Most Runs in Indian Premier League

The IPL Orange Cap is awarded to the leading run scorer in an Indian Premier League season. The concept of giving the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League was introduced in April 2008, just a week after the first-ever season of the tournament got underway.

The Orange Cap holder in the Indian Premier League wears the orange cap during the season while fielding. The holder changes dynamically as new players become the leading run-scorer throughout the competition. In the end, the actual orange cap in the Indian Premier League is given to the player who eventually finishes the tournament as the highest run-scorer.

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008, became the first player to wear the IPL orange cap. On the other hand, former Australia batsman Shaun Marsh was the first player to win the orange cap in the Indian Premier League. Marsh had finished IPL 2008 as the highest run-scorer while plying his trade for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings).

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar is the first Indian to win the orange cap in the IPL. Tendulkar won the award in 2010 after scoring 618 runs while playing for Mumbai Indians.

IPL Orange Cap list:

The first name to feature in the IPL Orange Cap list is Shaun Marsh who won the award in the inaugural season. In the second season, Australia's Matthew Hayden was the IPL Orange Cap holder before Sachin Tendulkar became the first Indian to win it.

In 2011 and 2012, Chris Gayle won the Orange Cap while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In 2013, Michael Hussey bagged the award before Kolkata Knight Riders' Robin Uthappa won the Orange Cap in 2014.

From 2015 to 2019, David Warner won the Orange Cap three times in alternate years. In the two years that he did not win the Orange Cap, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson bagged the honors.

In 2020, KL Rahul won the Cap before Ruturaj Gaikwad did it in 2021. In 2022, England star Jos Buttler won the Orange Cap. He was followed by Shubman Gill.

In IPL 2024, Virat Kohli was the IPL Orange Cap holder. He bagged the award for the second time after scoring 741 runs in 15 games.

Kohli was the only player to score more than 600 runs in the last edition of the IPL. Chennai Super Kings' Ruturaj Gaikwad was in the second spot after scoring 583 runs from 14 games.

Here is a list showing the winners of Orange Cap in all IPL seasons:

IPL Orange Cap records:

Here are some notable IPL Orange Cap records so far:

• Brendon McCullum is the first player to wear the Orange Cap.
• Shaun Marsh is the first-ever player to win the IPL Orange Cap.
• Sachin Tendulkar is the first Indian player to win the Orange Cap.
• The only players to win the IPL Orange Cap even after scoring less than 600 runs are Matthew Hayden (572) and David Warner (562).
• Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring most runs in an IPL season to win the Orange Cap. In IPL 2016, he had scored 973 runs.
• The only player to win the Orange Cap in IPL in two consecutive seasons is Chris Gayle.
• David Warner holds the record for winning the IPL Orange cap most times (3).
• Virat Kohli is the only Indian to win the Orange cap more than once. He has won it twice so far.