The Indian Premier League tournament is always a place for cricket records for batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders. In this article, we are going to list down the top IPL players based on their IPL records.
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle is one of the finest IPL T20 players who has played 124 IPL innings, in which Gayle has scored totally 4484 runs with an average of 41.13. He has also scored 6 hundred and 28 half-centuries. His highest IPL score in an innings is 175 not out. Gayle has also hit totally 326 sixes and 369 fours.
Chris Gayle has also had the record of hitting fastest century in IPL. He has scored this by facing 30 balls with 17 sixes and 13 fours against the Pune Warrior India in Bengaluru, Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2013. Chris Gayle also got the “player of the series” award in IPL 2011 for his 608 runs and 8 wickets.
Gayle IPL Records
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 4484 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 326 | 369 | 21 | 1 (IPL 2011) |
Shane Watson
Shane Watson, this Australian cricketer is playing in IPL from 2008. He has scored totally 3575 runs and took 92 wickets from 105 IPL innings. Shane Watson is also one of the IPL players who got the player of the series award twice. He has got the man of the series award in IPL 2008 and 2011. He has also got 15 “man of the match” award from IPL 2008. Watson is playing for the Chennai Super Kings currently, earlier he has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Rajasthan Royals IPL teams.
Watson IPL Stats
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | 3575 | 92 | 6 | 28 | 177 | 343 | 15 | 2 (IPL 2008 & 2013) |
David Warner
David Warner is one of the consistent IPL players who has the record of hitting the most number of half-centuries in Indian Premier League tournament. Warner has scored totally 44 50s from 126 IPL T20 matches. He has scored totally 4706 runs with an average of 43.17 including 4 times hundred.
Warner IPL Achievements
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 4706 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 181 | 458 | 17 | 0 |
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli, the Indian captain is playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore from IPL 2008. Kohli is holding the record of most number of IPL runs, which is 5412 runs from 169 IPL innings. He has scored 5 centuries and 36 half-centuries as well. Virat’s highest IPL score is 113 runs. He has hit 191 sixes and 480 fours in his IPL career.
Virat Kohli has also got a player of the series award in IPL 2016. In this season, Virat has scored 973 runs from 16 IPL matches including 5 man of the match awards.
Kohli IPL Records
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 5412 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 191 | 480 | 12 | 1 (IPL 2016) |
MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni, the former Indian skipper and the current captain of the Chennai Super Kings have been playing in IPL from 2008. He has played for RPS in IPL 2016 and 2017. Dhoni is having the record of most number of stumping as a wicketkeeper. He has dismissed 38 batsmen using his fast stumping.
Dhoni has played totally 170 IPL innings, in which he has scored 4432 runs with an average of 42.20. His highest IPL score is 84 not out. Dhoni has also hit 209 sixes and 297 fours, which includes 23 half-centuries as well.
Dhoni IPL Performance
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | 4432 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 209 | 297 | 17 | 0 |
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan is holding the record of hitting the most number of 4s in IPL. He has hit totally 524 fours and 96 sixes. Dhawan has scored totally 4579 runs from 158 IPL innings with an average of 33.42. His highest IPL score in an innings is 97 not out. Dhawan is currently playing for Delhi Capitals, in the earlier PL seasons he has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers IPL teams.
Dhawan IPL Records
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 4579 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 96 | 524 | 6 | 0 |
KL Rahul
KL Rahul, this Indian cricketer is holding the record of fastest half-century in IPL. Rahul has scored this 50 from 14 balls which includes 4 sixes and 6 fours against the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2018. KL Rahul has scored totally 1977 runs from 58 innings with an average of 42.06. He has scored 1 century and 16 half-centuries in IPL.
KL Rahul IPL Stats
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1977 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 81 | 176 | 4 | 0 |
Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team, he has been playing for KKR for the last 2 IPL seasons. Karthik has played for Gujarat Lions, Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous IPL seasons. Karthik is holding the record of most number of catches in the IPL. He has taken 109 catches from 163 IPL innings.
Karthik has scored totally 3654 runs with an average of 27.06 including 18 half-centuries. His highest IPL score in an innings is 97 not out. He has also hit 101 sixes and 357 fours in his IPL history
Karthik IPL Contribution
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 3654 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 101 | 357 | 4 | 0 |
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh, this Indian cricketer is playing in IPL from 2008 season. Currently, Harbhajan is playing for the CSK IPL team, earlier he was playing for the Mumbai Indians. Harbhajan is holding the record of bowling the most number of dot balls in the IPL. He has bowled 1249 dot balls in IPL, he is also holding the record of most number of caught and bowl dismissals, which is 11.
Harbhajan Singh is the third most wicket-takers after Malinga and Amith Mishra, he has taken totally 150 wickets from 127 IPL innings. He has also contributed in his bat, he has scored totally 829 IPL runs which includes a half-century as well.
Harbhajan IPL Records
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 829 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 79 | 8 | 0 |
Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga, this Sri Lankan cricket player is playing for Mumbai Indians team from 2009. Malinga is holding the record of most number of IPL wickets, which is 170 wickets. He has played totally 122 IPL matches, he has taken once 5 wickets and six times 4 wickets in an innings.
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | 6s | 4s | Man of the matches | Player of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 88 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Alzarri Joseph
Alzarri Joseph is a West Indies cricketer who is mainly playing for West Indies national side. Joseph has started playing the IPL cricket matches from 2019 season for the Mumbai Indians team. So far, he has played 3 IPL matches, in these, he has taken 6 wickets.
Alzarri Joseph is holding the IPL record of most number of wickets in an IPL innings. He has taken 6 wickets by giving 12 runs against the Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL team on April 6th 2019 in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. He has also got the man of the match award for this excellent bowling in that IPL T20 match.
