Most Runs in IPL 2025, Orange Cap Holder on May 3 - Virat Kohli reclaims lead from Sai Sudharsan: Top 10 Highest Run Scorers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Runs in IPL 2025: Virat Kohli placed himself back in the Orange Cap lead following a half century in the latest IPL match between CSK and RCB on May 3. Also read: IPL 2025 Points Table | IPL Qualification Scenario | Most Wickets | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

Virat Kohli retook the lead from Sai Sudharsan in the prolonged battle for the top spot, involving other contenders in Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill. Let's take a look at the leading run-scorer of IPL 2025 below, followed by the team-wise top 5 list of the franchises and, of course, the overall run leaders in IPL history:

Most Runs in IPL 2025 Orange Cap Holder Sai Sudharsan Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav — From left: Sai Sudharsan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav (Photos: PTI)

Most runs in IPL 2025: Top 10 highest Run-Scorers

Batter	Runs	Highest score	Innings	50s	100s	Fours	Sixes
1. Virat Kohli (RCB)	505	73*	12	7	0	44	18
2. Sai Sudharsan (GT)	504	82	10	3	0	55	16
3. Suryakumar Yadav (MI)	475	68*	11	3	0	45	25
4. Jos Buttler (GT)	470	97*	10	4	0	46	21
5. Shubman Gill (GT)	465	90	10	5	0	48	15
6. Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)	426	75	10	5	0	41	42
7. Nicholas Pooran (LSG)	404	87*	10	4	0	33	34
8. Mitchell Marsh (LSG)	378	66	10	4	0	37	20
9. KL Rahul (DC)	371	93*	9	3	0	29	16
10. Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)	360	97*	10	0	4	23	25

Updated after RCB vs CSK on May 3
Highlighted players are in action in today's match

Teamwise Top Run-score

Top 5 run-scorers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli - 505 runs
Devdutt Padikkal - 247 runs
Phil Salt - 239 runs
Rajat Patidar - 239 runs
Tim David - 186 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Punjab Kings

Shreyas Iyer - 360 runs
Priyansh Arya - 346 runs
Prabhsimran Singh - 346 runs
Nehal Wadhera - 194 runs
Shashank Singh - 181 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Mumbai Indians

Suryakumar Yadav - 451 runs*
Ryan Rickelton - 334 runs
Rohit Sharma - 293 runs
Tilak Varma - 239 runs
Naman Dhir - 155 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane - 297 runs
Angkrish Raghuvanshi - 241 runs
Sunil Narine - 178 runs
Rinku Singh - 169 runs
Quinton De Kock - 143 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Heinrich Klaasen - 288 runs
Travis Head - 261 runs
Abhishek Sharma - 240 runs
Aniket Verma - 190 runs
Ishan Kishan - 183 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Rajasthan Royals

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 426 runs
Riyan Parag - 266 runs
Dhruv Jurel - 238 runs
Sanju Samson - 224 runs
Nitish Rana - 208 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Chennai Super Kings

Ravindra Jadeja - 260 runs
Shivam Dube - 256 runs
Rachin Ravindra - 191 runs
Ayush Mhatre - 163 runs
MS Dhoni - 163 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Lucknow Super Giants

Nicholas Pooran - 404 runs
Mitchell Marsh - 378 runs
Aiden Markram - 335 runs
Ayush Badoni - 251 runs*
David Miller - 125 runs*

Top 5 run-scorers for Delhi Capitals

KL Rahul - 371 runs
Abhishek Porel - 257 runs
Axar Patel - 232 runs
Tristan Stubbs - 218 runs
Faf du Plessis - 165 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Gujarat Titans

Sai Sudharsan - 504 runs
Jos Buttler - 470 runs
Shubman Gill - 465 runs
Jos Buttler - 404 runs
Sherfane Rutherford - 201 runs
Shahrukh Khan - 73 runs

Most Runs in IPL History

Full Name	Most Runs	Highest Score	Innings	50s	100s	Fours	Sixes
1. Virat Kohli	8509	113*	254	59	8	749	290
2. Rohit Sharma	6861	109*	259	44	2	617	296
3. Shikhar Dhawan	6769	106*	221	51	2	768	152
4. David Warner	6565	126	184	62	4	663	236
5. Suresh Raina	5528	100*	200	39	1	506	203
6. MS Dhoni	5406	84*	240	24	-	375	262
7. AB de Villiers	5162	133*	170	40	3	413	251
8. Chris Gayle	4965	175*	141	31	6	404	357
9. Robin Uthappa	4952	88	197	27	-	481	182
10. Dinesh Karthik	4842	97*	234	22	-	466	161