IPL is the place where every cricketer wants to play because of its popularity and tough competition which it offers. We have seen many foreigner batsman scoring tons of runs in ipl as well as indian players, Playing on the indian pitches where it did not offer that much bounce unlike australian, or england pitches it becomes difficult to score runs in indian spin friendly pitches. Now, you might be curious to know which player has scored most runs in ipl in one season, because scoring runs consistently in 14 matches is definitely not a cup of tea.
Top 5 Players With Most Runs In IPL In One Season
1. Virat Kohli
The RCB star player king kohli, tops the elite list of most runs in ipl in one season where he scored 973 in a single season of ipl in 2016. That year Virat kohli was at his peak form where he scored 4 centuries in a single season which is most by a player till date.
Virat Kohli is famous for his classical cricket shots where he takes little time at the start of the innings and once he set on the field, it becomes very simple to turn his score in a century. His career best score came against punjab kings in 2016 113 off 50 balls, irrespective of his prime form RCB still did not manage to become the champions.
2. Shubman Gill
The Rising star Shubman Gill is featured in the premium list of most runs in ipl in one season in by scoring 890 runs in 17 matches which includes 4 fifties and 3 hundreds with the strike rate of 156 in 2023.
The Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill has impressed everyone with his incredible batting performance.It is the second best performance after virat kohli when it comes to scoring most runs in one season of ipl. Gill is the major reason behind the success of Gujarat Titans where he gives a solid opening start in almost every match.
The rise of Shubman Gill started from under 19 world cup where he was the main contributor to the team, Later Gill started his IPL journey from Kolkata Knight Riders where he has given some amazing performance with the bat, But many critics used to say that Gill is not the short format player because of his slow strike rate.
In 2022 mega Auction KKR released Shubman Gill which was the biggest blunder by the franchise.The way Gill is dominating IPL and International cricket is simply amazing, he is the next big player to watch out in coming years.
3. Joss Buttler
The current England White ball and world cup winning captain Jos Buttler Gets 2nd place in terms of scoring most runs in ipl in one season in 2022 where he played in Rajasthan Royals by scoring 863 runs in 17 matches including 4 massive centuries.
Jos Buttler was the major reason behind the runner ups of Rajasthan Royals in 2022, where he won many matches single handedly with his clean hitting batting abilities. Although Rajasthan Royals Did not manage to won the trophy due to mighty Gujarat Titans. But Rajasthan Royals fan cannot forget his contribution to the franchise.
4. David Warner
Australian opener David Warner claims 4th position in when it comes to most runs in one season of ipl. The Entertainment package David Warner scored 848 runs in 17 matches in 2016 including 9 half centuries with the strike rate of 151.
Warner carried the Sun Risers Hyderabad into the finals of 2016 Vs RCB and won the 1st ever title for the franchise. He also own the title of most orange caps won by player in the history of ipl, Warner grabbed the orange cap three times in 2015,2017 and 2019.
However after giving such performance back to back to the franchise he was released by SRH in 2022 mega auction and joined the Delhi Capitals camp.
5. Kane Williamson
The Most loved cricketer in India and the Captain Of New Zealand, Kane Williamson acquires 5th place in the most runs in ipl in one season when he was in the Sunrisers Hyderabad and played some top notch knocks and scored 735 runs in 17 matches including 8 fifties in the year 2018.
Williamson may not be the big striker in world cricket but when it comes to playing the long and clean knocks without taking major risks in the innings he is the best specially in the slow wickets like india.Regardless of having such a amazing season with the bat, he did not manage to win against the chennai super kings in 2018 finals.
Here Is The Statistical list of Most Runs In One Ipl Season
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Player
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Mat
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Inns
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NO
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Runs
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HS
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Ave
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BF
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SR
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100
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50
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0
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4s
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6s
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| V Kohli ( 2016) | 16 | 16 | 4 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 640 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 38 | |
| Shubman Gill (2023) | 17 | 17 | 2 | 890 | 129 | 59.33 | 564 | 157.80 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 33 | |
| JC. Buttler (2022) | 17 | 17 | 2 | 863 | 116 | 57.53 | 579 | 149.05 | 4 | 4 | – | 83 | 45 | |
| D. Warner (2016 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 848 | 93* | 60.57 | 560 | 151.42 | – | 9 | 1 | 88 | 31 | |
| K.Williamson (2018) | 17 | 17 | 3 | 735 | 84 | 52.50 | 516 | 142.44 | – | 8 | 1 | 63 | 28 | |
| C. Gayle (2012) | 15 | 14 | 2 | 733 | 128* | 61.08 | 456 | 160.74 | 1 | 7 | – | 46 | 59 | |
| M. Hussey (2013) | 17 | 17 | 3 | 733 | 95 | 52.35 | 566 | 129.50 | – | 6 | – | 81 | 17 | |
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