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The 55 players with the most player of the match awards in IPL history

Every player here is ranked on one number: player of the match awards 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.

AB de VilliersAB de Villiers: 2525Virat KohliVirat Kohli: 2222Chris GayleChris Gayle: 2222Rohit SharmaRohit Sharma: 2121MS DhoniMS Dhoni: 1818Sunil NarineSunil Narine: 1818David WarnerDavid Warner: 1818KL RahulKL Rahul: 1717Ravindra JadejaRavindra Jadeja: 1717Yusuf PathanYusuf Pathan: 1616Shane WatsonShane Watson: 1616Andre RussellAndre Russell: 1616Suresh RainaSuresh Raina: 1414Rashid KhanRashid Khan: 1414Jos ButtlerJos Buttler: 1414
Player of the match awards — the leading 15. Every one of the 55 is in the table below.
#PlayerSeasonsPlayer of the match awardsMatchesRunsWickets
1AB de Villiers2008–2021251835,1810
2Virat Kohli2008–2026222829,3464
2Chris Gayle2009–2021221414,99718
4Rohit Sharma2008–2026212817,33115
5MS Dhoni2008–2025182775,4390
5Sunil Narine2012–2026182011,820209
5David Warner2009–2024181846,5670
8KL Rahul2013–2026171605,8280
8Ravindra Jadeja2008–2026172673,526180
10Yusuf Pathan2008–2019161743,22242
10Shane Watson2008–2020161453,88092
10Andre Russell2012–2025161392,655123
13Suresh Raina2008–2021142045,53625
13Rashid Khan2017–202614153635179
13Jos Buttler2016–2026141384,6470
13Sanju Samson2013–2026141905,1810
13Kieron Pollard2010–2022141893,43769
13Shubman Gill2018–2026141344,5980
19Ajinkya Rahane2008–2026132125,3671
19Gautam Gambhir2008–2018131544,2170
21Shikhar Dhawan2008–2024122226,7694
21Ruturaj Gaikwad2020–202612852,8390
21Michael Hussey2008–201512591,9770
21Amit Mishra2008–202412162381174
25Dwayne Smith2008–201711912,38526
25Shreyas Iyer2015–2026111474,2330
25Virender Sehwag2008–2015111042,7286
28Suryakumar Yadav2012–2026101794,5810
28Faf du Plessis2011–2025101544,7730
28Jasprit Bumrah2013–20261015875190
28Ambati Rayudu2010–2023102044,3480
28Jacques Kallis2008–201410982,42765
28Umesh Yadav2010–202410148208144
34Shaun Marsh2008–20179712,4890
34Krunal Pandya2016–202691581,982107
34Ishan Kishan2016–202691343,6000
34Glenn Maxwell2012–202591412,82041
34Marcus Stoinis2016–202691232,24246
39Axar Patel2013–202681772,089139
39Varun Chakravarthy2019–202689431111
39Harbhajan Singh2008–20218163833150
39Kuldeep Yadav2016–20268111210112
39Rishabh Pant2016–202681393,8790
39Sachin Tendulkar2008–20138782,3340
39Hardik Pandya2015–202681622,96482
46Robin Uthappa2008–202272054,9540
46Adam Gilchrist2008–20137802,0691
46Bhuvneshwar Kumar2011–20267206354226
46Mohammed Siraj2017–20267125117128
46Quinton de Kock2013–202671183,4440
46Yuzvendra Chahal2013–2026718937233
46Trent Boult2015–2026712493145
46Dinesh Karthik2008–202472574,8430
46Sandeep Sharma2013–2026714260151
46Abhishek Sharma2018–20267922,37911

How this list is made

Ranked on player of the match awards, 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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