Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of across 126 matches, accumulating 5699 runs with 6 centuries and 43 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 502 fours and 232 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 | 47.79 | 147.81 | 3 | 17 | 2294 | 232 | 74 | 52 | 52 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 45.96 | 138.76 | 6 | 43 | 5699 | 502 | 232 | 157 | 148 |
| 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 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 42.30 | 165.39 | 2 | 12 | 1988 | 136 | 112 | 61 | 57 |
| 6 | 40.67 | 152.26 | 0 | 5 | 976 | 69 | 46 | 44 | 41 | |
| 7 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 8 | Virat Kohli RCB | 40.11 | 134.27 | 9 | 66 | 9145 | 824 | 309 | 279 | 271 |
| 9 | Lendl Simmons MI | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 | 1079 | 109 | 44 | 29 | 29 |
| 10 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 |
| 11 | Shubman Gill GT | 39.75 | 140.59 | 4 | 30 | 4333 | 417 | 139 | 129 | 126 |
| 12 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 |
| 13 | AB de Villiers RCB | 39.70 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 |
| 14 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 39.37 | 135.94 | 2 | 22 | 2795 | 257 | 105 | 82 | 81 |
| 15 | Jos Buttler GT | 39.25 | 149.27 | 7 | 26 | 4475 | 443 | 203 | 133 | 131 |
| 16 | Cameron Green KKR | 38.84 | 151.25 | 1 | 3 | 971 | 81 | 45 | 40 | 39 |
| 17 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi RR | 38.44 | 224.68 | 2 | 3 | 692 | 56 | 64 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 19 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 36.83 | 159.81 | 0 | 5 | 847 | 63 | 47 | 50 | 40 |
| 20 | 36.67 | 167.39 | 1 | 5 | 770 | 72 | 50 | 23 | 23 | |
| 21 | David Miller DC | 36.12 | 139.41 | 1 | 14 | 3251 | 235 | 148 | 150 | 143 |
| 22 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 35.54 | 135.76 | 0 | 32 | 4123 | 341 | 177 | 144 | 142 |
| 23 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 24 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 25 | Tilak Varma MI | 35.20 | 145.21 | 1 | 9 | 1760 | 137 | 84 | 65 | 62 |
| 26 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 27 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 28 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 29 | Rinku Singh KKR | 34.63 | 145.94 | 0 | 6 | 1385 | 112 | 67 | 70 | 60 |
| 30 | 34.46 | 153.43 | 2 | 18 | 2481 | 294 | 106 | 78 | 77 | |
| 31 | Chris Lynn MI | 34.08 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 |
| 32 | Phil Salt RCB | 34.00 | 174.48 | 0 | 12 | 1258 | 138 | 67 | 40 | 40 |
| 33 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 33.88 | 148.47 | 2 | 30 | 4506 | 477 | 173 | 177 | 161 |
| 34 | Tim David RCB | 33.75 | 177.34 | 0 | 2 | 1080 | 70 | 79 | 62 | 55 |
| 35 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 33.66 | 146.99 | 2 | 20 | 3804 | 344 | 179 | 136 | 134 |
| 36 | Travis Head SRH | 33.49 | 170.28 | 1 | 10 | 1507 | 164 | 77 | 50 | 49 |
| 37 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 38 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 39 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 40 | Sanju Samson CSK | 32.09 | 141.16 | 5 | 27 | 5134 | 424 | 242 | 188 | 183 |
| 41 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 31.76 | 164.58 | 0 | 15 | 2477 | 168 | 180 | 101 | 98 |
| 42 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 31.48 | 161.79 | 1 | 12 | 1448 | 94 | 99 | 54 | 49 |
| 43 | 31.28 | 134.94 | 3 | 24 | 3441 | 334 | 143 | 118 | 118 | |
| 44 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 45 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 46 | 30.88 | 142.38 | 0 | 6 | 803 | 82 | 28 | 33 | 29 | |
| 47 | Shivam Dube CSK | 30.67 | 143.75 | 0 | 10 | 2024 | 122 | 130 | 89 | 84 |
| 48 | Aiden Markram LSG | 30.38 | 135.52 | 0 | 10 | 1671 | 131 | 68 | 68 | 66 |
| 49 | Priyansh Arya PBKS | 30.26 | 196.39 | 1 | 5 | 817 | 78 | 57 | 27 | 27 |
| 50 | Naman Dhir MI | 30.22 | 165.87 | 0 | 3 | 695 | 66 | 35 | 34 | 30 |
| 51 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 30.18 | 137.31 | 1 | 12 | 1509 | 138 | 67 | 65 | 58 |
| 52 | Rohit Sharma MI | 30.12 | 133.23 | 2 | 49 | 7289 | 661 | 319 | 278 | 273 |
| 53 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.11 | 125.36 | 2 | 34 | 5269 | 530 | 136 | 209 | 194 |
| 54 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 29.72 | 142.18 | 1 | 21 | 3418 | 330 | 157 | 131 | 124 |
| 55 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 29.45 | 170.91 | 2 | 12 | 2297 | 217 | 138 | 89 | 86 |
| 56 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.42 | 121.52 | 1 | 22 | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 177 | 162 |
| 57 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 29.24 | 154.35 | 0 | 7 | 994 | 81 | 52 | 53 | 46 |
| 58 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 59 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 28.78 | 144.63 | 2 | 10 | 1669 | 135 | 99 | 66 | 60 |
| 60 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 61 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 62 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 28.64 | 147.49 | 1 | 10 | 2205 | 176 | 117 | 120 | 107 |
| 63 | 28.51 | 130.43 | 0 | 5 | 3450 | 255 | 121 | 265 | 206 | |
| 64 | 28.36 | 141.24 | 0 | 3 | 709 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 32 | |
| 65 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 66 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 67 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 28.12 | 155.48 | 1 | 11 | 1687 | 176 | 88 | 62 | 61 |
| 68 | 27.84 | 146.36 | 0 | 10 | 2895 | 223 | 152 | 160 | 148 | |
| 69 | 27.79 | 166.04 | 0 | 2 | 528 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 24 | |
| 70 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 71 | Nitish Rana DC | 27.73 | 137.72 | 0 | 22 | 3078 | 288 | 151 | 127 | 121 |
| 72 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 27.69 | 131.75 | 2 | 13 | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 |
| 73 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 74 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |
| 75 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 |