IPL History: 10 most valuable players from the first 11 seasons

#4 Dwayne Bravo - 1869 MVP points

Bravo won the purple cap on two occasions

Dwayne Bravo is the only player in IPL history to pick up more than 100 wickets and score more than 1000 runs. By winning the purple cap in 2013 and 2015, Bravo became the first bowler to win the award more than once. His 32 wickets in the 2013 season are still the highest number of picked up by a bowler in a single season.

Bravo contributed with the ball in 9 seasons and is the fourth highest wicket-taker in the league and has an excellent strike rate of 17.19. Considering the fact that he bowls most of his overs at the death, his economy rate of 8.44 is commendable. He also scored 1403 runs at a decent strike rate of 128.72. Bravo is also a superlative fielder and has 69 catches to his name.

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#3 Rohit Sharma - 1929.5 MVP points

Rohit Sharma hit a total of 185 sixes in IPL

Rohit Sharma, the third highest run-scorer in IPL history, is one of the only three players to win the trophy on four occasions. After winning the trophy with erstwhile Deccan Chargers in 2009, he led Mumbai Indians to title in 2013, 2015, and 2017. During his stint with the Hyderabad based franchise, he took a hat-trick against his current team.

In the 11 seasons, he scored a total of 4493 runs at a strike rate of 131.03 and has an average of 31.87. Rohit Sharma has been consistent in IPL scoring at least 300 runs in every season except the previous one (2018).