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The 50 players with the most fours in IPL history

Every player here is ranked on one number: fours in the IPL between 2008 and 2026. That is the whole competition — the IPL began in 2008 and this holds every match of it in which a ball was bowled.

Virat KohliVirat Kohli: 847847Shikhar DhawanShikhar Dhawan: 768768David WarnerDavid Warner: 663663Rohit SharmaRohit Sharma: 661661Ajinkya RahaneAjinkya Rahane: 540540KL RahulKL Rahul: 509509Suresh RainaSuresh Raina: 506506Gautam GambhirGautam Gambhir: 492492Suryakumar YadavSuryakumar Yadav: 482482Robin UthappaRobin Uthappa: 481481Dinesh KarthikDinesh Karthik: 466466Jos ButtlerJos Buttler: 459459Shubman GillShubman Gill: 446446Faf du PlessisFaf du Plessis: 440440Sanju SamsonSanju Samson: 432432
Fours — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.
#PlayerSeasonsFoursMatchesRunsSixes
1Virat Kohli2008–20268472829,346317
2Shikhar Dhawan2008–20247682226,769153
3David Warner2009–20246631846,567236
4Rohit Sharma2008–20266612817,331324
5Ajinkya Rahane2008–20265402125,367141
6KL Rahul2013–20265091605,828239
7Suresh Raina2008–20215062045,536204
8Gautam Gambhir2008–20184921544,21759
9Suryakumar Yadav2012–20264821794,581178
10Robin Uthappa2008–20224812054,954182
11Dinesh Karthik2008–20244662574,843161
12Jos Buttler2016–20264591384,647211
13Shubman Gill2018–20264461344,598152
14Faf du Plessis2011–20254401544,773174
15Sanju Samson2013–20264321905,181243
16AB de Villiers2008–20214141835,181253
17Chris Gayle2009–20214081414,997359
18Shane Watson2008–20203771453,880190
19MS Dhoni2008–20253752775,439264
20Parthiv Patel2008–20193651392,84849
21Ambati Rayudu2010–20233592044,348173
22Shreyas Iyer2015–20263541474,233182
23Rishabh Pant2016–20263511393,879181
24Ishan Kishan2016–20263481343,600166
24Manish Pandey2008–20263481804,021118
26Quinton de Kock2013–20263341183,444143
26Virender Sehwag2008–20153341042,728106
28Yashasvi Jaiswal2020–2026311822,593110
29Sachin Tendulkar2008–2013296782,33429
29Wriddhiman Saha2008–20242961692,93487
31Brendon McCullum2008–20182931092,882130
32Nitish Rana2016–20262881273,078151
33Mayank Agarwal2011–20252751302,764100
34Rahul Dravid2008–2013269892,17428
34Shaun Marsh2008–2017269712,48978
36Ravindra Jadeja2008–20262642673,526122
37Yusuf Pathan2008–20192631743,222161
38Ruturaj Gaikwad2020–2026260852,839107
39Sai Sudharsan2022–2026258572,51583
40Jacques Kallis2008–2014255982,42744
41Murali Vijay2009–20202471062,61991
42Dwayne Smith2008–2017245912,385117
43Devdutt Padikkal2020–2026241902,27080
44Adam Gilchrist2008–2013239802,06992
45Prithvi Shaw2018–2024238791,89261
45Glenn Maxwell2012–20252381412,820161
47David Miller2012–20262351523,288152
48Rahul Tripathi2017–20252291002,29185
49Hardik Pandya2015–20262281622,964157
50Steve Smith2012–20212261032,49560

How this list is made

Ranked on fours, and on nothing else. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

IPL matches only. Nothing a player has done in any other competition is counted here, so a long international career does not show up on these lists at all.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Every figure is counted from the deliveries rather than copied from a scorecard — which is why a wide is not a ball faced and a bye is not charged to the bowler.

Counted from the ball-by-ball data at Cricsheet, under the ODC Attribution License; identity from Wikidata (public domain).

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