IPL Orange Cap 2026 Winner and Orange Cap Holders by Season
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals won the IPL 2026 Orange Cap with 776 runs, a season after Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan took it with 759.
ORANGE CAP 2026776Vaibhav Sooryavanshi · Rajasthan Royals
IPL Orange Cap 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 776 runs
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi finished the 2026 IPL with 776 runs for Rajasthan Royals, in the official BCCI/CricViz competition statistics collected for this build. That made him the Orange Cap winner. The season account in the source dossier also names him the most valuable player, emerging player and leader for most sixes: several award categories converged on one player, but they remain separate achievements.
Rajasthan's league position tells a different story from the individual award. RR finished fourth on 16 points. That placed them in the Eliminator rather than Qualifier 1, leaving no second chance if they lost their first playoff match. Their route is important context: being the tournament's leading scorer did not mean being part of its champion side.
On 27 May, Rajasthan made 243/8 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator and won by 47 runs. The dossier identifies Sooryavanshi as player of the match. RR then lost Qualifier 2 to Gujarat Titans by seven wickets. Their season ended one match short of the final.
The award total and those playoff outcomes answer different reader questions. “Who scored most?” is an individual season statistic. “Who qualified?” follows league points and tie-breaks. “Who won?” follows the knockout bracket. Keep all three in view before using an Orange Cap as a summary of a team's campaign.
What is the Orange Cap?
The Orange Cap recognises the highest run-scorer of an IPL season. Its bowling counterpart is the Purple Cap, awarded for the most wickets. The cap is about the season's run total, not a player's career total and not a vote for the most important innings.
That makes it different from the most valuable player award. A batter can lead the runs and also be MVP, as the dossier records for Sooryavanshi in 2026. Another season can produce different winners because the awards answer different questions.
Do not confuse a final award with a mid-season leader. A live leaderboard changes as innings are played; the completed season total is the historical result. This page describes completed seasons. It does not claim that the cap currently belongs to the batter who last appeared in a match or in an old news headline.
The award follows the total.
Top 10 run-scorers of IPL 2026
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Strike rate | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | RR | 16 | 776 | 237.31 | 103 |
| Shubman Gill | GT | 16 | 732 | 163.03 | 104 |
| Sai Sudharsan | GT | 17 | 721 | 157.77 | 100 |
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 16 | 675 | 165.85 | 105* |
| Heinrich Klaasen | SRH | 15 | 624 | 160.00 | 69 |
| Ishan Kishan | SRH | 15 | 602 | 182.42 | 91 |
| KL Rahul | DC | 14 | 593 | 174.41 | 152* |
| Abhishek Sharma | SRH | 15 | 563 | 204.73 | 135* |
| Mitch Marsh | LSG | 13 | 563 | 163.19 | 111 |
| Jos Buttler | GT | 17 | 526 | 152.46 | 60 |
Sooryavanshi finished 44 runs ahead of Shubman Gill's 732. Sai Sudharsan followed on 721, giving Gujarat two of the leading three scorers. Virat Kohli made 675 for the champions, while Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan both passed 600 for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The equal 563-run totals for Abhishek Sharma and Mitch Marsh illustrate why a chart should preserve the actual values rather than suggest a gap where none exists. Their strike rates differ, but those rates answer a different question from total runs. The table follows the retrieved source ordering.
Matches are not the same as batting innings, and a highest score marked with an asterisk means not out. These are final competition aggregates including playoffs, unlike league NRR. The dated snapshot is the basis for this comparison; it is not a claim that the statistics update continuously.
Orange Cap holders by season, 2008–2026
| Season | Player | Team | runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | RR | 776 |
| 2025 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 759 |
| 2024 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 741 |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | GT | 890 |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | RR | 863 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 635 |
| 2020 | KL Rahul | KXIP | 670 |
| 2019 | David Warner | SRH | 692 |
| 2018 | Kane Williamson | SRH | 735 |
| 2017 | David Warner | SRH | 641 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 973 |
| 2015 | David Warner | SRH | 562 |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa | KKR | 660 |
| 2013 | Mike Hussey | CSK | 733 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 733 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 608 |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | MI | 618 |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden | CSK | 572 |
| 2008 | Shaun Marsh | KXIP | 616 |
This archive uses the leading season total from each of the 19 completed competition feeds. The statistics establish the season leader; they are not a separate award-presentation record. Names and franchise abbreviations are retained from the source, so a subsequent transfer does not move an earlier achievement to a different team.
The source labels the 2010 competition as 2009/10 and the 2020 competition as 2020/21. Here they are mapped to the actual year in which the tournament began. This keeps the archive aligned with the season tables and prevents a cross-year source label from creating a missing or duplicate season.
When totals are tied, the source-derived display orders runs by strike rate and wickets by economy. That presentation is not a claim that this page has independently verified every historical award tie-break. A final league position remains a separate team record, available in the season archive.
Difference between these winning totals only — not a ranking of all IPL seasons.
2025: Sai Sudharsan, 759 runs for Gujarat Titans
Sai Sudharsan won the 2025 Orange Cap with 759 runs. Gujarat Titans also supplied that season's Purple Cap winner, Prasidh Krishna, with 25 wickets. The two caps therefore went to team-mates, while the team finished third in the league on 18 points.
Those awards should not be read as proof that GT won the tournament: an individual lead and a team championship follow different measures. The final league position also does not itself decide the title, because the playoff bracket comes afterwards.
Sooryavanshi's 2026 total was 17 runs higher than Sudharsan's 2025 total. That is a direct comparison of two figures, not an assertion about strike rate, innings efficiency or an all-time season record. Those further comparisons would need additional verified columns.
Most runs in IPL history
A career leaderboard adds runs across seasons. An Orange Cap list starts the count again for each new tournament. A player can win a season award without leading the career chart, while a long career can create a large total without winning the cap every year.
Career comparisons need a clear cut-off date and a consistent competition scope. They should include a player's IPL appearances across franchises without turning a change of team into a new person. A current total can also change after each innings, so copying an undated historical number into a 2026 page would be misleading.
The career totals below were independently summed by stable player identity across official competition statistics for 2008–2026, including playoffs. This is a calculation from those dated season feeds, not a separately published official career table. Franchise abbreviations identify all teams represented in the retrieved records.
| Player | Teams | Seasons | runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 2008–2026 | 9336 |
| Rohit Sharma | DCH, MI | 2008–2026 | 7329 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | DC, DCH, DD, MI, PBKS, SRH | 2008–2024 | 6768 |
| David Warner | DC, DD, SRH | 2009–2024 | 6565 |
| KL Rahul | DC, KXIP, LSG, PBKS, RCB, SRH | 2013–2026 | 5815 |
| Suresh Raina | CSK, GL | 2008–2021 | 5527 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | CSK, RPS | 2008–2025 | 5439 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | CSK, DC, KKR, MI, RPS, RR | 2008–2026 | 5367 |
| Sanju Samson | CSK, DD, RR | 2013–2026 | 5181 |
| AB de Villiers | DD, RCB | 2008–2021 | 5162 |
Read the records guide for the matching team and innings records, with the calculation boundary and collection date retained beside each table.
Orange Cap and MVP: same player or not?
In 2026 the dossier records the same player for both: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. In 2025 it records different winners: Sai Sudharsan for the Orange Cap and Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav for most valuable player.
These examples show why the labels should stay separate in tables, captions and search answers. “Most runs” describes an accumulated batting statistic. “MVP” identifies a different award. Neither phrase should be substituted for the other simply because one season happened to unite them.
The same caution applies to the emerging player and most-sixes awards attached to Sooryavanshi's 2026 campaign. They add context, but they do not create extra runs or change Rajasthan's league points.
Read the number with its scope
The supported headline is 776 runs for Sooryavanshi in 2026, after Sudharsan's 759 in 2025. Rajasthan reached Qualifier 2; Gujarat supplied both cap winners the year before. Those are season facts from the source dossier. The official 2026 top ten, nineteen season leaders and calculated career totals are included with their source and cut-off date. Use the linked league and playoff pages to connect the individual award to each team's actual finish.
FAQ
QUICK ANSWERSWho won the Orange Cap in IPL 2026?
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals, with 776 runs. He was also named the season's most valuable player and emerging player and hit the most sixes, according to the Wikipedia article on the 2026 season.
Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2025?
Sai Sudharsan of Gujarat Titans, with 759 runs. The 2025 most valuable player was a different player — Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians.
What is the Orange Cap in the IPL?
It is the award for the highest run-scorer of an IPL season. Its bowling counterpart is the Purple Cap for the most wickets, which went to Kagiso Rabada with 29 in 2026.
Did the Orange Cap winner's team win IPL 2026?
No. Rajasthan Royals finished fourth in the league with 16 points, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the Eliminator, then lost Qualifier 2 to Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the title.
Have both caps ever gone to one team in a season?
Yes, in 2025: Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan won the Orange Cap with 759 runs and team-mate Prasidh Krishna the Purple Cap with 25 wickets.
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