Shane Watson was the most valuable player of IPL 2008. Who will it be this time? Any of the top five ranked players has a chance, with Suresh Raina being the current favourite.
With the IPL league phase over, we decided to list the names of the top 75 players with their rank attached.
Rank | Player | Team | From | Runs | Str Rate | W | Eco | M | MVPI | Money ($) | PVI | Age |
1 | Suresh Raina | CSK | IND | 414 | 143.3 | 7 | 5.7 | 13 | 651 | 650000 | 984 | 22 |
2 | M Hayden | CSK | AUS | 546 | 145.2 | 0 | -- | 11 | 650 | 375000 | 553 | 37 |
3 | Adam Gilchrist | DC | AUS | 410 | 142.9 | 0 | -- | 14 | 592 | 700000 | 1182 | 37 |
4 | AB de Villiers | DD | SA | 486 | 131.0 | 0 | -- | 14 | 583 | 300000 | 515 | 25 |
5 | Rohit Sharma | DC | IND | 297 | 119.3 | 11 | 6.6 | 14 | 499 | 750000 | 1502 | 22 |
6 | Brad Hodge | KKR | AUS | 365 | 117.7 | 7 | 8.1 | 12 | 467 | 100000 | 208 | 34 |
7 | Irfan Pathan | KXI | IND | 196 | 124.1 | 17 | 7.7 | 14 | 453 | 925000 | 2042 | 24 |
8 | J-P Duminy | MI | SA | 372 | 114.5 | 4 | 5.8 | 13 | 450 | 950000 | 2083 | 25 |
9 | Yuvraj Singh | KXI | IND | 340 | 115.3 | 6 | 7.1 | 14 | 444 | 1063750 | 2394 | 27 |
10 | Dinesh Karthik | DD | IND | 279 | 133.5 | 0 | -- | 14 | 421 | 525000 | 1248 | 23 |
11 | Yusuf Pathan | RR | IND | 243 | 132.8 | 7 | 6.9 | 13 | 412 | 475000 | 1136 | 26 |
12 | Dwayne Bravo | MI | WI | 218 | 107.4 | 11 | 7.8 | 10 | 395 | 150000 | 358 | 25 |
13 | R Jadeja | RR | IND | 295 | 110.9 | 6 | 6.5 | 13 | 395 | 30000 | 75 | 20 |
14 | H Singh | MI | IND | 84 | 158.5 | 12 | 5.8 | 13 | 383 | 850000 | 2189 | 28 |
15 | MS Dhoni | CSK | IND | 304 | 131.6 | 0 | -- | 13 | 381 | 1500000 | 3878 | 27 |
16 | S Tendulkar | MI | IND | 364 | 120.1 | 0 | 9.7 | 13 | 375 | 1121250 | 2945 | 36 |
17 | Jacques Kallis | BRC | SA | 337 | 109.4 | 5 | 8.0 | 13 | 366 | 900000 | 2424 | 33 |
18 | Anil Kumble | BRC | IND | 15 | 83.3 | 17 | 5.9 | 14 | 361 | 500000 | 1384 | 38 |
19 | Lasith Malinga | MI | SL | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 6.3 | 13 | 344 | 350000 | 1004 | 25 |
20 | Ashish Nehra | DD | IND | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 6.6 | 12 | 342 | 400000 | 1135 | 30 |
21 | RP Singh | DC | IND | 8 | 47.1 | 20 | 7.1 | 14 | 342 | 875000 | 2560 | 23 |
22 | T Dilshan | DD | SL | 306 | 120.9 | 0 | 6.5 | 13 | 332 | 250000 | 743 | 32 |
23 | Muralitharan | CSK | SL | 8 | 100.0 | 13 | 5.3 | 12 | 331 | 600000 | 1761 | 37 |
24 | Shane Warne | RR | AUS | 108 | 93.1 | 14 | 7.3 | 13 | 323 | 450000 | 1375 | 39 |
25 | K Sangakkara | KXI | SL | 332 | 102.5 | 0 | -- | 14 | 321 | 700000 | 2181 | 31 |
26 | B McCullum | KKR | NZ | 285 | 119.2 | 0 | -- | 12 | 318 | 700000 | 2140 | 27 |
27 | Munaf Patel | RR | IND | 33 | 126.9 | 16 | 6.9 | 11 | 317 | 275000 | 830 | 25 |
28 | T Suman | DC | IND | 203 | 131.8 | 5 | 7.2 | 10 | 309 | 30000 | 92 | 25 |
29 | S Jayasuriya | MI | SL | 221 | 115.1 | 7 | 8.6 | 12 | 302 | 975000 | 3136 | 39 |
30 | A Symonds | DC | AUS | 192 | 147.7 | 4 | 6.8 | 6 | 299 | 1350000 | 1938 | 34 |
31 | H Gibbs | DC | SA | 275 | 107.8 | 0 | -- | 12 | 290 | 575000 | 1928 | 35 |
32 | Dwayne Smith | DC | WI | 215 | 162.9 | 1 | 8.9 | 6 | 285 | 100000 | 311 | 26 |
33 | Pragyan Ojha | DC | IND | 1 | 14.3 | 15 | 6.3 | 13 | 282 | 30000 | 105 | 22 |
34 | A Nayar | MI | IND | 193 | 127.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 13 | 278 | 100000 | 355 | 25 |
35 | Praveen Kumar | BRC | IND | 63 | 146.5 | 12 | 7.8 | 11 | 274 | 300000 | 1049 | 22 |
36 | Jayawardene | KXI | SL | 219 | 132.7 | 0 | -- | 10 | 264 | 475000 | 1698 | 31 |
37 | Dirk Nannes | DD | AUS | 0 | -- | 15 | 7.2 | 12 | 263 | 70000 | 258 | 33 |
38 | Albie Morkel | CSK | SA | 77 | 145.3 | 12 | 8.2 | 11 | 262 | 650000 | 2372 | 27 |
39 | Ross Taylor | BRC | NZ | 236 | 134.1 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 255 | 100000 | 365 | 25 |
40 | Piyush Chawla | KXI | IND | 31 | 86.1 | 12 | 6.9 | 14 | 249 | 400000 | 1605 | 20 |
41 | P Sangwan | DD | IND | 6 | 66.7 | 15 | 7.7 | 12 | 244 | 30000 | 120 | 18 |
42 | G Gambhir | DD | IND | 286 | 104.8 | 0 | -- | 14 | 239 | 725000 | 3037 | 27 |
43 | Virat Kohli | BRC | IND | 215 | 110.8 | 0 | 7.7 | 14 | 238 | 300000 | 1263 | 20 |
44 | R v d Merwe | BRC | SA | 88 | 122.2 | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 233 | 75000 | 295 | 24 |
45 | Rahul Dravid | BRC | IND | 218 | 119.8 | 0 | -- | 11 | 232 | 1035000 | 4279 | 36 |
46 | Amit Mishra | DD | IND | 26 | 136.8 | 11 | 7.2 | 10 | 226 | 30000 | 125 | 26 |
47 | David Warner | DD | AUS | 163 | 124.4 | 0 | -- | 6 | 216 | 250000 | 1026 | 22 |
48 | Shadab Jakati | CSK | IND | 20 | 133.3 | 12 | 7.5 | 8 | 213 | 30000 | 129 | 28 |
49 | Ishant Sharma | KKR | IND | 16 | 123.1 | 11 | 6.9 | 11 | 210 | 950000 | 4325 | 20 |
50 | V Sehwag | DD | IND | 159 | 148.6 | 0 | -- | 10 | 204 | 833750 | 3858 | 30 |
51 | Mark Boucher | BRC | SA | 145 | 131.8 | 0 | -- | 10 | 199 | 450000 | 2132 | 32 |
52 | Chris Gayle | KKR | WI | 171 | 119.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 7 | 196 | 800000 | 2280 | 29 |
53 | Naman Ojha | RR | IND | 168 | 116.7 | 0 | -- | 8 | 195 | 30000 | 141 | 25 |
54 | MN van Wyk | KKR | 167 | 126.5 | 0 | -- | 5 | 193 | 50000 | 226 | ||
55 | Venugopal Rao | DC | IND | 124 | 110.7 | 4 | 8.1 | 14 | 186 | 30000 | 161 | 27 |
56 | L Balaji | CSK | IND | 4 | 40.0 | 13 | 8.5 | 12 | 184 | 30000 | 159 | 27 |
57 | Yusuf Abdulla | KXI | SA | 0 | -- | 14 | 8.6 | 9 | 179 | 50000 | 259 | 26 |
58 | Robin Uthappa | BRC | IND | 158 | 101.9 | 0 | -- | 13 | 173 | 800000 | 4565 | 23 |
59 | Rajat Bhatia | DD | IND | 4 | 25.0 | 10 | 6.7 | 7 | 171 | 30000 | 158 | 29 |
60 | Amit Singh | RR | IND | 1 | 33.3 | 9 | 5.4 | 5 | 170 | 30000 | 154 | 27 |
61 | S Badrinath | CSK | IND | 176 | 108.0 | 0 | -- | 13 | 168 | 30000 | 176 | 28 |
62 | Simon Katich | KXI | AUS | 145 | 123.9 | 0 | -- | 9 | 167 | 200000 | 1114 | 33 |
63 | Laxmi Shukla | KKR | IND | 83 | 97.6 | 3 | 7.1 | 9 | 163 | 30000 | 171 | 28 |
64 | Graeme Smith | RR | SA | 212 | 98.1 | 0 | -- | 12 | 162 | 475000 | 2848 | 28 |
65 | K Pietersen | BRC | ENG | 93 | 109.4 | 4 | 6.5 | 6 | 160 | 1550000 | 4145 | 28 |
66 | Daniel Vettori | DD | NZ | 34 | 106.3 | 7 | 7.8 | 7 | 160 | 625000 | 3510 | 30 |
67 | Ajinkya Rahane | MI | IND | 144 | 117.1 | 1 | 5.0 | 8 | 156 | 40000 | 235 | 20 |
68 | Sourav Ganguly | KKR | IND | 189 | 91.3 | 2 | 8.1 | 13 | 154 | 1092500 | 6981 | 36 |
69 | Jacob Oram | CSK | NZ | 79 | 91.9 | 5 | 8.1 | 10 | 148 | 675000 | 4315 | 30 |
70 | Manish Pandey | BRC | IND | 116 | 154.7 | 0 | -- | 3 | 142 | 30000 | 178 | 19 |
71 | Brett Lee | KXI | AUS | 28 | 82.4 | 5 | 5.6 | 5 | 139 | 900000 | 2682 | 32 |
72 | David Hussey | KKR | AUS | 98 | 166.1 | 0 | 8.5 | 4 | 137 | 675000 | 1967 | 31 |
73 | Ravi Bopara | KXI | ENG | 138 | 116.0 | 0 | 3.8 | 5 | 136 | 450000 | 1368 | 24 |
74 | D Mascarenhas | RR | ENG | 39 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.8 | 5 | 136 | 100000 | 640 | 31 |
75 | Murali Kartik | KKR | IND | 21 | 105.0 | 4 | 5.9 | 10 | 135 | 425000 | 2968 | 32 |
For the statistically-minded, this list contains a wealth of information, and readers can amuse themselves by making a wide variety of lists using counts, totals and averages, based on the team, country, age, player price etc. We hope to carry a detailed analysis after this IPL ends.
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