Over the course of its 16 seasons, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen some of the best batters in the world dominate the charts.
A select few elite batters have produced mesmerizing run-scoring streaks that have single-handedly propelled their teams to victory.
Most runs in an IPL season:
Gill has achieved a milestone of crossing 850 runs in IPL 2023 with his third hundred. He is now the second Indian player after Kohli to achieve this feat.
Here is a list of the batters who have scored the most runs in an IPL season across 16 editions since 2008, from Virat Kohli to Shubman Gill:
List of Most Runs by a Player in an IPL Season
| Name and Year | Matches | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | Highest Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (RCB) – 2016 | 16 | 973 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 | 113 |
| Jos Buttler (RR) – 2022 | 17 | 863 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 | 116 |
| Shubman Gill (GT) – 2023 | 16 | 851 | 60.78 | 156.43 | 3 | 5 | 129 |
| David Warner (SRH) – 2016 | 17 | 848 | 60.57 | 151.42 | 0 | 9 | 93* |
| Kane Williamson (SRH) – 2018 | 17 | 735 | 52.50 | 142.44 | 0 | 8 | 84 |
Throughout the 16 editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), numerous elite batters have emerged as dominant forces on the charts.
A select few elite batters have produced mesmerizing run-scoring streaks that have single-handedly propelled their teams to victory.
Shubman Gill has scored his third century of the IPL 2023 season while playing for GT against MI. He has now accumulated over 800 runs and is currently leading the Orange Cap race.
The IPL 2016 season witnessed Virat Kohli, the former captain of India and Royal Challengers Bangalore, achieving the highest aggregate by any batter in that particular edition. Kohli accumulated 973 runs in 16 matches, including four centuries and seven fifties, while playing for RCB, which finished as the runner-up.
Jos Buttler, the captain of England’s white-ball team, secured the second spot on the list by scoring four centuries for Rajasthan Royals during the IPL 2022 season. He amassed a total of 863 runs during this period. In the 2016 season, David Warner accumulated a total of 848 runs while captaining the Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first-ever title victory against RCB.
During the Qualifier 2 match against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 season, Shubman Gill, the opener for Gujarat Titans, achieved the milestone of crossing the 800-run mark, making him the fourth overall and second Indian to do so. The individual known as Gill achieved their third century of the Indian Premier League season, joining Kohli as the only other Indian to accomplish three or more centuries in a single IPL season.
A total of 129 runs were scored by Gill in 60 balls, including seven fours and 10 sixes. The individual score achieved by him in an IPL Playoffs match has exceeded Virender Sehwag’s record of 122 for PBKS in 2014.
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