RR’s highest scores in IPL open with a defeat. Their record total of 242/6 came while chasing 287 at Hyderabad in March 2025, when Dhruv Jurel hit 70 off 35, and Sanju Samson added 66 off 37, yet RR still fell 44 runs short.
The list spans 17 seasons, from IPL 2008 to 2025, across seven different grounds. Jos Buttler scored a century in four of these ten innings. Samson batted in seven of them. RR won seven and lost three, including a gut-wrenching 4-run defeat where Samson had already hit 119.
Big innings. Not always big results.
RR Top 10 Highest IPL Scores At A Glance
Seven wins, three losses, and a record total that came in a losing cause.
| Rank | Score | Opposition | Ground | Season | Top RR Scorer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 242/6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 2025 | Jurel 70(35) | Lost |
| 2 | 226/6 | Kings XI Punjab | Sharjah | 2020 | Samson 85(42) | Won |
| 3 | 224/8 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | 2024 | Buttler 107*(60) | Won |
| 4 | 223/5 | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | 2010 | Ojha 94*(55) | Lost |
| 5 | 222/2 | Delhi Capitals | Wankhede | 2022 | Buttler 116(65) | Won |
| 6 | 220/3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi | 2021 | Buttler 124(64) | Won |
| 7 | 217/7 | Deccan Chargers | Hyderabad | 2008 | Smith 71(45) | Won |
| 8 | 217/7 | Punjab Kings | Wankhede | 2021 | Samson 119(63) | Lost |
| 9 | 217/4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | 2018 | Samson 92*(45) | Won |
| 10 | 217/5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Brabourne | 2022 | Buttler 103(61) | Won |
1. 242/6 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Hyderabad, March 2025
RR’s highest ever total. They still lost by 44 runs.
SRH had posted 286/6. Ishan Kishan hit 106 not out off 47 balls. Travis Head added 67 off 31. The target was always going to be a mountain.
Three wickets fell in the powerplay. Jaiswal went for 1, Parag for 4, Rana for 11. RR were 50/3 before the chase had properly started.
Samson and Jurel stopped the collapse. Samson reached his fifty off 26 balls, finishing on 66 off 37 with 7 fours and 4 sixes. Jurel hit 70 off 35 balls, his fifty coming off 28 deliveries, with 5 fours and 6 sixes.
Hetmyer added 42 off 23, and Shubham Dubey finished with 34 not out off 11 balls. None of it was close to enough. RR ended at 242/6 and fell 44 runs short.
2. 226/6 vs Kings XI Punjab, Sharjah, September 2020
The most famous chase on this list. Kings XI had posted 223/2 on a small Sharjah ground, with Mayank Agarwal scoring 106 off 50 and KL Rahul contributing 69 off 54. The opening stand lasted until over 16.3.
RR lost Buttler early for 4. Steven Smith rebuilt with 50 off 26 balls before falling in over 8.6. At 100/2, Samson and Tewatia had work to do.
Samson scored 85 off 42 balls, his fifty arriving off 27 deliveries.
Then Tewatia. He finished on 53 off 31 balls with 7 sixes and 0 fours, his fifty coming off 30 deliveries. RR crossed the target in 19.3 overs, winning by 4 wickets.
3. 224/8 vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Eden Gardens, April 2024
KKR had just posted 223/6, with Sunil Narine hitting 109 off 56 balls. His fifty came off 29 deliveries, his century off 49. The Eden Gardens crowd was behind their team.
RR lost Jaiswal early, run out for 19 in the second over. Samson fell for 12 in over 4.2. At 47/2, Buttler was the one RR needed to hold it. He did exactly that. His fifty came off 36 balls, his century off 55.
Wickets kept falling around him. Parag made 34 off 14. Powell hit 26 off 13 late on. Buttler finished on 107 not out off 60 balls with 9 fours and 6 sixes. RR needed to win off the final ball and did. 224/8 in 20 overs. Won by 2 wickets.
4. 223/5 vs Chennai Super Kings, Chennai, April 2010
CSK had already settled the matter. Murali Vijay hit 127 off 56 balls, reaching his century off 46. Albie Morkel added 62 off 34. CSK posted 246/5 and RR needed 247.
Two openers made starts. Michael Lumb hit 37 off 26 before falling in over 7.2.
Naman Ojha anchored the reply, finishing on an unbeaten 94 off 55 with 8 fours and 6 sixes, his fifty coming off 30 balls. Shane Watson added 60 off 25 with his fifty off 21 deliveries.
Neither was enough. RR finished at 223/5 and fell 23 runs short of a target that was simply too large.
5. 222/2 vs Delhi Capitals, Wankhede, April 2022
RR batted first. No wicket fell in the powerplay. Buttler and Padikkal built an opening stand of 155 before Padikkal fell in over 15.1 for 54 off 35 balls.
Buttler’s fifty arrived off 36 deliveries, his century off 57. He finished on 116 off 65 with 9 fours and 9 sixes. Samson came in and added 46 not out off 19 balls.
Delhi chased 223 and finished at 207/8. RR won by 15 runs.
6. 220/3 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi, May 2021
The biggest winning margin on this list. 55 runs.
Buttler batted all the way. Jaiswal fell for 12 in over 2.6. Samson and Buttler then built a second-wicket stand of 150. Samson finished on 48 off 33 before departing in over 16.4. Buttler’s fifty came off 39 balls, his century off 56. He finished on 124 off 64 with 11 fours and 8 sixes.
SRH replied with 165/8. RR won with four overs to spare.
7. 217/7 vs Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad, April 2008
The oldest entry on this list. The very first IPL season. Deccan Chargers had Andrew Symonds, who scored 117 not out off 53 balls and nearly took the match away from everyone. Chargers posted 214/5.
RR chased 215. Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan put on 98 for the second wicket. Smith made 71 off 45 balls, his fifty arriving off 34 deliveries.
Pathan hit 61 off 28 with 4 fours and 6 sixes, his fifty off 21 balls. Mohammad Kaif added 34 off 16 lower down. Shane Warne finished things off with 22 not out off 9.
RR got home in 19.5 overs by 3 wickets.
8. 217/7 vs Punjab Kings, Wankhede, April 2021
One of the most painful entries on this list. Samson scored 119. RR still lost by 4 runs.
PBKS posted 221/6. KL Rahul hit 91 off 50, and Deepak Hooda blasted 64 off 28. RR needed 222.
Stokes fell for 0 off the third ball. Vohra made 12. At 25/2, Samson took over entirely. His fifty came off 33 balls, his century off 54. He finished on 119 off 63 with 12 fours and 7 sixes, batting until the penultimate over. RR fell 4 runs short.
9. 217/4 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Bengaluru, April 2018
RR batted first at Chinnaswamy. Rahane opened with 36 off 20 before falling in over 5.4. Samson came in and took a different approach. He scored 92 not out off 45 balls with 2 fours and 10 sixes, hitting the ball over the rope repeatedly in a ground known for helping batters. His fifty arrived off 34 deliveries.
Ben Stokes added 27 off 21, Buttler contributed 23 off 14, and Rahul Tripathi closed with 14 not out off 5.
RCB chased 218 and made 198/6. RR won by 19 runs.
10. 217/5 vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Brabourne, April 2022
RR batted first. Buttler opened and set the tone immediately. His fifty came off 29 balls, his century off 59. He finished on 103 off 61 with 9 fours and 5 sixes before falling in over 16.4.
Samson added 38 off 19 in the middle. Hetmyer closed with 26 not out off 13.
KKR chased 218 and reached 210 before Yuzvendra Chahal took 5 wickets for 40 runs to end the innings. RR won by 7 runs.
Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson in RR’s Biggest Innings
Buttler scored centuries in four of these ten innings. No other player on this list comes close to that.
124 off 64 against SRH in 2021. 116 off 65 against DC in 2022. 107 not out off 60 against KKR in 2024. 103 off 61 against KKR in 2022. All four were match-winning contributions, and all four came in RR victories. His worst scores across these ten entries were a 4 against Kings XI in 2020 and a 23 against RCB in 2018.
Samson batted in seven of the ten. His 119 off 63 at Wankhede in 2021 is the highest individual score in a losing cause across this entire list. He scored 50-plus four times: 85 vs Kings XI, 92 not out vs RCB, 119 vs PBKS, and 66 vs SRH. He was the top scorer in three of the seven entries where he played.
The 2022 season produced two entries, and Buttler scored a century in both of them. The 2021 season also produced two, and Buttler scored a century batting first while Samson scored 119 in the match they lost. Different outcomes, same two names driving the innings.
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Conclusion: 242/6 Against SRH in 2025 Remains RR’s Highest IPL Total and a Losing One
242/6 at Hyderabad remains RR’s highest IPL total, posted in March 2025 while chasing 287, and it still ended in defeat. Jos Buttler scored centuries in four of these ten innings, every one of them a win.
Sanju Samson batted in seven and scored 50-plus in four of them, including 119 in a losing cause that remains one of the finest individual innings across all ten entries. The list runs from IPL 2008 to 2025. Six of the ten came while chasing. Three ended in defeat.
FAQs
242/6, scored while chasing 287 against SRH at Hyderabad on March 23, 2025. Dhruv Jurel hit 70 off 35, and Samson made 66 off 37, but RR fell 44 runs short and lost by the same margin.
Six. Only four of the ten entries came while batting first: 222/2 vs DC (2022), 220/3 vs SRH (2021), 217/4 vs RCB (2018), and 217/5 vs KKR (2022).
Four. He scored 124 vs SRH (2021), 116 vs DC (2022), 107 not out vs KKR (2024), and 103 vs KKR (2022). All four came in RR victories.
The 217/7 against Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad on April 24, 2008, the very first IPL season. Graeme Smith scored 71 off 45 and Yusuf Pathan hit 61 off 28 as RR chased 215 and won by 3 wickets.
Sanju Samson’s 119 off 63 balls against Punjab Kings at Wankhede in April 2021. He scored 12 fours and 7 sixes and was dismissed in the final over. RR fell 4 runs short of the 222-run target.
