The orange cap is one of the most prestigious awards in the Indian Premier League. This cap is given to the highest-scoring player of the tournament. Since the dawn of this tournament, there have been a total of 14 batsmen who have won this cap. Because of the reputation and significance of the Orange Cap in the IPL , winning this cap is the ultimate achievement of every batter that plays in the Indian Premier League. Here is the list of IPL Orange Cap winners from 2008 to 2025.
The race for the Orange Cap in the IPL 2025 season has just begun, with batters insulting the bowlers all over the park to get their hands on this prestigious award – the Orange Cap. The contest for the IPL 2025 Orange Cap will be very interesting to witness as all the modern greats of T20 are up against young guns. At the moment Sai Sudharsan is leading this race for the esteemed accolade.
Virat Kohli has won the Orange Cap in IPL 2024 and once again proved why he is considered the best batsman of his generation. Virat became the overall third batsman to win the Orange Cap twice, after Chris Gayle and David Warner, and the first Indian to do so. He produced another brilliant IPL season, scoring 741 runs in 15 innings of 15 matches with an average of 61.75. The best part of Virat’s IPL campaign is his strike rate. He maintained a superb strike rate of 154.69 throughout the entire IPL 2024 season and scored one century and five half-centuries.
Shaun Marsh was the first Orange Cap winner in IPL history. The Australian southpaw was in tremendous form through the 2008 IPL season. He managed to score a massive amount of runs—616 in just 11 innings. His heroics helped his team, Kings XI Punjab, reach the semi-finals in that season.
Shaun Marsh 2008 IPL Batting Stats
Team
KXIP
Matches
11
Runs
616
Average
68.44
Strike Rate
139.68
Highest Score
115
50’s
5
100’s
2009 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Matthew Hayden
In 2009, another Australian player won the Orange Cap, but this time from Team CSK. Matthew Hayden, the renowned Australian opener, won the 2009 IPL Orange Cap by scoring 572 runs in just 12 innings across the tournament. Despite his recent retirement from test cricket prior to the tournament, he put up a great show in the 2009 IPL season and took his team to the semi-finals.
The 2010 IPL season is remembered for the “God of Cricket” Sachin Tendulkar. This season, the master blaster was in tremendous form, smashing 618 runs with a batting average of 47.53. Riding on the batting brilliance of Sachin Tendulkar, MI reached the final of the IPL that season but fell short against the CSK of MS Dhoni.
The Universe Boss Chris Gayle showed his hitting power in the 2011 IPL season. The West Indian Opener took RCB to the final of that tournament, where his team fell short of CSK. In the 2011 IPL, Chris Gayle smashed 608 in just 12 innings with a remarkable strike rate of 183.13. He was also named player of the tournament for the 2011 IPL season.
Chris Gayle 2011 IPL Batting Stats
Team
RCB
Matches
12
Runs
608
Average
67.55
Strike Rate
183.13
Highest Score
107
50’s
3
100’s
2
2012 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Chris Gayle
The Universe Boss again showed his batting prowess and won the Orange Cap consecutively in 2012. The West Indian power hitter became the first batsman in IPL history to retain the Orange Cap. In the 2012 IPL, Chris Gayle was more dangerous compared to his 2011 version. In this season, he scored 733 runs with an average of 61.08 and the highest score of 128.
Chris Gayle 2012 IPL Batting Stats
Team
RCB
Matches
15
Runs
733
Average
61.08
Strike Rate
160.74
Highest Score
128
50’s
7
100’s
1
2013 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Michael Hussey
Michael Hussey is the third Australian on this list. Mr. Cricket has maintained the Aussie tradition of winning the Orange Cap. In the 2013 season, he equaled Chris Gayle’s record and smashed 733 runs in 17 matches. With his batting brilliance, he took his team, CSK, to the final, where CSK fell short against MI.
Michael Hussey 2013 IPL Batting Stats
Team
CSK
Matches
17
Runs
733
Average
52.35
Strike Rate
129.5
Highest Score
95
50’s
6
100’s
0
2014 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Robin Uthappa
In 2014, after lifting the IPL trophy with KKR, Robin Uthappa became the first ever player to win an Orange Cap and an IPL trophy in the same season. Robin had a very disappointing first half of the 2014 IPL season, but in the later half of the season, he scored 8 consecutive 40+ scores. Robin scored 660 runs in IPL 2014 with five half centuries.
Robin Uthappa 2014 IPL Batting Stats
Team
KKR
Matches
16
Runs
660
Average
44
Strike Rate
137.78
Highest Score
83
50’s
5
100’s
0
2015 IPL Orange Cap Winner
David Warner
David Warner is the fourth Australian on the list of all-time Orange Cap winners in the IPL. In the 2015 IPL, Warner scored 562 runs with an average of 43.23. He was in ferocious form in that season and won the Orange Cap for the first time, but failed to take his team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, to the playoffs.
David Warner 2015 IPL Batting Stats
Team
SRH
Matches
14
Runs
562
Average
43.23
Strike Rate
156.54
Highest Score
91
50’s
7
100’s
0
2016 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Virat Kohli
The 2016 IPL season completely belongs to Virat Kohli. In the 2016 IPL, Kohli broke all the batting records and won the Orange Cap with the highest ever run tally. In 2016, Ipl Virat scored four centuries, one of which came in a 15-over game. In the 2016 IPL, King Kohli scored 973 runs, just falling short of achieving the 1000-run feat in a single season. He took his team to the final but, unfortunately, could not win the trophy.
Virat Kohli 2016 IPL Batting Stats
Team
RCB
Matches
16
Runs
973
Average
81.08
Strike Rate
152.03
Highest Score
113
50’s
7
100’s
4
2017 IPL Orange Cap Winner
David Warner
David Warner became the second batsman after Chris Gayle to win the Orange Cap twice in IPL history. In 2017, David Warner outperformed every batsman in the league and won the Orange Cap of the IPL season with 641 runs. Unlike the 2015 season, when Warner also won the Orange Cap, in the 2017 IPL, he took his team to the playoffs but lost to KKR.
David Warner 2017 IPL Batting Stats
Team
SRH
Matches
14
Runs
641
Average
58.27
Strike Rate
141.81
Highest Score
126
50’s
4
100’s
1
2018 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Kane Williamson
In the 2018 IPL season, Kane Williamson marked the attendance of New Zealanders in the Orange Cap Winners List of the IPL. The 2018 IPL season is remembered for Williamson’s batting brilliance. This season, he scored 735 runs in just 17 innings and took his team to the final, where they lost to CSK thanks to Shane Watson’s brilliant hundred.
Kane Williamson 2018 IPL Batting Stats
Team
SRH
Matches
17
Runs
735
Average
52.5
Strike Rate
142.44
Highest Score
84
50’s
8
100’s
0
2019 IPL Orange Cap Winner
David Warner
David Warner made history in the IPL by winning the Orange Cap for the third time. The 2019 IPL season was the third season where Warner outscored every batter in the league. He scored 692 in that season with a brilliant century. However, he did not play the entire tournament and went back to Australia to attend the World Cup preparatory camp, but he took his team to the playoffs in the IPL 2019.
David Warner 2019 IPL Batting Stats
Team
SRH
Matches
12
Runs
692
Average
69.2
Strike Rate
143.87
Highest Score
100
50’s
8
100’s
1
2020 IPL Orange Cap Winner
KL Rahul
KL Rahul was in incredible form in the 2016 IPL season; he scored 670 runs in 14 matches with an unbeaten century. Although all his efforts were in vain, his team, the Punjab Kings, did not qualify for the playoffs that season. He was the first Indian batter since 2016 to win the Orange Cap after Virat Kohli.
KL Rahul 2020 IPL Batting Stats
Team
PBKS
Matches
14
Runs
670
Average
55.83
Strike Rate
129.34
Highest Score
132*
50’s
5
100’s
1
2021 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad is another gem found by IPL. Prior to the IPL 2021 season, he was an uncapped Indian player, but in the 2021 season, he outscored all batters with international experience. He scored 635 runs in 16 innings with an unbeaten century against the Rajasthan Royals. After Robin Uthappa, he became only the second batsman ever to win an Orange Cap and an IPL trophy in the same season.
Ruturaj Gaikwad 2021 IPL Batting Stats
Team
CSK
Matches
16
Runs
635
Average
45.35
Strike Rate
136.26
Highest Score
101*
50’s
4
100’s
1
2022 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Jos Buttler
The 2022 IPL season was something special for Jos Buttler. In the 2022 IPL, Jos scored 863 runs and became the second batsman after Kohli to score 800 and win the Orange Cap. He also equaled Virat Kohli’s record of most centuries in a season. With his remarkable form, Buttler took his team to the final, where Gujarat beat the Rajasthan Royals.
Jos Buttler 2022 IPL Batting Stats
Team
RR
Matches
17
Runs
863
Average
57.53
Strike Rate
149.05
Highest Score
116
50’s
4
100’s
4
2023 IPL Orange Cap Winner
Shubman Gill
Subhman Gill is the most recent addition to the all-time list of Orange Cap winners in the IPL. He scored 890 runs in 17 innings of the 2023 IPL season. Gill dominated the entire IPL season and scored three centuries. He won the Orange Cap with the second highest runs tally in an IPL season, bettered by only Virat Kohli’s 2016 IPL runs tally. With his tremendous batting form, he took the Gujarat Titans to the final.
Shubman Gill 2023 IPL Batting Stats
Team
GT
Matches
17
Runs
890
Average
59.33
Strike Rate
157.8
Highest Score
116
50’s
4
100’s
3
Player with the Most Orange Cap in IPL History
Winning the Orange Cap is not an easy job; there is a non-ending list of IPL legends that have never won this prestigious award. Still, there are many batsmen who have won the Orange Cap multiple times. Here is the list of players with the most Orange Caps in IPL history:
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