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IPL 2026: Who will win the Orange Cap this time? Know which players have been crowned since 2008

Samira Vishwas | May 23, 2026 7:24 AM CST

IPL 2026: Who will win the Orange Cap in IPL 2026? This is a big question for the fans, because every day some player or the other is winning the Orange Cap. In such a situation, the orange cap has not been able to stay on the head of any one player for long. Many star players like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Mitchell Marsh have won the Orange Cap. But now we are going to tell you about those players who can win the Orange Cap this season.

Who can win the Orange Cap this time?

This time many players remain in the top 10 list of Orange Cap holders. The team of some of these players has been eliminated from the league stage of IPL 2026. In such a situation, that player will not be able to play any more matches and his runs will stop here. Along with this, the teams which have entered the playoffs of IPL 2026. Those players will get to play more matches. So he will be able to score more runs. In such a situation, it will be easy for him to win the Orange Cap.

In such a situation, Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Virat Kohli will be strong contenders to win the Orange Cap. Because the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad have made it to the IPL 2026 playoffs. In such a situation, these players will have a chance to play more matches. The players of the team that will make it to the finals will have additional chances.

If the Rajasthan Royals team makes it to the playoffs and reaches the finals, then India’s 15-year-old left-handed batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi will also have an important chance to win the Orange Cap. But before that let us know how many runs these batsmen have scored in how many matches in IPL 2026.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap Holders List

player	Team	match	Run	highest score	century	half century	fours	sixes
Sai Sudarshan	Gujarat Titans	14	638	100	1	7	62	29
Shubhman Gill	Gujarat Titans	13	616	86	0	6	57	30
Vaibhav Suryavanshi	Rajasthan Royals	13	579	103	1	3	50	53
Michelle Marsh	Lucknow Super Giants	13	563	111	1	3	51	36
heinrich classen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	13	555	69	0	5	44	25
Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	542	105*	1	4	57	21
KL Rahul	Delhi Capitals	13	533	152*	1	4	51	27
Abhishek Sharma	Sunrisers Hyderabad	13	507	135*	1	3	46	38
Ishaan Kishan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	13	490	91	0	5	49	26
sanju samson	Chennai Super Kings	14	477	115*	2	1	53	24

Who has won the Orange Cap how many times till now?

In the first season of the Indian Premier League, Shaun Marsh won the Player of the Match award by scoring 616 runs for Kings XI Punjab. Since then, David Warner is the only player who has won the Orange Cap title three times. Whereas Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle have won Orange Cap twice in IPL.

Players who won Orange Cap from 2008 to 2025

Year	player	Team	Run
2008	shaun marsh	Kings XI Punjab	616
2009	Matthew Hayden	Chennai Super Kings	572
2010	Sachin Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	618
2011	chris gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	608
2012	chris gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	733
2013	michael hussey	Chennai Super Kings	733
2014	Robin Uthappa	Kolkata Knight Riders	660
2015	david warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	562
2016	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	973
2017	david warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	641
2018	kane williamson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	735
2019	david warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	692
2020	KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	670
2021	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Chennai Super Kings	635
2022	jos buttler	Rajasthan Royals	863
2023	Shubhman Gill	Gujarat Titans	890
2024	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	741
2025	Sai Sudarshan	Gujarat Titans	759

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