From Chris Gayle’s legendary 30-ball blitz to Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s teenage heroics — the fastest hundreds ever scored in the Indian Premier League.
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The Indian Premier League is the greatest theatre T20 cricket has ever produced. Since the very first ball was bowled in 2008, when a then-unknown Brendon McCullum smashed 158* off 73 balls to announce the IPL’s arrival to the world, the tournament has elevated batting into an art form built around raw power, innovation, and sheer audacity. Today, the IPL is not just a cricket league — it is a batsman’s paradise, where world records are shattered on Tuesday evenings and 14-year-olds out-hit seasoned Test veterans.
Among all the statistical milestones cherished in cricket, a century in a T20 match stands alone. In a format that gives a batsman just 120 balls to make an impact across an entire innings, scoring 100 in the fewest deliveries possible is the holy grail of T20 batting excellence. The faster the century, the more breathtaking the achievement.
Here is the definitive, fully updated leaderboard of the fastest centuries in IPL history — spanning all 19 seasons from 2008 to 2026. Goplay11
The Official Leaderboard: Fastest Centuries in IPL (2008–2026)
| Rank | Balls | Player | Score | Against | Venue | Year |
| 1 | 30 | Chris Gayle | 175* | Pune Warriors India | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| 2 | 35 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | 101 | Gujarat Titans | Jaipur | 2025 |
| 3 | 36 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | 103* | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Jaipur | 2026 |
| 4 | 37 | Heinrich Klaasen | 105* | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi | 2025 |
| 4 | 37 | Yusuf Pathan | 100 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 2010 |
| 6 | 38 | David Miller | 101* | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mohali | 2013 |
| 7 | 39 | Priyansh Arya | 103 | Chennai Super Kings | Mullanpur | 2025 |
| 7 | 39 | Travis Head | 102 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | 2024 |
| 9 | 41 | Will Jacks | 100* | Gujarat Titans | Ahmedabad | 2024 |
| 10 | 42 | Adam Gilchrist | 109* | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 2008 |
| 11 | 43 | AB de Villiers | 129* | Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru | 2016 |
| 11 | 43 | David Warner | 126 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad | 2017 |
| 13 | 45 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 114* | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai | 2008 |
| 13 | 45 | Mayank Agarwal | 106 | Rajasthan Royals | Sharjah | 2020 |
| 13 | 45 | Jonny Bairstow | 108* | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | 2024 |
| 13 | 45 | Ishan Kishan | 106* | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | 2025 |
Updated as of April 29, 2026
Deep Dive: Every Record-Breaking Knock
🥇 Chris Gayle — 30 Balls | 175* | RCB vs Pune Warriors India | 2013
No list of IPL batting records is complete without beginning here. On a warm April evening at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Chris Gayle walked out for Royal Challengers Bangalore and proceeded to produce arguably the single greatest T20 innings ever played. Against Pune Warriors India, Gayle reached his century in just 30 balls — a record that still stands in the IPL over a decade later.
By the time he was done, Gayle had hammered 175 runs off just 66 deliveries, including 13 boundaries and 17 sixes. That final score remains the highest individual total in IPL history. His hundred contained a stretch of hitting so ferocious that the Pune bowling attack had no answers. The Universe Boss had arrived, and he left the rest of the cricket world in awe.
What makes this record so remarkable is its endurance. Thirteen years and 19 IPL seasons of elite batting — featuring some of the most destructive stroke-makers ever to play the game — and nobody has matched or beaten 30 balls. Gayle’s record is the Mount Everest of IPL batting.
🥈 Vaibhav Suryavanshi — 35 Balls | 101 | RR vs Gujarat Titans | 2025 (Jaipur)
If Gayle’s record was a lightning bolt from a seasoned great, Suryavanshi’s was something even more extraordinary — a hurricane from a 14-year-old who had not yet sat his school exams.
Playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025, Suryavanshi became the youngest centurion in the history of men’s T20 cricket, reaching his ton off just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur. He smashed 11 sixes in his knock of 101 off 38 balls — the joint-most sixes by an Indian batter in an IPL innings. With Yashasvi Jaiswal, he put on a 166-run opening partnership — a team record for RR — as they chased down 210 with ruthless efficiency.
Born too young even to be an IPL player by conventional standards, Suryavanshi had become the youngest debutant in IPL history and then the second-fastest centurion in one stunning season. Cricket fans across India, and indeed the world, were left pinching themselves.
🥉 Vaibhav Suryavanshi — 36 Balls | 103* | RR vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2026 (Jaipur)
Just when the world thought the 2025 century was a one-off miracle, the teenager came back for more in 2026. In a remarkable display of consistency at just 15 years old, Suryavanshi smashed his second IPL century — this time off 36 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad, again in Jaipur.
He began with four consecutive sixes off Praful Hinge in the very first over, and continued to terrorise the SRH attack, including taking on Pat Cummins and Eshan Malinga. His half-century came in just 15 balls, matching his own blistering record from the previous season. By the time he reached three figures, Rajasthan Royals were coasting towards a mammoth total in excess of 230.
This knock also made Suryavanshi the fastest batter in cricket history to reach 1,000 T20 runs by balls faced — all while still being too young to drive a car. Having guided India U19 to World Cup glory earlier in 2026, scoring a stunning 175 off 80 balls in the final against England U19, Suryavanshi had firmly established himself as one of the most exciting young talents the sport has ever produced.
4th Place (tied): Heinrich Klaasen — 37 Balls | 105* | Delhi | 2025
The South African powerhouse brought up his century in the tied-fastest 37 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi during IPL 2025. Klaasen’s innings was the kind of calculated destruction that has become his trademark — picking his moments, then exploding with a sequence of sixes that leaves fielding teams powerless. His 105* contributed to another high-scoring SRH performance.
4th Place (tied): Yusuf Pathan — 37 Balls | 100 | Mumbai | 2010
In what remains one of the most dramatic individual performances in IPL history, Yusuf Pathan strode to the crease for Rajasthan Royals in a seemingly impossible chase against Mumbai Indians. The team were 40 for 3 after 6.1 overs when Pathan arrived and proceeded to tear apart the MI bowling attack in a one-man demolition job. He reached his hundred in just 37 balls, hitting 8 sixes and 9 fours before being run out. Despite his heroics, Rajasthan fell four agonising runs short. It remains a masterclass in T20 batting from the man who showed that the IPL would always reward the brave.
David Miller — 38 Balls | 101* | Mohali | 2013
Known across world cricket as “Killer Miller,” the South African left-hander showcased exactly why he earned that nickname against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. Coming in during a tricky chase for Kings XI Punjab, Miller launched into RCB’s bowling to reach his century off just 38 balls. His unbeaten 101 powered Punjab home in one of the most electrifying finishes of that season. Miller’s innings announced him to a global T20 audience and remains a benchmark for finish-line brilliance.
Travis Head — 39 Balls | 102 | Bengaluru | 2024
The Australian explosive opener carried his fearless World Cup final form into the IPL with a devastating 39-ball century for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2024. Head’s innings was part of the extraordinary SRH batting unit that season — a team that routinely posted totals of 200+ and treated 220 as a modest target. His century was crafted with the precision of a butcher and the flair of a jazz musician.
Priyansh Arya — 39 Balls | 103 | Mullanpur | 2025
The young Punjab Kings opener burst onto the IPL scene in 2025 with one of the fastest centuries by an Indian batter in IPL history. Against Chennai Super Kings at the picturesque Mullanpur Stadium, Arya reached three figures off 39 balls in a knock that announced his arrival as a genuine superstar in the making. His innings of 103 off 42 balls was full of clean hitting through the off-side and thunderous pulls, and it gave Punjab Kings a match-winning platform.
Will Jacks — 41 Balls | 100* | Ahmedabad | 2024
The English all-rounder’s IPL debut could not have been more dramatic. Playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Jacks single-handedly steered RCB to a 201-run chase. His innings had two contrasting chapters: a careful start of 17 off 17 balls followed by a stunning back half where he plundered 83 runs off just 24 deliveries. The final 10 boundaries across his last 12 balls turned a difficult chase into a stroll. It remains one of the most complete power-hitting performances in recent IPL memory.
Adam Gilchrist — 42 Balls | 109* | Mumbai | 2008
There is something delightfully fitting about the fact that one of the IPL’s earliest batting legends also appears among the all-time fastest centurions. In the inaugural season of 2008, Adam Gilchrist provided a preview of the batting carnage to come over the next two decades. His 109* off 55 balls for Deccan Chargers against Mumbai Indians — reaching his century off 42 balls — was far ahead of its time. Gilchrist had long been the blueprint for aggressive wicket-keeper batting in international cricket, and he brought every ounce of that ruthlessness to the IPL.
AB de Villiers — 43 Balls | 129* | Bengaluru | 2016
The man known simply as “Mr. 360” had a night for the ages against Gujarat Lions in the 2016 season. Joining forces with Virat Kohli in a stand that will live in IPL folklore, de Villiers reached his century off 43 balls and finished with an unbeaten 129 off 52 deliveries. Kohli also scored a century in the same innings as RCB piled up 248 for 3, eventually winning by 144 runs. De Villiers’ repertoire of scoops, ramps, uppercuts, and drives made it look less like cricket and more like a batting masterclass with the laws of physics on hold.
David Warner — 43 Balls | 126 | Hyderabad | 2017
The former Australian opener was among the most feared batsmen in IPL history during his SRH years, and his 2017 century against KKR was among his finest. Warner reached three figures off 43 balls, eventually finishing with 126 off 59, hitting ten fours and eight sixes. He led Sunrisers Hyderabad to 209 for 3 — a total that proved far too many for a KKR side that fell 48 runs short.
The Evolution of IPL Batting
What is most striking about this leaderboard is what it tells us about the evolution of T20 batting across 19 seasons. In 2008, Adam Gilchrist’s 42-ball hundred and Sanath Jayasuriya’s 45-ball century were seen as extraordinary outliers. By 2025 and 2026, they barely make the top 15.
The batsmen of today — players like Suryavanshi, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, and Abhishek Sharma — are products of an era where T20 cricket has been played professionally since childhood. They have access to better coaching, advanced data analytics, and the psychological certainty that comes from knowing every record is there to be broken.
The 2025 IPL season alone saw nine centuries, with some of the fastest centuries in the competition’s history arriving in quick succession. The 2026 season continues that trend. For the first time in IPL history, a batter has now scored two centuries ranked inside the top 3 fastest ever recorded — and he is just 15 years old.
Will Gayle’s Record Ever Fall?
The only question that remains unanswered — the one that every cricket fan quietly wonders — is whether Chris Gayle’s 30-ball century will ever be beaten.
For 13 years, across 19 seasons and hundreds of explosive innings, it has stood. Gayle did not just score the fastest IPL century; he seems to have scored it on a different planet from everyone else. Even Suryavanshi, with two centuries already ranked second and third all-time, is still five deliveries behind the Universe Boss at the top.
But records exist to be broken. If anyone can do it, the signs are pointing toward a teenager from Bihar who has already rewritten the record books twice before turning 16.
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