Most Man of The Match in IPL: Rohit Sharma Tops List For Indians With Most Player of the Match Awards


Rohit, who surpassed David Warner on the overall list, leads the list for most man of the match award wins for Indian players in IPL, but trails the retired AB de Villiers with 25 and Chris Gayle with 22 in the overall list.

Most IPL Man of the Match Awards by Indian Players

Rohit with 19 is followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 17 and veteran Yusuf Pathan (16), with the trio making up the top three when it comes to most man of the match awards by Indian players in IPL.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is tied fourth with former Chennai Super Kings batter Suresh Raina for most man of the match awards won in IPL by Indian players. Both players have won 14 man of match awards each.

In the current top 10 for overall most man of the match awards list, only Warner, Dhoni, Rohit and Kohli are still actively part of IPL, while some seasoned stars and veterans including Shane Watson, Raina, and the top two of De Villiers and Gayle are not part of the league.

While batters and all-rounders have dominated the list over the years, only veteran spinner Amit Mishra, mystery spinner Sunil Narine and pacer Umesh Yadav are the bowlers that feature in the top 25 for most man of the match awards in IPL.

Meanwhile, the likes of KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Andre Russell, Jos Buttler, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and the other stars continue to catch up on the top 25.

Most man of the match winners in IPL history by Indian Players

Player Matches Man of the Match Awards Won
Rohit Sharma 230 19
MS Dhoni 237 17
Yusuf Pathan 174 16
Suresh Raina 205 14
Virat Kohli 226 14
Gautam Gambhir 154 13
KL Rahul 113 12
Amit Mishra 156 12
Ajinkya Rahane 159 12
Shikhar Dhawan 209 12
Ravindra Jadeja 213 12
Virender Sehwag 104 11
Umesh Yadav 136 10
Ambati Rayudu 191 10
Sanju Samson 141 9
Ruturaj Gaikwad 39 8
Sachin Tendulkar 78 8
Hardik Pandya 109 8
Jasprit Bumrah 120 8
Harbhajan Singh 163 8
Axar Patel 126 7
Robin Uthappa 205 7
Dinesh Karthik 232 7
Ashish Nehra 88 6
Jaydev Unadkat 94 6
Rishabh Pant 98 6
Shreyas Iyer 101 6
Krunal Pandya 102 6
Murali Vijay 106 6
Suryakumar Yadav 126 6
Yuzvendra Chahal 134 6
Sourav Ganguly 59 5
Kuldeep Yadav 63 5
Shubman Gill 77 5
Nitish Rana 94 5
Sandeep Sharma 105 5
Yuvraj Singh 132 5
Parthiv Patel 139 5
Wriddhiman Saha 147 5
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 149 5
Manish Pandey 162 5
Prithvi Shaw 67 4
Rahul Tripathi 79 4
Harshal Patel 81 4
Mayank Agarwal 116 4
R Ashwin 187 4
Anil Kumble 42 3
Manan Vohra 55 3
Karun Nair 76 3
Ishan Kishan 78 3
Manoj Tiwary 98 3
R Vinay Kumar 105 3
Mandeep Singh 110 3
Piyush Chawla 168 3
Harpreet Brar 18 2
Rinku Singh 20 2
Paul Valthaty 23 2
Yashasvi Jaiswal 26 2
Iqbal Abdullah 49 2

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