The India Premier League (IPL) is one of the most expensive T20 League of India. It was first started in 2008 with only 8 teams. With the passage of time as the craze among Indian fans increases, the popularity of this league is also increasing not only in India but worldwide
In this blog we will explore the most ducks in IPL history. IPL has produced a long list of players who returned back to pavilion without scoring a single run. Some of these players hold the record of most golden ducks in IPL.
Top Players with the Most Ducks in IPL History
Here is the list of top 10 players with the most ducks in IPL history with the number of matches.
Glenn Maxwell, one of the most dangerous Australian batsmen, dominates with 19 ducks in IPL history span of 2012-2025. Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik hold 18 ducks in their respective span. Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan got 17 and 16 ducks in IPL history with 189 and 136 matches respectively. Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla both are bowlers so batting is not their main skill. Both these players hold 16 and 13 ducks out in their IPL career.
| Rank | Player | Span | Ducks | Matches | Teams Represented |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell | 2012-2025 | 19 | 141 | PBKS, RCB, DC, KXIP, MI |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 2008-2025 | 18 | 272 | DC, MI |
| 3 | Dinesh Karthik | 2008-2024 | 18 | 257 | DD, KKR, RCB, GT, etc. |
| 4 | Sunil Narine | 2012-2025 | 17 | 189 | KKR |
| 5 | Rashid Khan | 2017-2025 | 16 | 136 | GT, SRH |
| 6 | Piyush Chawla | 2008-2024 | 16 | 192 | CSK, KKR, MI, KXIP |
| 7 | Mandeep Singh | 2010-2023 | 15 | 111 | KXIP, KKR, RCB, DC, PBKS |
| 8 | MK Pandey | 2008-2025 | 14 | 174 | DC, MI, KKR, LSG, RCB, PWI, SRH |
| 9 | AT Rayudu | 2010-2023 | 14 | 204 | CSK, MI |
| 10 | Harbhajan Singh | 2008-2021 | 13 | 163 | MI, CSK, KKR |
Indian Players with the most ducks in IPL
Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Kartik dominated as the most duck out players with around 18 ducks in their IPL history. They both played in the IPL since 2008. After that Piyush Chawla held 16 ducks in their IPL career. Mandeep Singh held 15 Ducks in their entire IPL history. MK Pandey and AT Rayudu both got out on ducks around 14 times in the IPL. Harbhajan Singh got out on duck around 13 times in their IPL history. Meanwhile some other players also got out on duck but these players are prominent throughout the IPL history.
Overseas Players with the Most IPL Ducks
According to the latest stats of 2025, Glenn Maxwell, Sunil Narine, and Rashid Khan are dominated as the most ducks out players in IPL history. Glenn Maxwell dominates with 19 ducks in IPL history followed by Sunil Narine with 17 ducks in 189 matches. Rashid Khan got out 16 times on golden ducks throughout the IPL history.
Most Ducks by Team in IPL
Indian Premier League is famous because of aggressive battings, dangerous hitting, most run scoring and run chasing league. So they depend upon aggressive batting styles, powered hitting so the chance of going on ducks also increases. So the teams like Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are prominent and most ducks scorer teams in IPL history.
Most Golden Ducks in IPL
In cricket, golden duck is a type of duck when a batsman gets out on zero at first ball of his innings. IPL history is full of players who got out on duck but also on golden duck. Players like Sunil Narine,Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik dominate with most golden ducks in IPL.
IPL Seasonal Breakdown for Ducks Stats
Here we will discuss the recent 4 seasons of IPL. Because most ducks come in season 2022 and season 2023. For a recent update we will also share ducks stats for season 2024 and 2025.
Most Ducks in IPL 2022
In IPL 2022, several top batters recorded multiple ducks during the tournament. Players with three ducks included Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sunil Narine, Rashid Khan, Tim Southee and Anuj Rawat.
IPL 2022 is the most challenging season for batters and around 17 players scored 2 or more ducks in that season.
In season 2022, some players faces multiple ducks including
- Viral Kohli scored 3 ducks in IPL 2022 and all are golden duck
- KL Rahul scored 2 Golden ducks and 1 diamond duck.
- Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan scored 3 ducks each.
Most Ducks in IPL 2023
IPL season 2023 set a new record of highest ducks by a single player. Jos Buttler from Rajasthan Royals scored 5 ducks in a single IPL season. Despite these 5 ducks, Butler managed to score 392 runs in IPL season 2023. Dinesh Karthik scored 4 ducks and at 2nd dominant position of scoring duck in IPL season 2023.
Most Ducks in IPL 2024
Glenn Maxwell scored most ducks in IPL 2024 with 5 ducks in a single season. IPL season 2024 showed that the big hitters were continuously struggling against quality bowling.
Most Ducks in IPL 2025
In IPL season 2025 most of the prominent batters hold most ducks record. Most duck scorer player for IPL 2025 was R Tewatia for Gujarat Titans (GT) with 3 ducks in a single season. While other prominent players like VG Arora, Simarjeet Singh, PW Hasaranga, J Fraser-McGurk, JC Archer, LS Livingstone, RR Pant, MR Marsh scored 2 ducks in IPL season 2025.
For all time IPL history 2008-2025, Glenn Maxwell surpassed Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik with 19 career ducks. In the same season of IPL 2025 Rohit Sharma scored a duck in an opening Mumbai Indian match.
List of Players Names With Most Consecutive Ducks in lPL
Here is the list of players with most consecutive ducks in IPL. These well known players and and respective IPL seasons are as
- Gautam Gambhir in IPL season 2014 held 3 consecutive ducks in IPL.
- Shardul Thakur in IPL season 2017 recorded 3 consecutive ducks.
- Ashton Turner holds a record of 3 consecutives ducks in IPL season 2019.
- Rashid Khan in IPL 2021 gots out on 3 consecutives ducks.
- Tim Southee in IPL season 2022 scored three consecutives ducks.
- Jos Buttler holds consecutive 3 ducks in a single season in IPL 2023
Whereas the players like Shardul Thakur and Ashton Turner also achieved a record of 3 consecutive golden ducks in IPL.
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Record and Interesting Ducks stats of IPL history
- Sourav Gangulay in IPL season 2008 achieved a first IPL duck.
- Sunil Narine, Maxwell and Jos Butler achieved the most ducks record in one season.
- Rohit Sharma as a captain achieved most ducks records in IPL history.
- In IPL history wicketkeepers dominated in most diamond ducks category.
Final Thoughts
Nowadays T20 cricket is much more aggressive as compared to the start. T20 cricket is a high scoring and chasing game. Ducks in IPL history shows that players are willing to take risks and score higher by hitting at a single ball. On the other hand it also shows that bowling attacks in IPL are excellent. They try to tease the batter like Glenn Maxwell and Rohit Sharma through spin and pace bowling. Although with the passage of time IPL is continuing to grow so the duck numbers will also grow.
