Batting Records - IPL Season 2016

Most Runs — Top 100

All Seasons 2016

#1 - Leader

Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

973

Runs

16Inn

152SR

4100s

386s

#2 - Second

David Warner

Sunrisers Hyderabad

848

Runs

17Inn

151SR

0100s

316s

#3 - Third

AB de Villiers

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

687

Runs

16Inn

168SR

1100s

376s

Batting Insights - IPL 2016

IPL 2016 Most Runs leaderboard

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The IPL 2016 most runs list ranks batters by total runs in IPL 2016. It is a volume metric that rewards longevity, consistency, and the ability to score across different phases of the tournament. Because it aggregates every innings, it helps separate one-season spikes from sustained dominance. For analysts, it is the quickest way to identify who has carried top-order workloads and who has remained a reliable run source.

Leaders like Virat Kohli, David Warner and AB de Villiers combine big totals with high-impact innings, and this table also shows innings, strike rate and boundary counts to add pace context. Compare these numbers across seasons to track Orange Cap races, peak years, and shifts in scoring environments. It is especially useful for evaluating anchors versus power hitters.

Key insights

Virat Kohli leads with 973 Runs.
Gap to #2 (David Warner) is 125 Runs.
Top three: Virat Kohli, David Warner and AB de Villiers.
Virat Kohli scored at SR 152 across 16 innings.

Top players mentioned

Virat Kohli Runs 973
David Warner Runs 848
AB de Villiers Runs 687
Gautam Gambhir Runs 501
Shikhar Dhawan Runs 501

Related IPL pages

#	Player	Inn	Runs	SR	4s	6s	100s
4	Gautam Gambhir	15	501	121	54	6	0
5	Shikhar Dhawan	17	501	116	51	8	0
6	Rohit Sharma	14	489	132	49	16	0
7	Ajinkya Rahane	14	480	126	54	9	0
8	Murali Vijay	14	453	124	50	10	0
9	Quinton de Kock	13	445	136	52	13	1
10	Suresh Raina	15	399	127	39	10	0
11	K L Rahul	12	397	146	37	16	0
12	RV Uthappa	15	394	136	45	8	0
13	Aaron Finch	12	393	131	45	11	0
14	Yusuf Pathan	13	361	145	33	13	0
15	Karun Nair	12	357	120	40	6	0
16	Brendon McCullum	16	354	135	38	16	0
17	Dinesh Karthik	15	335	125	38	3	0
18	A T Rayudu	12	334	120	28	12	0
19	Dwayne Smith	12	324	146	35	16	0
20	Sanju Samson	14	291	112	20	8	0
21	M S Dhoni	12	284	135	18	14	0
22	Wriddhiman Saha	12	270	127	29	1	0
23	Steven Smith	7	270	153	27	8	1
24	Jos Buttler	14	255	138	23	11	0
25	Manish Pandey	11	248	135	17	9	0
26	K H Pandya	8	237	191	22	13	0
27	Yuvraj Singh	10	236	131	22	13	0
28	Chris Gayle	10	227	151	17	21	0
29	KA Pollard	12	207	143	11	16	0
30	Faf du Plessis	6	206	127	17	9	0
31	Rishabh Pant	10	198	130	19	6	0
32	Chris Morris	7	195	178	15	12	0
33	Ravindra Jadeja	15	191	107	14	4	0
34	Jean-Paul Duminy	8	191	122	13	3	0
35	Andre Russell	8	188	164	10	15	0
36	Moises Henriques	15	182	115	15	6	0
37	SA Yadav	11	182	127	18	5	0
38	Glenn Maxwell	10	179	144	14	8	0
39	Shane Watson	15	179	133	14	12	0
40	Parthiv Patel	10	177	116	23	4	0
41	Saurabh Tiwary	7	170	120	17	4	0
42	David Miller	13	161	122	11	4	0
43	Manan Vohra	7	161	122	19	3	0
44	Shaun Marsh	6	159	118	13	4	0
45	Hashim Amla	6	157	131	20	4	0
46	Thisara Perera	10	150	161	7	11	0
47	Marcus Stoinis	5	146	135	13	4	0
48	Deepak Jagbir Hooda	15	144	119	9	5	0
49	Naman Ojha	13	136	98	7	5	0
50	Usman Khawaja	6	127	127	14	3	0
51	Kane Williamson	6	124	101	14	0	0
52	Eoin Morgan	6	123	117	8	4	0
53	Sachin Baby	6	119	150	9	5	0
54	Shakib Al Hasan	7	114	107	7	5	0
55	Gurkeerat Singh	6	113	131	11	3	0
56	Axar Patel	10	111	144	4	8	0
57	Nitish Rana	3	104	138	7	8	0
58	Dwayne Bravo	12	99	120	11	1	0
59	Harbhajan Singh	7	92	109	11	2	0
60	Sam Billings	4	88	137	4	4	0
61	George Bailey	5	84	85	9	2	0
62	Carlos Brathwaite	6	83	218	6	8	0
63	James Faulkner	5	77	130	7	0	0
64	Kevin Pietersen	4	73	119	4	3	0
65	S N Khan	4	66	212	7	4	0
66	Ben Cutting	4	65	191	4	6	0
67	Stuart Binny	5	63	161	5	4	0
68	Pawan Negi	6	57	96	2	3	0
69	Martin Guptill	3	57	103	3	3	0
70	Travis Head	3	54	135	3	2	0
71	Bipul Sharma	4	51	204	1	5	0
72	A Ashish Reddy	3	47	162	2	4	0
73	Hardik Pandya	9	44	69	4	0	0
74	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	8	43	159	6	1	0
75	K M Jadhav	3	42	131	2	2	0
76	Ishan Kishan	5	42	102	5	0	0
77	Ravi Ashwin	6	41	107	3	1	0
78	IQBAL ABDULLA	2	37	137	4	1	0
79	Karan Sharma	3	36	120	3	1	0
80	Rajat Bhatia	5	34	170	1	2	0
81	Mitchell McClenaghan	4	34	147	2	3	0
82	Mohit Sharma	5	32	123	3	1	0
83	Tim Southee	4	30	157	1	2	0
84	Colin Munro	3	30	100	3	0	0
85	Shreyas Iyer	6	30	69	2	1	0
86	Mayank Agarwal	3	27	108	3	1	0
87	Dhawal Kulkarni	5	27	168	3	0	0
88	Piyush Chawla	3	27	103	4	0	0
89	Chris Lynn	2	25	113	0	1	0
90	Praveen Kumar	6	24	92	3	0	0
91	Eklavya Dwivedi	2	24	171	2	2	0
92	R Sathish	3	24	100	1	1	0
93	N S Naik	2	23	74	1	0	0
94	Jason Holder	4	22	115	2	1	0
95	Aksh Deep Nath	3	20	74	1	0	0
96	P Sahu	2	19	146	1	1	0
97	Albie Morkel	1	16	177	0	2	0
98	F Behardien	3	14	107	2	0	0
99	R R Dhawan	2	14	233	0	1	0
100	Vinay Kumar R	2	13	108	0	1	0

FAQs

Who leads most runs in IPL 2016?

Virat Kohli leads IPL 2016 with 973 Runs.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most runs totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each IPL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.