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Virat Kohli

Right-handed batter, age 37

IPLT20IsHis Test ratings
+2.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 27 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 16th of 1,072 rated batters, top 2%.

Hard to get out and goes up a gear once he is in. Adds most in the death.

89% range
+0.6 to +3.5
Likely rank
6th to 99th
Per 24 balls
+1.9
Next season
−0.1
Whole career
+2.5
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.51
Run-outs, per match
+0.14
Balls
10,124
Last played
2026
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

KohliIPL average
Strike rate153153
Balls per dismissal2719
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls26%29%
Strike rate, powerplay153155
Strike rate, middle141145
Strike rate, death176167

−1 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 27 balls an innings. Runs only; the rating also counts what his wickets cost.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay+2.2
Middle+1.4
Death+4.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 43%
Gets out lesstop 1%
Scores faster once intop 2%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15815726 balls
Left-arm pace15515426 balls
Off-spin14114732 balls
Left-arm spin13514231 balls
Wrist-spin14514628 balls

Walking in at 40 needed off 18, six down

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average batter in his place. Each line is one chase, ball by ball, from 40 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-60+6 2007: −5.5 per 24 over 157 balls 072009: +1.2 per 24 over 431 balls 2010: +3.7 per 24 over 40 balls 102011: −0.4 per 24 over 538 balls 2012: +2.3 per 24 over 597 balls 122013: +1.8 per 24 over 726 balls 2014: −2.2 per 24 over 335 balls 142015: +1.5 per 24 over 862 balls 2016: +5.3 per 24 over 694 balls 162017: +2.1 per 24 over 428 balls 2018: +3.4 per 24 over 584 balls 182019: +3.8 per 24 over 702 balls 2020: +1.1 per 24 over 635 balls 202021: −1.8 per 24 over 461 balls 2022: +1.7 per 24 over 744 balls 222023: +4.4 per 24 over 457 balls 2024: +4.7 per 24 over 589 balls 242025: +0.7 per 24 over 454 balls 2026: +2.1 per 24 over 407 balls 26
SeasonInnsRunsBallsAvgSR4s6sDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical batter there against a typical IPL batter, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthInnsRunsAvgSRWin value

Last 10 innings

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 75*(42)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-05-31 · replay+3.9
  2. 43(25)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-05-26 · replay−2.8
  3. 15(11)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2026-05-22 · replay+2.2
  4. 58(37)v Punjab Kings, IPL, 2026-05-17 · replay−0.9
  5. 105*(60)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2026-05-13 · replay+5.7
  6. 0(1)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2026-05-10 · replay−2.7
  7. 0(2)v Lucknow Super Giants, IPL, 2026-05-07 · scorecard−15.5
  8. 28(13)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-04-30 · replay+7.2
  9. 23*(15)v Delhi Capitals, IPL, 2026-04-27 · replay+0.1
  10. 81(44)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-04-24 · replay+33.6

His biggest innings, by win chance added

Not the most runs: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 82*(53)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2022-10-23+141.2
  2. 94*(50)v West Indies, T20Is, 2019-12-06+87.6
  3. 108*(58)v Rising Pune Supergiants, IPL, 2016-05-07+69.6
  4. 61*(41)v Australia, T20Is, 2018-11-25+61.8
  5. 82*(51)v Australia, T20Is, 2016-03-27+59.2

Plays most like him

Tristan StubbsSA20+1.3Bhardwaj Sai SudharsanIPL+1.4Shubman GillIPL+1.7Mike HusseyIPL−0.5Samuel HainBlast−0.1
Head to head with Kevin PietersenSee him in the IPL chart on the globe