Most Man of The Match in IPL | Most Man of The Match in IPL History: From De Villiers to Chahal

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Legends Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers have won the most man of the match awards in IPL

Bengaluru, May 30: Royal Challengers Bangalore star Virat Kohli on Thursday (May 19) won his fourteenth man of the award in the Indian Premier League for his match-winning performance against Gujarat Titans.

The former RCB skipper, however, is only joint sixth for most man of the match or player of the match awards in the IPL. Kohli's former teammates and now retired AB de Villiers with 25 and Chris Gayle with 22 lead the list with most man of the match awards in IPL history.

Kohli is also tied fourth with former Chennai Super Kings batter Suresh Raina for most man of the match awards won in IPL by Indian players.

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Rohit Sharma with 18 followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 17 and veteran Yusuf Pathan (16) are the top three when it comes to most man of the match awards by Indian players.

In the current top 10 most man of the match awards list, only Warner, Dhoni, Rohit, Kohli and Pollard are still actively part of IPL, while some seasoned stars and veterans including Shane Watson, Raina, and the top two of De Villiers and Gayle are not part of the league.

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While batters and all-rounders have dominated the list over the years, only veteran spinner Amit Mishra, mystery spinner Sunil Narine and pacer Umesh Yadav are the bowlers that feature in the top 25 for most man of the match awards in IPL.

Meanwhile, the likes of KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Andre Russell, Jos Buttler, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and the other stars continue to catch up on the top 25.

Here is the top 50 list for most man of the match in IPL history:

Ranking	Player	Matches	Man of the Match Awards Won
1.	AB de Villiers	184	25
2.	Chris Gayle	142	22
3.	David Warner	162	18
4.	Rohit Sharma	227	18
5.	MS Dhoni	234	17
6.	Shane Watson	145	16
7.	Yusuf Pathan	174	16
8.	Suresh Raina	205	14
9.	Kieron Pollard	189	14
10.	Virat Kohli	223	14
11.	Gautam Gambhir	154	13
12.	KL Rahul	109	12
13.	Michael Hussey	59	12
14.	Andre Russell	98	12
15.	Sunil Narine	148	12
16.	Amit Mishra	154	12
17.	Ajinkya Rahane	158	12
18.	Dwayne Smith	91	11
19.	Virender Sehwag	104	11
20.	Shikhar Dhawan	206	11
21.	Ravindra Jadeja	210	11
22.	Jos Buttler	81	10
23.	Jacques Kallis	98	10
24.	Umesh Yadav	133	10
25.	Ambati Rayudu	187	10
26.	Shaun Marsh	71	9
27.	Rashid Khan	92	9
28.	Sanju Samson	138	9
29.	Ruturaj Gaikwad	36	8
30.	Sachin Tendulkar	78	8
31.	Hardik Pandya	107	8
32.	Glenn Maxwell	110	8
33.	Faf du Plessis	116	8
34.	Jasprit Bumrah	120	8
35.	Harbhajan Singh	163	8
36.	Adam Gilchrist	80	7
37.	Axar Patel	122	7
38.	Robin Uthappa	205	7
39.	Dinesh Karthik	229	7
40.	Brad Hodge	66	6
41.	Kane Williamson	76	6
42.	Ashish Nehra	88	6
43.	Quinton de Kock	92	6
44.	Jaydev Unadkat	91	6
45.	Rishabh Pant	98	6
46.	Shreyas Iyer	101	6
47.	Murali Vijay	106	6
48.	Lasith Malinga	122	6
49.	Suryakumar Yadav	123	6
50.	Yuzvendra Chahal	131	6