Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of 45.96 across 157 matches, accumulating 5699 runs with 6 centuries and 43 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 502 fours and 232 sixes, making him one of the most dependable batsmen in IPL history.
Players like Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul highlight the importance of balancing consistency and scoring ability, making batting average a crucial metric in evaluating top IPL performers.
Here is the list of all Highest Batting Average in IPL history:
| # | Player | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | Runs | 4s | 6s | Mat | Inn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 47.79 | 147.81 | 3 | 17 | 2294 | 232 | 74 | 53 | 52 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 45.96 | 138.76 | 6 | 43 | 5699 | 502 | 232 | 157 | 148 |
| 3 | Hashim Amla PBKS | 44.38 | 141.77 | 2 | 3 | 577 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Devon Conway CSK | 43.20 | 139.72 | 0 | 11 | 1080 | 116 | 34 | 29 | 28 |
| 5 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 42.30 | 165.39 | 2 | 12 | 1988 | 136 | 112 | 61 | 57 |
| 6 | Cameron Green KKR | 40.92 | 152.69 | 1 | 4 | 1023 | 84 | 49 | 41 | 40 |
| 7 | 40.67 | 152.26 | 0 | 5 | 976 | 69 | 46 | 44 | 41 | |
| 8 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 9 | Virat Kohli RCB | 40.11 | 134.27 | 9 | 66 | 9145 | 824 | 309 | 279 | 271 |
| 10 | Lendl Simmons MI | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 | 1079 | 109 | 44 | 29 | 29 |
| 11 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 |
| 12 | Shubman Gill GT | 39.75 | 140.59 | 4 | 30 | 4333 | 417 | 139 | 130 | 126 |
| 13 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 |
| 14 | AB de Villiers RCB | 39.70 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 |
| 15 | Jos Buttler GT | 39.25 | 149.27 | 7 | 26 | 4475 | 443 | 203 | 134 | 131 |
| 16 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 39.00 | 135.98 | 2 | 22 | 2808 | 259 | 105 | 83 | 82 |
| 17 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi RR | 38.44 | 224.68 | 2 | 3 | 692 | 56 | 64 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 19 | 37.18 | 169.36 | 1 | 5 | 818 | 76 | 54 | 24 | 24 | |
| 20 | Tilak Varma MI | 36.70 | 147.39 | 1 | 10 | 1835 | 143 | 90 | 66 | 63 |
| 21 | David Miller DC | 36.12 | 139.41 | 1 | 14 | 3251 | 235 | 148 | 150 | 143 |
| 22 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 23 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 35.38 | 159.29 | 0 | 5 | 849 | 63 | 47 | 51 | 41 |
| 24 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 35.27 | 135.80 | 0 | 32 | 4127 | 342 | 177 | 145 | 143 |
| 25 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 26 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 27 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 28 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 29 | Rinku Singh KKR | 34.63 | 145.94 | 0 | 6 | 1385 | 112 | 67 | 71 | 60 |
| 30 | 34.46 | 153.43 | 2 | 18 | 2481 | 294 | 106 | 78 | 77 | |
| 31 | Chris Lynn MI | 34.08 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 |
| 32 | 34.04 | 145.56 | 0 | 7 | 885 | 86 | 35 | 34 | 30 | |
| 33 | Phil Salt RCB | 34.00 | 174.48 | 0 | 12 | 1258 | 138 | 67 | 40 | 40 |
| 34 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 33.88 | 148.47 | 2 | 30 | 4506 | 477 | 173 | 177 | 161 |
| 35 | Tim David RCB | 33.75 | 177.34 | 0 | 2 | 1080 | 70 | 79 | 62 | 55 |
| 36 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 33.66 | 146.99 | 2 | 20 | 3804 | 344 | 179 | 137 | 134 |
| 37 | Travis Head SRH | 33.49 | 170.28 | 1 | 10 | 1507 | 164 | 77 | 50 | 49 |
| 38 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 39 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 40 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 41 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 32.17 | 164.85 | 0 | 15 | 2509 | 169 | 184 | 102 | 99 |
| 42 | Sanju Samson CSK | 32.01 | 140.94 | 5 | 27 | 5154 | 427 | 242 | 189 | 184 |
| 43 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 31.48 | 161.79 | 1 | 12 | 1448 | 94 | 99 | 54 | 49 |
| 44 | 31.28 | 134.94 | 3 | 24 | 3441 | 334 | 143 | 118 | 118 | |
| 45 | Shivam Dube CSK | 31.15 | 144.38 | 0 | 10 | 2056 | 125 | 132 | 90 | 85 |
| 46 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 47 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 48 | Aiden Markram LSG | 30.38 | 135.52 | 0 | 10 | 1671 | 131 | 68 | 69 | 66 |
| 49 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 30.18 | 137.31 | 1 | 12 | 1509 | 138 | 67 | 65 | 58 |
| 50 | Rohit Sharma MI | 30.10 | 133.05 | 2 | 49 | 7314 | 661 | 321 | 279 | 274 |
| 51 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.02 | 125.28 | 2 | 34 | 5283 | 531 | 137 | 210 | 195 |
| 52 | Priyansh Arya PBKS | 29.96 | 193.76 | 1 | 5 | 839 | 82 | 57 | 28 | 28 |
| 53 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 29.81 | 147.57 | 2 | 11 | 1759 | 144 | 106 | 67 | 61 |
| 54 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 29.72 | 142.18 | 1 | 21 | 3418 | 330 | 157 | 131 | 124 |
| 55 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 29.45 | 170.91 | 2 | 12 | 2297 | 217 | 138 | 89 | 86 |
| 56 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.42 | 121.52 | 1 | 22 | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 178 | 162 |
| 57 | Naman Dhir MI | 29.33 | 165.65 | 0 | 3 | 704 | 66 | 36 | 35 | 31 |
| 58 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 29.24 | 154.35 | 0 | 7 | 994 | 81 | 52 | 53 | 46 |
| 59 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 60 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 61 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 62 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 28.64 | 147.49 | 1 | 10 | 2205 | 176 | 117 | 120 | 107 |
| 63 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 28.59 | 156.13 | 1 | 12 | 1744 | 182 | 92 | 63 | 62 |
| 64 | 28.51 | 130.43 | 0 | 5 | 3450 | 255 | 121 | 265 | 206 | |
| 65 | 28.36 | 141.24 | 0 | 3 | 709 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 32 | |
| 66 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 67 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 68 | 27.84 | 146.36 | 0 | 10 | 2895 | 223 | 152 | 160 | 148 | |
| 69 | 27.79 | 166.04 | 0 | 2 | 528 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 24 | |
| 70 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 71 | Will Jacks MI | 27.75 | 156.78 | 1 | 2 | 555 | 46 | 35 | 26 | 24 |
| 72 | Nitish Rana DC | 27.73 | 137.72 | 0 | 22 | 3078 | 288 | 151 | 127 | 121 |
| 73 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 27.69 | 131.75 | 2 | 13 | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 |
| 74 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 75 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |