Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of across 126 matches, accumulating 5222 runs with 5 centuries and 40 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 452 fours and 208 sixes, making him one of the most dependable batsmen in IPL history.
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 | 49.81 | 145.89 | 2 | 12 | 1793 | 183 | 52 | 40 | 40 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 46.21 | 136.03 | 5 | 40 | 5222 | 452 | 208 | 145 | 136 |
| 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 | Cameron Green RCB | 41.59 | 153.70 | 1 | 2 | 707 | 62 | 32 | 29 | 28 |
| 6 | 41.47 | 163.19 | 0 | 3 | 705 | 51 | 37 | 32 | 30 | |
| 7 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 40.68 | 157.76 | 0 | 5 | 773 | 56 | 43 | 41 | 33 |
| 8 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 9 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 40.35 | 137.47 | 2 | 20 | 2502 | 231 | 95 | 71 | 70 |
| 10 | Jos Buttler GT | 40.00 | 149.38 | 7 | 24 | 4120 | 407 | 185 | 121 | 119 |
| 11 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 40.00 | 169.72 | 2 | 7 | 1480 | 98 | 89 | 48 | 45 |
| 12 | Lendl Simmons MI | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 | 1079 | 109 | 44 | 29 | 29 |
| 13 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 |
| 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 | Virat Kohli RCB | 39.55 | 132.86 | 8 | 63 | 8661 | 771 | 291 | 267 | 259 |
| 17 | Shubman Gill GT | 39.45 | 138.72 | 4 | 26 | 3866 | 372 | 119 | 118 | 115 |
| 18 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 19 | Tilak Varma MI | 37.48 | 144.41 | 0 | 8 | 1499 | 113 | 74 | 54 | 51 |
| 20 | David Miller LSG | 36.20 | 138.60 | 1 | 13 | 3077 | 220 | 138 | 141 | 134 |
| 21 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 22 | 35.34 | 148.66 | 2 | 29 | 4311 | 454 | 168 | 166 | 150 | |
| 23 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 24 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 25 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 26 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 27 | Travis Head SRH | 34.73 | 170.03 | 1 | 8 | 1146 | 126 | 55 | 38 | 37 |
| 28 | 34.38 | 152.86 | 2 | 15 | 2166 | 258 | 92 | 67 | 66 | |
| 29 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 34.23 | 133.35 | 0 | 27 | 3731 | 314 | 152 | 133 | 132 |
| 30 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 34.22 | 168.98 | 0 | 14 | 2293 | 158 | 167 | 90 | 87 |
| 31 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 34.16 | 147.61 | 2 | 19 | 3553 | 319 | 170 | 125 | 123 |
| 32 | Chris Lynn MI | 34.08 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 |
| 33 | Phil Salt RCB | 34.06 | 175.71 | 0 | 10 | 1056 | 122 | 56 | 34 | 34 |
| 34 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 35 | Tim David RCB | 32.54 | 173.36 | 0 | 1 | 846 | 54 | 60 | 50 | 44 |
| 36 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 37 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 38 | Aiden Markram LSG | 31.30 | 135.08 | 0 | 10 | 1440 | 111 | 57 | 57 | 55 |
| 39 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 40 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 41 | Sanju Samson RR | 30.95 | 139.05 | 3 | 26 | 4704 | 379 | 219 | 177 | 172 |
| 42 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 30.86 | 154.31 | 1 | 9 | 1111 | 76 | 68 | 42 | 38 |
| 43 | Quinton de Kock KKR | 30.64 | 134.02 | 2 | 24 | 3309 | 325 | 134 | 115 | 115 |
| 44 | Rinku Singh KKR | 30.53 | 145.18 | 0 | 4 | 1099 | 87 | 56 | 59 | 51 |
| 45 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.50 | 125.02 | 2 | 33 | 5032 | 514 | 123 | 198 | 183 |
| 46 | Shivam Dube CSK | 30.48 | 143.66 | 0 | 10 | 1859 | 108 | 122 | 79 | 75 |
| 47 | Venkatesh Iyer KKR | 29.96 | 137.32 | 1 | 12 | 1468 | 136 | 65 | 62 | 56 |
| 48 | Rohit Sharma MI | 29.73 | 132.10 | 2 | 47 | 7046 | 640 | 302 | 272 | 267 |
| 49 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.42 | 121.52 | 1 | 22 | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 174 | 162 |
| 50 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 51 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 29.11 | 137.65 | 1 | 17 | 2998 | 288 | 134 | 119 | 112 |
| 52 | 29.08 | 151.95 | 0 | 5 | 1483 | 93 | 93 | 86 | 79 | |
| 53 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 54 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 55 | 28.34 | 146.93 | 0 | 10 | 2749 | 207 | 148 | 152 | 140 | |
| 56 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 28.33 | 153.85 | 0 | 4 | 680 | 51 | 38 | 42 | 35 |
| 57 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 58 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 59 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 28.14 | 144.71 | 1 | 9 | 2026 | 158 | 106 | 109 | 99 |
| 60 | Nitish Rana RR | 27.97 | 136.77 | 0 | 20 | 2853 | 261 | 141 | 118 | 112 |
| 61 | Ravindra Jadeja CSK | 27.86 | 130.24 | 0 | 5 | 3260 | 240 | 117 | 254 | 198 |
| 62 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 63 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 64 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |
| 65 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 27.51 | 143.03 | 1 | 9 | 1293 | 104 | 75 | 55 | 49 |
| 66 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 |
| 67 | Evin Lewis LSG | 27.25 | 137.11 | 0 | 4 | 654 | 62 | 36 | 27 | 26 |
| 68 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 27.10 | 163.02 | 1 | 9 | 1816 | 174 | 101 | 77 | 74 |
| 69 | Ayush Badoni LSG | 26.75 | 138.56 | 0 | 6 | 963 | 73 | 38 | 56 | 46 |
| 70 | Nehal Wadera PBKS | 26.63 | 142.94 | 0 | 4 | 719 | 60 | 39 | 36 | 31 |
| 71 | Rahul Tripathi CSK | 26.33 | 137.85 | 0 | 12 | 2291 | 229 | 85 | 100 | 98 |
| 72 | Dinesh Karthik RCB | 26.32 | 135.36 | 0 | 22 | 4842 | 466 | 161 | 257 | 234 |
| 73 | Liam Livingstone RCB | 26.28 | 158.76 | 0 | 7 | 1051 | 70 | 75 | 49 | 47 |
| 74 | Vijay Shankar CSK | 26.23 | 129.79 | 0 | 7 | 1233 | 88 | 48 | 78 | 65 |
| 75 | Riyan Parag RR | 26.10 | 141.85 | 0 | 7 | 1566 | 111 | 87 | 84 | 72 |