CAREER LEADERBOARD
Men T20I: Most runs
All recorded careers; no minimum qualification
| Rank | Player | Teams | Most runs | Matches | Innings | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 4,596 | 145 | 136 | 4,596 | — |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | India | 4,231 | 159 | 151 | 4,231 | 1 |
| 3 | Jos Buttler | England | 4,212 | 160 | 147 | 4,212 | — |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | India | 4,188 | 125 | 117 | 4,188 | 4 |
| 5 | Paul Stirling | Ireland | 3,895 | 163 | 160 | 3,895 | 20 |
| 6 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 3,531 | 122 | 118 | 3,531 | 0 |
| 7 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 3,414 | 106 | 93 | 3,414 | — |
| 8 | David Warner | Australia | 3,277 | 110 | 110 | 3,277 | — |
| 9 | Suryakumar Yadav | India | 3,272 | 113 | 107 | 3,272 | 2 |
| 10 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 3,244 | 144 | 139 | 3,244 | 114 |
| 11 | Aaron Finch | Australia | 3,120 | 103 | 103 | 3,120 | 0 |
| 12 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 3,095 | 110 | 109 | 3,095 | — |
| 13 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 2,897 | 130 | 118 | 2,897 | 51 |
| 14 | David Miller | South Africa | 2,804 | 140 | 123 | 2,804 | — |
| 15 | Litton Das | Bangladesh | 2,702 | 122 | 120 | 2,702 | — |
| 16 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 2,699 | 94 | 93 | 2,699 | — |
| 17 | Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | 2,694 | 109 | 109 | 2,694 | — |
| 18 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 2,575 | 93 | 90 | 2,575 | 6 |
| 19 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 2,551 | 129 | 127 | 2,551 | 149 |
| 20 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 2,514 | 119 | 108 | 2,514 | 61 |
| 21 | Reeza Hendricks | South Africa | 2,504 | 90 | 89 | 2,504 | 0 |
| 22 | Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | 2,494 | 120 | 110 | 2,494 | 0 |
| 23 | Eoin Morgan | England / Ireland | 2,458 | 115 | 107 | 2,458 | — |
| 24 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 2,448 | 152 | 140 | 2,448 | 109 |
| 25 | Mahmudullah | Bangladesh | 2,444 | 141 | 130 | 2,444 | 41 |
| 26 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 2,435 | 124 | 111 | 2,435 | 28 |
| 27 | Andy Balbirnie | Ireland | 2,392 | 110 | 106 | 2,392 | — |
| 28 | Rovman Powell | West Indies | 2,347 | 120 | 106 | 2,347 | 5 |
| 29 | Kusal Perera | Sri Lanka | 2,335 | 95 | 93 | 2,335 | — |
| 30 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 2,313 | 88 | 83 | 2,313 | 17 |
| 31 | Hardik Pandya | India | 2,288 | 138 | 109 | 2,288 | 114 |
| 32 | Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | 2,286 | 97 | 85 | 2,286 | 9 |
| 33 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 2,280 | 87 | 87 | 2,280 | — |
| 34 | Tim Seifert | New Zealand | 2,279 | 90 | 84 | 2,279 | — |
| 35 | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | 2,275 | 106 | 97 | 2,275 | — |
| 36 | KL Rahul | India | 2,265 | 72 | 68 | 2,265 | — |
| 37 | Ryan Burl | Zimbabwe | 2,201 | 129 | 120 | 2,201 | 62 |
| 38 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 2,140 | 71 | 70 | 2,140 | — |
| 39 | Brian Bennett | Zimbabwe | 2,129 | 69 | 69 | 2,129 | 9 |
| 40 | Alex Hales | England | 2,074 | 75 | 75 | 2,074 | — |
| 40 | Mark Chapman | New Zealand | 2,074 | 113 | 95 | 2,074 | 4 |
| 42 | Mohammad Shahzad | Afghanistan | 2,048 | 73 | 73 | 2,048 | — |
| 43 | Brandon King | West Indies | 2,028 | 87 | 85 | 2,028 | — |
| 44 | Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | 2,008 | 134 | 121 | 2,008 | 46 |
| 45 | Kevin O'Brien | Ireland | 1,973 | 110 | 103 | 1,973 | 58 |
| 46 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | 1,966 | 77 | 73 | 1,966 | 16 |
| 47 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 1,954 | 106 | 97 | 1,954 | — |
| 48 | Jean-Paul Duminy | South Africa | 1,934 | 81 | 75 | 1,934 | 21 |
| 49 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 1,899 | 79 | 75 | 1,899 | 20 |
| 50 | Harry Tector | Ireland | 1,898 | 100 | 92 | 1,898 | 12 |
| 51 | Dawid Malan | England | 1,892 | 62 | 60 | 1,892 | 1 |
| 52 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 1,889 | 80 | 79 | 1,889 | 9 |
| 53 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 1,879 | 104 | 90 | 1,879 | 9 |
| 54 | Ibrahim Zadran | Afghanistan | 1,865 | 65 | 65 | 1,865 | — |
| 55 | Phil Salt | England | 1,852 | 65 | 60 | 1,852 | — |
| 56 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | 1,839 | 69 | 63 | 1,839 | — |
| 57 | Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | 1,830 | 107 | 95 | 1,830 | — |
| 58 | Sean Williams | Zimbabwe | 1,805 | 85 | 84 | 1,805 | 49 |
| 59 | Evin Lewis | West Indies | 1,799 | 67 | 66 | 1,799 | — |
| 60 | Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | 1,795 | 93 | 87 | 1,795 | — |
| 61 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 1,759 | 68 | 66 | 1,759 | — |
| 62 | Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 1,758 | 78 | 78 | 1,758 | — |
| 63 | Shai Hope | West Indies | 1,743 | 70 | 68 | 1,743 | — |
| 64 | Colin Munro | New Zealand | 1,724 | 65 | 62 | 1,724 | 4 |
| 65 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan | 1,690 | 84 | 79 | 1,690 | — |
| 66 | Tim David | Australia | 1,679 | 74 | 63 | 1,679 | 5 |
| 67 | Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | 1,678 | 85 | 75 | 1,678 | — |
| 68 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 1,672 | 78 | 75 | 1,672 | — |
| 69 | Jonny Bairstow | England | 1,671 | 80 | 72 | 1,671 | — |
| 70 | Finn Allen | New Zealand | 1,663 | 62 | 61 | 1,663 | — |
| 71 | Hamilton Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 1,662 | 66 | 66 | 1,662 | 2 |
| 72 | Tilak Varma | India | 1,645 | 59 | 56 | 1,645 | 5 |
| 73 | Abhishek Sharma | India | 1,629 | 56 | 55 | 1,629 | 10 |
| 74 | MS Dhoni | India | 1,617 | 98 | 85 | 1,617 | — |
| 75 | Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 1,611 | 67 | 65 | 1,611 | 22 |
| 76 | Ishan Kishan | India | 1,608 | 55 | 55 | 1,608 | — |
| 77 | Suresh Raina | India | 1,605 | 78 | 66 | 1,605 | 13 |
| 78 | Kieron Pollard | West Indies | 1,569 | 101 | 83 | 1,569 | 42 |
| 79 | Harry Brook | England | 1,532 | 68 | 59 | 1,532 | — |
| 80 | Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 1,528 | 50 | 50 | 1,528 | 0 |
| 81 | Lendl Simmons | West Indies | 1,527 | 68 | 67 | 1,527 | 6 |
| 82 | Johnson Charles | West Indies | 1,525 | 69 | 68 | 1,525 | — |
| 83 | Jason Roy | England | 1,522 | 64 | 64 | 1,522 | — |
| 84 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 1,500 | 102 | 93 | 1,500 | — |
| 85 | Soumya Sarkar | Bangladesh | 1,494 | 89 | 88 | 1,494 | 12 |
| 86 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 1,493 | 55 | 55 | 1,493 | 0 |
| 87 | Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 1,471 | 59 | 59 | 1,471 | 0 |
| 88 | Shane Watson | Australia | 1,462 | 58 | 56 | 1,462 | 48 |
| 89 | Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | 1,456 | 76 | 74 | 1,456 | 7 |
| 90 | Craig Ervine | Zimbabwe | 1,449 | 71 | 70 | 1,449 | — |
| 91 | Sanju Samson | India | 1,432 | 66 | 58 | 1,432 | — |
| 92 | George Dockrell | Ireland | 1,426 | 159 | 109 | 1,426 | 91 |
| 93 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 1,416 | 90 | 73 | 1,416 | 45 |
| 93 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | 1,416 | 87 | 70 | 1,416 | 53 |
| 93 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 1,416 | 99 | 91 | 1,416 | 98 |
| 96 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 1,415 | 61 | 57 | 1,415 | 0 |
| 97 | Tadiwanashe Marumani | Zimbabwe | 1,414 | 78 | 78 | 1,414 | — |
| 98 | Towhid Hridoy | Bangladesh | 1,409 | 65 | 59 | 1,409 | 0 |
| 99 | Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | 1,406 | 57 | 53 | 1,406 | — |
| 100 | Asghar Afghan | Afghanistan | 1,382 | 75 | 68 | 1,382 | 1 |
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
Babar Azam leads this snapshot. Most runs: 4,596. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.