Most Fifties in IPL History

Rank Player M Inns Runs NO BF S/R AVG 100 50 4s 6s
1
Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (RCB)
282 274 9261 231 6884 134.53 40.09 9 67 835 313
2
David Warner David Warner (DC,SRH)
184 184 6565 162 4697 139.77 40.52 4 62 663 236
3
Shikhar Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan (DC,DEC,MI,PBKS,SRH)
222 221 6769 193 5324 127.14 35.07 2 51 768 152
4
Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma (DEC,MI)
281 276 7329 246 5514 132.92 29.79 2 49 661 323
5
KL Rahul KL Rahul (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB,SRH)
159 151 5822 126 4182 139.22 46.21 6 45 509 239
6
AB de Villiers AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)
184 170 5162 130 3403 151.69 39.71 3 40 413 251
7
Suresh Raina Suresh Raina (CSK,GL)
205 200 5528 170 4043 136.73 32.52 1 39 506 203
8
Faf du Plessis Faf du Plessis (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)
154 147 4773 136 3515 135.79 35.10 0 39 439 174
9
Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (DC,KKR)
154 153 4217 137 3404 123.88 30.78 0 36 492 59
10
Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Rahane (CSK,DC,KKR,MI,RPS,RR)
212 198 5367 178 4274 125.57 30.15 2 35 539 141
11
Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer (DC,KKR,PBKS)
147 145 4229 118 3093 136.73 35.84 1 32 353 182
12
Shubman Gill Shubman Gill (GT,KKR)
133 130 4588 113 3228 142.13 40.60 5 32 444 152
13
Chris Gayle Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)
142 141 4965 125 3333 148.96 39.72 6 31 405 357
14 179 164 4581 136 3083 148.59 33.68 2 31 482 178
15
Jos Buttler Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)
137 135 4627 116 3080 150.23 39.89 7 28 457 211
16
Robin Uthappa Robin Uthappa (CSK,KKR,MI,PWI,RCB,RR)
205 197 4952 180 3799 130.35 27.51 0 27 481 182
17
Sanju Samson Sanju Samson (CSK,DC,RR)
191 186 5181 164 3671 141.13 31.59 5 27 432 243
18
MS Dhoni MS Dhoni (CSK,RPS)
278 242 5439 142 3957 137.45 38.30 0 24 375 264
19
Quinton De Kock Quinton De Kock (DC,KKR,LSG,MI,RCB,SRH)
118 118 3441 110 2543 135.31 31.28 3 24 334 143
20
Ishan Kishan Ishan Kishan (GL,MI,SRH)
134 127 3600 118 2508 143.54 30.51 1 23 348 166
21
Dinesh Karthik Dinesh Karthik (DC,GL,KKR,MI,PBKS,RCB)
257 234 4842 184 3577 135.36 26.32 0 22 466 161
22
Manish Pandey Manish Pandey (DC,KKR,LSG,MI,PWI,RCB,SRH)
180 164 4012 136 3293 121.83 29.50 1 22 348 117
23
Ambati Rayudu Ambati Rayudu (CSK,MI)
204 187 4348 154 3409 127.54 28.23 1 22 359 173
24
Nitish Rana Nitish Rana (DC,KKR,MI,RR)
127 121 3078 112 2235 137.72 27.48 0 22 288 151
25 85 84 2839 74 2093 135.64 38.36 2 22 260 107
26
Shane Watson Shane Watson (CSK,RCB,RR)
145 141 3874 125 2809 137.91 30.99 4 21 376 190
27
Shaun Marsh Shaun Marsh (PBKS)
71 69 2477 62 1866 132.74 39.95 1 20 266 78
28
Rishabh Pant Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)
139 137 3866 115 2634 146.77 33.62 2 20 349 181
29 56 56 2503 51 1674 149.52 49.08 3 20 256 82
30
Glenn Maxwell Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)
141 135 2819 118 1817 155.15 23.89 0 18 237 161
31
Kane Williamson Kane Williamson (GT,SRH)
79 77 2128 60 1694 125.62 35.47 0 18 186 64
32 83 83 2593 78 1697 152.80 33.24 2 18 310 110
33
Jacques Kallis Jacques Kallis (KKR,RCB)
98 96 2427 85 2222 109.23 28.55 0 17 256 44
34
Dwayne Smith Dwayne Smith (CSK,DEC,GL,MI)
91 89 2385 84 1764 135.20 28.39 0 17 245 117
35
Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)
104 104 2728 99 1755 155.44 27.56 2 16 334 106
36 189 171 3412 119 2316 147.32 28.67 0 16 218 223
37
Michael Hussey Michael Hussey (CSK,MI)
59 58 1977 51 1612 122.64 38.76 1 15 198 52
38
Aaron Finch Aaron Finch (DC,GL,KKR,MI,PBKS,PWI,RCB,RR,SRH)
92 90 2091 84 1631 128.20 24.89 0 15 214 78
39
Nicholas Pooran Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
104 102 2527 81 1541 163.98 31.20 0 15 169 186
40
Jean Paul Duminy Jean Paul Duminy (DC,DEC,MI)
83 77 2029 51 1636 124.02 39.78 0 14 126 79
41
David Miller David Miller (DC,GT,LSG,PBKS,RR)
152 145 3288 92 2357 139.50 35.74 1 14 235 152
42 79 79 1892 79 1283 147.47 23.95 0 14 238 61
43
Devdutt Padikkal Devdutt Padikkal (LSG,RCB,RR)
89 88 2269 84 1701 133.39 27.01 1 14 239 80
44 56 51 1597 47 967 165.15 33.98 1 14 105 109
45
Brendon McCullum Brendon McCullum (CSK,GL,KKR,KOCHI,RCB)
109 109 2880 104 2186 131.75 27.69 2 13 293 130
46
Wriddhiman Saha Wriddhiman Saha (CSK,GT,KKR,PBKS,SRH)
170 145 2934 121 2300 127.57 24.25 1 13 296 87
47
Yusuf Pathan Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)
174 154 3204 110 2241 142.97 29.13 1 13 262 158
48
Yuvraj Singh Yuvraj Singh (DC,MI,PBKS,PWI,RCB,SRH)
132 126 2750 111 2120 129.72 24.77 0 13 217 149
49
Parthiv Patel Parthiv Patel (CSK,DEC,KOCHI,MI,RCB,SRH)
139 137 2848 126 2358 120.78 22.60 0 13 366 49
50 78 78 2334 69 1948 119.82 33.83 1 13 295 29
51
Murali Vijay Murali Vijay (CSK,DC,PBKS)
106 106 2619 101 2149 121.87 25.93 2 13 248 91
52
Mayank Agarwal Mayank Agarwal (DC,PBKS,RCB,RPS,SRH)
131 125 2756 120 2064 133.53 22.97 1 13 273 100
53
Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)
92 89 2379 81 1389 171.27 29.37 2 13 224 144
54
Heinrich Klaasen Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)
64 60 2104 50 1262 166.72 42.08 2 13 146 120
55 65 64 1815 63 1161 156.33 28.81 1 13 189 94
56
Venkatesh Iyer Venkatesh Iyer (KKR,RCB)
68 61 1645 52 1165 141.20 31.63 1 13 153 76
57
Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)
68 62 1855 60 1249 148.52 30.92 2 12 155 111
58
Andre Russell Andre Russell (DC,KKR)
140 115 2651 94 1522 174.18 28.20 0 12 186 223
59
Rahul Tripathi Rahul Tripathi (CSK,KKR,RPS,RR,SRH)
100 98 2291 88 1662 137.85 26.03 0 12 229 85
60
Phil Salt Phil Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)
40 40 1258 37 721 174.48 34.00 0 12 138 67
61
Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid (RCB,RR)
89 82 2174 77 1882 115.52 28.23 0 11 270 28
62
S Badrinath S Badrinath (CSK)
95 67 1441 47 1212 118.89 30.66 0 11 154 28
63
Adam Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist (DEC,PBKS)
80 80 2069 76 1495 138.39 27.22 2 11 239 92
64
Steven Smith Steven Smith (DC,PWI,RPS,RR)
103 93 2485 72 1940 128.09 34.51 1 11 225 60
65
Karun Nair Karun Nair (DC,PBKS,RCB,RR)
86 78 1712 73 1304 131.29 23.45 0 11 189 49
66 29 29 1079 27 852 126.64 39.96 1 11 109 44
67
Devon Conway Devon Conway (CSK)
29 28 1080 25 773 139.72 43.20 0 11 116 34
68
Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara (DEC,PBKS,SRH)
71 68 1687 65 1392 121.19 25.95 0 10 196 27
69
Mahela Jayawardene Mahela Jayawardene (DC,KOCHI,PBKS)
80 78 1802 63 1462 123.26 28.60 1 10 201 39
70
Chris Lynn Chris Lynn (DEC,KKR,MI)
42 42 1329 39 945 140.63 34.08 0 10 132 66
71
Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)
162 150 2955 106 2020 146.29 27.88 0 10 228 155
72
Marcus Stoinis Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)
122 108 2242 78 1520 147.50 28.74 1 10 181 117
73
Travis Head Travis Head (RCB,SRH)
53 52 1556 48 915 170.05 32.42 1 10 172 78
74
Shivam Dube Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)
92 87 2129 68 1464 145.42 31.31 0 10 132 137
75
Aiden Markram Aiden Markram (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
69 67 1671 56 1234 135.41 29.84 0 10 131 68
76 68 65 1858 52 1284 144.70 35.73 1 10 143 91
77 58 51 1195 38 775 154.19 31.45 0 10 98 62
78 52 50 1153 43 1007 114.50 26.81 0 9 140 24
79
Jonny Bairstow Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)
52 52 1674 48 1146 146.07 34.88 2 9 173 74
80 98 87 1879 74 1302 144.32 25.39 0 9 136 108
81 32 32 1107 30 805 137.52 36.90 0 8 121 44
82
Saurabh Tiwary Saurabh Tiwary (DC,MI,RCB,RPS)
93 74 1494 52 1244 120.10 28.73 0 8 111 50
83
Deepak Hooda Deepak Hooda (CSK,LSG,PBKS,RR,SRH)
125 101 1496 85 1172 127.65 17.60 0 8 98 62
84
Sourav Ganguly Sourav Ganguly (KKR,PWI)
59 56 1349 53 1263 106.81 25.45 0 7 138 42
85
Manoj Tiwary Manoj Tiwary (DC,KKR,PBKS,RPS)
98 85 1695 59 1449 116.98 28.73 0 7 159 40
86
Sunil Narine Sunil Narine (KKR)
202 126 1820 104 1101 165.30 17.50 1 7 191 120
87
Vijay Shankar Vijay Shankar (CSK,DC,GT,SRH)
78 65 1233 47 950 129.79 26.23 0 7 88 48
88
Liam Livingstone Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR,SRH)
51 49 1066 42 687 155.17 25.38 0 7 70 76
89
Ayush Badoni Ayush Badoni (LSG)
66 56 1178 46 836 140.91 25.61 0 7 96 47
90 35 30 885 26 608 145.56 34.04 0 7 86 35
91
Cameron White Cameron White (DEC,RCB,SRH)
47 45 954 36 755 126.36 26.50 0 6 76 36
92
Brad Hodge Brad Hodge (KKR,KOCHI,RR)
66 63 1400 42 1118 125.22 33.33 0 6 122 43
93
Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Gibbs (DEC,MI)
36 36 886 32 807 109.79 27.69 0 6 83 31
94
Naman Ojha Naman Ojha (DC,RR,SRH)
113 94 1554 75 1313 118.35 20.72 0 6 121 79
95
Mandeep Singh Mandeep Singh (DC,KKR,PBKS,RCB)
111 98 1706 82 1388 122.91 20.80 0 6 176 38
96
Rinku Singh Rinku Singh (KKR)
73 63 1398 41 956 146.23 34.10 0 6 115 67
97
Shashank Singh Shashank Singh (PBKS,SRH)
53 42 905 25 560 161.61 36.20 0 6 67 51
98
Moeen Ali Moeen Ali (CSK,KKR,RCB)
73 59 1167 53 835 139.76 22.02 0 6 95 67
99
Sam Curran Sam Curran (CSK,PBKS)
64 53 997 40 731 136.39 24.93 0 6 85 41
100 23 23 1028 23 449 228.95 44.70 2 6 81 96

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings

Most Fifties in IPL: Players with Highest Number of 50+ Scores in IPL History

Virat Kohli (RCB) smashed 67 fifties and 9 hundreds at an average of 40.09. He hit 313 sixes and 835 fours, achieving the record for the most fifties in IPL history. David Warner (DC,SRH) posted 62 half-centuries along with 4 hundreds. His batting average stands at 40.52. He struck 236 sixes and 663 fours. Shikhar Dhawan delivered 51 fifties and 2 hundreds, maintaining an average of 35.07. He compiled 152 sixes and 768 fours during his IPL career. Rohit Sharma (DEC,MI) registered 49 fifties and 2 centuries with an average of 29.79. He smashed 323 sixes and 661 fours. All these elite batters have performed consistently and secured their place among the top players with the most fifties in IPL history.

Most fifties in IPL (2008-25)

The half century in the T20 format is not about personal milestones but more about how players contribute to the team's overall score, whether it’s setting a big total or chasing one down. Players' fifties can be crucial for the team and bring the team closer to winning the IPL trophy.

Players like Virat Kohli , Faf Du Plessis and David Warner play a major role in contributing the high score and accelerating the innings during a chase. Faf Du Plessis hit most fifties in IPL 2023 and the record of most fastest fifties in IPL held by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Players who have multiple fifties have shown their ability to adapt and maintain consistency under pressure. Now let’s explore the players who have scored the most fifties in IPL history.

Players with Most fifties in IPL history

Virat Kohli hit the most fifties in the IPL history and has taken the ownership of the record. Virat Kohli smashed 63 fifties across the IPL season

David Warner is holding the second position in the list and hit 62 fifties in the IPL season. He is one of the consistent players in the IPL seasons with his explosive batting style and picked up multiple orange caps.

Shikhar Dhawan stands on the third in the most fifties in IPL list and smashed 51 fifties in the season. Rohit Sharma scored 47 fifties and AB de Villiers found 40 fifties across IPL seasons.

Players with Most fifties in single IPL season

Virat Kohli has made the record of most fifties in a single IPl season in 2016. In the IPL 2016, he hit 11 half centuries and delivered a phenomenal performance. He also claimed the orange cap and also scored the highest runs in the single season (973 Runs). 

Chris Gayle hit 8 half centuries in 2012 and David Warner followed the list with 9 half centuries in IPL 2019. 

Players who scored most fifties in consecutive IPL seasons

Virender Sehwag, Jos Buttler, David Warner and KL Rahul scored the 5 consecutive fifties in the IPL season. Virender Sehwag delivering that compassionate performance at the end of his career is a commendable job. David Warner is a living legend in the IPL and KL Rahul consistently scores runs.

Top Players with Consecutive Fifties

  • Virender Sehwag: 5 consecutive fifties in 2012.
  • Jos Buttler: 5 consecutive fifties in 2018.
  • David Warner: 5 consecutive fifties in 2019.
  • KL Rahul: 5 consecutive fifties in 2020.

Most Fifties in IPL (FAQs)