Batting Records - IPL All Time

Most Fours By a Batsman

All Seasons

#1 - Leader

Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

790

Fours

263Inn

133SR

8100s

2986s

#2 - Second

Shikhar Dhawan

Punjab Kings

768

Fours

221Inn

127SR

2100s

1526s

#3 - Third

David Warner

Delhi Capitals

663

Fours

184Inn

139SR

4100s

2366s

Batting Insights

IPL Most Fours leaderboard

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The IPL most fours list counts boundary 4s across all IPL seasons. It highlights timing, placement and the ability to keep the scoreboard moving without relying entirely on power-hitting. This metric often favors batters who find gaps consistently and maintain pressure on fielding sides.

Top names like Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner show how elite batters build totals through ground strokes. Use runs and strike rate to compare boundary volume with scoring pace and to identify the most efficient shot-makers in the tournament.

Key insights

Virat Kohli leads with 790 4s.
Gap to #2 (Shikhar Dhawan) is 22 4s.
Top three: Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner.
Virat Kohli scored at SR 133 across 263 innings.

Top players mentioned

Virat Kohli 4s 790
Shikhar Dhawan 4s 768
David Warner 4s 663
Rohit Sharma 4s 653
Ajinkya Rahane 4s 522

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#	Player	Inn	Fours	HS	Balls	SR	4s	6s	50s	100s
4	Rohit Sharma	270	653	109	5417	132	653	310	48	2
5	Ajinkya Rahane	187	522	105	4105	125	522	130	34	2
6	Suresh Raina	200	506	100	4043	136	506	203	39	1
7	Gautam Gambhir	151	492	93	3404	123	492	59	36	0
8	RV Uthappa	197	481	88	3799	130	481	182	27	0
9	Dinesh Karthik	233	466	97	3577	135	466	161	22	0
10	K L Rahul	139	465	132	3905	136	465	213	41	5
11	SA Yadav	155	465	103	2969	148	465	171	30	2
12	Faf du Plessis	147	439	96	3515	135	439	174	39	0
13	Jos Buttler	123	429	124	2869	149	429	192	26	7
14	AB de Villiers	170	413	133	3403	151	413	251	40	3
15	Chris Gayle	141	404	175	3333	148	404	357	31	6
16	Sanju Samson	175	396	119	3458	139	396	224	26	4
17	Shubman Gill	117	388	129	2899	139	388	125	28	4
18	Shane Watson	141	376	117	2809	137	376	190	21	4
19	M S Dhoni	241	375	84	3957	137	375	264	24	0
20	Parthiv Patel	136	365	81	2358	120	365	49	13	0
21	A T Rayudu	185	359	100	3409	127	359	173	22	1
22	Manish Pandey	160	340	114	3244	121	340	115	22	1
23	Virender Sehwag	104	334	122	1755	155	334	106	16	2
24	Rishabh Pant	127	332	128	2486	147	332	171	20	2
25	Quinton de Kock	115	325	140	2469	134	325	134	24	2
26	Shreyas Iyer	134	323	97	2871	134	323	162	29	0
27	Ishan Kishan	117	310	106	2290	140	310	146	19	1
28	Wriddhiman Saha	143	296	115	2300	127	296	87	13	1
29	Sachin Tendulkar	78	295	100	1948	119	295	29	13	1
30	Brendon McCullum	109	293	158	2186	131	293	130	13	2
31	Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal	71	277	124	1534	153	277	102	17	2
32	Mayank Agarwal	125	273	106	2064	133	273	100	13	1
33	Rahul Dravid	82	268	75	1882	115	268	28	11	0
34	Shaun Marsh	69	266	115	1866	132	266	78	20	1
35	Nitish Rana	115	264	87	2112	136	264	142	20	0
36	Yusuf Pathan	153	262	100	2241	142	262	158	13	1
37	Jacques Kallis	95	255	89	2222	109	255	44	17	0
38	Ravindra Jadeja	197	247	77	2566	130	247	117	5	0
39	Murali Vijay	105	247	127	2149	121	247	91	13	2
40	Dwayne Smith	88	245	87	1764	135	245	117	17	0
41	Adam Gilchrist	80	239	109	1495	138	239	92	11	2
42	Prithvi Shaw	79	238	99	1283	147	238	61	14	0
43	Glenn Maxwell	134	237	95	1817	155	237	161	18	0
44	R D Gaikwad	74	235	108	1874	136	235	96	20	2
45	R A Tripathi	98	229	93	1662	137	229	85	12	0
46	David Miller	136	228	101	2272	138	228	142	13	1
47	Steven Smith	93	225	101	1940	128	225	60	11	1
48	Hardik Pandya	143	218	91	1910	147	218	149	10	0
49	KA Pollard	168	218	87	2316	147	218	223	16	0
50	Yuvraj Singh	126	217	83	2120	129	217	149	13	0
51	Aaron Finch	90	214	88	1631	128	214	78	15	0
52	Devdutt Padikkal	77	205	101	1492	129	205	62	13	1
53	Mahela Jayawardene	78	200	110	1462	123	200	39	10	1
54	B Sai Sudharsan	44	199	108	1305	146	199	55	13	2
55	Michael Hussey	58	198	116	1612	122	198	52	15	1
56	Kumar Sangakkara	68	195	94	1392	121	195	27	10	0
57	Sunil Narine	119	189	109	1073	167	189	118	7	1
58	Andre Russell	114	186	88	1522	174	186	223	12	0
59	Kane Williamson	76	185	89	1694	125	185	64	18	0
60	Karun Nair	76	185	89	1286	131	185	49	11	0
61	Abhishek Sharma	79	183	141	1174	165	183	114	10	1
62	Mandeep Singh	97	176	77	1388	122	176	38	6	0
63	Jonny Bairstow	52	173	114	1146	146	173	74	9	2
64	Marcus Stoinis	101	160	124	1405	144	160	106	9	1
65	Nicholas Pooran	90	158	87	1405	166	158	170	14	0
66	Manoj Tiwary	83	156	75	1449	116	156	40	7	0
67	Subramaniam Badrinath	65	154	71	1212	118	154	28	11	0
68	K H Pandya	115	153	86	1332	131	153	65	2	0
69	Prabhsimran Singh	55	152	103	970	153	152	80	9	1
70	Travis Head	42	143	102	753	168	143	59	8	1
71	Tillakaratne Dilshan	50	140	76	1007	114	140	24	9	0
72	Venkatesh Iyer	57	137	104	1084	138	137	67	12	1
73	Sourav Ganguly	56	137	91	1263	106	137	42	7	0
74	Philip Salt	38	133	89	675	176	133	64	11	0
75	Chris Lynn	42	132	93	945	140	132	66	10	0
76	Axar Patel	126	130	66	1436	133	130	94	3	0
77	Jean-Paul Duminy	75	126	78	1636	124	126	79	14	0
78	Aiden Markram	59	125	68	1137	136	125	62	10	0
79	Bradley Hodge	63	122	73	1118	125	122	43	6	0
80	Matthew Hayden	32	121	93	805	137	121	44	8	0
81	Naman Ojha	94	121	94	1313	118	121	79	6	0
82	Dwayne Bravo	110	120	70	1204	129	120	66	5	0
83	Tilak Varma	55	119	84	1067	143	119	74	8	0
84	Shivam Dube	79	117	95	1348	144	117	126	10	0
85	Devon Conway	28	116	92	773	139	116	34	11	0
86	Riyan Parag	77	114	95	1140	141	114	91	7	0
87	Eoin Morgan	74	112	68	1146	122	112	64	5	0
88	Saurabh Tiwary	73	111	61	1244	120	111	50	8	0
89	Heinrich Klaasen	50	111	105	1029	165	111	97	9	2
90	Mitchell Marsh	53	110	117	959	142	110	80	9	1
91	Lendl Simmons	29	109	100	852	126	109	44	11	1
92	Manan Vohra	51	104	95	829	130	104	43	3	0
93	K M Jadhav	81	102	69	981	123	102	40	4	0
94	Deepak Jagbir Hooda	101	98	64	1172	127	98	62	8	0
95	Moeen Ali	59	95	93	835	139	95	67	6	0
96	Rinku Singh	54	95	67	810	144	95	57	4	0
97	Graeme Smith	29	94	91	668	110	94	9	4	0
98	Shimron Hetmeyer	81	94	75	992	151	94	95	5	0
99	MS Bisla	39	93	92	702	113	93	23	4	0
100	R K Tewatia	80	93	53	836	137	93	55	1	0

FAQs

Who leads most fours in IPL history?

Virat Kohli leads the IPL most fours list with 790 4s.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most fours 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.