Full l of Most Valuable Players (MVP) in Indian Premier League from 2008 to 2025 Season
Indian Premier League Player of the Tournament (MVP) Winners L from 2008 to 2025 Season: Mumbai Indians prolific batter and India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav was named the ‘Most Valuable Player’ (Player of the tournament) of the Indian Premier League 2025 season that concluded on Tuesday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning their maiden title. RCB handed Punjab Kings a six-run defeat in the finals of IPL 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to become the new IPL champions.
MI, which were eliminated just before the last hurdle in the second Qualifier against PBKS, were carried single-handedly Suryakumar’s batting in the middle-order. Having won just one out of the first five matches, MI saw a turnaround in their fortunes when Suryakumar’s batting started to click.
He became the first MI batter to score 700 + runs in a single season. In 16 innings, SKY amassed 717 runs at an average of 65.18 while striking at 167.91 with five fifties under his belt. In all those 16 innings, the 360-degree batter scored above 25 in each inning. He is also only the second MI player to be awarded MVP after Sachin Tendulkar won it in 2010. The orange cap holder of that season, Sachin, had scored 618 runs, taking MI to their first final.
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Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (both for Kolkata Knight Riders) and Shane Watson (for Rajasthan Royals) are the only three players to win MVP award twice in their careers.
Apart from Tendulkar and Suryakumar, Virat Kohli, Harshal Patel and Shubman Gill are the only three Indians to be adjudged as the Player of the Tournament in IPL.
FULL L OF MVPs IN IPL SINCE 2008
Year
Winning Team
MVP
Performance
2008
Rajasthan Royals
Shane Watson (RR)
2009
Deccan Chargers
Adam Gilchr (DC)
2010
Chennai Super Kings
Sachin Tendulkar (MI)
618 runs
2011
Chennai Super Kings
Chris Gayle (RCB)
2012
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine (KKR)
24 wickets
2013
Mumbai Indians
Shane Watson (RR)
2014
Kolkata Knight Riders
Glenn Maxwell (PBKS)
2015
Mumbai Indians
Andre Russell (KKR)
2016
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Virat Kohli (RCB)
973 runs
2017
Mumbai Indians
Ben Stokes (RPS)
2018
Chennai Super Kings
Sunil Narine (KKR)
2019
Mumbai Indians
Andre Russell (KKR)
2020
Mumbai Indians
Jofra Archer (RR)
2021
Chennai Super Kings
Harshal Patel (RCB)
2022
Gujarat Titans
Jos Buttler (RR)
863 runs
2023
Chennai Super Kings
Shubman Gill (GT)
890 runs
2024
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine (KKR)
2025
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Suryakumar Yadav (MI)
717 runs
