List of Indian Premier League awards - wikipedia List of Indian Premier League awards The article lists all the awards of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket competition based in India. The tournament honours players with several awards at the end of the every season. They are Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Maximum Sixes Award, Most Valuable Player and Emerging Player of the Year. Contents 1 Orange Cap 2 Purple Cap 3 Maximum Sixes Award 4 Most Valuable Player 5 Player of the match ( final ) 6 Emerging player of the year 7 Fair Play Award 8 See also 9 References Orange Cap The Orange Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading run scorer in the Indian Premier League. It was introduced on 25 April 2008, a week after the start of the inaugural season of the IPL. The batsman with most runs in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Orange Cap while fielding, with the overall leading run - scorer at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Orange Cap award on the day of the season 's final. Brendon McCullum became the first player to wear the Orange Cap, and Shaun Marsh became the first winner of the award. The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, `` Cricket is often remembered and recorded as statistics and not by material distinctions. The DLF Indian Premier League will create a distinction for the best performing batsman, which will be cherished and valued by each player through this initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to be innovative, create another unique piece of history that sets the DLF Indian Premier League apart from the crowd, and to reward outstanding achievements by the players. '' Winners Season Player Mat Runs Ref 2008 Shaun Marsh ( KXIP ) 11 616 2009 Matthew Hayden ( CSK ) 12 572 Sachin Tendulkar ( MI ) 15 618 2011 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 12 608 2012 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 15 733 2013 Michael Hussey ( CSK ) 16 733 2014 Robin Uthappa ( KKR ) 16 660 2015 David Warner ( SRH ) 14 562 2016 Virat Kohli ( RCB ) 16 973 2017 David Warner ( SRH ) 14 641 2018 Kane Williamson ( SRH ) 17 735 indicates the player captained his team for the season. Purple Cap The Purple Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading wicket - taker in the Indian Premier League. After the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the Indian Premier League announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008. The bowler with most wickets in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding, with the overall leading wicket - taker at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season 's final. In case of a tie, the bowler with superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap. The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, `` We have seen over the course of the inaugural season of the League so far that bowlers have just as important a role to play in winning T20 matches as batsmen do. '' Winners Season Player Mat Wkts Ref 2008 Sohail Tanvir ( RR ) 11 22 2009 R.P. Singh ( DC ) 16 23 Pragyan Ojha ( DC ) 16 21 2011 Lasith Malinga ( MI ) 16 28 2012 Morne Morkel ( DD ) 16 25 2013 Dwayne Bravo ( CSK ) 18 32 2014 Mohit Sharma ( CSK ) 16 23 2015 Dwayne Bravo ( CSK ) 16 24 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( SRH ) 17 23 2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( SRH ) 14 26 2018 Andrew Tye ( KXIP ) 14 24 Maximum Sixes award The Maximum Sixes Award is an annual cricket award presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in the Indian Premier League. Winners Season Player Mat Sixes Ref 2008 Sanath Jayasuriya ( MI ) 14 31 2009 Adam Gilchrist ( DC ) 16 29 Robin Uthappa ( RCB ) 16 27 2011 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 12 44 2012 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 15 59 2013 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 16 51 2014 Glenn Maxwell ( KXIP ) 16 36 2015 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 14 38 2016 Virat Kohli ( RCB ) 16 38 2017 Glenn Maxwell ( KXIP ) 14 26 2018 Rishabh Pant ( DD ) 14 37 Most Valuable Player The award was called the `` man of the tournament '' till the 2012 season. The IPL introduced the Most Valuable Player rating system in 2013, the leader of which would be named the `` Most Valuable Player '' at the end of the season. Winners Season Player Ref 2008 Shane Watson ( RR ) 2009 Adam Gilchrist ( DC ) Sachin Tendulkar ( MI ) 2011 Chris Gayle ( RCB ) 2012 Sunil Narine ( KKR ) 2013 Shane Watson ( RR ) 2014 Glenn Maxwell ( KXIP ) 2015 Andre Russell ( KKR ) 2016 Virat Kohli ( RCB ) 2017 Ben Stokes ( RPS ) 2018 Sunil Narine ( KKR ) Player of the match ( final ) Winners Season Player of the match Ref 2008 Yusuf Pathan ( RR ) 2009 Anil Kumble ( RCB ) Suresh Raina ( CSK ) 2011 Murali Vijay ( CSK ) 2012 Manvinder Bisla ( KKR ) 2013 Kieron Pollard ( MI ) 2014 Manish Pandey ( KKR ) 2015 Rohit Sharma ( MI ) 2016 Ben Cutting ( SRH ) 2017 Krunal Pandya ( MI ) 2018 Shane Watson ( CSK ) Emerging Player of the Year The award was presented for the `` best under - 19 player '' in 2008 and `` best under - 23 player '' in 2009 and 2010, being called `` Under - 23 Success of the Tournament ''. In 2011 and 2012, the award was known as `` Rising Star of the Year '', while, in 2013, it was called `` Best Young Player of the Season ''. Since 2014, the award has been called the `` Emerging Player of the Year. '' Winners Season Player Ref 2008 Shreevats Goswami ( RCB ) 2009 Rohit Sharma ( DC ) Saurabh Tiwary ( MI ) 2011 Iqbal Abdulla ( KKR ) 2012 Mandeep Singh ( KXIP ) 2013 Sanju Samson ( RR ) 2014 Axar Patel ( KXIP ) 2015 Shreyas Iyer ( DD ) 2016 Mustafizur Rahman ( SRH ) 2017 Basil Thampi ( GL ) 2018 Rishabh Pant ( DD ) Fair play award The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team with the best record of fair play. The winner is decided on the basis of the points the umpires give to the teams. After each match, the two on - field umpires, and the third umpire, scores the performance of both the teams. A team can be awarded a total of ten points per match, out of which four points are given on the basis of how the team has adhered to the `` spirit of the game '' in the opinion of the umpires. The other three criteria are based on the respect towards to the opposition, the laws of cricket and the umpires. Each of these three criteria represents 2 points. If a team has got two points in the criterion, its performance is considered as `` good '', whereas getting one or zero points indicates that its performance is `` average '' or `` bad '' respectively. Winners Season Team 2008 Chennai Super Kings 2009 Kings XI Punjab Chennai Super Kings 2011 Chennai Super Kings 2012 Rajasthan Royals 2013 Chennai Super Kings 2014 Chennai Super Kings 2015 Chennai Super Kings 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2017 Gujarat Lions 2018 Mumbai Indians See also List of Indian Premier League centuries List of Indian Premier League records and statistics References ^ Jump up to : `` IPL Stats ''. ^ Jump up to : `` IPL introduces ' Orange Cap ' award ''. thatscricket.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2008 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2009 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2010 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2011 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2012 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2013 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Most runs - 2014 ''. iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015. 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Indian Premier League Seasons 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Finals 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Participating teams Chennai Super Kings Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad Defunct teams Deccan Chargers Gujarat Lions Kochi Tuskers Kerala Pune Warriors India Rising Pune Supergiant Auctions 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics and records Team Series Batting Bowling Wicketkeeping and fielding Partnership Miscellaneous Lists Current squads Seasons Awards Venues Players Captains Umpires Centuries Five - wicket hauls Controversies 2012 spot - fixing case 2013 spot - fixing and betting case Related topics Champions League Twenty20 Lalit Modi Icon player Book Portal Commons WikiProject Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_Premier_League_awards&oldid=849198479 '' Categories : Indian Premier League Cricket awards and rankings Hidden categories : EngvarB from April 2017 Use dmy dates from April 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 July 2018, at 07 : 22 ( UTC ). 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Question: who is awarded the orange cap in ipl twenty20 tournament
Answer: the leading run scorer