Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCBRoyal Challengers Bengaluru have won 2 IPL titles (2025, 2026), with a 50% win rate from 286 matches (143 wins, 137 losses) across 19 seasons (2008–2026).
Finals contested
5 finals: 2 won, 3 lost.
| Season | Result | Opponent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lost | Deccan Chargers | 6 runs |
| 2011 | Lost | Chennai Super Kings | 58 runs |
| 2016 | Lost | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 runs |
| 2025 | Won | Punjab Kings | 6 runs |
| 2026 | Won | Gujarat Titans | 5 wickets |
Head-to-head record
All-time results against other franchises.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab Kings | 38 | 20 | 18 | 52.6% |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 36 | 16 | 20 | 44.4% |
| Mumbai Indians | 35 | 16 | 19 | 45.7% |
| Chennai Super Kings | 35 | 14 | 21 | 40% |
| Delhi Capitals | 33 | 20 | 13 | 60.6% |
| Rajasthan Royals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 53.1% |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46.2% |
| Gujarat Titans | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% |
Head-to-head totals cover matches between the ten major current franchises; ties/no-results may make won + lost differ from played.
Best record, over ten meetings or more: Delhi Capitals, 20 wins from 33 (60.6%). Weakest: Chennai Super Kings, 14 from 35 (40%).
RCB in the all-time lists
Highest totals: 263 off 128 balls at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 23 Apr 2013; 262 off 133 balls at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 15 Apr 2024.
Biggest wins by runs: 144 against Gujarat Lions at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 14 May 2016; 138 against Punjab Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 6 May 2015; 130 against Pune Warriors at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 23 Apr 2013; 112 against Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, 14 May 2023.
Heaviest defeats by runs: 140 to Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 18 Apr 2008; 118 to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, 31 Mar 2019; 111 to Punjab Kings at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, 17 May 2011.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru — from The IPL Story
Kings again: RCB go back-to-back in 2026
Twelve months after ending an eighteen-year wait, Royal Challengers Bengaluru did the harder thing — they defended the crown, beating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in Ahmedabad as Virat Kohli's unbeaten 75 made them only the third team to go back-to-back.
Eighteen years: the RCB heartbreak file — and how it ended
Three lost finals, one record-shattering batting era and no trophy — this is the anatomy of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's eighteen-year heartbreak, and why 2025 finally set it right.