Biggest Wins by Wickets in IPL History — All-Time Top 25 Ranked

When Gujarat Titans walked off the Arun Jaitley Stadium on May 18, 2025 having chased down Delhi Capitals' total without losing a single wicket, they etched their name into a record shared by only 17 matches across 18 IPL seasons. A ten-wicket victory — the most emphatic possible result in a T20 chase — represents the complete domination of bowling attack by batting lineup, the kind of mismatch that leaves a scoreboard looking less like a cricket match and more like a practice session.

The IPL has produced exactly 17 ten-wicket wins since its 2008 inception. What makes this stat remarkable is not just the margin but the frequency: 2020 alone produced three such results, while the inaugural 2008 season and the 2025 edition each delivered their own perfect chase. Every one of these 25 entries — the 17 ten-wicket wins and 8 nine-wicket hammerings — tells a story of one team completely outclassing another.

The Complete Top 25 — Biggest Wins by Wickets in IPL History

The Top 5 — Breakdowns

1. Gujarat Titans Beat Delhi Capitals by 10 Wickets (2025)

On May 18, 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Gujarat Titans produced the most recent perfect chase in IPL history. Delhi Capitals posted a below-par total that GT's openers dismantled without alarm. The chase was completed with overs to spare, the GT batting pair never separated, and the Delhi attack had no answers. It was a statement win in a season where GT needed points desperately, and they took two in the most emphatic fashion possible.

2. Sunrisers Hyderabad Beat LSG by 10 Wickets (2024)

Sunrisers Hyderabad were in destructive form throughout the 2024 season, and their May 8 demolition of Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium was perhaps their most complete performance. The SRH openers attacked from ball one, never allowing LSG's bowlers to settle. The chase was wrapped up in fewer than 15 overs, with both openers recording half-centuries. This match was part of SRH's record-breaking 2024 campaign where they posted multiple 250+ totals.

3. Royal Challengers Bangalore Beat Rajasthan Royals by 10 Wickets (2021)

April 22, 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium saw Royal Challengers Bangalore at their clinical best. RR's total was modest, and RCB's opening pair treated the chase as a batting exhibition. Devdutt Padikkal was the star, reaching his century in the process of an unbroken partnership that made the Wankhede crowd witness a rare ten-wicket rout. It was one of the defining wins of RCB's 2021 campaign, a season where they eventually made the playoffs.

4. Sunrisers Hyderabad Beat Mumbai Indians by 10 Wickets (2020)

Sharjah's small ground and flat pitches defined IPL 2020, but November 3 was all about SRH's clinical chasing. Mumbai Indians posted a competitive total, yet SRH's openers David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha treated the MI attack with disdain. Saha struck a blazing 58-ball innings while Warner anchored from the other end. The ten-wicket margin was particularly stunning given MI's status as eventual champions that season — it was one of only a handful of comprehensive defeats they suffered all year.

5. Mumbai Indians Beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 Wickets (2020)

Just eleven days before SRH's ten-wicket win at the same ground, Mumbai Indians themselves had produced an identical result against CSK at Sharjah. October 23, 2020 saw Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan destroy the CSK bowling in a chase that was never competitive. CSK were enduring their worst-ever IPL season and this result encapsulated their struggles — their bowling had no answer to MI's relentless hitting. The 2020 UAE season produced three of the 17 all-time ten-wicket wins, more than any other single season.

Patterns and Insights

Several patterns emerge from this top 25. Royal Challengers Bangalore appear four times — more than any other franchise — with ten-wicket wins in 2010, 2015, 2018, and 2021, plus a nine-wicket victory in each of 2024 and 2025. Sunrisers Hyderabad feature three times in the ten-wicket bracket (2016, 2020, 2024). The 2020 UAE-based season stands alone with three ten-wicket results, likely influenced by the batting-friendly conditions at Sharjah and Dubai. Neutral venues appear to produce more lopsided results — Sharjah alone accounts for two of the top five entries. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and the Wankhede Stadium each appear multiple times across the full list, suggesting that certain grounds consistently produce low first-innings totals that enable runaway chases.

Why This Record Matters

A ten-wicket win is the T20 equivalent of a perfect game in baseball — it requires every element to align. The bowling side must restrict, but more importantly, the opening pair must bat through the entire chase without being separated. In a format designed for wicket-taking aggression, this is extraordinarily difficult. The fact that only 17 such results have occurred in over 1,100 IPL matches (a rate of roughly 1.5%) underscores their rarity. The frequency has increased slightly in recent seasons: seven of the 17 ten-wicket wins have come since 2020, correlating with improved batting techniques against spin and the emergence of power-hitting openers who can sustain aggression across 20 overs.

Could Anyone Break the Frequency Record?

The "record" here is not a single number to break — it is the collective rarity of the result. However, the trend suggests ten-wicket wins are becoming marginally more common. Between 2008 and 2015, the IPL saw seven such results across eight seasons (0.875 per season). From 2016 to 2025, it saw ten across ten seasons (1.0 per season), with the 2020 season's three results skewing the average. As T20 batting continues to evolve — with openers increasingly expected to bat deep and strike at 150+ from ball one — the conditions for ten-wicket wins become more frequent. The limiting factor remains bowling quality: elite death bowlers can always pick up a wicket to prevent the perfect chase, no matter how flat the pitch.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the biggest win by wickets in IPL history?

The biggest possible win by wickets in cricket is 10 wickets, meaning the chasing team lost zero wickets. This has happened 17 times in IPL history, with the most recent being Gujarat Titans' ten-wicket demolition of Delhi Capitals on May 18, 2025.

How many ten-wicket wins have occurred in the IPL?

Exactly 17 ten-wicket wins have been recorded across 18 IPL seasons from 2008 to 2025. The 2020 season holds the record for most in a single year with three such results.

Which team has the most ten-wicket wins in IPL?

Royal Challengers Bangalore lead with four ten-wicket victories (2010, 2015, 2018, 2021), followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad with three (2016, 2020, 2024).

Which IPL season had the most ten-wicket wins?

The 2020 season, played entirely in the UAE across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, produced three ten-wicket wins — by CSK, MI, and SRH — the most in any single IPL season.

Has any team ever won by ten wickets in an IPL final or playoff?

No. All 17 ten-wicket wins have occurred in league-stage matches. The pressure of knockout cricket has so far prevented any team from achieving a perfect chase in an eliminator, qualifier, or final.

What is the difference between the biggest win by wickets and by runs?

A win by wickets applies when the chasing team succeeds — the margin is how many wickets they had remaining. A win by runs applies when the team batting first wins — the margin is how many more runs they scored. Ten wickets is the maximum possible margin for a chasing victory.

Is a ten-wicket win an IPL-specific record or a global T20 record?

Ten-wicket wins occur across all T20 cricket, not just the IPL. However, the IPL's 17 instances across 1,100+ matches represent one of the largest samples of this result in any single T20 league, making it a valuable dataset for studying dominant chasing performances.