List of Indian Premier League records and statistics
Virat Kohli (left) holds the record for most runs in IPL history, while Yuzvendra Chahal (right) has taken the most wickets.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket competition, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the national governing body of cricket in India. T20 cricket is a shorter format of the game, with each team playing a single innings of 20 overs. The inaugural season of the IPL was held in 2008, and the tournament has been held annually in India[a] ever since.[1] Currently, ten teams compete for the championship.[3] Since the league's inception, seven teams have won the title, with the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) both securing five titles each.
MS Dhoni (left) and Rohit Sharma (right) both hold the record of most titles as captain in Indian Premier League with 5 titles each.
Indian batsmanVirat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,004) and the most centuries made (8) in the league. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeperMS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played. West Indies batsman Chris Gayle holds several individual batting records, including the highest individual score in a match (175*), the most sixes scored (357), the most sixes in a match (17), and the fastest century (off 30 balls). Indian bowlerYuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets taken (205).[4][5] West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph holds the record for the best bowling figures with 6/12.
The Mumbai Indians hold the record for playing and winning the most matches, while the Gujarat Titans (GT) have the highest win percentage (62.22%). Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) scored the most runs in a match with a score of 287/3 against the Royal Challengers Bangaluru (RCB) in 2024, breaking their own record of 277/3 against the Mumbai Indians earlier in the same season.[6] The highest successful run chase in the league's history was achieved by the Punjab Kings (PBKS), as they chased down a target of 262 set by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2024. The Royal Challengers Bangaluru scored the lowest total, making just 49 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017.
Listing criteria
In general, the top five are listed in each category, except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, in which case all the tied record holders are noted.
Listing notation
Team notation
(200/3) indicates that a team scored 200 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained
(200) indicates that a team scored 200 runs and was all out
Batting notation
(100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out
(100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out
Bowling notation
(5/20) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while conceding 20 runs
Teams have won matches by one wicket on four occasions:
Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]
Highest successful chases
As of 19 May 2024
Source: HowStat[9]
Lowest successful defence
As of 13 May 2023
Source: India Today[10]
Tied Matches
As of August 2023[update] matches have resulted in a tie on 14 occasions. The first time a match was tied in the league was during the 2009 season when Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals played in a match at Newlands in South Africa. The most recent tie occurred during the 2021 season when Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad played at Chennai.[8] All tied matches in the IPL are resolved by using a super over.
Team scoring records
Highest team total
As of 20 April 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
Lowest team total
As of 15 May 2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]
Highest match aggregate
As of 28 April 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Lowest match aggregate
As of 23 April 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]
Individual batting records
Most career runs
As of 22 May 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Highest individual score
As of 18 May 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
Most centuries
As of 2024[update], 101 centuries have been scored in IPL matches.
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
Most runs in a season
As of 22 May 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]
Most career sixes
As of 22 May 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[19]
Most sixes in an innings
As of 14 September 2020
Source: ESPNcricinfo[20]
Individual bowling records
Most career wickets
As of 26 May 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]
Best bowling figures
As of 24 May 2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]
Five-wicket hauls
As of April 2024[update], there have been 35 five-wicket hauls in IPL matches.
Hat-tricks
Amit Mishra is the only bowler to have taken three IPL hat-tricks.[23]
As of August 2023[update] only Kumar Sangakkara has taken five wicket-keeping dismissals in an innings in the IPL. He did so for Deccan Chargers against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a 2011 match at Hyderabad. A number of wicket-keepers have taken four dismissals in an innings.[29]
The Orange Cap is awarded to the top run-scorer in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[41] The Purple Cap is awarded to the top wicket-taker in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[42]
^The tournament has also been held outside India on several occasions: in 2009 in South Africa and in 2014 in the UAE due to general elections, and in the UAE in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
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