CAREER LEADERBOARD
Men T20I: Most appearances
All recorded careers; no minimum qualification
| Rank | Player | Teams | Most appearances | Matches | Innings | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Stirling | Ireland | 163 | 163 | 160 | 3,895 | 20 |
| 2 | Jos Buttler | England | 160 | 160 | 147 | 4,212 | — |
| 3 | George Dockrell | Ireland | 159 | 159 | 109 | 1,426 | 91 |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | India | 159 | 159 | 151 | 4,231 | 1 |
| 5 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 152 | 152 | 140 | 2,448 | 109 |
| 6 | Adil Rashid | England | 150 | 150 | 44 | 163 | 169 |
| 7 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 145 | 145 | 136 | 4,596 | — |
| 8 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 144 | 144 | 139 | 3,244 | 114 |
| 9 | Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | 142 | 142 | 43 | 243 | 165 |
| 10 | Mahmudullah | Bangladesh | 141 | 141 | 130 | 2,444 | 41 |
| 11 | David Miller | South Africa | 140 | 140 | 123 | 2,804 | — |
| 12 | Hardik Pandya | India | 138 | 138 | 109 | 2,288 | 114 |
| 12 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | 138 | 138 | 92 | 1,108 | 142 |
| 14 | Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | 134 | 134 | 121 | 2,008 | 46 |
| 15 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 130 | 130 | 118 | 2,897 | 51 |
| 16 | Ryan Burl | Zimbabwe | 129 | 129 | 120 | 2,201 | 62 |
| 16 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 129 | 129 | 127 | 2,551 | 149 |
| 18 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 128 | 128 | 38 | 119 | 160 |
| 19 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | 126 | 126 | 50 | 303 | 164 |
| 20 | Virat Kohli | India | 125 | 125 | 117 | 4,188 | 4 |
| 21 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | 124 | 124 | 69 | 1,009 | 123 |
| 21 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 124 | 124 | 111 | 2,435 | 28 |
| 23 | Litton Das | Bangladesh | 122 | 122 | 120 | 2,702 | — |
| 23 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 122 | 122 | 118 | 3,531 | 0 |
| 25 | Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | 120 | 120 | 110 | 2,494 | 0 |
| 25 | Rovman Powell | West Indies | 120 | 120 | 106 | 2,347 | 5 |
| 27 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 119 | 119 | 108 | 2,514 | 61 |
| 28 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 118 | 118 | 30 | 80 | 153 |
| 29 | Eoin Morgan | England / Ireland | 115 | 115 | 107 | 2,458 | — |
| 29 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 115 | 115 | 70 | 622 | 193 |
| 31 | Mark Chapman | New Zealand | 113 | 113 | 95 | 2,074 | 4 |
| 31 | Suryakumar Yadav | India | 113 | 113 | 107 | 3,272 | 2 |
| 33 | Andy Balbirnie | Ireland | 110 | 110 | 106 | 2,392 | — |
| 33 | David Warner | Australia | 110 | 110 | 110 | 3,277 | — |
| 33 | Kevin O'Brien | Ireland | 110 | 110 | 103 | 1,973 | 58 |
| 33 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 110 | 110 | 109 | 3,095 | — |
| 37 | Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | 109 | 109 | 109 | 2,694 | — |
| 38 | Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | 107 | 107 | 95 | 1,830 | — |
| 39 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 106 | 106 | 93 | 3,414 | — |
| 39 | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | 106 | 106 | 97 | 2,275 | — |
| 39 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 106 | 106 | 97 | 1,954 | — |
| 42 | James Neesham | New Zealand | 105 | 105 | 77 | 1,105 | 64 |
| 43 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 104 | 104 | 90 | 1,879 | 9 |
| 44 | Aaron Finch | Australia | 103 | 103 | 103 | 3,120 | 0 |
| 44 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | 103 | 103 | 42 | 345 | 136 |
| 46 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 102 | 102 | 93 | 1,500 | — |
| 47 | Axar Patel | India | 101 | 101 | 64 | 750 | 101 |
| 47 | Kieron Pollard | West Indies | 101 | 101 | 83 | 1,569 | 42 |
| 49 | Harry Tector | Ireland | 100 | 100 | 92 | 1,898 | 12 |
| 49 | Mark Adair | Ireland | 100 | 100 | 70 | 844 | 142 |
| 51 | Akeal Hosein | West Indies | 99 | 99 | 38 | 307 | 94 |
| 51 | Blessing Muzarabani | Zimbabwe | 99 | 99 | 34 | 65 | 117 |
| 51 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 99 | 99 | 91 | 1,416 | 98 |
| 54 | Jason Holder | West Indies | 98 | 98 | 69 | 909 | 112 |
| 54 | MS Dhoni | India | 98 | 98 | 85 | 1,617 | — |
| 54 | Mohammad Nawaz | Pakistan | 98 | 98 | 69 | 911 | 101 |
| 54 | Richard Ngarava | Zimbabwe | 98 | 98 | 39 | 124 | 124 |
| 54 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 98 | 98 | 79 | 831 | 161 |
| 59 | Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | 97 | 97 | 85 | 2,286 | 9 |
| 60 | Chris Jordan | England | 95 | 95 | 57 | 439 | 108 |
| 60 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 95 | 95 | 12 | 12 | 121 |
| 60 | Kusal Perera | Sri Lanka | 95 | 95 | 93 | 2,335 | — |
| 63 | Haris Rauf | Pakistan | 94 | 94 | 31 | 143 | 133 |
| 63 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 94 | 94 | 93 | 2,699 | — |
| 65 | Gareth Delany | Ireland | 93 | 93 | 79 | 1,294 | 60 |
| 65 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 93 | 93 | 90 | 2,575 | 6 |
| 65 | Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | 93 | 93 | 87 | 1,795 | — |
| 68 | Matthew Wade | Australia | 92 | 92 | 68 | 1,202 | — |
| 68 | Moeen Ali | England | 92 | 92 | 75 | 1,229 | 51 |
| 70 | Arshdeep Singh | India | 91 | 91 | 33 | 103 | 135 |
| 70 | Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 91 | 91 | 74 | 1,255 | 78 |
| 72 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 90 | 90 | 73 | 1,416 | 45 |
| 72 | Reeza Hendricks | South Africa | 90 | 90 | 89 | 2,504 | 0 |
| 72 | Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | 90 | 90 | 41 | 229 | 106 |
| 72 | Tim Seifert | New Zealand | 90 | 90 | 84 | 2,279 | — |
| 76 | Soumya Sarkar | Bangladesh | 89 | 89 | 88 | 1,494 | 12 |
| 77 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 88 | 88 | 83 | 2,313 | 17 |
| 78 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 87 | 87 | 21 | 67 | 90 |
| 78 | Brandon King | West Indies | 87 | 87 | 85 | 2,028 | — |
| 78 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | 87 | 87 | 70 | 1,416 | 53 |
| 78 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 87 | 87 | 87 | 2,280 | — |
| 78 | Wessly Madhevere | Zimbabwe | 87 | 87 | 82 | 1,345 | 19 |
| 83 | Andre Russell | West Indies | 86 | 86 | 75 | 1,122 | 61 |
| 83 | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | 86 | 86 | 40 | 112 | 84 |
| 85 | Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan | 85 | 85 | 59 | 594 | 61 |
| 85 | Gulbadin Naib | Afghanistan | 85 | 85 | 72 | 1,070 | 35 |
| 85 | Sean Williams | Zimbabwe | 85 | 85 | 84 | 1,805 | 49 |
| 85 | Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | 85 | 85 | 75 | 1,678 | — |
| 89 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 84 | 84 | 33 | 136 | 107 |
| 89 | Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | 84 | 84 | 74 | 1,204 | 51 |
| 89 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan | 84 | 84 | 79 | 1,690 | — |
| 92 | Wellington Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 83 | 83 | 45 | 271 | 50 |
| 93 | Gary Wilson | Ireland | 81 | 81 | 68 | 1,268 | — |
| 93 | Jean-Paul Duminy | South Africa | 81 | 81 | 75 | 1,934 | 21 |
| 93 | Romario Shepherd | West Indies | 81 | 81 | 57 | 909 | 81 |
| 96 | Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | 80 | 80 | 38 | 117 | 97 |
| 96 | Jonny Bairstow | England | 80 | 80 | 72 | 1,671 | — |
| 96 | Sam Curran | England | 80 | 80 | 51 | 744 | 73 |
| 96 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 80 | 80 | 79 | 1,889 | 9 |
| 96 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | 80 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 96 |
Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.
What this table shows
Paul Stirling leads this snapshot. Most appearances: 163. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.