India- IPL runs
- 5,439
- Average
- 38.30
- Strike rate
- 137.4
- Highest
- 84
Career
MS Dhoni arrived in international cricket as a long-haired hitter from Ranchi with an unorthodox technique and no first-class pedigree from a major centre. He left it as the only captain to have won all three major ICC men's trophies, and as the player who redefined what a wicketkeeper-batter was expected to do at the end of an innings.
His batting was built around an extraordinary sense of the required rate. Rather than accelerate steadily, Dhoni would deliberately absorb pressure deep into a chase and then compress the remaining runs into a short burst — a method that looked reckless until it repeatedly worked. Behind the stumps he was fast rather than classical, and his stumping speed remains the benchmark.
As captain he was notably unhurried, trusting young bowlers in high-pressure overs and rarely showing visible frustration. He retired from Test cricket in 2014 and from international cricket in 2020, continuing to lead Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.
Highlights
- Only captain to win the ICC World Twenty20, the Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy
- Led India to the 2007 World Twenty20 and 2011 Cricket World Cup titles
- Captained Chennai Super Kings to five IPL titles
- Regarded as the fastest stumper in the history of the game
Overview
What the figures show
Eighteen IPL seasons, from 2008 to 2025, stand behind MS Dhoni's 5,439 runs in the competition. The best of the seasons was 2013 — 461 runs. 84 in 2019 remains the biggest single innings of it. Fifty has been passed 24 times. A strike rate of 137.4 is within a run or two of the 135.37 median for the 182 batters in this data with 300 or more IPL balls behind them. Fours and sixes account for roughly 57% of the total — 375 and 264 of them.
The clubs, in order: Chennai Super Kings (2008–2015), Rising Pune Supergiants (2016), Rising Pune Supergiant (2017) and Chennai Super Kings (2018–2025). Most of the runs, 2,987 of them, came in the Chennai Super Kings years.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 86 | 139 | 4,721 | 224 | 38.07 | 59.0 | 6 | 31 |
| ODI | 331 | 279 | 10,274 | 148 | 51.37 | 86.9 | 9 | 72 |
| T20I | 95 | 83 | 1,584 | 56 | 36.84 | 125.0 | 0 | 2 |
| IPL | 277 | 242 | 5,439 | 84* | 38.30 | 137.4 | 0 | 24 |
Indian Premier League
Season by season
| Season | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | CSK | 14 | 4 | 414 | 65 | 41.40 | 133.5 | 38 | 15 |
| 2009 | CSK | 13 | 5 | 332 | 58 | 41.50 | 127.2 | 22 | 9 |
| 2010 | CSK | 11 | 2 | 287 | 66 | 31.90 | 136.7 | 26 | 8 |
| 2011 | CSK | 13 | 4 | 392 | 70 | 43.60 | 158.7 | 25 | 23 |
| 2012 | CSK | 17 | 5 | 358 | 51 | 29.80 | 128.8 | 26 | 9 |
| 2013 | CSK | 16 | 5 | 461 | 67 | 41.90 | 162.9 | 32 | 25 |
| 2014 | CSK | 15 | 10 | 371 | 57 | 74.20 | 148.4 | 22 | 20 |
| 2015 | CSK | 17 | 5 | 372 | 53 | 31.00 | 122.0 | 27 | 17 |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 12 | 5 | 284 | 64 | 40.60 | 135.2 | 18 | 14 |
| 2017 | RPS | 15 | 4 | 290 | 61 | 26.40 | 116.0 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018 | CSK | 15 | 9 | 455 | 79 | 75.80 | 150.7 | 24 | 30 |
| 2019 | CSK | 12 | 7 | 416 | 84 | 83.20 | 134.6 | 22 | 23 |
| 2020 | CSK | 12 | 4 | 200 | 47 | 25.00 | 116.3 | 16 | 7 |
| 2021 | CSK | 11 | 4 | 114 | 18 | 16.30 | 106.5 | 12 | 3 |
| 2022 | CSK | 12 | 5 | 232 | 50 | 33.10 | 123.4 | 21 | 10 |
| 2023 | CSK | 12 | 8 | 104 | 32 | 26.00 | 182.5 | 3 | 10 |
| 2024 | CSK | 11 | 8 | 161 | 37 | 53.70 | 220.5 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025 | CSK | 13 | 5 | 196 | 30 | 24.50 | 135.2 | 12 | 12 |
| Total | 18 seasons | 241 | 99 | 5,439 | 84 | 38.30 | 137.4 | 375 | 264 |
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About MS Dhoni
How many IPL runs has MS Dhoni scored?
MS Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs in the IPL across 18 seasons, averaging 38.3 at a strike rate of 137.45. The highest score is 84.
Which IPL teams has MS Dhoni played for?
MS Dhoni has appeared for Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL.
What is MS Dhoni's playing style?
MS Dhoni is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast medium, listed as a wicketkeeper.
What made MS Dhoni's captaincy distinctive?
He was known for calm decision-making under pressure, a willingness to back inexperienced bowlers in decisive overs, and an unusual tolerance for taking chases deep rather than accelerating early.
Which trophies did MS Dhoni win as India captain?
He is the only captain to have won all three major ICC men's white-ball trophies: the 2007 World Twenty20, the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy.
When did MS Dhoni retire?
He retired from Test cricket in December 2014 and from all international cricket in August 2020. He has continued to play in the IPL for Chennai Super Kings.
What is MS Dhoni's batting position?
He batted primarily in the middle and lower-middle order, most often between number five and number seven, as a wicketkeeper-batter and finisher.
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How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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