What is the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League?

The world renowned Indian Premier League features some of the most skilled batters to have graced white-ball cricket and all of them will be vying for the prestigious Orange Cap.

What is the Orange Cap in the IPL?

The Orange Cap is an award which is presented to the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League.

The tournament's leading run-scorer during the season would don the Orange Cap while fielding before the winner of the Orange Cap is awarded to the batter with the most runs at the end of the campaign.

Who has been awarded the Orange Cap?

David Warner is the only player in IPL history to have been awarded the Orange Cap on three occasions.

The Australian opener collected the accolade in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli are the only other individuals to have claimed the Orange Cap in more than one season. Gayle took the honours in successive campaigns in 2011 and 2012, while his former Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Kohli added the Orange Cap to his illustrious collection in 2016 and 2024.

Full list of Orange Cap winners

• 2008: Shaun Marsh - 616 runs (11 matches)
• 2009: Matthew Hayden - 572 runs (12 matches)
• 2010: Sachin Tendulkar - 618 runs (15 matches)
• 2011: Chris Gayle - 608 runs (12 matches)
• 2012: Chris Gayle - 733 runs (15 matches)
• 2013: Michael Hussey - 733 runs (16 matches)
• 2014: Robin Uthappa - 660 runs (16 matches)
• 2015: David Warner - 562 runs (14 matches)
• 2016: Virat Kohli - 973 runs (16 matches)
• 2017: David Warner - 641 runs (14 matches)
• 2018: Kane Williamson - 735 runs (17 matches)
• 2019: David Warner - 692 runs (12 matches)
• 2020: KL Rahul - 670 runs (14 matches)
• 2021: Ruturaj Gaikwad - 635 runs (16 matches)
• 2022: Jos Buttler - 863 runs (17 matches)
• 2023: Shubman Gill - 890 runs (17 matches)
• 2024: Virat Kohli - 741 runs (15 matches)