Meet IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 46.

IMAGE: Jofra Archer hits a six. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

It has been a battle between K L Rahul and Jofra Archer to be the most valuable player of IPL 2020.

Archer (MVPI: 586) continues to top the table, but Rahul (569) isn't too far behind.

Kagiso Rabada (519) is in hot pursuit, and Rashid Khan (446) threatens to join the top five.

Aggressive and prolific batsmen, and attacking wicket-taking bowlers remain the best performers.

Recall that the Most Valuable Player Index, which collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a 'run equivalent', rewards batsmen who score a lot of runs, and quickly; bowlers who take a lot of wickets, and with good economy rates, and outstanding fielding.

The table also lists the Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), which measures a player's value by the amount of $ they pay the player for every MVPI point 'gained ('run equivalent' contributed), of the 50 best performing players.

The lower the PVI, the greater bang the player offers for the buck.

IPL 2020: Best Performing Players so far (after Game 46 ending October 26, 2020

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy	Maidens
1	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	586	1507	107	27	5	10	198.1	17	6.7	12
2	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	569	2380	595	132	52	20	132.2	0	-	12
3	Kagiso Rabada	DC	SA	519	121	26	15	2	1	130	23	7.6	11
4	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	481	1225	471	106	52	10	148.1	0	-	11
5	Rahul Tewatia	RR	IND	449	821	224	53	11	16	143.6	7	7.2	12
6	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	446	2273	24	14	2	1	104.3	14	5.3	11
7	Sam Curran	CSK	ENG	439	1542	173	52	11	12	136.2	13	8.3	12
8	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	436	295	398	106	39	15	155.5	0	-	10
9	Nicholas Pooran	KXI	WI	430	1196	329	77	23	22	171.4	0	-	12
10	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	423	466	401	87	38	12	140.7	0	-	12
11	Quinton de Kock	MI	SA	422	745	374	78	34	17	143.3	0	-	11
12	AB de Villiers	RCB	IND	415	2991	324	73	25	19	174.2	0	-	11
13	Mohammed Shami	KXI	IND	411	1439	2	2	0	0	66.7	20	8.5	12
14	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	387	2547	326	85	17	23	157.5	0	-	12
15	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	377	2084	5	5	0	0	166.7	17	7.5	11
16	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	372	1816	1	1	0	0	33.3	16	7	11
17	Axar Patel	DC	IND	366	1546	65	21	3	5	166.7	8	5.8	10
18	Marcus Stoinis	DC	AUS	365	1485	232	53	19	11	155.7	8	10.2	11
19	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	350	718	345	97	31	13	126.8	0	-	11
20	David Warner	SRH	AUS	342	4112	370	60	31	10	127.6	0	-	11
21	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	342	1792	214	60	10	18	198.1	2	9.1	11
22	Shreyas Iyer	DC	IND	341	2304	382	88	29	13	130.4	0	-	11
23	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	340	5616	415	90	21	10	125	0	-	11
24	Chris Morris	RCB	SA	335	3354	27	25	1	3	207.7	10	5.7	6
25	Trent Boult	MI	NZ	332	1089	0	0	0	0	0	16	8.2	11
26	Anrich Nortje	DC	SA	326	699	6	3	0	0	200	14	7.7	10
27	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	324	1534	10	7	0	0	66.7	13	7.2	11
28	Ravi Bishnoi	KXI	IND	315	789	7	6	1	0	58.3	12	7.2	12
29	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	310	1166	283	79	38	5	148.9	0	-	11
30	Eoin Morgan	KKR	ENG	309	2080	335	44	25	18	131.4	0	-	12
31	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	305	77	343	63	33	7	122.9	0	-	11
32	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	305	721	2	2	0	0	50	13	7.6	11
33	Pat Cummins	KKR	AUS	303	6280	131	53	9	7	127.2	6	7.8	12
34	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	303	339	7	5	0	0	58.3	12	7.3	12
35	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	AUS	301	2848	201	50	20	8	162.1	4	9.3	12
36	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	287	2437	298	99	17	20	142.6	0	-	9
37	Shubman Gill	KKR	IND	286	779	378	70	34	9	113.9	0	-	12
38	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	284	4371	224	60	14	18	182.1	0	-	11
39	Washington Sundar	RCB	IND	283	1277	75	30	7	2	117.2	6	5.7	11
40	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	280	1929	271	70	22	13	139.7	0	-	11
41	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	272	4564	310	83	22	15	125	0	-	11
42	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	252	1667	265	81	33	8	138	0	7	12
43	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	251	1093	291	71	23	11	125.4	0	-	10
44	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	245	6262	114	64	10	7	150	5	8.1	8
45	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	239	7068	260	80	22	15	129.4	0	-	9
46	Steven Smith	RR	AUS	237	6474	276	69	26	9	129.6	0	-	12
47	Shane Watson	CSK	AUS	236	2107	285	83	34	11	125	0	-	10
48	T Natarajan	SRH	IND	235	201	3	3	0	0	60	11	8.5	11
49	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	228	8083	199	47	16	7	118.5	0	-	12
50	James Pattinson	MI	AUS	222	779	11	11	2	0	137.5	11	8.7	8

Table also lists the paisa vasool index (PVI), which measures a player's value by the amount of US$ they pay the player for every MVPI point 'gained ('run equivalent' contributed), of the 50 best performing players. The lower the PVI, the greater bang the player offers for the buck.

To gain an added perspective, we've divided the players into groups based on how much they get paid, and identified players with the lowest PVI in every group (see tables below). Looking at these tables, the biggest 'steals' in this IPL would appear to be Kagiso Rabada, Mayank Agarwal and Faf du Plessis.

Price: Less than Rs 20 Lakhs
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	305	77
2	Murugan Ashwin	KXI	IND	217	118
3	Shreyas Gopal	RR	IND	215	120
4	Arshdeep Singh	KXI	IND	178	144
5	Abdul Samad	SRH	IND	76	310

IMAGE: Delhi Capitals pacer Kagiso Rabada in action. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Price: Rs 20 - 50 Lakhs
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Kagiso Rabada	DC	SA	519	121
2	T Natarajan	SRH	IND	235	201
3	Isuru Udana	RCB	SL	131	480
4	Saurabh Tiwary	MI	IND	91	691
5	Lungi Ngidi	CSK	SA	50	1371

IMAGE: Kings XI Punjab opener Mayank Agarwal celebrates after completing a hundred. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Price: Rs 50 Lakhs to Rs 1 Crore
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	436	295
2	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	303	339
3	Rahul Tripathi	KKR	IND	171	451
4	Abhishek Sharma	SRH	IND	85	739
5	Tom Curran	RR	ENG	87	1478

IMAGE: Faf du Plessis celebrates after completing his fifty. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Price: Rs 1 – 2 Crores
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	423	466
2	Prithvi Shaw	DC	IND	210	673
3	Anrich Nortje	DC	SA	326	699
4	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	305	721
5	James Pattinson	MI	AUS	222	779

Price: Rs 2 – 5 Crores
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	350	718
2	Quinton de Kock	MI	SA	422	745
3	Rahul Tewatia	RR	IND	449	821
4	Trent Boult	MI	NZ	332	1089
4	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	251	1093

Price: Rs 5 – 10 Crores
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	481	1225
2	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	586	1507
3	Sam Curran	CSK	ENG	439	1542
4	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	342	1792
4	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	372	1816

Price: More than Rs 10 Crores
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	569	2380
2	AB de Villiers	RCB	IND	415	2991
3	David Warner	SRH	AUS	342	4112
4	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	284	4371
4	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	272	4564

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