In cricket, a batter reaches a century when he scores 100 runs or more in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batter, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in his career statistics.[2] The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India,[3] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008.[4] Till date, 86 centuries have been scored by 52 different batsmen out of which 28 are Indian players and the rest, overseas. Players from eleven of the fifteen franchises have scored centuries, with the three franchises that have not had a player score a century for them being Pune Warriors India, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Gujarat Lions.[5]
The first century in the league's history was scored in the inaugural match itself on 18 April 2008 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by Brendon McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore which was also one of the only two 150+ scores by individual batsmen in the league's history till date.[6] The highest score in the competition was made by Chris Gayle, who scored 175 runs not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India.[7] The fastest century in terms of strike rate was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored 100 runs in 30 deliveries while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.[7] The slowest century was jointly scored by Manish Pandey for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Jos Butler for Rajasthan Royals. They both reached the milestone in 67 deliveries. 31 centuries have come from 20 different Indian batsmen.[5]
The highest number of centuries have been scored by Virat Kohli (7 centuries) followed by Chris Gayle with 6 centuries,[8] followed by Jos Buttler who have five centuries to his name. David Warner, Shane Watson & K L Rahul have four centuries each. AB de Villiers, Sanju Samson & Shubman Gill have scored three centuries each,[5] while Brendon McCullum, Adam Gilchrist, Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Hashim Amla, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Ben Stokes have scored two centuries each.[7] Shikhar Dhawan, Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill are the only four players till date to have scored centuries in consecutive matches.[5][9] Sixteen centuries have been made by the players of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is more than any other team.[7] Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians have conceded the highest number of centuries being 12, followed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore who have conceded 9 and the Punjab Kings (formerly Kings XI Punjab) who have conceded eight centuries.The most centuries scored by an individual in a single season is 4, which was achieved by Virat Kohli in 2016 and Jos Buttler in 2022.
The first part of this list includes all IPL centuries organized in chronological order. The second part of the list provides an overview of centuries by IPL seasons, and the third part provides an overview of centuries by IPL teams. Teams are initially listed in alphabetical order. [α][β][γ]
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | Remained not out |
† | Captained the respective team |
Balls | Balls faced during the innings |
S/R. | Strike rate during the innings |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
Won | The match was won by the team for which the player played g |
Lost | The match was lost by the team for which the player played |
2023 holds the record for most centuries in an year, i.e. 12, while only 2 centuries were scored in 2009.
Year | No. of centuries | Highest score | Highest scorer |
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2008[95] | 6 | 158* | Brendon McCullum |
2009[10] | 2 | 114* | Manish Pandey |
2010[96] | 4 | 127 | Murali Vijay |
2011[97] | 6 | 120* | Paul Valthaty |
2012[98] | 6 | 128* | Chris Gayle |
2013[99] | 4 | 175* | Chris Gayle |
2014[100] | 3 | 122 | Virender Sehwag |
2015[101] | 4 | 133* | AB de Villiers |
2016[102] | 7 | 129* | AB de Villiers |
2017[103] | 5 | 126 | David Warner |
2018[104] | 5 | 128* | Rishabh Pant |
2019[105] | 6 | 114 | Jonny Bairstow |
2020[106] | 5 | 132* | K. L. Rahul |
2021[107] | 4 | 124 | Jos Buttler |
2022[108] | 8 | 140* | Quinton de Kock |
2023[109] | 12 | 129 | Shubman Gill |
Punjab Kings has the most overall centurions, with 12 different players scoring centuries for them, while Gujarat Titans has the least, with only 1 player scoring a century. Brendon McCullum is the only player to register the highest score for multiple franchises.
Team | No. of matches[110] | No. of centurions | No. of centuries | Highest score | Highest scorer |
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Chennai Super Kings[111] | 225 | 7 | 9 | 127 | Murali Vijay |
Deccan Chargers[112] | 75 | 2 | 2 | 117* | Andrew Symonds |
Delhi Capitals[113] | 238 | 8 | 10 | 128* | Rishabh Pant |
Gujarat Lions[114] | 30 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Suresh Raina |
Gujarat Titans[115] | 33 | 1 | 3 | 129 | Shubman Gill |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala[116] | 14 | 0 | 0 | 81 | Brendon McCullum |
Kolkata Knight Riders[117] | 237 | 2 | 2 | 158* | Brendon McCullum |
Lucknow Super Giants[118] | 30 | 2 | 3 | 140* | Quinton de Kock |
Mumbai Indians[119] | 247 | 6 | 6 | 114* | Sanath Jayasuriya |
Pune Warriors India[120] | 46 | 0 | 0 | 86 | Jesse Ryder |
Punjab Kings[121] | 232 | 12 | 14 | 132* | K. L. Rahul |
Rajasthan Royals[122] | 206 | 7 | 14 | 124 | Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal |
Rising Pune Supergiants[123] | 30 | 2 | 2 | 103* | Ben Stokes |
Royal Challengers Bangalore[1] | 241 | 6 | 17 | 175* | Chris Gayle |
Sunrisers Hyderabad[124] | 166 | 4 | 5 | 126 | David Warner |