The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become the premium T20 cricket league in India ever since the league was first introduced in 2008. With ten different teams teams from ten different cities across India, the league aims to crown a champion every year through its group stage and playoff games. Some teams have already gone on to become multi-time champions in Indian Premier League (IPL) while others have once or are yet to get their taste of the IPL Championship in their career, as of March 2025.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) also offers several awards to the best performing players for their efforts every year. The Orange Cap, also known as the Aramco Orange Cap is one such award provided by the league. This award is for the leading run scorer every year. Moreover, the batter thast scores the most runs throughout the league every year will also receive an Orange Cap Award at the end of the league every year. Notably, Brendon McCullum was the first wearer of the Orange Cup while Shaun Marsh was the first winner of the Orange Cup Award in IPL. Since then, each year has seen news batters wearing Orange Caps during the matches and winning the Orange Cap Award at the end of the league.
List of IPL's Orange Cap winners
The concept of the Orange Cap as an award in the Indian Premier League was introduced on April 25, 2008, one week after the start of the first ever season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Since then, several batters have gone on to wear the Orange Cap multiple times in the league. This is headed by David Warner, who wore the Orange Cap thrice, followed by Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle who have worn the Orange Cap twice each in their IPL career, as of March 2025. According to Olympics' official website, the following table is an account of all the players who have won the Orange Cap from 2008 to 2024:
| Season | Player Name | Team | Matches | Runs |
| 2008 | Shaun Marsh | KXIP | 11 | 616 |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden | CSK | 12 | 572 |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) | MI | 15 | 618 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 12 | 608 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | RCB | 15 | 733 |
| 2013 | Michael Hussey | CSK | 16 | 733 |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa | KKR | 16 | 660 |
| 2015 | David Warner (Captain) | SRH | 14 | 562 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli (Captain) | RCB | 16 | 973 |
| 2017 | David Warner (Captain) | SRH | 14 | 641 |
| 2018 | Kane Williamson (Captain) | SRH | 17 | 735 |
| 2019 | David Warner | SRH | 12 | 692 |
| 2020 | KL Rahul (Captain) | KXIP | 14 | 670 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 16 | 635 |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | RR | 17 | 863 |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | GT | 17 | 890 |
| 2024 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 15 | 741 |
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FAQs on Orange Cup Winners in IPL
A. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) have won the most IPL titles with five titles each, as of March 2025.
A. Yes, Kane Williamson won the Orange Cap as the captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018. He scored 735 runs in 17 matches in the season.
A. Virat Kohli has scored the most runs to become the Orange Cup winner as the captain of the Royl Challengers Bangalore in 2016. He scored 973 runs in 16 matches dring his first stint as the Orange Cup winner.
A. Chris Gayle has won the Orange Cup in IPL twice in 2011 and 2012, as of March 2025.
A. Ruturaj Gaikwad of the Chennai Super Kings won the Orange Cup in 2021 with 635 runs in 16 matches as of March 2025.
