IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Most death-overs runs (overs 16–20)

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Most runs scored in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. The finisher's arena. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.

#	Player	Death runs	Sample
1	MS DhoniCSK RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	2,936	2936 runs · 1548 balls · 220×4 · 186×6
2	KA PollardMI	1,708	1708 runs · 928 balls · 110×4 · 127×6
3	KD KarthikDC GUJARAT-LIONS KKR MI PBKS RCB	1,565	1565 runs · 830 balls · 142×4 · 91×6
4	RA JadejaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RR	1,532	1532 runs · 949 balls · 111×4 · 75×6
5	AB de VilliersDC RCB	1,421	1421 runs · 604 balls · 106×4 · 112×6
6	HH PandyaGT MI	1,241	1241 runs · 661 balls · 85×4 · 89×6
7	RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS MI	1,176	1176 runs · 595 balls · 94×4 · 79×6
8	AD RussellDC KKR	1,134	1134 runs · 545 balls · 83×4 · 100×6
9	V KohliRCB	1,121	1121 runs · 557 balls · 79×4 · 72×6
10	DA MillerGT LSG PBKS RR	1,061	1061 runs · 605 balls · 75×4 · 63×6
11	AT RayuduCSK MI	877	877 runs · 508 balls · 69×4 · 46×6
12	YK PathanKKR RR SRH	858	858 runs · 511 balls · 76×4 · 38×6
13	DJ BravoCSK GUJARAT-LIONS MI	800	800 runs · 421 balls · 56×4 · 46×6
14	SO HetmyerDC RCB RR	794	794 runs · 413 balls · 49×4 · 60×6
15	AR PatelDC PBKS	788	788 runs · 503 balls · 43×4 · 46×6
16	MP StoinisDC LSG PBKS RCB	720	720 runs · 383 balls · 63×4 · 41×6
17	JP DuminyDC DECCAN-CHARGERS MI	712	712 runs · 391 balls · 47×4 · 41×6
18	R TewatiaDC GT PBKS RR	705	705 runs · 395 balls · 59×4 · 45×6
19	RR PantDC LSG	696	696 runs · 336 balls · 59×4 · 51×6
20	SK RainaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS	664	664 runs · 383 balls · 54×4 · 30×6
21	KL RahulDC LSG PBKS RCB SRH	650	650 runs · 343 balls · 58×4 · 35×6
22	N PooranLSG PBKS SRH	634	634 runs · 359 balls · 52×4 · 39×6
23	Yuvraj SinghDC MI PBKS PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RCB SRH	601	601 runs · 332 balls · 44×4 · 45×6
24	SA YadavKKR MI	599	599 runs · 308 balls · 61×4 · 36×6
25	Harbhajan SinghCSK KKR MI	581	581 runs · 367 balls · 53×4 · 33×6

Sources & methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot at data/_season-stats-ipl-historical.json, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,169 matches across 18 seasons (2007/08 → 2025).
Sample-size floor (doctrine §3.1): Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs. Claims below this floor are excluded.
Excludes IPL 2026: the current season runs on Sportmonks live data and is surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026.

Provenance. Projected from the hash-stable SETU snapshot of 1,169 IPL matches. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: MS Dhoni leads IPL all-time death runs with 2,936. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/death-runs”