Top 10 KKR Highest Scores in IPL – Updated 2025

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is around the corner and all the fans across the world are waiting for this mega event to start. This tournament is celebrated as a festival in India. Fans are waiting to witness one more season of epic contests between the Best vs Best. This league is one of the richest leagues in the world. Players like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Rinku Singh and many more are finds of this tournament.

Kolkata Knight Riders, is the 3rd most successful team of this IPL. Last Year they won this tournament and became champions for the 3rd time. Not to forget their young captain Shreyas Iyer who played a very important role in this. With players like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravathy, Rinku Singh, and many more on the team, they played really well throughout the tournament, and in the knockouts, their premier fast bowler “Mitchell Starc” showed his class and helped his team to become Champions.

KKR always has some of the best batters from around the world. In the past, they had batters like Brandon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, and Chris Lynn in their team which helped them score big totals and in this article, we will cover their top 10 KKR highest score in IPL.

KKR’s Highest Score in IPL

Since last year KKR has been playing fearless cricket and registered Kolkata Knight Riders highest score in IPL i.e. 272/7 against DC on the 3rd of April 2024. Their batting style has been completely changed and they will try to carry forward the way of playing this season too. However, there is a change in the captaincy, Ajinkya Rahane has now taken charge of leadership for KKR.

Here are the top 10 KKR highest score in IPL:

10. KKR v Rajasthan Royals – (210/10) | 2022

KKR scored their 10 highest team total on 18th April 2022 against Rajasthan Royals, at Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, they scored 210 while chasing a huge target set by RR. Rajasthan batted first and scored 217/5 in which Jos Buttler scored a beautiful century and scored 103 runs in just 61 deliveries. Shreyas Iyer from KKR played an exceptional inning and scored 85 runs in just 51 balls however, he couldn’t take his team to victory.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	RR Scorecard
210/7 (20.0 overs)	217/5 (20.0 overs)

9. KKR v Kings XI Punjab – (218/4) | 2019

In the match against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), KKR registered their 9th-highest team total on the 27th of March 2019, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. They posted a match-winning total of 218/4 while batting first. While chasing this huge total KXIP only managed to score 190/4 and lost the match by 58 runs. Andre Russell’s inning was the biggest difference in this match result as he scored 48 runs in just 17 balls for KKR.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	KXIP Scorecard
218/4 (20.0 overs)	190/4 (20.0 overs)

8. KKR v Royal Challengers Bengaluru – (222/3) | 2008

In the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League, KKR were up against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, on 18th April 2008, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. KKR posted their 8th-highest total in IPL. They put up a huge total of 222/3 in which their opener batter Brandon McCullum played a brilliant inning of 158* in just 73 balls and set the bar for this tournament. RCB wasn’t able to handle the pressure of this huge total and got all out for just 82 runs. KKR won this match by a massive margin of 140 runs.

KKR highest score in IPL scorecard

KKR Scorecard	RCB Scorecard
222/3 (20.0 overs)	82/10 (20.0 overs)

7. KKR v Royal Challengers Bengaluru – (222/6) | 2024 

KKR registered their 7th-highest team total also against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the 21st of April 2024 at the home ground of KKR, Eden Garden, Kolkata. They scored 222/6 while batting first and set the target of 223 for RCB in their 20 overs. RCB in response batted really well and scored 221 however, they lost the match by a margin of just one run. Andre Russell’s all-round performance was awarded as player of the match.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	RCB Scorecard
222/6 (20.0 overs)	221/10 (20.0 overs)

6. KKR v Rajasthan Royals – (223/6) | 2024

In the match against Rajasthan Royals on 16th April 2024, at Eden Gardens KKR scored their 6th highest team total of all time, they scored 223 with the loss of 6 wickets, however, this total was chased down by RR on the final ball. Sunil Narine scored a century in this match for KKR, he scored 109 runs and for RR, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 107 runs and was also named player of the match.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	RR Scorecard
223/6 (20.0 overs)	224/8 (20.0 overs)

5.  KKR v Mumbai Indians – (232/2) | 2019

KKR scored their 5th highest team total against Mumbai Indians on 28th April 2019 at their home ground Eden Garden in Kolkata. They scored 232/2 while batting first. MI tried their best but wasn’t able to chase it down, they were only able to score 198/7 in their 20 overs. In the end, KKR won the match by 34 runs. Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, and Andre Russell scored half-centuries in this match. This was KKR highest score in IPL 2019.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	MI Scorecard
232/2 (20.0 overs)	198/7 (20.0 overs)

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4. KKR vs Luknow Super Giants – (235/6) | 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders scored their 4th highest team total against the new joiner of IPL Lucknow Super Giants on 5th May 2024 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. They scored 235/6 in this match while batting first. In the response, LSG’s batter wasn’t able to survive against KKR’s bowlers and got all out for just 137 runs. KKR won this match by a huge margin of 98 runs. KKR’s Sunil Narine was the standout performer for them as he scored 81 runs in just 39 balls.

KKR highest score in IPL scorecard

KKR Scorecard	LSG Scorecard
235/6 (20.0 overs)	137/10 (20.0 overs)

3. KKR v Kings XI Punjab (245/6) | 2018

The third-highest team total for KKR came against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) on the 12th of May 2018 at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. KKR scored a huge total of 245/6 while batting first on a flat batting pitch. In the response, KXIP was only able to score 214/8 in their 20 overs. KKR won the match by a margin of 66 runs. KL Rahul did everything for KXIP but the support was missing from their teammates which cost them. Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik scored half-centuries for KKR. This was KKR highest score in IPL 2018.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	KXIP Scorecard
245/6 (20.0 overs)	214/8 (20.0 overs)

2. KKR v Punjab Kings – (261/6) | 2024

In the match against Punjab Kings, KKR registered their 2nd highest team score in IPL on 26th April 2024 at the historic ground of Eden Gardens, Kolkata. They posted a huge total of 262/2 while batting first. However, PBKS chased this score successfully in just 18.4 overs, it was the one of the best chase in the history of IPL. Nitish Rana and Andre Russell were the star performers for KKR scoring half centuries for the team.

Scorecard of KKR highest score in IPL

KKR Scorecard	PBKS Scorecard
261/6 (20.0 overs)	262/2 (18.4 overs)

1. KKR v Delhi Capitals – (272/7) | 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders highest score in IPL came against Delhi Capitals on 3rd April 2024, at Visakhapatnam. This is the KKR highest score in IPL history. They posted a huge total of 272/7. In the response, DC only managed to score 166 and got all out. KKR won this match comfortably by a huge margin of 106 runs. Sunil Narine was named the player of the match for his all-around performance.

KKR highest score in IPL scorecard

KKR Scorecard	DC Scorecard
272/7 (20.0 overs)	166/10 (20.0 overs)

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Top 10 KKR Highest Score in IPL

S. No.	Opponent	Score	Ground	Match Date
1.	Delhi Capitals (DC)	272/7	Visakhapatnam	3rd Apr 2024
2.	Punjab Kings (PBKS)	261/6	Eden Gardens	26th Apr 2024
3.	Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)	245/6	Indore	12th May 2018
4.	Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)	235/6	Lucknow	5th May 2024
5.	Mumbai Indians (MI)	232/2	Eden Gardens	28th Apr 2019
6.	Rajasthan Royals (RR)	223/6	Eden Gardens	16th Apr 2024
7.	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)	222/6	Eden Gardens	21st Apr 2024
8.	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)	222/3	Bengaluru	18th Apr 2008
9.	Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)	218/4	Eden Gardens	27th Mar 2019
10.	Rajasthan Royals (RR)	210	Brabourne	18th Apr 2022