Close behind, KL Rahul has maintained a remarkable average of 46.15 across 159 matches, accumulating 5815 runs with 6 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Known for his consistency and ability to anchor innings, KL Rahul also boasts 508 fours and 239 sixes, making him one of the most dependable batsmen in IPL history.
Players like Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul highlight the importance of balancing consistency and scoring ability, making batting average a crucial metric in evaluating top IPL performers.
Here is the list of all Highest Batting Average in IPL history:
| # | Player | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | Runs | 4s | 6s | Mat | Inn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 49.92 | 149.55 | 3 | 20 | 2496 | 255 | 82 | 56 | 56 |
| 2 | KL Rahul DC | 46.15 | 139.15 | 6 | 45 | 5815 | 508 | 239 | 159 | 150 |
| 3 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi RR | 44.70 | 228.95 | 2 | 6 | 1028 | 81 | 96 | 23 | 23 |
| 4 | Hashim Amla PBKS | 44.38 | 141.77 | 2 | 3 | 577 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Devon Conway CSK | 43.20 | 139.72 | 0 | 11 | 1080 | 116 | 34 | 29 | 28 |
| 6 | Heinrich Klaasen SRH | 42.08 | 166.72 | 2 | 13 | 2104 | 146 | 120 | 64 | 60 |
| 7 | Shubman Gill GT | 40.67 | 141.90 | 4 | 33 | 4555 | 438 | 152 | 133 | 130 |
| 8 | David Warner DC | 40.52 | 139.77 | 4 | 61 | 6565 | 663 | 236 | 184 | 184 |
| 9 | Virat Kohli RCB | 40.09 | 134.53 | 9 | 67 | 9261 | 835 | 313 | 282 | 274 |
| 10 | Lendl Simmons MI | 39.96 | 126.64 | 1 | 11 | 1079 | 109 | 44 | 29 | 29 |
| 11 | Shaun Marsh PBKS | 39.95 | 132.74 | 1 | 20 | 2477 | 266 | 78 | 71 | 69 |
| 12 | Jos Buttler GT | 39.81 | 150.37 | 7 | 28 | 4618 | 457 | 211 | 137 | 134 |
| 13 | Chris Gayle PBKS | 39.72 | 148.96 | 6 | 31 | 4965 | 405 | 357 | 142 | 141 |
| 14 | AB de Villiers RCB | 39.70 | 151.68 | 3 | 40 | 5162 | 413 | 251 | 184 | 170 |
| 15 | 39.20 | 151.23 | 0 | 5 | 980 | 69 | 46 | 46 | 43 | |
| 16 | Josh Inglis LSG | 38.86 | 173.25 | 0 | 4 | 544 | 58 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 38.36 | 135.64 | 2 | 22 | 2839 | 260 | 107 | 85 | 84 |
| 18 | MS Dhoni CSK | 38.30 | 137.45 | 0 | 24 | 5439 | 375 | 264 | 278 | 242 |
| 19 | Cameron Green KKR | 38.11 | 151.10 | 1 | 4 | 1029 | 84 | 49 | 43 | 42 |
| 20 | Shashank Singh PBKS | 36.20 | 161.61 | 0 | 6 | 905 | 67 | 51 | 53 | 42 |
| 21 | Shreyas Iyer PBKS | 35.84 | 136.73 | 1 | 32 | 4229 | 353 | 182 | 147 | 145 |
| 22 | David Miller DC | 35.74 | 139.50 | 1 | 14 | 3288 | 235 | 152 | 152 | 145 |
| 23 | Tilak Varma MI | 35.73 | 144.70 | 1 | 10 | 1858 | 143 | 91 | 68 | 65 |
| 24 | 35.47 | 125.62 | 0 | 18 | 2128 | 186 | 64 | 79 | 77 | |
| 25 | Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | 35.26 | 127.14 | 2 | 51 | 6769 | 768 | 152 | 222 | 221 |
| 26 | 35.10 | 135.79 | 0 | 39 | 4773 | 439 | 174 | 154 | 147 | |
| 27 | 34.88 | 146.07 | 2 | 9 | 1674 | 173 | 74 | 52 | 52 | |
| 28 | Sachin Tendulkar MI | 34.84 | 119.82 | 1 | 13 | 2334 | 295 | 29 | 78 | 78 |
| 29 | 34.83 | 168.21 | 1 | 5 | 836 | 78 | 55 | 26 | 26 | |
| 30 | Chris Lynn MI | 34.08 | 140.63 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 132 | 66 | 42 | 42 |
| 31 | 34.04 | 145.56 | 0 | 7 | 885 | 86 | 35 | 35 | 30 | |
| 32 | Rinku Singh KKR | 34.00 | 145.97 | 0 | 6 | 1394 | 114 | 67 | 73 | 62 |
| 33 | Phil Salt RCB | 34.00 | 174.48 | 0 | 12 | 1258 | 138 | 67 | 40 | 40 |
| 34 | Rajat Patidar RCB | 33.98 | 165.15 | 1 | 14 | 1597 | 105 | 109 | 56 | 51 |
| 35 | Surya Kumar Yadav MI | 33.93 | 148.59 | 2 | 31 | 4581 | 482 | 178 | 179 | 163 |
| 36 | 33.68 | 152.80 | 2 | 18 | 2593 | 310 | 110 | 83 | 82 | |
| 37 | Rishabh Pant LSG | 33.61 | 146.79 | 2 | 20 | 3865 | 349 | 181 | 139 | 136 |
| 38 | Brad Hodge RR | 33.33 | 125.22 | 0 | 6 | 1400 | 122 | 43 | 66 | 63 |
| 39 | Tim David RCB | 33.15 | 178.04 | 0 | 2 | 1127 | 73 | 82 | 65 | 58 |
| 40 | Suresh Raina CSK | 32.52 | 136.76 | 1 | 39 | 5528 | 506 | 203 | 205 | 200 |
| 41 | Travis Head SRH | 32.42 | 170.05 | 1 | 10 | 1556 | 172 | 78 | 53 | 52 |
| 42 | Jason Roy KKR | 32.32 | 138.60 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 43 | Sanju Samson CSK | 31.79 | 141.13 | 5 | 27 | 5181 | 432 | 243 | 191 | 186 |
| 44 | Venkatesh Iyer RCB | 31.63 | 141.20 | 1 | 13 | 1645 | 153 | 76 | 68 | 61 |
| 45 | Nicholas Pooran LSG | 31.59 | 164.09 | 0 | 15 | 2527 | 169 | 186 | 104 | 101 |
| 46 | Dhruv Jurel RR | 31.45 | 154.19 | 0 | 10 | 1195 | 98 | 62 | 58 | 51 |
| 47 | Shivam Dube CSK | 31.31 | 145.42 | 0 | 10 | 2129 | 132 | 137 | 92 | 87 |
| 48 | 31.28 | 134.94 | 3 | 24 | 3441 | 334 | 143 | 118 | 118 | |
| 49 | 31.00 | 123.88 | 0 | 36 | 4217 | 492 | 59 | 154 | 152 | |
| 50 | Shane Watson CSK | 30.99 | 137.91 | 4 | 21 | 3874 | 376 | 190 | 145 | 141 |
| 51 | Mitchell Marsh LSG | 30.92 | 148.52 | 2 | 12 | 1855 | 155 | 111 | 68 | 62 |
| 52 | Ishan Kishan SRH | 30.51 | 143.54 | 1 | 23 | 3600 | 348 | 166 | 134 | 127 |
| 53 | Aiden Markram LSG | 30.38 | 135.52 | 0 | 10 | 1671 | 131 | 68 | 69 | 66 |
| 54 | Ajinkya Rahane KKR | 30.15 | 125.60 | 2 | 35 | 5367 | 539 | 141 | 212 | 197 |
| 55 | Rohit Sharma MI | 29.91 | 132.92 | 2 | 49 | 7329 | 661 | 323 | 281 | 276 |
| 56 | 29.68 | 168.86 | 0 | 2 | 564 | 39 | 40 | 32 | 26 | |
| 57 | Manish Pandey KKR | 29.50 | 121.83 | 1 | 22 | 4012 | 348 | 117 | 180 | 164 |
| 58 | Abhishek Sharma SRH | 29.37 | 171.27 | 2 | 13 | 2379 | 224 | 144 | 92 | 89 |
| 59 | 29.15 | 145.47 | 0 | 3 | 787 | 50 | 46 | 42 | 35 | |
| 60 | 29.14 | 130.59 | 0 | 5 | 3526 | 264 | 122 | 268 | 209 | |
| 61 | Yusuf Pathan SRH | 29.13 | 142.97 | 1 | 13 | 3204 | 262 | 158 | 174 | 154 |
| 62 | Prabhsimran Singh PBKS | 28.81 | 156.33 | 1 | 13 | 1815 | 189 | 94 | 65 | 64 |
| 63 | Marcus Stoinis PBKS | 28.74 | 147.50 | 1 | 10 | 2242 | 181 | 117 | 122 | 108 |
| 64 | 28.73 | 120.10 | 0 | 8 | 1494 | 111 | 50 | 93 | 73 | |
| 65 | 28.67 | 147.32 | 0 | 16 | 3412 | 218 | 223 | 189 | 171 | |
| 66 | Ambati Rayudu CSK | 28.23 | 127.54 | 1 | 22 | 4348 | 359 | 173 | 204 | 187 |
| 67 | Andre Russell KKR | 28.20 | 174.18 | 0 | 12 | 2651 | 186 | 223 | 140 | 115 |
| 68 | Priyansh Arya PBKS | 27.97 | 191.99 | 1 | 5 | 839 | 82 | 57 | 30 | 30 |
| 69 | 27.88 | 146.29 | 0 | 10 | 2955 | 228 | 155 | 162 | 150 | |
| 70 | Moises Henriques PBKS | 27.78 | 126.90 | 0 | 5 | 1000 | 87 | 28 | 62 | 54 |
| 71 | Nitish Rana DC | 27.73 | 137.72 | 0 | 22 | 3078 | 288 | 151 | 127 | 121 |
| 72 | Herschelle Gibbs MI | 27.69 | 109.79 | 0 | 6 | 886 | 83 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| 73 | Brendon McCullum RCB | 27.69 | 131.75 | 2 | 13 | 2880 | 293 | 130 | 109 | 109 |
| 74 | Virender Sehwag PBKS | 27.55 | 155.44 | 2 | 16 | 2728 | 334 | 106 | 104 | 104 |
| 75 | Robin Uthappa CSK | 27.51 | 130.35 | 0 | 27 | 4952 | 481 | 182 | 205 | 197 |