IPL matches and matches are world renowned for their exciting action and nail biting finishes, but also for recognizing outstanding individual performances. One such honor awarded at each tournament is known as an IPL Orange Cap – similar to its IPL Purple Cap but presented instead to those scoring highest runs total in that particular IPL season. Since 2008 when its creation, this trophy has become a mark of batting supremacy that players aspire towards winning since being first presented as part of its collection in 2008. In this article we explore its history as well as past and current contenders competing for its coveted award!

Inception Of Cricket Orange Cap

In 2008, the Indian Premier League Orange Cap was introduced as an award to recognize those batsmen who excel at running up run totals throughout a tournament season and consistently outshone others with their run scoring ability. Awarded only once each tournament ends and most runs have been scored by someone, this symbolic cap signifies excellence in batting excellence for one individual batsman.

The Orange Cap not only conveys the effort that each and every individual provided to the team’s success with their brilliance of batsmen. Players wearing it on field are recognized as leaders among run scorers during tournaments and earn respect both from teammates as well as opposition players alike.

Australian batter Shaun Marsh earned the distinction as the inaugural IPL Orange Cap winner when representing Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) during 2008. Marsh’s remarkable 616 runs scored across 11 matches set a new standard of excellence that all future Orange Cap recipients had to surpass.

Race for the IPL Orange Cap 2024

Apart from Kohli, Warner and Gayle, numerous players have demonstrated their batting skill by winning an Orange Cap during various seasons – Sachin Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad being among them – leaving an indelible mark on tournament through their outstanding batting performances.

As IPL 2024 continues, the race for an Orange Cap has become one of the fiercest battles amongst batsmen. Let’s take a look at those competing for this award this year.

Shubman Gill: The Current Orange Cap Holder

Shubman Gill of Gujarat Titans currently the Orange Cap holder for IPL 2023 with an outstanding 890 runs in 17 matches accumulated across 17 matches this season – his 3 centuries and 4 fifties make him one of the front runners for this distinction.

Faf du Plessis: Chasing the Orange Cap

Faf du Plessis, the seasoned campaigner from the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), stands second in the race for the Orange Cap. With 730 runs in just 14 innings, du Plessis has been in scintillating form, showcasing his ability to score big runs at a remarkable strike rate of 153.68.

David Warner: The Triple Orange Cap Winner

Another player who has left an indelible mark on the orange cap winners list is David Warner. The explosive Australian opener has claimed the coveted title a record three times. Warner’s dominance as a batsman was evident in 2015, 2017, and 2019 when he clinched the Orange Cap for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Virat Kohli: The Run Machine

One of the most prominent names associated with the Orange Cap is Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli. With an impressive tally of 7,263 runs in the IPL, Kohli holds the record for the highest run-scorer in the tournament. He clinched the Orange Cap for the first time in 2016, amassing a staggering 973 runs in that edition.

IPL Orange Cap 2023 – Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill is the striking force behind the GT’s dominance performance to finale. Gill performed extraordinarily in the tournament and he scored 3 centuries in the tournament and gave his best 129 against Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 to of IPL 2023 to propel Gujarat Titans in to the finals of IPL 2023.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Shubman Gill	890	157	17	17	2	129	59	4	3	85	33
2	Faf du Plessis	730	153	14	14	1	84	56	8	0	60	36
3	Devon Conway	672	139	16	15	2	92*	51	6	0	77	18
4	Virat Kohli	639	139	14	14	2	101*	53	6	2	65	16
5	Yashasvi Jaiswal	625	163	14	14	1	124	48	5	1	82	26
6	Suryakumar Yadav	605	181	16	16	2	103*	43	5	1	65	28
7	Ruturaj Gaikwad	590	147	16	15	1	92	42	4	0	46	30
8	David Warner	516	131	14	14	0	86	36	6	0	69	10
9	Rinku Singh	474	149	14	14	6	67*	59	4	0	31	29
10	Ishan Kishan	454	142	16	15	0	75	30	3	0	54	18
11	Cameron Green	452	160	16	16	7	100*	50	2	1	40	22
12	Heinrich Klaasen	448	177	12	11	2	104	49	2	1	32	25
13	Shivam Dube	418	158	16	14	3	52	38	3	0	12	35
14	Nitish Rana	413	140	14	14	1	75	31	3	0	39	20
15	Marcus Stoinis	408	150	15	15	2	89*	31	3	0	28	27
16	Venkatesh Iyer	404	145	14	14	0	104	28	2	1	32	21
17	Glenn Maxwell	400	183	14	14	2	77	33	5	0	29	31
18	Jos Buttler	392	139	14	14	0	95	28	4	0	42	14
19	Kyle Mayers	379	144	13	13	0	73	29	4	0	38	22
20	Shikhar Dhawan	373	142	11	11	2	99*	41	3	0	49	12

IPL Orange Cap 2022 – Jos Buttler

Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler exploded at the top of the batting order to set his team for a better position in the game. His powerful shots have set the path for the lower order batsman to play with ease in their natural game. In the 2022 edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) Jos Buttler blasted 4 spectacular Centuries to accumulate 863 runs and bag the Orange Cap player of that edition.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Jos Buttler	863	149	17	17	2	116	57	4	4	83	45
2	KL Rahul	616	135	15	15	3	103*	51	4	2	45	30
3	Quinton De Kock	508	148	15	15	1	140*	36	3	1	47	23
4	Hardik Pandya	487	131	15	15	4	87*	44	4	0	49	12
5	Shubman Gill	483	132	16	16	2	96	34	4	0	51	11
6	David Miller	481	142	16	16	9	94*	68	2	0	32	23
7	Faf Du Plessis	468	127	16	16	1	96	31	3	0	49	13
8	Shikhar Dhawan	460	122	14	14	2	88*	38	3	0	47	12
9	Sanju Samson	458	146	17	17	1	55	28	2	0	43	26
10	Deepak Hooda	451	136	15	14	0	59	32	4	0	36	18
11	Liam Livingstone	437	182	14	14	2	70	36	4	0	29	34
12	David Warner	432	150	12	12	3	92*	48	5	0	52	15
13	Abhishek Sharma	426	133	14	14	0	75	30	2	0	47	13
14	Ishan Kishan	418	120	14	14	1	81*	32	3	0	45	11
15	Rahul Tripathi	413	158	14	14	3	76	37	3	0	40	20
16	Shreyas Iyer	401	134	14	14	1	85	30	3	0	41	11
17	Tilak Varma	397	131	14	14	3	61	36	2	0	29	16
18	Aiden Markram	381	139	14	12	4	68*	47	3	0	25	19
19	Devdutt Padikkal	376	122	17	17	0	54	22	1	0	40	14
20	Ruturaj Gaikwad	368	126	14	14	0	99	26	3	0	33	14

IPL Orange Cap 2021 – Ruturaj Gaikwad

Chennai Super Kings’ young opener Ruturaj Gaikwad stunt everyone with the splendid knocks in the 2021 IPL season. Rutu scored 4 half centuries and a century and scored 635 runs to win the Orange Cap list that showed his excellence in the IPL 2021 edition.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Ruturaj Gaikwad	635	136	16	16	2	101*	45	4	1	64	23
2	Faf du Plessis	633	138	16	16	2	95*	45	6	0	60	23
3	KL Rahul	626	138	13	13	3	98*	62	6	0	48	30
4	Shikhar Dhawan	587	124	16	16	1	92	39	3	0	63	16
5	Glenn Maxwell	513	144	15	14	2	78	42	6	0	48	21
6	Sanju Samson	484	136	14	14	2	119	40	2	1	45	17
7	Prithvi Shaw	479	159	15	15	0	82	31	4	0	56	18
8	Shubman Gill	478	118	17	17	0	57	28	3	0	50	12
9	Mayank Agarwal	441	140	12	12	1	99*	40	4	0	42	18
10	Rishabh Pant	419	128	16	16	4	58*	34	3	0	42	10
11	Devdutt Padikkal	411	125	14	14	1	101*	31	1	1	44	14
12	Virat Kohli	405	119	15	15	1	72*	28	3	0	43	9
13	Rahul Tripathi	397	140	17	16	2	74*	28	2	0	41	11
14	Nitish Rana	383	121	17	16	3	80	29	2	0	34	17
15	Rohit Sharma	381	127	13	13	0	63	29	1	0	33	14
16	Venkatesh Iyer	370	128	10	10	1	67	41	4	0	37	14
17	Moeen Ali	357	137	15	15	1	58	25	1	0	31	19
18	Suryakumar Yadav	317	143	14	14	0	82	22	2	0	40	10
19	AB de Villiers	313	148	15	14	4	76*	31	2	0	23	16
20	Quinton de Kock	297	116	11	11	1	70*	29	2	0	29	7

IPL Orange Cap 2020 – KL Rahul

KL Rahul was the captain of Punjab Kings started the tournament on an average performance but then he shifted the gear and become a serious contender for the IPL Orange Cap 2020. In the end KL Rahul scored one century and 5 half century to capture the IPL OrangeCap 2020 by scoring 670 runs in total.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	KL Rahul	670	129	14	14	2	132*	55	5	1	58	23
2	Shikhar Dhawan	618	144	17	17	3	106*	44	4	2	67	12
3	David Warner	548	134	16	16	2	85*	39	4	0	52	14
4	Shreyas Iyer	519	123	17	17	2	88*	34	3	0	40	16
5	Ishan Kishan	516	145	14	13	4	99	57	4	0	36	30
6	Quinton de Kock	503	140	16	16	2	78*	35	4	0	46	22
7	Suryakumar Yadav	480	145	16	15	3	79*	40	4	0	61	11
8	Devdutt Padikkal	473	124	15	15	0	74	31	5	0	51	8
9	Virat Kohli	466	121	15	15	4	90*	42	3	0	23	11
10	AB de Villiers	454	158	15	14	4	73*	45	5	0	33	23
11	Faf du Plessis	449	140	13	13	2	87*	40	4	0	42	14
12	Shubman Gill	440	117	14	14	1	70*	33	3	0	44	9
13	Manish Pandey	425	127	16	15	2	83*	32	3	0	35	18
14	Mayank Agarwal	424	156	11	11	0	106	38	2	1	44	15
15	Eoin Morgan	418	138	14	14	4	68*	41	1	0	32	24
16	Sanju Samson	375	158	14	14	1	85	28	3	0	21	26
17	Ambati Rayudu	359	127	12	11	2	71	39	1	0	30	12
18	Nicholas Pooran	353	169	14	14	4	77	35	2	0	23	25
19	Nitish Rana	352	138	14	14	0	87	25	3	0	43	12
20	Marcus Stoinis	352	148	17	17	3	65	25	3	0	31	16

IPL Orange Cap 2019 – David Warner

So far in the history of IPL there is only one player that has won Orange cap for 3 times and it is none other than David Warner. He played like that he had something that he has to prove to the world and his fans in this IPL 2015 edition and won the Orange Cap in a very close fight with KL Rahul for Punjab Kings.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	David Warner	692	143	12	12	2	100*	69	8	1	57	21
2	KL Rahul	593	135	14	14	3	100*	53	6	1	49	25
3	Quinton de Kock	529	132	16	16	1	81	35	4	0	45	25
4	Shikhar Dhawan	521	135	16	16	1	97*	34	5	0	64	11
5	Andre Russell	510	204	14	13	4	80*	56	4	0	31	52
6	Chris Gayle	490	153	13	13	1	99*	40	4	0	45	34
7	Rishabh Pant	488	162	16	16	3	78*	37	3	0	37	27
8	Virat Kohli	464	141	14	14	0	100	33	2	1	46	13
9	Shreyas Iyer	463	119	16	16	1	67	30	3	0	41	14
10	Jonny Bairstow	445	157	10	10	2	114	55	2	1	48	18
11	AB de Villiers	442	154	13	13	3	82*	44	5	0	31	26
12	Suryakumar Yadav	424	130	16	15	2	71*	32	2	0	45	10
13	MS Dhoni	416	134	15	12	7	84*	83	3	0	22	23
14	Chris Lynn	405	139	13	13	0	82	31	4	0	41	22
15	Rohit Sharma	405	128	15	15	1	67	28	2	0	52	10
16	Hardik Pandya	402	191	16	15	6	91	44	1	0	28	29
17	Shane Watson	398	127	17	17	0	96	23	3	0	42	20
18	Faf du Plessis	396	123	12	12	1	96	36	3	0	36	15
19	Ajinkya Rahane	393	137	14	13	1	105*	32	1	1	45	9
20	Suresh Raina	383	121	17	17	1	59	23	3	0	45	9

IPL Orange Cap 2018 – Kane Williamson

If anyone ever say that Kiwi chiller Kane Williamson is not a T20 material the year they have to look at is 2018. It was during this time that Kane Williamson showed everyone what he is capable of as he lead SRH to a splendid tournament. He scored 735 runs with 8 half centuries in his name.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Kane Williamson	735	142	17	17	3	84	52	8	0	64	28
2	Rishabh Pant	684	173	14	14	1	128*	52	5	1	68	37
3	KL Rahul	659	158	14	14	2	95*	54	6	0	66	32
4	Ambati Rayudu	602	149	16	16	2	100*	43	3	1	53	34
5	Shane Watson	555	154	15	15	1	117*	39	2	2	44	35
6	Jos Buttler	548	155	13	13	3	95*	54	5	0	52	21
7	Virat Kohli	530	139	14	14	3	92*	48	4	0	52	18
8	Suryakumar Yadav	512	133	14	14	0	72	36	4	0	61	16
9	Dinesh Karthik	498	147	16	16	6	52	49	2	0	49	16
10	Shikhar Dhawan	497	136	16	16	3	92*	38	4	0	59	14
11	Chris Lynn	491	130	16	16	1	74	32	3	0	56	18
12	AB de Villiers	480	174	12	11	2	90*	53	6	0	39	30
13	MS Dhoni	455	150	16	15	9	79*	75	3	0	24	30
14	Suresh Raina	445	132	15	15	3	75*	37	4	0	46	12
15	Sanju Samson	441	137	15	15	1	92*	31	3	0	30	19
16	Shreyas Iyer	411	132	14	14	3	93*	37	4	0	29	21
17	Evin Lewis	382	138	13	13	0	65	29	2	0	32	24
18	Ajinkya Rahane	370	118	15	14	1	65*	28	1	0	39	5
19	Chris Gayle	368	146	11	11	2	104*	40	3	1	30	27
20	Sunil Narine	357	189	16	16	0	75	22	2	0	40	23

IPL Orange Cap 2017 – David Warner

David Warner has been well and ahead of the competition. In just the 14 games he played he scored 1 century and 4 half centuries to make his dominant mark in the IPL Orange Cap 2017 list. It was a steep 143 runs difference between him and the second place Gautam Gambhir who has player 16 games which is 2 match more than Warner.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	David Warner	641	141	14	14	3	126	58	4	1	63	26
2	Gautam Gambhir	498	128	16	16	4	76*	41	4	0	61	7
3	Shikhar Dhawan	479	127	14	14	1	77	36	3	0	53	9
4	Steve Smith	472	121	15	15	3	84*	39	3	0	38	12
5	Suresh Raina	442	143	14	14	3	84	40	3	0	42	13
6	Hashim Amla	420	145	10	10	3	104*	60	2	2	40	17
7	Manish Pandey	396	128	14	13	5	81*	49	2	0	28	12
8	Parthiv Patel	395	134	16	16	0	70	24	2	0	49	8
9	Rahul Tripathi	391	146	14	14	0	93	27	2	0	43	17
10	Robin Uthappa	388	165	14	13	0	87	29	5	0	36	21
11	Sanju Samson	386	141	14	14	0	102	27	2	1	32	19
12	Kieron Pollard	385	139	17	16	3	70	29	3	0	26	22
13	Ajinkya Rahane	382	118	16	16	1	60	25	2	0	35	9
14	Rishabh Pant	366	165	14	14	0	97	26	2	0	28	24
15	Dinesh Karthik	361	139	14	13	3	65	36	2	0	30	11
16	Shreyas Iyer	338	139	12	12	2	96	33	2	0	36	10
17	Nitish Rana	333	126	13	12	1	62*	30	3	0	24	17
18	Rohit Sharma	333	121	17	16	2	67	23	3	0	31	9
19	Manoj Tiwary	324	137	15	13	3	60	32	2	0	31	11
20	Brendon McCullum	319	147	11	11	0	72	29	2	0	29	18

IPL Orange Cap 2016 – Virat Kohli

The year 2016 marked a new history on the history of IPL which is yet to be broken by any other player. It was the year that King Kohli made his mark on the history to register highest score that any player has scored in a single IPL edition. Orange cap Virat Kohli has scored 4 centuries and 7 half centuries to score 973 runs just 27 runs shy of 1000 runs to register his record in the IPL history.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Virat Kohli	973	152	16	16	4	113	81	7	4	83	38
2	David Warner	848	151	17	17	3	93*	60	9	0	88	31
3	AB de Villiers	687	168	16	16	3	129*	52	6	1	57	37
4	Gautam Gambhir	501	121	15	15	2	90*	38	5	0	54	6
5	Shikhar Dhawan	501	116	17	17	4	82*	38	4	0	51	8
6	Rohit Sharma	489	132	14	14	3	85*	44	5	0	49	16
7	Ajinkya Rahane	480	126	14	14	3	74	43	6	0	54	9
8	Murali Vijay	453	124	14	14	1	89	34	5	0	50	10
9	Quinton de Kock	445	136	13	13	1	108	37	3	1	52	13
10	Suresh Raina	399	127	15	15	1	75	28	3	0	39	10
11	KL Rahul	397	146	14	12	3	68*	44	4	0	37	16
12	Robin Uthappa	394	136	15	15	0	72	26	3	0	45	8
13	Aaron Finch	393	131	13	12	2	74	39	5	0	45	11
14	Yusuf Pathan	361	145	15	13	8	63*	72	3	0	33	13
15	Karun Nair	357	120	14	12	2	83*	35	3	0	40	6
16	Brendon McCullum	354	135	16	16	0	60	22	1	0	38	16
17	Dinesh Karthik	335	125	16	15	2	53	25	3	0	38	3
18	Ambati Rayudu	334	120	13	12	1	65	30	2	0	28	12
19	Dwayne Smith	324	146	12	12	1	73	29	3	0	35	16
20	Sanju Samson	291	112	14	14	3	60	26	1	0	20	8

IPL Orange Cap 2015 – David Warner

Australian monster David Warner blasted the year 2015 with his trademark power packed performance. He scored 7 half century to help Sunrisers Hyderabad blast open in the tournament. He has been stead fast in the opening and got SRH to a better start in the tournament.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	David Warner	562	156	14	14	1	91	43	7	0	65	21
2	Lendl Simmons	540	122	13	13	1	71	45	6	0	56	21
3	Ajinkya Rahane	540	130	14	13	2	91*	49	4	0	53	13
4	AB de Villiers	513	175	16	14	3	133*	46	2	1	60	22
5	Virat Kohli	505	130	16	16	5	82*	45	3	0	35	23
6	Chris Gayle	491	147	14	14	2	117	40	2	1	39	38
7	Rohit Sharma	482	144	16	16	2	98*	34	3	0	41	21
8	Shreyas Iyer	439	128	14	14	1	83	33	4	0	41	21
9	Brendon McCullum	436	155	14	14	1	100*	33	2	1	51	23
10	Kieron Pollard	419	163	16	14	3	70	38	2	0	28	28
11	JP Duminy	414	131	14	13	3	78*	41	4	0	27	20
12	Dwayne Smith	399	119	16	16	0	62	24	2	0	52	16
13	Faf du Plessis	380	125	17	15	2	55	29	1	0	37	5
14	Suresh Raina	374	123	17	17	2	62	24	2	0	31	16
15	MS Dhoni	372	121	17	17	5	53	31	1	0	27	17
16	Robin Uthappa	364	131	13	13	1	80*	30	1	0	42	7
17	David Miller	357	134	13	13	2	89*	32	2	0	21	21
18	Shikhar Dhawan	353	123	14	14	1	54	27	3	0	45	6
19	Shane Watson	347	135	10	9	1	104*	43	1	1	37	14
20	Parthiv Patel	339	137	14	14	1	59	26	2	0	47	5

IPL Orange Cap 2014 – Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa has one of his best outing in the year 2014 in which he played gem of an innings to help KKR win the championship for the very first time in the illustrated IPL journey. Uthappa scored 660 runs with 5 half centuries to capture the IPL Orange Cap 2014.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Robin Uthappa	660	137	16	16	1	83*	44	5	0	74	18
2	Dwayne Smith	566	136	16	16	0	79	35	5	0	50	34
3	Glenn Maxwell	552	187	16	16	0	95	34	4	0	48	36
4	David Warner	528	140	14	14	3	90	48	6	0	39	24
5	Suresh Raina	523	146	16	16	3	87	40	5	0	51	19
6	Virender Sehwag	455	144	17	17	0	122	26	1	1	56	18
7	David Miller	446	149	16	16	6	66	44	3	0	34	21
8	JP Duminy	410	134	14	14	6	67*	51	2	0	22	20
9	Brendon McCullum	405	121	14	14	1	71*	31	3	0	32	19
10	Manish Pandey	401	117	16	16	3	94	30	2	0	35	10
11	AB de Villiers	395	158	14	13	2	89*	35	3	0	26	24
12	Lendl Simmons	394	135	8	8	1	100*	56	3	1	43	14
13	Rohit Sharma	390	129	15	15	2	59*	30	3	0	31	16
14	Shikhar Dhawan	377	118	14	14	1	64*	29	2	0	49	7
15	Yuvraj Singh	376	135	14	14	3	83	34	3	0	22	28
16	MS Dhoni	371	148	16	15	10	57*	74	1	0	22	20
17	Wriddhiman Saha	362	145	17	13	2	115*	32	2	1	33	18
18	Ambati Rayudu	361	125	15	14	0	68	25	2	0	31	8
19	Virat Kohli	359	122	14	14	1	73	27	2	0	23	16
20	Ajinkya Rahane	339	116	13	12	0	72	28	3	0	38	3

IPL Orange Cap 2013 – Michael Hussey

The year 2013 was a memorable year for the CSK fans as their star player Michael Hussey won the IPL Orange Cap 2013. Hussey gave everything he had learned in his career and scored 733 runs with 6 half centuries under his name. It has to be noted that his middle order performance that helped CSK post and chase huge scores in the tournament.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Michael Hussey	733	129	17	17	3	95	52	6	0	81	17
2	Chris Gayle	708	156	16	16	4	175*	59	4	1	57	51
3	Virat Kohli	634	138	16	16	2	99	45	6	0	64	22
4	Suresh Raina	548	150	18	17	4	100*	42	4	1	50	18
5	Shane Watson	543	142	16	16	2	101	38	2	1	59	22
6	Rohit Sharma	538	131	19	19	5	79*	38	4	0	35	28
7	Dinesh Karthik	510	124	19	19	1	86	28	2	0	54	14
8	Ajinkya Rahane	488	106	18	18	4	68*	34	4	0	42	11
9	Rahul Dravid	471	110	18	17	1	65	29	4	0	64	5
10	MS Dhoni	461	162	18	16	5	67*	41	4	0	32	25
11	Aaron Finch	456	135	14	14	0	67	32	4	0	54	16
12	Robin Uthappa	434	116	16	16	0	75	27	2	0	42	12
13	Kieron Pollard	420	149	18	18	8	66*	42	3	0	27	29
14	David Miller	418	164	12	12	5	101*	59	3	1	28	24
15	Dwayne Smith	418	122	13	13	0	68	32	4	0	40	19
16	David Warner	410	126	16	16	3	77	31	4	0	41	14
17	Gautam Gambhir	406	118	16	16	0	60	25	4	0	51	5
18	AB de Villiers	360	164	14	14	4	64	36	2	0	34	15
19	Yusuf Pathan	332	138	16	16	5	72	30	1	0	30	14
20	Mahela Jayawardena	331	105	15	15	0	66	22	2	0	39	6

IPL Orange Cap 2012 – Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, known for his monstrous hitting and explosive batting style, is the only player to have retained the Orange Cap in consecutive seasons. The West Indian power-hitter won the award in 2011 and 2012 while representing the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Chris Gayle	733	160	15	14	2	128*	61	7	1	46	59
2	Gautam Gambhir	590	143	17	17	2	93	39	6	0	64	17
3	Shikhar Dhawan	569	129	15	15	1	84	40	5	0	58	18
4	Ajinkya Rahane	560	129	16	16	2	103*	40	3	1	73	10
5	Virender Sehwag	495	161	16	16	1	87*	33	5	0	57	19
6	Cameron White	479	149	13	13	2	78	43	5	0	41	20
7	Rahul Dravid	462	112	16	16	0	58	28	2	0	63	4
8	Suresh Raina	441	135	19	18	1	73	25	1	0	36	19
9	Rohit Sharma	433	126	17	16	2	109*	30	3	1	39	18
10	Mandeep Singh	432	126	16	16	0	75	27	2	0	53	7
11	Jacques Kallis	409	106	17	17	1	79	25	2	0	34	10
12	Robin Uthappa	405	118	16	16	1	69	27	2	0	38	10
13	Faf du Plessis	398	130	13	12	0	73	33	3	0	29	17
14	David Hussey	396	129	16	15	3	68*	33	2	0	28	17
15	Dwayne Bravo	371	140	19	16	8	48	46	0	0	20	20
16	Virat Kohli	364	111	16	15	2	73*	28	2	0	33	9
17	Steve Smith	362	135	15	14	5	47*	40	0	0	24	14
18	MS Dhoni	358	128	19	17	5	51*	29	1	0	26	9
19	Owais Shah	340	132	13	13	4	76	37	3	0	24	16
20	Shaun Marsh	336	120	13	13	2	68*	30	2	0	39	7

IPL Orange Cap 2011 – Chris Gayle

When IPL fever was at its peak came the Gayle Strom, which smashed every bowler that came in its way to make history. Gayle brought new dynamics in to the T20 format by his blasting and scored 2 centuries and 3 half centuries to score 608 runs. It can be said that it was Gayle who planted the seed in the current youngsters to capture the bull by its horn and win the game.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Chris Gayle	608	183	12	12	3	107	67	3	2	57	44
2	Virat Kohli	557	121	16	16	4	71	46	4	0	55	16
3	Sachin Tendulkar	553	113	16	16	3	100*	42	2	1	67	5
4	Shaun Marsh	504	146	14	13	1	95	42	4	0	52	20
5	Michael Hussey	492	118	14	14	2	83*	41	4	0	53	6
6	Paul Valthaty	463	136	14	14	1	120*	35	2	1	56	20
7	Suresh Raina	438	134	16	16	2	73*	31	4	0	36	17
8	Murali Vijay	434	128	16	16	0	95	27	3	0	34	20
9	Virender Sehwag	424	176	11	11	0	119	38	2	1	51	18
10	Jacques Kallis	424	112	15	14	2	80*	35	4	0	46	6
11	Shikhar Dhawan	400	129	14	14	2	95*	33	2	0	47	7
12	Subramaniam Badrinath	396	126	16	13	6	71*	56	5	0	38	9
13	Ambati Rayudu	395	112	16	16	2	63*	28	4	0	44	9
14	MS Dhoni	392	158	16	13	4	70*	43	2	0	25	23
15	Adam Gilchrist	383	129	14	14	0	106	27	2	1	41	18
16	Gautam Gambhir	378	119	15	15	4	75*	34	2	0	44	3
17	Rohit Sharma	372	125	16	14	3	87	33	3	0	32	13
18	Manoj Tiwary	359	110	15	14	7	61*	51	1	0	26	14
19	Kumar Sangakkara	358	122	13	13	0	65	27	1	0	44	5
20	Brendon McCullum	357	129	13	13	0	81	27	1	0	35	16

IPL Orange Cap 2010 – Sachin Tendulkar

There can be no record in cricket career that this mans name is not a part of. In the year 2010 after lot of anticipation the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar gace his master class performance in the tournament to prove that he can adapt to any kind of game that is played in the modern era. Sachin Tendulkar marked his IPL legacy by scoring 618 runs in a single IPL tournament to capture the IPL Orange Cap 2010. It has to be noted in 2010 Sachin has broken the previous highest run of 616 by Shaun Marsh to set the new record in IPL history.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	618	132	15	15	2	89*	47	5	0	86	3
2	Jacques Kallis	572	115	16	16	4	89*	47	6	0	67	9
3	Suresh Raina	520	142	16	16	5	83*	47	4	0	45	22
4	Sourav Ganguly	493	117	14	14	1	88	37	4	0	58	15
5	Murali Vijay	458	156	15	15	2	127	35	2	1	36	26
6	Mahela Jayawardena	439	147	13	13	3	110*	43	1	1	55	11
7	Andrew Symonds	429	125	16	16	2	54	30	4	0	35	18
8	Saurabh Tiwary	419	135	16	15	1	61	29	3	0	29	18
9	Rohit Sharma	404	133	16	16	2	73	28	3	0	36	14
10	Naman Ojha	377	132	14	14	2	94*	31	2	0	42	15
11	Robin Uthappa	374	171	16	14	2	68*	31	3	0	21	27
12	Kumar Sangakkara	357	138	13	12	0	56	29	2	0	47	5
13	Ambati Rayudu	356	144	14	14	1	55*	27	2	0	34	13
14	Virender Sehwag	356	163	14	14	0	75	25	3	0	47	14
15	Subramaniam Badrinath	356	117	16	15	4	55*	32	2	0	41	5
16	Matthew Hayden	346	124	16	16	0	93	21	1	0	37	16
17	Yusuf Pathan	333	165	14	14	2	100	27	1	1	22	24
18	Tirumalasetti Suman	307	119	14	14	5	78*	34	2	0	23	12
19	Virat Kohli	307	144	16	13	2	58	27	1	0	26	12
20	Chris Gayle	292	158	9	9	0	88	32	2	0	30	16

IPL Orange Cap 2009 – Matthew Hayden

After a successful first year the orange cap was won by Matthew Hayden from Chennai Super Kings. It was the year that the tournament was held at South Africa. Hayden performed splendidly and scored 572 runs for the team in 12 matches that was played.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Matthew Hayden	572	144	12	12	1	89	52	5	0	60	22
2	Adam Gilchrist	495	152	16	16	0	85	30	3	0	54	29
3	Suresh Raina	434	140	14	14	0	98	31	2	0	37	21
4	JP Duminy	372	114	13	12	3	62	41	5	0	26	11
5	Herschelle Gibbs	371	112	14	14	3	69*	33	4	0	32	12
6	Brad Hodge	365	117	12	12	3	73	40	3	0	34	9
7	Sachin Tendulkar	364	120	13	13	2	68	33	2	0	39	10
8	Rohit Sharma	362	114	16	16	3	52	27	1	0	22	18
9	Jacques Kallis	361	108	15	15	2	69*	27	3	0	37	8
10	Yuvraj Singh	340	115	14	14	2	58*	28	2	0	25	16
11	Kumar Sangakkara	332	102	14	13	2	60	30	2	0	29	5
12	MS Dhoni	332	127	14	13	5	58*	41	2	0	22	9
13	Ravindra Jadeja	295	110	13	13	2	42	26	0	0	21	6
14	Brendon McCullum	285	119	13	13	1	84*	23	2	0	27	12
15	Ross Taylor	280	134	11	11	2	81*	31	1	0	20	15
16	Rahul Dravid	271	115	13	12	0	66	22	1	0	28	3
17	Andrew Symonds	249	150	8	8	1	60*	35	1	0	15	11
18	Virat Kohli	246	112	16	13	2	50	22	1	0	22	8
19	Yusuf Pathan	243	132	13	13	1	62*	20	1	0	24	12
20	Tirumalasetti Suman	237	124	12	12	2	41*	23	0	0	18	8

IPL Orange Cap 2008 – Shaun Marsh

The first player to don the Orange Cap was Australian batter Shaun Marsh, representing the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. Marsh’s impeccable performance of scoring 616 runs in just 11 innings set the benchmark for the future Orange Cap winners.

S.No	Player	Run	Strike Rate	Matches	Innings	Not Out	High Score	Average	50s	100s	4s	6s
1	Shaun Marsh	616	139	11	11	2	115	68	5	1	59	26
2	Gautam Gambhir	534	140	14	14	1	86	41	5	0	68	8
3	Sanath Jayasuriya	518	167	14	14	2	114*	43	2	1	58	31
4	Shane Watson	472	151	15	15	5	76*	47	4	0	47	19
5	Graeme Smith	441	121	11	11	2	91	49	3	0	54	8
6	Adam Gilchrist	436	137	14	14	1	109*	33	3	1	51	19
7	Yusuf Pathan	435	179	16	15	1	68	31	4	0	43	25
8	Suresh Raina	421	142	16	14	3	55*	38	3	0	35	18
9	MS Dhoni	414	133	16	14	4	65	41	2	0	38	15
10	Virender Sehwag	406	184	14	14	2	94*	33	3	0	46	21
11	Rohit Sharma	404	147	13	12	1	76*	36	4	0	38	19
12	Rahul Dravid	371	124	14	14	1	75*	28	2	0	35	11
13	Sourav Ganguly	349	113	13	13	1	91	29	3	0	33	15
14	Shikhar Dhawan	340	115	14	14	5	68*	37	4	0	35	8
15	Kumar Sangakkara	320	161	10	9	0	94	35	4	0	41	8
16	Robin Uthappa	320	114	14	14	5	48	35	0	0	34	9
17	David Hussey	319	123	13	13	2	71	29	2	0	19	17
18	Swapnil Asnodkar	311	133	9	9	0	60	34	2	0	43	6
19	Parthiv Patel	302	101	13	13	2	54	27	2	0	42	3
20	Yuvraj Singh	299	162	15	14	1	57	23	1	0	24	19

Conclusion

From Shaun Marsh’s heroics in the inaugural season to the dominance of players like Virat Kohli, David Warner, and Chris Gayle, the Orange Cap has celebrated the brilliance of batsmen in the IPL. So, keep your eyes glued to the action on the field as the IPL Orange Cap 2024 race unfolds, and witness the batsmen battle it out for the title of the highest run-scorer in the tournament.