Runs and more runs! whenever the name 'IPL' comes into mind fours and sixes galore in every part of India for the entire length of 2 months, this tournament started in 2008 no one knew at that point what kind of transformation one would see in terms of batting.
From believing 170 was a match-winning total in 2008, the times have changed so much that even 260 has been chased in a T20 Game making it a record run chase, such is the level of domination the batters have over the bowlers. Not taking much time let's have a relook at the individuals who dominated the IPL Run-charts in a season.
Year | Winners (Player) | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 50 | 100 | 4s | 6s |
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2008 | Shaun Marsh (KXIP) | 11 | 616 | 115 | 68.44 | 139.68 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 26 |
2009 | Matthew Hayden (CSK) | 12 | 572 | 89 | 52 | 144.81 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 22 |
2010 | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) | 15 | 618 | 89 | 47.53 | 132.61 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 3 |
2011 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 12 | 608 | 107 | 67.55 | 183.13 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 44 |
2012 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 14 | 733 | 128 | 61.08 | 160.74 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 59 |
2013 | Michael Hussey (CSK) | 17 | 733 | 95 | 52.35 | 129.5 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 17 |
2014 | Robin Uthappa (KKR) | 16 | 660 | 83 | 44 | 137.78 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 18 |
2015 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 562 | 91 | 43.23 | 156.54 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 21 |
2016 | Virat Kohli (RCB) | 16 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 7 | 4 | 83 | 38 |
2017 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 641 | 126 | 58.27 | 141.81 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 26 |
2018 | Kane Williamson (SRH) | 17 | 735 | 84 | 52.5 | 142.44 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 28 |
2019 | David Warner (SRH) | 12 | 692 | 100 | 69.2 | 143.87 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 21 |
2020 | KL Rahul (KXIP) | 14 | 670 | 132* | 55.83 | 129.34 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 23 |
2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 16 | 635 | 101* | 45.35 | 136.26 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 23 |
2022 | Jos Buttler (RR) | 17 | 863 | 116 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 45 |
2023 | Shubman Gill | 17 | 890 | 129 | 59.33 | 157.8 | 4 | 3 | 85 | 33 |
2024 | –Ruturaj Gaikwad* | 10 | 509 | 108 | 63.62 | 146.69 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 15 |