Royal Challengers Bengaluru star batter Virat Kohli became the first cricketer in the history of the IPL to amass 8000 runs in the tournament's history. Kohli achieved this feat against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator of IPL 2024.
Star RCB batsman Virat Kohli currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli tops the table with 9218 runs as he has amassed in 281 IPL matches (273 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 9 Century and 67 fifties in the IPL and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 40.08.
Virat Kohli is followed by Rohit Sharma and the charismatic MI cricketer has scored 7329 runs in 281 IPL matches and averages 29.91.
Till date, a total of 10 players have scored 5000-plus runs in the IPL. The toppers in the list comprise of players from RCB, MI, PBKS, DC, CSK and KKR.
Three players from CSK (Suresh Raina - 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches, MS Dhoni - 5439 runs in 278 IPL matches and Sanju Samson - 5181 runs in 191 IPL matches) feature in the list.
Two cricketers from RCB (Virat Kohli - 9218 runs in 281 IPL matches and AB de Villiers - 5162 runs in 184 IPL matches) and DC (David Warner - 6565 runs in 184 IPL matches and KL Rahul - 5815 runs in 159 IPL matches) present in the highest run-getters in the IPL.
One cricketer each from MI (Rohit Sharma - 7329 runs in 281 IPL matches) , PBKS (Shikhar Dhawan - 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches) and KKR (Ajinkya Rahane - 5367 runs in 212 IPL matches) are also in the top 5000- plus runs.
Here is the list of all Most Runs in IPL history:
| # | Player | Runs | 4s | 6s | Mat | Inn | HS | 100s | 50s | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli RCB | 9218 | 830 | 312 | 281 | 273 | 113 | 9 | 67 | 40.08 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma MI | 7329 | 661 | 323 | 281 | 276 | 109* | 2 | 49 | 29.91 |
| 3 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 | 106* | 2 | 51 | 35.26 |
| 4 | David Warner DC | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 | 126 | 4 | 61 | 40.52 |
| 5 | KL Rahul DC | 5815 | 508 | 239 | 159 | 150 | 152* | 6 | 45 | 46.15 |
| 6 | Suresh Raina CSK | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 | 100* | 1 | 39 | 32.52 |
| 7 | MS Dhoni CSK | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 | 84* | 0 | 24 | 38.30 |
| 8 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 5367 | 539 | 141 | 212 | 197 | 105* | 2 | 35 | 30.15 |
| 9 | Sanju Samson CSK | 5181 | 432 | 243 | 191 | 186 | 119 | 5 | 27 | 31.79 |
| 10 | AB de Villiers RCB | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 | 133* | 3 | 40 | 39.70 |
| 11 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 | 175* | 6 | 31 | 39.72 |
| 12 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 | 88 | 0 | 27 | 27.51 |
| 13 | Dinesh Karthik RCB | 4842 | 466 | 161 | 257 | 234 | 97* | 0 | 22 | 26.32 |
| 14 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | 96 | 0 | 39 | 35.10 | |
| 15 | Jos Buttler GT | 4589 | 453 | 209 | 135 | 133 | 124 | 7 | 28 | 39.90 |
| 16 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 4581 | 482 | 178 | 179 | 163 | 103* | 2 | 31 | 33.93 |
| 17 | Shubman Gill GT | 4482 | 429 | 149 | 131 | 128 | 129 | 4 | 32 | 40.38 |
| 18 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 | 100* | 1 | 22 | 28.23 |
| 19 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 4229 | 353 | 182 | 147 | 145 | 101* | 1 | 32 | 35.84 |
| 20 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | 93 | 0 | 36 | 31.00 | |
| 21 | Manish Pandey KKR | 4012 | 348 | 117 | 180 | 164 | 114* | 1 | 22 | 29.50 |
| 22 | Shane Watson CSK | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 | 117* | 4 | 21 | 30.99 |
| 23 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 3865 | 349 | 181 | 139 | 136 | 128* | 2 | 20 | 33.61 |
| 24 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 3567 | 345 | 163 | 133 | 126 | 106* | 1 | 23 | 30.49 |
| 25 | 3469 | 258 | 121 | 266 | 207 | 77* | 0 | 5 | 28.67 | |
| 26 | 3441 | 334 | 143 | 118 | 118 | 140* | 3 | 24 | 31.28 | |
| 27 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | 87* | 0 | 16 | 28.67 | |
| 28 | David Miller DC | 3288 | 235 | 152 | 152 | 145 | 101* | 1 | 14 | 35.74 |
| 29 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 | 100 | 1 | 13 | 29.13 |
| 30 | Nitish Rana DC | 3078 | 288 | 151 | 127 | 121 | 91 | 0 | 22 | 27.73 |
| 31 | 2955 | 228 | 155 | 162 | 150 | 91 | 0 | 10 | 27.88 | |
| 32 | 2934 | 296 | 87 | 170 | 145 | 115* | 1 | 13 | 24.25 | |
| 33 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 | 158* | 2 | 13 | 27.69 |
| 34 | Parthiv Patel RCB | 2848 | 365 | 49 | 139 | 137 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 22.60 |
| 35 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 2839 | 260 | 107 | 85 | 84 | 108* | 2 | 22 | 38.36 |
| 36 | Glenn Maxwell PBKS | 2819 | 237 | 161 | 141 | 135 | 95 | 0 | 18 | 23.89 |
| 37 | Mayank Agarwal RCB | 2756 | 273 | 100 | 131 | 125 | 106 | 1 | 13 | 22.97 |
| 38 | Yuvraj Singh MI | 2750 | 217 | 149 | 132 | 126 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 24.77 |
| 39 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 122 | 2 | 16 | 27.55 |
| 40 | Andre Russell KKR | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 | 88* | 0 | 12 | 28.20 |
| 41 | Murali Vijay CSK | 2619 | 247 | 91 | 106 | 106 | 127 | 2 | 13 | 25.93 |
| 42 | 2563 | 306 | 110 | 81 | 80 | 124 | 2 | 18 | 34.17 | |
| 43 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 2527 | 169 | 186 | 104 | 101 | 87* | 0 | 15 | 31.59 |
| 44 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 | 115 | 1 | 20 | 39.95 |
| 45 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 2431 | 245 | 81 | 54 | 54 | 108* | 3 | 19 | 49.61 |
| 46 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 2379 | 224 | 144 | 91 | 88 | 141 | 2 | 13 | 29.74 |
| 47 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 | 100* | 1 | 13 | 34.84 |
| 48 | Rahul Tripathi CSK | 2291 | 229 | 85 | 100 | 98 | 93 | 0 | 12 | 26.33 |
| 49 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 2242 | 181 | 117 | 122 | 108 | 124* | 1 | 10 | 28.74 |
| 50 | Devdutt Padikkal RCB | 2239 | 234 | 80 | 88 | 87 | 101* | 1 | 14 | 26.98 |
| 51 | Shivam Dube CSK | 2129 | 132 | 137 | 92 | 87 | 95* | 0 | 10 | 31.31 |
| 52 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 35.47 | |
| 53 | Aaron Finch KKR | 2091 | 214 | 78 | 92 | 90 | 88* | 0 | 15 | 25.19 |
| 54 | Axar Patel DC | 2089 | 146 | 100 | 176 | 135 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 21.76 |
| 55 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 2086 | 144 | 119 | 63 | 59 | 105* | 2 | 13 | 42.57 |
| 56 | Krunal Pandya RCB | 1938 | 168 | 74 | 156 | 125 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 23.35 |
| 57 | Prithvi Shaw DC | 1892 | 238 | 61 | 79 | 79 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 23.95 |
| 58 | Tilak Varma MI | 1858 | 143 | 91 | 68 | 65 | 101* | 1 | 10 | 35.73 |
| 59 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 1855 | 155 | 111 | 68 | 62 | 117 | 2 | 12 | 30.92 |
| 60 | Riyan Parag RR | 1838 | 132 | 105 | 96 | 84 | 95 | 0 | 9 | 25.89 |
| 61 | Sunil Narine KKR | 1820 | 191 | 120 | 202 | 126 | 109 | 1 | 7 | 17.50 |
| 62 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 1815 | 189 | 94 | 65 | 64 | 103 | 1 | 13 | 28.81 |
| 63 | Karun Nair DC | 1712 | 188 | 49 | 86 | 78 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 23.45 |
| 64 | Mandeep Singh KKR | 1706 | 175 | 38 | 111 | 98 | 77* | 0 | 6 | 20.80 |
| 65 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | 114 | 2 | 9 | 34.88 | |
| 66 | Aiden Markram LSG | 1671 | 131 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 68* | 0 | 10 | 30.38 |
| 67 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 1626 | 150 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 104 | 1 | 13 | 31.88 |
| 68 | Dwayne Bravo CSK | 1560 | 120 | 66 | 161 | 113 | 70* | 0 | 5 | 22.61 |
| 69 | 1560 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 86 | 75 | 0 | 5 | 27.37 | |
| 70 | Travis Head SRH | 1539 | 170 | 77 | 52 | 51 | 102 | 1 | 10 | 32.74 |
| 71 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 1504 | 100 | 100 | 55 | 50 | 112* | 1 | 13 | 32.00 |
| 72 | Deepak Hooda CSK | 1496 | 98 | 62 | 125 | 101 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 17.60 |
| 73 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 28.73 | |
| 74 | Eoin Morgan KKR | 1405 | 112 | 64 | 83 | 75 | 68* | 0 | 5 | 22.66 |
| 75 | Brad Hodge RR | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 |