Most Fifties in IPL History

Rank Player M Inns Runs NO BF S/R AVG 100 50 4s 6s
1
Virat Kohli (RCB)
267 259 8661 219 6519 132.86 27.67 8 63 771 291
2
David Warner (DC,SRH)
184 184 6565 162 4697 139.77 32.02 4 62 663 236
3
Shikhar Dhawan (DC,DEC,MI,PBKS,SRH)
222 221 6769 193 5324 127.14 26.97 2 51 768 152
4
Rohit Sharma (DEC,MI)
272 267 7046 237 5334 132.10 22.95 2 47 640 302
5
AB de Villiers (DC,RCB)
184 170 5162 130 3403 151.69 21.87 3 40 413 251
6
KL Rahul (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB,SRH)
145 137 5229 113 3842 136.10 29.21 5 40 453 208
7
Suresh Raina (CSK,GL)
205 200 5528 170 4043 136.73 23.13 1 39 506 203
8
Faf du Plessis (CSK,DC,RCB,RPS)
154 147 4773 136 3515 135.79 27.91 0 39 439 174
9
Gautam Gambhir (DC,KKR)
154 153 4217 137 3404 123.88 24.66 0 36 492 59
10
Ajinkya Rahane (CSK,DC,KKR,MI,RPS,RR)
198 184 5032 165 4026 124.99 21.97 2 33 514 123
11
Chris Gayle (KKR,PBKS,RCB)
142 141 4965 125 3333 148.96 31.62 6 31 405 357
12 166 151 4311 123 2900 148.66 20.63 2 29 454 168
13
Robin Uthappa (CSK,KKR,MI,PWI,RCB,RR)
205 197 4952 180 3799 130.35 21.62 0 27 481 182
14
Shreyas Iyer (DC,KKR,PBKS)
133 132 3731 109 2798 133.35 23.92 0 27 314 152
15
Sanju Samson (DC,RR)
177 172 4704 153 3383 139.05 23.40 3 26 379 219
16
Shubman Gill (GT,KKR)
118 115 3866 98 2787 138.72 28.01 4 26 372 119
17
MS Dhoni (CSK,RPS)
278 242 5439 142 3957 137.45 13.20 0 24 375 264
18
Quinton De Kock (DC,KKR,LSG,MI,RCB,SRH)
115 115 3309 108 2462 134.40 27.12 2 24 325 134
19
Jos Buttler (GT,MI,RR)
121 119 4120 103 2758 149.38 29.64 7 24 407 185
20
Dinesh Karthik (DC,GL,KKR,MI,PBKS,RCB)
257 234 4842 184 3577 135.36 14.72 0 22 466 161
21
Manish Pandey (DC,KKR,LSG,MI,PWI,RCB,SRH)
174 162 3942 134 3244 121.52 18.51 1 22 340 115
22
Ambati Rayudu (CSK,MI)
204 187 4348 154 3409 127.54 17.19 1 22 359 173
23
Shane Watson (CSK,RCB,RR)
145 141 3874 125 2809 137.91 23.62 4 21 376 190
24
Shaun Marsh (PBKS)
71 69 2477 62 1866 132.74 30.96 1 20 266 78
25
Nitish Rana (KKR,MI,RR)
118 112 2853 103 2086 136.77 21.13 0 20 261 141
26 71 70 2502 62 1820 137.47 31.67 2 20 231 95
27
Rishabh Pant (DC,LSG)
125 123 3553 104 2407 147.61 24.34 2 19 319 170
28
Glenn Maxwell (DC,MI,PBKS,RCB)
141 135 2819 118 1817 155.15 17.19 0 18 237 161
29
Kane Williamson (GT,SRH)
79 77 2128 60 1694 125.62 21.71 0 18 186 64
30
Jacques Kallis (KKR,RCB)
98 96 2427 85 2222 109.23 21.86 0 17 256 44
31
Dwayne Smith (CSK,DEC,GL,MI)
91 89 2385 84 1764 135.20 24.34 0 17 245 117
32
Ishan Kishan (GL,MI,SRH)
119 112 2998 103 2178 137.65 22.21 1 17 288 134
33
Virender Sehwag (DC,PBKS)
104 104 2728 99 1755 155.44 25.03 2 16 334 106
34 189 171 3412 119 2316 147.32 13.17 0 16 218 223
35
Michael Hussey (CSK,MI)
59 58 1977 51 1612 122.64 29.51 1 15 198 52
36
Aaron Finch (DC,GL,KKR,MI,PBKS,PWI,RCB,RR,SRH)
92 90 2091 84 1631 128.20 20.91 0 15 214 78
37 67 67 2166 64 1417 152.86 30.51 2 15 258 92
38
Jean Paul Duminy (DC,DEC,MI)
83 77 2029 51 1636 124.02 17.64 0 14 126 79
39
Nicholas Pooran (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
90 87 2293 67 1357 168.98 20.47 0 14 158 167
40 79 79 1892 79 1283 147.47 23.95 0 14 238 61
41
Brendon McCullum (CSK,GL,KKR,KOCHI,RCB)
109 109 2880 104 2186 131.75 25.26 2 13 293 130
42
Wriddhiman Saha (CSK,GT,KKR,PBKS,SRH)
170 145 2934 121 2300 127.57 13.46 1 13 296 87
43
Yusuf Pathan (KKR,RR,SRH)
174 154 3204 110 2241 142.97 13.46 1 13 262 158
44
Yuvraj Singh (DC,MI,PBKS,PWI,RCB,SRH)
132 126 2750 111 2120 129.72 18.09 0 13 217 149
45
Parthiv Patel (CSK,DEC,KOCHI,MI,RCB,SRH)
139 137 2848 126 2358 120.78 18.74 0 13 366 49
46 78 78 2334 69 1948 119.82 26.83 1 13 295 29
47
Murali Vijay (CSK,DC,PBKS)
106 106 2619 101 2149 121.87 23.59 2 13 248 91
48
Mayank Agarwal (DC,PBKS,RCB,RPS,SRH)
131 125 2756 120 2064 133.53 19.55 1 13 273 100
49
David Miller (GT,LSG,PBKS,RR)
141 135 3077 86 2220 138.60 15.70 1 13 220 138
50
Andre Russell (DC,KKR)
140 115 2651 94 1522 174.18 14.33 0 12 186 223
51
Rahul Tripathi (CSK,KKR,RPS,RR,SRH)
100 98 2291 88 1662 137.85 20.46 0 12 229 85
52 62 56 1468 49 1069 137.32 19.84 1 12 136 65
53 40 40 1793 36 1229 145.89 40.75 2 12 183 52
54
Rahul Dravid (RCB,RR)
89 82 2174 77 1882 115.52 21.52 0 11 270 28
55
S Badrinath (CSK)
95 67 1441 47 1212 118.89 10.15 0 11 154 28
56
Adam Gilchrist (DEC,PBKS)
80 80 2069 76 1495 138.39 24.63 2 11 239 92
57
Steven Smith (DC,PWI,RPS,RR)
103 93 2485 72 1940 128.09 18.68 1 11 225 60
58
Karun Nair (DC,PBKS,RCB,RR)
84 76 1694 71 1286 131.73 17.29 0 11 186 49
59 29 29 1079 27 852 126.64 34.81 1 11 109 44
60
Devdutt Padikkal (LSG,RCB,RR)
74 74 1806 71 1430 126.29 23.45 1 11 190 56
61
Devon Conway (CSK)
29 28 1080 25 773 139.72 33.75 0 11 116 34
62
Kumar Sangakkara (DEC,PBKS,SRH)
71 68 1687 65 1392 121.19 21.91 0 10 196 27
63
Mahela Jayawardene (DC,KOCHI,PBKS)
80 78 1802 63 1462 123.26 18.58 1 10 201 39
64
Chris Lynn (DEC,KKR,MI)
42 42 1329 39 945 140.63 29.53 0 10 132 66
65
Hardik Pandya (GT,MI)
152 140 2749 97 1871 146.93 13.28 0 10 207 148
66
Shivam Dube (CSK,RCB,RR)
79 75 1859 61 1294 143.66 19.36 0 10 108 122
67
Aiden Markram (LSG,PBKS,SRH)
57 55 1440 46 1066 135.08 21.18 0 10 111 57
68
Phil Salt (DC,KKR,RCB)
34 34 1056 31 601 175.71 28.54 0 10 122 56
69 52 50 1153 43 1007 114.50 19.22 0 9 140 24
70
Mitchell Marsh (DC,DEC,LSG,PWI,RPS,SRH)
55 49 1292 47 904 142.92 20.84 1 9 104 75
71
Marcus Stoinis (DC,LSG,PBKS,RCB)
109 99 2026 72 1400 144.71 13.97 1 9 158 106
72
Abhishek Sharma (DC,SRH)
77 74 1816 67 1114 163.02 20.87 1 9 174 101
73
Jonny Bairstow (MI,PBKS,SRH)
52 52 1674 48 1146 146.07 29.89 2 9 173 74
74 42 38 1111 36 720 154.31 23.15 1 9 76 68
75 32 32 1107 30 805 137.52 32.56 0 8 121 44
76
Saurabh Tiwary (DC,MI,RCB,RPS)
93 74 1494 52 1244 120.10 11.23 0 8 111 50
77
Deepak Hooda (CSK,LSG,PBKS,RR,SRH)
125 101 1496 85 1172 127.65 9.12 0 8 98 62
78
Travis Head (RCB,SRH)
38 37 1146 33 674 170.03 26.65 1 8 126 55
79 54 51 1499 40 1038 144.41 22.04 0 8 113 74
80
Sourav Ganguly (KKR,PWI)
59 56 1349 53 1263 106.81 21.08 0 7 138 42
81
Manoj Tiwary (DC,KKR,PBKS,RPS)
98 85 1695 59 1449 116.98 12.37 0 7 159 40
82
Sunil Narine (KKR)
189 122 1780 101 1069 166.51 6.45 1 7 189 116
83
Vijay Shankar (CSK,DC,GT,SRH)
78 65 1233 47 950 129.79 11.31 0 7 88 48
84
Heinrich Klaasen (RCB,RR,SRH)
49 45 1480 37 872 169.72 24.26 2 7 98 89
85
Liam Livingstone (PBKS,RCB,RR)
49 47 1051 40 662 158.76 18.12 0 7 70 75
86 84 73 1570 61 1106 141.95 14.54 0 7 112 87
87 51 51 1305 51 859 151.92 25.59 1 7 134 71
88
Cameron White (DEC,RCB,SRH)
47 45 954 36 755 126.36 16.45 0 6 76 36
89
Brad Hodge (KKR,KOCHI,RR)
66 63 1400 42 1118 125.22 15.56 0 6 122 43
90
Herschelle Gibbs (DEC,MI)
36 36 886 32 807 109.79 22.15 0 6 83 31
91
Naman Ojha (DC,RR,SRH)
113 94 1554 75 1313 118.35 10.36 0 6 121 79
92
Mandeep Singh (DC,KKR,PBKS,RCB)
111 98 1706 82 1388 122.91 12.27 0 6 176 38
93
Moeen Ali (CSK,KKR,RCB)
73 59 1167 53 835 139.76 12.68 0 6 95 67
94
Sam Curran (CSK,PBKS)
64 53 997 40 731 136.39 11.33 0 6 85 41
95
Ayush Badoni (LSG)
56 46 963 36 695 138.56 12.84 0 6 73 38
96
David Hussey (CSK,KKR,PBKS)
64 61 1322 49 1075 122.98 16.73 0 5 90 60
97
Ravindra Jadeja (CSK,GL,KOCHI,RR)
254 198 3260 117 2503 130.24 8.38 0 5 240 117
98
Dwayne Bravo (CSK,GL,MI)
161 113 1560 69 1204 129.57 6.19 0 5 120 66
99
Andrew Symonds (DEC,MI)
39 36 974 27 750 129.87 19.10 1 5 74 41
100
Moises Henriques (DC,KKR,PBKS,RCB,SRH)
62 54 1000 36 788 126.90 11.36 0 5 87 28

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings

Most Fifties in IPL: Players with Highest Number of 50+ Scores in IPL History

Virat Kohli (RCB) smashed 63 fifties and 8 hundreds at an average of 27.67. He hit 291 sixes and 771 fours, achieving the record for the most fifties in IPL history. David Warner (DC,SRH) posted 62 half-centuries along with 4 hundreds. His batting average stands at 32.02. He struck 236 sixes and 663 fours. Shikhar Dhawan delivered 51 fifties and 2 hundreds, maintaining an average of 26.97. He compiled 152 sixes and 768 fours during his IPL career. Rohit Sharma (DEC,MI) registered 47 fifties and 2 centuries with an average of 22.95. He smashed 302 sixes and 640 fours. All these elite batters have performed consistently and secured their place among the top players with the most fifties in IPL history.

Most fifties in IPL (2008-25)

The half century in the T20 format is not about personal milestones but more about how players contribute to the team's overall score, whether it’s setting a big total or chasing one down. Players' fifties can be crucial for the team and bring the team closer to winning the IPL trophy.

Players like Virat Kohli , Faf Du Plessis and David Warner play a major role in contributing the high score and accelerating the innings during a chase. Faf Du Plessis hit most fifties in IPL 2023 and the record of most fastest fifties in IPL held by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Players who have multiple fifties have shown their ability to adapt and maintain consistency under pressure. Now let’s explore the players who have scored the most fifties in IPL history.

Players with Most fifties in IPL history

Virat Kohli hit the most fifties in the IPL history and has taken the ownership of the record. Virat Kohli smashed 63 fifties across the IPL season

David Warner is holding the second position in the list and hit 62 fifties in the IPL season. He is one of the consistent players in the IPL seasons with his explosive batting style and picked up multiple orange caps.

Shikhar Dhawan stands on the third in the most fifties in IPL list and smashed 51 fifties in the season. Rohit Sharma scored 47 fifties and AB de Villiers found 40 fifties across IPL seasons.

Players with Most fifties in single IPL season

Virat Kohli has made the record of most fifties in a single IPl season in 2016. In the IPL 2016, he hit 11 half centuries and delivered a phenomenal performance. He also claimed the orange cap and also scored the highest runs in the single season (973 Runs). 

Chris Gayle hit 8 half centuries in 2012 and David Warner followed the list with 9 half centuries in IPL 2019. 

Players who scored most fifties in consecutive IPL seasons

Virender Sehwag, Jos Buttler, David Warner and KL Rahul scored the 5 consecutive fifties in the IPL season. Virender Sehwag delivering that compassionate performance at the end of his career is a commendable job. David Warner is a living legend in the IPL and KL Rahul consistently scores runs.

Top Players with Consecutive Fifties

  • Virender Sehwag: 5 consecutive fifties in 2012.
  • Jos Buttler: 5 consecutive fifties in 2018.
  • David Warner: 5 consecutive fifties in 2019.
  • KL Rahul: 5 consecutive fifties in 2020.

Most Fifties in IPL (FAQs)