
| H Klaasen (RCB/RR/SRH) | 64 | 2104 | 105* | 42.08 | 166.71 | 2 | 13 |
| AJ Finch (DC/GL/KKR/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/RR/SRH) | 92 | 2091 | 88* | 25.19 | 128.2 | 0 | 15 |
| AR Patel (DC/KXIP) | 176 | 2089 | 66 | 21.76 | 133.73 | 0 | 4 |
| AC Gilchrist (DCH/KXIP) | 80 | 2069 | 109* | 27.22 | 138.39 | 2 | 11 |
| JP Duminy (DC/DCH/MI) | 83 | 2029 | 78* | 39.78 | 124.02 | 0 | 14 |
| KH Pandya (LSG/MI/RCB) | 158 | 1982 | 86 | 23.31 | 133.82 | 0 | 3 |
| MEK Hussey (CSK/MI) | 59 | 1977 | 116* | 38.76 | 122.64 | 1 | 15 |
| PP Shaw (DC) | 79 | 1892 | 99 | 23.94 | 147.46 | 0 | 14 |
| R Parag (RR) | 98 | 1875 | 95 | 25.68 | 144.23 | 0 | 9 |
| NT Tilak Varma (MI) | 68 | 1858 | 101* | 35.73 | 144.7 | 1 | 10 |
| MR Marsh (DC/DCH/LSG/PWI/RPS/SRH) | 68 | 1855 | 117 | 30.91 | 148.51 | 2 | 12 |
| SP Narine (KKR) | 202 | 1820 | 109 | 17.5 | 165.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Prabhsimran Singh (KXIP/PBKS) | 65 | 1815 | 103 | 28.8 | 156.33 | 1 | 13 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (DC/Kochi/KXIP) | 80 | 1802 | 110* | 28.6 | 123.25 | 1 | 10 |
| KK Nair (DC/KXIP/RCB/RR) | 86 | 1712 | 89 | 23.45 | 131.28 | 0 | 11 |
| Mandeep Singh (DC/KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) | 111 | 1706 | 77* | 20.8 | 122.91 | 0 | 6 |
| MK Tiwary (DC/KKR/KXIP/RPS) | 98 | 1695 | 75* | 28.72 | 116.97 | 0 | 7 |
| KC Sangakkara (DCH/KXIP/SRH) | 71 | 1687 | 94 | 25.95 | 121.19 | 0 | 10 |
| VR Iyer (KKR/RCB) | 69 | 1677 | 104 | 31.64 | 141.99 | 1 | 13 |
| JM Bairstow (MI/PBKS/SRH) | 52 | 1674 | 114 | 34.87 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 |
| AK Markram (LSG/PBKS/SRH) | 69 | 1671 | 68* | 30.38 | 135.52 | 0 | 10 |
| RM Patidar (RCB) | 57 | 1612 | 112* | 33.58 | 164.48 | 1 | 14 |
| SO Hetmyer (DC/RCB/RR) | 94 | 1560 | 75 | 27.36 | 149.28 | 0 | 5 |
| DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI) | 161 | 1560 | 70* | 22.6 | 129.56 | 0 | 5 |
| TM Head (RCB/SRH) | 53 | 1556 | 102 | 32.41 | 170.05 | 1 | 10 |
| NV Ojha (DC/RR/SRH) | 113 | 1554 | 94* | 20.72 | 118.35 | 0 | 6 |
| DJ Hooda (CSK/KXIP/LSG/PBKS/RR/SRH) | 125 | 1496 | 64 | 17.6 | 127.64 | 0 | 8 |
| SS Tiwary (DC/MI/RCB/RPS) | 93 | 1494 | 61 | 28.73 | 120.09 | 0 | 8 |
| S Badrinath (CSK) | 95 | 1441 | 71* | 30.65 | 118.89 | 0 | 11 |
| EJG Morgan (KKR/KXIP/RCB/SRH) | 83 | 1405 | 68* | 22.66 | 122.6 | 0 | 5 |
| BJ Hodge (KKR/Kochi/RR) | 66 | 1400 | 73 | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 |
| RK Singh (KKR) | 73 | 1394 | 83* | 34 | 145.96 | 0 | 6 |
| SC Ganguly (KKR/PWI) | 59 | 1349 | 91 | 25.45 | 106.8 | 0 | 7 |
| CA Lynn (DCH/KKR/MI) | 42 | 1329 | 93* | 34.07 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 |
| DJ Hussey (CSK/KKR/KXIP) | 64 | 1322 | 71 | 26.97 | 122.97 | 0 | 5 |
| R Tewatia (DC/GT/KXIP/RR) | 124 | 1302 | 68 | 23.67 | 138.06 | 0 | 2 |
| PD Salt (DC/KKR/RCB) | 40 | 1258 | 89* | 34 | 174.47 | 0 | 12 |
| V Shankar (CSK/DC/GT/SRH) | 78 | 1233 | 69* | 26.23 | 129.78 | 0 | 7 |
| KM Jadhav (CSK/DC/Kochi/RCB/SRH) | 95 | 1208 | 69 | 22.37 | 123.13 | 0 | 4 |
| DC Jurel (RR) | 58 | 1195 | 81* | 31.44 | 154.19 | 0 | 10 |
| A Badoni (LSG) | 66 | 1178 | 74 | 25.6 | 140.9 | 0 | 7 |
| MM Ali (CSK/KKR/RCB) | 73 | 1167 | 93 | 22.01 | 139.76 | 0 | 6 |
| TM Dilshan (DC/RCB) | 52 | 1153 | 76* | 26.81 | 114.49 | 0 | 9 |
| TH David (MI/RCB) | 66 | 1151 | 70* | 32.88 | 177.07 | 0 | 2 |
| IK Pathan (DC/GL/KXIP/RPS/SRH) | 103 | 1139 | 60 | 21.49 | 120.4 | 0 | 1 |
| JM Sharma (PBKS/RCB) | 71 | 1107 | 85* | 23.06 | 152.47 | 0 | 1 |
| ML Hayden (CSK) | 32 | 1107 | 93 | 36.9 | 137.51 | 0 | 8 |
| M Vohra (KXIP/LSG/RCB/RR) | 56 | 1083 | 95 | 22.1 | 130.63 | 0 | 3 |
| DP Conway (CSK) | 29 | 1080 | 92* | 43.2 | 139.71 | 0 | 11 |
| LMP Simmons (MI) | 29 | 1079 | 100* | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 |
| LS Livingstone (PBKS/RCB/RR/SRH) | 51 | 1066 | 94 | 25.38 | 155.16 | 0 | 7 |
| C Green (KKR/MI/RCB) | 43 | 1029 | 100* | 38.11 | 151.1 | 1 | 4 |
| V Sooryavanshi (RR) | 23 | 1028 | 103 | 44.69 | 228.95 | 2 | 6 |
| LRPL Taylor (DC/PWI/RCB/RR) | 55 | 1017 | 81* | 25.42 | 123.72 | 0 | 3 |
| KP Pietersen (DC/RCB/RPS) | 36 | 1001 | 103* | 37.07 | 134.72 | 1 | 4 |
| MC Henriques (DC/KKR/PBKS/RCB/SRH) | 62 | 1000 | 74* | 27.77 | 126.9 | 0 | 5 |
| SM Curran (CSK/KXIP/PBKS) | 64 | 997 | 88 | 24.92 | 136.38 | 0 | 6 |
| Y Venugopal Rao (DC/DCH/SRH) | 65 | 985 | 71* | 22.38 | 117.82 | 0 | 3 |
| T Stubbs (DC/MI) | 46 | 980 | 71* | 39.2 | 151.23 | 0 | 5 |
| JA Morkel (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) | 91 | 974 | 73* | 24.35 | 141.98 | 0 | 3 |
| A Symonds (DCH/MI) | 39 | 974 | 117* | 36.07 | 129.86 | 1 | 5 |
| CL White (DCH/RCB/SRH) | 47 | 954 | 78 | 26.5 | 126.35 | 0 | 6 |
| BA Stokes (CSK/RPS/RR) | 45 | 935 | 107* | 24.6 | 133.95 | 2 | 2 |
| Shashank Singh (PBKS/SRH) | 53 | 905 | 68* | 36.2 | 161.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Washington Sundar (GT/RCB/RPS/SRH) | 83 | 888 | 55 | 20.65 | 135.36 | 0 | 3 |
| HH Gibbs (DCH/MI) | 36 | 886 | 69* | 27.68 | 109.78 | 0 | 6 |
| A Raghuvanshi (KKR) | 35 | 885 | 82* | 34.03 | 145.55 | 0 | 7 |
| STR Binny (MI/RCB/RR) | 95 | 880 | 48* | 19.13 | 128.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Samad (LSG/SRH) | 71 | 857 | 45 | 19.47 | 148.78 | 0 | 0 |
| P Arya (PBKS) | 30 | 839 | 103 | 27.96 | 191.99 | 1 | 5 |
| RD Rickelton (MI) | 26 | 836 | 123* | 34.83 | 168.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Harbhajan Singh (CSK/KKR/MI) | 163 | 833 | 64 | 15.71 | 137.91 | 0 | 1 |
| R Ashwin (CSK/DC/KXIP/RPS/RR) | 221 | 833 | 50 | 13.01 | 118.15 | 0 | 1 |
| MS Bisla (KKR/KXIP/RCB) | 39 | 798 | 92 | 21 | 113.67 | 0 | 4 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (KKR/SRH) | 71 | 793 | 66* | 19.82 | 124.48 | 0 | 2 |
| K Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH) | 42 | 787 | 76* | 29.14 | 145.47 | 0 | 3 |
| N Wadhera (MI/PBKS) | 44 | 784 | 70 | 23.75 | 140 | 0 | 4 |
| M Shahrukh Khan (GT/PBKS) | 64 | 775 | 58 | 20.39 | 147.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Abishek Porel (DC) | 35 | 769 | 65 | 25.63 | 145.36 | 0 | 4 |
| ST Jayasuriya (MI) | 30 | 768 | 114* | 27.42 | 144.36 | 1 | 4 |
| SN Khan (CSK/DC/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) | 58 | 746 | 67 | 22.6 | 137.38 | 0 | 2 |
| GC Smith (PWI/RR) | 29 | 739 | 91 | 28.42 | 110.62 | 0 | 4 |
| AD Mathews (DC/KKR/PWI) | 49 | 724 | 65* | 23.35 | 125.91 | 0 | 1 |
| Naman Dhir (MI) | 37 | 710 | 62* | 27.3 | 163.97 | 0 | 3 |
| TL Suman (DCH/MI/PWI) | 43 | 676 | 78* | 21.12 | 117.56 | 0 | 2 |
| AM Nayar (KXIP/MI/PWI/RR) | 60 | 672 | 45* | 17.68 | 116.46 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Bailey (CSK/KXIP/RPS) | 40 | 663 | 61* | 24.55 | 121.87 | 0 | 2 |
| E Lewis (LSG/MI/RR) | 27 | 654 | 65 | 27.25 | 137.1 | 0 | 4 |
| PJ Cummins (DC/KKR/SRH) | 80 | 642 | 66* | 19.45 | 152.49 | 0 | 3 |
| Rashid Khan (GT/SRH) | 153 | 635 | 79* | 13.8 | 156.4 | 0 | 1 |
| PP Chawla (CSK/KKR/KXIP/MI) | 192 | 624 | 24* | 11.14 | 110.83 | 0 | 0 |
| CH Morris (CSK/DC/RCB/RR) | 81 | 618 | 82* | 22.07 | 155.27 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Roy (DC/GL/KKR/SRH) | 21 | 614 | 91* | 32.31 | 138.6 | 0 | 4 |
| D Brevis (CSK/MI) | 27 | 606 | 57 | 25.25 | 146.02 | 0 | 2 |
Most Runs in IPL Season Wise
Most Runs in IPL Season Wise: Following are the details of the players with the most runs in IPL season wise. Chris Gayle is the only player to score the most runs in two consecutive IPL seasons. Check out the full list of players with Most Runs in IPL Season Wise:
| IPL | Player | Team | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 |
| 2026 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | RR | 16 | 776 | 103 | 48.50 | 237.30 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 15 | 759 | 108* | 54.21 | 156.17 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 15 | 741 | 113* | 61.75 | 154.69 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | GT | 17 | 890 | 129 | 59.33 | 157.8 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | RR | 17 | 863 | 116 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 16 | 635 | 101* | 45.35 | 136.26 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | KL Rahul | PBKS | 14 | 670 | 132* | 55.83 | 129.34 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | David Warner | SRH | 12 | 692 | 100* | 69.2 | 143.86 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | Kane Williamson | SRH | 17 | 735 | 84 | 52.5 | 142.44 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 | David Warner | SRH | 14 | 641 | 126 | 58.27 | 141.81 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 16 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | David Warner | SRH | 14 | 562 | 91 | 43.23 | 156.54 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa | KKR | 16 | 660 | 83* | 44 | 137.78 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | Michael Hussey | CSK | 17 | 733 | 95 | 52.35 | 129.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 15 | 733 | 128* | 61.08 | 160.74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 12 | 608 | 107 | 67.55 | 183.13 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | MI | 15 | 618 | 89* | 47.53 | 132.61 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden | CSK | 12 | 572 | 89 | 52 | 144.81 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | Shaun Marsh | PBKS | 11 | 616 | 115 | 68.44 | 139.68 | 1 | 5 |
