Currently, former RCB captain Virat Kohli also holds the record for the most runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli collected 8004 runs from his 244 batting innings out of 252 matches including 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries.
The second position is held by PBKS Skipper Shikhar Dhawan who has the most runs in the IPL followed by Virat Kohli. Shikhar Dhawan is another Indian cricketer who bagged 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches and became the second-most run scorer in the IPL.
The Third position for the most runs in IPL has been taken by Aussie batter David Warner who bagged 6565 runs in 184 matches with a strike rate of 139.77 in the IPL.
In the top ten most runs batsmen list of IPL, three batters are from Royal Challengers Banglore including Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Dinesh Kartik.
Five-time IPL champion CSK also has three players with the most runs in the IPL including Mr. IPL Suresh Raina, CSK’s Skipper MS Dhoni, and Robin Uthappa.
How many Indian batsmen have the most runs in the IPL?
The 7 Indian cricketers reining the top 10 list of most runs in IPL history. There are only three overseas batters including Aussie cricketer David Warner (6565 runs), South African AB de Villiers ( 5162 runs), and former West Indies player Chris Gayle (4965 runs) topped the most runs in the IPL list.
Most Runs in IPL 2024
No | Player | Team | R | Mat | BF | Avg | H.S | SR | 4s | 6s | 100s | 50s |
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1 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 741 | 15 | 479 | 61.75 | 113 | 154.7 | 62 | 38 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 583 | 14 | 413 | 53 | 108 | 141.16 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Riyan Parag | RR | 573 | 16 | 384 | 52.09 | 84 | 149.22 | 40 | 33 | — | 4 |
4 | Travis Head | SRH | 567 | 15 | 296 | 40.5 | 102 | 191.55 | 64 | 32 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Sanju Samson | RR | 531 | 16 | 346 | 48.27 | 86 | 153.47 | 48 | 24 | — | 5 |
6 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 527 | 12 | 373 | 47.91 | 103 | 141.29 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
7 | KL Rahul | LSG | 520 | 14 | 382 | 37.14 | 82 | 136.13 | 45 | 19 | — | 4 |
8 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 499 | 14 | 280 | 62.38 | 75 | 178.21 | 35 | 36 | — | 3 |
9 | Sunil Narine | KKR | 488 | 15 | 270 | 34.86 | 109 | 180.74 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Abhishek Sharma | SRH | 484 | 16 | 237 | 32.27 | 75 | 204.22 | 36 | 42 | — | 3 |
Top Run Scorer in IPL History
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Virat Kohli | RCB | 252 | 244 | 8004 | 113* | 38.66 | 131.97 | 8 | 55 | 705 | 272 |
Shikhar Dhawan | PBKS | 222 | 221 | 6769 | 106* | 35.25 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 768 | 152 |
Rohit Sharma | MI | 257 | 252 | 6628 | 109* | 29.72 | 131.14 | 2 | 43 | 599 | 280 |
David Warner | DC | 184 | 184 | 6565 | 126 | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 62 | 663 | 236 |
Suresh Raina | CSK | 205 | 200 | 5528 | 100* | 32.51 | 136.73 | 1 | 39 | 506 | 203 |
MS Dhoni | CSK | 264 | 229 | 5243 | 84* | 39.12 | 137.53 | – | 24 | 363 | 252 |
AB de Villiers | RCB | 184 | 170 | 5162 | 133* | 39.70 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 | 413 | 251 |
Chris Gayle | PBKS | 142 | 141 | 4965 | 175* | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 | 404 | 357 |
Robin Uthappa | CSK | 205 | 197 | 4952 | 88 | 27.51 | 130.35 | – | 27 | 481 | 182 |
Dinesh Karthik | RCB | 257 | 234 | 4842 | 97* | 26.31 | 135.36 | – | 22 | 466 | 161 |
KL Rahul | LSG | 132 | 123 | 4683 | 132* | 45.46 | 134.60 | 4 | 37 | 400 | 187 |
Ajinkya Rahane | CSK | 185 | 171 | 4642 | 105* | 30.14 | 123.42 | 2 | 30 | 478 | 103 |
Faf du Plessis | RCB | 145 | 138 | 4571 | 96 | 35.99 | 136.36 | – | 37 | 421 | 166 |
Sanju Samson | RR | 168 | 163 | 4419 | 119 | 30.68 | 138.96 | 3 | 25 | 352 | 206 |
Ambati Rayudu | CSK | 204 | 187 | 4348 | 100* | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 359 | 173 |
Gautam Gambhir | DC | 154 | 152 | 4217 | 93 | 31.00 | 123.88 | – | 36 | 492 | 59 |
Shane Watson | CSK | 145 | 141 | 3874 | 117* | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 375 | 190 |
Manish Pandey | DC | 171 | 159 | 3850 | 114* | 29.16 | 121.10 | 1 | 22 | 335 | 110 |
Suryakumar Yadav | MI | 150 | 135 | 3594 | 103* | 32.08 | 145.32 | 2 | 24 | 385 | 130 |
Jos Buttler | RR | 107 | 106 | 3582 | 124 | 38.10 | 147.52 | 7 | 19 | 355 | 161 |
Kieron Pollard | MI | 189 | 171 | 3412 | 87* | 28.67 | 147.32 | – | 16 | 218 | 223 |
Rishabh Pant | DC | 111 | 110 | 3284 | 128* | 35.31 | 148.93 | 1 | 18 | 296 | 154 |
Shubman Gill | GT | 103 | 100 | 3216 | 129 | 37.83 | 135.69 | 4 | 20 | 310 | 95 |
Yusuf Pathan | SRH | 174 | 154 | 3204 | 100 | 29.12 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 262 | 158 |
Quinton de Kock | LSG | 107 | 107 | 3157 | 140* | 31.25 | 134.22 | 2 | 23 | 316 | 123 |
Shreyas Iyer | KKR | 116 | 115 | 3127 | 96 | 32.23 | 127.47 | – | 21 | 271 | 113 |
Ravindra Jadeja | CSK | 240 | 184 | 2959 | 62* | 27.39 | 129.78 | – | 3 | 215 | 107 |
Wriddhiman Saha | GT | 170 | 145 | 2934 | 115* | 24.24 | 127.56 | 1 | 13 | 296 | 87 |
David Miller | GT | 130 | 124 | 2924 | 101* | 36.09 | 139.23 | 1 | 13 | 207 | 134 |
Brendon McCullum | RCB | 109 | 109 | 2880 | 158* | 27.69 | 131.74 | 2 | 13 | 293 | 130 |
Parthiv Patel | RCB | 139 | 137 | 2848 | 81 | 22.60 | 120.78 | – | 13 | 365 | 49 |
Glenn Maxwell | RCB | 134 | 129 | 2771 | 95 | 24.74 | 156.73 | – | 18 | 232 | 160 |
Yuvraj Singh | MI | 132 | 126 | 2750 | 83 | 24.77 | 129.71 | – | 13 | 217 | 149 |
Virender Sehwag | KXIP | 104 | 104 | 2728 | 122 | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 334 | 106 |
Mayank Agarwal | SRH | 127 | 121 | 2661 | 106 | 22.74 | 133.05 | 1 | 13 | 263 | 98 |
Ishan Kishan | MI | 105 | 99 | 2644 | 99 | 28.43 | 135.86 | – | 16 | 255 | 119 |
Nitish Rana | KKR | 107 | 101 | 2636 | 87 | 28.65 | 135.04 | – | 18 | 234 | 132 |
Murali Vijay | CSK | 106 | 106 | 2619 | 127 | 25.93 | 121.87 | 2 | 13 | 247 | 91 |
Hardik Pandya | MI | 137 | 128 | 2525 | 91 | 28.69 | 145.61 | – | 10 | 189 | 136 |
Andre Russell | KKR | 127 | 105 | 2484 | 88* | 29.22 | 174.92 | – | 11 | 170 | 209 |
Shaun Marsh | KXIP | 71 | 69 | 2477 | 115 | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 266 | 78 |
Jacques Kallis | KKR | 98 | 96 | 2427 | 89* | 28.55 | 109.22 | – | 17 | 255 | 44 |
Dwayne Smith | GL | 91 | 89 | 2385 | 87* | 28.39 | 135.20 | – | 17 | 245 | 117 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 66 | 65 | 2380 | 108* | 41.75 | 136.86 | 2 | 18 | 217 | 91 |
Sachin Tendulkar | MI | 78 | 78 | 2334 | 100* | 34.83 | 119.81 | 1 | 13 | 295 | 29 |
Rahul Tripathi | SRH | 95 | 93 | 2236 | 93 | 27.26 | 139.31 | – | 12 | 223 | 84 |
Rahul Dravid | RR | 89 | 82 | 2174 | 75* | 28.23 | 115.51 | – | 11 | 268 | 28 |
Kane Williamson | GT | 79 | 77 | 2128 | 89 | 35.46 | 125.61 | – | 18 | 185 | 64 |
Aaron Finch | KKR | 92 | 90 | 2091 | 88* | 25.19 | 128.20 | – | 15 | 214 | 78 |
Adam Gilchrist | KXIP | 80 | 80 | 2069 | 109* | 27.22 | 138.39 | 2 | 11 | 239 | 92 |
Jean-Paul Duminy | MI | 83 | 77 | 2029 | 78* | 39.78 | 124.02 | – | 14 | 126 | 79 |
Mike Hussey | CSK | 59 | 58 | 1977 | 116* | 38.76 | 122.64 | 1 | 15 | 198 | 52 |
Prithvi Shaw | DC | 79 | 79 | 1892 | 99 | 23.94 | 147.46 | – | 14 | 238 | 61 |
Marcus Stoinis | LSG | 96 | 88 | 1866 | 124* | 28.27 | 142.00 | 1 | 9 | 150 | 91 |
Mahela Jayawardene | DC | 80 | 78 | 1802 | 110* | 28.60 | 123.25 | 1 | 10 | 200 | 39 |
Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 76 | 73 | 1769 | 77 | 32.16 | 162.29 | – | 9 | 112 | 127 |
Mandeep Singh | KKR | 111 | 98 | 1706 | 77* | 20.80 | 122.91 | – | 6 | 176 | 38 |
Manoj Tiwary | KXIP | 98 | 85 | 1695 | 75* | 28.72 | 116.97 | – | 7 | 156 | 40 |
Kumar Sangakkara | SRH | 71 | 68 | 1687 | 94 | 25.95 | 121.19 | – | 10 | 195 | 27 |
Axar Patel | DC | 150 | 113 | 1653 | 66 | 21.46 | 130.87 | – | 3 | 107 | 79 |
Krunal Pandya | LSG | 127 | 111 | 1647 | 86 | 22.56 | 132.82 | – | 1 | 144 | 61 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | RR | 53 | 52 | 1607 | 124 | 32.14 | 150.60 | 2 | 9 | 198 | 64 |
Jonny Bairstow | SRH | 50 | 50 | 1589 | 114 | 34.54 | 144.45 | 2 | 9 | 166 | 69 |
Dwayne Bravo | CSK | 161 | 113 | 1560 | 70* | 22.60 | 129.56 | – | 5 | 120 | 66 |
Devdutt Padikkal | RR | 64 | 64 | 1559 | 101* | 25.14 | 123.14 | 1 | 9 | 169 | 42 |
Naman Ojha | DC | 113 | 94 | 1554 | 94* | 20.72 | 118.35 | – | 6 | 121 | 79 |
Sunil Narine | KKR | 177 | 110 | 1534 | 109 | 17.04 | 165.83 | 1 | 7 | 164 | 97 |
Shivam Dube | CSK | 65 | 61 | 1502 | 95* | 30.04 | 146.67 | – | 9 | 86 | 101 |
Karun Nair | RR | 76 | 68 | 1496 | 83* | 23.74 | 127.75 | – | 10 | 161 | 39 |
Saurabh Tiwary | MI | 93 | 74 | 1494 | 61 | 28.73 | 120.09 | – | 8 | 111 | 50 |
Deepak Hooda | LSG | 118 | 96 | 1465 | 64 | 18.31 | 129.53 | – | 8 | 96 | 61 |
Subramaniam Badrinath | CSK | 95 | 67 | 1441 | 71* | 30.65 | 118.89 | – | 11 | 154 | 28 |
Eoin Morgan | KKR | 83 | 75 | 1405 | 68* | 22.66 | 122.60 | – | 5 | 112 | 64 |
Brad Hodge | RR | 66 | 63 | 1400 | 73 | 33.33 | 125.22 | – | 6 | 122 | 43 |