Indian Premier League was started back way in 2008 and since then it has been the tournament for batsmen. In every edition, we find lots of sixes, fours, fifties and hundreds. Most runs scorer of each season, is awarded “Orange Cap”. Let’s have a look at the complete list of highest run scorer for every IPL season.
Top run scorer of every IPL season
| Year | Player | Matches | Runs | Highest | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s |
| 2008 | Shaun Marsh (KXIP) | 11 | 616 | 115 | 68.44 | 139.68 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden (CSK) | 12 | 572 | 89 | 52.00 | 144.81 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) | 15 | 618 | 89* | 47.53 | 132.61 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 12 | 608 | 107 | 67.55 | 183.13 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle (RCB) | 15 | 733 | 128* | 61.08 | 160.74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | Michael Hussey (CSK) | 17 | 733 | 95 | 52.35 | 129.50 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa (KKR) | 16 | 660 | 83* | 44.00 | 137.78 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 562 | 91 | 43.23 | 156.54 | 0 | 7 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli (RCB) | 16 | 973 | 113 | 81.08 | 152.03 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | David Warner (SRH) | 14 | 641 | 126 | 58.27 | 141.81 | 1 | 4 |