IPL all-time leaderboard · 2007/08 → 2025

Most fours in the powerplay

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

Most fours hit in powerplay overs (1–6) across IPL career. Minimum 30 balls faced in powerplay.

#	Player	PP fours	Sample
1	S DhawanDC DECCAN-CHARGERS MI PBKS SRH	455	3415 runs · 2771 balls · 455×4 · 76×6
2	DA WarnerDC SRH	432	3318 runs · 2389 balls · 432×4 · 105×6
3	V KohliRCB	391	3127 runs · 2476 balls · 391×4 · 76×6
4	AM RahaneCSK DC KKR MI RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT RR	330	2557 runs · 2083 balls · 330×4 · 64×6
5	G GambhirDC KKR	310	2277 runs · 1862 balls · 310×4 · 34×6
6	PA PatelCSK DECCAN-CHARGERS KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA MI RCB SRH	283	1904 runs · 1561 balls · 283×4 · 31×6
7	F du PlessisCSK DC RCB RISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	282	2281 runs · 1670 balls · 282×4 · 81×6
8	CH GayleKKR PBKS RCB	267	2405 runs · 1766 balls · 267×4 · 145×6
9	RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS MI	265	2386 runs · 1905 balls · 265×4 · 109×6
10	RV UthappaCSK KKR MI PUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA RCB RR	261	2037 runs · 1632 balls · 261×4 · 50×6
11	KL RahulDC LSG PBKS RCB SRH	242	2196 runs · 1729 balls · 242×4 · 82×6
12	V SehwagDC PBKS	230	1593 runs · 1096 balls · 230×4 · 46×6
13	Shubman GillGT KKR	219	1714 runs · 1304 balls · 219×4 · 39×6
14	JC ButtlerGT MI RR	212	1688 runs · 1201 balls · 212×4 · 70×6
15	Q de KockDC KKR LSG MI RCB SRH	211	1931 runs · 1476 balls · 211×4 · 82×6
16	SK RainaCSK GUJARAT-LIONS	198	1560 runs · 1165 balls · 198×4 · 55×6
17	YBK JaiswalRR	194	1378 runs · 864 balls · 194×4 · 58×6
18	PP ShawDC	193	1347 runs · 917 balls · 193×4 · 37×6
19	AC GilchristDECCAN-CHARGERS PBKS	191	1385 runs · 1026 balls · 191×4 · 49×6
20	WP SahaCSK GT KKR PBKS SRH	191	1389 runs · 1045 balls · 191×4 · 41×6
21	BB McCullumCSK GUJARAT-LIONS KKR KOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA RCB	184	1557 runs · 1217 balls · 184×4 · 70×6
22	M VijayCSK DC PBKS	176	1574 runs · 1374 balls · 176×4 · 46×6
23	SR TendulkarMI	175	1143 runs · 977 balls · 175×4 · 10×6
24	SV SamsonDC RR	173	1380 runs · 1112 balls · 173×4 · 44×6
25	SR WatsonCSK RCB RR	172	1421 runs · 1257 balls · 172×4 · 54×6

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 30 balls faced in powerplay. 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: S Dhawan leads IPL all-time pp fours with 455. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/most-fours-pp”