Indian star batter Virat Kohli leads the list of players with the most runs in T20 World Cup history with a tally of 1141 runs. The first edition of the T20 World Cup was played back in 2007 where MS Dhoni led India won the trophy by beating Pakistan in the final.
Most Runs in T20 World Cup History
England and West Indies are the most successful teams of the tournament. Both teams have bagged the title a couple of times while India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the trophy each once.
| Player | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 35 | 1292 | 89* | 58.72 | 128.81 | 0 | 15 |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 47 | 1220 | 92 | 34.85 | 133.04 | 0 | 12 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 31 | 1016 | 100 | 39.07 | 134.74 | 1 | 6 |
| JC Buttler (ENG) | 35 | 1013 | 101* | 42.2 | 147.23 | 1 | 5 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 41 | 984 | 89* | 25.89 | 134.24 | 0 | 8 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 33 | 965 | 117 | 34.46 | 142.75 | 2 | 7 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 35 | 897 | 96* | 30.93 | 124.06 | 0 | 6 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 43 | 853 | 84 | 23.05 | 120.14 | 0 | 4 |
| KS Williamson (NZ) | 29 | 727 | 85 | 31.6 | 112.53 | 0 | 3 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 30 | 717 | 79* | 29.87 | 143.4 | 0 | 5 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 31 | 661 | 68 | 25.42 | 112.22 | 0 | 4 |
| Q de Kock (SA) | 27 | 653 | 74 | 25.11 | 134.36 | 0 | 4 |
| Shoaib Malik (PAK) | 34 | 646 | 57 | 34 | 123.28 | 0 | 3 |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 25 | 637 | 123 | 28.95 | 128.42 | 1 | 2 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 28 | 617 | 93 | 24.68 | 114.25 | 0 | 2 |
| Yuvraj Singh (IND) | 31 | 593 | 70 | 23.72 | 128.91 | 0 | 4 |
| KP Pietersen (ENG) | 15 | 580 | 79 | 44.61 | 148.33 | 0 | 4 |
| GJ Maxwell (AUS) | 31 | 578 | 74 | 27.52 | 146.32 | 0 | 3 |
| AD Hales (ENG) | 20 | 568 | 116* | 31.55 | 139.21 | 1 | 3 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 25 | 568 | 86* | 40.57 | 129.68 | 0 | 2 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 17 | 566 | 79* | 40.42 | 112.97 | 0 | 5 |
| LRPL Taylor (NZ) | 28 | 562 | 62* | 28.1 | 127.72 | 0 | 3 |
| EJG Morgan (ENG) | 29 | 552 | 71* | 26.28 | 122.12 | 0 | 3 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 17 | 549 | 70 | 36.6 | 111.35 | 0 | 5 |
| Shahid Afridi (PAK) | 34 | 546 | 54* | 18.82 | 154.23 | 0 | 2 |
| SR Watson (AUS) | 24 | 537 | 81 | 28.26 | 140.94 | 0 | 5 |
| MN Samuels (WI) | 20 | 530 | 85* | 31.17 | 115.72 | 0 | 4 |
| DJ Bravo (WI) | 34 | 530 | 66* | 21.2 | 126.79 | 0 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 33 | 529 | 45 | 35.26 | 123.88 | 0 | 0 |
| G Gambhir (IND) | 21 | 524 | 75 | 26.2 | 118.01 | 0 | 4 |
| Kamran Akmal (PAK) | 30 | 524 | 73 | 20.96 | 115.92 | 0 | 3 |
| AD Mathews (SL) | 32 | 521 | 73* | 37.21 | 128.96 | 0 | 2 |
| Tamim Iqbal (BAN) | 23 | 514 | 103* | 24.47 | 113.46 | 1 | 1 |
| Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) | 30 | 511 | 64 | 21.29 | 111.81 | 0 | 1 |
| Umar Akmal (PAK) | 20 | 486 | 94 | 34.71 | 132.42 | 0 | 3 |
| P Nissanka (SL) | 18 | 485 | 74 | 26.94 | 114.92 | 0 | 5 |
| SA Yadav (IND) | 18 | 480 | 68 | 40 | 158.94 | 0 | 5 |
| HG Munsey (SCOT) | 18 | 465 | 66* | 29.06 | 122.36 | 0 | 2 |
| AJ Finch (AUS) | 16 | 458 | 71 | 30.53 | 119.27 | 0 | 3 |
| Mahmudullah (BAN) | 37 | 458 | 50 | 17.61 | 106.75 | 0 | 1 |
| J Charles (WI) | 21 | 456 | 84 | 22.8 | 113.71 | 0 | 2 |
| SK Raina (IND) | 26 | 453 | 101 | 25.16 | 130.17 | 1 | 1 |
| MR Marsh (AUS) | 19 | 446 | 77* | 29.73 | 130.02 | 0 | 2 |
| MP O’Dowd (NED) | 15 | 444 | 71* | 34.15 | 111.27 | 0 | 5 |
| LJ Wright (ENG) | 22 | 439 | 99* | 25.82 | 142.53 | 0 | 3 |
| MEK Hussey (AUS) | 21 | 437 | 60* | 54.62 | 139.61 | 0 | 2 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) | 16 | 434 | 80 | 27.12 | 125.07 | 0 | 3 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 15 | 433 | 73 | 36.08 | 117.66 | 0 | 3 |
| KIC Asalanka (SL) | 16 | 433 | 80* | 33.3 | 134.89 | 0 | 2 |
| DA Miller (SA) | 27 | 423 | 59* | 30.21 | 118.82 | 0 | 2 |
| PR Stirling (IRE) | 24 | 419 | 66* | 20.95 | 118.69 | 0 | 2 |
| Mohammad Shahzad (AFG) | 19 | 402 | 68 | 21.15 | 120.72 | 0 | 2 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 33 | 402 | 57* | 17.47 | 107.48 | 0 | 1 |
| Litton Das (BAN) | 20 | 399 | 60 | 21 | 105.27 | 0 | 2 |
| RD Berrington (SCOT) | 18 | 389 | 70 | 32.41 | 123.1 | 0 | 2 |
| AK Markram (SA) | 19 | 384 | 52* | 25.6 | 123.07 | 0 | 3 |
| HM Amla (SA) | 14 | 376 | 58 | 31.33 | 127.45 | 0 | 3 |
| MP Stoinis (AUS) | 18 | 375 | 67* | 46.87 | 156.9 | 0 | 3 |
| D Wiese (NAM/SA) | 18 | 372 | 66* | 33.81 | 130.06 | 0 | 2 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 20 | 368 | 66* | 30.66 | 124.32 | 0 | 2 |
| GD Phillips (NZ) | 16 | 364 | 104 | 33.09 | 133.82 | 1 | 1 |
| HH Pandya (IND) | 24 | 357 | 63 | 29.75 | 142.23 | 0 | 2 |
| N Pooran (WI) | 15 | 356 | 98 | 25.42 | 136.39 | 0 | 1 |
| SJ Myburgh (NED) | 15 | 353 | 63 | 25.21 | 135.24 | 0 | 3 |
| DJ Mitchell (NZ) | 15 | 353 | 72* | 35.3 | 134.22 | 0 | 2 |
| TLW Cooper (NED) | 18 | 353 | 72* | 25.21 | 121.3 | 0 | 1 |
| GC Smith (SA) | 16 | 352 | 41 | 22 | 115.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi (AFG) | 30 | 347 | 52 | 15.08 | 109.46 | 0 | 1 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 18 | 346 | 88 | 21.62 | 121.4 | 0 | 3 |
| DP Conway (NZ) | 15 | 344 | 92* | 31.27 | 111.68 | 0 | 1 |
| Salman Butt (PAK) | 14 | 343 | 73 | 26.38 | 109.23 | 0 | 2 |
| LMP Simmons (WI) | 14 | 339 | 82* | 26.07 | 118.53 | 0 | 2 |
| Najibullah Zadran (AFG) | 23 | 338 | 73 | 22.53 | 132.54 | 0 | 2 |
| Gulbadin Naib (AFG) | 25 | 337 | 49* | 17.73 | 106.98 | 0 | 0 |
| MM Ali (ENG) | 30 | 325 | 51* | 20.31 | 127.45 | 0 | 1 |
| KL Rahul (IND) | 11 | 322 | 69 | 32.2 | 138.19 | 0 | 5 |
| Ibrahim Zadran (AFG) | 11 | 311 | 70 | 28.27 | 104.36 | 0 | 2 |
| JA Morkel (SA) | 25 | 308 | 43 | 20.53 | 142.59 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Roy (ENG) | 11 | 306 | 78 | 30.6 | 144.33 | 0 | 2 |
| MG Erasmus (NAM) | 15 | 305 | 53* | 23.46 | 102.69 | 0 | 2 |
| Imran Nazir (PAK) | 13 | 300 | 72 | 25 | 150 | 0 | 2 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 14 | 299 | 51 | 29.9 | 124.06 | 0 | 2 |
| BKG Mendis (SL) | 11 | 298 | 79 | 29.8 | 133.63 | 0 | 2 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN) | 12 | 292 | 71 | 24.33 | 106.56 | 0 | 2 |
| Asghar Afghan (AFG) | 16 | 287 | 62 | 22.07 | 103.61 | 0 | 2 |
| PBB Rajapaksa (SL) | 16 | 280 | 53 | 25.45 | 131.45 | 0 | 1 |
| Sikandar Raza (ZIM) | 14 | 278 | 82 | 19.85 | 131.13 | 0 | 1 |
| SC Williams (ZIM) | 14 | 275 | 64 | 19.64 | 121.68 | 0 | 2 |
| F du Plessis (SA) | 9 | 271 | 65 | 30.11 | 136.18 | 0 | 2 |
| ML Hayden (AUS) | 6 | 265 | 73* | 88.33 | 144.8 | 0 | 4 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | 12 | 265 | 90* | 24.09 | 125.59 | 0 | 2 |
| C Kieswetter (ENG) | 11 | 261 | 63 | 23.72 | 110.12 | 0 | 1 |
| CL White (AUS) | 15 | 258 | 85* | 36.85 | 136.5 | 0 | 1 |
| RR Pant (IND) | 15 | 258 | 42 | 23.45 | 125.85 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Head (AUS) | 7 | 255 | 76 | 42.5 | 158.38 | 0 | 2 |
| KA Pollard (WI) | 23 | 254 | 44 | 14.11 | 117.59 | 0 | 0 |
| WTS Porterfield (IRE) | 15 | 253 | 47 | 21.08 | 104.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Shehzad (PAK) | 9 | 250 | 111* | 31.25 | 126.9 | 1 | 1 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 6 | 249 | 83 | 49.8 | 146.47 | 0 | 2 |
| MDKJ Perera (SL) | 14 | 248 | 61 | 19.07 | 134.78 | 0 | 1 |
| BRM Taylor (ZIM) | 8 | 245 | 60* | 40.83 | 127.6 | 0 | 2 |
| A Balbirnie (IRE) | 13 | 245 | 62 | 18.84 | 107.45 | 0 | 1 |
| RS Bopara (ENG) | 11 | 239 | 55 | 26.55 | 114.9 | 0 | 1 |
| H Klaasen (SA) | 13 | 239 | 52 | 26.55 | 125.78 | 0 | 1 |
| KJ O’Brien (IRE) | 18 | 238 | 42* | 17 | 122.05 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Russell (WI) | 29 | 236 | 43* | 16.85 | 147.5 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Hussey (AUS) | 10 | 234 | 59 | 26 | 132.2 | 0 | 2 |
| SB Styris (NZ) | 16 | 233 | 42 | 19.41 | 118.87 | 0 | 0 |
| DM de Silva (SL) | 10 | 232 | 66* | 25.77 | 122.75 | 0 | 1 |
| NLTC Perera (SL) | 20 | 232 | 40 | 23.2 | 142.33 | 0 | 0 |
| MH Cross (SCOT) | 18 | 227 | 45 | 16.21 | 93.8 | 0 | 0 |
| LJ Tucker (IRE) | 10 | 226 | 71* | 28.25 | 117.09 | 0 | 1 |
| CN Ackermann (NED) | 11 | 222 | 62 | 22.2 | 107.76 | 0 | 1 |
| KJ Coetzer (SCOT) | 12 | 222 | 42 | 20.18 | 124.02 | 0 | 0 |
| MD Shanaka (SL) | 21 | 221 | 35 | 17 | 109.95 | 0 | 0 |
| AGS Gous (USA) | 6 | 219 | 80* | 43.8 | 151.03 | 0 | 2 |
| ADS Fletcher (WI) | 11 | 219 | 84* | 27.37 | 114.65 | 0 | 2 |
| DJG Sammy (WI) | 25 | 215 | 42* | 17.91 | 164.12 | 0 | 0 |
| H Masakadza (ZIM) | 12 | 213 | 43 | 17.75 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Ashraful (BAN) | 11 | 212 | 65 | 19.27 | 138.56 | 0 | 2 |
| MA Leask (SCOT) | 16 | 212 | 44 | 19.27 | 141.33 | 0 | 0 |
| PD Collingwood (ENG) | 17 | 210 | 37 | 13.12 | 117.31 | 0 | 0 |
| OA Shah (ENG) | 10 | 209 | 38 | 20.9 | 116.75 | 0 | 0 |
| HC Brook (ENG) | 14 | 201 | 53 | 28.71 | 134 | 0 | 1 |
| MA Jones (SCOT) | 7 | 199 | 86 | 33.16 | 139.16 | 0 | 1 |
| PD Salt (ENG) | 10 | 198 | 87* | 33 | 155.9 | 0 | 1 |
| T Stubbs (SA) | 13 | 196 | 33 | 24.5 | 101.03 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Bairstow (ENG) | 19 | 195 | 48* | 16.25 | 114.7 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Lumb (ENG) | 11 | 194 | 33 | 17.63 | 131.08 | 0 | 0 |
| SA Edwards (NED) | 15 | 191 | 31 | 15.91 | 98.96 | 0 | 0 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | 19 | 190 | 61* | 19 | 111.76 | 0 | 1 |
| JDP Oram (NZ) | 18 | 189 | 35 | 13.5 | 132.16 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag (IND) | 9 | 187 | 68 | 23.37 | 129.86 | 0 | 1 |
| PW Borren (NED) | 12 | 187 | 49 | 17 | 118.35 | 0 | 0 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 13 | 186 | 37 | 20.66 | 110.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Anamul Haque (BAN) | 7 | 184 | 44* | 30.66 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Frylinck (NAM) | 14 | 184 | 45 | 20.44 | 92.92 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Delany (IRE) | 13 | 184 | 44 | 18.4 | 126.89 | 0 | 0 |
| C Campher (IRE) | 13 | 184 | 72* | 18.4 | 126.02 | 0 | 1 |
| Shafiqullah (AFG) | 11 | 181 | 51* | 22.62 | 140.31 | 0 | 1 |
| V Sibanda (ZIM) | 10 | 180 | 59 | 20 | 101.12 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Anderson (NZ/USA) | 15 | 179 | 34 | 17.9 | 100.56 | 0 | 0 |
| BJ Haddin (AUS) | 15 | 178 | 42 | 14.83 | 101.71 | 0 | 0 |
| HE van der Dussen (SA) | 5 | 177 | 94* | 59 | 116.44 | 0 | 1 |
| Shan Masood (PAK) | 7 | 175 | 52* | 43.75 | 118.24 | 0 | 1 |
| Mohammad Naim (BAN) | 7 | 174 | 64 | 24.85 | 110.82 | 0 | 2 |
| Noor Ali Zadran (AFG) | 8 | 174 | 50 | 21.75 | 96.66 | 0 | 1 |
| JM Kemp (SA) | 5 | 173 | 89* | 86.5 | 139.51 | 0 | 1 |
| LS Livingstone (ENG) | 20 | 173 | 33 | 19.22 | 141.8 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Malan (ENG) | 10 | 172 | 41 | 28.66 | 104.24 | 0 | 0 |
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Most Runs Scorer in T20 World Cup Year Wise
Virat Kohli’s 319 in the 2014 T20 World Cup is the most runs scored by a player in a single edition of the Men’s T20 World Cup.
| Year | Player | Runs | Team |
| 2024 | Rahmanullan Gurbaz | 281 | Afghanistan |
| 2022 | Virat Kohli | 296 | India |
| 2021 | Babar Azam | 303 | Pakistan |
| 2016 | Tamim Iqbal | 295 | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | Virat Kohli | 319 | India |
| 2012 | Shane Watson | 249 | Australia |
| 2010 | Mahela Jayawardene | 302 | Sri Lanka |
| 2009 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 317 | Sri Lanka |
| 2007 | Matthew Hayden | 265 | Australia |
