IPL 2023 most Runs: Chennai Super Kings top-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwadhas scored the most runs in IPL 2023so far and also leads the orange cap race for this edition, with 149 runs to his name at an average of 74.50.
Chennai Super Kings top-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored the most runs in IPL 2023 so far and also leads the orange cap race for this edition. He amassed just 368 runs last season, but he had won the Orange cap in 2021 having finished as the highest run scorer with 635 runs to his name, including a century and four fifties.
Gujarat titans’ Kyle Mayers is second in the Orange Cap race having scored fifties in both games so far. Other names in the top five are Mumbai Indians’ Tilak Varma, RCB’s Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Kohli had won the Orange Cap in 2016 for scoring more than 900 runs.
| POS | Player | Innings | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK |
2 | 149 | 92 | 74.5 | 183.95 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Kyle Mayers LSG |
2 | 126 | 73 | 63 | 210 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Tilak Varma MI |
1 | 84 | 84* | – | 182.6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Virat Kohli RCB |
1 | 82 | 82* | – | 167.34 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Faf Du Plessis RCB |
1 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 169.76 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Nicholas Pooran LSG |
2 | 68 | 36 | 34 | 174.35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Shubman Gill GT |
1 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | David Warner DC |
1 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 116.66 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Sanju Samson RR |
1 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 171.87 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Jos Buttler RR |
1 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 245.45 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | Yashasvi Jaiswal RR |
1 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 145.94 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Year | Player | Team | Runs | Average | Strike rate | 50 | 100 | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | RR | 863 | 57.53 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 | 116 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 635 | 45.35 | 136.26 | 4 | 1 | 101* |
| 2020 | KL Rahul | PBKS | 670 | 55.83 | 129.34 | 5 | 1 | 132* |
| 2019 | David Warner | SRH | 692 | 69.2 | 143.87 | 8 | 1 | 100 |
| 2018 | Kane Williamson | SRH | 735 | 52.5 | 142.44 | 8 | 0 | 84 |
| 2017 | David Warner | SRH | 641 | 58.27 | 141.81 | 4 | 1 | 126 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 973 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 7 | 4 | 113 |
| 2015 | David Warner | SRH | 562 | 43.23 | 156.54 | 7 | 0 | 91 |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa | KKR | 660 | 44 | 137.78 | 5 | 0 | 83 |
| 2013 | Michael Hussey | CSK | 733 | 52.35 | 129.5 | 6 | 0 | 95 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 733 | 61.08 | 160.74 | 7 | 1 | 128 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 608 | 67.55 | 183.13 | 3 | 2 | 107 |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | MI | 618 | 47.53 | 132.61 | 5 | 0 | 89 |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden | CSK | 572 | 52 | 144.81 | 5 | 0 | 89 |
| 2008 | Shaun Marsh | KXIP | 616 | 68.44 | 139.68 | 5 | 1 | 115 |
