Chennai Super Kings CSK
Every Chennai Super Kings record in one place — the all-time marks, the Orange and Purple Caps, the top performers, and the biggest wins. 145 Player of the Match awards have gone to CSK players.
CSK record highs and lows from 2008 to 2025
Eight all-time records — the club's biggest win and heaviest defeat, its highest total and highest chase, the lowest it has defended and its lowest total, and the highest and lowest it has conceded.
Low-score records count only innings that ended naturally — bowled out, however few the overs, or the full 20 batted. An innings cut short by rain, or ended by reaching the target, is not a low score.
- Highest Total Conceded
231/3+1
Lost by 35 runs
Conceded 231/4 vs Kings XI Punjab (2014).
Shubman Gill · GT 104(55)
CSK Player of the Tournament
No Player of the Tournament for CSK
Chennai Super Kings have never produced a Player of the Tournament: in 16 seasons no player of theirs has taken the league's individual season award. The charts have been kinder: seven Orange or Purple Caps have gone to CSK players. All five titles have arrived without the season award.
CSK Orange & Purple Caps
Season ↕ | Player ↕ | Season Total ↕ | Best | Season Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Orange Cap Ruturaj Gaikwad | 635 | 101* (60) vs RR | Champions |
| 2019 | Purple Cap Imran Tahir | 26 | 4/12 vs DC | Runners-up |
| 2015 | Purple Cap Dwayne Bravo | 26 | 3/22 vs KKR | Runners-up |
| 2014 | Purple Cap Mohit Sharma | 23 | 4/14 vs MI | Playoffs |
| 2013 | Orange Cap Michael Hussey | 733 | 95 (59) vs KKR | Runners-up |
| 2013 | Purple Cap Dwayne Bravo | 32 | 4/42 vs MI | Runners-up |
| 2009 | Orange Cap Matthew Hayden | 572 | 89 (58) vs KXIP | Playoffs |
Best — the winner's highest score (Orange Cap) or best bowling figures (Purple Cap) that season.
3 Orange Caps & 4 Purple Caps for CSK (Dwayne Bravo ×2)
Chennai Super Kings' honours cluster around the club's best campaigns: five of the seven came in seasons that reached the final, and not one in a season that missed the playoffs. Dwayne Bravo's 32 wickets in 2013 are still the joint-highest any bowler has managed in a single IPL season. In 2013 the club held both at once, Michael Hussey taking the Orange Cap and Dwayne Bravo the Purple — the only time CSK have held both. Four of CSK's five titles produced neither cap. No CSK player has led either chart in the four seasons since 2021.
Highest Individual Scores for Chennai Super Kings
Batter ↕ | Score ↕ | SR ↕ | vs | Season | Team ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won — Murali Vijay | 127 (56) | 226.8 | RR | 2010 | 246/5 |
| Won — Shane Watson | 117* (57) | 205.3 | SRH | 2018 | 181/2 |
| Won — Michael Hussey | 116* (54) | 214.8 | KXIP | 2008 | 240/5 |
| Won — Murali Vijay | 113 (58) | 194.8 | DD | 2012 | 222/5 |
| Lost — Ruturaj Gaikwad | 108* (60) | 180.0 | LSG | 2024 | 210/4 |
| Won — Shane Watson | 106 (57) | 186.0 | RR | 2018 | 204/5 |
| Lost — Ruturaj Gaikwad | 101* (60) | 168.3 | RR | 2021 | 189/4 |
| Won — Suresh Raina | 100* (53) | 188.7 | KXIP | 2013 | 186/4 |
| Won — Brendon McCullum | 100* (56) | 178.6 | SRH | 2015 | 209/4 |
| Won — Ambati Rayudu | 100* (62) | 161.3 | SRH | 2018 | 180/2 |
CSK Best 10 Scores in a Match — Murali Vijay Leads the List
CSK's highest individual innings is Murali Vijay's 127 off 56 balls, against RR in 2010. Two of the ten have come after the league stage, Shane Watson's 117* among them — struck in the 2018 final, which CSK won. Suresh Raina, Brendon McCullum and Ambati Rayudu all share 100*, and Vijay's strike rate of 226.8 is the best on the list too.
Best Bowling Figures for Chennai Super Kings
Bowler ↕ | Figures ↕ | Econ ↕ | vs | Season | Opp ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won — Ravindra Jadeja | 5/16 | 4.0 | DCH | 2012 | 119 |
| Won — Lakshmipathy Balaji | 5/24 | 6.0 | KXIP | 2008 | 163/9 |
| Won — Lungi Ngidi | 4/10 | 2.5 | KXIP | 2018 | 153 |
| Won — Ashish Nehra | 4/10 | 2.5 | RCB | 2015 | 154/8 |
| Won — Ravindra Jadeja | 4/11 | 2.8 | RR | 2015 | 145/9 |
| Won — Imran Tahir | 4/12 | 3.6 | DC | 2019 | 99 |
| Won — Ravindra Jadeja | 4/12 | 3.0 | KKR | 2014 | 114/9 |
| Won — Deepak Chahar | 4/13 | 3.3 | PBKS | 2021 | 106/8 |
| Won — Doug Bollinger | 4/13 | 3.3 | DCH | 2010 | 104 |
| Won — Mohit Sharma | 4/14 | 3.5 | MI | 2014 | 141/7 |
CSK Best 10 Bowling Figures in a Match — Ravindra Jadeja Leads the List
CSK's best innings figures are Ravindra Jadeja's 5/16 in four overs, against DCH in 2012; Jadeja has three of the ten, spread across 2012, 2014 and 2015. Lungi Ngidi and Ashish Nehra share the 4/10 mark. Nothing has arrived since 2021, when Deepak Chahar took 4/13 against PBKS.
CSK's Biggest Win by Runs
| Season | Margin ↕ | vs | CSK | Opp | PoTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 97 runs | KXIP | 192/3Home | 95/9 | Brendon McCullum, CSK | 66 (44) |
| 2014 | 93 runs | DD | 177/7Away | 84/9 | Suresh Raina, CSK | 56 (41) & 3 catches |
| 2009 | 92 runs | RCB | 179/5Away | 87/10 (15.2) | Muthiah Muralidaran, CSK | 3/11 |
| 2022 | 91 runs | DC | 208/6Away | 117/10 (17.4) | Devon Conway, CSK | 87 (49) |
| 2012 | 86 runs | DD | 222/5Home | 136/10 (16.5) | Murali Vijay, CSK | 113 (58) & 2 catches |
home · away, beside CSK's own innings. Home means a ground CSK were using that season, so a temporary one counts; a neutral venue does not.
97-Run Win vs KXIP in 2015
Top 5, ranked by margin.
CSK's biggest win by runs is 97 runs, a total of 192 defended in Chennai, with Brendon McCullum named Player of the Match for 66 off 44 balls. Three of CSK's five biggest wins came against Delhi. The lowest total in the five is Delhi's 84 for 9 in 2014, with Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Ishwar Pandey taking two wickets apiece.
CSK's Biggest Win by Wickets
| Season | Margin ↕ | vs | Target | Balls Left | PoTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 wickets | KXIP | 139Away | 16 | Michael Hussey, CSK | 86* (54) |
| 2020 | 10 wickets | KXIP | 179Away | 14 | Shane Watson, CSK | 83* (53) |
| 2010 | 9 wickets | KKR | 140Home | 39 | Ravichandran Ashwin, CSK | 3/16 |
| 2008 | 9 wickets | KXIP | 113Away | 31 | Makhaya Ntini, CSK | 2/23 |
| 2008 | 9 wickets | KKR | 148Home | 18 | Jacob Oram, CSK | 3/32 |
home · away, beside the target CSK chased. Home means a ground CSK were using that season, so a temporary one counts; a neutral venue does not.
Two 10-Wicket Wins vs KXIP — 2013 & 2020
Top 5, ranked by margin — every one a chase, since a side batting first cannot win by wickets.
CSK's biggest win by wickets is a ten-wicket win, and they have managed it twice — both against Punjab, in 2013 and 2020. The 2013 chase ended with 16 balls left, 139 chased down in Mohali. Michael Hussey made 86* off 54 balls there; Shane Watson made 83* off 53 balls in 2020. Counting those, Punjab are the opponent in three of CSK's five biggest wins. Two of the five came in 2008.