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

57.03

Runs

1882

RANK 2

Sai Sudharsan

AVG

48.3

Runs

1787

RANK 3

Tristan Stubbs

AVG

47.45

Runs

949

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Virat Kohli RCB	42	42	1882	1225	113	57.03	153.63	9	181	75	16	2
2	Sai Sudharsan GT	39	39	1787	1182	108	48.3	151.18	2	185	59	13	3
3	Tristan Stubbs DC	40	37	949	606	71	47.45	156.6	17	67	46	5	0
4	Shreyas Iyer PBKS	44	42	1351	825	97	46.59	163.76	13	105	78	13	0
5	Sanju Samson CSK	36	35	1246	803	115	46.15	155.17	8	120	60	7	2
6	Heinrich Klaasen SRH	42	40	1474	892	105	44.67	165.25	7	99	86	10	1
7	Shubman Gill GT	38	38	1543	1001	104	44.09	154.15	3	144	59	12	1
8	Deepak Chahar MI	28	6	44	32	28	44	137.5	5	4	2	0	0
9	KL Rahul DC	39	39	1536	1010	152	43.89	152.08	4	147	64	10	2
10	Jos Buttler GT	37	36	1252	825	107	43.17	151.76	7	124	54	7	2
11	Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK	30	30	998	730	108	39.92	136.71	5	98	32	8	1
12	Ravindra Jadeja RR	39	33	758	551	77	39.89	137.57	14	62	22	3	0
13	Surya Kumar Yadav MI	38	38	1257	768	102	39.28	163.67	6	128	61	9	1
14	Shashank Singh PBKS	41	36	780	486	68	39	160.49	16	58	43	5	0
15	Nicholas Pooran LSG	39	39	1207	695	87	38.94	173.67	8	90	89	9	0
16	Tim David RCB, HH	37	31	662	374	70	38.94	177.01	14	46	48	2	0
17	Mitchell Marsh LSG, PS	28	28	1065	671	117	38.04	158.72	0	96	64	7	2
18	Ryan Rickelton MI	24	24	818	483	123	37.18	169.36	2	76	54	5	1
19	Riyan Parag RR	40	38	1173	764	95	36.66	153.53	6	83	72	6	0
20	Yashasvi Jaiswal RR	41	40	1309	829	104	36.36	157.9	4	150	58	10	1
21	Abhishek Sharma SRH	42	41	1404	694	141	36	202.31	2	125	107	8	2
22	Phil Salt RCB	31	31	1040	588	89	35.86	176.87	2	114	57	10	0
23	David Miller DC	29	28	537	371	55	35.8	144.74	13	48	22	2	0
24	N. Tilak Varma MI	41	38	1095	733	101	35.32	149.39	7	88	51	7	1
25	Venkatesh Iyer RCB	29	22	553	365	70	34.56	151.51	6	52	25	5	0
26	Travis Head SRH, AS	40	39	1302	737	102	34.26	176.66	1	152	69	9	1
27	Shivam Dube CSK	38	37	918	628	66	34	146.18	10	64	57	4	0
28	Rohit Sharma MI	36	36	1103	721	105	33.42	152.98	3	107	64	7	1
29	Rinku Singh KKR	39	31	660	439	83	33	150.34	11	58	29	2	0
30	MS Dhoni CSK	28	24	357	218	37	32.45	163.76	13	26	25	0	0
31	Cameron Green KKR	24	23	519	360	79	32.44	144.17	7	41	23	1	0
32	Prabhsimran Singh PBKS	43	42	1322	813	91	32.24	162.61	1	138	71	11	0
33	Marcus Stoinis PBKS, MS	38	33	727	444	124	31.61	163.74	10	65	42	3	1
34	Dhruv Jurel RR	40	35	842	556	81	31.19	151.44	8	70	43	7	0
35	Rishabh Pant LSG	38	37	966	670	118	31.16	144.18	6	84	50	5	1
36	Angkrish Raghuvanshi KKR	33	29	803	564	71	30.88	142.38	3	82	28	6	0
37	Ishan Kishan SRH	40	39	1094	673	106	30.39	162.56	3	110	54	6	1
38	Sameer Rizvi DC	24	18	424	293	90	30.29	144.71	4	30	26	3	0
39	Priyansh Arya PBKS	28	28	839	433	103	29.96	193.76	0	82	57	5	1
40	Sherfane Rutherford MI	21	18	414	260	71	29.57	159.23	4	27	30	1	0
41	Naman Dhir MI	35	31	704	425	62	29.33	165.65	7	66	36	3	0
42	Rajat Patidar RCB	42	38	1044	615	64	29	169.76	2	64	78	10	0
43	Aiden Markram LSG	35	35	896	643	66	28.9	139.35	4	76	37	6	0
44	Harpreet Brar PBKS	22	9	86	67	29	28.67	128.36	6	8	3	0	0
45	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	37	32	709	502	76	28.36	141.24	7	45	41	3	0
46	Ayush Badoni LSG	36	31	736	515	74	28.31	142.91	5	67	25	5	0
47	Shahbaz Ahamad LSG	22	15	282	215	59	28.2	131.16	5	12	16	1	0
48	Ashutosh Sharma DC	30	24	528	318	66	27.79	166.04	5	36	37	2	0
49	Will Jacks MI	26	24	555	354	100	27.75	156.78	4	46	35	2	1
50	Sunil Narine KKR	37	30	774	446	109	27.64	173.54	2	77	56	3	1
51	Abishek Porel DC	29	27	663	449	65	27.63	147.66	3	68	25	3	0
52	Anshul Kamboj CSK	22	9	55	44	19	27.5	125	7	4	2	0	0
53	Krunal Pandya RCB	41	25	383	285	73	27.36	134.39	11	27	18	2	0
54	Quinton De Kock MI	22	22	534	384	112	26.7	139.06	2	47	29	4	1
55	Faf du Plessis	24	24	640	434	64	26.67	147.47	0	65	29	6	0
56	Ajinkya Rahane KKR	37	35	869	638	67	26.33	136.21	2	75	40	4	0
57	Romario Shepherd RCB	25	15	210	111	53	26.25	189.19	7	16	17	1	0
58	Devdutt Padikkal RCB	29	28	652	430	61	25.08	151.63	2	62	34	5	0
59	Andre Russell KKR	28	19	389	222	64	24.31	175.23	3	36	30	2	0
60	Nitish Rana DC	22	22	484	317	91	23.05	152.68	1	59	20	4	0
61	Axar Patel DC	38	32	598	435	66	23	137.47	6	53	27	3	0
62	Rovman Powell KKR	21	13	229	163	39	22.9	140.49	3	20	13	0	0
63	Nehal Wadhera PBKS	30	27	543	394	70	22.63	137.82	3	41	31	2	0
64	Pat Cummins SRH, ST	35	21	262	170	35	21.83	154.12	9	16	18	0	0
65	Kagiso Rabada GT	27	7	64	52	23	21.33	123.08	4	3	5	0	0
66	Rahul Tewatia GT	38	31	383	258	36	21.28	148.45	13	39	15	0	0
67	Aniket Verma SRH	24	20	315	196	74	21	160.71	5	18	25	1	0
68	Hardik Pandya MI	37	33	586	395	48	20.93	148.35	5	51	27	0	0
69	Shahrukh Khan GT	31	23	349	208	58	20.53	167.79	6	23	24	2	0
70	Jitesh Sharma RCB	41	33	538	366	85	19.93	146.99	6	40	34	1	0
71	Shimron Hetmyer RR	34	29	430	302	52	19.55	142.38	7	31	21	1	0
72	Jasprit Bumrah MI	37	7	19	20	8	19	95	6	2	0	0	0
73	Avesh Khan LSG	36	11	37	23	19	18.5	160.87	9	5	1	0	0
74	Abdul Samad LSG	34	29	418	266	45	18.17	157.14	6	30	26	0	0
75	Ramandeep Singh KKR	34	22	254	165	35	18.14	153.94	8	14	18	0	0
76	Marco Jansen PBKS	29	15	144	121	34	16	119.01	6	5	8	0	0
77	Rashid Khan GT	39	20	177	128	31	14.75	138.28	8	17	6	0	0
78	Harshit Rana KKR	26	7	57	53	34	14.25	107.55	3	5	3	0	0
79	Ravichandran Ashwin	24	13	119	104	29	11.9	114.42	3	8	5	0	0
80	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	42	15	71	80	15	11.83	88.75	9	7	1	0	0
81	Tushar Deshpande RR	29	7	33	23	25	11	143.48	4	0	3	0	0
82	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	22	6	28	29	8	9.33	96.55	3	2	1	0	0
83	Jofra Archer RR	23	13	82	71	30	9.11	115.49	4	5	4	0	0
84	Shardul Thakur MI	27	10	53	48	17	8.83	110.42	4	6	1	0	0
85	Kuldeep Yadav DC	36	14	74	78	35	8.22	94.87	5	8	1	0	0
86	Trent Boult MI	37	9	24	23	12	6	104.35	5	2	1	0	0
87	Sandeep Sharma RR	26	1	6	5	6	6	120	1	0	0	0	0
88	Harshal Patel SRH	31	11	44	54	12	5.5	81.48	3	3	1	0	0
89	Mohammed Siraj GT	41	5	15	15	12	5	100	2	0	2	0	0
90	Sai Kishore GT	21	5	18	16	13	4.5	112.5	1	0	2	0	0