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Most Runs in Indian Premier League

IPL is a league of excellent players from all over the world and with so many veterans and new players who possess really good skills, new cricketing milestones are sure to be reached and breached. To acknowledge one such skill, the award of the orange cap in Indian Premier League was introduced. It is awarded to the player who has scored the maximum aggregate of runs by the end of the season. Over 17 years IPL has witnessed many masterclasses and Cricket Addictor brings to you the list of all the IPL orange cap holders.

Over the years, the IPL orange cap list saw the inclusion of many names, some classic veterans, and some newcomers all set to showcase their skills on a big platform like IPL. The first name that went in the orange cap in Indian Premier League list is Shaun Marsh from KXIP, who scored 616 runs at a strike rate of 139.68; following which Matthew Hayden got his name registered in the list of orange cap in IPL all season scoring 572 runs for CSK at a commendable strike rate of 144.81. 

Sachin Tendulkar, in the very next season, smashed 618 runs for MI in the season and won the orange cap. Chris Gayle is the only batsman till date who won the IPL orange cap for two consecutive seasons scoring 608 and 733 runs in the 4th and 5th seasons of the league.

Michael Hussey equalled the record of 733 runs in the very next season and won the cap batting at a strike rate of 129.5 for CSK after whom Robin Uthappa (660 runs) won the orange cap in 2014 for KKR.

David Warner has won the highest number of IPL orange cap (2015, 2017, 2019) for SRH scoring an aggregate of 562, 641, and 692 runs all at a strike rate of above 140.

Although RCB lost to SRH in the finals of IPL 2016, Virat Kohli broke all previous IPL orange cap records by scoring a massive 973 runs at an excellent strike rate of 152.03, which is the highest till date.

Kane Williamson (735 runs) won the cap in IPL 2018 for SRH.

In IPL 2020, KL Rahul (670 runs), won the orange cap playing for KXIP currently known as the Punjab Kings.

Ruturaj Gaikwad won the orange cap in Indian Premier League season 14 scoring 635 runs batting for Chennai Super Kings at a strike rate of 157.80, also becoming only the third batsman from the team to cross the 600 mark.

Continuing his red-hot form, Jos Buttler went all guns blazing in the 15th season aggregating 863 runs scored at the strike rate of 149.06.

Shubman Gill surpassed Ruturaj Gaikwad to become the youngest orange cap holder IPL in the 16th season smashing 890 runs at a strike rate of 157.80.

With the kind of batting masterclass IPL witnesses every year, the orange cap in Indian Premier League list will see new names with some new records for sure. To be updated about such information from your favorite game, follow Cricket Addictor.

No Player M Inns Runs S/R 4s 6s
1 253 245 8063 132.16 709 275
2 222 221 6769 127.14 768 152
3 259 254 6636 131.09 601 280
4 184 184 6565 139.77 663 236
5 205 200 5528 136.73 506 203
6 267 232 5289 137.70 367 255
7 184 170 5162 151.69 413 251
8 142 141 4965 148.96 405 357
9 205 197 4952 130.35 481 182
10 257 234 4842 135.36 466 161
11 188 175 4727 123.91 486 109
12 133 124 4698 134.85 402 188
13 147 140 4650 136.89 427 171
14 170 165 4452 138.82 355 207
15 204 187 4348 127.54 359 173
16 154 153 4217 123.88 492 59
17 145 141 3874 137.91 376 190
18 171 159 3850 121.11 335 110
19 153 138 3698 145.82 391 137
20 109 108 3675 147.89 364 164
21 189 171 3412 147.32 218 223
22 114 113 3301 147.96 296 155
23 105 102 3287 136.33 316 99
24 118 117 3276 129.74 279 126
25 110 110 3259 135.00 325 129
26 174 154 3204 142.97 262 158
27 243 187 3033 129.62 220 109
28 133 127 2983 139.13 213 136
29 170 145 2934 127.57 296 87
30 109 109 2880 131.75 293 130
31 139 137 2848 120.78 366 49
32 136 130 2771 156.64 232 160
33 108 102 2752 137.67 266 125
34 132 126 2750 129.72 217 149
35 110 104 2736 136.46 246 137
36 104 104 2728 155.44 334 106
37 127 121 2661 133.05 263 98
38 106 106 2619 121.87 248 91
39 139 129 2536 144.83 190 136
40 69 68 2496 137.67 230 95
41 130 107 2493 173.85 172 209
42 103 93 2485 128.09 225 60
43 71 69 2477 132.74 266 78
44 98 96 2427 109.23 256 44
45 91 89 2385 135.20 245 117
46 78 78 2334 119.82 295 29
47 96 94 2259 139.10 226 85
48 89 82 2174 115.52 270 28
49 79 77 2128 125.62 186 64
50 92 90 2091 128.20 214 78
M: Matches,
W: Won,
L: Lost,
T: Tie,
N/R: No Result,
PTS: Points,
Net RR: Net run rate,
Q: Qualified

Most Runs in IPL FAQs

Shaun Marsh won the first orange cap in IPL, scoring 616 runs for KXIP.

Shubhman Gill (then 23 years) became the youngest cricketer to have won the orange cap in 2023 surpassing Ruturaj Gaikwad (24 years).

Shubhman Gill playing for GT was the last IPL orange cap winner scoring 863 runs at a massive strike rate of 157.80

Virat Kohli set a record of 973 runs in a single season of Indian Premier League playing for RCB in 2016.

David Warner won the orange cup for most number of times; thrice (2015, 2017, 2019) playing for SRH all three times.
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