IPL 2016: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 973 runs
While Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished as the runners-up in the IPL 2016, their captain Virat Kohli won the Orange Cap by recording 973 runs in 16 matches (average 81.08; strike-rate 152.03). The right-handed batsman, who also won the Most Valuable Player award in that season, hit four centuries and seven half-centuries in that season, including his best knock 113 runs.