The ICC Hall of Fame inductee, who scored 20014 runs for South Africa in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. He also played in several franchise T20 leagues across the globe, including the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), and the Big Bash League (BBL).
However, de Villiers, famously known as Mr. 360, lost the motivation to continue playing cricket and called time on his career on November 19, 2021.
A look at AB de Villiers stats in franchise cricket before international retirement
By the end of his career, he played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2021 Indian Premier League. He had a successful T20 career, playing 340 matches and scoring 9424 runs at a strike-rate of 150.13.
Moreover, the 42-year-old returned to the veterans' league in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 edition, where he led South Africa to the title, and will feature in the upcoming 2026 edition as well.
That being said, in this article, we take a look at the Mr. 360, a.k.a. AB de Villiers’ records and stats across all franchise leagues he has been a part of before he hung up his boots on the highest level.
AB de Villiers's IPL stats
The swashbuckling batter made his IPL debut in 2008. Before retiring in 2021, he played 184 matches in his IPL career and has scored 5,162 runs, with an average of 39.70. In his IPL career, he played for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
ABD last played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2021 IPL, where he scored 313 runs in 15 matches. While he continued to play in T20 leagues around the world following his international retirement, he played the most in the IPL.
Since beginning his association with the franchise in 2011, de Villiers played 157 matches for them and scored 4522 runs at a strike rate of 158.33. To date, he is also the franchise's second-highest run-scorer of all time, behind Virat Kohli.
Coming back to his overall IPL stats, he had also slammed 3 centuries and 40 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 133* runs.
The South African batter had hit 413 fours and 251 sixes in his IPL career. In October 2021, he played his last IPL match against KKR at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, scoring 11 runs off 9 balls.
Below are AB de Villiers’ IPL stats
Statistic
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Delhi Capitals
Span
2011–2021
2007/08–2009/10
Matches
156
28
Innings
144
26
Runs
4491
671
HS
133*
105*
Average
40.65
28.84
Strike Rate
156.77
107.06
Hundreds
2
1
Fifties
37
3
Fours
362
51
Sixes
238
13
AB de Villiers stats in other franchise leagues
Outside the IPL, AB de Villiers played in several prominent global T20 franchise leagues, including the Vitality Blast (English county T20), Pakistan Super League (PSL), Big Bash League (BBL), and South Africa's Mzansi Super League (MSL), maintaining elite averages and high strike rates.
Below are his stats in franchise leagues other than the IPL:
AB de Villiers Stats In Franchise Leagues (Source: AFP & X.com/ Brisbane Heat)
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