Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
Every Kolkata Knight Riders record in one place — the all-time marks, the Orange and Purple Caps and Players of the Tournament, the top performers, and the biggest wins. KKR have produced five Players of the Tournament, and 143 Player of the Match awards have gone to KKR players.
KKR record highs and lows from 2008 to 2026
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.
KKR Player of the Tournament
Season ↕ | Player ↕ | Runs | Wickets | Season Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sunil Narine (All-rounder) | 488 | 17 | Champions |
| 2019 | Andre Russell (All-rounder) | 510 | 11 | League stage |
| 2018 | Sunil Narine (All-rounder) | 357 | 17 | Playoffs |
| 2015 | Andre Russell (All-rounder) | 326 | 14 | League stage |
| 2012 | Sunil Narine (Bowler) | 9 | 24 | Champions |
Best — highest score and best bowling figures of that season.
5 Player of the Tournament awards for KKR (Sunil Narine ×3, Andre Russell ×2)
None of KKR's five Player of the Tournament awards came in a season when one of their players also led the run or wicket charts — the season award and the caps have never landed together. Two of them arrived in a season KKR went on to win the title.
KKR Orange & Purple Caps
Season ↕ | Player ↕ | Season Total ↕ | Best | Season Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Orange Cap Robin Uthappa | 660 | 83* (51) vs RCB | Champions |
Best — the winner's highest score (Orange Cap) or best bowling figures (Purple Cap) that season.
1 Orange Cap & no Purple Cap for KKR — Robin Uthappa, 2014
No Kolkata Knight Riders bowler has ever taken the Purple Cap. KKR's 2012 and 2024 titles came without either cap. No KKR player has led either chart in the 12 seasons since 2014.
Highest Individual Scores for Kolkata Knight Riders
Batter ↕ | Score ↕ | SR ↕ | vs | Season | Team ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won — Brendon McCullum | 158* (73) | 216.4 | RCB | 2008 | 222/3 |
| Lost — Sunil Narine | 109 (56) | 194.6 | RR | 2024 | 223/6 |
| Lost — Venkatesh Iyer | 104 (51) | 203.9 | MI | 2023 | 185/6 |
| Won — Finn Allen | 100* (47) | 212.8 | DC | 2026 | 147/2 |
| Lost — Dinesh Karthik | 97* (50) | 194.0 | RR | 2019 | 175/6 |
| Won — Quinton de Kock | 97* (61) | 159.0 | RR | 2025 | 153/2 |
| Won — Manish Pandey | 94 (50) | 188.0 | PBKS | 2014 | 200/7 |
| Won — Finn Allen | 93 (35) | 265.7 | GT | 2026 | 247/2 |
| Won — Chris Lynn | 93* (41) | 226.8 | GL ✕ | 2017 | 184/0 |
| Won — Gautam Gambhir | 93 (51) | 182.4 | RCB | 2012 | 190/4 |
KKR Best 10 Scores in a Match — Brendon McCullum Leads the List
KKR's highest individual innings is Brendon McCullum's 158* off 73 balls, against RCB in 2008, 49 runs clear of anything else on the list — the second-highest score in IPL history. Manish Pandey's 94 came in KKR's 2014 title win. Dinesh Karthik and Quinton de Kock are level on 97*. Finn Allen has made fewer runs faster, 93 off 35 against GT in 2026, a strike rate of 265.7.
Best Bowling Figures for Kolkata Knight Riders
Bowler ↕ | Figures ↕ | Econ ↕ | vs | Season | Opp ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost — Andre Russell | 5/15 | 7.5 | MI | 2021 | 152 |
| Lost — Sunil Narine | 5/19 | 4.8 | PBKS | 2012 | 134/9 |
| Won — Varun Chakravarthy | 5/20 | 5.0 | DC | 2020 | 135/9 |
| Lost — Andre Russell | 4/5 | 5.0 | GT | 2022 | 156/9 |
| Won — Shoaib Akhtar | 4/11 | 3.7 | DC | 2008 | 110 |
| Won — Sunil Narine | 4/13 | 3.3 | DC | 2013 | 128 |
| Won — Varun Chakravarthy | 4/15 | 4.1 | RCB | 2023 | 123 |
| Won — Sunil Narine | 4/15 | 4.7 | MI | 2012 | 108 |
| Won — Lakshmipathy Balaji | 4/18 | 4.5 | RCB | 2012 | 123/9 |
| Won — Sunil Narine | 4/19 | 4.8 | PBKS | 2015 | 183/5 |
KKR Best 10 Bowling Figures in a Match — Andre Russell Leads the List
KKR's best innings figures are Andre Russell's 5/15 in two overs, against MI in 2021. Four of the ten belong to Sunil Narine, spread across 2012, 2013 and 2015. Varun Chakravarthy and Narine are level on 4/15, and Chakravarthy is the most recent addition, in 2023.
KKR's Biggest Win by Runs
| Season | Margin ↕ | vs | KKR | Opp | PoTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 140 runs | RCB | 222/3Away | 82/10 (15.1) | Brendon McCullum, KKR | 158* (73) |
| 2024 | 106 runs | DC | 272/7Away | 166/10 (17.2) | Sunil Narine, KKR | 85* (39) & 1/29 |
| 2024 | 98 runs | LSG | 235/6Away | 137/10 (16.1) | Sunil Narine, KKR | 81* (39) & 1/22 |
| 2021 | 86 runs | RR | 171/4Away | 85/10 (16.1) | Shivam Mavi, KKR | 4/21 |
| 2017 | 82 runs | RCB | 131/10Home | 49/10 (9.4) | Nathan Coulter-Nile, KKR | 2* (3) & 3/21 |
home · away, beside KKR's own innings. Home means a ground KKR were using that season, so a temporary one counts; a neutral venue does not.
140-Run Win vs RCB in 2008
Top 5, ranked by margin.
140 runs is KKR's biggest winning margin, a total of 222 defended in Bengaluru, 34 runs wider than the next-biggest, the third-biggest winning margin in IPL history. RCB were bowled out for 49 in 2017; no side in KKR's five biggest wins has made fewer, and Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes and Nathan Coulter-Nile took three wickets apiece. Sunil Narine has been named Player of the Match in two of the five. 2024 alone accounts for two of the five.
KKR's Biggest Win by Wickets
| Season | Margin ↕ | vs | Target | Balls Left | PoTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 wickets | GL ✕ | 184Away | 31 | Chris Lynn, KKR | 93* (41) |
| 2016 | 9 wickets | DC | 99Home | 35 | Andre Russell, KKR | 3/24 |
| 2010 | 9 wickets | MI | 134Home | 15 | Murali Kartik, KKR | 2/20 & 2 catches |
| 2014 | 9 wickets | PBKS | 150Away | 12 | Gautam Gambhir, KKR | 63* (45) |
| 2011 | 9 wickets | RR | 160Away | 9 | Gautam Gambhir, KKR | 75* (44) |
home · away, beside the target KKR chased. Home means a ground KKR were using that season, so a temporary one counts; a neutral venue does not.
10-Wicket Win vs GL in 2017
Top 5, ranked by margin — every one a chase, since a side batting first cannot win by wickets.
KKR's biggest win by wickets is a ten-wicket win — 31 balls left when they chased down 184 in Rajkot, and Player of the Match honours went to Chris Lynn, who finished with 93* off 41 balls. Gautam Gambhir has won the same award in two of KKR's five biggest wins, with 63* off 45 balls in the bigger of the two.