Captain With Highest Winning Percentage in IPL History: Dhoni and Rohit dominate the list

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma dominate the list for highest winning percentage by captains in Indian Premier League despite a poor season in 2022.

Rohit and Dhoni are top of the pile as they are the captains of two of the most successful sides in IPL history having lifted the title nine times between them in the past 14 seasons of the cash rich league.

Rohit-led Mumbai Indians hold the record for most IPL title wins with 5, while Dhoni's CSK, lifted the title for the fourth time in 2021.

Apart from the duo, former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has led his team to two titles. While overseas skippers David Warner, Adam Gilchrist and legendary Shane Warne helped their team lift the title once in the past.

Most recently, it was new franchise led by first-time skipper Hardik Pandya that went on clinch the title in 2022 as some more new captains joined the list.

Here we take a look at the captains (minimum 14 matches) with highest win percentage based on number of wins to matches played since the inception of the league:

PLAYER	MATCHES	WON	LOST	TIED	NO RESULT	WINNING PERCENTAGE
MS Dhoni	210	123	86	0	1	58.85
Rohit Sharma	143	79	60	4	0	56.64
Gautam Gambhir	129	71	57	1	0	55.42
David Warner	69	35	32	2	0	52.17
Sachin Tendulkar	51	30	21	0	0	58.82
Shane Warne	55	30	24	1	0	55.45
Virender Sehwag	53	28	24	1	0	53.77
Shreyas Iyer	55	27	26	2	0	50.90
Steve Smith	43	25	17	0	1	59.52
Anil Kumble	26	15	11	0	0	57.69
Hardik Pandya	15	11	4	0	0	73.33
Rishabh Pant	30	16	13	1	0	55.00
Daniel Vettori	22	12	10	0	0	54.54
Faf Du Plessis	16	9	7	0	0	56.25
Dinesh Karthik	43	21	21	1	0	50
Yuvraj Singh	43	21	21	0	1	50
KL Rahul	42	20	20	2	0	50.00
Harbhajan Singh	20	10	10	0	0	50
Glenn Maxwell	14	7	7	0	0	50
Mayank Agarwal	14	7	7	0	0	50
Kane Williamson	46	22	23	1	0	48.91
Sanju Samson	31	15	16	0	0	48.31
Eoin Morgan	24	11	12	1	0	47.91
George Bailey	30	14	16	0	0	46.66
Virat Kohli	140	64	69	3	4	48.16
Adam Gilchrist	74	35	39	0	0	47.29
Rahul Dravid	48	22	26	0	0	45.83
Suresh Raina	34	14	18	2	0	44.11
Zaheer Khan	23	10	13	0	0	43.47
R Ashwin	28	12	16	0	0	42.85
Sourav Ganguly	42	17	25	0	0	40.47
JP Dumminy	16	6	9	0	1	40
Shane Watson	24	8	13	2	1	39.13
Ajinkya Rahane	25	9	16	0	0	36
Mahela Jayawardene	30	10	19	1	0	35
Kumar Sangakkara	47	15	30	2	0	34.04
Brendon McCullum	14	3	10	1	0	25
Kevin Pietersen	17	3	14	0	0	17.64