IPL career leaderboards · 2007/08 → 2025
All-time IPL leaderboards
38 leaderboard surfaces across the IPL historical SETU snapshot (1,169 matches · 278,205 balls · 18 seasons). Each leaderboard projects from the same canonical aggregate — doctrine §10.151ce P-contract parity guarantees byte-for-byte agreement across every render path.
- Orange cap — most runs
Career top run-scorers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025). This is the all-time orange-cap leaderboard. No minimum ball-count floor — all career batting totals included.
- Purple cap — most wickets
Career top wicket-takers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025). No minimum ball-count floor — all career wickets included.
- Highest batting strike rates
Best batting strike rates with a minimum sample floor. Minimum 30 balls faced.
- Best bowling economy rates
Lowest bowling economy rates with a minimum sample floor. Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
- Most sixes
Top six-hitters across captured IPL matches. No minimum ball-count floor — all career sixes included.
- Most fours
Top boundary-hitters across captured IPL matches. No minimum ball-count floor — all career fours included.
- Highest individual scores
Highest individual innings scores across captured IPL matches. Minimum 1 qualifying innings.
- Best bowling — wicket leaders
Wicket totals across captured IPL matches. Per-innings figures available on player profiles. No minimum ball-count floor — all career wickets included.
- Most ducks
Most times dismissed without scoring. No minimum ball-count floor — all dismissals for 0 included.
- Most single-digit outs
Most times dismissed for fewer than 10 runs. No minimum ball-count floor — all sub-10 dismissals included.
- Highest powerplay strike rates
Best batting strike rates in the powerplay (overs 1–6 of a T20 innings). Minimum 30 balls faced in overs 1–6.
- Best death-overs economy
Lowest bowling economy rates in death overs (overs 17–20 of a T20 innings). Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled in overs 17–20.
- Highest death-overs strike rates
Best batting strike rates in death overs (overs 17–20). Minimum 20 balls faced in overs 17–20.
- Best powerplay economy
Lowest bowling economy rates in the powerplay (overs 1–6). Minimum 18 legal deliveries bowled in overs 1–6.
- Most maiden overs
Most complete overs (6 legal deliveries) in which the bowler conceded zero runs — no batting runs, no wides, no no-ball penalties. IPL 2026.
- Hat-tricks
3 wickets on 3 consecutive legal deliveries by the same bowler in the same innings. Run-outs excluded. IPL 2026.
- Best batting average
Highest batting averages (runs per dismissal) across IPL career. Minimum sample floor applied. Minimum 30 balls faced.
- Best bowling average
Lowest bowling averages (runs per wicket) across IPL career. Lower is better. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Best bowling strike rate
Fewest balls per wicket across IPL career. Lower is better — measures how quickly a bowler takes wickets. Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Most dot balls bowled
Most legal deliveries where the batter scored 0 runs across IPL career. Measures consistent pressure bowling. No minimum ball-count floor — all career dot balls included.
- Most runs conceded (bowling)
Most runs conceded while bowling across IPL career — a workload indicator for high-volume bowlers. No minimum floor — workload indicator across career.
- Fastest half-centuries (fewest balls to 50)
Fewest deliveries faced to score 50 runs in an IPL 2026 innings. Ball-by-ball verified.
- Fastest centuries (fewest balls to 100)
Fewest deliveries faced to score 100 runs in an IPL 2026 innings. Ball-by-ball verified.
- Most half-centuries (50s)
Most innings of 50–99 runs in IPL career (2007/08–2025). Hundreds (100+) are counted separately. Minimum 3 innings.
- Most centuries (100s)
Most innings of 100+ runs in IPL career (2007/08–2025). T20 centuries are rare — this is the complete list. No minimum ball-count floor. Any innings of 100+ qualifies.
- Most powerplay runs (overs 1–6)
Most runs scored in powerplay overs (1–6) across IPL career. Measures powerplay batting contribution. Minimum 30 balls faced in powerplay.
- Most powerplay wickets (overs 1–6)
Most wickets taken in powerplay overs across IPL career. Measures early-over bowling impact. Minimum 18 legal deliveries in powerplay.
- Most middle-overs runs (overs 7–15)
Most runs scored in middle overs (7–15) across IPL career. The anchor phase where dot balls and wickets set up the finish. Minimum 30 balls faced in middle overs.
- Most middle-overs wickets (overs 7–15)
Most wickets taken in the middle overs (7–15) across IPL career. Minimum 15 legal deliveries in middle overs.
- Best middle-overs economy (overs 7–15)
Lowest bowling economy rate in the middle overs (7–15) across IPL career. Minimum 15 legal deliveries in middle overs.
- Most death-overs runs (overs 16–20)
Most runs scored in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. The finisher's arena. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.
- Most death-overs wickets (overs 16–20)
Most wickets taken in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Measures death-bowling impact. Minimum 15 legal deliveries in death overs.
- Most sixes in the powerplay
Most sixes hit in powerplay overs (1–6) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in powerplay.
- Most sixes in the middle overs
Most sixes hit in middle overs (7–15) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in middle overs.
- Most sixes in death overs
Most sixes hit in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.
- Most fours in the powerplay
Most fours hit in powerplay overs (1–6) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in powerplay.
- Most fours in the middle overs
Most fours hit in middle overs (7–15) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in middle overs.
- Most fours in death overs
Most fours hit in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.
Sources & methodology
Every leaderboard derives from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-ipl-historical.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors disclosed per category. IPL 2026 is current-season (Sportmonks-sourced) and not in this archive — see /season/ipl-2026 for live aggregates.