Veteran AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle top the list for most man of the match award wins in Indian Premier League history followed by Rohit Sharma and David Warner.
The retired AB de Villiers with 25 and Chris Gayle with 22. The MI skipper, however, has won the most player of the match awards when it comes to Indian players.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is tied fourth with former Chennai Super Kings batter Suresh Raina for most man of the match awards won in IPL by Indian players. Both players have won 14 man of match awards.
Rohit with 19 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 and Kohli 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.
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.
Player | Matches | Man of the Match Awards Won |
AB de Villiers | 184 | 25 |
Chris Gayle | 142 | 22 |
Rohit Sharma | 239 | 19 |
David Warner | 174 | 18 |
MS Dhoni | 246 | 17 |
Shane Watson | 145 | 16 |
Yusuf Pathan | 174 | 16 |
Virat Kohli | 234 | 15 |
Suresh Raina | 205 | 14 |
Kieron Pollard | 189 | 14 |
Andre Russell | 110 | 13 |
Gautam Gambhir | 154 | 13 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 222 | 13 |
Michael Hussey | 59 | 12 |
KL Rahul | 118 | 12 |
Sunil Narine | 160 | 12 |
Amit Mishra | 160 | 12 |
Ajinkya Rahane | 168 | 12 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 214 | 12 |
Jos Buttler | 94 | 11 |
Dwayne Smith | 91 | 11 |
Virender Sehwag | 104 | 11 |
Rashid Khan | 104 | 11 |