The stage for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Ahead of the sixteenth edition of the rich-cash tournament, let us look at the top five batters with most runs in IPL history.
Virat Kohli leads the chart of highest run-scorer in IPL with more than 7000 runs in the tournament. Shikhar Dhawan has the second most runs in IPL.
Player | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
V Kohli | 237 | 7263 | 113 | 37.24 | 7 | 50 |
S Dhawan | 217 | 6617 | 106* | 35.38 | 2 | 50 |
DA Warner | 176 | 6397 | 126 | 41.53 | 4 | 61 |
RG Sharma | 243 | 6211 | 109* | 29.57 | 1 | 42 |
SK Raina | 205 | 5528 | 100* | 32.51 | 1 | 39 |
Top 5 batters with most runs in IPL
Virat Kohli
King Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He has amassed 7263 runs in the tournament with 237 matches, playing for single-team RCB. He also has the most number of centuries in IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan
Punjab Kings captain Shikar Dhawan has smashed 6617 runs in 217 matches. He has scored runs at an average of 35.38 with two hundred and 50 fifties.
David Warner
The only non-Indian batter in the top five most runs list is David Warner. He has scored 6397 runs in 176 games to place himself in third position in the list.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma has played the most number of matches among the five. He has scored 6211 runs in 243 matches.
Suresh Raina
Raina is the fifth-highest run-scorer in the Indian Premier League. He has amassed 5528 runs in 205 games.