Gill, Sooryavanshi Lead IPL 2026 MVPI

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2026 after Game 62.

Shubman Gill

IMAGE: Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, May 16, 2026. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters

Key Points

Shubman Gill is currently tied for the top spot in the IPL's Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) with 660 points, demonstrating consistent high-scoring.
Gill maintains his best-ever IPL strike rate of 160.5, accumulating significant runs despite fewer sixes compared to other top players.
The Player Value Index (PVI) calculates how much a franchise pays a player for every 'run equivalent' contributed.
Significant disparities exist in PVI, with Cameron Green costing KKR $5,637 per run equivalent, while Finn Allen, with a similar MVPI, costs only $434.
The MVPI rewards batters for quick runs, bowlers for wickets and economy, and players for run-out dismissals or catches.

He doesn't hit as many big sixes (only 27 so far) as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (43 sixes) or Ryan Rickelton (37 sixes), but Shubman Gill is accumulating a mountain of runs at his best ever IPL strike of 160.5.

That's why he's tied with Sooryavanshi for the top place with a MVPI of 660.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

IMAGE: Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in action against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi, May 17, 2026. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

Understanding the MVPI

Recall that MVPI rewards batters who score a lot of runs very quickly, bowlers take a lot of wickets with a good economy rate, and players who participate in the most run out dismissals or take the most catches.

Analysing Player Value Index (PVI)

We'll focus a little more this time on the Paisa Vasool or Player Value Index (PVI).

PVI tells you how much the franchise pays the player for every 'run equivalent' he contributes.

The calculation is straight forward. We divide the total money paid to the player so far (converting INR to US$) by his MVPI aggregate so far.

Consider Cameron Green. His MVPI so far of 412 is quite decent, but, because of his enormous price, KKR pays him a staggering $5,637 for every run equivalent he contributes.

Compare him with Finn Allen with a similar MVPI of 425. KKR pays him a mere $434 for every run equivalent.

The vast disparity is quite shocking, and blatantly unfair, but that's the sort of madness that drives the IPL romance and passion.

Abhishek Sharma

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma. Photograph: BCCI

Top 50 Performing Players In IPL 2026 (after Match 62 ending 18.5.26)

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy	Games	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	552	160.5	0	-	12	660	2496
2	Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	RR	IND	486	233.7	0	-	11	660	154
3	Abhishek Sharma	SRH	ND	481	209.1	0	10.1	12	642	2010
4	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	542	164.7	0	-	13	639	3281
5	KL Rahul	DC	IND	533	171.9	0	-	13	628	2226
6	Sai Sudharsan	GT	IND	554	157.8	0	-	13	618	1373
7	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	508	153.9	0	-	12	593	3575
8	Ishan Kishan	SRH	IND	420	185.8	0	-	12	573	1810
9	Ryan Rickelton	MI	SA	430	192	0	-	10	566	163
10	Jos Buttler	GT	ENG	412	149.8	0	-	13	559	2813
11	Cooper Connolly	PBKS	AUS	473	162.5	0	-	13	552	543
12	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	412	173.1	0	-	13	542	368
13	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	RCB	IND	34	130.8	24	7.7	13	541	1984
14	Sanju Samson	CSK	IND	450	164.2	0	-	12	528	3142
15	Mitchell Marsh	LSG	AUS	467	162.2	0	-	12	526	596
16	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	IND	441	167.7	0	-	13	521	767
17	Dhruv Jurel	RR	IND	367	151.7	0	-	12	494	2612
18	Priyansh Arya	PBKS	IND	364	212.9	0	-	13	484	784
19	Shreyas Iyer	PBKS	IND	397	162.7	0	-	13	470	5683
20	Rajat Patidar	RCB	IND	337	192.6	0	-	12	454	2419
21	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	KKR	IND	422	146.5	0	-	12	451	613
22	Finn Allen	KKR	NZ	321	221.4	0	-	9	425	434
23	Tilak Varma	MI	IND	336	162.3	0	-	12	422	1747
24	Cameron Green	KKR	AUS	316	150.5	5	11.2	12	412	5637
25	Kagiso Rabada	GT	SA	35	116.7	21	9.2	13	410	2618
26	Travis Head	SRH	AUS	361	171.1	0	-	12	406	3178
27	Jamie Overton	CSK	ENG	136	158.1	14	8.9	10	404	3422
28	Nitish Kumar Reddy	SRH	IND	224	163.5	7	10.2	11	385	1436
29	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	40	125	13	6.7	11	383	2888
30	Jason Holder	GT	WI	58	131.8	13	6.9	7	376	1859
31	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	327	156.5	0	-	12	365	4545
32	Washington Sundar	GT	IND	296	152.6	1	8.5	13	359	890
33	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	21	91.3	17	9.1	12	358	3218
34	Axar Patel	DC	IND	134	125.2	10	8.1	13	356	4628
35	Ravindra Jadeja	RR	AUS	190	133.8	8	7.8	11	356	3625
36	Naman Dhir	MI	IND	312	150	0	-	12	354	1367
37	Anshul Kamboj	CSK	IND	39	130	19	10.1	12	349	8979
38	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	35	120.7	16	8.7	13	346	5194
39	Krunal Pandya	RCB	IND	141	150	10	8.8	13	340	1689
40	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	286	149	0	-	12	338	3545
41	Prince Yadav	LSG	IND	0	0	16	8.5	12	332	83
42	Tim David	RCB	AUS	262	197	0	18	13	328	913
43	Pathum Nissanka	DC	SL	288	164.6	0	-	10	326	1225
44	Donovan Ferreira	RR	SA	233	176.5	1	13.7	11	326	283
45	Riyan Parag	RR	IND	258	151.8	2	9.5	11	319	4045
46	Kartik Tyagi	KKR	IND	11	122.2	16	9.4	12	311	89
47	Rishabh Pant	LSG	IND	251	138.7	0	-	12	303	8213
48	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	306	124.9	0	-	12	302	5493
49	Eshan Malinga	SRH	SA	2	22.2	16	9.6	12	297	372
50	Mohammed Siraj	GT	IND	0	0	14	8.6	13	292	4189

MVPI: Most Valuable Player Index = Sum of batting, bowling and fielding points. Run outs are counted as 1 (wicket) for a direct hit, and 0.5 (wicket) if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.

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