IPL History 2008-2023: All Winners, Most Runs & Wickets

Cricket is not just a sport but a religion in India, and the Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken the game to new heights. Launched in 2008, the IPL is a Twenty20 cricket league in India that has gained immense popularity worldwide. In this article, we will take a trip down to some amazing IPL history, this history includes all season winners list, most runs, most wickets, orange cap holder, purple cap holder, fastest century, fastest 50, highest scores, and much more.

IPL Winners List

Here, we include the IPL winners list, along with the venue and win margin, as well as the champion and runner-up. Let’s look at the IPL Winners List chart for the years 2008 through 2023. The Mumbai Indians are the most successful team in IPL history, having won the tournament a record five times.

Most Runs in IPL History

Rank	Players Name	Matches	Runs	Hs	Average	BF	SR
1	Virat Kohli	216	6411	113	36.43	4942	129.72
2	Shikhar Dhawan	200	6086	106	35.18	4795	126.92
3	Rohit Sharma	221	5764	109	30.66	4424	130.29
4	David Warner	155	5668	126	41.99	4032	140.58
5	Suresh Raina	205	5528	100	32.52	4043	136.73
6	AB de Villiers	184	5162	133	39.71	3403	151.69
7	Chris Gayle	142	4965	175	39.72	3333	148.96
8	Robin Uthappa	201	4950	88	27.97	3789	130.64
9	MS Dhoni	228	4878	84	39.66	3593	135.76
10	Dinesh Karthik	222	4262	97	26.64	3228	132.03

Most Wickets in IPL History

Rank	Player	Mat	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR
1	DJ Bravo	161	519.5	183	23.82	8.38	17
2	SL Malinga	122	471.1	170	19.79	7.14	16.6
3	YS Chahal	131	476	166	21.83	7.61	17.2
4	A Mishra	154	540.5	166	23.95	7.35	19.5
5	PP Chawla	165	545.4	157	27.39	7.88	20.8
6	R Ashwin	184	650	157	28.87	6.97	24.8
7	B Kumar	146	543.4	154	25.78	7.3	21.1
8	SP Narine	148	576.1	152	25.13	6.63	22.7
9	Harbhajan Singh	163	569.2	150	26.86	7.07	22.7
10	JJ Bumrah	120	457	145	23.3	7.39	18.9

Orange Cap Holder

Year	Player	Team	Runs	Average	Strike rate	50	100	HS
2023	Shubman Gill	GT	890	59.33	157.80	4	3	129
2022	Jos Buttler	RR	863	57.53	149.05	4	4	116
2021	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	635	45.35	136.26	4	1	101*
2020	KL Rahul	PBKS	670	55.83	129.34	5	1	132*
2019	David Warner	SRH	692	69.2	143.87	8	1	100
2018	Kane Williamson	SRH	735	52.5	142.44	8	0	84
2017	David Warner	SRH	641	58.27	141.81	4	1	126
2016	Virat Kohli	RCB	973	81.08	152.03	7	4	113
2015	David Warner	SRH	562	43.23	156.54	7	0	91
2014	Robin Uthappa	KKR	660	44	137.78	5	0	83
2013	Michael Hussey	CSK	733	52.35	129.5	6	0	95
2012	Chris Gayle	RCB	733	61.08	160.74	7	1	128
2011	Chris Gayle	RCB	608	67.55	183.13	3	2	107
2010	Sachin Tendulkar	MI	618	47.53	132.61	5	0	89
2009	Matthew Hayden	CSK	572	52	144.81	5	0	89
2008	Shaun Marsh	KXIP	616	68.44	139.68	5	1	115

Purple Cap Holder

YEAR	PLAYER	Wickets	Matches	Average	Economy
2023	Mohammed Shami	28	17	18.64	8.03
2022	Yuzvendra Chahal	27	17	19.52	7.75
2021	Harshal Patel	32	15	14.34	8.14
2020	Kagiso Rabada	30	17	18.26	8.34
2019	Imran Tahir	26	17	16.57	6.69
2018	Andrew Tye	24	14	18.66	8.0
2017	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	26	14	14.19	7.05
2016	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	23	17	21.3	7.42
2015	Dwayne Bravo	26	17	16.38	8.14
2014	Mohit Sharma	23	16	19.65	8.39
2013	Dwayne Bravo	32	18	15.53	7.95
2012	Morne Morkel	25	16	18.12	7.19
2011	Lasith Malinga	28	16	13.39	5.95
2010	Pragyan Ojha	21	16	20.42	7.29
2009	RP Singh	23	16	18.13	6.98
2008	Sohail Tanvir	22	11	12.09	6.46

Fastest IPL Century

Rank	PLAYER	Balls Faced	Against	Venue
1	Chris Gayle	30	PWI	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
2	Yusuf Pathan	37	MI	Brabourne Stadium
3	David Miller	38	RCB	IS Bindra Stadium
4	Adam Gilchrist	42	MI	DY Patil Stadium
5	AB de Villiers	43	GL	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
6	David Warner	43	KKR	Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium
7	Sanath Jayasuriya	45	CSK	Wankhede Stadium
8	Mayank Agarwal	45	RR	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
9	Murali Vijay	46	RR	Chidambaram
10	Chris Gayle	46	PBKS	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Fastest IPL 50

Rank	Player	Balls Faced	Against
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	13	KKR
2	Pat Cummins	14	MI
3	KL Rahul	14	DC
4	Yusuf Pathan	15	SRH
5	Sunil Narine	15	RCB
6	Suresh Raina	16	PBKS
7	Ishan Kishan	16	SRH
8	Chris Gayle	17	PWI
9	Hardik Pandya	17	KKR
10	Kieron Pollard	17	CSK

Most Sixes in IPL History

Rank	Player	Mat	6s
1	CH Gayle	142	357
2	RG Sharma	243	257
3	AB de Villiers	184	251
4	MS Dhoni	250	239
5	V Kohli	237	234
6	DA Warner	176	226
7	KA Pollard	189	223
8	SK Raina	205	203
9	Andre Russell	112	193
10	SR Watson	145	190

Most Fours in IPL

Rank	Player	Matches	Fours
1	Shikhar Dhawan	217	750
2	David Warner	176	646
3	Virat Kohli	237	643
4	Rohit Sharma	243	554
5	Suresh Raina	205	506
6	Gautam Gambhir	154	492
7	Robin Uthappa	205	481
8	Ajinkya Rahane	172	455
9	Dinesh Karthik	242	439
10	AB DE Villiers	184	413

Longest Six in IPL History

Rank	Player	Distance	Team	Against	Year
1	Albie Morkel	125 m	CSK	DC	2008
2	Praveen Kumar	124 m	RCB	RR	2008
3	Adam Gilchrist	122 m	KXIP	RCB	2011
4	Robin Uthappa	120 m	RCB	MI	2010
5	Chris Gayle	119 m	RCB	PWI	2013
6	Yuvraj Singh	119 m	KXIP	Chennai	2009
7	Ross Taylor	119 m	RCB	Chennai	2008
8	Gautam Gambhir	117 m	KKKR	Rajasthan	2013
9	Ben Cutting	117 m	SRH	RCB	2016
10	Liam Livingstone	117 m	PBKS	GG	2022

Highest Score in IPL By Teams

Rank	Team	Score	Opposition	Ground
1	RCB	263/5	PW	Bengaluru
2	LSG	257/5	PBKS	Mohali
3	RCB	248/3	GL	Bengaluru
4	CSK	246/5	RR	Chennai
5	KKR	245/6	KXIP	Indore
6	CSK	240/5	KXIP	Mohali
7	RCB	235/1	MI	Wankhede
8	MI	235/9	SRH	Abu Dhabi
9	GT	233/3	MI	Ahmedabad
10	KXIP	232/2	RCB	Dharamsala

Highest Individual Score in IPL

Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
1	CH Gayle	175*	66	13	17	265.15
2	BB McCullum	158*	73	10	13	216.43
3	Q de Kock	140*	70	10	10	200
4	AB de Villiers	133*	59	19	4	225.42
5	KL Rahul	132*	69	14	7	191.3
6	AB de Villiers	129*	52	10	12	248.07
7	Shubman Gill	129	60	7	10	215.00
8	CH Gayle	128*	62	7	13	206.45
9	RR Pant	128*	63	15	7	203.17
10	M Vijay	127	56	8	11	226.78

Lowest Score in IPL

Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Opposition
1	RCB	49	9.4	5.06	KKR
2	RR	58	15.1	3.82	RCB
3	RR	59	10.3	5.61	RCB
4	DD	66	13.4	4.82	MI
5	DD	67	17.1	3.9	KXIP
6	KKR	67	15.2	4.36	MI
7	RCB	68	16.1	4.2	SRH
8	RCB	70	17.1	4.07	CSK
9	RCB	70	15	4.66	RR
10	KXIP	73	15.5	4.61	RPS

Highest Strike Rate in IPL

Rank	Player	Team	Average	Strike Rate
1	Andre Russell	KKR	30.37	177.88
2	Liam Livingstone	PBKS	27.45	166.87
3	Sunil Narine	KKR	14.86	162.7
4	Virender Sehwag	PBKS	27.55	155.44
5	Chris Morris	RR	22.07	155.28
6	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	25.48	153.88
7	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	30.78	152.2
8	AB de Villiers	RCB	39.7	151.68
9	Nicholas Pooran	SRH	26.06	151.24
10	Jos Buttler	RR	39.87	149.71

Most Ducks in IPL

Rank	Player	Mat	Runs	0s
1	Mandeep Singh	108	1692	14
2	RG Sharma	227	5879	14
3	PP Chawla	165	584	13
4	Harbhajan Singh	163	833	13
5	PA Patel	139	2848	13
6	AM Rahane	158	4074	13
7	AT Rayudu	189	4202	13
8	KD Karthik	229	4376	13
9	Rashid Khan	92	312	12
10	SP Narine	148	1025	12

Most Catches in IPL

Rank	Player	Matches	Catches	Most in Match
1	SK Raina	205	109	3
2	KA Pollard	189	103	2
3	RG Sharma	227	97	3
4	V Kohli	223	93	2
5	S Dhawan	206	92	3
6	AB de Villiers	184	90	3
7	RA Jadeja	211	88	4
8	DJ Bravo	161	80	3
9	MK Pandey	160	78	3
10	DA Warner	162	74	4

Most Matches Played in IPL

Rank	Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Wkts
1	MS Dhoni	235	4992	84*	39.3	–
2	KD Karthik	229	4376	97*	26.84	–
3	RG Sharma	227	5879	109*	30.3	15
4	V Kohli	223	6624	113	36.19	4
5	RA Jadeja	211	2503	62*	26.34	133
6	S Dhawan	207*	6284	106*	35.1	4
7	SK Raina	205	5528	100*	32.51	25
8	RV Uthappa	205	4952	88	27.51	–
9	KA Pollard	189	3412	87*	28.67	69
10	AT Rayudu	189	4202	100*	28.97	–

Most Successful Captain in IPL

Rank	Player	Mat	Won	Lost	Win %
1	MS Dhoni	211	123	87	58.57
2	RG Sharma	143	79	60	56.64
3	G Gambhir	129	71	57	55.42
4	V Kohli	140	64	69	48.16
5	AC Gilchrist	74	35	39	47.29
6	DA Warner	69	35	32	52.17
7	SK Warne	55	30	24	55.45
8	SR Tendulkar	51	30	21	58.82
9	V Sehwag	53	28	24	53.77
10	SS Iyer	55	27	26	50.9

Most Expensive Player IPL

Year	Player	Team	Price
2023	Sam Curran	PBKS	18.50 crores
2022	Ishan Kishan	MI	15.25 crores
2021	Chris Morris	RR	16.25 crores
2020	Pat Cummins	KKR	15.5 crores
2019	Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Chakravarthy	RR, KXIP	8.4 crores
2018	Ben Stokes	RR	12.5 crores
2017	Ben Stokes	RPS	14.5 crores
2016	Shane Watson	RCB	9.5 crores
2015	Yuvraj Singh	DC	16 crores
2014	Yuvraj Singh	RCB	14 crores
2013	Glenn Maxwell	MI	6.3 crores
2012	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	12.8 crores
2011	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	14.9 crores
2010	Shane Bond, Kieron Pollard	KKR, MI	4.8 crores
2009	Kevin Pietersen	RCB	9.8 crores
2009	Andrew Flintoff	CSK	9.8 crores
2008	MS Dhoni	CSK	9.5 crores

Conclusion

The IPL has revolutionized cricket in India and has become a global phenomenon. It has provided a platform for young Indian cricketers to showcase their talent and has given rise to new cricketing strategies. While it has had its share of controversies, the IPL’s future looks bright, and we can’t wait to see what the next decade and a half holds for this cricketing extravaganza.