IPL 2024: Most player of the match awards in IPL history

In every season of the IPL, we see players displaying incredible skills to help their teams win crucial games. In any match of the cash-rich league, the player having the most impactful performance is given the Player of the Match award.

The role of these cricketers is vital in helping their side dominate the oppositions. It is not necessary that a player scoring most runs or picking up most wickets will always get the award. Sometimes, it depends upon the situation in which the particular cricketer has performed to take his team to a win.

In this article, we will be listing out the players who have won most Player of the Match awards in the IPL:

5. MS Dhoni - 17

MS Dhoni has played the most games (250) in the IPL and has scored 5082 runs at an average of 38.79 and strike rate of 135.92. He has won 17 ‘Player of the Match’ awards in the league and is fifth in the record tally. Under his captaincy, CSK won the title in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023. He has won many matches for CSK batting deep in the innings and is considered among the greatest finishers of the T20 format. 

4. David Warner – 18

David Warner has won the Player of the Match award 18 times and is fourth-most in this list. He led Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the title in the 2016 season, where he scored 848 runs. In total, Warner has made 6397 runs at a strike rate of 139.92 and an average of 41.54. He also holds the record for scoring the most fifties (61) in the tournament history.

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3. Rohit Sharma -19 

Rohit Sharma, with 19 Player of the Match awards, is in the first position among Indian players and third overall. He is arguably the most successful captain in IPL history, with Mumbai Indians winning five titles under him. The impactful innings which Rohit plays can hamper the chances of the opposition to a great extent. The prolific batsman has accumulated 6211 runs in the cash-rich league at an average of 29.58 and strike rate of 130.05.

2. Chris Gayle – 22

The ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle has established himself as the greatest ever T20 cricketer with consistent performances over the years. It is a rarity for a team to lose the match if Gayle scores big for them in a particular innings. The left-hander has won the Player of the Match award 22 times in the league. He has 4965 runs to his name in the IPL at an impressive strike rate of 148.96. He has smashed a record six hundreds and 31 half-centuries in the tournament history so far.

1. AB de Villiers – 25

Just like MS Dhoni, the former South African batter AB de Villiers also established himself among the prime finishers in T20 cricket. The stylish Proteas has won 25 awards in league history, which is the most by any player. He has amassed 5162 runs in 170 innings with an incredible strike rate of 151.68. The star batter decided to quit all forms of cricket in November 2021.

Most Player of the Match Awards in the IPL:

*Last Updated: 30th May 2023.

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