Orange Cap in IPL 2025

Most Runs in IPL 2025: Who Will Win the Orange Cap in IPL 2025? Latest Rankings and Stats

The Orange Cap race in IPL 2025 is heating up as the tournament progresses, with batters lighting up the stage with breath-taking performances. The competition for the top run-scorer’s crown remains fierce, with the leaderboard constantly evolving.

Nicholas Pooran continues to lead the charge, now with 357 runs from 7 innings. The LSG powerhouse has been in sublime form, averaging 59.50 with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 208.77. With 28 fours and an incredible 31 sixes, he remains the Orange Cap holder and the most feared hitter in the league.

Close behind is Sai Sudharsan of GT, who has maintained his remarkable consistency. With 329 runs in 6 innings, an average of 54.83, and a strike rate of 151.61, his calm demeanor and clean stroke play have been instrumental for Gujarat. His tally of 31 fours and 13 sixes cements his status as a top contender. Mitchell Marsh climbs to third with 295 runs from 6 innings. The LSG all-rounder has been brutal on bowlers, averaging 49.17 and striking at 171.51. His 30 fours and 17 sixes highlight the impact he’s had in the middle order. Shreyas Iyer remains in fourth for PBKS, having scored 250 runs in 5 innings at an excellent average of 83.33 and a strike rate of 208.33. His explosive form is backed by 16 fours and 20 sixes, making him a key asset for Punjab.

Virat Kohli holds steady at fifth with 248 runs in 6 innings. The RCB veteran continues to anchor his side, averaging 62 and striking at 143.35. With 20 fours and 10 sixes, his elegant strokeplay and experience shine through. Suryakumar Yadav sits sixth with 239 runs from 6 innings for MI. Averaging 47.80 with a strike rate of 149.37, his trademark flair is evident, supported by 25 fours and 10 sixes. Jos Buttler of GT is seventh, tallying 218 runs from 6 innings at an average of 43.60 and a strike rate of 157.97. His explosive starts and 21 fours and 9 sixes make him a reliable force at the top. Travis Head holds eighth spot for SRH with 214 runs in 6 innings. Averaging 35.66 and striking at 186.08, his aggressive style has brought 30 fours and 9 sixes.

At ninth, Tilak Varma continues to impress for MI with 210 runs in 6 matches (5 innings), averaging 42 and scoring at 143.83. His composed approach has yielded 17 fours and 10 sixes. Phil Salt completes the top 10 with 208 runs for RCB. His explosive batting at the top has come at a strike rate of 185.71, including 25 fours and 13 sixes, providing RCB with vital momentum.

With razor-thin margins separating the top names and several matches still to go, the IPL 2025 Orange Cap race remains thrillingly wide open.

Orange Cap in IPL

The Indian Premier League awards the Orange Cap to the leading run-getter of a season. Over the 17 seasons of the IPL so far, 13 different players have won the award, starting from Shaun Marsh in the inaugural season to Virat Kohli last year. Some of the legendary names in the world of cricket have shown their batting prowess by securing this honour, a few of them on multiple occasions.

During the course of a season, the Orange Cap may have different claimants depending on who is the leading run-getter. And the one who is leading the run-scoring charts is presented with the cap at the end of an innings.

Australian Shaun Marsh has the honour of being the first-ever Orange Cap winner in IPL history. Representing KXIP (PBKS), Marsh scored 616 runs, including a century, in 11 matches during IPL 2008 at an average of 68.44. In 2009, for the second time in a row, an Australian batter claimed the cap. This time it was the legendary Matthew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings who claimed the top spot with 572 runs from 12 matches.

The next on this list is Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who became the first Indian to do so and also surpassed the previous best tally of runs scored in a season set by Marsh. Tendulkar racked up 618 runs in 15 matches during IPL 2010.

It was then the turn of 'Universal Boss' Chris Gayle to conquer IPL as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru star belted 608 runs in 12 matches, becoming the fourth different player to win the Orange Cap in 2011. Gayle wasn't done though as he stamped his authority by claiming the award the following season as well and by blasting a record-breaking 733 runs from 15 matches in 2012.

Michael Hussey then became the third Australian to win the award by drawing level with Gayle for the highest run tally in an edition of IPL. Representing Chennai Super Kings, Hussey scored 733 runs from 16 matches in 2013.

Robin Uthappa became the second Indian after Tendulkar to win the IPL Orange Cap. Uthappa scored 660 runs in 16 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2014. And he was the first player to win both the Orange Cap and IPL in the same season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's David Warner won the first of his three Orange Caps—an IPL record—in 2015 when he scored 562 runs ahead of Ajinkya Rahane of Rajasthan Royals, who made 540.

Virat Kohli then created history in IPL 2016 and came agonisingly close to becoming the first-ever batter in the league's history to score 1000 runs. Kohli had a record-breaking season in which he scored 973 runs, including four centuries. Warner, who scored 848 runs, finished second.

Warner of SRH, though, reclaimed the cap next season—his second of his IPL career—scoring 641 runs in 2017. In 2018 as well, it was an SRH batter who finished as the season's leading run-getter, with Kane Williamson scoring 735.

The Orange Cap refused to go elsewhere for the third season in a row, with Warner keeping it for himself, scoring 692 runs.

In 2020, KL Rahul became the first Punjab Kings player to have won the Orange Cap since Marsh in 2008. Rahul scored 670 runs in 14 games.

CSK's Ruturaj Gaikwad won the cap in 2021 with 635 runs.

Jos Buttler became the first Englishman to win the Orange Cap in 2022 in a memorable season that saw him score 863 runs from 17 matches, including a record-equaling four centuries.

It was the turn of the 'Prince' to announce his arrival as Shubman Gill racked up 890 runs in 2023 to record the second-highest tally of runs in a single season.

In 2024, Kohli became the first Indian to win the Orange Cap more than once. He scored 741 runs from 15 matches.

Stay tuned for the latest updates on the IPL 2025 Orange Cap standings as the race for the top scorer continues!

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POS	PLAYER	Team	RUNS	MATCHES	Inns	Avg	SR	4S	6S
1	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	357	7	7	59.50	208.77	28	31
2	Sai Sudharsan	GT	329	6	6	54.83	151.61	31	13
3	Mitchell Marsh	LSG	295	6	6	49.16	171.51	30	17
4	Shreyas Iyer	PBKS	250	6	6	62.50	204.91	16	20
5	Virat Kohli	RCB	248	6	6	62.00	143.35	20	10
6	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	239	6	6	47.80	149.37	25	10
7	Ajinkya Rahane	KKR	221	7	7	36.83	148.32	19	14
8	Jos Buttler	GT	218	6	6	43.60	157.97	21	9
9	Priyansh Arya	PBKS	216	6	6	36.00	216.00	20	16
10	Travis Head	SRH	214	6	6	35.66	186.08	30	9
11	Tilak Varma	MI	210	6	5	42.00	143.83	17	10
12	Phil Salt	RCB	208	6	6	34.66	185.71	25	13
13	Aiden Markram	LSG	208	7	7	29.71	150.72	21	9
14	Shubman Gill	GT	208	6	6	41.60	149.64	22	6
15	KL Rahul	DC	200	4	4	66.66	163.93	16	10
16	Sanju Samson	RR	193	6	6	32.16	140.87	21	7
17	Abhishek Sharma	SRH	192	6	6	32.00	202.10	24	10
18	Rajat Patidar	RCB	186	6	5	37.20	161.73	17	9
19	Rachin Ravindra	CSK	186	7	7	31.00	132.85	18	4
20	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	182	6	6	30.33	138.93	17	9
21	Shivam Dube	CSK	180	7	7	36.00	128.57	13	9
22	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	173	6	6	34.60	166.34	15	8
23	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	KKR	170	6	6	34.00	142.85	18	5
24	Riyan Parag	RR	165	6	6	33.00	155.66	10	12
25	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	163	6	6	27.16	166.32	21	7
26	Dhruv Jurel	RR	159	6	6	39.75	155.88	14	9
27	Sherfane Rutherford	GT	158	6	6	39.50	166.31	14	10
28	Nehal Wadhera	PBKS	151	5	5	37.75	145.19	11	9
29	Ryan Rickelton	MI	149	6	6	29.80	153.60	19	7
30	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	149	6	6	24.83	150.50	10	9
31	Quinton de Kock	KKR	143	7	7	23.83	137.50	9	11
32	Aniket Verma	SRH	141	6	5	28.20	183.11	8	12
33	Ishan Kishan	SRH	136	6	6	34.00	174.35	14	6
34	Ayush Badoni	LSG	131	7	6	26.20	131.00	9	6
35	Naman Dhir	MI	130	6	5	43.33	185.71	12	6
36	Sunil Narine	KKR	130	6	6	21.66	185.71	12	11
37	MS Dhoni	CSK	130	7	7	43.33	158.53	10	8
38	Shashank Singh	PBKS	126	6	5	63.00	148.23	9	6
39	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	122	5	5	24.40	150.61	14	4
40	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	121	7	5	24.20	155.12	14	4
41	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	119	6	6	23.80	140.00	11	6
42	Tristan Stubbs	DC	118	5	5	59.00	157.33	10	5
43	Vijay Shankar	CSK	118	5	5	39.33	129.67	8	3
44	Nitish Rana	RR	117	6	6	23.40	182.81	15	5
45	Rinku Singh	KKR	116	7	6	38.66	150.64	13	5
46	Nitish Kumar Reddy	SRH	112	6	5	22.40	119.14	11	2
47	Abishek Porel	DC	107	5	5	26.75	148.61	10	4
48	Rishabh Pant	LSG	103	7	6	17.16	104.04	8	5
49	David Miller	LSG	97	7	7	32.33	132.87	9	3
50	Devon Conway	CSK	94	3	3	31.33	127.02	9	2
51	Tim David	RCB	92	6	4	92.00	195.74	6	9
52	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	92	7	7	18.40	115.00	5	3
53	Karun Nair	DC	89	1	1	89.00	222.50	12	5
54	Jitesh Sharma	RCB	88	6	4	29.33	154.38	8	6
55	Ashutosh Sharma	DC	84	4	3	42.00	182.60	7	5
56	Hardik Pandya	MI	83	5	4	27.66	159.61	6	5
57	Liam Livingstone	RCB	83	6	5	20.75	133.87	3	7
58	Abdul Samad	LSG	81	6	6	20.25	202.50	6	6
59	Faf du Plessis	DC	81	3	3	27.00	155.76	6	5
60	Axar Patel	DC	67	5	4	16.75	159.52	9	2
61	Shahrukh Khan	GT	62	6	4	31.00	182.35	4	5
62	Marcus Stoinis	PBKS	59	5	4	19.66	147.50	2	6
63	Pat Cummins	SRH	56	6	5	18.66	155.55	5	4
64	Rohit Sharma	MI	56	5	5	11.20	136.58	6	3
65	Will Jacks	MI	55	5	5	13.75	110.00	4	2
66	Rahul Tripathi	CSK	55	5	5	11.00	96.49	6	1
67	Vipraj Nigam	DC	54	5	3	27.00	216.00	6	3
68	Washington Sundar	GT	51	2	2	25.50	159.37	5	2
69	Jake Fraser-McGurk	DC	46	5	5	9.20	100.00	5	2
70	Shubham Dubey	RR	44	3	3	22.00	169.23	2	4
71	Marco Jansen	PBKS	43	6	4	21.50	134.37	2	2
72	Glenn Maxwell	PBKS	41	6	5	8.20	100.00	4	1
73	Mitchell Santner	MI	39	6	4	19.50	139.28	2	3
74	Andre Russell	KKR	34	7	5	6.80	109.67	3	3
75	Rahul Tewatia	GT	30	6	4	10.00	200.00	2	3
76	Ramandeep Singh	KKR	29	7	4	9.66	120.83	1	2
77	Deepak Chahar	MI	28	6	2	28.00	175.00	2	2
78	Kamindu Mendis	SRH	28	2	2	14.00	112.00	1	2
79	Shaik Rasheed	CSK	27	1	1	27.00	142.10	6	0
80	Sameer Rizvi	DC	24	2	2	12.00	126.31	2	1
81	Krunal Pandya	RCB	23	6	3	7.66	88.46	2	0
82	Rashid Khan	GT	22	6	3	11.00	220.00	1	2
83	Harshit Rana	KKR	22	7	4	7.33	75.86	3	0
84	Jofra Archer	RR	21	6	4	7.00	150.00	0	2
85	Harshal Patel	SRH	20	5	3	10.00	80.00	0	0
86	Manish Pandey	KKR	19	1	1	19.00	135.71	2	1
87	Azmatullah Omarzai	PBKS	16	1	1	16.00	106.66	2	1
88	Shardul Thakur	LSG	14	7	4	7.00	127.27	2	0
89	Ravichandran Ashwin	CSK	12	6	2	6.00	80.00	1	0
90	Sam Curran	CSK	12	2	2	6.00	54.54	0	0
91	Jamie Overton	CSK	11	2	1	-	275.00	0	1
92	Xavier Bartlett	PBKS	11	1	1	11.00	73.33	1	0
93	Mohammad Shami	SRH	10	6	4	10.00	100.00	1	0
94	Shahbaz Ahamad	LSG	9	1	1	9.00	112.50	1	0
95	Wiaan Mulder	SRH	9	1	1	9.00	81.81	1	0
96	Wanindu Hasaranga	RR	8	4	2	4.00	88.88	0	0
97	Maheesh Theekshana	RR	8	6	3	8.00	44.44	0	0
98	Kagiso Rabada	GT	7	2	1	-	140.00	0	1
99	Deepak Hooda	CSK	7	3	3	2.33	38.88	1	0
100	Sandeep Sharma	RR	6	6	1	-	120.00	0	0
101	Tushar Deshpande	RR	6	5	3	6.00	100.00	0	0
102	Kuldeep Yadav	DC	6	5	2	3.00	100.00	1	0
103	Suryansh Shedge	PBKS	6	4	2	3.00	75.00	0	0
104	Abhinav Manohar	SRH	6	4	3	2.00	46.15	0	0
105	Robin Minz	MI	6	2	2	3.00	40.00	0	0
106	Moeen Ali	KKR	5	3	1	5.00	41.66	0	0
107	Lockie Ferguson	PBKS	4	4	1	-	400.00	1	0
108	Anshul Kamboj	CSK	3	2	1	-	100.00	0	0
109	Mitchell Starc	DC	3	5	2	3.00	50.00	0	0
110	Simarjeet Singh	SRH	3	4	3	1.50	42.85	0	0
111	Avesh Khan	LSG	2	6	2	-	200.00	0	0
112	Trent Boult	MI	2	6	2	2.00	66.66	0	0
113	Spencer Johnson	KKR	2	4	2	-	50.00	0	0
114	Josh Inglis	PBKS	2	1	1	2.00	33.33	0	0
115	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	2	6	2	2.00	33.33	0	0
116	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	RCB	2	5	3	-	25.00	0	0
117	Kumar Kartikeya	RR	1	3	1	1.00	100.00	0	0
118	Sai Kishore	GT	1	6	1	1.00	100.00	0	0
119	Satyanarayana Raju	MI	1	2	1	-	100.00	0	0
120	Arshad Khan	GT	1	4	2	-	100.00	0	0
121	Mohit Sharma	DC	1	5	2	1.00	33.33	0	0
122	Noor Ahmad	CSK	1	7	2	1.00	10.00	0	0

IPL 2025 ORANGE CAP HOLDER FAQ'S

What is the Orange Cap in IPL?

In IPL, the top run-scorer in a season is recognised by awarding him the Orange Cap.

How is the Orange Cap winner decided?

The Orange Cap winner in IPL is decided based on the top run-getter of a season. The Orange Cap can have different wearers through a specific season based on who is leading the batting chart, but there's only one winner at the end of the tournament.

Who is the current Orange Cap holder in IPL 2025?

Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants is the current Orange Cap holder in IPL 2025. Pooran has so far scored 357 runs from 7 matches at a strike rate of 208.77 and an average of 59.50.

Has any player won the Orange Cap multiple times?

Yes, there are several players who have won the Orange Cap multiple times in IPL history. Chris Gayle (2011, 2012), David Warner (2015, 2017, 2019), and Virat Kohli (2016, 2024) are the three players to have finished as an IPL season's top run-scorer more than once.

Can a player win both the Orange Cap and the IPL trophy in the same season?

Yes. Robin Uthappa of Kolkata Knight Riders won the Orange Cap and IPL trophy in 2014, becoming the first player to achieve the feat. Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai Super Kings became the second player to complete the double in 2021.

Who was the first-ever Orange Cap winner in IPL history?

Shaun Marsh, who represented Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), was the first ever winner of the Orange Cap in 2008. The Australian scored 616 runs at a strike rate of 139.68, including a century.

What happens if two players have the same number of runs?

While there's no official guideline on how to break the tie for an Orange Cap race, it's been widely reported that in case two players have the same number of runs at the end of an IPL season, then the winner is picked based on who has the better strike rate.

Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2024?

Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the Orange Cap in IPL 2024.

Can a player from a non-playoff team win the Orange Cap?

Absolutely. Any player—be it from the playoff or non-playoff team—who tops the top-run getters list at the end of a season will be awarded the Orange Cap.