The Indian Premier League was launched in April 2008 by the BCCI and 2018 marked the 11th edition of the prestigious T20 tournament.
Over the years this T20 league has become one of the biggest tournaments in the world. Most of the IPL seasons were played by 8 teams, while in 2011 ten teams and in 2012 and 2013, nine teams participated in the league.
The inaugural IPL edition in 2008 saw Rajasthan Royals winning the title, defeating the Chennai Super Kings in the finals under the captaincy of Shane Warne.
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won the IPL titles most times- three times each. The 11th season IPL was held from 7 April to 27 May 2018 and was won by Chennai Super Kings, who defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the finals.
All the stats and facts all you need to know about Indian Premier League:
Team Records :
1. Series result -
(* denotes team(s) that are now defunct)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers* | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai Indians |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kings XI Punjab |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Most titles - Mumbai Indians (3 - 2013, 2015, 2017) and Chennai Super Kings (3 - 2010, 2011, 2018)
Most finals - Chennai Super Kings (7)
2. Results summary -
| Team | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | NR | %W |
| Delhi Daredevils | 2008-2017 | 161 | 67 | 92 | 2 | 42.5 |
| Kings Xi Punjab | 2008-2017 | 162 | 76 | 86 | 0 | 46.9 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008-2017 | 164 | 86 | 78 | 0 | 53.0 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 2008-2015 | 148 | 90 | 57 | 1 | 61.6 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2008-2017 | 171 | 98 | 73 | 0 | 57.3 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2008-2017 | 167 | 79 | 85 | 3 | 47.3 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 2008-2015 | 133 | 70 | 62 | 1 | 52.6 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2013-2017 | 93 | 52 | 41 | 0 | 55.9 |
3. Highest team total -
(* denotes team(s) that are now defunct)
| Score | Team | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| 263/5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Pune Warriors* | Bangalore | 2013 |
| 248/3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Gujarat Lions* | Bangalore | 2016 |
| 246/5 | Chennai Super Kings | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai | 2010 |
| 245/6 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kings Xi Punjab | Indore | 2018 |
| 240/5 | Chennai Super Kings | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | 2008 |
4. Lowest team total -
| Score | Team | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| 49 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 2017 |
| 58 | Rajasthan Royals | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Cape Town | 2009 |
| 66 | Delhi Daredevils | Mumbai Indians | Delhi | 2017 |
| 67 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 2008 |
| 67 | Delhi Daredevils | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | 2017 |
Batting Records :
1. Most runs -
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Suresh Raina | 176 | 172 | 27 | 4985 | 34.4 | 138.4 | 100* | 1 | 35 |
| Virat Kohli | 163 | 155 | 26 | 4948 | 38.4 | 130.8 | 113 | 4 | 34 |
| Rohit Sharma | 173 | 168 | 27 | 4493 | 31.9 | 131.0 | 109* | 1 | 34 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 154 | 152 | 16 | 4217 | 31.0 | 123.9 | 93 | 0 | 36 |
| Robin Uthappa | 165 | 159 | 15 | 4129 | 28.7 | 131.7 | 87 | 0 | 23 |
2. Highest Individual scores -
Chris Gayle - 175* vs PWI at Bangalore, 2013
Brendon McCullum - 158* vs RCB at Bangalore, 2013
AB de Villiers - 133* vs MI at Mumbai, 2015
AB de Villiers - 129* vs GL at Bangalore, 2016
Rishab Pant - 128* vs SRH at Delhi, 2018
Chris Gayle - 128* vs DD at Delhi, 2012
3. Most runs in a season -
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | Year |
| V Kohli (RCB) | 16 | 16 | 973 | 81.1 | 152.0 | 113 | 4 | 7 | 2016 |
| D Warner (SRH) | 17 | 17 | 848 | 60.6 | 151.4 | 93* | 0 | 9 | 2016 |
| K Williamson (SRH) | 17 | 17 | 735 | 52.5 | 142.4 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 2018 |
| C Gayle (RCB) | 15 | 14 | 733 | 61.1 | 160.7 | 128* | 1 | 7 | 2012 |
| M Hussey (CSK) | 17 | 17 | 733 | 52.3 | 129.5 | 95 | 0 | 6 | 2013 |
4. Highest batting average (Min 2000 runs) -
Chris Gayle - 41.17
David Warner - 40.54
MS Dhoni - 40.16
Shaun Marsh - 39.95
AB de Villiers - 39.53
5. Highest strike rate (Min 500 balls faced) -
Andre Russell - 177.29
Rishabh Pant - 162.71
Glenn Maxwell - 161.13
Virender Sehwag - 155.44
AB de Villiers - 150.93
6. Most 100s -
Chris Gayle - 6
Virat Kohli / Shane Watson - 4
(Virat Kohli scored 4 centuries in the same season - IPL 2016)
AB de Villiers / David Warner - 3
7. Most fifty plus scores -
David Warner - 39
Virat Kohli - 38
Gautam Gambhir / Suresh Raina - 36
Rohit Sharma - 35
Shikhar Dhawan - 32
AB de Villiers - 31
Bowling Records :
1. Most wickets -
| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Avg | Eco | BBI | 4-fers |
| L Malinga | 110 | 110 | 154 | 19.01 | 6.86 | 5/13 | 5 |
| A Mishra | 136 | 136 | 146 | 24.14 | 7.39 | 5/17 | 4 |
| P Chawla | 144 | 143 | 140 | 26.23 | 7.71 | 4/17 | 2 |
| DJ Bravo | 122 | 119 | 136 | 24.17 | 8.43 | 4/22 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 149 | 146 | 134 | 27.27 | 7.05 | 5/18 | 2 |
2. Best bowling figures in an innings -
Sohail Tanvir (RR) - 6/14 vs CSK at Jaipur, 2008
Adam Zampa (RPSG) - 6/19 vs SRH at Visakhapatnam, 2016
Anil Kumble (RCB) - 5/5 vs RR at Cape Town, 2009
Ishant Sharma (DC) - 5/12 vs KTK at Kochi, 2011
Lasith Malinga (MI) - 5/13 vs DD at Delhi, 2011
3. Most wickets in a season -
| Player | Mat | Wkts | Avg | Eco | BBI | 4-fers | Year |
| D Bravo (CSK) | 18 | 32 | 15.5 | 7.9 | 4/42 | 1 | 2013 |
| S Malinga (MI) | 16 | 28 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 5/13 | 1 | 2011 |
| J Faulkner (RR) | 16 | 28 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 5/16 | 2 | 2013 |
| B Kumar (SRH) | 14 | 26 | 14.2 | 7.1 | 5/19 | 1 | 2017 |
| D Bravo (CSK) | 17 | 26 | 16.4 | 8.1 | 3/22 | 0 | 2015 |
4. Best bowling average (Min 50 wkts) -
Lasith Malinga - 19.01
Sunil Narine - 22.30
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 22.44
Munaf Patel - 22.94
Sandeep Sharma - 23.13
5. Best economy rate (Min 50 wkts) -
Sunil Narine - 6.54
Muttiah Muralitharan - 6.67
Dale Steyn - 6.72
R Ashwin - 6.72
Lasith Malinga - 6.86
6. Most 4-fers -
Sunil Narine - 7
Lasith Malinga - 5
Andrew Tye - 4
Amit Mishra - 4
Ravindra Jadeja - 4
Lakshmipathy Balaji - 4
