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Most Centuries By a Batsman

All Seasons
#1 - Leader

Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

8

Centuries

263Inn
133SR
8100s
2986s
#2 - Second

Jos Buttler

Gujarat Titans

7

Centuries

123Inn
149SR
7100s
1926s
#3 - Third

Chris Gayle

Punjab Kings

6

Centuries

141Inn
148SR
6100s
3576s

Batting Insights

IPL Most Centuries leaderboard

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The IPL most centuries list ranks batters by 100+ scores across all IPL seasons. It is the best lens on conversion and big-innings dominance because hundreds demand both consistency and the ability to go deep in an innings. This metric often reflects match-winning batting and the capacity to bat through pressure moments.

Players such as Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Chris Gayle show who consistently turns starts into statements. Runs, strike rate and boundary counts reveal the tempo behind each century, whether built on power or accumulation. Use this table to see which batters are true ceiling-raisers in the IPL.

Key insights

  • Virat Kohli leads with 8 100s.
  • Gap to #2 (Jos Buttler) is 1 100s.
  • Top three: Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Chris Gayle.
  • Virat Kohli scored at SR 133 across 263 innings.

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# Player Inn Centuries HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 K L Rahul 139 5 132 3905 136 465 213 41 5
5 Shubman Gill 117 4 129 2899 139 388 125 28 4
6 Shane Watson 141 4 117 2809 137 376 190 21 4
7 David Warner 184 4 126 4697 139 663 236 62 4
8 Sanju Samson 175 4 119 3458 139 396 224 26 4
9 AB de Villiers 170 3 133 3403 151 413 251 40 3
10 Rishabh Pant 127 2 128 2486 147 332 171 20 2
11 Jonny Bairstow 52 2 114 1146 146 173 74 9 2
12 Quinton de Kock 115 2 140 2469 134 325 134 24 2
13 Murali Vijay 105 2 127 2149 121 247 91 13 2
14 Virender Sehwag 104 2 122 1755 155 334 106 16 2
15 R D Gaikwad 74 2 108 1874 136 235 96 20 2
16 Rohit Sharma 270 2 109 5417 132 653 310 48 2
17 Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal 71 2 124 1534 153 277 102 17 2
18 Adam Gilchrist 80 2 109 1495 138 239 92 11 2
19 Ajinkya Rahane 187 2 105 4105 125 522 130 34 2
20 SA Yadav 155 2 103 2969 148 465 171 30 2
21 B Sai Sudharsan 44 2 108 1305 146 199 55 13 2
22 Heinrich Klaasen 50 2 105 1029 165 111 97 9 2
23 Brendon McCullum 109 2 158 2186 131 293 130 13 2
24 Shikhar Dhawan 221 2 106 5324 127 768 152 51 2
25 Ben Stokes 43 2 107 698 133 81 32 2 2
26 Hashim Amla 16 2 104 407 141 60 21 3 2
27 Yusuf Pathan 153 1 100 2241 142 262 158 13 1
28 Mayank Agarwal 125 1 106 2064 133 273 100 13 1
29 Michael Hussey 58 1 116 1612 122 198 52 15 1
30 Wriddhiman Saha 143 1 115 2300 127 296 87 13 1
31 V Suryavanshi 12 1 101 198 228 36 42 3 1
32 Travis Head 42 1 102 753 168 143 59 8 1
33 Suresh Raina 200 1 100 4043 136 506 203 39 1
34 Mitchell Marsh 53 1 117 959 142 110 80 9 1
35 Kevin Pietersen 36 1 103 743 134 91 40 4 1
36 Steven Smith 93 1 101 1940 128 225 60 11 1
37 PC Valthaty 23 1 120 418 120 60 20 2 1
38 Devdutt Padikkal 77 1 101 1492 129 205 62 13 1
39 Priyansh Arya 21 1 103 338 191 68 41 4 1
40 Abhishek Sharma 79 1 141 1174 165 183 114 10 1
41 Sanath Jayasuriya 30 1 114 532 144 84 39 4 1
42 Cameron Green 32 1 100 498 153 67 34 2 1
43 Marcus Stoinis 101 1 124 1405 144 160 106 9 1
44 David Miller 136 1 101 2272 138 228 142 13 1
45 Sachin Tendulkar 78 1 100 1948 119 295 29 13 1
46 Mahela Jayawardene 78 1 110 1462 123 200 39 10 1
47 Rajat Patidar 42 1 112 811 161 87 86 11 1
48 Andrew Symonds 36 1 117 750 129 74 41 5 1
49 HC Brook 11 1 100 154 123 23 4 0 1
50 Venkatesh Iyer 57 1 104 1084 138 137 67 12 1
51 Sunil Narine 119 1 109 1073 167 189 118 7 1
52 Will Jacks 19 1 100 303 152 38 29 2 1
53 Prabhsimran Singh 55 1 103 970 153 152 80 9 1
54 Manish Pandey 160 1 114 3244 121 340 115 22 1
55 Lendl Simmons 29 1 100 852 126 109 44 11 1
56 Ishan Kishan 117 1 106 2290 140 310 146 19 1
57 A T Rayudu 185 1 100 3409 127 359 173 22 1
58 Shaun Marsh 69 1 115 1866 132 266 78 20 1

FAQs

Who leads most centuries in IPL history?

Virat Kohli leads the IPL most centuries list with 8 100s.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most centuries 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.