Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni or Virat Kohli – Which Indian Player Has Won Most Man of the Match Awards in IPL?

Rohit Sharma tops the list for Indian players with most man of the match awards in Indian Premier League (IPL) history, but Virat Kohli got closer to his compatriot with the player of the match award in IPL 2024 match 6.

Kohli bagged the man of the match award for his 49-ball knock of 77 in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s 4-wicket win over Punjab Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday (March 25).

With this latest MoM award win, Kohli took his tally to 17 player of match awards in IPL history, going level with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has also won the man of the match award 17 times so far.

Former RCB and Delhi Capitals wicketkeeper-batter AB de Villiers holds the record for most man of the match titles, having bagged the award 25 times followed by his teammate and West Indies legend Chris Gayle, who won the award 22 times.

Rohit sits in third with 19 man of the match awards. The Indian skipper, however, sits on top when it comes to Indian players with most man of the match awards in IPL with the likes of Kohli and Dhoni not far behind.

Rising stars Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are catching up in recent years, while some current IPL mainstays like KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya also appear on the list.

The aforementioned players alongside the likes of Rinku Singh, Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant among others can catch up on the leaders in the ongoing season and the seasons later in the Indian Premier League.

IPL 2024 Man of the Match Awards: Player of the Match Award Winners Of Every Game

There are also some greats of the game from the country also in the list for most player of the match awards won by Indian players with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble also among the list. Here is a look at the list:

Most Man of the Match Awards Won by Indian Players in IPL

Player Matches MoM Awards Won
Rohit Sharma 244 19
Virat Kohli 239 17
MS Dhoni 252 17
Yusuf Pathan 174 16
Suresh Raina 205 14
Gautam Gambhir 154 13
Ajinkya Rahane 174 13
Ravindra Jadeja 228 13
KL Rahul 119 12
Shikhar Dhawan 219 12
Amit Mishra 161 12
Virender Sehwag 104 11
Ruturaj Gaikwad 54 10
Umesh Yadav 143 10
Sanju Samson 153 10
Ambati Rayudu 204 10
Shubman Gill 92 9
Sachin Tendulkar 78 8
Jasprit Bumrah 121 8
Hardik Pandya 124 8
Axar Patel 137 8
Suryakumar Yadav 139 8
Harbhajan Singh 163 8
Robin Uthappa 205 7
Dinesh Karthik 244 7
Ashish Nehra 88 6
Jaydev Unadkat 94 6
Rishabh Pant 99 6
Shreyas Iyer 102 6
Murali Vijay 106 6
Krunal Pandya 114 6
Yuzvendra Chahal 146 6
Yashasvi Jaiswal 38 5
Sourav Ganguly 59 5
Kuldeep Yadav 74 5
Nitish Rana 106 5
Sandeep Sharma 117 5
Yuvraj Singh 132 5
Parthiv Patel 139 5
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 161 5
Wriddhiman Saha 163 5
Manish Pandey 170 5
R Ashwin 198 5
Varun Chakravarthy 57 4
Prithvi Shaw 71 4
Rahul Tripathi 90 4
Ishan Kishan 92 4
Harshal Patel 94 4
Mohit Sharma 102 4
Mayank Agarwal 124 4
Rinku Singh 32 3
Anil Kumble 42 3
Manan Vohra 56 3
Karun Nair 76 3
Mohammed Siraj 81 3
Manoj Tiwary 98 3
Ishant Sharma 102 3
R Vinay Kumar 105 3
Mohammed Shami 110 3
Mandeep Singh 111 3
Piyush Chawla 182 3
B Sai Sudharsan 14 2
Paul Valthaty 23 2
Hanuma Vihari 24 2
Umran Malik 25 2
Harmeet Singh 27 2
Ankit Rajpoot 29 2
Harpreet Brar 30 2
Shivam Mavi 32 2
Pravin Tambe 33 2
Venkatesh Iyer 37 2
Rahul Sharma 44 2
Avesh Khan 48 2
Iqbal Abdulla 49 2
Shreyas Gopal 49 2
Pawan Negi 50 2
Varun Aaron 52 2
Shivam Dube 53 2
Devdutt Padikkal 58 2
Munaf Patel 63 2
Shahbaz Nadeem 72 2
Lakshmipathy Balaji 73 2
Deepak Chahar 75 2
Siddharth Trivedi 76 2
Ashok Dinda 78 2
Rahul Tewatia 83 2
Shardul Thakur 86 2
Rahul Dravid 89 2
Kedar Jadhav 95 2
Irfan Pathan 103 2
Praveen Kumar 119 2