Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will get a rare experience in IPL 2026: playing as the defending champions. In all the best sporting leagues, defending a title is considered more difficult than winning
it.
In the IPL, only two teams, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, have ever achieved it. Virat Kohli already knows how difficult this task is going to be, because he understands that every team would play them with extra motivation, almost having a target on their backs.
So, ahead of this monumental season, the last before the new ownership takes over, let’s look at all the important stats from RCB’s IPL journey so far.
Titles: 1 (2025)
Runners-up finish: 3 (2009, 2011, 2016)
Playoffs: 10 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)
Result summary: 132 wins, 132 defeats, 3 ties, and 4 no results in 271 IPL matches.
Highest total: 263/5 in 20 overs against Pune Warriors India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 23, 2013.
Lowest total: 49/10 in 9.4 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2017.
Biggest win (by runs): Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Gujarat Lions by 144 runs (248-run total) in Bengaluru in 2016.
Biggest win (by wickets): Royal Challengers Bengaluru hammered Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Smallest win (by runs): Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured a 1-run win over Punjab Kings at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.
Smallest win (by wickets): Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets at Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa.
Most runs: 8,661 runs in 267 matches by Virat Kohli (2008–2025).
Highest score: 175* runs from 66 balls by Chris Gayle against Pune Warriors India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 23, 2013.
Highest batting average (minimum 20 innings): 43.32 by Chris Gayle (84 innings, 2011–2017).
Highest batting strike rate (minimum 500 balls): 162.95 by Dinesh Karthik (937 runs from 575 balls, 2015–2024).
Most 100s: 8 centuries by Virat Kohli (2008–2025).
Most 50s: 63 half-centuries in 259 innings by Virat Kohli (2008–2025).
Most ducks: 10 ducks by Virat Kohli.
Most sixes: 291 maximums in 259 innings by Virat Kohli (2008–2025).
Most sixes in an innings: 17 sixes by Chris Gayle during his 175* knock against Pune Warriors India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 23, 2013.
Most runs in an edition: 973 runs in 16 matches of the 2016 IPL by Virat Kohli.
Most wickets: 139 wickets in 113 matches by Yuzvendra Chahal (2014–2021).
Best bowling figures: 5 for 5 in 4 overs by Anil Kumble against Rajasthan Royals at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in 2009.
Most five-wicket hauls: 1 fifer each by Harshal Patel, Anil Kumble, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Jaydev Unadkat.
Most wickets in an edition: 32 wickets in 15 matches of the 2021 IPL by Harshal Patel.
Most catches: 117 catches by Virat Kohli.
Highest partnership: 229 runs for the second wicket between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers against Gujarat Lions at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on May 14, 2016.
Most matches: 267 IPL games by Virat Kohli (2008–2025).
Most matches as captain: 143 matches by Virat Kohli (2013–2021).
Most wins as captain: 66 wins in 143 matches by Virat Kohli.
