Top run scorers in IPL 2024: Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Travis Head, and more in race for Orange Cap

Ritabrata Banerjee

Top run scorers in IPL 2024: Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Travis Head, and more in race for Orange Cap image

The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is reaching its conclusion with the final between the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) scheduled for Sunday, May 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

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It's been a rollercoaster ride throughout the season with the league getting dominated by the batters. RCB talisman has been leading the list for the top run-scorers consistently for the whole season and recently crossed 700 runs as well. It looks like the former RCB skipper will be taking the orange cap home with a comfortable margin even though RCB got knocked out in the playoffs against RR. 

Here we will round up all the leading run scorers ahead of the Final on Sunday

Highest run scorer in IPL 2024

PlayerTeamMatchesRunsAverageS.R.50s100sHS
Virat KohliRoyal Challengers Bengaluru1574161.75154.69051113*
Ruturaj GaikwadChennai Super Kings1458353.00141.1641108*
Riyan ParagRajasthan Royals1657352.09149.214084*
Travis HeadSunrisers Hyderabad1456743.62192.2041102
Sanju SamsonRajasthan Royals1653148.27153.465086

Punjab Kings' (formerly Kings XI Punjab's) Shaun Marsh won the Orange Cap in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. Out of the last 16 editions of the tournament, eight overseas players have won the Orange Cap.

Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill scored the most number of runs in IPL 2023 as his team finished runners-up behind Chennai Super Kings.

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Highest run scorers and best batsmen in IPL history

The list of previous top run scorers IPL.

YearPlayerTeamRuns
2008Shaun MarshPBKS616
2009Matthew HaydenCSK572
2010Sachin TendulkarMI618
2011Chris GayleRCB608
2012Chris GayleRCB733
2013Michael HusseyCSK733
2014Robin UthappaKKR660
2015David WarnerSRH562
2016Virat KohliRCB973
2017David WarnerSRH641
2018Kane WilliamsonSRH735
2019David WarnerSRH692
2020KL RahulPBKS670
2021Ruturaj GaikwadCSK635
2022Jos ButtlerRR863
2023Shubman GillGT890

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Ritabrata Banerjee