Most Dot Balls in IPL

Most Dot Balls in IPL is a defining metric for a bowler's control, precision, and ability to build pressure on the batting side. In the T20 format, a dot ball is as valuable as a wicket in many contexts, as it halts the scoring momentum and forces batters into high-risk shots.

As of April 2026, Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads the all-time charts with 1793 dot balls, a testament to his elite swing bowling and discipline, particularly during the powerplay overs. He is followed by veteran spinner Sunil Narine (1694) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1623). This milestone highlights the "unsung heroes" of the defense who, through consistent line and length, act as the tactical anchors for their respective franchises across nearly two decades of IPL history.

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Mohammed Siraj

Dots

370

Wkts

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

RCB

Dots

345

Wkts

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Jasprit Bumrah

Dots

336

Wkts

Rank	Player	Mat	Dots	Wkts	Maiden	Runs
1	Mohammed Siraj GT	39	370	39	0	1300
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	39	345	44	2	1280
3	Jasprit Bumrah MI	32	336	40	0	862
4	Syed Khaleel Ahmed CSK	33	310	34	2	1072
5	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	38	305	47	1	1285
6	Sunil Narine KKR	33	286	38	0	900
7	Varun Chakaravarthy KKR	33	282	45	0	971
8	Trent Boult MI	34	276	39	0	1070
9	Pat Cummins SRH, ST	31	255	35	1	1043
10	Rashid Khan GT	36	238	27	0	1165
11	Vaibhav Arora KKR	29	233	37	1	994
12	Noor Ahmad CSK	32	232	39	0	952
13	Kuldeep Yadav DC	31	225	38	0	969
14	Yash Dayal RCB	29	219	28	0	929
15	Avesh Khan LSG	33	213	37	0	1186
16	Kagiso Rabada GT	24	212	28	0	882
17	Mukesh Kumar DC	29	207	34	1	1051
18	Prasidh Krishna GT	23	203	38	0	810
19	Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS	34	200	38	0	1181
20	Harshit Rana KKR	24	200	34	1	831
21	Tushar Deshpande RR	27	199	29	0	915
22	Jofra Archer RR	21	198	24	2	665
23	Ravi Bishnoi RR	33	197	30	0	1013
24	Krunal Pandya RCB	35	195	33	0	880
25	Mitchell Starc DC, SS	24	193	31	0	821
26	Ravindra Jadeja RR	34	187	24	0	798
27	Josh Hazlewood RCB, SS	18	186	30	0	575
28	Axar Patel DC	32	182	23	0	820
29	Harshal Patel SRH	30	181	40	0	1001
30	Marco Jansen PBKS	23	181	22	0	778
31	Deepak Chahar MI	25	181	17	1	665
32	Hardik Pandya MI	32	158	28	0	919
33	Sandeep Sharma RR	25	158	27	0	866
34	Anshul Kamboj CSK	19	151	24	0	523
35	Mohammad Shami LSG	18	150	13	0	587
36	Ravichandran Ashwin	23	146	16	0	750
37	Suyash Sharma RCB	23	146	13	0	693
38	T. Natarajan DC	22	145	23	1	765
39	Matheesha Pathirana KKR	18	136	26	0	593
40	Digvesh Singh Rathi LSG	19	135	17	0	654
41	Mitchell Santner MI	20	134	17	0	502
42	Mohsin Khan LSG	14	131	19	3	487
43	Shardul Thakur MI	24	126	24	0	874
44	Nandre Burger RR	13	124	15	0	381
45	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	22	121	23	0	634
46	Prince Yadav LSG	14	120	16	0	471
47	Maheesh Theekshana	16	118	13	0	554
48	Eshan Malinga SRH	15	117	27	0	493
49	Harpreet Brar PBKS	20	114	17	0	493
50	Sai Kishore GT	20	107	26	0	530
51	Mustafizur Rahman KKR	12	104	18	1	405
52	Azmatullah Omarzai PBKS	15	103	12	0	465
53	Sam Curran SS, RR	18	102	17	0	549
54	Gerald Coetzee SRH	14	102	15	0	472
55	Ishant Sharma GT	16	98	14	0	470
56	Andre Russell KKR	23	97	27	0	512
57	Rasikh Dar Salam RCB	16	97	18	1	499
58	Vyshak Vijaykumar PBKS	15	92	14	0	542
59	Cameron Green KKR	17	90	12	0	400
60	Mohit Sharma	19	88	15	0	682
61	Vipraj Nigam DC	17	87	13	0	435
62	Arshad Khan GT	14	86	9	0	374
63	Yash Thakur PBKS	12	79	12	1	481
64	Naveen ul Haq	10	72	14	0	372
65	Lockie Ferguson PBKS	11	71	14	0	359
66	Karn Sharma	14	68	14	0	382
67	Wanindu Hasaranga LSG	11	67	11	0	371
68	Kartik Tyagi KKR	8	67	9	0	311
69	Mayank Yadav LSG	7	66	9	0	241
70	Xavier Bartlett PBKS, BH	11	66	7	0	393
71	Piyush Chawla	11	65	13	0	312
72	Anrich Nortje LSG	9	64	8	0	416
73	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	19	63	10	0	397
74	Shahbaz Ahamad LSG	19	63	8	0	388
75	Glenn Maxwell MS	12	62	10	0	239
76	Rahul Chahar CSK	11	62	10	0	334
77	Nuwan Thushara RCB	8	61	9	0	283
78	Spencer Johnson BH, CSK	9	61	5	0	284
79	Lungisani Ngidi DC	8	60	11	0	287
80	Ashwani Kumar MI	9	59	17	0	293
81	Akash Madhwal CSK	9	59	9	0	371
82	Marcus Stoinis PBKS, MS	18	58	5	0	329
83	Romario Shepherd RCB	20	57	10	0	498
84	Umesh Yadav	7	56	8	0	210
85	M. Siddharth LSG	8	55	7	0	236
86	Ashok Sharma GT	6	53	6	0	228
87	Harsh Dubey SRH	9	51	13	0	240
88	Anukul Roy KKR	12	51	6	0	233
89	Simarjeet Singh	8	50	7	0	262
90	Zeeshan Ansari SRH	10	48	6	0	333