The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket competition, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the national governing body of cricket in India. T20 cricket is a shorter format of the game, with each team playing a single innings of 20 overs. The inaugural season of the IPL was held in 2008, and the tournament has been held annually in India ever since. Currently, ten teams compete for the championship. Since the league's inception, seven teams have won the title, with the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) both securing five titles each. Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,004) and the most centuries made (8) in the league. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played. West Indies batsman Chris Gayle holds several individual batting records, including the highest individual score in a match (175*), the most sixes scored (357), the most sixes in a match (17), and the fastest century (off 30 balls). Indian bowler Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets taken (205). West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph holds the record for the best bowling figures with 6/12. The Mumbai Indians hold the record for playing and winning the most matches, while the Gujarat Titans (GT) have the highest win percentage (62.22%). Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) scored the most runs in a match with a score of 287/3 against the Royal Challengers Bangaluru (RCB) in 2024, breaking their own record of 277/3 against the Mumbai Indians earlier in the same season. The highest successful run chase in the league's history was achieved by the Punjab Kings (PBKS), as they chased down a target of 262 set by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2024. The Royal Challengers Bangaluru scored the lowest total, making just 49 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017.

Listing criteria

In general, the top five are listed in each category, except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, in which case all the tied record holders are noted.

Listing notation

Team records

By season

Out of the fifteen franchises that have played in the league, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the most successful teams in the league's history with five titles each, with Kolkata Knight Riders having won three titles. The four teams who have won the tournament once are Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. The current champions are Kolkata who beat Hyderabad in the 2024 Indian Premier League final to clinch their third title. † Team now defunct

Position of teams in IPL

Team wins, losses and draws

Teams are ordered by best result then by winning percentage, then alphabetically: Notes:

Result records

Greatest win margin (by runs)

Greatest win margin (by balls remaining)

Greatest win margin (by 10 wickets)

Teams have won by ten wickets on 15 occasions. The first time this occurred was during the 2008 season when Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The most recent time a team won by ten wickets was in 2024 when Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.

Narrowest win margin (by 1 run)

Teams have won by a single run on 14 occasions. The first time this occurred was during the 2008 season when Kings XI Punjab beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The most recent occurrence was in 2024 when Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.

Narrowest win margin (by wickets)

Teams have won matches by one wicket on four occasions:

Highest successful chases

Lowest successful defence

Tied Matches

matches have resulted in a tie on 14 occasions. The first time a match was tied in the league was during the 2009 season when Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals played in a match at Newlands in South Africa. The most recent tie occurred during the 2021 season when Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad played at Chennai. All tied matches in the IPL are resolved by using a super over.

Team scoring records

Highest team total

Lowest team total

Highest match aggregate

Lowest match aggregate

Individual batting records

Most career runs

Highest individual score

Most centuries

, 101 centuries have been scored in IPL matches.

Most runs in a season

Most career sixes

Most sixes in an innings

Individual bowling records

Most career wickets

Best bowling figures

Five-wicket hauls

, there have been 35 five-wicket hauls in IPL matches.

Hat-tricks

, 22 hat-tricks have been taken in IPL matches. The feat was first achieved by Lakshmipathy Balaji in a 2008 match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings at Chennai. The most recent hat-trick in the league was taken in 2023 by Rashid Khan playing for Gujarat Titans against Kolkata Knight Riders at Ahmedabad.

Most wickets in a season

Most runs conceded in a match

Individual wicket-keeping records

Most career dismissals

Most career catches as a wicket-keeper

Most career stumpings

Most dismissals in an innings

only Kumar Sangakkara has taken five wicket-keeping dismissals in an innings in the IPL. He did so for Deccan Chargers against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a 2011 match at Hyderabad. A number of wicket-keepers have taken four dismissals in an innings.

Most dismissals in a season

Individual fielding records

Most career catches

Most catches in an innings

, Mohammad Nabi and Daryl Mitchell are the only two fielders to hold five catches in an IPL match. Nabi did it for Sunrisers Hyderabad in a 2021 match against Mumbai Indians at Abu Dhabi, and Mitchell did it in 2024 for Chennai Super Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. A number of players have held four catches in an IPL match.

Most catches in a season

Individual records (other)

Most matches played

Most matches played as captain

Miscellaneous records

Partnership records

Highest partnerships by wicket

Highest partnerships by runs

Awards

The Orange Cap is awarded to the top run-scorer in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season. The Purple Cap is awarded to the top wicket-taker in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.