Most death-overs runs (overs 16–20)

CricketStudio › Leagues › IPL › Leaderboards › Death runs IPL all-time leaderboard 2007/08 → 2026 1,242 matches 19 seasons Most death-overs runs (overs 16–20) Most runs scored in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. The finisher's arena. Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs. See across-seasons comparison →← All 35 leaderboards All-time career (2007/08 – 2025) # Player Death runs Sample 1 MS DhoniCSKRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT 2,936 ↗ 1548 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 2 KA PollardMI 1,708 ↗ 928 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 3 KD KarthikDCGUJARAT-LIONSKKRMIPBKSRCB 1,565 ↗ 830 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 4 RA JadejaCSKGUJARAT-LIONSKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALARR 1,532 ↗ 949 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 5 AB de VilliersDCRCB 1,421 ↗ 604 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 6 HH PandyaGTMI 1,241 ↗ 661 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 7 RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERSMI 1,176 ↗ 595 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 8 AD RussellDCKKR 1,134 ↗ 545 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 9 V KohliRCB 1,121 ↗ 557 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 10 DA MillerGTLSGPBKSRR 1,061 ↗ 605 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 11 AT RayuduCSKMI 877 508 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 12 YK PathanKKRRRSRH 858 511 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 13 DJ BravoCSKGUJARAT-LIONSMI 800 421 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 14 SO HetmyerDCRCBRR 794 413 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 15 AR PatelDCPBKS 788 503 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 16 MP StoinisDCLSGPBKSRCB 720 383 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 17 JP DuminyDCDECCAN-CHARGERSMI 712 391 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 18 R TewatiaDCGTPBKSRR 705 395 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 19 RR PantDCLSG 696 336 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 20 SK RainaCSKGUJARAT-LIONS 664 383 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 21 KL RahulDCLSGPBKSRCBSRH 650 343 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 22 N PooranLSGPBKSSRH 634 359 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 23 Yuvraj SinghDCMIPBKSPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIARCBSRH 601 332 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 24 SA YadavKKRMI 599 308 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 25 Harbhajan SinghCSKKKRMI 581 367 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) Per-season view # Player Death runs Sample 1 Washington SundarGT 199 115 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 2 Heinrich KlaasenSRH 185 104 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 3 Donovan FerreiraRR 184 83 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 4 Rinku SinghKKR 183 94 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 5 Tim DavidRCB 167 76 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 6 Tilak VarmaMI 154 60 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 7 Shreyas IyerPBKS 151 70 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 8 Ashutosh SharmaDC 145 69 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 9 Rajat PatidarRCB 142 57 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 10 Nitish Kumar ReddySRH 136 63 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 11 Shivam DubeCSK 131 81 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 12 David MillerDC 128 61 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 13 Marcus StoinisPBKS 123 56 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 14 Mukul DChoudharyLSG 115 77 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) 15 Rahul TewatiaGT 110 71 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20) Season 2026 15 qualifying players Source: Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) CricketStudio SETU aggregation Season leaders Who topped this leaderboard in each IPL season. Full season breakdown at across-seasons → Season Leader Death runs Season hub 2026 Washington Sundar 199 Full 2026 → 2025 Shashank Singh 202 Full 2025 → 2024 T Stubbs 223 Full 2024 → 2023 RK Singh 239 Full 2023 → 2022 KD Karthik 242 Full 2022 → 2021 AB de Villiers 167 Full 2021 → 2020/21 KA Pollard 211 Full 2020/21 → 2019 AD Russell 305 Full 2019 → 2018 MS Dhoni 252 Full 2018 → 2017 MK Tiwary 169 Full 2017 → 2016 V Kohli 205 Full 2016 → 2015 KA Pollard 193 Full 2015 → 2014 MS Dhoni 253 Full 2014 → 2013 MS Dhoni 240 Full 2013 → 2012 DJ Bravo 255 Full 2012 → 2011 MS Dhoni 212 Full 2011 → 2009/10 KA Pollard 182 Full 2009/10 → 2009 AB de Villiers 117 Full 2009 → 2007/08 MS Dhoni 162 Full 2007/08 → Sources & methodology Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 → 2026).Sample-size floor (doctrine3.1): Minimum 20 balls faced in death overs. Claims below this floor are excluded.IPL 2026: live season data surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026. Some aspects (fastest-fifty, fastest-hundred, most-maidens, hat-tricks) are IPL 2026 only. Provenance. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: MS Dhoni leads IPL all-time death runs (2007/08–2026) with2,936. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/death-runs”