With points given for batting, bowling, and fielding, the player with the most points in an IPL season wins the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.

The Indian Premier League 2024 has already started, and as usual, batsmen will fight for the orange cap, whereas bowlers will bowl to win the purple cap. However, some players will try to give their best in all genres in a bid to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. As of now, nobody can determine who will conquer the award at the end of the season, but we can surely recall the MVPs from 2008 to 2023. 

2023 Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

Last season, Shubman Gill won the MVP award for scoring 343 points. With the bat, Gill notched up 890 runs in 17 matches, including a high of 129.  

2022 Jos Butler (Rajasthan Royals)

In 2022, Jos Butler scored 863 runs in 17 matches, scoring the highest score of 116 with a strike rate of 149.05. 

2021 Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

In 2021, Patel won the award with 264.5 points. He picked up 32 wickets in 15 matches, whereas with the bat, he scored 59 runs with a strike rate of 110.26. 

Harshal Patel celebrating a wicket

2020 Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)

Jofra Archer won the award with 307 points, thanks to his 20 wickets in 14 matches. He scored 117 runs, which is low, but his strike rate was 179.36, which shows he added crucial runs quickly.

2019 Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Andre Russell was on fire in the IPL season of 2020. He not only smacked 510 runs from 14 IPL games at an average of 56.66 and a strike rate of over 200 but also picked up 11 wickets at an economy of 9.51.

2018 Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

In IPL 2018, another KKR player pocketed the award. The all-rounder not only picked up 17 wickets with a best of 3/18 but also scored a crucial 357 runs while opening the batting for the side.

High-five with the team, Narine celebrating a wicket

2017 Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant)

Ben Stokes finally lived up to his reputation in the IPL 2017. Stokes scored 316 runs at 31.60. With the ball in hand, he picked up 12 wickets at 22 while maintaining a miserly economy rate of 7.18.

2016 Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Virat Kohli was at his best in the ninth edition of the tournament. He smoked a record 973 runs—the most by any in an IPL season—including four centuries and seven half-centuries.

2015 Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

IPL 2019 was not the first time that Russell was Kolkata’s most valued knight. In 2015 as well, Russell finished with 326 runs at 192.29 while picking up 14 wickets and claiming six catches.

Russell hitting a ball with all his strength

2014 Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab)

When the IPL partly moved to the UAE, Maxwell showed his true colours in the IPL 2014. He smashed 552 runs in the tournament, which saw him blast 36 sixes at a strike rate of 187.75.

2013 Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)

Watson emerged as the MVP in IPL 2013 with 543 runs.

2012 Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Sunil Narine showed why he was such a big buy in IPL 5, with 24 wickets at 13.50 and an impressive economy rate of 5.47. The season also included a rare IPL player.

2011 Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

When Chris Gayle donned the new colours of the RCB in IPL 2011, he shone with 608 runs.

2010 Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

The master was at work in the IPL 2010. Tendulkar amassed 618 runs at 47.54 with five half-centuries in the season, laced with 86 fours and three sixes.

Sachin Tendulkar giving his expert opinion during an IPL match

2009 Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)

Gilchrist smoked 495 runs at a strike rate of 152.3 in IPL 2 to win the MVP award.

2008 Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)

All-rounder Shane Watson became the first-ever IPL MVP winner with 472 runs and 17 wickets in the inaugural edition.