Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of 45.58 across 149 matches, accumulating 5333 runs with 5 centuries and 41 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 465 fours and 213 sixes, making him one of the most dependable batsmen in IPL history.
Players like Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul highlight the importance of balancing consistency and scoring ability, making batting average a crucial metric in evaluating top IPL performers.
Here is the list of all Highest Batting Average in IPL history:
| # | Player | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | Runs | 4s | 6s | Mat | Inn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 47.65 | 146.05 | 2 | 13 | 1906 | 199 | 55 | 44 | 44 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 45.58 | 136.57 | 5 | 41 | 5333 | 465 | 213 | 149 | 140 |
| 3 | Hashim Amla PBKS | 44.38 | 141.77 | 2 | 3 | 577 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Devon Conway CSK | 43.20 | 139.72 | 0 | 11 | 1080 | 116 | 34 | 29 | 28 |
| 5 | 42.84 | 158.98 | 0 | 4 | 814 | 58 | 41 | 36 | 34 | |
| 6 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 40.57 | 165.60 | 2 | 9 | 1704 | 111 | 97 | 54 | 50 |
| 7 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 8 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 40.35 | 158.24 | 0 | 5 | 807 | 59 | 44 | 45 | 36 |
| 9 | Jos Buttler GT | 40.15 | 149.74 | 7 | 26 | 4296 | 429 | 192 | 125 | 123 |
| 10 | Lendl Simmons MI | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 | 1079 | 109 | 44 | 29 | 29 |
| 11 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 |
| 12 | Shubman Gill GT | 39.91 | 139.05 | 4 | 28 | 4031 | 388 | 125 | 121 | 118 |
| 13 | Virat Kohli RCB | 39.82 | 133.35 | 8 | 65 | 8840 | 790 | 298 | 271 | 263 |
| 14 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 |
| 15 | AB de Villiers RCB | 39.70 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 |
| 16 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 17 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 38.28 | 136.44 | 2 | 20 | 2565 | 236 | 96 | 76 | 75 |
| 18 | Cameron Green KKR | 38.15 | 153.21 | 1 | 2 | 763 | 67 | 34 | 34 | 32 |
| 19 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 37.47 | 151.18 | 2 | 35 | 5134 | 534 | 209 | 186 | 170 |
| 20 | David Miller DC | 36.28 | 138.91 | 1 | 13 | 3156 | 228 | 142 | 145 | 138 |
| 21 | Tim David RCB | 36.26 | 178.65 | 0 | 2 | 979 | 62 | 72 | 54 | 48 |
| 22 | 35.61 | 153.19 | 2 | 17 | 2350 | 277 | 102 | 72 | 71 | |
| 23 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 24 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 25 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 26 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 27 | Tilak Varma MI | 34.86 | 143.77 | 0 | 8 | 1534 | 119 | 74 | 58 | 55 |
| 28 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 34.85 | 134.73 | 0 | 29 | 3868 | 323 | 162 | 137 | 135 |
| 29 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 30 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 34.17 | 147.06 | 2 | 20 | 3656 | 332 | 171 | 129 | 127 |
| 31 | Chris Lynn MI | 34.08 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 |
| 32 | Phil Salt RCB | 33.94 | 176.00 | 0 | 11 | 1188 | 133 | 64 | 38 | 38 |
| 33 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 33.49 | 161.04 | 1 | 11 | 1306 | 87 | 86 | 46 | 42 |
| 34 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 35 | Travis Head SRH | 33.32 | 168.13 | 1 | 8 | 1266 | 143 | 59 | 43 | 42 |
| 36 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 32.87 | 166.12 | 0 | 14 | 2334 | 159 | 170 | 94 | 91 |
| 37 | 32.53 | 147.85 | 0 | 4 | 618 | 63 | 22 | 27 | 22 | |
| 38 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 39 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 40 | Sanju Samson CSK | 31.34 | 140.09 | 4 | 26 | 4889 | 400 | 227 | 182 | 177 |
| 41 | Shivam Dube CSK | 31.13 | 144.19 | 0 | 10 | 1961 | 118 | 126 | 84 | 80 |
| 42 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 43 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 44 | Aiden Markram LSG | 30.96 | 136.15 | 0 | 10 | 1548 | 125 | 62 | 61 | 59 |
| 45 | Rinku Singh KKR | 30.82 | 144.57 | 0 | 4 | 1171 | 95 | 57 | 64 | 54 |
| 46 | 30.76 | 155.19 | 0 | 4 | 523 | 56 | 29 | 18 | 18 | |
| 47 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.69 | 125.60 | 2 | 34 | 5156 | 522 | 130 | 203 | 187 |
| 48 | 30.64 | 134.02 | 2 | 24 | 3309 | 325 | 134 | 115 | 115 | |
| 49 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 30.57 | 158.23 | 0 | 6 | 856 | 68 | 46 | 47 | 40 |
| 50 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 30.55 | 138.10 | 1 | 12 | 1497 | 137 | 67 | 63 | 57 |
| 51 | Rohit Sharma MI | 29.93 | 132.60 | 2 | 48 | 7183 | 653 | 310 | 276 | 271 |
| 52 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 29.73 | 140.22 | 1 | 19 | 3211 | 310 | 146 | 124 | 117 |
| 53 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.42 | 121.52 | 1 | 22 | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 174 | 162 |
| 54 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 55 | 29.00 | 137.78 | 0 | 3 | 609 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 27 | |
| 56 | Priyansh Arya PBKS | 28.90 | 190.13 | 1 | 3 | 578 | 63 | 35 | 20 | 20 |
| 57 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 58 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 59 | 28.44 | 147.43 | 0 | 10 | 2816 | 218 | 149 | 155 | 143 | |
| 60 | 28.42 | 151.81 | 0 | 5 | 1506 | 94 | 95 | 90 | 82 | |
| 61 | 28.27 | 129.96 | 0 | 5 | 3336 | 247 | 117 | 259 | 201 | |
| 62 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 63 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 64 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 27.88 | 144.84 | 1 | 9 | 2035 | 160 | 106 | 113 | 101 |
| 65 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 66 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 27.69 | 131.75 | 2 | 13 | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 |
| 67 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 68 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |
| 69 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 |
| 70 | Nitish Rana DC | 27.36 | 136.03 | 0 | 20 | 2873 | 264 | 142 | 121 | 115 |
| 71 | Evin Lewis LSG | 27.25 | 137.11 | 0 | 4 | 654 | 62 | 36 | 27 | 26 |
| 72 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 27.01 | 165.67 | 1 | 10 | 1945 | 183 | 114 | 82 | 79 |
| 73 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 26.80 | 142.54 | 1 | 9 | 1367 | 110 | 80 | 59 | 53 |
| 74 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 26.59 | 152.44 | 1 | 8 | 1436 | 145 | 80 | 55 | 54 |
| 75 | Rahul Tripathi KKR | 26.33 | 137.85 | 0 | 12 | 2291 | 229 | 85 | 100 | 98 |