Star RCB batsman Virat Kohli currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli tops the table with 8661 runs as he has amassed in 267 IPL matches (259 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 8 Century and 63 fifties in the IPL and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 39.55.
Virat Kohli is followed by Rohit Sharma and the charismatic MI cricketer has scored 7046 runs in 272 IPL matches and averages 29.73.
Till date, a total of 14 players have scored 4500-plus runs in the IPL. The toppers in the list comprise of players from RCB, MI, PBKS, DC, CSK, KKR and RR.
Three players from RCB (Virat Kohli - 8661 runs in 267 IPL matches, AB de Villiers - 5162 runs in 184 IPL matches and Dinesh Karthik - 4842 runs in 257 IPL matches) , DC (David Warner - 6565 runs in 184 IPL matches, KL Rahul - 5222 runs in 145 IPL matches and Faf du Plessis - 4773 runs in 154 IPL matches) and CSK (Suresh Raina - 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches, MS Dhoni - 5439 runs in 278 IPL matches and Robin Uthappa - 4952 runs in 205 IPL matches) feature in the list.
Two cricketers from PBKS (Shikhar Dhawan - 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches and Chris Gayle - 4965 runs in 142 IPL matches) present in the highest run-getters in the IPL.
One cricketer each from MI (Rohit Sharma - 7046 runs in 272 IPL matches) , KKR (Ajinkya Rahane - 5032 runs in 198 IPL matches) and RR (Sanju Samson - 4704 runs in 177 IPL matches) are also in the top 4500- 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 | 8661 | 771 | 291 | 267 | 259 | 113 | 8 | 63 | 39.55 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma MI | 7046 | 640 | 302 | 272 | 267 | 109* | 2 | 47 | 29.73 |
| 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 | Suresh Raina CSK | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 | 100* | 1 | 39 | 32.52 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni CSK | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 | 84* | 0 | 24 | 38.30 |
| 7 | KL Rahul DC | 5222 | 452 | 208 | 145 | 136 | 132* | 5 | 40 | 46.21 |
| 8 | AB de Villiers RCB | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 | 133* | 3 | 40 | 39.70 |
| 9 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 5032 | 514 | 123 | 198 | 183 | 105* | 2 | 33 | 30.50 |
| 10 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 | 175* | 6 | 31 | 39.72 |
| 11 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 | 88 | 0 | 27 | 27.51 |
| 12 | Dinesh Karthik RCB | 4842 | 466 | 161 | 257 | 234 | 97* | 0 | 22 | 26.32 |
| 13 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | 96 | 0 | 39 | 35.10 | |
| 14 | Sanju Samson RR | 4704 | 379 | 219 | 177 | 172 | 119 | 3 | 26 | 30.95 |
| 15 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 | 100* | 1 | 22 | 28.23 |
| 16 | 4311 | 454 | 168 | 166 | 150 | 103* | 2 | 29 | 35.34 | |
| 17 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | 93 | 0 | 36 | 31.00 | |
| 18 | Jos Buttler GT | 4120 | 407 | 185 | 121 | 119 | 124 | 7 | 24 | 40.00 |
| 19 | Manish Pandey KKR | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 174 | 162 | 114* | 1 | 22 | 29.42 |
| 20 | Shane Watson CSK | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 | 117* | 4 | 21 | 30.99 |
| 21 | Shubman Gill GT | 3866 | 372 | 119 | 118 | 115 | 129 | 4 | 26 | 39.45 |
| 22 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 3731 | 314 | 152 | 133 | 132 | 97* | 0 | 27 | 34.23 |
| 23 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 3553 | 319 | 170 | 125 | 123 | 128* | 2 | 19 | 34.16 |
| 24 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | 87* | 0 | 16 | 28.67 | |
| 25 | Quinton de Kock KKR | 3309 | 325 | 134 | 115 | 115 | 140* | 2 | 24 | 30.64 |
| 26 | Ravindra Jadeja CSK | 3260 | 240 | 117 | 254 | 198 | 77* | 0 | 5 | 27.86 |
| 27 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 | 100 | 1 | 13 | 29.13 |
| 28 | David Miller LSG | 3077 | 220 | 138 | 141 | 134 | 101* | 1 | 13 | 36.20 |
| 29 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 2998 | 288 | 134 | 119 | 112 | 106* | 1 | 17 | 29.11 |
| 30 | 2934 | 296 | 87 | 170 | 145 | 115* | 1 | 13 | 24.25 | |
| 31 | Nitish Rana RR | 2853 | 261 | 141 | 118 | 112 | 87 | 0 | 20 | 27.97 |
| 32 | Parthiv Patel RCB | 2848 | 365 | 49 | 139 | 137 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 22.60 |
| 33 | Glenn Maxwell PBKS | 2819 | 237 | 161 | 141 | 135 | 95 | 0 | 18 | 23.89 |
| 34 | Mayank Agarwal RCB | 2756 | 273 | 100 | 131 | 125 | 106 | 1 | 13 | 22.97 |
| 35 | Yuvraj Singh MI | 2750 | 217 | 149 | 132 | 126 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 24.77 |
| 36 | 2749 | 207 | 148 | 152 | 140 | 91 | 0 | 10 | 28.34 | |
| 37 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 122 | 2 | 16 | 27.55 |
| 38 | Andre Russell KKR | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 | 88* | 0 | 12 | 28.20 |
| 39 | Murali Vijay CSK | 2619 | 247 | 91 | 106 | 106 | 127 | 2 | 13 | 25.93 |
| 40 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 2502 | 231 | 95 | 71 | 70 | 108* | 2 | 20 | 40.35 |
| 41 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 | 115 | 1 | 20 | 39.95 |
| 42 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 | 100* | 1 | 13 | 34.84 |
| 43 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 2293 | 158 | 167 | 90 | 87 | 87* | 0 | 14 | 34.22 |
| 44 | Rahul Tripathi CSK | 2291 | 229 | 85 | 100 | 98 | 93 | 0 | 12 | 26.33 |
| 45 | 2166 | 258 | 92 | 67 | 66 | 124 | 2 | 15 | 34.38 | |
| 46 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 35.47 | |
| 47 | Aaron Finch KKR | 2091 | 214 | 78 | 92 | 90 | 88* | 0 | 15 | 25.19 |
| 48 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 2026 | 158 | 106 | 109 | 99 | 124* | 1 | 9 | 28.14 |
| 49 | Axar Patel DC | 1916 | 130 | 94 | 162 | 124 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 22.02 |
| 50 | Prithvi Shaw DC | 1892 | 238 | 61 | 79 | 79 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 23.95 |
| 51 | Shivam Dube CSK | 1859 | 108 | 122 | 79 | 75 | 95* | 0 | 10 | 30.48 |
| 52 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 1816 | 174 | 101 | 77 | 74 | 141 | 1 | 9 | 27.10 |
| 53 | Devdutt Padikkal RCB | 1806 | 190 | 56 | 74 | 74 | 101* | 1 | 11 | 25.44 |
| 54 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 1793 | 183 | 52 | 40 | 40 | 108* | 2 | 12 | 49.81 |
| 55 | Sunil Narine KKR | 1780 | 189 | 116 | 189 | 122 | 109 | 1 | 7 | 17.62 |
| 56 | Krunal Pandya RCB | 1756 | 153 | 65 | 142 | 118 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 22.23 |
| 57 | Mandeep Singh KKR | 1706 | 175 | 38 | 111 | 98 | 77* | 0 | 6 | 20.80 |
| 58 | Karun Nair DC | 1694 | 185 | 49 | 84 | 76 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 23.86 |
| 59 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | 114 | 2 | 9 | 34.88 | |
| 60 | Riyan Parag RR | 1566 | 111 | 87 | 84 | 72 | 95 | 0 | 7 | 26.10 |
| 61 | Dwayne Bravo CSK | 1560 | 120 | 66 | 161 | 113 | 70* | 0 | 5 | 22.61 |
| 62 | Tilak Varma MI | 1499 | 113 | 74 | 54 | 51 | 84* | 0 | 8 | 37.48 |
| 63 | Deepak Hooda CSK | 1496 | 98 | 62 | 125 | 101 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 17.60 |
| 64 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 28.73 | |
| 65 | 1483 | 93 | 93 | 86 | 79 | 75 | 0 | 5 | 29.08 | |
| 66 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 1480 | 98 | 89 | 48 | 45 | 105* | 2 | 7 | 40.00 |
| 67 | Venkatesh Iyer KKR | 1468 | 136 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 104 | 1 | 12 | 29.96 |
| 68 | Aiden Markram LSG | 1440 | 111 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 68* | 0 | 10 | 31.30 |
| 69 | Eoin Morgan KKR | 1405 | 112 | 64 | 83 | 75 | 68* | 0 | 5 | 22.66 |
| 70 | Brad Hodge RR | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 |
| 71 | Chris Lynn MI | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 | 93* | 0 | 10 | 34.08 |
| 72 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 1305 | 134 | 71 | 51 | 51 | 103 | 1 | 7 | 25.59 |
| 73 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 1293 | 104 | 75 | 55 | 49 | 117 | 1 | 9 | 27.51 |
| 74 | Vijay Shankar CSK | 1233 | 88 | 48 | 78 | 65 | 69* | 0 | 7 | 26.23 |
| 75 | Kedar Jadhav RCB | 1208 | 102 | 40 | 95 | 81 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 22.37 |