IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Most fours in death overs

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

Most fours hit in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs.

#	Player	Death fours	Sample
1	MS DhoniCSK RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	220	2936 runs · 1548 balls · 220×4 · 186×6
2	KD KarthikDC GUJARAT-LIONS KKR MI PBKS RCB	142	1565 runs · 830 balls · 142×4 · 91×6
3	RA JadejaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RR	111	1532 runs · 949 balls · 111×4 · 75×6
4	KA PollardMI	110	1708 runs · 928 balls · 110×4 · 127×6
5	AB de VilliersDC RCB	106	1421 runs · 604 balls · 106×4 · 112×6
6	RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS MI	94	1176 runs · 595 balls · 94×4 · 79×6
7	HH PandyaGT MI	85	1241 runs · 661 balls · 85×4 · 89×6
8	AD RussellDC KKR	83	1134 runs · 545 balls · 83×4 · 100×6
9	V KohliRCB	79	1121 runs · 557 balls · 79×4 · 72×6
10	YK PathanKKR RR SRH	76	858 runs · 511 balls · 76×4 · 38×6
11	DA MillerGT LSG PBKS RR	75	1061 runs · 605 balls · 75×4 · 63×6
12	AT RayuduCSK MI	69	877 runs · 508 balls · 69×4 · 46×6
13	MP StoinisDC LSG PBKS RCB	63	720 runs · 383 balls · 63×4 · 41×6
14	SA YadavKKR MI	61	599 runs · 308 balls · 61×4 · 36×6
15	R TewatiaDC GT PBKS RR	59	705 runs · 395 balls · 59×4 · 45×6
16	RR PantDC LSG	59	696 runs · 336 balls · 59×4 · 51×6
17	KL RahulDC LSG PBKS RCB SRH	58	650 runs · 343 balls · 58×4 · 35×6
18	DJ BravoCSK GUJARAT-LIONS MI	56	800 runs · 421 balls · 56×4 · 46×6
19	KH PandyaLSG MI RCB	55	564 runs · 353 balls · 55×4 · 22×6
20	SK RainaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS	54	664 runs · 383 balls · 54×4 · 30×6
21	Harbhajan SinghCSK KKR MI	53	581 runs · 367 balls · 53×4 · 33×6
22	IK PathanDC GUJARAT-LIONS PBKS RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT SRH	52	563 runs · 356 balls · 52×4 · 23×6
23	N PooranLSG PBKS SRH	52	634 runs · 359 balls · 52×4 · 39×6
24	SPD SmithDC PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT RR	51	554 runs · 319 balls · 51×4 · 25×6
25	MK TiwaryDC KKR PBKS RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	50	501 runs · 323 balls · 50×4 · 15×6

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 fours with 220. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/most-fours-death”