Star RCB batsman Virat Kohli currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli tops the table with 7642 runs as he has amassed in 245 IPL matches (237 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 8 Century and 52 fifties in the IPL and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 38.02.
Virat Kohli is followed by Shikhar Dhawan and the charismatic PBKS cricketer has scored 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches and averages 35.26.
Till date, a total of 11 players have scored 4500-plus runs in the IPL. The toppers in the list comprise of players from RCB, PBKS, DC, MI and CSK.
While four are from CSK (Suresh Raina - 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches, MS Dhoni - 5173 runs in 258 IPL matches, Robin Uthappa - 4952 runs in 205 IPL matches and Ajinkya Rahane - 4561 runs in 180 IPL matches) feature in the list.
Three players from RCB (Virat Kohli - 7642 runs in 245 IPL matches, AB de Villiers - 5162 runs in 184 IPL matches and Dinesh Karthik - 4767 runs in 250 IPL matches) feature in the list.
Two cricketers from PBKS (Shikhar Dhawan - 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches and Chris Gayle - 4965 runs in 142 IPL matches) present in the highest run-getters in the IPL.
One cricketer each from DC (David Warner - 6564 runs in 183 IPL matches) and MI (Rohit Sharma - 6514 runs in 251 IPL matches) are also in the top 4500- plus runs.
Here is the list of all Most Runs in IPL history:
# | Player | Runs | 4s | 6s | Mat | Inn | HS | 100s | 50s | Avg | SR |
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1 | Virat Kohli RCB | 7642 | 679 | 250 | 245 | 237 | 113 | 8 | 52 | 38.02 | 130.90 |
2 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 | 106* | 2 | 51 | 35.26 | 127.14 |
3 | David Warner DC | 6564 | 663 | 236 | 183 | 183 | 126 | 4 | 61 | 40.77 | 139.81 |
4 | Rohit Sharma MI | 6514 | 585 | 275 | 251 | 246 | 109* | 2 | 42 | 30.02 | 131.28 |
5 | Suresh Raina CSK | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 | 100* | 1 | 39 | 32.52 | 136.76 |
6 | MS Dhoni CSK | 5173 | 357 | 247 | 258 | 224 | 84* | 0 | 24 | 39.49 | 137.07 |
7 | AB de Villiers RCB | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 | 133* | 3 | 40 | 39.70 | 151.68 |
8 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 | 175* | 6 | 31 | 39.72 | 148.96 |
9 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 | 88 | 0 | 27 | 27.51 | 130.35 |
10 | Dinesh Karthik RCB | 4767 | 458 | 158 | 250 | 228 | 97* | 0 | 22 | 26.63 | 135.00 |
11 | Ajinkya Rahane CSK | 4561 | 468 | 102 | 180 | 166 | 105* | 2 | 30 | 30.61 | 123.57 |
12 | KL Rahul LSG | 4465 | 381 | 180 | 126 | 117 | 132* | 4 | 35 | 46.03 | 134.85 |
13 | Faf du Plessis RCB | 4372 | 399 | 155 | 138 | 131 | 96 | 0 | 35 | 36.43 | 135.02 |
14 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 | 100* | 1 | 22 | 28.23 | 127.54 |
15 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | 93 | 0 | 36 | 31.00 | 123.88 | |
16 | Sanju Samson RR | 4202 | 333 | 195 | 160 | 156 | 119 | 3 | 23 | 30.45 | 138.22 |
17 | Shane Watson CSK | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 | 117* | 4 | 21 | 30.99 | 137.91 |
18 | 3808 | 333 | 108 | 170 | 158 | 114* | 1 | 22 | 29.07 | 120.97 | |
19 | Jos Buttler RR | 3508 | 347 | 159 | 103 | 102 | 124 | 7 | 19 | 38.98 | 148.20 |
20 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | 87* | 0 | 16 | 28.67 | 147.32 | |
21 | 3389 | 363 | 119 | 144 | 128 | 103* | 1 | 23 | 31.97 | 144.15 | |
22 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 | 100 | 1 | 13 | 29.13 | 142.97 |
23 | Quinton de Kock LSG | 3135 | 312 | 123 | 104 | 104 | 140* | 2 | 23 | 31.99 | 134.20 |
24 | Rishabh Pant DC | 3092 | 282 | 142 | 106 | 105 | 128* | 1 | 17 | 34.74 | 148.16 |
25 | Shubman Gill GT | 3088 | 299 | 89 | 99 | 96 | 129 | 3 | 20 | 38.12 | 135.20 |
26 | Shreyas Iyer KKR | 2966 | 256 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 96 | 0 | 20 | 31.89 | 125.47 |
27 | 2889 | 290 | 86 | 167 | 142 | 115* | 1 | 13 | 24.48 | 127.61 | |
28 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 | 158* | 2 | 13 | 27.69 | 131.75 |
29 | Ravindra Jadeja CSK | 2849 | 207 | 101 | 234 | 179 | 62* | 0 | 3 | 27.39 | 128.74 |
30 | Parthiv Patel RCB | 2848 | 365 | 49 | 139 | 137 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 22.60 | 120.78 |
31 | David Miller GT | 2797 | 195 | 128 | 126 | 119 | 101* | 1 | 12 | 35.86 | 137.99 |
32 | Glenn Maxwell RCB | 2751 | 229 | 159 | 130 | 126 | 95 | 0 | 18 | 25.24 | 156.40 |
33 | Yuvraj Singh MI | 2750 | 217 | 149 | 132 | 126 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 24.77 | 129.72 |
34 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 122 | 2 | 16 | 27.55 | 155.44 |
35 | Mayank Agarwal SRH | 2656 | 262 | 98 | 126 | 120 | 106 | 1 | 13 | 22.90 | 133.20 |
36 | Murali Vijay CSK | 2619 | 247 | 91 | 106 | 106 | 127 | 2 | 13 | 25.93 | 121.87 |
37 | Nitish Rana KKR | 2603 | 230 | 131 | 106 | 100 | 87 | 0 | 18 | 28.60 | 134.94 |
38 | Ishan Kishan MI | 2516 | 239 | 116 | 99 | 93 | 99 | 0 | 16 | 28.92 | 136.37 |
39 | Steve Smith DC | 2485 | 225 | 60 | 103 | 93 | 101 | 1 | 11 | 34.51 | 128.09 |
40 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 | 115 | 1 | 20 | 39.95 | 132.74 |
41 | 2460 | 184 | 132 | 131 | 123 | 91 | 0 | 10 | 29.64 | 145.65 | |
42 | Jacques Kallis KKR | 2427 | 255 | 44 | 98 | 96 | 89 | 0 | 17 | 28.55 | 109.23 |
43 | Andre Russell KKR | 2417 | 165 | 203 | 119 | 101 | 88* | 0 | 11 | 29.84 | 174.64 |
44 | Dwayne Smith GL | 2385 | 245 | 117 | 91 | 89 | 87 | 0 | 17 | 28.39 | 135.20 |
45 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 | 100* | 1 | 13 | 34.84 | 119.82 |
46 | Rahul Dravid RR | 2174 | 269 | 28 | 89 | 82 | 75 | 0 | 11 | 28.23 | 115.52 |
47 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 2146 | 197 | 83 | 60 | 59 | 108* | 2 | 16 | 41.27 | 136.60 |
48 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 35.47 | 125.62 | |
49 | Rahul Tripathi SRH | 2102 | 206 | 79 | 91 | 89 | 93 | 0 | 11 | 26.95 | 137.93 |
50 | Aaron Finch KKR | 2091 | 214 | 78 | 92 | 90 | 88* | 0 | 15 | 25.19 | 128.20 |
51 | Adam Gilchrist PBKS | 2069 | 239 | 92 | 80 | 80 | 109 | 2 | 11 | 27.22 | 138.39 |
52 | JP Duminy MI | 2029 | 126 | 79 | 83 | 77 | 78 | 0 | 14 | 39.78 | 124.02 |
53 | Michael Hussey CSK | 1977 | 198 | 52 | 59 | 58 | 116 | 1 | 15 | 38.76 | 122.64 |
54 | Prithvi Shaw DC | 1868 | 233 | 61 | 77 | 77 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 24.26 | 147.20 |
55 | Mahela Jayawardena DC | 1802 | 200 | 39 | 80 | 78 | 110 | 1 | 10 | 28.60 | 123.26 |
56 | Marcus Stoinis LSG | 1732 | 133 | 87 | 90 | 82 | 124* | 1 | 8 | 28.87 | 143.14 |
57 | Mandeep Singh KKR | 1706 | 175 | 38 | 111 | 98 | 77* | 0 | 6 | 20.80 | 123.89 |
58 | Kumar Sangakkara SRH | 1687 | 195 | 27 | 71 | 68 | 94 | 0 | 10 | 25.95 | 121.19 |
59 | Manoj Tiwary PBKS | 1686 | 155 | 40 | 96 | 84 | 75 | 0 | 7 | 29.07 | 117.41 |
60 | Krunal Pandya LSG | 1572 | 140 | 58 | 121 | 105 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 22.46 | 133.67 |
61 | Dwayne Bravo CSK | 1560 | 120 | 66 | 161 | 113 | 70* | 0 | 5 | 22.61 | 129.57 |
62 | Devdutt Padikkal LSG | 1559 | 169 | 42 | 63 | 63 | 101* | 1 | 9 | 25.56 | 123.24 |
63 | Naman Ojha DC | 1554 | 121 | 79 | 113 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 6 | 20.72 | 118.35 |
64 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 1550 | 94 | 113 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 0 | 7 | 30.39 | 158.97 |
65 | Karun Nair RR | 1496 | 161 | 39 | 76 | 68 | 83* | 0 | 10 | 23.75 | 127.75 |
66 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 28.73 | 120.10 | |
67 | Axar Patel DC | 1475 | 92 | 70 | 144 | 107 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 20.21 | 130.07 |
68 | Subramaniam Badrinath CSK | 1441 | 154 | 28 | 95 | 67 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 30.66 | 118.89 |
69 | Shivam Dube CSK | 1417 | 81 | 95 | 59 | 55 | 95* | 0 | 9 | 31.49 | 147.14 |
70 | Eoin Morgan KKR | 1405 | 112 | 64 | 83 | 75 | 68* | 0 | 5 | 22.66 | 122.60 |
71 | Brad Hodge RR | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 | 125.22 |
72 | 1397 | 171 | 57 | 45 | 45 | 124 | 2 | 8 | 32.49 | 150.05 | |
73 | Jonny Bairstow PBKS | 1387 | 145 | 58 | 45 | 45 | 114 | 1 | 9 | 33.02 | 141.82 |
74 | Deepak Hooda LSG | 1381 | 85 | 61 | 112 | 91 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 18.41 | 129.31 |
75 | Sourav Ganguly PWI | 1349 | 137 | 42 | 59 | 56 | 91 | 0 | 7 | 25.45 | 106.81 |