The countdown to IPL 2019 is all but over.
The 12th edition of India’s annual cricket extravaganza kicks off on 23 March, with MS Dhoni-led defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.
Chennai’s 2018 title win on their return to the IPL from a two-year ban saw them draw level with Mumbai Indians as the most successful team in the 11-year history of the tournament with three IPL crowns.
But who holds the mantle of the best IPL team in terms of most wins? How do the teams rank in the historical win-loss table?
The Quint breaks down the numbers, all the way up from the inaugural season in 2008 to where things stand going into the 2019 season.
Chennai Super Kings
The Super Kings from Chennai, captained by ‘Captain Cool’ MS Dhoni throughout their existence are now level with Mumbai on three IPL titles – despite having missed out the 2016 and 2017 seasons as they served their two-year ban for corruption.
Their overall win rate is the best for any team in IPL history. In fact, CSK are the only franchise to have won more than 60% of their matches.
They are also the only side with a 100 percent track record of advancing from the league stage.
CSK Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Runners-up (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
- 2009: Semi-finalists (Won 8, Lost 6; Finished second in league stage)
- 2010: Champions (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
- 2011: Champions (Won 11, Lost 5; Finished second in league stage)
- 2012: Runners-up (Won 10, Lost 8; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2013: Runners-up (Won 12, Lost 6; Finished first in league stage)
- 2014: Third (Won 10, Lost 6; Finished third in league stage)
- 2015: Runners-up (Won 10, Lost 7; Finished first in league stage)
- 2018: Champions (Won 11, Lost 5; Finished second in league stage)
CSK Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 149, Wins: 90, Losses 57, No Result: 2, Win Rate: 60.4%
Delhi Capitals (prev. Daredevils)
Team Delhi has a new name – they surely hope for a new game as well.
No team has finished last in the standings more than Delhi, whose four basement endings see them ‘pip’ Kings XI Punjab (three).
Delhi are also the only team still existing in the tournament to have never reached an IPL final.
Needless to say, their overall win-rate is lower than that of any other franchise.
DC Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Semi-finalists (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2009: Semi-finalists (Won 10, Lost 5; Finished first in league stage)
- 2010: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2011: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 4, Lost 9; Finished last in league stage)
- 2012: Third (Won 11, Lost 7; Finished first in league stage)
- 2013: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 3, Lost 13; Finished last in league stage)
- 2014: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 2, Lost 12; Finished last in league stage)
- 2015: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 5, Lost 8; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2016: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2017: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2018: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 5, Lost 9; Finished last in league stage)
DC Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 162, Wins: 67, Losses: 92, No Result: 3, Win Rate: 41.4%
Kings XI Punjab
The team giving closest competition to Delhi for the historical wooden stick in the IPL.
The Kings XI have had two sparks of brilliance, spread far apart from each other, in an otherwise below-par history in the 11 years of the Indian Premier League.
In 2008, they ended second in the league stage before being blown away by Chennai in the semis; in 2014, they went one better – topping the league stage, and finishing runners-up.
Apart from that, though, their finishes read: Fifth, last, fifth, sixth, sixth, last, last, fifth, seventh.
KXIP Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Semi-finalists (Won 10, Lost 5; Finished second in league stage)
- 2009: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2010: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 4, Lost 10; Finished last in league stage)
- 2011: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2012: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 8, Lost 8; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2013: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 8, Lost 8; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2014: Runners-up (Won 12, Lost 5; Finished first in league stage)
- 2015: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 3, Lost 11; Finished last in league stage)
- 2016: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 4, Lost 10; Finished last in league stage)
- 2017: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2018: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished seventh in league stage)
KXIP Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 162, Wins: 76, Losses: 86, Win Rate: 46.9%
Kolkata Knight Riders
One of the IPL’s most followed teams, the Knight Riders’ history can be broken into two distinct phases: a distressing beginning, and a promising second wind.
In the first three editions of the IPL, KKR never ended in the top-four, even finishing last in 2009.
Then, after 2010, the bosses went in for an overhaul – in came Gautam Gambhir, and in the seven seasons he stayed, Kolkata won two titles, and reached the play-offs five times.
That consistency didn’t leave with Gambhir’s departure ahead of 2018; KKR made it to the play-offs again, eventually finishing third.
KKR Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 6, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2009: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 3 Lost 10; Finished last in league stage)
- 2010: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2011: Fourth (Won 8, Lost 7; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2012: Champions (Won 12, Lost 5; Finished second in league stage)
- 2013: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 10; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2014: Champions (Won 11, Lost 5; Finished second in league stage)
- 2015: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 6; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2016: Fourth (Won 8, Lost 7; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2017: Third (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2018: Third (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
KKR Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 168, Wins: 86, Losses: 78, No Result: 4, Win Rate: 51.2%
Mumbai Indians
Another late blooming outfit, but one that has more than made for a slow start in the Indian Premier League.
The Mumbai Indians finished a lowly fifth and seventh, respectively, in the first two seasons of the IPL, but have only missed the knockout/play-off stage twice in nine subsequent campaigns.
It took them a while to get their title count going, but with wins in 2013, 2015 and 2017, they more than made up for the drought.
Their fans, obviously, are hoping for the alternate year trend to continue in 2019.
Mumbai enter the season two wins away from becoming the first team to complete a 100 match wins in IPL history.
MI Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2009: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 5, Lost 8; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2010: Runners-up (Won 11, Lost 5; Finished first in league stage)
- 2011: Third (Won 10, Lost 6; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2012: Fourth (Won 10, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
- 2013: Champions (Won 13, Lost 6; Finished second in league stage)
- 2014: Fourth (Won 7, Lost 8; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2015: Champions (Won 10, Lost 6; Finished second in league stage)
- 2016: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2017: Champions (Won 12, Lost 5; Finished first in league stage)
- 2018: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished fifth in league stage)
MI Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 172, Wins: 98, Losses: 73, No Result: 1, Win Rate 56.9%
Rajasthan Royals
The IPL’s first champions – and arguably its most unexpected ones, too.
Only the bravest souls would have bet on a team largely comprising unheralded domestic talents led by a retired 38-year-old going on and winning the inaugural season of a tournament of star power.
But the Royals have epitomised the tagline of the IPL: Where talent meets opportunity.
And while they did slip into mid-table abyss for some years after the high of 2008, they’ve gone back to their punching-above-the-weight ways in recent times, making the play-offs in three of their last four appearances.
RR Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Champions (Won 13, Lost 3; Finished first in league stage)
- 2009: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 6, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2010: Failed to reach knock-outs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2011: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2012: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 9; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2013: Third (Won 11, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
- 2014: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2015: Fourth (Won 7, Lost 6; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2018: Fourth (Won 7, Lost 8; Finished fourth in league stage)
RR Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 136, Wins: 70, Losses: 62, No Result: 4, Win Rate 51.5%
Royal Challengers Bangalore
The superstar assembly that has been reduced to bridesmaids, at best.
For the last eight season of the IPL, RCB have possessed within their ranks Virat Kohli AND AB de Viliers; until 2017, they had one Chris Gayle too. Yet, the best they have managed is three runners-up finishes – and several seasons of disappointment.
The last two campaigns have been particularly poor – just nine wins in 28 matches, and a basement finish in 2017.
As a result, RCB have a win rate worse than all other teams barring Delhi.
RCB Season-by-Season Performance
- 2008: Failed to reach knockouts (Won 4, Lost 10; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2009: Runners-up (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished third in league stage)
- 2010: Semi-finalists (Won 7, Lost 8; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2011: Runners-up (Won 10, Lost 6; Finished first in league stage)
- 2012: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 8, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2013: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished fifth in league stage)
- 2014: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 5, Lost 9; Finished seventh in league stage)
- 2015: Third (Won 8, Lost 6; Finished third in league stage)
- 2016: Runners-up (Won 9, Lost 7; Finished second in league stage)
- 2017: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 3, Lost 10; Finished eighth in league stage)
- 2018: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished sixth in league stage)
RCB Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 168, Wins: 78, Losses: 95, Nos Result: 3, Win Rate 46.4%
Sunrisers Hyderabad
The newest franchise among the existing set of eight; Sunrisers only came into being ahead of the 2013 season, following the disbanding of Deccan Chargers after IPL 2012.
Their record, though, isn’t one of a ‘newbie’: In six campaigns, SRH have successfully gone beyond the league stage on four occasions, while going on to win the title in 2016.
Their success rate, at 55.3%, is behind only three-time winners Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
SRH Season-by-Season Performance
- 2013: Fourth (Won 10, Lost 7; Finished fourth in league stage)
- 2014: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 6, Lost 8; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2015: Failed to reach play-offs (Won 7, Lost 7; Finished sixth in league stage)
- 2016: Champions (Won 11, Lost 6; Finished third in league stage)
- 2017: Fourth (Won 8, Lost 6; Finished third in league stage)
- 2018: Runners-up (Won 10, Lost 7, Finished first in league stage)
SRH Overall Win-Loss Record in IPL
Matches Played: 94, Wins: 52, Losses: 41, No Result: 1, Win Rate: 55.3%
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