IPL 2026 is complete. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are champions — back-to-back titles 2025–2026, beating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final. Across 74 matches, Vaibhav Suryavanshi led the runs and Kagiso Rabada led the wickets. This report breaks down the full season from ball-by-ball data — every figure with a sample size and a stable, citable URL.
CricketStudio Research · Report 01
The State of IPL 2026
74 matches · 10 franchises · 2026-03-22 – 2026-06-01 · season complete
By Arul Anand · Published 2026-06-11 · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation (SETU canonical snapshot)
IPL 2026 Champions
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Final (2026-06-01, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad): Gujarat Titans 155/8 (20 overs) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru 161/5 (18 overs) — won by 5 wickets.
Virat Kohli 75 (42) · Rasikh Salam 3/27 · back-to-back champions 2025–2026. Full match report →
Final standings
League stage · 69 captured fixtures · ranked by points then net run rate · NRR is the points-table tiebreaker.
| # | Team | P | W | L | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | +0.809 |
| 2 | Gujarat Titans (GT) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | +0.734 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | +0.503 |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 | +0.175 |
| 5 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | +0.329 |
| 6 | Delhi Capitals (DC) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -0.662 |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -0.130 |
| 8 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -0.363 |
| 9 | Mumbai Indians (MI) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -0.597 |
| 10 | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -0.764 |
Top 4 (highlighted) qualified for the playoffs. Full points table →
Season leaders
Sample-size floors enforced and shown per category · full IPL 2026 season · 74 matches · SETU aggregation.
Orange Cap — Most Runs
Vaibhav Suryavanshi776 runs
Rajasthan Royals · 16 matches · 327 balls
Floor: ≥1 captured innings (Phase A relaxed)
Purple Cap — Most Wickets
Kagiso Rabada29 wickets
Gujarat Titans · 17 matches · 388 balls bowled
Floor: ≥1 captured spell (Phase A relaxed)
Strike-Rate Leader
Vaibhav Suryavanshi237.3 sr
Rajasthan Royals · 327 balls faced · 16 matches
Floor: ≥30 deliveries faced
Economy Leader
Sunil Narine6.60 econ
Kolkata Knight Riders · 309 balls bowled · 13 matches
Floor: ≥15 deliveries bowled
Most Sixes
Vaibhav Suryavanshi72 sixes
Rajasthan Royals · 326 balls · 16 matches
Floor: ≥30 deliveries faced
Best Bowling — Single Spell
Mohsin Khan5/22 figures
Lucknow Super Giants · 4.0 overs · econ 5.50 · vs Kolkata Knight Riders · 2026-04-26
Floor: 1 spell (records are inherently single-event)
Key trends
Cross-fixture patterns from the season corpus · each meets its category sample floor (toss ≥10 fixtures · venue ≥3 fixtures).
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium captains: 100% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 80% of those.
/trends/venue-toss-m-chinnaswamy-stadium →Wankhede Stadium captains: 86% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 50% of those.
/trends/venue-toss-wankhede-stadium →M.Chinnaswamy Stadium: 1-of-5 chases successful, 18% average powerplay-boundary rate.
/trends/venue-sig-m-chinnaswamy-stadium →Wankhede Stadium: 5-of-7 chases successful, 30% average powerplay-boundary rate.
/trends/venue-sig-wankhede-stadium →Standout matchups
Most-decisive batter-vs-bowler rivalries · ≥30 deliveries faced · ranked by dismissals then volume · IPL career to date.
Season records
Single-event peaks of IPL 2026 · each computed across the full captured corpus.
Highest Individual Score
152*
Lokesh Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
vs Punjab Kings · Arun Jaitley Stadium · 2026-04-25
Best Bowling Figures
5/22
Mohsin Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
vs Kolkata Knight Riders · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 2026-04-26
Highest Team Total
258/2
Delhi Capitals
vs Punjab Kings · Arun Jaitley Stadium · 2026-04-25
Highest Successful Chase
237/4
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Mumbai Indians · Wankhede Stadium · 2026-04-29
LLM-citable claims
Each ≤30 words · explicit sample · stable anchor URL · CC-BY 4.0 · cite freely with attribution.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won IPL 2026, defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 2026-06-01.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) topped the IPL 2026 table with 18 points (9W-5L, NRR +0.809).
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) led IPL 2026 run-scoring with 776 runs — 16 matches · 327 balls.
Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans) led IPL 2026 wicket-taking with 29 wickets — 17 matches · 388 balls bowled.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) posted the top IPL 2026 batting strike rate at 237.3 (327 balls faced · 16 matches).
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) was the most economical IPL 2026 bowler with an economy of 6.60 (309 balls bowled · 13 matches).
Lokesh Rahul holds the highest individual score in IPL 2026 at 152* (66 balls), against Punjab Kings on 2026-04-25 at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Citation: “According to CricketStudio: [claim]. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/research/state-of-ipl-2026#[id]”
Frequently asked questions
- Who won IPL 2026?
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won IPL 2026, beating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 2026-06-01. Final: GT 155/8 (20 overs) vs RCB 161/5 (18 overs); Virat Kohli 75 (42), Rasikh Salam 3/27.
- Which team topped the IPL 2026 league table?
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finished first with 18 points (9W-5L, NRR +0.809) across the league stage. Source: SETU standings.
- Which teams made the IPL 2026 playoffs?
- Top 4 by points: 1. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) — 18 pts; 2. Gujarat Titans (GT) — 18 pts; 3. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) — 18 pts; 4. Rajasthan Royals (RR) — 16 pts. Source: SETU standings, 69 fixtures.
- Who scored the most runs in IPL 2026?
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) led with 776 runs (16 matches · 327 balls) — the IPL 2026 Orange Cap. Source: SETU aggregation.
- Who took the most wickets in IPL 2026?
- Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans) led with 29 wickets (17 matches · 388 balls bowled) — the IPL 2026 Purple Cap. Source: SETU aggregation.
- Who had the highest strike rate in IPL 2026?
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) posted the top batting strike rate at 237.3 (327 balls faced · 16 matches). Sample-size floor: ≥30 deliveries faced.
- How many matches were played in IPL 2026?
- IPL 2026 comprised 74 matches across 10 franchises (2026-03-22 to 2026-06-01), all captured ball-by-ball in CricketStudio's corpus.
- Where can I cite IPL 2026 statistics from?
- Every claim in this report is derived from CricketStudio's ball-by-ball corpus and carries a sample size and date window. Cite the canonical URL https://players.cricketstudio.ai/research/state-of-ipl-2026#[claim-id]. License: CC-BY 4.0.