Indian Premier League Records

IPL Stats: Most 50+ Scores in IPL History

Player Innings 50+ Scores 50s 100s
Virat Kohli 255 70 62 8
David Warner 184 66 62 4
Shikhar Dhawan 221 53 51 2
Rohit Sharma 264 48 46 2
KL Rahul 135 45 40 5
AB de Villiers 170 43 40 3
Suresh Raina 200 40 39 1
Faf du Plessis 146 39 39 0
Chris Gayle 141 37 31 6
Gautam Gambhir 152 36 36 0

Key Insights from the Top 10 Players with Most 50+ Scores

Virat Kohli: The Leader in 50+ Scores

  • Virat Kohli sured David Warner to occupy the top spot on this list. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter has scored over 60 fifties and eight hundreds.
  • While Kohli leads the chart here, Warner has the most scores of 50 or more runs in wins. The southpaw’s 41 out of the 66 fifty-plus knocks ended up on the winning side.
  • On the contrary, Kohli has the most 50 and above scores in losses. His 29 fifty-plus scores, including three centuries, went in vain as RCB lost the games.
  • Kohli went past the 50-run mark 11 times to hundreds, again the most in an edition.

Breakdown of Other Contenders

  • Faf du Plessis has the most fifty-plus scores among the batters who haven’t scored a century yet in the league. Gautam Gambhir follows him with 36 fifties but no hundreds.
  • Warner has accrued the most fifty-plus scores against a team in the IPL. He has 13 scores of 50 or more runs against Punjab Kings
  • Warner is also the only batter with 10 or more fifty-plus knocks against two teams (10 vs RCB). Kohli is the other batter to have more than 10 fifties against a team (11 vs Delhi Capitals).
  • the t-most in the IPL.
  • Suresh Raina holds the top position with the most fifties in the playoffs. The left-hand batter scored seven half-centuries, with five of them coming in wins.