Most Man of the Match in IPL

With 25 Man of the Match trophies, AB de Villiers has the most man of the match in IPL so far.

IPL Most Man of the Match Titles

Rank	Player	Teams	Awards
1	AB de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	25
2	Chris Gayle	Punjab Kings	22
3	Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	18
4	David Warner	Delhi Capitals	18
5	MS Dhoni	Chennai Super Kings	17
6	Shane Watson	Chennai Super Kings	16
7	Yusuf Pathan	Kolkata Knight Riders	16
8	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	14
9	Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	14
10	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14
11	Gautam Gambhir	Delhi Capitals (Retd.)	13
12	Michael Hussey	Chennai Super Kings	12
13	Ajinkya Rahane	Kolkata Knight Riders	12
14	Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	12
15	Amit Mishra	Delhi Capitals	12

Man of the Match is awarded to the one player who played exceptionally in a match and turns the course of the game on its head. It signifies that the player receiving it has impacted the course of the game in a major way out of the twenty-two playing. It is an honour to receive the Man of the Match award. It stands testimonial to the outstanding performance which turned out to be the deciding factor in a game.

Getting a Man of the Match award in a tournament such as the IPL which involves the best of the best across the world signifies the calibre of the awardee. This is because of the glamour of IPL, the added crowd pressure in the jam-packed Indian grounds, and being tested against the best in the world, which adds to the prestige of the IPL man of the Match Awards.

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Unarguably Chris Gayle is a match-winner. Once the big West Indian gets going there is simply no stopping him. And he has certainly turned the game on its head many times. Another superstar of modern-day cricket, AB de Villiers is first in the list with a total of 25 Man of the Match awards to his name.

David Warner too has fired some fireworks in the Indian Premier League which has earned him fourth place in the list of highest man of the match in IPL with 18 awards. Not surprisingly, Rohit Sharma with 18 MoM awards and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 17 MoM awards also have his name up there in the list.

Some call him the first star of IPL, and deservingly so because Yusuf Pathan has won 16 MoM awards in IPL over the years. Shane Watson has won 16 MoM awards thanks to his exceptional all-around talent. CSK’s Suresh Raina has 14 awards to his name.