List of Indian Premier League centuries

In cricket, a batter reaches a century when he scores 100 runs or more in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batter, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in his career statistics. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. Till date, 86 centuries have been scored by 52 different batsmen out of which 28 are Indian players and the rest, overseas. Players from eleven of the fifteen franchises have scored centuries, with the three franchises that have not had a player score a century for them being Pune Warriors India, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Gujarat Lions.

The first century in the league's history was scored in the inaugural match itself on 18 April 2008 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by Brendon McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore which was also one of the only two 150+ scores by individual batsmen in the league's history till date. The highest score in the competition was made by Chris Gayle, who scored 175 runs not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India. The fastest century in terms of strike rate was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored 100 runs in 30 deliveries while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The slowest century was jointly scored by Manish Pandey for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Jos Butler for Rajasthan Royals. They both reached the milestone in 67 deliveries. 31 centuries have come from 20 different Indian batsmen.

The highest number of centuries have been scored by Virat Kohli
(7 centuries) followed by Chris Gayle with 6 centuries, followed by Jos Buttler who have five centuries to his name. David Warner, Shane Watson & K L Rahul have four centuries each. AB de Villiers , Sanju Samson & Shubman Gill have scored three centuries each, while Brendon McCullum, Adam Gilchrist, Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Hashim Amla, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Ben Stokes have scored two centuries each. Shikhar Dhawan, Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill are the only four players till date to have scored centuries in consecutive matches. Sixteen centuries have been made by the players of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is more than any other team. Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians have conceded the highest number of centuries being 12, followed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore who have conceded 9 and the Punjab Kings (formerly Kings XI Punjab) who have conceded eight centuries.The most centuries scored by an individual in a single season is 4, which was achieved by Virat Kohli in 2016 and Jos Buttler in 2022.

The first part of this list includes all IPL centuries organized in chronological order. The second part of the list provides an overview of centuries by IPL seasons, and the third part provides an overview of centuries by IPL teams. Teams are initially listed in alphabetical order. To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the icon in the column title.These statistics do not cover the games played in other tournaments such as the Champions League Twenty20, the British Asian Cup or the 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders tour of Australia.These statistics are correct as of the 2023 season.

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Centuries

Season overview

2023 holds the record for most centuries in an year, i.e. 12, while only 2 centuries were scored in 2009.

Team overview

Punjab Kings has the most overall centurions, with 12 different players scoring centuries for them, while Gujarat Titans has the least, with only 1 player scoring a century. Brendon McCullum is the only player to register the highest score for multiple franchises.

See also

* Orange Cap
* List of Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls

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