Highest Batting Average in IPL

Highest Batting Average in IPL is the definitive gauge of a batter’s reliability and technical resilience, reflecting not only their scoring consistency but also their ability to anchor an innings without being easily dismissed.

As of 2026, among players with significant appearances, the leaderboard is headlined by KL Rahul, who maintains a staggering average of 45.0+ thanks to his high frequency of staying "not out" and consistent run-scoring. He is closely followed by Australian legend David Warner, who boasts a remarkable career average of 40.52 over 180+ matches, demonstrating elite-level performance across more than a decade. This metric remains a vital indicator of a player's value as the tactical cornerstone of any batting lineup.

RANK 1

Virat Kohli

RCB

AVG

57.32

Runs

1777

RANK 2

Tristan Stubbs

AVG

52.76

Runs

897

RANK 3

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS

AVG

48.62

Runs

1264

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Virat Kohli RCB	39	39	1777	1162	113	57.32	152.93	8	170	72	16	1
2	Tristan Stubbs DC	37	34	897	554	71	52.76	161.91	17	65	44	5	0
3	Shreyas Iyer PBKS	40	38	1264	761	97	48.62	166.1	12	95	75	12	0
4	Sai Sudharsan GT	36	36	1614	1061	108	47.47	152.12	2	169	54	10	3
5	KL Rahul DC	36	36	1492	975	152	46.63	153.03	4	139	64	10	2
6	Jos Buttler GT	34	33	1206	782	107	46.38	154.22	7	121	51	7	2
7	Heinrich Klaasen SRH	39	37	1380	825	105	46	167.27	7	93	81	9	1
8	Shashank Singh PBKS	38	33	774	479	68	45.53	161.59	16	57	43	5	0
9	Shubman Gill GT	35	35	1449	946	104	45.28	153.17	3	133	56	11	1
10	Tim David RCB, HH	34	28	620	353	70	44.29	175.64	14	42	45	2	0
11	Sanju Samson CSK	34	33	1131	737	115	43.5	153.46	7	110	52	6	2
12	Deepak Chahar MI	25	5	43	30	28	43	143.33	4	4	2	0	0
13	Surya Kumar Yadav MI	36	36	1245	760	102	41.5	163.82	6	126	61	9	1
14	Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK	28	28	950	689	108	41.3	137.88	5	94	30	8	1
15	Ravindra Jadeja RR	38	32	720	526	77	40	136.88	14	59	20	3	0
16	Nicholas Pooran LSG	36	36	1105	648	87	39.46	170.52	8	85	80	8	0
17	Abhishek Sharma SRH	39	38	1348	667	141	37.44	202.1	2	122	101	8	2
18	Yashasvi Jaiswal RR	40	39	1306	825	104	37.31	158.3	4	150	58	10	1
19	Riyan Parag RR	40	38	1173	764	95	36.66	153.53	6	83	72	6	0
20	Ryan Rickelton MI	21	21	685	424	123	36.05	161.56	2	66	42	4	1
21	Mitchell Marsh LSG, PS	25	25	900	580	117	36	155.17	0	83	51	7	1
22	Phil Salt RCB	31	31	1040	588	89	35.86	176.87	2	114	57	10	0
23	David Miller DC	28	27	486	343	55	34.71	141.69	13	45	18	1	0
24	Venkatesh Iyer RCB	28	22	553	365	70	34.56	151.51	6	52	25	5	0
25	Travis Head SRH, AS	37	36	1203	686	102	34.37	175.36	1	140	63	8	1
26	Shivam Dube CSK	37	36	903	621	66	33.44	145.41	9	64	55	4	0
27	Prabhsimran Singh PBKS	39	38	1229	748	91	33.22	164.3	1	127	67	10	0
28	Marcus Stoinis PBKS, MS	35	30	658	397	124	32.9	165.74	10	57	39	3	1
29	N. Tilak Varma MI	38	35	952	645	101	32.83	147.6	6	79	43	5	1
30	MS Dhoni CSK	28	24	357	218	37	32.45	163.76	13	26	25	0	0
31	Rohit Sharma MI	33	33	972	641	105	32.4	151.64	3	99	53	6	1
32	Priyansh Arya PBKS	24	24	758	378	103	31.58	200.53	0	76	51	4	1
33	Dhruv Jurel RR	39	34	818	546	81	31.46	149.82	8	69	40	7	0
34	Rishabh Pant LSG	35	34	904	638	118	31.17	141.69	5	77	47	5	1
35	Cameron Green KKR	21	20	451	306	79	30.07	147.39	5	38	20	1	0
36	Ishan Kishan SRH	37	36	986	605	106	29.88	162.98	3	103	47	5	1
37	Rinku Singh KKR	36	29	589	399	83	29.45	147.62	9	53	26	2	0
38	Sameer Rizvi DC	22	16	381	262	90	29.31	145.42	3	30	22	3	0
39	Angkrish Raghuvanshi KKR	30	26	672	468	54	29.22	143.59	3	70	23	4	0
40	Rajat Patidar RCB	39	35	964	568	64	29.21	169.72	2	60	71	9	0
41	Harpreet Brar PBKS	22	9	86	67	29	28.67	128.36	6	8	3	0	0
42	Abishek Porel DC	28	26	658	443	65	28.61	148.53	3	67	25	3	0
43	Aiden Markram LSG	32	32	858	610	66	28.6	140.66	2	75	36	6	0
44	Naman Dhir MI	32	28	625	375	62	28.41	166.67	6	58	32	3	0
45	Ayush Badoni LSG	36	31	736	515	74	28.31	142.91	5	67	25	5	0
46	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	35	30	678	485	76	28.25	139.79	6	43	39	3	0
47	Ashutosh Sharma DC	27	21	451	275	66	28.19	164	5	31	30	2	0
48	Sunil Narine KKR	34	30	774	446	109	27.64	173.54	2	77	56	3	1
49	Will Jacks MI	23	21	510	330	100	26.84	154.55	2	43	32	2	1
50	Quinton De Kock MI	22	22	534	384	112	26.7	139.06	2	47	29	4	1
51	Faf du Plessis	24	24	640	434	64	26.67	147.47	0	65	29	6	0
52	Ajinkya Rahane KKR	34	32	794	580	67	26.47	136.9	2	67	37	4	0
53	Romario Shepherd RCB	23	13	183	85	53	26.14	215.29	6	13	16	1	0
54	Devdutt Padikkal RCB	26	25	567	367	61	24.65	154.5	2	51	32	5	0
55	Andre Russell KKR	28	19	389	222	64	24.31	175.23	3	36	30	2	0
56	Nehal Wadhera PBKS	29	26	543	388	70	23.61	139.95	3	41	31	2	0
57	Pat Cummins SRH, ST	32	19	233	153	35	23.3	152.29	9	15	15	0	0
58	Axar Patel DC	35	29	529	377	66	23	140.32	6	45	25	2	0
59	Aniket Verma SRH	23	19	309	188	74	22.07	164.36	5	17	25	1	0
60	Krunal Pandya RCB	38	23	282	223	73	21.69	126.46	10	21	11	1	0
61	Rahul Tewatia GT	35	28	363	247	36	21.35	146.96	11	38	13	0	0
62	Kagiso Rabada GT	24	7	64	52	23	21.33	123.08	4	3	5	0	0
63	Hardik Pandya MI	37	33	586	395	48	20.93	148.35	5	51	27	0	0
64	Shahrukh Khan GT	31	23	349	208	58	20.53	167.79	6	23	24	2	0
65	Jitesh Sharma RCB	38	30	511	346	85	20.44	147.69	5	38	32	1	0
66	Shimron Hetmyer RR	33	28	424	295	52	20.19	143.73	7	30	21	1	0
67	Jasprit Bumrah MI	34	7	19	20	8	19	95	6	2	0	0	0
68	Avesh Khan LSG	34	10	37	23	19	18.5	160.87	8	5	1	0	0
69	Abdul Samad LSG	34	29	418	266	45	18.17	157.14	6	30	26	0	0
70	Ramandeep Singh KKR	34	22	254	165	35	18.14	153.94	8	14	18	0	0
71	Marco Jansen PBKS	25	12	103	87	34	17.17	118.39	6	4	6	0	0
72	Tushar Deshpande RR	28	6	32	20	25	16	160	4	0	3	0	0
73	Rashid Khan GT	36	20	177	128	31	14.75	138.28	8	17	6	0	0
74	Harshit Rana KKR	26	7	57	53	34	14.25	107.55	3	5	3	0	0
75	Ravichandran Ashwin	24	13	119	104	29	11.9	114.42	3	8	5	0	0
76	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	39	14	64	78	15	10.67	82.05	8	7	0	0	0
77	Jofra Archer RR	22	12	77	65	30	9.63	118.46	4	4	4	0	0
78	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	22	6	28	29	8	9.33	96.55	3	2	1	0	0
79	Shardul Thakur MI	26	10	53	48	17	8.83	110.42	4	6	1	0	0
80	Kuldeep Yadav DC	34	14	74	78	35	8.22	94.87	5	8	1	0	0
81	Trent Boult MI	37	9	24	23	12	6	104.35	5	2	1	0	0
82	Sandeep Sharma RR	26	1	6	5	6	6	120	1	0	0	0	0
83	Harshal Patel SRH	30	10	38	49	12	5.43	77.55	3	2	1	0	0
84	Mohammed Siraj GT	38	5	15	15	12	5	100	2	0	2	0	0
85	Mitchell Starc DC, SS	26	11	15	21	6	3.75	71.43	7	1	0	0	0
86	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	39	3	6	9	4	3	66.67	1	1	0	0	0
87	Mukesh Kumar DC	29	2	3	9	3	3	33.33	1	0	0	0	0
88	Noor Ahmad CSK	33	13	22	44	8	2.75	50	5	1	1	0	0
89	Ravi Bishnoi RR	34	8	17	25	13	2.43	68	1	0	2	0	0
90	Yash Dayal RCB	29	3	4	8	3	2	50	1	0	0	0	0