PSL Winners List: Champions, Scores, Venues & Records

PSL champions by captain

• Misbah-ul-Haq — Islamabad United (two titles)
• Shaheen Shah Afridi — Lahore Qalandars (two titles)
• Darren Sammy — Peshawar Zalmi (one title)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed — Quetta Gladiators (one title)
• Imad Wasim — Karachi Kings (one title)
• Mohammad Rizwan — Multan Sultans (one title)
• Shadab Khan — Islamabad United (one title)

A tie at the top between Misbah and Shaheen tells a tale of two eras. Misbah’s teams won by refusing panic; they were the best at turning a 60–40 against into a coin flip and then winning that coin flip. Shaheen’s sides relied on tempo—cranking pressure until the opposing captain ran out of options. Rizwan’s lone title sits inside a long arc of finals; his repeat appearances with Multan have changed how franchises think about continuity in T20 leagues.

PSL winners list with scores and venue (at a glance)

• Islamabad United d. Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets, Dubai; 174/7 vs 175/4
• Peshawar Zalmi d. Quetta Gladiators by 58 runs, Lahore; 148/6 vs 90 all out
• Islamabad United d. Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets, Karachi; 148/9 vs 154/7
• Quetta Gladiators d. Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets, Karachi; 138/8 vs 139/2
• Karachi Kings d. Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets, Karachi; 134/7 vs 135/5
• Multan Sultans d. Peshawar Zalmi by 47 runs, Abu Dhabi; 206/4 vs 159/9
• Lahore Qalandars d. Multan Sultans by 42 runs, Lahore; 180/5 vs 138 all out
• Lahore Qalandars d. Multan Sultans by 1 run, Lahore; 200/6 vs 199/8
• Islamabad United d. Multan Sultans by 2 wickets, Karachi; 159/9 vs 163/8

Venues of PSL finals and how they play

• Dubai International Cricket Stadium: Night games offered truer pace-on value, but the ball also held on the surface as dew settled late. Winning teams used cutters in the middle and recognized the “hold” ball early.
• Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: A surface with a reputation for running pace-on through the line but in reality punishes length errors at both ends of the innings. The boundary dimensions tempt straight hitting; captains who defend the V with fielders slightly squarer tend to win death-over battles.
• National Stadium/National Bank Stadium, Karachi: Dew amplifies pace-on strokes and punishes small errors. The most successful finals attacks in Karachi are those that create deception rather than pure dots—slower bouncers, wide yorkers, and back-of-the-hand change-ups.
• Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi: The ball grips, then zips. Batting rhythm can die for two or three overs, then explode. Teams that plan “quiet-over” acceptance flourish. Multan used that rhythm to stack resources for a surge overs window.

PSL winners and runners-up list, team-wise insights

• Islamabad United: The league’s first great system team. Twice with Misbah and once with Shadab, Islamabad found a way to minimize variance. Their scouting leans into multi-skill cricketers who can plug holes mid-match—Imad, Faheem, Shadab—and overseas batters who start fast without chewing balls. The third title validates their identity after a mid-cycle refresh.
• Lahore Qalandars: A long project, an explosive payoff. The early seasons were chaos; then came clear roles, backed by patient leadership and the courage to keep Shaheen in charge of the team’s heartbeat. Lahore’s back-to-back triumphs felt like a city’s cricket IQ returning to itself—fast bowlers, fearless batters, a squad that loves pressure.
• Multan Sultans: The PSL’s metronome. A single title doesn’t summarize their influence. Four finals in a row is elite consistency. One of the best in-season adjusters of roles, especially in batting order shuffles, strike rotation plans for middle overs, and death-overs matchups. The cutter school of bowling reached its apex with their attack.
• Peshawar Zalmi: A team of character and a laboratory for aggression. Zalmi’s talent pipeline has leaned on domestic hitters who learn powerplay bravery early. Their single title came with Sammy’s charisma, but their enduring legacy is the stylistic identity—go hard, trust the next batter.
• Quetta Gladiators: The original grinders. Sarfaraz’s Gladiators took finals on the back of defensive bowling with edge—into the pitch, leg-side protection, denial of easy singles—and enough top-order beef to chase safe. That one title mattered more than one; it closed a loop.
• Karachi Kings: When they won, it was through a blueprint built around an anchor who could dominate strike without falling under the “too slow” criticism. Babar redefined the chase on these surfaces. Imad’s bowling and calm made that structure feasible; the rest of the side simply needed to keep catching.

Records and facts that frame the league

• Most titles: Islamabad United with 3
• Back-to-back champions: Lahore Qalandars (the first and only to defend the title)
• Most consecutive finals: Multan Sultans with four straight appearances
• Largest margin in a final: 58 runs (Peshawar Zalmi)
• Smallest margin in a final: 1 run (Lahore Qalandars)
• Highest team total in a final: 206/4 (Multan Sultans)
• Best bowling figures in a final: Imad Wasim’s five-for in Karachi, a defining spell that tilted a last-ball finish
• Finals with last-ball outcome: Islamabad United clinched the trophy with a final-ball win in Karachi
• Every franchise has won at least once: parity achieved, an uncommon feat among T20 leagues
• The leading run-scorer in the latest season was Babar Azam with 569 runs.
• The leading wicket-taker in the latest season was Mohammad Ali with 24 wickets.
• A tie exists for most titles by a captain: Misbah-ul-Haq and Shaheen Shah Afridi, each with two.
• Finals are not fixed to a single city. Early editions were hosted in the UAE, a later title was decided in Abu Dhabi, and recent finals have alternated between Lahore and Karachi, with scheduling and security planning guiding the choice.

PSL player of the tournament list (season-wise)

• Ravi Bopara — Karachi Kings
• Kamran Akmal — Peshawar Zalmi
• Luke Ronchi — Islamabad United
• Shane Watson — Quetta Gladiators
• Babar Azam — Karachi Kings
• Sohaib Maqsood — Multan Sultans
• Mohammad Rizwan — Multan Sultans
• Mohammad Rizwan — Multan Sultans
• Usman Khan — Multan Sultans

A pattern emerges. PSL rewards consistent hitters who either command the powerplay or dominate the middle overs with repeatable options. When bowlers do win it, their edge is rarely raw speed alone; it’s deception at a high clip.

PSL finals player of the match list

• Dwayne Smith — Islamabad United
• Darren Sammy — Peshawar Zalmi
• Luke Ronchi — Islamabad United
• Mohammad Hasnain — Quetta Gladiators
• Babar Azam — Karachi Kings
• Sohaib Maqsood — Multan Sultans
• Mohammad Hafeez — Lahore Qalandars
• Shaheen Shah Afridi — Lahore Qalandars
• Imad Wasim — Islamabad United

Finals have a way of rewarding either the opener who breaks the game before it sets, or the all-rounder who touches two phases. Notice the number of all-rounders and captains on that list; finals tilt towards leaders who force the game to their tempo.

PSL leading run-scorers by season

• Umar Akmal — Quetta Gladiators
• Kamran Akmal — Peshawar Zalmi
• Kamran Akmal — Peshawar Zalmi
• Shane Watson — Quetta Gladiators
• Babar Azam — Karachi Kings
• Babar Azam — Karachi Kings
• Fakhar Zaman — Lahore Qalandars
• Mohammad Rizwan — Multan Sultans
• Babar Azam — Peshawar Zalmi

Profiles that top this table show how the PSL rewards two archetypes: the powerplay master who cashes early fielding restrictions, and the accumulator who preserves wickets but accelerates off misfields and bowling plan fatigue. Babar sits at the center of that Venn diagram.

PSL leading wicket-takers by season

• Andre Russell — Islamabad United
• Sohail Khan — Karachi Kings
• Faheem Ashraf — Islamabad United
• Hasan Ali — Peshawar Zalmi
• Shaheen Shah Afridi — Lahore Qalandars
• Shahnawaz Dahani — Multan Sultans
• Shadab Khan — Islamabad United
• Abbas Afridi — Multan Sultans
• Mohammad Ali — Multan Sultans

Leg-spin with pace-on flight, right-arm quicks who kiss the pitch hard, and unglamorous but deadly slower-ball artists—those are the PSL constants. Hasan Ali’s monster tally and Dahani’s tearaway year are both case studies in giving a bowler a defined role and letting him hunt.

The PSL final, by venue

• Lahore: Wings of crowd noise and that mid-evening phase where swing briefly returns. Captains who gamble a strong over to crack a partnership gain a cascade advantage; Shaheen’s spells often live here.
• Karachi: The dew era. Pins-and-needles for bowlers in the last five; trophies often decided by who has the one bowler with a sticky slower ball and the nerve to use it three times in four deliveries. Boundary percentage shoots up, so dot-ball value skyrockets.
• Dubai: Even bounce but variable pace at night. Smart teams pick the right seamer for the “hold” of the evening; cutters cut deeper here.
• Abu Dhabi: Game states change in clumps. Command over the middle overs is everything. Multan built a champion’s economy out of that reality.

PSL champions list, updated with the latest season

• Islamabad United — three titles
• Lahore Qalandars — two titles
• Peshawar Zalmi — one title
• Quetta Gladiators — one title
• Karachi Kings — one title
• Multan Sultans — one title

Islamabad United psl titles: a closer look

• Season One: A strategic masterclass under Misbah, maximizing multi-skill utility and playing matchups like no franchise had attempted in the league’s infancy.
• Season Three: The Luke Ronchi surge gave them free powerplay runs, turning chases into pattern recognition rather than frantic calculators.
• Season Nine: Shadab’s leadership era. Islamabad brought back their old balance, then added late-overs cruelty. Imad’s spell in the final etched itself into the league’s folklore.

Lahore Qalandars psl titles: how the project peaked

• Season Seven: Constructed on role clarity. Fakhar owned the powerplay, Shaheen enforced, Hafeez bridged the innings with old-school batting craft and off-spin nous.
• Season Eight: A defense of a crown through audacity and detail. Shaheen’s captaincy gambits and lower-order hitting prevented a cruise for Multan. Lahore became the first side to stand atop the mountain twice in a row.

Multan Sultans and the art of staying in the fight

A single title gilded a philosophy that brought them to four finals in a row. The batting group optimized strike rotation in the middle overs, ensuring they arrived at the death with a platform for Rossouw, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, or Usman Khan. On the ball, Abbas Afridi and Mohammad Ali represent the new PSL bowler archetype—nails in the deck, change of pace disguised late.

Peshawar Zalmi’s enduring aggression

A franchise with an identity bigger than any one roster. They have often chased with intent, trusted domestic hitters to grow into the league mid-season, and used Wahab-powered seam attacks to impose their will. A single title doesn’t understate their relevance; Zalmi games shape the league’s tactical fashions.

Quetta Gladiators’ hard-nosed triumph

Sarfaraz’s men embodied a plan: earn par, defend aggressively. They rarely let chasing sides coast. The title was the culmination of trust in uncomplicated plans done well.

Karachi Kings and the anchor’s victory

When the Kings rose, they did it through tempo control with the bat. The captaincy under Imad ensured the bowling side never drifted; the key was always Babar’s ability to chase calmly and relentlessly.

PSL winners list with captains

• Islamabad United: Misbah-ul-Haq (two), Shadab Khan (one)
• Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (two)
• Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (one)
• Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (one)
• Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (one)
• Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (one)

Captains in this league aren’t just toss callers; they are pace-setters of fear or freedom. Misbah’s ice and Shaheen’s fire stand as bookends of the PSL captaincy spectrum, each equally effective given the right squad construction.

PSL finals venues list, season-wise

• Dubai International Cricket Stadium
• Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
• National Stadium, Karachi
• National Stadium, Karachi
• National Stadium, Karachi
• Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
• Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
• Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
• National Bank Stadium, Karachi

The league has traveled, then rooted. Early finals in the UAE protected the dream. The homecoming to Lahore and Karachi bound it to a sound. Abu Dhabi arrived in a year that demanded sanity and safe bio-bubbles. The trophy felt heavy everywhere, but nowhere more than where the noise could touch it.

Answers to the most searched curiosities

• The first PSL champion was Islamabad United.
• The franchise with the most PSL titles is Islamabad United with three.
• The latest champion is Islamabad United, victorious in Karachi with a last-ball, two-wicket finish.
• Islamabad United owns three PSL titles.
• Lahore Qalandars have two titles and remain the only side to defend the crown.
• The player of the tournament in the latest edition was Usman Khan of Multan Sultans.
• The player of the match in the latest final was Imad Wasim of Islamabad United.
• The latest final was played at National Bank Stadium, Karachi.
• All six teams have won at least one PSL title.
• The leading run-scorer in the latest season was Babar Azam with 569 runs.
• The leading wicket-taker in the latest season was Mohammad Ali with 24 wickets.
• The widest winning margin in a PSL final was 58 runs; the narrowest was a 1-run win.
• A tie exists for most titles by a captain: Misbah-ul-Haq and Shaheen Shah Afridi, each with two.
• Finals are not fixed to a single city. Early editions were hosted in the UAE, a later title was decided in Abu Dhabi, and recent finals have alternated between Lahore and Karachi, with scheduling and security planning guiding the choice.

Editorial perspective: what the PSL winners list really shows

• Domestic pace depth separates the contenders: The PSL is famous for launching fast bowlers who are immediately national-team ready. That constant allows teams to draft more creatively around overseas batters or all-rounders, knowing a domestic quick will anchor the attack. Champions almost always possess a local spearhead or a domestic pair that owns middle and death overs.
• Role clarity is a bigger advantage than star power: The PSL’s draft ecology creates squads without the bloated star density of some T20 leagues. That reality makes role clarity the decisive edge—who bowls the hard overs, who owns the middle order, who floats for matchups, who is licensed to fail for the greater risk.
• Captaincy courage matters in Pakistan: Conditions and crowds amplify decision windows. Lahore’s second title came because Shaheen moved first and moved often. Islamabad’s early crowns were a triumph of calm, yet even that calm was aggressive in moments that counted—fielders dragged 10 yards in, part-timers asked to bowl bold lengths, finishers protected till the game was ready for them.
• Multan’s era of finals is a model for sustainability: A single-season blast can win a trophy, but four straight finals require a franchise-wide process—alignment across scouting, coaching, and leadership; tactical templates that travel from Multan to Karachi to Lahore; and a dressing room that knows its roles before the toss. That model is now the PSL standard.
• Fielding standards now swing seasons: Early PSL editions saw fielding as a differentiator only at the margins. The modern league punishes drops and slow ground coverage. The best teams have replaced “specialist batters” with multi-skill athletes who can save eight to ten runs in the field, which is more than the average edge a replacement batter would create.
• Flexibility beats rigidity at the death: Rigid bowling plans die at the death in Pakistan. Captains who change bowling angles and lengths ball to ball without losing discipline—Imad in Karachi, Shaheen in Lahore—walk away with medals.

PSL winners comparison by team

• Islamabad United’s trophy count speaks to long-term thinking and timely refreshes rather than mere momentum spikes. Their recruitment emphasizes self-sufficiency—players who solve problems without a coach’s micromanagement mid-over.
• Lahore Qalandars are an emotional engine with a technical chassis; the vibe matters, but so does their patience in sticking with a core that blossomed alongside domestic quicks. Two titles came when they trusted that formula.
• Multan Sultans embody repeatability. They’ve built north-star habits—strike rotation blueprints, bowling combinations, lower-order roles. The challenge now is turning finals into finishes.
• Peshawar Zalmi’s cultural identity is as important as talent. Young hitters are given space to fail early in tournaments, and by playoffs they are dangerous. The league’s spectatorship loves Zalmi because they dance on the right side of risk.
• Quetta Gladiators’ title is a monument to discipline. When they won, it felt inevitable after years of almosts. Their sustained presence in knockout conversations underscores a simple truth: do the basics relentlessly and let one player take you home.
• Karachi Kings will forever own that season where composure beat chaos. On nights when the ball skids, there is no better plan than a batter who can score 60 off 50 but feels like 90 off 50 because he picks the right bowler and denies the wrong shot.

PSL winners list PDF and quick-save option

Fans often ask for a printable PSL winners list updated to the latest season. The compact tables and bullet summaries here are designed to save cleanly; the page’s at-a-glance sections can be printed, saved as a PDF, and shared as a single reference for champions, runners-up, scores, venues, and major awards.

A final word from the boundary edge

A domestic league is a mirror. In the PSL, the reflection is fast, fiercely competitive, and louder every season. The winners list is more than a ledger—it’s a map of how T20 is played in Pakistan: the cutting slower ball that arrives late; the left-arm quick who still finds swing when others have given up; the middle-order batter who refuses to let the game drift; the captain who stares down a plan and chooses instinct instead.

Islamabad United’s three titles crown a story about structure. Lahore’s back-to-back banners sing about courage and timing. Multan’s four straight finals insist that sustained excellence is its own kind of glory. Peshawar, Quetta, and Karachi hold chapters of their own, proof that the PSL never remains in one city, one dressing room, or one style for long.

The trophy keeps moving. New players arrive, formats flex, venues hum with their own microclimates. Yet the constants remain: pace that forces batters onto the back foot, leg-spin with intent, fielders who turn twos into ones, captains who embrace the hard over. This list will keep growing; the arc will keep surprising. For now, it says something clear and proud—the PSL has winners everywhere you look, and the game is better for it.