# IPL Winners List: Every Champion from 2008 to 2026 Source: https://cricketin.org/en-in/leagues/ipl/winners [By Karthik Iyengar](/en-in/authors/data-editor), Data Editor. [Reviewed by Anjali Deshmukh](/en-in/authors/cricket-analyst), Cricket Analyst. Updated 11 Nov 2026. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/en-in/editorial-policy 18+. Betting carries financial risk and can become addictive. Free helpline Tele-MANAS: 14416. --- Every IPL champion from 2008 to 2026 with the runner-up, both totals, the margin, the ground and the player of the final, read from the ball-by-ball record. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the reigning IPL champions: they beat Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the 2026 final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Nineteen IPL seasons have been played, from 2008 to 2026, and every one of them has a champion. Off the field, the Cricketin [casino](/en-in/casino) has crash games, slots and live tables. - Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians lead with five titles each. - Kolkata Knight Riders have three; Royal Challengers Bengaluru have two, both in the last two seasons. - Four clubs have won once: Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. - The closest final was decided by a single run, and it happened twice — in 2017 and again in 2019. ## Every IPL final, 2008 to 2026 The table lists each final with the beaten side, both totals, the margin, the ground and the player of the match. We read every row from the ball-by-ball record of the match itself rather than from a summary, so the margin is the one the scorers wrote down. The [install guide](/en-in/app) shows how to put Cricketin on your phone. **Every IPL final, 2008 to 2026** | Season | Champion | Champion's total | Runner-up | Runner-up's total | Won by | Ground | Player of the final | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | [2026](/en-in/tables/ipl-2026) | [Royal Challengers Bengaluru](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bengaluru) | 161/5 (18 ov) | [Gujarat Titans](/en-in/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) | 155/8 (20 ov) | 5 wickets | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Virat Kohli | | [2025](/en-in/tables/ipl-2025) | [Royal Challengers Bengaluru](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bengaluru) | 190/9 (20 ov) | [Punjab Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-punjab-kings) | 184/7 (20 ov) | 6 runs | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Krunal Pandya | | [2024](/en-in/tables/ipl-2024) | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/en-in/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 114/2 (10.3 ov) | [Sunrisers Hyderabad](/en-in/teams/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad) | 113 (18.3 ov) | 8 wickets | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Mitchell Starc | | [2023](/en-in/tables/ipl-2023) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 171/5 (15 ov) | [Gujarat Titans](/en-in/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) | 214/4 (20 ov) | 5 wickets (DLS) | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Devon Conway | | [2022](/en-in/tables/ipl-2022) | [Gujarat Titans](/en-in/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) | 133/3 (18.1 ov) | [Rajasthan Royals](/en-in/teams/ipl-rajasthan-royals) | 130/9 (20 ov) | 7 wickets | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Hardik Pandya | | [2021](/en-in/tables/ipl-2021) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 192/3 (20 ov) | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/en-in/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 165/9 (20 ov) | 27 runs | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Faf du Plessis | | [2020](/en-in/tables/ipl-2020) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 157/5 (18.4 ov) | [Delhi Capitals](/en-in/teams/ipl-delhi-capitals) | 156/7 (20 ov) | 5 wickets | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Trent Boult | | [2019](/en-in/tables/ipl-2019) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 149/8 (20 ov) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 148/7 (20 ov) | 1 run | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Jasprit Bumrah | | [2018](/en-in/tables/ipl-2018) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 181/2 (18.3 ov) | [Sunrisers Hyderabad](/en-in/teams/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad) | 178/6 (20 ov) | 8 wickets | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Shane Watson | | [2017](/en-in/tables/ipl-2017) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 129/8 (20 ov) | Rising Pune Supergiant | 128/6 (20 ov) | 1 run | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Krunal Pandya | | [2016](/en-in/tables/ipl-2016) | [Sunrisers Hyderabad](/en-in/teams/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad) | 208/7 (20 ov) | [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) | 200/7 (20 ov) | 8 runs | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Ben Cutting | | [2015](/en-in/tables/ipl-2015) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 202/5 (20 ov) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 161/8 (20 ov) | 41 runs | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Rohit Sharma | | [2014](/en-in/tables/ipl-2014) | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/en-in/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 200/7 (19.3 ov) | [Kings XI Punjab](/en-in/teams/ipl-kings-xi-punjab) | 199/4 (20 ov) | 3 wickets | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Manish Pandey | | [2013](/en-in/tables/ipl-2013) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 148/9 (20 ov) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 125/9 (20 ov) | 23 runs | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Kieron Pollard | | [2012](/en-in/tables/ipl-2012) | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/en-in/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 192/5 (19.4 ov) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 190/3 (20 ov) | 5 wickets | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Manvinder Bisla | | [2011](/en-in/tables/ipl-2011) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 205/5 (20 ov) | [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) | 147/8 (20 ov) | 58 runs | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Murali Vijay | | [2010](/en-in/tables/ipl-2010) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 168/5 (20 ov) | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 146/9 (20 ov) | 22 runs | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai | Suresh Raina | | [2009](/en-in/tables/ipl-2009) | [Deccan Chargers](/en-in/teams/ipl-deccan-chargers) | 143/6 (20 ov) | [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) | 137/9 (20 ov) | 6 runs | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Anil Kumble | | [2008](/en-in/tables/ipl-2008) | [Rajasthan Royals](/en-in/teams/ipl-rajasthan-royals) | 164/7 (20 ov) | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 163/5 (20 ov) | 3 wickets | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai | Yusuf Pathan | **Titles by franchise** | Team | Titles | Seasons | |---|---|---| | [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 5 | 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 | | [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 5 | 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 | | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/en-in/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 3 | 2012, 2014, 2024 | | [Royal Challengers Bengaluru](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bengaluru) | 2 | 2025, 2026 | | [Rajasthan Royals](/en-in/teams/ipl-rajasthan-royals) | 1 | 2008 | | [Deccan Chargers](/en-in/teams/ipl-deccan-chargers) | 1 | 2009 | | [Sunrisers Hyderabad](/en-in/teams/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad) | 1 | 2016 | | [Gujarat Titans](/en-in/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) | 1 | 2022 | ## The two clubs on five titles each Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have won five finals apiece, but they got there by very different routes. Chennai have played ten finals, more than any other club, and lost five of them — the most losses in the competition. Mumbai have played six and lost only one, the 2010 final against Chennai. On the evidence of nineteen seasons, Chennai are the side that reaches the last match most often and Mumbai are the side that wins it when they do. The two have met in the final four times, in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2019, and Mumbai took three of those. Both clubs keep a full season-by-season record on our pages for [Chennai Super Kings](/en-in/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) and Mumbai Indians, with points, position and net run rate for every season. ## The widest and the narrowest finals The biggest win by runs is Chennai Super Kings by 58 in 2011, against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai. The biggest by wickets is eight, twice and both times against Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chennai in 2018 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024. No other final has been won by more than fifty runs. The narrowest is a single run, and it has happened twice, both times to [Mumbai Indians](/en-in/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians): against Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017 and against Chennai Super Kings in 2019. Five finals in nineteen have been decided by ten runs or fewer, or by two wickets or fewer — roughly one in four. ## The clubs that reached a final and never won it Three clubs have played an IPL final without winning one. Punjab lost in 2014 as Kings XI Punjab and again in 2025 as Punjab Kings — the same franchise under two names. Rising Pune Supergiant lost the one-run final of 2017 and were dissolved the following year. [Delhi Capitals](/en-in/teams/ipl-delhi-capitals) lost the 2020 final in Dubai. Royal Challengers belong on this list only until 2025. They lost three finals — 2009, 2011 and 2016 — and then won in 2025 and 2026. Their record sits on the [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/en-in/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) page, filed under the name the archive uses for most of their history. ## Two clubs on this list no longer exist Deccan Chargers won in 2009 and were terminated in 2012; the Hyderabad slot was taken by Sunrisers Hyderabad, who won their own title in 2016. The two are separate franchises, and we count their titles separately. The same care applies to renames that are *not* new clubs. Royal Challengers Bangalore became Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024, so the 2025 and 2026 titles and the three earlier losing finals belong to one club. Kings XI Punjab became Punjab Kings in 2021. Getting this wrong is the most common error in winners lists: it either invents a club or merges two that were never the same. ## What the toss is worth in a final The side that won the toss has gone on to win eleven of the nineteen finals. That is 58 percent, close enough to a coin flip that it says very little on its own — nineteen matches is a small sample, and a run of results either way would move the figure by several points. Across all league matches the edge is smaller still, as our [toss record](/en-in/compare/ipl-toss-bat-or-bowl-first) shows. The choice made at the toss splits almost evenly too: ten captains batted first, nine fielded. Of the ten who batted, six won. Of the nine who fielded, five won. There is no pattern here worth acting on, and we would rather say so than dress up noise as a trend. IPL finals draw the most attention in [cricket betting in India](/en-in), and the toss is no shortcut there either. ## Where the finals were played Ahmedabad has hosted four finals, more than anywhere else, all of them since 2022. Mumbai and Chennai have hosted three each, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad two. Three finals were played outside India: in Johannesburg in 2009, when the season moved to South Africa during the general election, and in Dubai in 2020 and 2021, when the pandemic took the competition to the UAE. Home advantage is thin. Only twice has a club lifted the trophy in its own city — Chennai in 2011 and [Gujarat Titans](/en-in/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) in Ahmedabad in 2022. ## Topping the league has rarely been enough All nineteen IPL seasons have a complete points table in our records, and in seven of them the club that finished the league stage first went on to win the title: Rajasthan Royals in 2008, Mumbai Indians in 2017, Mumbai Indians in 2019, Mumbai Indians in 2020, Gujarat Titans in 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2026. In the other twelve the trophy went to a side that had finished below the top. Of the champions who came from below, nine finished second, two third and one fourth. The furthest anyone has come is Deccan Chargers in 2009, fourth after the league stage and champions anyway. Chennai Super Kings have made a habit of it: all five of their titles came from below the top (second in 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023; third in 2010). This is the [IPL playoff](/en-in/blog/how-teams-qualify-for-playoffs) doing what it was designed to do. Four teams qualify, the top two get a second chance through Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2, and a side that finishes third or fourth can still reach the final by winning the Eliminator. Across the 51 complete tables we hold in all competitions, 24 champions topped their league and 27 did not; the IPL, at seven in nineteen, is below that average. One record from those same tables is worth noting because it is shared. The highest points total in any table we publish, in any competition, is 36 — reached by Sydney Sixers (BBL 2020/21). Of those one, one went on to win their title. ## How we read these results A champion is taken from the match the archive marks as the final: the outcome field names the winner, and the margin comes with it. That is one match per season, and it is either present in the record or it is not. For the IPL it is present for every season. Points tables are a different problem. A table is only correct if every league match is counted, because one missing game changes both the points and the net run rate. The open archive does not record a match that was abandoned without a ball bowled, so we add each of those from the official results as a no result, one point to each side. That closes the gaps, and our [IPL points tables](/en-in/tables/ipl) now cover all nineteen seasons. If you want to see how the net run rate in those tables is worked out, we set out the arithmetic in our guide to [net run rate](/en-in/guides/how-net-run-rate-works). ## Where the numbers come from Every final comes from the open [Cricsheet](https://cricsheet.org/) archive, published under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0. We parse the ball-by-ball files ourselves; nothing on this page is copied from another list. Team names are given as the archive writes them for that season, which is why the 2016 winner appears as Sunrisers Hyderabad and the 2011 runner-up as Royal Challengers Bangalore. Season and fixture details can be checked against the official [IPL site](https://www.iplt20.com/) and the match archives at [ESPNcricinfo](https://www.espncricinfo.com/). Where their spelling of a club differs from ours, the difference is the era the name belongs to, not a different team. ## Questions people ask ### Who has won the most IPL titles? Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are level on five each. Chennai won in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023; Mumbai in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. ### Has Royal Challengers Bengaluru ever won the IPL? Yes, twice — in 2025 and 2026. Before that they had lost three finals, in 2009, 2011 and 2016. ### What was the closest IPL final? One run, and it has happened twice: Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant by a single run in 2017, and beat Chennai Super Kings by the same margin in 2019. ### Which IPL winner no longer plays? Deccan Chargers, champions in 2009. The franchise was terminated in 2012 and replaced by Sunrisers Hyderabad, which is a separate club with its own 2016 title. ### Which club has lost the most IPL finals? Chennai Super Kings, with five defeats from ten final appearances. They also hold the record for most finals reached. 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