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Orange Cap Award

The Orange Cap is an annual award in the Indian Premier League (IPL) given to the tournament’s leading run scorer. It is awarded to the batter who has scored the most total runs across all matches in that IPL season. The player who is currently leading the run tally wears the Orange Cap on the field during matches.

Year Winner (Player) Runs High Score Average
2026 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 776 103 48.50
2025 Sai Sudharsan 759 108* 54.21    
2024 Virat Kohli 741 113 61.75
2023 Shubman Gill 890 129 59.33
2022 Jos Buttler 863 116 57.53
2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad 635 101* 45.35
2020 KL Rahul 670 132* 55.83
2019 David Warner 692 100 69.20
2018 Kane Williamson 735 84 52.50
2017 David Warner 641 126 58.27
2016 Virat Kohli 973 113 81.08
2015 David Warner 562 91 43.23
2014 Robin Uthappa 660 83 44.00
2013 Michael Hussey 733 95 52.35
2012 Chris Gayle 733 128 61.08
2011 Chris Gayle 608 107 67.55
2010 Sachin Tendulkar 618 89 47.53
2009 Matthew Hayden 572 89 52.00
2008 Shaun Marsh 616 115 68.44

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