Most Runs in IPL 2021 List – Orange Cap Holder 2021

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Most Runs in IPL 2021 List: Orange Cap award will be given to the player who leads the list of highest runs scorers of the IPL season. The leader of this list is handed the orange cap after every match.

The award was started in the first season of the tournament in 2008. Orange Cap works as a reward for the outstanding display by a batsman.

Most Runs in IPL 2021

Shaun Marsh was the first player to win the Orange Cap. He scored 616 runs in 11 matches which was the most runs scored in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League.

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli holds the record for the most runs scored in a single season of the IP. He scored 973 in 2016 and tops the winners’ list as the Orange Cap holder.

Following are the list of highest run-scorer of the IPL 2021 season:

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Ruturaj Gaikwad	16	635	101*	45.35	136.26	1	4	64	23
2	Faf du Plessis	16	633	95*	45.21	138.2	0	6	60	23
3	KL Rahul	13	626	98*	62.6	138.8	0	6	48	30
4	Shikhar Dhawan	16	587	92	39.13	124.62	0	3	63	16
5	Glenn Maxwell	15	513	78	42.75	144.1	0	6	48	21
6	Sanju Samson	14	484	119	40.33	136.72	1	2	45	17
7	Prithvi Shaw	15	479	82	31.93	159.13	0	4	56	18
8	Shubman Gill	17	478	57	28.11	118.9	0	3	50	12
9	Mayank Agarwal	12	441	99*	40.09	140.44	0	4	42	18
10	Rishabh Pant	16	419	58*	34.91	128.52	0	3	42	10
11	Devdutt Padikkal	14	411	101*	31.61	125.3	1	1	44	14
12	Virat Kohli	15	405	72*	28.92	119.46	0	3	43	9
13	Rahul Tripathi	17	397	74*	28.35	140.28	0	2	41	11
14	Nitish Rana	17	383	80	29.46	121.97	0	2	34	17
15	Rohit Sharma	13	381	63	29.3	127.42	0	1	33	14
16	Venkatesh Iyer	10	370	67	41.11	128.47	0	4	37	14
17	Moeen Ali	15	357	58	25.5	137.3	0	1	31	19
18	Suryakumar Yadav	14	317	82	22.64	143.43	0	2	40	10
19	AB de Villiers	15	313	76*	31.3	148.34	0	2	23	16
20	Quinton de Kock	11	297	70*	29.7	116.01	0	2	29	7
21	Manish Pandey	8	292	69*	48.66	123.72	0	3	21	10
22	Kane Williamson	10	266	66*	44.33	113.19	0	2	29	2
23	Ambati Rayudu	16	257	72*	28.55	151.17	0	2	16	17
24	Jos Buttler	7	254	124	36.28	153.01	1	0	27	13
25	Yashasvi Jaiswal	10	249	50	24.9	148.21	0	1	32	10
26	Jonny Bairstow	7	248	63*	41.33	141.71	0	2	20	15
27	Kieron Pollard	14	245	87*	30.62	148.48	0	1	16	16
28	Shimron Hetmyer	14	242	53*	34.57	168.05	0	1	19	12
29	Ishan Kishan	10	241	84	26.77	133.88	0	2	21	10
30	Shivam Dube	9	230	64*	28.75	119.17	0	1	18	10
31	Ravindra Jadeja	16	227	62*	75.66	145.51	0	1	19	9
32	Dinesh Karthik	17	223	40	22.3	131.17	0	0	22	7
33	David Warner	8	195	57	24.37	107.73	0	2	15	6
34	Chris Gayle	10	193	46	21.44	125.32	0	0	21	8
35	K.S Bharat	8	191	78*	38.2	122.43	0	1	10	8
36	Andre Russell	10	183	54	26.14	152.5	0	1	14	14
37	Shreyas Iyer	8	175	47*	35	102.33	0	0	7	5
38	Deepak Hooda	12	160	64	16	130.08	0	1	9	9
39	Suresh Raina	12	160	54	17.77	125	0	1	13	9
40	Rahul Tewatia	14	155	44	15.5	105.44	0	0	11	6
41	Shahrukh Khan	11	153	47	21.85	134.21	0	0	9	10
42	Steve Smith	8	152	39	25.33	112.59	0	0	13	2
43	Evin Lewis	5	151	58	30.2	162.36	0	1	18	7
44	Jason Roy	5	150	60	30	123.96	0	1	21	1
45	Aiden Markram	6	146	42	29.2	122.68	0	0	12	4
46	Krunal Pandya	13	143	39	14.3	116.26	0	0	10	6
47	Eoin Morgan	17	133	47*	11.08	95.68	0	0	8	6
48	Wriddhiman Saha	9	131	44	14.55	93.57	0	0	7	5
49	Hardik Pandya	12	127	40*	14.11	113.39	0	0	11	5
50	David Miller	9	124	62	24.8	109.73	0	1	11	3
51	Saurabh Tiwary	5	115	50*	57.5	118.55	0	1	10	2
52	Robin Uthappa	4	115	63	28.75	136.9	0	1	8	5
53	MS Dhoni	16	114	18*	16.28	106.54	0	0	12	3
54	Abdul Samad	11	111	28	12.33	127.58	0	0	4	8
55	Abhishek Sharma	8	98	33	16.33	130.66	0	0	7	4
56	Mahipal Lomror	4	94	43	31.33	128.76	0	0	3	6
57	Pat Cummins	7	93	66*	31	166.07	0	1	5	8
58	Riyan Parag	11	93	25	11.62	112.04	0	0	6	4
59	Marcus Stoinis	10	89	27*	22.25	123.61	0	0	11	1
60	Nicholas Pooran	12	85	32	7.72	111.84	0	0	3	5
61	Jason Holder	8	85	47*	14.16	118.05	0	0	2	6
62	Rashid Khan	14	83	22	10.37	120.28	0	0	9	2
63	Priyam Garg	5	72	29	14.4	97.29	0	0	2	3
64	Rajat Patidar	4	71	31	17.75	114.51	0	0	3	3
65	Lalit Yadav	7	68	22*	34	93.15	0	0	7	0
66	Chris Morris	11	67	36*	13.4	136.73	0	0	2	5
67	Kyle Jamieson	9	65	16*	16.25	118.18	0	0	5	3
68	Harpreet Brar	7	64	25*	–	110.34	0	0	3	2
69	Sunil Narine	14	62	26	7.75	131.91	0	0	3	5
70	Shahbaz Ahmed	11	59	14	8.42	111.32	0	0	4	2
71	Harshal Patel	15	59	31	14.75	128.26	0	0	6	2
72	Vijay Shankar	7	58	28	11.6	111.53	0	0	1	3
73	Sam Curran	9	56	34	18.66	193.1	0	0	5	3
74	Kedar Jadhav	6	55	19	13.75	105.76	0	0	2	2
75	Chris Lynn	1	49	49	49	140	0	0	4	3
76	Shakib Al Hasan	8	47	26	9.4	97.91	0	0	3	1
77	Dwayne Bravo	11	47	23	47	261.11	0	0	3	4
78	Ravichandran Ashwin	13	44	20*	14.66	104.76	0	0	2	1
79	Manan Vohra	4	42	14	10.5	107.69	0	0	5	2
80	Liam Livingstone	5	42	25	8.4	102.43	0	0	3	1
81	Jaydev Unadkat	6	41	24	20.5	141.37	0	0	3	2
82	Axar Patel	12	40	12	8	86.95	0	0	2	1
83	Jayant Yadav	5	34	23	17	130.76	0	0	2	1
84	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	34	14*	34	113.33	0	0	3	0
85	Mohammad Nabi	3	34	17	11.33	170	0	0	3	2
86	Chris Jordan	4	32	30	16	152.38	0	0	1	3
87	Washington Sundar	6	31	10	7.75	65.95	0	0	2	0
88	Moises Henriques	5	31	14	15.5	96.87	0	0	0	1
89	Dawid Malan	1	26	26	26	100	0	0	1	1
90	Glenn Phillips	3	26	14*	13	78.78	0	0	1	2
91	Ripal Patel	2	25	18	25	92.59	0	0	3	0
92	Shivam Mavi	9	25	20	12.5	125	0	0	2	2
93	Tom Curran	3	21	21	21	123.52	0	0	2	0
94	Mohammed Siraj	15	20	12*	20	76.92	0	0	1	1
95	Prabhsimran Singh	2	19	12	9.5	82.6	0	0	1	1
96	Nathan Ellis	3	18	12	18	112.5	0	0	0	1
97	Lockie Ferguson	8	18	18*	–	163.63	0	0	1	1
98	Anmolpreet Singh	1	16	16	16	114.28	0	0	2	1
99	Adam Milne	4	16	15	8	94.11	0	0	0	1
100	Chetan Sakariya	14	16	7	3.2	64	0	0	2	0
101	Jasprit Bumrah	14	16	5*	8	94.11	0	0	2	0
102	Jhye Richardson	3	15	15	7.5	62.5	0	0	2	0
103	Chris Woakes	3	15	15*	–	136.36	0	0	2	0
104	Murugan Ashwin	3	15	9	7.5	62.5	0	0	1	0
105	Virat Singh	3	15	11	7.5	57.69	0	0	1	0
106	Mandeep Singh	1	15	15	15	107.14	0	0	2	0
107	Jagadeesha Suchith	2	14	14*	–	233.33	0	0	2	1
108	Rahul Chahar	11	14	8	2.8	93.33	0	0	1	0
109	Dan Christian	9	14	9	2.33	58.33	0	0	1	0
110	Mohammad Shami	14	13	9*	13	76.47	0	0	0	0
111	Kagiso Rabada	15	13	9*	13	216.66	0	0	2	0
112	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	10	8*	–	37.03	0	0	0	0
113	Ajinkya Rahane	2	8	8	8	100	0	0	1	0
114	Sandeep Sharma	7	8	8*	8	114.28	0	0	1	0
115	Mustafizur Rahman	14	8	8*	–	57.14	0	0	0	1
116	Siddarth Kaul	8	8	7*	–	100	0	0	1	0
117	Sachin Baby	1	7	7	7	41.17	0	0	0	0
118	Shreyas Gopal	3	7	7*	7	140	0	0	0	1
119	Daniel Sams	2	6	3*	6	100	0	0	0	0
120	Fabian Allen	4	6	6	6	50	0	0	0	0
121	Avesh Khan	16	5	5*	–	166.66	0	0	1	0
122	Shardul Thakur	16	5	3*	2.5	100	0	0	0	0
123	Harbhajan Singh	3	4	2*	–	100	0	0	0	0
124	Nathan Coulter-Nile	5	4	3	2	80	0	0	0	0
125	Tim Southee	3	3	3	3	60	0	0	0	0
126	Navdeep Saini	2	2	2	2	50	0	0	0	0
127	Tabraiz Shamsi	1	2	2*	–	50	0	0	0	0
128	Kartik Tyagi	4	2	1*	2	50	0	0	0	0
129	Tim Seifert	1	2	2	2	50	0	0	0	0
130	Arshdeep Singh	12	2	1*	–	66.66	0	0	0	0
131	George Garton	5	2	2*	2	50	0	0	0	0
132	Varun Chakaravarthy	17	2	2*	2	50	0	0	0	0
133	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	1	1	1*	–	100	0	0	0	0
134	Tim David	1	1	1	1	33.33	0	0	0	0
135	Khaleel Ahmed	7	1	1	1	50	0	0	0	0
136	Wanindu Hasaranga	2	1	1*	1	50	0	0	0	0
137	Ravi Bishnoi	9	1	1	1	25	0	0	0	0
138	Trent Boult	14	1	1*	–	25	0	0	0	0
139	Deepak Chahar	15	1	1*	–	100	0	0	0	0
140	Ben Stokes	1	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	Marco Jansen	2	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	Shahbaz Nadeem	1	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
143	Kamlesh Nagarkoti	1	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	Prasidh Krishna	10	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
145	Kuldip Yadav	1	0	0*	–	0	0	0	0	0
146	Sarfaraz Khan	2	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	Anuj Rawat	2	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	Jimmy Neesham	3	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0
149	Piyush Chawla	1	0	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rules for Orange Cap Holder in IPL 2021

The award is given to the top run-scorer of IPL 2021.
The batsman with the most runs in the tournament during the season will be the Orange Cap Holder and wears it in the field.
In case of a tie, the batsman with a better strike rate is awarded the Orange Cap.
The Orange Cap owner who is fielding is allowed to wear the Orange Cap till the end of the innings even if an opposition batsman has overtaken his runs.

Most Runs in IPL – Orange Cap Holder – All Season

Following is the list of winners of the Orange Cap for every season since its inauguration.

Season	Player	Team	Runs
2021	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Chennai Super Kings	635
2020	KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	670
2019	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	692
2018	Kane Williamson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	735
2017	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	641
2016	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Banglore	973
2015	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	562
2014	Robin Uthappa	Kolkata Knight Riders	660
2013	Michael Hussey	Chennai Super Kings	733
2012	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Banglore	733
2011	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Banglore	608
2010	Sachin Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	618
2009	Matthew Hayden	Chennai Super Kings	735
2008	Shaun Marsh	Kings XI Punjab	616

Most Runs in IPL – All-time Record

The list shows the all-time player’s record with the highest run-scorer in the IPL season since 2008.

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Virat Kohli	207	6283	113	37.39	129.94	5	42	546	210
2	Shikhar Dhawan	192	5784	106*	34.84	126.64	2	44	654	124
3	Rohit Sharma	213	5611	109*	31.17	130.39	1	40	491	227
4	Suresh Raina	205	5528	100*	32.51	136.76	1	39	506	203
5	David Warner	150	5449	126	41.59	139.96	4	50	525	201
6	AB de Villiers	184	5162	133*	39.7	151.68	3	40	413	251
7	Chris Gayle	142	4965	175*	39.72	148.96	6	31	405	357
8	MS Dhoni	220	4746	84*	39.55	135.83	0	23	325	219
9	Robin Uthappa	193	4722	87	27.94	130.15	0	25	462	168
10	Gautam Gambhir	154	4217	93	31.23	123.88	0	36	491	59
11	Dinesh Karthik	213	4046	97*	25.77	129.72	0	19	399	112
12	Ajinkya Rahane	151	3941	105*	31.52	121.33	2	28	417	76
13	Ambati Rayudu	175	3916	100*	29.44	127.47	1	21	324	149
14	Shane Watson	145	3874	117*	30.99	137.91	4	21	376	190
15	Manish Pandey	154	3560	114*	30.68	121.83	1	21	309	103
16	KL Rahul	94	3273	132*	47.43	136.37	2	27	282	134
17	Kieron Pollard	178	3268	87*	29.98	149.77	0	16	212	214
18	Yusuf Pathan	174	3204	100	29.12	142.97	1	13	262	158
19	Sanju Samson	121	3068	119	29.21	134.2	3	15	236	132
20	Faf du Plessis	100	2935	96	34.94	131.08	0	22	265	96
21	Brendon McCullum	109	2880	158*	27.69	131.74	2	13	293	130
22	Parthiv Patel	139	2848	81	22.6	120.78	0	13	365	49
23	Yuvraj Singh	132	2750	83	24.77	129.71	0	13	217	149
24	Virender Sehwag	104	2728	122	27.55	155.44	2	16	334	106
25	Murali Vijay	106	2619	127	25.93	121.87	2	13	247	91
26	Rishabh Pant	84	2498	128*	35.18	147.46	1	15	225	113
27	Steve Smith	103	2485	101	34.51	128.09	1	11	225	60
28	Shaun Marsh	71	2477	115	39.95	132.74	1	20	266	78
29	Jacques Kallis	98	2427	89*	28.55	109.22	0	17	255	44
30	Ravindra Jadeja	200	2386	62*	27.11	128.07	0	2	176	85
31	Dwayne Smith	91	2385	87*	28.39	135.2	0	17	245	117
32	Shreyas Iyer	87	2375	96	31.66	123.95	0	16	196	88
33	Suryakumar Yadav	115	2341	82	28.9	135.71	0	13	261	68
34	Sachin Tendulkar	78	2334	100*	34.83	119.81	1	13	295	29
35	Quinton de Kock	77	2256	108	31.33	130.93	1	16	230	83
36	Rahul Dravid	89	2174	75*	28.23	115.51	0	11	269	28
37	Mayank Agarwal	100	2131	106	23.41	135.47	1	11	203	85
38	Wriddhiman Saha	133	2110	115*	24.53	128.73	1	8	191	69
39	Adam Gilchrist	80	2069	109*	27.22	138.39	2	11	239	92
40	JP Duminy	83	2029	78*	39.78	124.02	0	14	126	79
41	Glenn Maxwell	97	2018	95	25.22	151.84	0	12	166	112
42	Aaron Finch	87	2005	88*	25.7	127.7	0	14	204	75
43	Michael Hussey	59	1977	116*	38.76	122.64	1	15	198	52
44	David Miller	89	1974	101*	32.9	136.51	1	10	137	90
45	Jos Buttler	65	1968	124	35.14	150	1	11	194	90
46	Kane Williamson	63	1885	89	40.1	131.26	0	17	166	56
47	Nitish Rana	77	1820	87	28.43	132.45	0	13	161	89
48	Mahela Jayawardene	80	1802	110*	28.6	123.25	1	10	200	39
49	Andre Russell	84	1700	88*	29.31	178.57	0	9	119	143
50	Manoj Tiwary	98	1695	75*	28.72	116.97	0	7	156	40
51	Kumar Sangakkara	71	1687	94	25.95	121.19	0	10	195	27
52	Mandeep Singh	105	1674	77*	22.02	124.09	0	6	172	37
53	Naman Ojha	113	1554	94*	20.72	118.35	0	6	121	79
54	Dwayne Bravo	151	1537	70*	22.94	130.25	0	5	119	65
55	Saurabh Tiwary	93	1494	61	28.73	120.09	0	8	111	50
56	Karun Nair	73	1480	83*	24.26	128.36	0	10	160	39
57	Hardik Pandya	92	1476	91	27.33	153.91	0	4	97	98
58	Ishan Kishan	61	1452	99	28.47	136.33	0	9	121	74
59	Subramaniam Badrinath	95	1441	71*	30.65	118.89	0	11	154	28
60	Shubman Gill	58	1417	76	31.48	123	0	10	137	36
61	Eoin Morgan	83	1405	68*	22.66	122.6	0	5	112	64
62	Brad Hodge	66	1400	73	33.33	125.22	0	6	122	43
63	Rahul Tripathi	62	1385	93	26.13	136.31	0	7	136	48
64	Sourav Ganguly	59	1349	91	25.45	106.8	0	7	137	42
65	Chris Lynn	42	1329	93*	34.07	140.63	0	10	132	66
66	David Hussey	64	1322	71	26.97	122.97	0	5	90	60
67	Prithvi Shaw	53	1305	99	24.62	146.3	0	10	155	45
68	Kedar Jadhav	93	1196	69	22.14	123.17	0	4	101	40
69	Tillakaratne Dilshan	52	1153	76*	26.81	114.49	0	9	140	24
70	Krunal Pandya	84	1143	86	22.86	138.54	0	1	105	46
71	Irfan Pathan	103	1139	60	21.49	120.4	0	1	87	37
72	Matthew Hayden	32	1107	93	36.9	137.51	0	8	121	44
73	Lendl Simmons	29	1079	100*	39.96	126.64	1	11	109	44
74	Manan Vohra	53	1054	95	22.42	130.6	0	3	102	41
75	Jonny Bairstow	28	1038	114	41.52	142.19	1	7	99	46
76	Ross Taylor	55	1017	81*	25.42	123.72	0	3	66	46
77	Kevin Pietersen	36	1001	103*	37.07	134.72	1	4	91	40
78	Moises Henriques	62	1000	74*	27.77	126.9	0	5	87	28
79	Venugopal Rao	65	985	71*	22.38	117.82	0	3	77	37
80	Albie Morkel	91	974	73*	24.35	141.98	0	3	61	55
81	Andrew Symonds	39	974	117*	36.07	129.86	1	5	74	41
82	Cameron White	47	954	78	26.5	126.35	0	6	76	36
83	Sunil Narine	134	954	75	15.63	161.69	0	4	106	57
84	Axar Patel	109	953	44	17.32	125.22	0	0	55	44
85	Ben Stokes	43	920	107*	25.55	134.5	2	2	79	32
86	Marcus Stoinis	56	914	65	27.69	135.8	0	4	76	35
87	Herschelle Gibbs	36	886	69*	27.68	109.78	0	6	83	31
88	Devdutt Padikkal	29	884	101*	31.57	125.03	1	6	95	22
89	Stuart Binny	95	880	48*	19.55	128.84	0	0	66	35
90	Ruturaj Gaikwad	22	839	101*	46.61	132.12	1	7	80	29
91	Harbhajan Singh	163	833	64	15.71	137.91	0	1	79	42
92	Manvinder Bisla	39	798	92	21	113.67	0	4	93	23
93	Shakib Al Hasan	71	793	66*	19.82	124.48	0	2	73	21
94	Deepak Hooda	80	785	64	16.7	129.53	0	3	41	38
95	Sanath Jayasuriya	30	772	114*	27.57	145.11	1	4	85	39
96	Graeme Smith	29	739	91	28.42	110.62	0	4	94	9
97	Angelo Mathews	49	724	65*	23.35	125.91	0	1	44	29
98	Vijay Shankar	47	712	63*	26.37	126.24	0	3	45	28
99	Tirumalasetti Suman	43	676	78*	21.12	117.56	0	2	55	26
100	Abhishek Nayar	60	672	45*	17.68	116.46	0	0	55	20

What is the Prize amount for Orange Cap holder in IPL?

The Player holding the Orange cap would receive a prize amount of Rs. 10 Lakhs.

Who is the first player to wear Orange Cap?

Brendon McCullum became the first player to wear the Orange Cap.

Who is the first player to win the Orange Cap?

Shaun Marsh became the first winner of the Orange Cap award.

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