Every IPL season, we witness players using their extraordinary talents to assist their teams in winning important matches. The player who makes the biggest impact during any game in the lucrative league is named Player of the Match. These cricket players play a crucial part in their team’s ability to dominate the opposition. A player who takes the most wickets or scores the most runs does not always win the award. It occasionally depends on the circumstances surrounding the performance of the specific cricket player who led his team to victory.
The players who have received the most Player of the Match honours in the IPL will be listed in this article:
5. David Warner – 18 Times
David Warner ranks fifth on this list with 18 Player of the Match victories. In the 2016 season, he scored 848 runs and helped Sunrisers Hyderabad win the championship. Warner has scored 6565 runs overall at an average of 40.52 and a strike rate of 139.77. In the history of the competition, he also owns the record for the most fifties (62).
4. Virat Kohli – 19 Times
Since the first season in 2008, Kohli has continued to be a dominant force in the IPL. Having amassed 8509 runs, Kohli is not showing any signs of slowing down. With 19 Player of the Match victories, Kohli is tied for fourth place. While other players come and go without taking home a championship from the Bengaluru-based team, Kohli has frequently been fighting an alone battle for RCB. Kohli is ranked higher than Warner on this list because he has won 19 Player of the Match awards and one Most Valuable Player of the Season title.
3. Rohit Sharma -20 Times
Rohit Sharma is ranked top among Indian players and third overall with 20 Player of the Match accolades. With five titles won by the Mumbai Indians under his leadership, he is perhaps the most successful captain in IPL history. Rohit’s impacting innings have the potential to significantly hurt the opposition’s prospects. In the lucrative competition, the prodigious batsman has amassed 6921 runs with a strike rate of 132.00 and an average of 29.83.
2. Chris Gayle – 22 Times
Chris Gayle, often known as the “Universe Boss,” has proven himself to be the best T20 cricket player of all time with his steady performances throughout the years. If Gayle hits a lot of runs for a side in a given innings, it is rare for them to lose the game. In the league, the left-hander has won Player of the Match 22 times. With an outstanding strike rate of 148.96, he has amassed 4965 runs in the IPL. In the tournament’s history, he has already smashed a record six hundreds and thirty-one half-centuries.
1. AB de Villiers – 25 Times
The former South African batsman AB de Villiers made a name for himself as one of the best finishers in T20 cricket, much like MS Dhoni. The fashionable Proteas is the player with the most awards in league history, with 25. With an amazing strike rate of 151.68, he has scored 5162 runs in 170 innings. In November 2021, the top hitter decided to give up cricket altogether.
Most Player of the Match Awards in the IPL:
| Player | Matches | Runs | Awards |
| AB de Villiers | 184 | 5162 | 25 |
| Chris Gayle | 142 | 4965 | 22 |
| Rohit Sharma | 267 | 6868 | 20 |
| Virat Kohli | 263 | 8509 | 19 |
| David Warner | 184 | 6565 | 18 |
| MS Dhoni | 275 | 5406 | 18 |
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