The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been a platform for many batters over the years to showcase their skills in the toughest format against the world's best bowlers. To reward these batters, an Orange Cap is presented to a batter who has scored the most runs in a particular season.
In the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008, it was a young Aussie bloke, Shaun Marsh, who stole the show with his stylish batting for the Punjab Kings, scoring 616 runs in 11 games. This elite list also features some of India's greatest batters, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli & Shubman Gill.
Touted as the 'God Of Cricket', Sachin Tendulkar was the leading run-scorer in IPL season 3 in 2010, scoring 618 runs in 15 games. Virat Kohli not just won the Orange cap in 2016 but also achieved the record of highest runs scored in a season (973 in 16 games). Young, modern day batter Shubman Gill scored 890 runs in 17 matches IPL 2023. On that note, let's relive this elite list of Orange cap winners once again.
Season | Player | Matches | Runs |
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2008 | Shaun Marsh (KXIP) | 11 | 616 |
2009 | Matthew Hayden (CSK) | 12 | 572 |
2010 | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) | 15 | 618 |
2011 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 12 | 608 |
2012 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 15 | 733 |
2013 | Michael Hussey (CSK) | 16 | 733 |
2014 | Robin Uthappa (KKR) | 16 | 660 |
2015 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 562 |
2016 | Virat Kohli (RCB) | 16 | 973 |
2017 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 641 |
2018 | Kane Williamson (SRH) | 17 | 735 |
2019 | David Warner (SRH) | 12 | 692 |
2020 | KL Rahul (KXIP) | 14 | 670 |
2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) | 16 | 635 |
2022 | Jos Buttler (RR) | 17 | 863 |
2023 | Shubman Gill (GT) | 17 | 890 |
2024 | Virat Kohli (RCB) | 15 | 741 |