IPL Records and Statistics: Individual Batting Records – Highest Career Average

The Indian Premier League is a men’s cricket tournament that uses the Twenty20 (T20) format (IPL). In a relatively brief period, the Indian Premier League has established itself as the most popular spectacle in cricket competitions worldwide. Throughout the fourteen-year existence of the Indian Premier League, there have been some highly gifted batters.

The fact that players from diverse foreign teams and backgrounds fight against one another in the same league gives the Indian Premier League a special place in the hearts of its supporters. In Twenty20 cricket, a batsman must be quick to score runs and consistent to contribute to his team’s success. Few players in the league are vital to their respective clubs and score highly in the vast majority of games they participate in. The following round of this debate will focus on the Indian Premier League batsmen with the highest lifetime batting averages.

IPL players with the highest batting averages:

Rank	Player	Average	Teams	Innings	Runs	Years
1	KL Rahul	48.01	RCB/SRH/PBKS/LSG	100	3,889	2013-2022
2	David Warner	42.00	DD/SRH	162	5,881	2009-2022
3	Lendl Simmons	39.96	MI	29	1,,079	2008-2017
4	Shaun Marsh	39.95	KXIP	69	2,477	2008-2017
5	Jos Buttler	39.87	MI/RR	81	2,831	2016-2022

1. KL Rahul

Indian opener KL Rahul has risen to the top of the table with the highest batting average in IPL history. KL Rahul debuted in the Indian Premier League in 2013 and has since appeared in 100 IPL games, hitting 3,889 runs at a staggering average of 48.01. The wicket-keeper batsman scored three centuries and twenty-eight fifties during his career.

2. David Warner

The highest batting average in the history of the Indian Premier League is held by David Warner, an Australian opener (IPL). He has amassed 54 runs of at least fifty. Subsequently, he has played in 162 IPL games, during which he has scored 5,881 runs at a stunning batting average of 42.00. In the IPL, while playing for Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad, the left-handed batsman has scored 50 fifties and four centuries. Warner made 126 runs during the 2017 Indian Premier League season while playing for the Warner Brothers XI against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The Delhi Capitals acquired the Australian for 6.25 crores of Indian rupees during the 2022 Indian Premier League auction.

3. Lendl Simmons

In 2014 and 2015, Simmons was selected to play for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With a current batting average of 39.96, the West Indian power hitter has appeared in 29 matches for the Mumbai Indians. Out of the 1,079 runs he scored; his highest score is 100*. Simmons made a vital contribution to the triumph of Mumbai Indians in the eighth season of the Indian Premier League. It was the team’s second IPL championship.

4. Shaun Marsh

Shaun Marsh competed for the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League from 2008 to 2017. In 69 innings, the batter has collected a batting average of 39.50. He hit 115 runs as the first batter for the Kings XI Punjab, which was his best game. Moreover, he scored one century and twenty half-centuries. Marsh got the most runs in the league stage of the competition, including a century against the Rajasthan Royals in the final league game. This was the case despite Marsh’s absence from the tournament’s opening four games. He was awarded the orange cap for scoring the most runs in the 2008 IPL season.

5. Jos Buttler

Buttler was a part of the Mumbai Indians during the 2016 and 2017 seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Buttler scored 2,831 runs in 80 innings throughout 81 Indian Premier League matches. In the IPL, Jos Buttler has scored a maximum of 124 runs. With an average of 34.95, J Buttler has scored 515 half-centuries in the IPL. In the 2022 Edition, Buttler won the Orange Cap and the awards for the most valuable player, most sixes (45), and most fours (82).