List of Indian Premier League awards


The Indian Premier League is a Twenty20 cricket competition based in India. The tournament honours players with several awards at the end of each season. They are Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Maximum Sixes Award, Most Valuable Player and Emerging Player of the Year.

Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is presented to the leading run scorer in the Indian Premier League. It was introduced on 25 April 2008, a week after the start of the inaugural season of the IPL. The batsman with most runs in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Orange Cap while fielding, with the overall leading run-scorer at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Orange Cap award on the day of the season's final. Brendon McCullum became the first player to wear the Orange Cap, and Shaun Marsh became the first winner of the award.
The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, "Cricket is often remembered and recorded as statistics and not by material distinctions. The DLF Indian Premier League will create a distinction for the best performing batsman, which will be cherished and valued by each player through this initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to be innovative, create another unique piece of history that sets the DLF Indian Premier League apart from the crowd, and to reward outstanding achievements by the players."
; Winners
SeasonPlayerRuns
2008 Shaun Marsh 11616
2009 Matthew Hayden 12572
2010 Sachin Tendulkar 15618
2011 Chris Gayle 12608
2012 Chris Gayle 15733
2013 Michael Hussey 16733
2014 Robin Uthappa 16660
2015 David Warner 14562
2016 Virat Kohli 16973
2017 David Warner 14641
2018 Kane Williamson 17735
2019 David Warner 12692

indicates the player captained his team for the season.

Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is presented to the leading wicket-taker in the IPL. After the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the IPL announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008. The bowler with most wickets in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding, with the overall leading wicket-taker at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season's final. In case of a tie, the bowler with superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap.
The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, "We have seen over the course of the inaugural season of the League so far that bowlers have just as important a role to play in winning T20 matches as batsmen do."
; Winners
SeasonPlayer
2008 Sohail Tanvir 1122
2009 R. P. Singh 1623
2010 Pragyan Ojha 1621
2011 Lasith Malinga 1628
2012 Morne Morkel 1625
2013 Dwayne Bravo 1832
2014 Mohit Sharma 1623
2015 Dwayne Bravo 1626
2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1723
2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1426
2018 Andrew Tye 1424
2019 Imran Tahir 1726

Maximum Sixes Award

The Maximum Sixes Award is presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in a season of the IPL.
; Winners
SeasonPlayerSixes
2008 Sanath Jayasuriya 1431
2009 Adam Gilchrist 1629
2010 Robin Uthappa 1627
2011 Chris Gayle 1244
2012 Chris Gayle 1559
2013 Chris Gayle 1651
2014 Glenn Maxwell 1636
2015 Chris Gayle 1438
2016 Virat Kohli 1638
2017 Glenn Maxwell 1426
2018 Rishabh Pant 1437
2019 Andre Russell 1452

Most Valuable Player

The award was called the Man of the Tournament until the 2012 season. The IPL introduced the Most Valuable Player rating system in 2013, the leader of which would be named the Most Valuable Player at the end of the season.
; Winners
SeasonPlayer
2008 Shane Watson
2009 Adam Gilchrist
2010 Sachin Tendulkar
2011 Chris Gayle
2012 Sunil Narine
2013 Shane Watson
2014 Glenn Maxwell
2015 Andre Russell
2016 Virat Kohli
2017 Ben Stokes
2018 Sunil Narine
2019 Andre Russell

Player of the match (Final)

; Winners
SeasonPlayer of the match
2008 Yusuf Pathan
2009 Anil Kumble
2010 Suresh Raina
2011 Murali Vijay
2012 Manvinder Bisla
2013 Kieron Pollard
2014 Manish Pandey
2015 Rohit Sharma
2016 Ben Cutting
2017 Krunal Pandya
2018 Shane Watson
2019 Jasprit Bumrah

Emerging player of the year

The award was presented for the "best under-19 player" in 2008 and "best under-23 player" in 2009 and 2010, being called "Under-23 Success of the Tournament". In 2011 and 2012, the award was known as "Rising Star of the Year", while, in 2013, it was called "Best Young Player of the Season". Since 2014, the award has been called the Emerging Player of the Year.
; Winners
SeasonPlayer
2008 Shreevats Goswami
2009 Rohit Sharma
2010 Saurabh Tiwary
2011 Iqbal Abdulla
2012 Mandeep Singh
2013 Sanju Samson
2014 Axar Patel
2015 Shreyas Iyer
2016 Mustafizur Rahman
2017 Basil Thampi
2018 Rishabh Pant
2019 Shubman Gill

Fair Play Award

The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team with the best record of fair play. The winner is decided on the basis of the points the umpires give to the teams. After each match, the two on-field umpires, and the third umpire, scores the performance of both the teams. A team can be awarded a total of ten points per match, out of which four points are given on the basis of how the team has adhered to the "spirit of the game" in the opinion of the umpires. The other three criteria are based on the respect towards to the opposition, the laws of cricket and the umpires. Each of these three criteria represents 2 points. If a team has got two points in the criterion, its performance is considered as "good", whereas getting one or zero points indicates that its performance is "average" or "bad" respectively.
; Winners
SeasonTeam
2008Chennai Super Kings
2009Kings XI Punjab
2010Chennai Super Kings
2011Chennai Super Kings
2012Rajasthan Royals
2013Chennai Super Kings
2014Chennai Super Kings
2015Chennai Super Kings
2016Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017Gujarat Lions
2018Mumbai Indians
2019Sunrisers Hyderabad