Top Five Run Scorers For Rajasthan Royals in IPL History

Top Five Run Scorers For Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan Royals were the inaugural champions of the Indian Premier League. While they might not have won a title in 17 years, they have a long history of some of the best players in the league going through their ranks.

Some of the greatest players in IPL history have played for the Royals, from all-time greats to domestic standouts to future all-stars. Out of the dozens of players to have played for this team, only nine have scored over 1000 runs. Today, we will look at the top five run scorers for this franchise.

Here are the top five run scorers for Rajasthan Royals in IPL history.

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Top Five Run Scorers For Rajasthan Royals

5) Yashasvi Jaiswal

The U-19 standout Indian batter first came into the IPL auction in 2020, when he was bought for Rs. 2.4 Crore by the Royals. He only got to play three games in his first season, but it was his second in 2021 where he got more playtime and showed a lot more potential.

While he did play a role in RR’s road to the final in 2022, his first breakout season came in 2023, where he scored 625 runs in 14 games at an average of over 48. Since then, not only has he become a part of Rajasthan’s Indian batting core, but he has also come to be known as one of the most promising young batters in world cricket.

In the 54 matches Jaiswal has played for RR, he has scored 1608 runs at an average of 31.53 and a strike rate of 150 with two centuries under his name.

4) Shane Watson

Bought in the inaugural 2008 auction by the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Watson was named the Player of the Tournament in the inaugural season, helping the franchise win their first, and so far, only title.

Having played for the Royals for eight seasons, until 2015, he played 145 matches and scored 3874 runs at an average of 35.85 and a strike rate of 140.16. In that time, he became one of the greatest all-rounders in IPL history and a superstar in world cricket. He is now considered a legend of the league and the franchise.

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3) Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler was the face of RR batting for over half a decade. While he did find some success and even won a championship with the Mumbai Indians before moving to the Royals, the England white-ball captain became arguably the best T20 batter in the world in his time in pink.

In every full season, he played for Rajasthan. Buttler scored over 300 runs. He even won the Orange Cup in 2022 as his team reached the final, scoring 863 runs in 17 games and scoring four centuries. He has the joint-most tons in IPL history with seven.

In the seven seasons he played for the Royals from 2018 to 2024, Jos Buttler scored 3055 runs in 83 matches at an average of 41.84 and a strike rate of 147.79.

2) Ajinkya Rahane

Arguably the first long-term great Rajasthan Royals batter, Ajinkya Rahane turned from a domestic stalwart to the vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team in his time playing for the Royals. Before going to the Royals in 2012, he played a few seasons for the Mumbai Indians and got limited opportunities. But as soon as he got consistent chances for the Royals, Rahane smashed it.

The now-veteran batter scored 560 runs in his first season with RR. In his first stint with Rajasthan till 2015, he scored over 400 in three out of four seasons and over 500 in two. His second stint from 2018 to 2021 was much less productive, but he did become the captain of the side in this period.

In the 106 matches he has played for RR, Ajinkya Rahane has scored 3098 runs in 106 matches at an average of 35.6 and a strike rate of 122.3. For the longest time, he was the highest run scorer in team history, until –

1) Sanju Samson

The current captain of the Rajasthan Royals is the greatest batter in franchise history and is one of the greatest players overall. While he was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009, he played his first IPL matches in 2013 for the Royals and showed potential in his first three seasons.

After the side’s two-year suspension, he returned to RR in 2018 a whole new player. In the past seven seasons, he has not scored under 300 runs a season once. In 2021, he even replaced Steve Smith and became the youngest franchise captain to date (until Riyan Parag in 2025). In all this time, he has finally made his Indian Cricket Team debut and is even a regular player in T20Is.

Sanju is now playing his 11th season for the Rajasthan Royals in 2025 and scored a solid 66 in the season opener against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. In all this time, he has played 147 matches for RR, the most in franchise history, and scored 4000 runs.