Smashers Of Orange Cap In IPL

The batter who scores the most runs in the season is awarded the orange cap. This season this orange cap was won by Jos Buttler displaying his evolutionary batting skills, scoring 863 runs from 17 matches in the 15^th edition of IPL.

However, the title of accomplishing the highest runs in IPL is still with Virat Kholi who secured 973 runs in 2016. While the first player to win the orange cap was Shaun Marsh, Brendon McCullum was the first person to wear it.

The orange cap has been won by many but only David Warner holds the record of winning it thrice followed by Chris Gayle who won it twice.

David Warner, the player of SRH, brought prestige to his team thrice by winning the orange cap in 2015, 2017, and 2019. In 2015 when he won this cap for the first time, he completed a strike rate of 156.54 making 562 runs.

When he won this cap in 2017 his strike rate was 141.81 making 641 runs. In 2019 when he won this cap for the third time his strike rate increased to 143.87 making 692 runs.

Chris Gayle won the orange cap for his team, RCB, for consecutive 2 years viz 2011 and 2012. In 2011, he won this cap for making 608 runs at a strike rate of 183.13 while in 2012, he won this cap for 733 runs, slightly higher than his last record, at a strike rate of 160.74.

Ranking Of Orange Cap Holders In IPL 2022

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	Average
1	Jos Buttler	RR	863	57.53
2	KL Rahul	LSG	616	51.33
3	Quinton de Kock	LSG	508	36.28
4	Hardik Pandya	GT	487	44.27
5	Shubman Gill	GT	483	34.5
6	David Miller	GT	481	68.71
7	Faf du Plessis	RCB	468	31.2
8	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	460	38.33
9	Sanju Samson	RR	458	28.62
10	Deepak Hooda	LSG	451	32.21
11	Liam Livingstone	PBKS	437	36.41
12	David Warner	DC	432	48
13	Abhishek Sharma	SRH	426	30.42
14	Ishan Kishan	MI	418	32.15
15	Rahul Tripathi	SRH	413	37.54
16	Shreyas Iyer	KKR	401	30.84
17	Tilak Varma	MI	397	36.09
18	Aiden Markram	SRH	381	47.62
19	Devdutt Padikkal	RR	376	22.11
20	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	368	26.28
21	Nitish Rana	KKR	361	27.76
22	Virat Kohli	RCB	341	22.73
23	Rishabh Pant	DC	340	30.9
24	Andre Russell	KKR	335	37.22
25	Rajat Patidar	RCB	333	55.5
26	Dinesh Karthik	RCB	330	55
27	Wriddhiman Saha	GT	317	31.7
28	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	314	44.85
29	Nicholas Pooran	SRH	306	38.25
30	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	303	43.28
31	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	301	27.36
32	Shivam Dube	CSK	289	28.9
33	Prithvi Shaw	DC	283	28.3
34	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	274	24.9
35	Rohit Sharma	MI	268	19.14
36	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	258	25.8
37	Jonny Bairstow	PBKS	253	23
38	Devon Conway	CSK	252	42
39	Mitchell Marsh	DC	251	31.37
40	Rovman Powell	DC	250	25
41	Moeen Ali	CSK	244	24.4
42	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	234	29.25
43	MS Dhoni	CSK	232	33.14
44	Robin Uthappa	CSK	230	20.9
45	Shahbaz Ahmed	RCB	219	27.37
46	Rahul Tewatia	GT	217	31
47	Kane Williamson	SRH	216	19.63
48	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	PBKS	206	22.88
49	Mayank Agarwal	PBKS	196	16.33
50	Ravichandran Ashwin	RR	191	27.28
51	Tim David	MI	186	37.2
52	Riyan Parag	RR	183	16.63
53	Krunal Pandya	LSG	183	20.33
54	Axar Patel	DC	182	45.5
55	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	182	16.54
56	Rinku Singh	KKR	174	34.8
57	Sam Billings	KKR	169	24.14
58	Dewald Brevis	MI	161	23
59	Ayush Badoni	LSG	161	20.12
60	Lalit Yadav	DC	161	23
61	Matthew Wade	GT	157	15.7
62	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	156	19.5
63	Sai Sudharsan	GT	145	36.25
64	Kieron Pollard	MI	144	14.4
65	Ajinkya Rahane	KKR	133	19
66	Anuj Rawat	RCB	129	16.12
67	Shardul Thakur	DC	120	15
68	Shahrukh Khan	PBKS	117	16.71
69	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	116	19.33
70	Abhinav Manohar	GT	108	18
71	Washington Sundar	SRH	101	14.42
72	Rashid Khan	GT	91	22.75
73	Sarfaraz Khan	DC	91	30.33
74	Manish Pandey	LSG	88	14.66
75	Mahipal Lomror	RCB	86	17.2
76	Aaron Finch	KKR	86	17.2
77	Rahul Chahar	PBKS	77	12.83
78	Evin Lewis	LSG	73	24.33
79	Sunil Narine	KKR	71	8.87
80	Shashank Singh	SRH	69	17.25
81	Suyash Prabhudessai	RCB	67	13.4
82	Pat Cummins	KKR	63	15.75
83	Jaydev Unadkat	MI	59	19.66
84	Romario Shepherd	SRH	58	29
85	Jason Holder	LSG	58	9.66
86	Umesh Yadav	KKR	55	13.75
87	Odean Smith	PBKS	51	17
88	Kagiso Rabada	PBKS	48	9.6
89	Kuldeep Yadav	DC	48	48
90	Priyam Garg	SRH	46	23
91	Ramandeep Singh	MI	45	22.5
92	Dwaine Pretorius	CSK	44	11
93	Dushmantha Chameera	LSG	43	10.75
94	Harshal Patel	RCB	43	8.6
95	Hrithik Shokeen	MI	43	21.5
96	Trent Boult	RR	40	20
97	Narayan Jagadeesan	CSK	40	40
98	Daniel Sams	MI	38	5.42
99	Wanindu Hasaranga	RCB	38	5.42
100	Rishi Dhawan	PBKS	37	18.5
101	Daryl Mitchell	RR	33	16.5
102	Sherfane Rutherford	RCB	33	16.5
103	James Neesham	RR	31	15.5
104	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	30	15
105	Tim Seifert	DC	24	12
106	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	24	8
107	Mohsin Khan	LSG	23	23
108	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	23	11.5
109	Sheldon Jackson	KKR	23	5.75
110	Avesh Khan	LSG	22	22
111	Rassie van der Dussen	RR	22	11
112	Harpreet Brar	PBKS	22	7.33
113	Mitchell Santner	CSK	22	11
114	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	21	7
115	Baba Indrajith	KKR	21	7
116	Manan Vohra	LSG	19	19
117	Vijay Shankar	GT	19	4.75
118	Mandeep Singh	DC	18	6
119	Josh Hazlewood	RCB	18	–
120	David Willey	RCB	18	9
121	Karun Nair	RR	16	8
122	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	14	14
123	Anmolpreet Singh	MI	13	6.5
124	Murugan Ashwin	MI	12	4
125	Varun Chakaravarthy	KKR	12	–
126	Chris Jordan	CSK	11	11
127	Raj Bawa	PBKS	11	5.5
128	Marco Jansen	SRH	9	9
129	Shreyas Gopal	SRH	9	–
130	Obed McCoy	RR	8	8
131	Fabian Allen	MI	8	8
132	Srikar Bharat	DC	8	4
133	Sean Abbott	SRH	7	7
134	Rasikh Dar	KKR	7	7
135	Kartik Tyagi	SRH	7	3.5
136	Maheesh Theekshana	CSK	7	7
137	Simarjeet Singh	CSK	7	7
138	Ripal Patel	DC	6	6
139	Mukesh Choudhary	CSK	6	6
140	Prasidh Krishna	RR	6	6
141	Aman Khan	KKR	5	5
142	Lockie Ferguson	GT	5	2.5
143	Alzarri Joseph	GT	5	5
144	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	5	5
145	Vaibhav Arora	PBKS	5	2.5
146	Prerak Mankad	PBKS	4	–
147	Karan Sharma	LSG	4	4
148	Abdul Samad	SRH	4	2
149	Abhijeet Tomar	KKR	4	4
150	Umran Malik	SRH	4	4
151	Kumar Kartikeya	MI	3	3
152	Mustafizur Rahman	DC	3	–
153	Shivam Mavi	KKR	3	1.5
154	Navdeep Saini	RR	2	2
155	Harshit Rana	KKR	2	2
156	Tristan Stubbs	MI	2	1
157	Pradeep Sangwan	GT	2	2
158	Jagadeesha Suchith	SRH	2	1
159	Fazalhaq Farooqi	SRH	2	–
160	Tim Southee	KKR	2	0.5
161	Nathan Coulter-Nile	RR	1	–
162	Anrich Nortje	DC	1	–

List Of All Orange Cap Holders In IPL

Year	Winner	Team	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	50	100	Highest Score
2022	Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals	863	57.53	149.05	4	4	116
2021	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	635	45.35	136.26	4	1	101*
2020	KL Rahul	KXIP	670	55.83	129.34	5	1	132*
2019	David Warner	SRH	692	69.2	143.87	8	1	100
2018	Kane Williamson	SRH	735	52.5	142.44	8	0	84
2017	David Warner	SRH	641	58.27	141.81	4	1	126
2016	Virat Kohli	RCB	973	81.08	152.03	7	4	113
2015	David Warner	SRH	562	43.23	156.54	7	0	91
2014	Robin Uthappa	KKR	660	44	137.78	5	0	83
2013	Michael Hussey	CSK	733	52.35	129.5	6	0	95
2012	Chris Gayle	RCB	733	61.08	160.74	7	1	128
2011	Chris Gayle	RCB	608	67.55	183.13	3	2	107
2010	Sachin Tendulkar	MI	618	47.53	132.61	5	0	89
2009	Matthew Hayden	CSK	572	52	144.81	5	0	89
2008	Shaun Marsh	KXIP	616	68.44	139.68	5	1	115

Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)-863 Runs-2022 IPL

He won the orange cap for his team Rajasthan Royals in 2022 at a strike rate of 149.05, making 4 centuries and 4 half-centuries to pull off 863 runs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)-635 Runs- 2021 IPL

The Maharashtra-born cricketer scored a total of 635 runs at an average of 45.36. He made a century and 4 half-centuries in 2021 winning his orange cap. He also played an influential role in CSK’s fourth IPL title-winning campaign.

KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)-670 runs- 2020 IPL

The then Kings XI Punjab skipper, KL Rahul bagged 670 runs in the year 2020 to claim the prestigious Orange Cap. He also managed to complete a century and 5 half-centuries at a strike rate of 129.34.

David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)-692 Runs- 2019 IPL

The Australian International cricketer notched up 692 runs at an average of 69.20 to win his third Orange Cap in the 2019 edition of IPL with an impressive strike rate of 143.87 in that season.

Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)-735 runs- 2018 IPL

New Zealand’s International cricketer, Kane Williamson scored a mammoth 735 runs at an average of 52.50 in the 2018 IPL to secure the top spot in the list of highest run-scorers and earn his first Orange Cap He also scored eight half-centuries in that edition of IPL.

David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)-641 Runs- 2017 IPL

Warner, first Australian Cricketer to be selected in 132 years for the national team without any experience as a first-class cricketer once again occupied the top spot in the list of highest run-scorers after gathering a total of 641 runs in the IPL 2017 season and thus winning his 2^nd Orange Cap.

Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)-973 runs- 2016 IPL

Former Captain of Indian National Cricket team ‘King Kohli’ owns the title of securing the highest runs in a single edition of IPL. With four centuries and seven half-centuries to his name, Kohli won his first Orange Cap in 2016 at a strike rate of 152.03 however, his team Royal Challengers Bangalore had to endure an eight-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.

David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)-562 runs-2015 IPL

One of the most successful batsmen of the IPL, Warner, scored 562 runs in the 8^th season of the IPL earning his first orange cap.

Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)-660 runs- 2014 IPL

Robin Uthappa’s highest scorer a limited-overs match showed his spectacular batting skills for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2014 IPL scoring 660 runs to clinch the Orange Cap. Uthappa’s batting prowess had helped the Kolkata-based franchise to win their second IPL title.

Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings)-733 runs- 2013 IP

Former Australian international cricketer Michael scored 733 runs at a spectacular average of 52.35 to win his first Orange Cap in the 2013 IPL.

Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)-733 runs- 2012 IPL

West Indies all-rounder Chris Gayle piled up 733 runs in IPL 2012 to win his second consecutive Orange Cap in IPL.

Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)-608 runs- 2011 IPL

Gayle, a Jamaican cricketer scored 608 runs at a strike rate of 183.13 in the IPL 2011 edition to win his first Orange Cap.

Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)-618 runs- 2010 IPL

Former Indian National team captain and cricketer, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar earned his Orange Cap after scoring 618 runs at a strike rate of 132.61 in the IPL 2010 season.

Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) – 572 runs- 2009 IPL

Former Australian cricketer obtained 572 runs in IPL 2009 season to secure the top spot in the list of the highest run-scorers winning the title of the Orange Cap holders.

Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab)- 616 runs- IPL 2008

Australia’s Shaun Marsh was the first and the foremost person to win the orange cap with a score of 616 runs in the inaugural edition of the IPL.

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