Top 10 Highest Individual Scores in IPL History

1. Chris Gayle 175*

Chris Gayle holds the record for most runs scored by a batsman in IPL history with 175 not out in just 66 balls. The left-handed batsman for the West Indies is thought to be the best in T20 cricket history. In the 2013 Indian Premier League, Gayle set a record while playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Sahara Pune Warriors at Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. His batting run was driven by 13 fours and 17 sixes.

2. Brendon McCullum 158*

On the first night of the 2008 Indian Premier League, Brendon McCullum was all over the place. He helped the Kolkata Knight Riders overcome the Royal Challengers Bangalore by scoring a record 158 runs off just 73 balls. With 10 fours and 13 sixes in his batting run throughout the game, he became the second-highest scorer in IPL history. As KKR trounced RCB by a record 140 runs, he was named Player of the Match.

3. Quinton de Kock 140*

Quinton de Kock scored an incredible 140* off 70 balls in the Lucknow Super Giants vs. Kolkata Knight Riders 2022 IPL match. With KL Rahul, who hit an undefeated 68 off 51 deliveries, he had an unbeaten partnership of 210 runs. Throughout his innings, the South African left-hander hit ten fours and as many sixes, helping LSG to win the innings without losing a single wicket.

4. AB de Villiers 133*

AB de Villiers scored a historic 133 runs off of 59 balls during the 2015 Indian Premier League match between the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Along with Virat Kohli, who struck 82 runs off 50 balls, they shared a 215-run partnership. The squad won the game by 39 runs thanks to the skillful batters who finished his inning with 19 fours and 4 sixes.

5. Lokesh Rahul 132*

In the UAE for the 2020 Indian Premier League, KL Rahul, the captain of Punjab, crushed the Bangalore squad for 132 runs in one innings. In the lucrative league, this is the greatest individual score achieved by an Indian player. Rahul scored 69 runs without conceding a wicket with 14 fours and 7 sixes. Punjab won by 97 runs after scoring 206/3 in the first innings and bowling out the opposition for a just 109 runs.

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6. AB de Villiers 129*

With the aid of his 10 fours and 12 sixes, ABD scored an incredible 129 runs for 52 balls against the Gujarat Lions in 2016, moving him up to the sixth-highest position in IPL history. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers combined for more than 200 runs, which helped the Royals score 248 runs overall. With this enormous total, the Lions had little chance of victory and lost by 144 runs.

7. Shubman Gill 129

In the second qualifier of the IPL 2023 playoffs, Shubman Gill struck for 129 runs against the Mumbai Indians, which not only helped the Gujarat Titans advance to the finals but also cemented his place as the team’s Orange Cap winner. With his first fifty coming off of just 32 balls and his second coming off of just 19 balls, Gill was unstoppable, particularly in the second half of his innings. With seven fours and ten sixes in his batting stint, he finished eighth in IPL history in terms of scoring.

8. Chris Gayle 128*

Chris Gayle gave RCB the victory they sorely needed against the Delhi Daredevils in the 2012 Indian Premier League to secure a postseason berth. Together, Gayle and Kohli helped the team collect 215 runs. With seven fours and thirteen sixes before the end of the innings, his prolific batting run continued, resulting in 128 runs off 62 deliveries and putting him eighth in the IPL scoring standings.

9. Rishabh Pant 128*

After Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated the Delhi Daredevils in 2018, Rishabh Pant—the ninth-highest scorer in IPL history—had the most spectacular knock of the game. Shikhar Dhawan may have been named Player of the Match. In just 63 balls, Pant amassed 128 runs on a Feroz Shah Kotla pitch that was often sluggish. Like a lone warrior, he faced the Sunrisers bowling team, but he was unable to ensure victory.

10. Murali Vijay 127

Murali Vijay’s iconic 127 knockoff 56 deliveries for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals in the 2010 Indian Premier League comes in last on this list. He was the first player to take the field and he hit eight fours and eleven sixes to help lead CSK to a winning score of 246/5. It remains the highest IPL score for a CSK player and the tenth-highest score for the whole IPL.