Top 3 run getters in Women's Premier League (WPL) history

The 2026 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) begins on January 09, this year, with the Mumbai Indians taking on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the curtain raiser at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. Just like all seasons of the game, the upcoming edition is also expected to be an exciting one for the viewers and the players.

Just a week before the start of the WPL 2026, Delhi Capitals announced Jemimah Rodrigues as their new captain, while Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland withdrew from the edition due to their personal reasons, which put the two teams- Bengaluru and the Delhi Capitals (DC) in a spot of bother for the new season of the tournament.

Over the years, some of the classical players have scored runs in the tournament as they enjoyed the pitch at the start of the Indian season. In the list of the top three run-getters, there is no Indian player. Among Indians, Shafali Varma remains the most successful player with 865 runs in 27 innings at an average of 36.04 and a strike rate of 162.59 with the help of six fifties.

A look at the top 3 run-getters in Women’s Premier League (WPL) history

1.   Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Women)

Nat Sciver-Brunt, who became the first retained player for the Mumbai Indians ahead of the WPL 2026, remains the leading run-getter of the league’s history with 1027 runs in 29 innings at an average of 46.68 and a strike rate of 141.85, with the help of eight half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 80 runs.

Nat started her campaign in the WPL in 2022 with 332 runs in ten innings at an average of 66.40 and a strike rate of 140.08, with the help of three half-centuries at the best score of undefeated 72 runs for the Mumbai Indians. Her last season, where he notched up 523 runs in ten innings at an average of over 65 and a strike rate of more than 150, thanks to five half-centuries, remains our best in the competition.

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With experience of over 130 WT20Is, the England veteran is expected to lead the batting department again heading into the WPL 2026.

2.   Ellyse Perry (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Ellyse Perry, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), is the second leading run-getter in WPL history. She has recorded an overall 972 runs in 25 innings at an average of nearly 65 and a strike rate of over 130 with the help of eight half-centuries and the best score of unbeaten 90 runs in this event.

Consistency has been a key for Perry, who clubbed over 300 runs in the last two seasons of the tournament, and that’s what will be the most missing factor for Bengaluru in their middle order, heading into the new season.

During the WPL 2025, Perry recorded 372 runs in just eight innings at an average of 93 and a strike rate of almost 150, scoring four half-centuries and the best coat of undefeated 90 runs.

3.   Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals)

The veteran and successful Australia captain, Meg Lanning, led the Delhi Capitals in the first three seasons of the WPL before being shifted to the UP Warriorz for 2026. In the first two seasons of WPL, she crossed 330 runs consecutively.

Her best season with the bat came in the opening edition of the tournament, where Lanning smashed 345 runs in nine innings at an average of nearly 50 and a strike rate of almost 140, with the help of two half-centuries and the best score of 72 runs.

The last season was not the worst campaign for Lanning, but it was mediocre compared to her caliber. She 276 runs in nine innings at an average of 34.50 and a strike rate of under 120 with three half-centuries.