Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
3 IPL titles, 142 wins from 278 matches, a 51.4% win rate across 19 seasons: Kolkata Knight Riders have turned sustained success into one of the IPL's most decorated records.
Kolkata Knight Riders at a Glance
Kolkata Knight Riders Season-by-Season Performance
Season ↕ | Stage | Played ↕ | Wins ↕ | Win % ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | 14 | 6 | 46.2% |
| 2025 | — | 13 | 5 | 41.7% |
| 2024 | 🏆 Title | 14 | 11 | 78.6% |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 6 | 42.9% |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 6 | 42.9% |
| 2021 | Final | 17 | 9 | 52.9% |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 6 | 42.9% |
| 2018 | Playoffs | 16 | 9 | 56.3% |
| 2017 | Playoffs | 16 | 9 | 56.3% |
| 2016 | Playoffs | 15 | 8 | 53.3% |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 7 | 53.8% |
| 2014 | 🏆 Title | 16 | 11 | 68.8% |
| 2013 | — | 16 | 6 | 37.5% |
| 2012 | 🏆 Title | 17 | 12 | 70.6% |
| 2011 | Playoffs | 15 | 8 | 53.3% |
| 2010 | — | 14 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 6 | 46.2% |
No result: 2 matches (2025, 2026). Win % is calculated from decided matches.
How has Kolkata Knight Riders' win percentage changed across IPL seasons?
KKR have won the IPL three times, between 2012 and 2024. KKR have won three of their four finals. Their high point was 2024 with 11 wins (78.6%), while their low came in 2009 with 3 wins (23.1%). KKR have strung together three consecutive playoff seasons, from 2016 to 2018. They have reached the playoffs in eight of 19 seasons (42.1%). KKR have turned four of eight playoff appearances into a final.
All-time Run Scorers
Player ↕ | M ↕ | Runs ↕ | Avg ↕ | SR ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 206 | 1820 | 17.5 | 165.3 |
| Manish Pandey | 68 | 1474 | 32.8 | 127.1 |
| Rinku Singh | 75 | 1398 | 34.1 | 146.2 |
| Nitish Rana | 91 | 2199 | 28.2 | 136.3 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 64 | 1468 | 30.0 | 137.3 |
| Shubman Gill | 58 | 1417 | 31.5 | 123.0 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 110 | 3035 | 31.6 | 124.3 |
| Andre Russell | 136 | 2593 | 28.8 | 175.0 |
| Robin Uthappa | 87 | 2439 | 30.5 | 136.3 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 108 | 1893 | 31.6 | 138.3 |
Who has scored the most runs for Kolkata Knight Riders?
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Across a KKR career spanning 2011–2017, Gautam Gambhir made 3,035 runs at a strike rate of 124.3, ahead of Andre Russell on 2,593. Russell is the faster scorer of the two — 175.0.
All-time Wicket Takers
Player ↕ | M ↕ | Wickets ↕ | Avg ↕ | Econ ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 206 | 209 | 25.2 | 6.78 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 96 | 110 | 24.6 | 7.68 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 40 | 44 | 28.2 | 9.82 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 46 | 40 | 30.9 | 8.28 |
| Andre Russell | 136 | 122 | 21.6 | 9.47 |
| Piyush Chawla | 71 | 66 | 27.8 | 8.22 |
| Umesh Yadav | 68 | 65 | 29.6 | 8.41 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 53 | 47 | 27.4 | 7.18 |
| Jacques Kallis | 57 | 42 | 27.5 | 7.54 |
| Harshit Rana | 36 | 40 | 25.7 | 9.51 |
Which bowler has taken the most wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders?
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No bowler has claimed more wickets for KKR than Sunil Narine — 209 at an economy of 6.78, 87 ↑ ahead of Andre Russell. Narine remains part of the squad. Russell gets there faster, though — a bowling average of 21.6 in just 136 matches.