In every season of the IPL, we see players with their incredible skills helping their teams win crucial games and the player having the most impactful performance is awarded the Player of the Match.
The player of the match can be anything, from a player scoring the most runs or picking up the most wickets. Sometimes, it depends upon the situation in which the particular cricketer has performed to take his team to a win.
In this article, we will be listing out the players who have won most Player of the Match awards in IPL:
Rank 1: AB de Villiers
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 25
The alpha male of T20 cricket ranks at No.1 with the most Man Of The Match awards in IPL. He has won 25 Man of the Match awards in his IPL career. He has amassed 5162 runs in 184 matches with an incredible strike rate of 151.68.
Rank 2: Chris Gayle
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 22
The Universe Boss Chris Gayle, one of the greatest ever T20 cricketers has won 22 man of the match awards in his IPL career. He has the most centuries (6) and Virat Kohli (6) in the IPL.
Rank 3: Rohit Sharma
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 19
The captain of Mumbai Indians and the Indian cricket team stands at no.3 with 19 Man of the Match awards in IPL. And he is the most successful captain in IPL history. From the Indian players’ perspective, Rohit Sharma has won the most man-of-the-match awards in IPL history.
Rank 4: David Warner
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 18
The legend of Hyderabad, who led SRH to win the 2016 season, in that season alone, scored 848 runs. He is the fourth in this list with 18 Man of the Match awards.
Rank 5: MS Dhoni
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 17
The legend, the warrior, the god, he is everything. He has 17 man-of-the-match awards to his name, and his name is bigger than all these awards.
Rank 6: Virat Kohli
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 16
The KING of Cricket has 16 Man of the Match awards to his name. And he is the highest run scorer in IPL, and he is the one who got the highest hundreds in IPL along with Chirs Gayle. A King is a King, no matter what and where.
Rank 7: Shane Watson
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 16
Shane Watson has played a huge part in Rajasthan Royals’ first IPL trophy and CSK’s IPL trophy wins. He is one of the greatest legends in IPL history. He has won 16 Man of the Match awards in IPL.
Rank 8: Yousuf Pathan
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 16
May not be a consistent player in the Indian team, but in the IPL he has always been consistent, with so many match-winning performances he won the Man of the Match awards 16 times in his IPL career.
Rank 9: Suresh Raina
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 14
Mr. IPL, the stylish left-hander has won Man of the Match awards 14 times in IPL. Suresh Raina in form is a treat to watch. Missing Raina, and missing those shots.
Rank 10: Kieron Pollard
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS: 14
One of the legends of the Mumbai Indians team and he has 14 man-of-the-match awards to his name.
