IPL: Complete Orange Cap Winners List
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to commence on Friday, March 31, 2023, when defending champions Gujarat Titans lock horns with four-time winners Chennai Super Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The Orange Cap is awarded to the top run-scorer in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.
IPL Orange Cap Trivia
• Shaun Marsh (616 runs in 11 matches in 2008) was the first player to win the award.
• The record for most runs in a single IPL season is held by Virat Kohli (973 runs in the 2016 edition).
• David Warner has the record of winning the Orange Cap the most number of times (3).
Rules for IPL Orange Cap
• The Orange Cap is awarded to the leading run-scorer of the IPL season.
• The batsman who holds the Orange Cap during the season is allowed to wear it while in the field during the games if he retains the top-scorer spot in the tournament.
• In an event where two or more batsmen are tied on runs, the batsman with a better strike rate is awarded the Orange Cap.
• In an event where an opposition batsman overtakes the tally of the current holder of the Orange Cap, the previous holder is allowed to wear the Cap until the end of that innings in which another batsman overtakes him
Orange Cap winners in all IPL seasons:
| Player | Runs | Year |
| Shaun Marsh | 616 | 2008 |
| Matthew Hayden | 572 | 2009 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 618 | 2010 |
| Chris Gayle | 608 | 2011 |
| Chris Gayle | 733 | 2012 |
| Michael Hussey | 733 | 2013 |
| Robin Uthappa | 660 | 2014 |
| David Warner | 562 | 2015 |
| Virat Kohli | 973 | 2016 |
| David Warner | 641 | 2017 |
| Kane Williamson | 735 | 2018 |
| David Warner | 692 | 2019 |
| KL Rahul | 670 | 2020 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 635 | 2021 |
| Jos Buttler | 863 | 2022 |
