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List of Indian Premier League records and statistics

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List of Indian Premier League records and statistics
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The Indian Premier League, popularly knows as IPL, is a men's T20 cricket league, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the national governing body of cricket in India. T20 cricket is a shorter format of the game, with each team playing a single innings of 20 overs. The inaugural season of the IPL was held in 2008, and the tournament has been held annually in India[a] ever since.[1] Currently, ten teams compete for the championship.[3] Since the league's inception, eight teams have won the title, with the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings both securing five titles each.

Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,552), the most centuries (8), most half-centuries (62), most runs in a single season (973), most runs as a captain (4,994) and the most catches (117).

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Virat Kohli holds the record for most runs in IPL history.

Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played. West Indies batsman Chris Gayle holds several individual batting records, including the highest individual score in a match (175*), the most sixes scored (357), the most sixes in a match (17), and the fastest century (off 30 balls). Indian bowler Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets taken (205).[4][5] West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph holds the record for the best bowling figures with 6/12.

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MS Dhoni (left) and Rohit Sharma (right) both hold the record of most titles as captain in Indian Premier League with 5 titles each.

The Mumbai Indians hold the record for playing and winning the most matches, while the Gujarat Titans (GT) have the highest win percentage (62.22%). Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) scored the most runs in a match with a score of 287/3 against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 2024, breaking their own record of 277/3 against the Mumbai Indians earlier in the same season.[6] The highest successful run chase in the league's history was achieved by the Punjab Kings (PBKS), as they chased down a target of 262 set by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2024. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored the lowest total, making just 49 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017.

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Listing criteria

In general, the top five are listed in each category, except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, in which case all the tied record holders are noted.

Listing notation

Team notation
  • (200/3) indicates that a team scored 200 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained
  • (200) indicates that a team scored 200 runs and was all out
Batting notation
  • (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out
  • (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out
Bowling notation
  • (5/20) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while conceding 20 runs
Currently playing
  • indicates a current cricketer
Date
  • indicates the date the match was played
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Team records

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By season

Out of the fifteen franchises that have played in the league, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the most successful teams in the league's history with five titles each, with Kolkata Knight Riders having won three titles. The four teams who have won the tournament once are Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. The current champions are Kolkata who beat Hyderabad in the 2024 Indian Premier League final to clinch their third title.

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  • Current teams are listed alphabetically. Defunct teams are listed by order of entry to the league, then alphabetically.

Team now defunct

  •   C: champions
  •   RU: runner-up
  •   3rd: team won the 3rd place playoff. A third-place playoff only took place in 2010

Team wins, losses and draws

Teams are ordered by best result then by winning percentage, then alphabetically:

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Source: ESPNCricinfo (Last updated: 20 June 2025)

Notes:

  • Tie+W and Tie+L indicates matches tied and then won or lost by super over
  • The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win
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Result records

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Greatest win margin (by runs)

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Greatest win margin (by balls remaining)

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Greatest win margin (by 10 wickets)

Teams have won by ten wickets on 15 occasions. The first time this occurred was during the 2008 season when Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The most recent time a team won by ten wickets was in 2024 when Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.[7]

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Narrowest win margin (by 1 run)

Teams have won by a single run on 15 occasions. The first time this occurred was during the 2008 season when Kings XI Punjab beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The most recent occurrence was in 2025 when Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.[8]

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Narrowest win margin (by balls remaining)

Teams have won off the last ball on 45 occasions. The first time this occurred was during the 2008 season when Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The most recent time a team with zero balls remainig was in 2025 when Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.[8]

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Narrowest win margin (by wickets)

Teams have won matches by one wicket on five occasions:

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Highest successful chases

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Lowest successful defence

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Tied Matches

As of April 2025 matches have resulted in a tie on 15 occasions. The first time a match was tied in the league was during the 2009 season when Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals played in a match at Newlands in South Africa. The most recent tie occurred during the 2025 season when Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals played at Delhi.[8] All tied matches in the IPL are resolved by using a super over.

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Team scoring records

Highest team total

As of 3 June 2025
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

Lowest team total

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]

Highest match aggregate

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]

Lowest match aggregate

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]
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Individual batting records

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Most career runs

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]

Highest individual score

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]

Most centuries

As of 2025, 110 centuries have been scored in IPL matches.

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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]

Most runs in a season

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]

Most career sixes

As of 20 May 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[19]

Most career fours

As of 3 June 2025
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Most sixes in an innings

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[20]
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Individual bowling records

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Most career wickets

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]

Best bowling figures

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]

Five-wicket hauls

As of 2025, there have been 37 five-wicket hauls in IPL matches.

Hat-tricks

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Amit Mishra is the only bowler to have taken three IPL hat-tricks.[23]

As of April 2025, 23 hat-tricks have been taken in IPL matches. The feat was first achieved by Lakshmipathy Balaji in a 2008 match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings at Chennai.[24] The most recent hat-trick in the league was taken in 2025 by Yuzvendra Chahal playing for Punjab Kings against Chennai Super Kings at Chennai.[25]

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Most wickets in a season

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[26]

Most runs conceded in a match

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[27]
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Individual wicket-keeping records

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Most career dismissals

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[28]

Most career catches as a wicket-keeper

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[28]

Most career stumpings

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[28]

Most dismissals in an innings

As of August 2023 only Kumar Sangakkara has taken five wicket-keeping dismissals in an innings in the IPL. He did so for Deccan Chargers against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a 2011 match at Hyderabad. A number of wicket-keepers have taken four dismissals in an innings.[29]

Most dismissals in a season

As of 3 June 2025
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[30]
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Individual fielding records

Most career catches

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[31]

Most catches in an innings

As of May 2024, Mohammad Nabi and Daryl Mitchell are the only two fielders to hold five catches in an IPL match. Nabi did it for Sunrisers Hyderabad in a 2021 match against Mumbai Indians at Abu Dhabi, and Mitchell did it in 2024 for Chennai Super Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. A number of players have held four catches in an IPL match.[32]

Most catches in a season

As of 3 June 2025
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[33]

Individual records (other)

Most matches played

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  • Source: Cricinfo[34]

Most matches played as captain

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  • Source: Cricinfo[35]
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Miscellaneous records

As of 2024

Partnership records

Highest partnerships by wicket

As of 10 May 2024
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[39]

Highest partnerships by runs

As of 10 May 2024
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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[40]

Awards

The Orange Cap is awarded to the top run-scorer in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[41] The Purple Cap is awarded to the top wicket-taker in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[42]

See also

Notes

  1. The tournament has also been held outside India on several occasions: in 2009 in South Africa and in 2014 in the UAE due to general elections, and in the UAE in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

References

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