Most Matches Played in IPL

Most Matches Played in IPL is the ultimate testament to a player’s longevity, physical fitness, and sustained impact in the world's most competitive T20 league, a record currently held by the legendary MS Dhoni.

As of April 2026, Dhoni leads the all-time list with over 278 appearances, having been a constant force since the inaugural season in 2008. He is followed closely by fellow stalwarts Rohit Sharma (276) and Virat Kohli (271). This metric represents more than just a career tally; it reflects the "evergreen" status of these icons who have remained the tactical and emotional backbones of their respective franchises for nearly two decades. With these legends still taking the field in the current 2026 season, every match continues to push the boundaries of this historic milestone.

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Virat Kohli

RCB

Matches

Runs

2073

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Shreyas Iyer

PBKS

Matches

Runs

1453

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Yashasvi Jaiswal

Matches

Runs

1421

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Virat Kohli RCB	46	46	2073	1340	113	57.58	154.7	10	201	82	18	2
2	Shreyas Iyer PBKS	46	44	1453	879	101	48.43	165.3	14	116	83	13	1
3	Yashasvi Jaiswal RR	46	45	1421	909	104	34.66	156.33	4	166	62	10	1
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	46	15	71	80	15	11.83	88.75	9	7	1	0	0
5	Mohammed Siraj GT	46	6	20	28	12	5	71.43	2	1	2	0	0
6	Heinrich Klaasen SRH	45	43	1590	952	105	44.17	167.02	7	109	94	11	1
7	Abhishek Sharma SRH	45	44	1486	739	141	35.38	201.08	2	132	113	9	2
8	Prabhsimran Singh PBKS	45	44	1393	857	91	32.4	162.54	1	145	73	12	0
9	Rajat Patidar RCB	45	41	1208	700	93	31.79	172.57	3	76	89	12	0
10	Dhruv Jurel RR	45	40	1043	687	81	33.65	151.82	9	87	53	10	0
11	Jitesh Sharma RCB	45	35	564	385	85	20.89	146.49	8	42	35	1	0
12	Krunal Pandya RCB	45	28	468	346	73	29.25	135.26	12	37	20	2	0
13	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	45	4	7	10	4	3.5	70	2	1	0	0	0
14	Sai Sudharsan GT	44	44	2008	1316	108	48.98	152.58	3	211	67	16	3
15	Riyan Parag RR	44	42	1275	816	95	35.42	156.25	6	91	81	7	0
16	Rashid Khan GT	44	22	192	140	31	13.71	137.14	8	17	8	0	0
17	Shubman Gill GT	43	43	1808	1155	104	45.2	156.54	3	173	72	14	2
18	Travis Head SRH, AS	43	42	1351	767	102	32.95	176.14	1	160	70	9	1
19	Ishan Kishan SRH	43	42	1276	777	106	32.72	164.22	3	128	63	8	1
20	N. Tilak Varma MI	43	40	1118	772	101	33.88	144.82	7	88	52	7	1
21	Shashank Singh PBKS	43	37	836	513	68	39.81	162.96	16	62	47	6	0
22	Rahul Tewatia GT	43	36	477	320	68	21.68	149.06	14	50	20	1	0
23	Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Jos Buttler GT	42	41	1423	930	107	44.47	153.01	9	139	62	9	2
25	Nicholas Pooran LSG	42	42	1257	730	87	38.09	172.19	9	91	95	9	0
26	Tristan Stubbs DC	42	39	953	613	71	45.38	155.46	18	67	46	5	0
27	Ravindra Jadeja RR	42	36	834	606	77	43.89	137.62	17	71	23	3	0
28	Rinku Singh KKR	42	33	669	445	83	31.86	150.34	12	60	29	2	0
29	KL Rahul DC	41	41	1652	1082	152	44.65	152.68	4	153	71	12	2
30	Rishabh Pant LSG	41	39	1027	715	118	31.12	143.64	6	89	52	5	1
31	Shivam Dube CSK	41	40	1023	684	66	35.28	149.56	11	74	64	4	0
32	Tim David RCB, HH	41	35	733	415	70	36.65	176.63	15	52	52	2	0
33	Surya Kumar Yadav MI	40	40	1332	816	102	39.18	163.24	6	133	66	10	1
34	Ajinkya Rahane KKR	40	38	967	708	67	26.86	136.58	2	84	45	5	0
35	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	40	35	787	541	76	29.15	145.47	8	50	46	3	0
36	Sunil Narine KKR	40	30	774	446	109	27.64	173.54	2	77	56	3	1
37	Marcus Stoinis PBKS, MS	40	34	764	469	124	31.83	162.9	10	70	42	3	1
38	Axar Patel DC	40	34	671	478	66	24.85	140.38	7	58	31	3	0
39	Sanju Samson CSK	39	38	1293	837	115	43.1	154.48	8	128	61	7	2
40	Hardik Pandya MI	39	35	646	437	48	21.53	147.83	5	56	30	0	0
41	Varun Chakaravarthy KKR	39	3	6	7	5	3	85.71	1	1	0	0	0
42	Rohit Sharma MI	38	38	1118	738	105	31.94	151.49	3	107	66	7	1
43	Ayush Badoni LSG	38	33	779	534	74	27.82	145.88	5	72	28	5	0
44	Pat Cummins SRH, ST	38	22	263	172	35	20.23	152.91	9	16	18	0	0
45	Noor Ahmad CSK	38	14	23	49	8	2.56	46.94	5	1	1	0	0
46	Jasprit Bumrah MI	38	7	19	20	8	19	95	6	2	0	0	0
47	Naman Dhir MI	37	33	710	433	62	27.31	163.97	7	67	36	3	0
48	Abdul Samad LSG	37	32	462	289	45	19.25	159.86	8	33	30	0	0
49	Kuldeep Yadav DC	37	14	74	78	35	8.22	94.87	5	8	1	0	0
50	Trent Boult MI	37	9	24	23	12	6	104.35	5	2	1	0	0
51	Aiden Markram LSG	36	35	896	643	66	28.9	139.35	4	76	37	6	0
52	Avesh Khan LSG	36	11	37	23	19	18.5	160.87	9	5	1	0	0
53	Angkrish Raghuvanshi KKR	35	30	885	608	82	34.04	145.56	4	86	35	7	0
54	Shimron Hetmyer RR	34	29	430	302	52	19.55	142.38	7	31	21	1	0
55	Ramandeep Singh KKR	34	22	254	165	35	18.14	153.94	8	14	18	0	0
56	Ravi Bishnoi RR	34	8	17	25	13	2.43	68	1	0	2	0	0
57	Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK	33	33	1042	767	108	37.21	135.85	5	101	34	8	1
58	Devdutt Padikkal RCB	33	32	749	492	61	24.97	152.24	2	73	38	5	0
59	Venkatesh Iyer RCB	33	26	721	447	73	37.95	161.3	7	71	36	6	0
60	Vaibhav Arora KKR	33	6	2	12	1	1	16.67	4	0	0	0	0
61	Syed Khaleel Ahmed CSK	33	2	1	2	1	1	50	2	0	0	0	0
62	Ashutosh Sharma DC	32	26	564	334	66	29.68	168.86	7	39	40	2	0
63	Kagiso Rabada GT	32	9	76	60	23	19	126.67	5	5	5	0	0
64	Harshal Patel SRH	32	11	44	54	12	5.5	81.48	3	3	1	0	0
65	Mukesh Kumar DC	32	2	3	9	3	3	33.33	1	0	0	0	0
66	Phil Salt RCB	31	31	1040	588	89	35.86	176.87	2	114	57	10	0
67	Abishek Porel DC	31	29	736	498	65	28.31	147.79	3	79	26	4	0
68	David Miller DC	31	30	574	396	55	33.76	144.95	13	48	26	2	0
69	Shahrukh Khan GT	31	23	349	208	58	20.53	167.79	6	23	24	2	0
70	Mitchell Starc DC, SS	31	13	15	23	6	3	65.22	8	1	0	0	0
71	Mitchell Marsh LSG, PS	30	30	1251	766	117	41.7	163.32	0	116	76	9	2
72	Priyansh Arya PBKS	30	30	839	437	103	27.97	191.99	0	82	57	5	1
73	Nehal Wadhera PBKS	30	27	543	394	70	22.63	137.82	3	41	31	2	0
74	Marco Jansen PBKS	30	15	144	121	34	16	119.01	6	5	8	0	0
75	Deepak Chahar MI	30	8	62	44	28	20.67	140.91	5	6	3	0	0
76	Tushar Deshpande RR	30	7	33	23	25	11	143.48	4	0	3	0	0
77	Romario Shepherd RCB	29	15	210	111	53	26.25	189.19	7	16	17	1	0
78	Yash Dayal RCB	29	3	4	8	3	2	50	1	0	0	0	0
79	Will Jacks MI	28	26	602	379	100	27.36	158.84	4	50	38	2	1
80	Andre Russell KKR	28	19	389	222	64	24.31	175.23	3	36	30	2	0
81	MS Dhoni CSK	28	24	357	218	37	32.45	163.76	13	26	25	0	0
82	Jofra Archer RR	28	17	127	97	32	10.58	130.93	5	7	8	0	0
83	Shardul Thakur MI	28	11	63	59	17	10.5	106.78	5	7	1	0	0
84	Suyash Sharma RCB	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	Cameron Green KKR	27	26	577	399	79	32.06	144.61	8	44	27	2	0
86	Prasidh Krishna GT	27	1	6	7	6	6	85.71	1	1	0	0	0
87	Sandeep Sharma RR	27	1	6	5	6	6	120	1	0	0	0	0
88	Ryan Rickelton MI	26	26	836	497	123	34.83	168.21	2	78	55	5	1
89	Harshit Rana KKR	26	7	57	53	34	14.25	107.55	3	5	3	0	0
90	T. Natarajan DC	26	1	1	2	1	1	50	1	0	0	0	0