IPL 2026 Runs Leader & Purple Cap

The T20 Cricket 2026 IPL season is young, with many batters swinging for the Orange Cap.

Unlike MLB, T20 cricket is a sport where the color of a cap is used to name the leading run-scorer. Here is the Orange Cap Leaderboard in the early stages of the 2026 IPL tournament. Also included are a list of every previous winner of the Orange Cap, the top five in the Purple Cap race, and a few interesting observations on the Orange Cap’s history.

2026 IPL Orange Cap Leaderboard

Here are the top 10 batters in the Orange Cap leaderboard. The current Orange Cap leader is Sameer Rizvi.

Sameer Rizvi – 160 runs

Rohit Sharma – 113 runs

Cooper Connolly – 108 runs

Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 103 runs

Ishan Kishan – 94 runs

Dhruv Jurel – 93 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 93 runs

Ryan Rickelton – 90 runs

Sai Sudharsan – 86 runs

Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 83 runs

Purple Cap Leaderboard (Wickets)

Additionally, here are the top 10 bowlers in the Purple Cap leaderboard:

Ravi Bishnoi, 5 wickets

Vyshak Vijaykumar, 5 wickets

T Natarajan, 4 wickets

Lungisani Ngidi, 4 wickets

Jaydev Unadkat, 4 wickets

Prasidh Krishna, 4 wickets

Anshul Kamboj, 4 wickets

Blessing Muzarabani, 4 wickets

Jacob Duffy, 3 wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal, 3 wickets

Previous T20 Cricket Orange Cap Winners

Here is a list of the previous Orange Cap winners in the IPL.

2025: Sai Sudharsan, 759 runs

2024: Virat Kohli, 741 runs

2023: Shubman Gill, 890 runs

2022: Jos Buttler, 863 runs

2021: Ruturaj Gaikwad, 635 runs

2020: KL Rahul, 670 runs

2019: David Warner, 692 runs

2018: Kane Williamson, 735 runs

2017: David Warner, 641 runs

2016: Virat Kohli, 973 runs

2015: David Warner, 562 runs

2014: Robin Uthappa, 660 runs

2013: Michael Hussey, 733 runs

2012: Chris Gayle, 733 runs

2011: Chris Gayle, 608 runs

2010: Sachin Tendulkar, 618 runs

2009: Matthew Hayden, 572 runs

2008: Shaun Marsh, 616 runs

Facts About the Orange Cap in the IPL

Here are some things you may or may not have known about the history of the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League T20.

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