IPL 2025 stats: Orange & purple cap, highest run-scorer & wicket-taker and points table – BBC
Nicholas Pooran (left) and Noor Ahmad (right) are the early pacesetters in the race for the orange and purple caps
The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full swing.
The key batters and bowlers are starting to stand out in the 18th edition of the world's biggest T20 franchise league.
BBC Sport takes a look at all the key stats – and past winners of the orange and purple caps.
IPL 2025 fixtures and results
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IPL 2025 squads
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 145 runs
2. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) – 137
3. Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 136
4. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) – 124
5. Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 117
1. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) – nine wickets
2. Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) – eight
=3. Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants) & Khaleel Ahmed (Chennai Super Kings) – six
=5. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals), Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) & Wanindu Hasaranga (Rajasthan Royals) – five
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Highest strike-rate
Minimum 20 balls faced
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 258.92
2. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) – 230.95
3. Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals) – 212.90
4. Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 205.26
5. Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings) – 204.34
Highest average
1. Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 90.00
2. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 72.50
3. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) – 68.50
4. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) – 62.00
5. Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals) – 55.00
Most sixes
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 13 sixes
2. Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 12
3. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) – nine
=4. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) & Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) – eight
Best strike-rate
1. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) – 4.50
2. Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) – 5.75
3. Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants) – 6.00
=4. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) & Zeeshan Ansari (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 8.00
Best average
1. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) – 6.00
2. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) – 8.40
3. Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 8.60
4. Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants) – 8.83
5. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) – 9.11
Best economy
Minimum of 24 balls bowled
1. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) – 5.25
2. Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 5.37
3. Moeen Ali (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 5.75
4. Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) – 6.25
5. Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) – 6.50
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