Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of across 126 matches, accumulating 5427 runs with 5 centuries and 42 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 472 fours and 218 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 | 45.90 | 145.84 | 2 | 13 | 1928 | 200 | 57 | 46 | 46 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 45.61 | 136.98 | 5 | 42 | 5427 | 472 | 218 | 151 | 142 |
| 3 | 45.05 | 156.70 | 0 | 5 | 901 | 65 | 43 | 38 | 36 | |
| 4 | Hashim Amla PBKS | 44.38 | 141.77 | 2 | 3 | 577 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Devon Conway CSK | 43.20 | 139.72 | 0 | 11 | 1080 | 116 | 34 | 29 | 28 |
| 6 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 41.86 | 166.51 | 2 | 10 | 1800 | 120 | 102 | 56 | 52 |
| 7 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 8 | Shubman Gill GT | 40.11 | 139.47 | 4 | 29 | 4131 | 399 | 129 | 123 | 120 |
| 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 | Virat Kohli RCB | 39.77 | 133.43 | 8 | 65 | 8908 | 799 | 299 | 273 | 265 |
| 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 | Jos Buttler GT | 39.69 | 149.69 | 7 | 26 | 4326 | 432 | 194 | 127 | 125 |
| 15 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 39.24 | 159.69 | 0 | 5 | 824 | 60 | 46 | 47 | 37 |
| 16 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 17 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 38.00 | 136.50 | 2 | 20 | 2584 | 239 | 96 | 77 | 76 |
| 18 | Cameron Green KKR | 37.78 | 153.26 | 1 | 3 | 869 | 78 | 39 | 36 | 35 |
| 19 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 37.04 | 151.13 | 2 | 35 | 5149 | 535 | 210 | 188 | 172 |
| 20 | Tilak Varma MI | 36.51 | 147.35 | 1 | 8 | 1643 | 129 | 81 | 60 | 57 |
| 21 | Tim David RCB | 36.39 | 177.84 | 0 | 2 | 1019 | 66 | 74 | 56 | 50 |
| 22 | 36.14 | 213.50 | 1 | 3 | 506 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 14 | |
| 23 | David Miller DC | 36.11 | 139.20 | 1 | 13 | 3178 | 229 | 144 | 147 | 140 |
| 24 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 25 | 35.46 | 153.08 | 2 | 17 | 2411 | 285 | 104 | 74 | 73 | |
| 26 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 27 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 28 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 29 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 34.86 | 135.27 | 0 | 30 | 3939 | 328 | 166 | 139 | 137 |
| 30 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 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 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 33.94 | 147.12 | 2 | 20 | 3700 | 333 | 175 | 132 | 129 |
| 34 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 35 | Travis Head SRH | 33.15 | 165.96 | 1 | 8 | 1326 | 148 | 62 | 45 | 44 |
| 36 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 32.71 | 161.96 | 1 | 11 | 1341 | 88 | 90 | 48 | 44 |
| 37 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 38 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 39 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 32.11 | 164.95 | 0 | 14 | 2344 | 160 | 170 | 97 | 93 |
| 40 | 31.50 | 135.20 | 3 | 24 | 3434 | 334 | 142 | 117 | 117 | |
| 41 | Sanju Samson CSK | 31.18 | 140.17 | 4 | 26 | 4896 | 400 | 228 | 183 | 178 |
| 42 | Priyansh Arya PBKS | 31.18 | 196.00 | 1 | 4 | 686 | 69 | 45 | 22 | 22 |
| 43 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 44 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 45 | Shivam Dube CSK | 30.97 | 144.04 | 0 | 10 | 1982 | 119 | 127 | 85 | 81 |
| 46 | Aiden Markram LSG | 30.81 | 137.28 | 0 | 10 | 1602 | 128 | 66 | 64 | 61 |
| 47 | Rinku Singh KKR | 30.78 | 143.47 | 0 | 5 | 1231 | 100 | 59 | 66 | 57 |
| 48 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 30.55 | 138.10 | 1 | 12 | 1497 | 137 | 67 | 63 | 57 |
| 49 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.32 | 125.52 | 2 | 34 | 5184 | 522 | 132 | 205 | 190 |
| 50 | 30.14 | 144.13 | 0 | 4 | 663 | 69 | 23 | 29 | 25 | |
| 51 | Rohit Sharma MI | 29.93 | 132.60 | 2 | 48 | 7183 | 653 | 310 | 276 | 271 |
| 52 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.42 | 121.52 | 1 | 22 | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 174 | 162 |
| 53 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 29.42 | 140.45 | 1 | 19 | 3236 | 312 | 147 | 126 | 119 |
| 54 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 29.30 | 169.22 | 2 | 11 | 2139 | 199 | 128 | 84 | 81 |
| 55 | 29.17 | 152.17 | 0 | 4 | 525 | 56 | 29 | 19 | 19 | |
| 56 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 57 | Naman Dhir MI | 28.74 | 171.70 | 0 | 2 | 546 | 51 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
| 58 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 59 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 28.70 | 156.83 | 0 | 6 | 861 | 68 | 46 | 49 | 42 |
| 60 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 61 | 28.47 | 130.16 | 0 | 5 | 3388 | 250 | 118 | 261 | 203 | |
| 62 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 63 | 28.23 | 138.00 | 0 | 3 | 621 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 28 | |
| 64 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 65 | 28.17 | 146.80 | 0 | 10 | 2845 | 219 | 150 | 157 | 145 | |
| 66 | 28.05 | 150.10 | 0 | 5 | 1543 | 96 | 96 | 92 | 84 | |
| 67 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 28.03 | 145.44 | 1 | 9 | 2074 | 164 | 108 | 115 | 103 |
| 68 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 69 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 27.69 | 131.75 | 2 | 13 | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 |
| 70 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 71 | Nitish Rana DC | 27.64 | 136.79 | 0 | 21 | 2930 | 271 | 145 | 122 | 116 |
| 72 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 27.56 | 154.38 | 1 | 9 | 1516 | 156 | 82 | 57 | 56 |
| 73 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |
| 74 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 |
| 75 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 27.30 | 142.00 | 1 | 9 | 1447 | 116 | 84 | 62 | 55 |