Rohit Sharma is the one IPL career you cannot judge from a single column. His batting numbers say very good opener; his captaincy numbers say the most decorated leader the league has seen. Nineteen seasons, six trophies, and the most sixes by an Indian in IPL history later, this page lays out every verified figure and settles what each one actually means.
Quick Answer - Rohit Sharma IPL Stats
Rohit Sharma has scored 7,329 runs in 280 IPL matches at an average of 29.91 and a strike rate of 132.92, with 2 centuries and 49 fifties. As captain of Mumbai Indians he won 5 IPL titles, a record he shares with only MS Dhoni.
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The full table below covers all 19 seasons, 2008 to 2026 - including the surprise in the last row: at 39, he just produced the fastest-scoring season of his career.
Stats verified via ESPNcricinfo and the official IPL site, updated 8 July 2026.
Rohit Sharma IPL Career Overview
Rohit arrived in the IPL fully formed. His debut 2008 season for Deccan Chargers brought 404 runs at a strike rate just short of 148, and 2009 brought a title, plus the strangest line on his CV: a hat-trick against Mumbai Indians, the franchise he would later define. His best bowling figures of 4 for 6 date from that same season.
Mumbai Indians signed him in 2011, moved him up the order, and handed him the captaincy mid-season in 2013 when Ricky Ponting stepped aside. MI were drifting; they finished the year as champions. Four more trophies followed in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, and Rohit remains the franchise's all-time leading run-scorer today.
Rohit Sharma IPL Stats Season by Season (2008-2026)
Nineteen seasons, three distinct careers: the Deccan strokemaker, the MI captain who traded average for silverware, and the post-captaincy hitter. Every row below reconciles to the career totals - no estimates.
| Season | Team | M | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | DC | 13 | 404 | 36.73 | 147.99 | 76* | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | DC | 16 | 362 | 27.85 | 114.92 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | DC | 16 | 404 | 28.86 | 133.77 | 73 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | MI | 16 | 372 | 33.82 | 125.25 | 87 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | MI | 17 | 433 | 30.93 | 126.61 | 109* | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | MI | 19 | 538 | 38.43 | 131.54 | 79* | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | MI | 15 | 390 | 30.00 | 129.14 | 59* | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | MI | 16 | 482 | 34.43 | 144.74 | 98* | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | MI | 14 | 489 | 44.45 | 132.88 | 85* | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | MI | 17 | 333 | 23.79 | 121.98 | 67 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | MI | 14 | 286 | 23.83 | 133.02 | 94 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | MI | 15 | 405 | 28.93 | 128.57 | 67 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | MI | 12 | 332 | 27.67 | 127.69 | 80 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | MI | 13 | 381 | 29.31 | 127.42 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | MI | 14 | 268 | 19.14 | 120.18 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | MI | 16 | 332 | 20.75 | 132.80 | 65 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | MI | 14 | 417 | 32.08 | 150.00 | 105* | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | MI | 15 | 418 | 29.86 | 149.29 | 81 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | MI | 8 | 283 | 40.43 | 160.80 | 84 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | DC/MI | 280 | 7,329 | 29.91 | 132.92 | 109* | 49 | 2 |
Best Seasons: 2013, and the 2024 Second Wind
2013 is the career year: 538 runs at 38.43, a mid-season promotion to captain, and MI's first title all in one campaign. No other season combines the batting and the leadership payoff like it. For pure average, 2016 is the peak - 44.45 across 14 matches, with five fifties.
The 2024 season deserves its own line. Stripped of the captaincy, Rohit responded with 417 runs at a strike rate of exactly 150.00 and a 105 not out against Chennai Super Kings - his second IPL hundred, twelve years after the first. Given how the MI vs CSK rivalry had leaned on containing him, doing it against that attack made the statement louder.
The Captaincy Record: Five Titles in 158 Matches
Rohit captained MI in 158 matches for 89 wins and 68 losses, a 56.3 percent win rate, and five championships: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Only MS Dhoni matches the five titles; nobody beats it. He also won the 2009 title as a Deccan Chargers player, making him a six-time champion overall - a haul you can trace on the IPL winners list.
The era ended ahead of 2024, when MI handed the role to Hardik Pandya after 11 years. The decision split the fanbase, but the cricket that followed answered any question about Rohit's response: his two seasons since the handover are his two highest-strike-rate full seasons ever.
Where Rohit Sharma Ranks Among IPL's Greats
On the run charts he sits second all-time, behind only Virat Kohli, and he is one of just four batters past 6,000 IPL runs. But ranking Rohit on aggregate misses what makes his case unusual: he is the only player in the top tier whose team resume outweighs his personal one. Kohli, Warner and Dhawan built bigger individual numbers; none of them built five title-winning sides. An average of 29.91 would normally cap a legacy debate. Five trophies as captain reopens it every time.
Rohit Sharma
- 7,329 runs, avg 29.91, SR 132.92
- 2 centuries, 49 fifties
- 323 sixes - most by an Indian
- 5 IPL titles as captain, 6 as a player
Virat Kohli
- 9,336 runs - the all-time IPL record
- 973 runs in 2016, the record season
- One franchise, RCB, since 2008
- 0 IPL titles as captain
Records Rohit Sharma Holds
- Joint-most IPL titles as captain: 5, level with MS Dhoni
- Six titles as a player: 2009 with Deccan Chargers, then 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 with MI
- Most sixes by an Indian in IPL history: 323
- Mumbai Indians' all-time leading run-scorer
- Second on the all-time IPL run list with 7,329, behind only Virat Kohli
- 21 Player of the Match awards, the most by an Indian
- One of only four players to appear in 19 IPL seasons
- A hat-trick (for DC against MI, 2009) and best bowling figures of 4 for 6 - the trivia round's favourite Rohit facts
- Most ducks in IPL history: 19 - the price of the method
Current Form: The 2026 Reinvention at 39
MI brought Rohit back for 2026 - his 19th season, a mark only three other players have reached - on a 16.30 crore rupee deal. An injury cost him five matches between mid-April and early May, and MI's top order sagged without him; he returned with 84 off 44 against LSG and had earlier taken 78 off KKR.
The final line reads 283 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 160.80 - the fastest-scoring season of his entire career, at 39. Watch the shape of it: 21 sixes against 21 fours, a ratio his 2013 self never came close to. The season still ended flat, a duck against RR at the Wankhede as MI missed the playoffs, but the batting told you the engine has changed, not died.
Call it plainly: Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni share the captaincy summit at five titles, and I give Rohit the edge on one detail - he won his first as a mid-season stand-in at 26, inheriting a drifting side and finishing the job inside four months. That is the hardest version of the assignment.
As a batter, the honest ceiling is visible in the numbers: two hundreds in 280 matches and an average under 30 will never win the individual debate against Virat Kohli, and pretending otherwise insults both careers. But the 2026 version - 160-plus strike rate, sixes outnumbering everything - suggests the last chapter is being written on his own terms. My one hedge: at 39, one bad hamstring ends this argument mid-sentence.
Frequently Asked Questions - Rohit Sharma IPL Stats
How many runs has Rohit Sharma scored in the IPL?
Rohit Sharma has scored 7,329 runs in 280 IPL matches at an average of 29.91 and a strike rate of 132.92. That places him second on the all-time IPL run list, behind only Virat Kohli.
How many IPL titles has Rohit Sharma won?
Six as a player: the 2009 title with Deccan Chargers, then five as Mumbai Indians captain in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. His five titles as captain are the joint-most in IPL history, level with MS Dhoni.
Why is Rohit Sharma no longer Mumbai Indians captain?
MI replaced him with Hardik Pandya ahead of the 2024 season, ending an 11-year reign that brought five titles in 158 matches. Rohit stayed on as an opener, and his two seasons since the handover have been the two fastest-scoring full seasons of his career.
Is Rohit Sharma still playing in the IPL?
Yes. IPL 2026 was his 19th season, on a 16.30 crore rupee deal with MI. An injury limited him to 8 matches, in which he scored 283 runs at a strike rate of 160.80 - the highest of any season in his career.
Is Rohit Sharma's IPL record better than Virat Kohli's?
As a batter, no: Kohli leads on runs (9,336 to 7,329), centuries and average. As a winner, it is not close the other way: Rohit has five titles as captain and six as a player; Kohli has none as captain. Which record is "better" depends entirely on which column you value.
The Bottom Line
Rohit Sharma's IPL career is a 19-season argument between two truths. The batting line - 7,329 runs at 29.91, two hundreds - is very good and honestly no more than that. The leadership line - five titles, 89 wins, a franchise turned into a dynasty - has exactly one equal in the league's history. And the 2026 postscript, 283 runs at 160.80 while pushing 40, says he is not done editing either column yet.
