156.34 The batting strike rate in IPL 2026 - the highest for any season. It was the first time that the Indian batters (157.10) scored quicker than overseas batters (154.71) in an IPL season.
776 runs, 72 sixes, 237.30 strike rate Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became only the second batter to score the most runs, hit the most sixes, and have the best strike rate (min. 50 balls faced) in an IPL season. Chris Gayle did it in 2011 and, like Sooryavanshi, won the Most Valuable Player award.
In the previous nine seasons, none of the highest run-scorers were among the top 15 strike rates in that season.
706 runs Difference between Sooryavanshi's run tally in IPL 2026 and the next best tally for a batter with a strike rate of 235+ in any IPL season (Romario Shepherd's 70 runs in 2025).
65 Totals of 200 and more in IPL 2026, the most in a T20 tournament; 13 more than the previous highest of 52 in IPL 2025.
IPL 2026 also had new highs for individual teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) all made nine 200-plus totals, the most in a T20 tournament.
On the bowling front, PBKS and RR conceded 200-plus totals nine times, also the most in a T20 tournament.
1426 Sixes hit in IPL 2026, the most in a season - a 10.2% increase from the previous record of 1294 sixes in 2025.
RR hit 181 sixes, the most by any team in a T20 tournament, thanks to 72 from Sooryavanshi, who set the individual record for most sixes in a T20 tournament.
1 Rashid Khan is the only spinner among the top ten wicket-takers in IPL 2026, having finished fourth with 21 wickets. Only once before did the top ten wicket-takers feature only one spinner - Yuzvendra Chahal at No. 2 in 2016.
7 Consecutive matches without a defeat for PBKS to start IPL 2026. They won six and had one washout, the longest unbeaten run to start an IPL season. However, they lost six straight games after that and missed the playoffs. Only one team had suffered a league-stage exit before despite being at the top of the table at the halfway stage - RCB in 2013.
14 RCB players with 200-plus runs or seven-plus wickets or ten-plus dismissals in IPL 2026 out of the 16 they fielded. Only Abhinandan Singh and Jacob Bethell missed out, having played three and seven games respectively. No team has had more players hitting those benchmarks in a men's T20 tournament. Somerset in the 2021 T20 Blast and Lancashire in the 2025 T20 Blast had 14 players too.
Eight RCB players won Player of the Match awards in IPL 2026, the most for a team this season. Only MI in IPL 2017 had half their players (10 out of 18) winning a Player of a Match award in a season.
9 Targets of 220 or more successfully chased in IPL 2026. Until 2025, there were only five such successful chases in the IPL. Targets of 200 or more were successfully chased 17 times this season, including the highest chase in T20 history.
35 Wickets taken by RCB and Gujarat Titans (GT) bowlers in the first six overs in the IPL 2026 - the most wickets a team has taken in the powerplay across an IPL season. Kagiso Rabada bagged 20 for GT, the most for any bowler in this phase in a season.
31 Number of times the Orange Cap changed hands in IPL 2026, as at the end of an innings, before ending up with Sooryavanshi. It is most often that the Orange Cap has changed hands in an IPL season - the previous record being 24 in 2018.
2-10 Win-loss record for teams choosing to bat first in IPL 2026, the worst in any season. RR against GT in Ahmedabad and SRH against RCB in Hyderabad were the only instances of a team choosing to bat and winning the game.
6-0 RCB won all six matches that Jacob Duffy played in IPL 2026. In 2009, Deccan Chargers won all seven matches that Harmeet Singh, while Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won all six matches that Palani Amarnath played in 2008.
On the flip side, Mohsin Khan ended up on the losing side in all seven games he played for Lucknow Super Giants this season, including one in which he took a five-for. It was the only five-wicket haul this season.
31.97 Average number of balls a team took to reach 50 in IPL 2026, the quickest among all seasons. Teams got to 50 by the end of the fifth over in 74 out of 146 innings.
37 Number of century partnerships in IPL 2026, ten more than any other season. None of them came at a run rate of less than nine, and only two at less than ten runs an over.