The Orange Cap of IPL has always been a matter of prestige for batters who perform consistently throughout the tournament to wear the honour. The orange cap keeps rotating throughout the season till a winner is decided at the IPL Final. The winner is decided by the batsmen’s scores at the conclusion of the tournament, which includes the league matches and the playoffs.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi enjoyed a dream IPL 2026 season, winning the Orange Cap with 776 runs in 16 innings. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener became the youngest player to finish as the tournament's leading run-scorer. Despite competition from Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, Sooryavanshi held on to the top spot and ended the season with a strike rate of 237.30, one century, and five half-centuries.

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IPL 2026 Orange Cap List - Most Runs

Player Team Matches Inns Runs Highest Score Average Strike Rate 100s 50s 4s 6s
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi RR 16 16 776 103 48.5 237.3 1 5 63 72
Shubman Gill GT 16 16 732 104 45.75 163.02 1 6 74 33
Sai Sudharsan GT 17 17 722 100 45.12 157.98 1 8 75 30
Virat Kohli RCB 16 16 656 105* 54.66 166.07 1 5 71 24
Heinrich Klaasen SRH 15 15 624 69 48 160 0 6 48 31
Ishan Kishan SRH 15 15 602 91 40.13 182.42 0 6 60 32
KL Rahul DC 14 14 593 152* 45.61 174.41 1 5 56 31
Abhishek Sharma SRH 15 15 563 135* 40.21 204.72 1 4 50 43
Mitchell Marsh LSG 13 13 563 111 43.3 163.18 1 3 51 36
Jos Buttler GT 17 17 526 60 37.57 152.46 0 4 51 26