Who has scored the most runs in T20I cricket?

Babar Azam has scored the most runs in T20Is, with 4596 runs at a strike rate of 128.02.

Who are the top four T20I run-scorers?

The current top four are Babar Azam (4596), Rohit Sharma (4231), Jos Buttler (4212) and Virat Kohli (4188).

How many sixes has Babar Azam hit in T20Is?

Babar Azam has hit 80 sixes and 477 fours while scoring 4596 T20I runs.

Why does strike rate matter so much in T20Is?

With only 20 overs to bat, the value of an innings depends on how quickly the runs come, so a high strike rate is as important as the number of runs scored.

Most Runs in T20I Cricket

ODI TEST T20I

#	Player	M	Inns	Runs	S/R	4s	6s
1	Babar Azam	145	136	4596	128.02	477	80
2	Rohit Sharma	159	151	4231	140.89	383	205
3	Jos Buttler	160	147	4212	148.93	389	186
4	Virat Kohli	125	117	4188	137.04	369	124
5	Suzie Bates	146	143	3953	109.19	430	33
6	Paul Stirling	163	160	3895	134.35	449	141
7	Harmanpreet Kaur	182	162	3654	108.59	348	77
8	Martin Guptill	122	118	3531	135.70	309	173
9	Mohammad Rizwan	106	93	3414	125.37	285	95
10	Meg Lanning	132	121	3405	116.37	405	47
11	Muhammad Waseem	99	99	3371	150.96	282	196
12	David Warner	110	110	3277	142.47	337	122
13	Surya Kumar Yadav	113	107	3272	162.94	297	179
14	Virandeep Singh	114	107	3228	127.68	281	132
15	Stafanie Taylor	114	111	3166	-	0	0
16	Sikandar Raza	140	135	3144	136.76	245	148
17	Aaron Finch	103	103	3120	142.53	309	125
18	Quinton De Kock	110	109	3095	142.23	313	133
19	Sophie Devine	122	119	3020	121.72	279	106
20	Glenn Maxwell	130	118	2897	154.42	243	150
21	Syed Aziz	120	114	2878	140.18	253	148
22	Smriti Mandhana	119	115	2854	123.49	384	54
23	David Miller	140	123	2804	141.40	184	141
24	Bismah Maroof	135	129	2761	92.00	237	3
25	Litton Das	122	120	2702	126.79	263	83
26	Pathum Nissanka	94	93	2699	128.58	276	78
27	Deandra Dottin	127	125	2697	-	0	0
28	Kusal Mendis	109	109	2694	130.20	241	102
29	Charlotte Edwards	95	93	2605	106.93	338	10
30	George Munsey	88	86	2598	143.93	278	118
31	Chamari Athapaththu	119	117	2598	106.30	345	55
32	Kane Williamson	93	90	2575	123.08	245	58
33	Shakib Al Hasan	129	127	2551	121.18	258	53
34	Alyssa Healy	144	126	2547	127.60	337	47
35	Danielle Wyatt Hodge	149	128	2527	126.66	305	36
36	Mohammad Hafeez	119	108	2514	122.03	251	76
37	Richie Berrington	108	99	2504	132.41	206	91
38	Reeza Hendricks	90	89	2504	129.20	268	70
39	Fakhar Zaman	120	110	2494	132.51	233	99
40	Beth Mooney	86	80	2465	124.18	323	13
41	Eoin Morgan	115	107	2458	136.17	186	120
42	Mohammad Nabi	152	140	2448	136.37	167	124
43	Mahmudullah	141	130	2444	117.38	184	77
44	Shoaib Malik	124	111	2435	125.64	196	69
45	Nizakat Khan	123	120	2403	120.27	194	80
46	Anshuman Rath	85	84	2394	126.93	241	57
47	Andy Balbirnie	110	106	2392	123.23	254	68
48	Mithali Raj	89	84	2364	97.45	240	13
49	Max O'Dowd	91	88	2354	121.84	244	55
50	Rovman Powell	120	106	2347	141.98	142	156
51	Babar Hayat	103	99	2339	128.65	139	144
52	Kusal Perera	95	93	2335	132.89	227	72
53	Kushal Bhurtel	80	78	2325	137.16	220	111
54	Mitchell Marsh	88	83	2313	142.07	206	117
55	Hardik Pandya	138	109	2288	145.91	168	126
56	Glenn Phillips	97	85	2286	142.69	171	108
57	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	87	87	2280	135.55	180	122
58	Tim Seifert	90	84	2279	146.37	213	110
59	Nicholas Pooran	106	97	2275	136.39	152	149
60	KL Rahul	72	68	2265	139.12	191	99
61	Natalie Sciver	111	107	2230	114.71	236	15
62	Dipendra Singh Airee	100	86	2220	139.62	159	93
63	Simon Ssesazi	88	86	2204	123.19	237	73
64	Gerhard Erasmus	89	85	2190	128.82	164	86
65	Sarah Taylor	90	87	2177	110.67	241	6
66	Brendon McCullum	71	70	2140	136.21	199	91
67	Ravija Sandaruwan	80	80	2094	145.82	181	122
68	Alex Hales	75	75	2074	138.35	225	70
69	Mark Chapman	113	95	2074	135.73	176	83
70	Mohammad Shahzad	73	73	2048	132.12	229	76
71	Brandon King	87	85	2028	132.98	213	92
72	Javeria Khan	112	106	2018	93.38	223	5
73	Anshuman Rath	76	75	2010	121.08	206	36
74	Dasun Shanaka	134	121	2008	129.63	136	112
75	Muhammad Tanveer	72	66	1980	133.42	143	111
76	Kevin O'Brien	110	103	1973	130.92	165	82
77	Aiden Markram	77	73	1966	147.59	183	83
78	Sohail Ahmed	79	74	1957	119.03	129	81
79	Ross Taylor	106	97	1954	121.29	123	72
80	Ahmad Faiz	106	89	1952	121.77	148	74
81	Ryan Burl	118	109	1948	124.95	139	80
82	Jean Paul Duminy	81	75	1934	126.24	138	71
83	Rakep Patel	93	81	1930	135.91	153	103
84	Tony Ura	66	65	1900	156.89	139	112
85	Chris Gayle	79	75	1899	137.50	158	124
86	Lizelle Lee	82	82	1896	110.61	227	48
87	Dawid Malan	62	60	1892	132.49	194	62
88	Tillakaratne Dilshan	80	79	1889	120.54	223	33
89	Brian Bennett	58	58	1888	143.68	215	58
90	Daryl Mitchell	104	90	1879	140.53	129	73
91	Dane van Niekerk	86	77	1877	94.94	197	31
92	Ibrahim Zadran	65	65	1865	114.83	172	45
93	Meet Bhavsar	76	74	1855	129.62	157	65
94	Phil Salt	65	60	1852	163.74	187	87
95	Harry Tector	98	90	1845	122.10	153	43
96	Rohit Kumar Paudel	84	80	1845	122.42	144	60
97	Devon Conway	69	63	1839	128.60	178	52
98	Alishan Sharafu	71	67	1835	131.35	173	78
99	Najibullah Zadran	107	95	1830	137.80	126	97
100	Sean Williams	85	84	1805	128.28	178	44

Most Runs in T20I Cricket — Top Run-Scorers

Babar Azam leads the T20I run charts with 4596 runs from 136 innings at a strike rate of 128.02, including 477 fours and 80 sixes. He is followed by Rohit Sharma (4231), Jos Buttler (4212) and Virat Kohli (4188), among the most damaging top-order batters in the shortest format.

In T20Is tempo matters as much as volume, so the best run-scorers pair a high strike rate with the consistency to deliver innings after innings. The table pairs each total with strike rate, fours and sixes. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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