This article will discover the most prolific batting pairs in Indian Premier League history with this comprehensive breakdown of the most overall career partnership totals in the IPL.
Most Partnership Runs in IPL
| Partners | Innings | Not Outs | Partnership Runs | Highest Partnership | Partnership Average | 100 Partnerships | 50 Partnerships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (RCB) | 76 | 5 | 3123 | 229 | 43.98 | 10 | 11 |
| Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (RCB) | 59 | 6 | 2787 | 204* | 52.58 | 9 | 12 |
| Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner (SRH) | 50 | 1 | 2357 | 139 | 48.10 | 6 | 14 |
| B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (GT) | 34 | 1 | 2095 | 210 | 63.48 | 7 | 9 |
| Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (RCB) | 41 | 0 | 2032 | 172 | 49.56 | 6 | 9 |
| Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa (KKR) | 48 | 0 | 1906 | 158 | 39.70 | 5 | 10 |
| Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma (MI) | 54 | 0 | 1868 | 101 | 34.59 | 1 | 17 |
| Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (PBKS) | 33 | 0 | 1731 | 183 | 52.45 | 5 | 10 |
| MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) | 68 | 16 | 1708 | 72 | 32.84 | 0 | 11 |
| Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (RR) | 46 | 0 | 1637 | 150 | 35.58 | 3 | 9 |
| Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (PBKS/RCB) | 37 | 1 | 1633 | 120 | 45.36 | 4 | 11 |
| Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal (RCB) | 32 | 2 | 1500 | 181* | 50.00 | 4 | 8 |
Key Insights on All Time IPL Partnership Totals
Virat Kohli – AB de Villiers – Total Partnership Runs
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli have scored the most partnership runs in the IPL, piling up 3123 runs together in 76 innings.
The RCB duo have also recorded the most century partnerships in the IPL, with 10 such stands between them.
De Villiers and Kohli converted two of their 10 century stands into double century partnerships, the joint-most in the league, along with Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill.
The legendary pair have, in fact, scored the highest partnership in an IPL innings, having stitched together 229 runs for the second wicket against Gujarat Lions in a 2016 game.
De Villiers-Kohli, Chris Gayle-Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan-David Warner are the three pairs with 20 or more fifty-plus partnerships in the IPL.
Sudharsan and Gill are the only pair to score an average of 60-plus partnership runs per dismissal in the IPL (minimum 20 innings).
Home, Away, and Season Partnership Milestones
De Villiers and Kohli scored 1360 of their 3123 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This is the most partnership runs by a pair at their team’s home ground in the IPL.
The prolific partners have also aggregated the most partnership runs in away IPL matches, having scored 1490 runs in 34 innings.
De Villiers-Kohli and Faf du Plessis-Kohli hold the joint record for the most partnership runs in an IPL season, having scored 939 runs each in the 2016 and 2023 seasons.
Dhawan and Warner are the only pair to score 600 or more partnership runs in three IPL seasons, and that too in consecutive years (622 runs in 2015, 731 runs in 2016 and 646 runs in 2017).
Gayle and Kohli have scored the most partnership runs against an IPL team, having aggregated 669 runs, including five century stands, in seven innings against Kings XI Punjab.
Top Partnership Records by Wicket and Match Phase
MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja are the only pair to score more than 1000 partnership runs while batting together for the fifth or lower wicket in the IPL. They aggregated 1424 runs in 59 innings.
De Villiers and Kohli scored 2019 partnership runs in 40 innings while batting first, the most by a pair in this phase in the IPL.
Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa, meanwhile, have scored the most runs in chases, with 1314 runs in 32 innings between them.
1048 of the 1314 partnership runs between Gambhir and Uthappa came in successful run chases, the most by a pair in the IPL.
Dhawan and Warner scored 2220 of their 2357 partnership runs for the first wicket. This is the most partnership runs by an opening pair in the IPL.