Who has conceded the most runs in T20I cricket?

Ish Sodhi has conceded 3798 runs in T20Is, the most of any bowler, taking 165 wickets.

Is conceding the most runs a bad thing?

Not really. It largely reflects a long T20I career bowling many overs against aggressive batting.

Who are the leaders for runs conceded?

The top four are Ish Sodhi (3798), Adil Rashid (3789), Tim Southee (3671) and Mitchell Santner (3387).

Most Runs Conceded in T20I Cricket

#	Player	M	Inns	O	Runs	W	Avg	E/R	SR	4W	5W
1	Ish Sodhi	142	135	465.2	3798	165	23.01	8.16	16.90	4	0
2	Adil Rashid	145	138	506.0	3789	163	23.24	7.48	18.60	4	0
3	Tim Southee	126	123	458.5	3671	164	22.38	8.00	16.70	2	2
4	Mitchell Santner	138	133	472.0	3387	142	23.85	7.17	19.90	3	0
5	Mustafizur Rahman	128	127	462.0	3363	160	21.01	7.27	17.30	3	2
6	Shakib Al Hasan	129	126	457.3	3117	149	20.91	6.81	18.40	6	2
7	Adam Zampa	118	115	423.1	3113	153	20.34	7.35	16.50	5	1
8	Hardik Pandya	138	125	370.5	3093	114	27.13	8.34	19.50	3	0
9	Mohammad Nabi	152	138	413.4	3028	109	27.77	7.31	22.70	4	0
10	Shadab Khan	124	115	404.1	2991	123	24.31	7.40	19.70	3	0
11	Jason Holder	98	94	343.3	2970	112	26.51	8.64	18.40	5	1
12	Shaheen Afridi	103	103	370.3	2904	136	21.35	7.83	16.30	3	0
13	Chris Jordan	95	94	325.3	2847	108	26.36	8.74	18.00	4	0
14	Mark Adair	100	100	359.3	2812	142	19.80	7.82	15.10	4	0
15	Haris Rauf	94	92	334.5	2807	133	21.10	8.38	15.10	5	0
16	Sikandar Raza	140	126	393.0	2742	112	24.48	6.98	21.05	2	1
17	Rashid Khan	115	115	438.2	2650	193	13.73	6.04	13.60	9	2
18	Arshdeep Singh	86	85	301.2	2565	131	19.58	8.51	13.80	2	1
19	Junaid Siddique	91	91	335.3	2562	126	20.33	7.63	15.90	5	1
20	Wanindu Hasaranga	97	95	360.0	2543	159	15.99	7.06	13.50	5	0
21	Akeal Hosein	99	95	336.2	2500	94	26.59	7.43	21.40	2	1
22	Richard Ngarava	93	91	328.2	2436	114	21.36	7.41	17.20	2	0
23	Yuzvendra Chahal	80	79	294.0	2409	96	25.09	8.19	18.30	2	1
24	Shahid Afridi	99	97	361.2	2396	98	24.44	6.63	22.10	3	0
25	Taskin Ahmed	87	85	305.2	2380	106	22.45	7.79	17.20	3	0
26	Kagiso Rabada	79	79	282.5	2378	83	28.65	8.40	20.40	0	0
27	Nida Dar	131	124	422.2	2330	126	18.49	5.51	20.10	1	1
28	Ellyse Perry	142	132	397.5	2329	123	18.93	5.85	19.40	4	0
29	Dushmantha Chameera	79	79	287.1	2291	96	23.86	7.97	17.90	2	1
30	KC Karan	91	91	295.1	2291	112	20.45	7.76	15.80	3	1
31	Shabnim Ismail	113	112	396.5	2291	123	18.62	5.77	19.30	0	2
32	Romario Shepherd	81	74	227.0	2281	81	28.16	10.04	16.80	1	1
33	Ehsan Khan	102	100	364.5	2271	134	16.94	6.22	16.30	5	0
34	Maheesh Theekshana	85	85	320.0	2266	83	27.30	7.08	23.10	0	0
35	Blessing Muzarabani	89	86	312.3	2263	106	21.34	7.24	17.60	1	0
36	Lasith Malinga	84	83	299.5	2225	107	20.79	7.42	16.80	1	2
37	Anisa Mohammed	117	113	395.3	2206	125	17.64	5.57	18.90	4	3
38	Imran Anwar	104	100	298.5	2192	95	23.07	7.33	18.80	1	0
39	Jasprit Bumrah	95	92	335.4	2188	121	18.08	6.51	16.60	1	0
40	Katherine Brunt	112	111	392.1	2188	114	19.19	5.57	20.60	1	0
41	Aizaz Khan	99	89	274.5	2168	101	21.46	7.88	16.30	2	0
42	Zappy Bimenyimana	100	98	297.3	2146	96	22.35	7.21	18.50	0	0
43	Axar Patel	96	90	288.4	2139	99	21.60	7.40	17.40	0	0
44	Josh Little	77	76	282.0	2138	85	25.15	7.58	19.90	2	0
45	Barry McCarthy	69	69	246.5	2138	73	29.28	8.66	20.20	2	0
46	Safyaan Sharif	78	77	261.4	2124	87	24.41	8.11	18.00	2	0
47	Mohammad Nawaz	98	92	293.2	2109	101	20.88	7.18	17.40	0	2
48	Megan Schutt	99	98	331.3	2107	128	16.46	6.35	15.50	4	1
49	Sana Mir	106	105	378.2	2085	89	23.42	5.51	25.50	4	0
50	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	87	86	298.3	2079	90	23.10	6.96	19.90	3	2
51	Sompal Kami	92	92	290.0	2076	89	23.32	7.15	19.50	0	0
52	Mark Watt	83	80	291.1	2067	94	21.98	7.09	18.50	2	1
53	Dwayne Bravo	91	77	250.5	2036	78	26.10	8.11	19.20	3	0
54	Deepti Sharma	95	93	333.0	2026	105	19.29	6.08	19.00	1	0
55	George Dockrell	159	100	288.2	2012	91	22.10	6.97	19.00	1	0
56	Sophie Devine	122	106	306.3	1942	110	17.65	6.33	16.70	1	0
57	Craig Young	73	71	238.1	1935	87	22.24	8.12	16.40	3	0
58	Sam Curran	79	74	222.3	1929	70	27.55	8.66	19.00	0	1
59	Andre Russell	86	75	203.3	1919	61	31.45	9.42	20.00	0	0
60	Bilal Khan	79	78	283.0	1919	110	17.44	6.78	15.40	3	0
61	Mitchell Starc	65	65	243.0	1881	79	23.81	7.74	18.40	1	0
62	Lungisani Ngidi	64	64	216.3	1866	90	20.73	8.61	14.40	3	1
63	Shem Ngoche	93	90	312.4	1864	108	17.25	5.96	17.30	3	0
64	Aqib Iqbal	81	79	278.1	1863	90	20.70	6.69	18.50	0	1
65	Tabraiz Shamsi	70	70	251.3	1860	89	20.89	7.39	16.90	3	1
66	Pavandeep Singh	83	83	308.5	1840	100	18.40	5.95	18.50	1	0
67	Paul van Meekeren	78	76	259.0	1831	86	21.29	7.06	18.00	2	0
68	Jess Jonassen	103	99	323.0	1830	95	19.26	5.66	20.40	3	1
69	Sandeep Lamichhane	78	78	294.4	1812	142	12.76	6.14	12.40	3	2
70	Bernard Scholtz	84	82	283.4	1798	85	21.15	6.34	20.02	2	0
71	Trent Boult	61	61	231.3	1779	83	21.43	7.68	16.70	2	0
72	Danielle Hazell	85	85	317.3	1764	85	20.75	5.55	22.40	1	0
73	Natalie Sciver	111	101	269.0	1751	81	21.61	6.50	19.90	2	0
74	Thisara Perera	84	67	183.4	1717	51	33.66	9.34	21.60	0	0
75	Mahedi Hasan	73	71	253.5	1716	71	24.16	6.76	21.40	2	0
76	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.90	6	1
77	Waseem Abbas	61	61	212.0	1689	75	22.52	7.96	16.90	1	1
78	Henry Ssenyondo	95	91	320.1	1681	124	13.55	5.25	15.40	7	1
79	Josh Hazlewood	60	59	224.4	1680	79	21.26	7.47	17.00	4	0
80	Hasan Ali	57	56	192.3	1678	72	23.30	8.71	16.00	1	1
81	Ravichandran Ashwin	65	65	242.0	1672	72	23.22	6.90	20.10	2	0
82	Shoriful Islam	63	61	205.2	1671	69	24.21	8.13	17.80	0	0
83	Wellington Masakadza	79	75	224.4	1666	49	34.00	7.41	27.50	2	0
84	Mohammed Aslam Nawfer	78	77	268.4	1664	85	19.57	6.19	18.90	3	0
85	Rishad Hossain	60	58	200.0	1646	75	21.94	8.23	16.00	0	0
86	Stafanie Taylor	114	87	289.3	1639	98	16.72	5.66	17.70	2	0
87	Ravindra Jadeja	74	71	226.0	1612	54	29.85	7.13	25.10	0	0
88	Jimmy Neesham	105	75	175.1	1611	64	25.17	9.19	16.40	1	1
89	Adam Milne	56	54	192.5	1602	65	24.64	8.30	17.80	2	1
90	Shashikala Siriwardene	81	78	275.3	1598	77	20.75	5.80	21.40	3	0
91	Imad Wasim	75	74	256.0	1588	73	21.75	6.20	21.00	1	1
92	Anya Shrubsole	79	79	266.2	1587	102	15.55	5.95	15.60	2	1
93	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	65	65	241.4	1575	87	18.10	6.51	16.60	3	1
94	Virandeep Singh	114	92	286.3	1575	113	13.93	5.49	15.20	4	0
95	Sophie Ecclestone	73	72	268.1	1568	102	15.37	5.84	15.70	1	0
96	Syed Aziz	120	72	209.2	1567	67	23.38	7.48	18.70	2	0
97	Isaac Okpe	84	80	233.4	1564	84	18.61	6.69	16.60	0	1
98	Gareth Delany	91	74	206.2	1562	59	26.47	7.57	20.90	0	0
99	Salma Khatun	95	93	311.0	1560	84	18.57	5.01	22.20	1	0
100	Mohammad Amir	62	61	220.1	1558	71	21.94	7.07	18.60	1	0

Most Runs Conceded in T20I Cricket

Ish Sodhi has conceded the most runs in a T20I career, 3798 across 142 matches, while taking 165 wickets. He is followed by Adil Rashid (3789), Tim Southee (3671) and Mitchell Santner (3387).

In a format where batters attack from the first ball, even the best bowlers concede plenty, so this list rewards those who kept bowling across many T20I campaigns. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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