Star RCB batsman Virat Kohli currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli tops the table with 8908 runs as he has amassed in 273 IPL matches (265 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 8 Century and 65 fifties in the IPL and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 39.77.
Virat Kohli is followed by Rohit Sharma and the charismatic MI cricketer has scored 7183 runs in 276 IPL matches and averages 29.93.
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.
Two cricketers from RCB (Virat Kohli - 8908 runs in 273 IPL matches and AB de Villiers - 5162 runs in 184 IPL matches) , MI (Rohit Sharma - 7183 runs in 276 IPL matches and Surya Kumar Yadav - 5149 runs in 188 IPL matches) , DC (David Warner - 6565 runs in 184 IPL matches and KL Rahul - 5390 runs in 151 IPL matches) and CSK (Suresh Raina - 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches and MS Dhoni - 5439 runs in 278 IPL matches) present in the highest run-getters in the IPL.
One cricketer each from PBKS (Shikhar Dhawan - 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches) and KKR (Ajinkya Rahane - 5184 runs in 205 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 | 8908 | 799 | 299 | 273 | 265 | 113 | 8 | 65 | 39.77 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma MI | 7183 | 653 | 310 | 276 | 271 | 109* | 2 | 48 | 29.93 |
| 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 | 5390 | 471 | 215 | 151 | 141 | 132* | 5 | 42 | 45.68 |
| 8 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 5184 | 522 | 132 | 205 | 190 | 105* | 2 | 34 | 30.32 |
| 9 | AB de Villiers RCB | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 | 133* | 3 | 40 | 39.70 |
| 10 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 5149 | 535 | 210 | 188 | 172 | 103* | 2 | 35 | 37.04 |
| 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 | Sanju Samson CSK | 4896 | 400 | 228 | 183 | 178 | 119 | 4 | 26 | 31.18 |
| 14 | Dinesh Karthik RCB | 4842 | 466 | 161 | 257 | 234 | 97* | 0 | 22 | 26.32 |
| 15 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | 96 | 0 | 39 | 35.10 | |
| 16 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 | 100* | 1 | 22 | 28.23 |
| 17 | Jos Buttler GT | 4326 | 432 | 194 | 127 | 125 | 124 | 7 | 26 | 39.69 |
| 18 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | 93 | 0 | 36 | 31.00 | |
| 19 | Shubman Gill GT | 4131 | 399 | 129 | 123 | 120 | 129 | 4 | 29 | 40.11 |
| 20 | Manish Pandey KKR | 3942 | 340 | 115 | 174 | 162 | 114* | 1 | 22 | 29.42 |
| 21 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 3939 | 328 | 166 | 139 | 137 | 97* | 0 | 30 | 34.86 |
| 22 | Shane Watson CSK | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 | 117* | 4 | 21 | 30.99 |
| 23 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 3700 | 333 | 175 | 131 | 129 | 128* | 2 | 20 | 33.94 |
| 24 | 3434 | 334 | 142 | 117 | 117 | 140* | 3 | 24 | 31.50 | |
| 25 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | 87* | 0 | 16 | 28.67 | |
| 26 | 3345 | 248 | 117 | 260 | 202 | 77* | 0 | 5 | 28.11 | |
| 27 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 3236 | 312 | 147 | 126 | 119 | 106* | 1 | 19 | 29.42 |
| 28 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 | 100 | 1 | 13 | 29.13 |
| 29 | David Miller DC | 3178 | 229 | 144 | 147 | 139 | 101* | 1 | 13 | 36.53 |
| 30 | 2934 | 296 | 87 | 170 | 145 | 115* | 1 | 13 | 24.25 | |
| 31 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 | 158* | 2 | 13 | 27.69 |
| 32 | Nitish Rana DC | 2873 | 264 | 142 | 122 | 115 | 87 | 0 | 20 | 27.36 |
| 33 | Parthiv Patel RCB | 2848 | 365 | 49 | 139 | 137 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 22.60 |
| 34 | 2845 | 219 | 150 | 157 | 145 | 91 | 0 | 10 | 28.17 | |
| 35 | Glenn Maxwell PBKS | 2819 | 237 | 161 | 141 | 135 | 95 | 0 | 18 | 23.89 |
| 36 | Mayank Agarwal RCB | 2756 | 273 | 100 | 131 | 125 | 106 | 1 | 13 | 22.97 |
| 37 | Yuvraj Singh MI | 2750 | 217 | 149 | 132 | 126 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 24.77 |
| 38 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 122 | 2 | 16 | 27.55 |
| 39 | Andre Russell KKR | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 | 88* | 0 | 12 | 28.20 |
| 40 | Murali Vijay CSK | 2619 | 247 | 91 | 106 | 106 | 127 | 2 | 13 | 25.93 |
| 41 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 2584 | 239 | 96 | 77 | 76 | 108* | 2 | 20 | 38.00 |
| 42 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 | 115 | 1 | 20 | 39.95 |
| 43 | 2389 | 281 | 104 | 73 | 72 | 124 | 2 | 17 | 35.66 | |
| 44 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 2344 | 160 | 170 | 96 | 93 | 87* | 0 | 14 | 32.11 |
| 45 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 | 100* | 1 | 13 | 34.84 |
| 46 | Rahul Tripathi KKR | 2291 | 229 | 85 | 100 | 98 | 93 | 0 | 12 | 26.33 |
| 47 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 2139 | 199 | 128 | 84 | 81 | 141 | 2 | 11 | 29.30 |
| 48 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 35.47 | |
| 49 | Aaron Finch KKR | 2091 | 214 | 78 | 92 | 90 | 88* | 0 | 15 | 25.19 |
| 50 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 2074 | 164 | 108 | 115 | 103 | 124* | 1 | 9 | 28.03 |
| 51 | Shivam Dube CSK | 1982 | 119 | 127 | 85 | 81 | 95* | 0 | 10 | 30.97 |
| 52 | Devdutt Padikkal RCB | 1959 | 207 | 63 | 80 | 79 | 101* | 1 | 13 | 25.78 |
| 53 | Axar Patel DC | 1945 | 133 | 94 | 168 | 128 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 21.61 |
| 54 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 1928 | 200 | 57 | 46 | 46 | 108* | 2 | 13 | 45.90 |
| 55 | Prithvi Shaw DC | 1892 | 238 | 61 | 79 | 79 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 23.95 |
| 56 | Sunil Narine KKR | 1816 | 191 | 120 | 195 | 125 | 109 | 1 | 7 | 17.46 |
| 57 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 1800 | 120 | 102 | 56 | 52 | 105* | 2 | 10 | 41.86 |
| 58 | Krunal Pandya RCB | 1769 | 153 | 66 | 148 | 120 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 21.84 |
| 59 | Mandeep Singh KKR | 1706 | 175 | 38 | 111 | 98 | 77* | 0 | 6 | 20.80 |
| 60 | Karun Nair DC | 1699 | 186 | 49 | 85 | 77 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 23.60 |
| 61 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | 114 | 2 | 9 | 34.88 | |
| 62 | Tilak Varma MI | 1643 | 129 | 81 | 60 | 57 | 101* | 1 | 8 | 36.51 |
| 63 | Riyan Parag RR | 1627 | 115 | 91 | 90 | 78 | 95 | 0 | 7 | 25.03 |
| 64 | Aiden Markram LSG | 1602 | 128 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 68* | 0 | 10 | 30.81 |
| 65 | Dwayne Bravo CSK | 1560 | 120 | 66 | 161 | 113 | 70* | 0 | 5 | 22.61 |
| 66 | 1521 | 94 | 95 | 91 | 83 | 75 | 0 | 5 | 28.17 | |
| 67 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 1516 | 156 | 82 | 57 | 56 | 103 | 1 | 9 | 27.56 |
| 68 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 1497 | 137 | 67 | 63 | 57 | 104 | 1 | 12 | 30.55 |
| 69 | Deepak Hooda CSK | 1496 | 98 | 62 | 125 | 101 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 17.60 |
| 70 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 28.73 | |
| 71 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 1447 | 116 | 84 | 61 | 55 | 117 | 1 | 9 | 27.30 |
| 72 | Eoin Morgan KKR | 1405 | 112 | 64 | 83 | 75 | 68* | 0 | 5 | 22.66 |
| 73 | Brad Hodge RR | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 |
| 74 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 1341 | 88 | 90 | 48 | 44 | 112* | 1 | 11 | 32.71 |
| 75 | Chris Lynn MI | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 | 93* | 0 | 10 | 34.08 |