List of Twenty20 cricket records

This is a list of Twenty20 men's cricket records, that is a record team or individual performances in Twenty20 cricket (T20). The records only include top-level T20 games: those played in officially recognised tournaments in ICC Full-member countries or any Twenty20 International.

Team records

Highest innings totals

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	278/3 (20 overs)	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23 February 2019
1	278/4 (20 overs)	Czech Republic	Turkey	Ilfov County	30 August 2019
3	267/2 (20 overs)	Trinbago Knight Riders	Jamaica Tallawahs (H)	Kingston, Jamaica	13 September 2019
4	263/5 (20 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)	Pune Warriors India	Bangalore	23 April 2013
4	263/3 (20 overs)	Australia	Sri Lanka (H)	Pallekele	6 September 2016
Source: ESPNcricinfo (updated 13 September 2019).

Lowest innings totals

Completed innings only.

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	21 (8.3 overs)	Turkey	Czech Republic	Ilfov County	30 August 2019
2	28 (11.3 overs)	Turkey	Luxembourg	Ilfov County	29 August 2019
3	30 (11.4 overs)	Tripura	Jharkhand (H)	Dhanbad	20 September 2009
4	32 (8.5 overs)	Turkey	Austria	Ilfov County	31 August 2019
5	39 (10.3 overs)	Netherlands	Sri Lanka (H)	Chittagong	24 March 2014
Source: ESPNcricinfo (updated 6 January 2021).

Largest victory margin (by runs)

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	Czech Republic	257 runs	279	Turkey	Ilfov County	30 August 2019
2	Andhra	179 runs	245	Nagaland	Mulapadu	22 February 2019
3	Romania	173 runs	227	Turkey	Ilfov County	29 August 2019
4	Sri Lanka	172 runs	261	Kenya	Johannesburg	14 September 2007
5	Balkh Legends	171 runs	236	Nangarhar Leopards	Sharjah	19 October 2018
Source: ESPNcricinfo (updated 16 September 2019).

Largest victory margin (by wickets)

As of 14 January 2021, there have been 122 instances of a team winning by 10 wickets. The highest target reached without losing a wicket is 184 by Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Lions in April 2017.[1]

Highest match aggregate

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Date
1	497/7 (40 overs)	Otago (249/3) v Central Districts (248/4)	New Plymouth, Taranaki	21 December 2016
2	493/7 (40 overs)	Trinbago Knight Riders (267/2) v Jamaica Tallawahs (226/5)	Kingston, Jamaica	13 September 2019
3	489/10 (40 overs)	West Indies (245/6) v India (244/4)	Lauderhill, Florida	27 August 2016
4	488/11 (38.5 overs)	New Zealand (243/6) (H) v Australia (245/5)	Auckland	16 February 2018
5	483/10 (38.5 overs)	Jamaica Tallawahs (241/4) v SKN Patriots (242/6)	Basseterre	10 September 2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo (Updated 14 January 2021)

Individual records

Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Team	Opponent	win	Date
1	175*	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors India	Banglore	23 April 2013
2	172	Aaron Finch	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	3 July 2018
3	162	Hamilton Masakadza	Mountaineers	Eagles	Bulawayo	11 February 2016
4	162*	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23 February 2019
5	161	Adam Lyth	Yorkshire	Northants	Leeds	17 August 2017
Source: ESPNcricinfo (updated 22 December 2019).

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Innings	Player	Period
1	13,584	403	Chris Gayle	2005–present
2	10,578	471	Kieron Pollard	2006–present
3	10,387	384	Shoaib Malik	2006–present
4	9,922	364	Brendon McCullum	2005–2019
5	9,824	297	David Warner	2007–present
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 27 January 2020

Most scores over 50

Rank	50+	Player	Centuries	Half-centuries	Innings	Runs	Period
1	107	Chris Gayle	22	85	403	13,584	2005–present
2	88	David Warner	8	80	297	9,824	2007–present
3	73	Virat Kohli	5	68	284	9,500	2007–present
4	71	AB de Villiers	4	67	306	9,111	2004–present
5	69	Aaron Finch	8	61	307	9,511	2009–present
5	69	Rohit Sharma	6	63	327	8,974	2007–present
Last Updated:9 December 2020[2]

Most half-centuries in career

Rank	Half-centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	85	Chris Gayle	403	13,584	2005–present
2	80	David Warner	297	9,824	2007–present
3	68	Virat Kohli	284	9,500	2007–present
4	67	AB de villiers	306	9,111	2004–present
5	64	Shoaib Malik	381	10,311	2005–present
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 10 December 2020

Most centuries in a career

Rank	centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	22	Chris Gayle	403	13,584	2005–present
2	8	Michael Klinger	198	5,960	2006–2019
		David Warner	297	9,824	2007–present
		Aaron Finch	309	9,521	2004–present
5	7	Luke Wright	302	7,998	2004–present
5	7	Brendon McCullum	364	9,922	2005–2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 23 December 2020

Fastest 100

Rank	Balls	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	30	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors India	Bangalore	23 April 2013
2	32	Rishabh Pant	Delhi	Himachal Pradesh	Delhi	14 January 2018
3	33	Wihan Lubbe	North West	Limpopo	Paarl	15 Sep 2018
4	34	Andrew Symonds	Kent	Middlesex	Maidstone	2 July 2004
5	35	Louis van der Westhuizen	Namibia	Kenya	Windhoek	7 November 2011
		David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	29 October 2017
		Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	Indore	22 December 2017
		Martin Guptill	Worcestershire	Northants	Northampton	27 July 2018
		Khushdil Shah	Southern Punjab	Sindh	Rawalpindi	9 October 2020
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 9 October 2020

Fastest 50

Rank	Balls	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	12	Yuvraj Singh	India	England	Durban	19 September 2007
	12	Chris Gayle	Melbourne Renegades	Adelaide Strikers	Docklands Stadium	18 January 2016
	12	Hazratullah Zazai	Kabul Zwanan	Balkh Legends	Sharjah	14 October 2018
4	13	Marcus Trescothick	Somerset	Hampshire	Taunton	9 July 2010
5	14	Imran Nazir	Sialkot Stallions	Lahore Eagles	Lahore	26 April 2005
	14	Gerard Brophy	Yorkshire	Derbyshire	Derby	10 July 2006
	14	Kieran Noema-Barnett	Central Districts	Otago	Invercargill	12 December 2010
	14	Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	Leeward Islands	North Sound	11 January 2012
	14	Colin Munro	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Auckland	10 January 2016
	14	Farhaan Behardien	Titans	Warriors	East London	11 December 2016
	14	KL Rahul	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi Daredevils	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	8 April 2018
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 7 December 2018

Fastest to multiples of 1000 runs

Runs	Batsman	Match	Innings	Record Date	Reference
1000	Brad Hodge	23	23	9 July 2006	[3]
2000	Shaun Marsh	54	53	15 May 2011	[4]
3000	Shaun Marsh	87	85	16 Dec 2012	[5]
4000	Chris Gayle	109	107	30 June 2012	[6]
5000		135	132	16 April 2013	[7]
6000		165	162	28 April 2014	[8]
7000		196	192	11 April 2015	[9]
8000		217	213	7 July 2015	[10]
9000		254	249	29 May 2016	[11]
10000		290	285	18 April 2017	[12]
Last updated: 11 November 2020

Highest career strike rate

Qualification: 500 balls.

Rank	Strike Rate	Runs Score	Balls faced	Player	Period
1	169.88	5,873	3,457	Andre Russell †	2010–present
2	161.23	3,302	2,048	Colin de Grandhomme †	2015–present
3	160.00	1,656	1,035	Seekkuge Prasanna †	2009–present
4	156.21	1,470	941	Ian Harvey	2003–2010
5	156.17	1,201	769	Graeme Hick	2004-2008
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated: 28 December 2020

Highest career average

Qualification: 50 innings.

Rank	Average	Player	Innings	Runs	Not outs	Period
1	44.81	Babar Azam	156	5,692	29	2012–present
2	43.09	KL Rahul	135	4,827	23	2013–present
3	41.77	Devon Conway	81	2,757	15	2011–present
4	41.30	Virat Kohli	284	9,500	54	2007–present
5	39.20	MS Dhoni	295	6,821	121	2016–present
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 8 February 2021

Most career sixes

Rank	Sixes	Player	Innings	Balls Faced	Sixes Per Innings	Period
1	1,001	Chris Gayle	403	9,258	2.48	2005–present
2	706	Kieron Pollard	471	6,934	1.50	2006–present
3	485	Brendon McCullum	364	7,269	1.33	2005–2019
4	467	Shane Watson	335	6,378	1.39	2007–2020
5	460	Andre Russell	293	3,457	1.57	2010–present
Source: Cricinfo.com, Last updated: 17 December 2020

Most sixes in an innings

Rank	Sixes	Player	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	18	Chris Gayle	Rangpur Riders	Dhaka Dynamites	Dhaka	12 December 2017
2	17	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors India	Bangalore	23 April 2013
2	17	Puneet Bisht	Meghalaya	Mizoram	Chennai	13 January 2021
4	16	Graham Napier	Essex	Sussex	Chelmsford	24 June 2008
		Dasun Shanaka	Sinhalese	Saracens	Colombo	12 January 2016
		Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23 February 2019
Source: Cricinfo.com, Last updated: 23 February 2019

Most career Fours

Rank	Fours	Player	Innings	Balls Faced	Period
1	1,041	Chris Gayle	402	9,239	2005–present
2	958	David Warner	296	6,936	2007–present
3	924	Aaron Finch	308	6,712	2009–present
3	924	Brendon McCullum	364	7,269	2005–2019
5	915	Shikhar Dhawan	279	6,467	2007–present
Source: Cricinfo.com, Last updated: 24 January 2020

Most career boundaries

Rank	Boundaries	Player	Innings	Fours	Sixes	Period
1	2,042	Chris Gayle	403	1,041	1,001	2005–present
2	1,409	Brendon McCullum	364	924	485	2005-2019
3	1,381	Kieron Pollard	470	675	706	2006–present
4	1,331	David Warner	296	958	373	2007–present
5	1,313	Aaron Finch	308	924	389	2009–present
Source: Cricinfo.com, Last updated: 24 January 2020

Most runs in a calendar year

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Average	100/50	Year
1	1,665	Chris Gayle	36	59.46	3/10	2015
2	1,614	Virat Kohli	29	89.66	4/14	2016
3	1,607	Babar Azam	39	45.91	3/12	2019
4	1,580	AB de villiers	53	52.66	1/14	2019
5	1,532	Chris Gayle	38	47.87	3/13	2012
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 16 October 2020

Most ducks in career

Rank	Ducks	Innings	Player	Period
1	28	327	Dwayne Smith	2006–2019
2	27	242	Umar Akmal	2008–2019
2	27	403	Chris Gayle	2005–present
4	26	248	Kamran Akmal	2005–present
		256	Lendl Simmons	2007–present
		276	Shahid Afridi	2004–present
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 19 December 2020

Individual records (bowling)

Best figures in a match

Rank	Bowling	Player	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	7/18	Colin Ackermann	Leicestershire	Warwickshire	Leicester	7 August 2019
2	6/5	Arul Suppiah	Somerset	Glamorgan	Cardiff	5 July 2011
3	6/6	Shakib Al Hasan	Tridents	Red Steel	Bridgetown	3 August 2013
4	6/7	Lasith Malinga	Stars	Scorchers	Perth	12 December 2012
		Kyle Jamieson	Canterbury	Auckland Aces	Auckland	1 January 2019
		Deepak Chahar	India	Bangladesh	Nagpur	10 November 2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo, last updated 29 July 2019

Most career wickets

Rank	Wickets	Matches	Player	Period
1	512	471	Dwayne Bravo†	2006–present
2	390	295	Lasith Malinga†	2004–present
2	390	351	Sunil Narine†	2011–present
4	382	306	Imran Tahir†	2006–present
5	368	353	Sohail Tanvir†	2005–present
Source:,[13] last updated 4 January 2021

Best career strike rate

Rank	Strike rate	Player	Wickets	Runs Conceded	Balls	Period
1	13.2	Matt Parkinson	80	1,287	1,056	2017–2020
2	14.0	Jandre Coetzee	79	1,196	1,108	2008–2016
3	14.2	Lungi Ngidi	94	1,755	1,336	2015–2020
4	14.4	Blair Tickner	82	1,681	1,182	2016–2020
5	14.5	Krishmar Santokie	180	3,162	2,627	2010–2020
Qualification: 1,000 balls Last Updated: 6 February 2021[14]

Best career bowling average

Rank	Average	Player	Wickets	Runs Conceded	Balls	Period
1	15.13	Jandre Coetzee	79	1,196	1,108	2008–2016
2	16.08	Matt Parkinson	80	1,287	1,056	2017–2020
3	16.80	Nayan Doshi	68	1,143	1,008	2004–2011
4	17.15	Padmanabhan Prasanth	64	1,098	1,051	2007–2018
5	17.36	Saeed Ajmal	271	4,706	4,338	2005–2017
Qualification: 1,000 balls Last Updated: 20 December 2020[15]

Best career economy rate

Rank	Economy rate	Player	Runs conceded	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	5.96	Garey Mathurin	1065	1,072	46	2006–2017
2	6.02	Samuel Badree	4,144	4,125	187	2006–2018
3	6.05	Sunil Narine	8,076	8,006	390	2011–2020
4	6.10	Rangana Herath	1,129	1,110	57	2004–2016
5	6.13	Ahmed Raza	1,172	1,147	42	2010–2020
Qualification: 1,000 balls Last Updated: 18 January 2021[16]

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over) in a career

4+	Matches	Bowler	T20I career span
15	295	Lasith Malinga	2004–present
12	167	Umar Gul	2005–2020
	305	Imran Tahir	2006–present
	308	Shakib Al Hasan	2006–present
	347	Sunil Narine	2011–present
Source:,[17] last updated 1 February 2021

Most maidens in career

Rank	Maidens	Matches	Player	Period
1	24	347	Sunil Narine	2011–present
2	21	197	Samuel Badree	2006–2018
2	21	312	Shakib Al Hasan	2006–present
4	20	143	Mohammad Irfan	2011–present
5	19	177	Praveen Kumar	2007–2018
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 December 2020

Individual records (wicket keeping)

Most dismissals in career

Only dismissals and innings played as wicketkeeper counted, some of the players have also taken catches as fielders.

Rank	Dismissals	Innings	Player	Period	Catches	Stumpings
1	264	318	MS Dhoni†	2006–present	180	84
2	249	256	Kamran Akmal†	2005–present	149	100
3	231	269	Dinesh Karthik†	2006–present	171	60
4	205	206	Kumar Sangakkara	2004–2020	145	60
5	189	217	Denesh Ramdin†	2006–present	140	49
Source:ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 4 February 2021

Most catches in career by wicket keeper

Catches	Innings	Wicket-keeper	T20I career span
180	318	MS Dhoni	2006–2020
171	269	Dinesh Karthik	2006–present
149	256	Kamran Akmal	2010–2020
145	206	Kumar Sangakkara	2004–2020
140	217	Denesh Ramdin	2006–present
Source:, last updated 1 February 2021

Most stumpings in career

Stumpings	Innings	Wicket-keeper	T20I career span
100	256	Kamran Akmal	2006–2020
84	316	MS Dhoni	2006–present
60	206	Kumar Sangakkara	2004–2020
60	267	Dinesh Karthik	2010–present
52	125	Mohammad Shahzad	2006–present
Source:, last updated 26 October 2020

Partnership records

Record wicket partnerships

Partnership	Runs	Players	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1st wicket	236	Hazratullah Zazai & Usman Ghani	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23 February 2019
2nd wicket	229	AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Gujarat Lions	Bengaluru	14 May 2016
3rd wicket	213	Shreyas Iyer & Suryakumar Yadav	Mumbai	Sikkim	Indore	21 February 2019
4th wicket	202*	Manpreet Juneja & Abdulahad Malek	Gujarat	Kerala	Indore	30 March 2013
5th wicket	150	Hashim Amla & DJ Bravo	Trinbago Knight Riders	Barbados Tridents	Port of Spain	1 Jul 2016
6th wicket	161	Kennar Lewis & Andre Russell	Jamaica Tallawahs	Trinbago Knight Riders	Port of Spain	10 August 2018
7th wicket	107*	Lasith Abeyratne & Roshan Anurudda	Colombo Cricket Club	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club	Colombo	12 January 2016
8th wicket	120	Azhar Mahmood & Isuru Udana	Wayamba United	Uva Next	Colombo	28 August 2012
9th wicket	69	Corey Anderson & Josh Davey	Somerset	Surrey	The Oval	9 Jul 2017
10th wicket	63	Grant Elliott & Zulfiqar Babar	Quetta Gladiators	Peshawar Zalmi	Sharjah	14 February 2016
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated 7 August 2019

Note: An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or when they reached their required score).

Individual records (other)

Most matches played

Rank	Matches	Player	Runs	Wickets	Period
1	531	Kieron Pollard†	10,578	293	2006–present
2	471	Dwayne Bravo†	6,331	512	2006–present
3	412	Shoaib Malik†	10,387	151	2005–present
4	411	Chris Gayle†	13,584	80	2005–present
5	370	Brendon McCullum	9,922	0	2005–2019
5	370	Ravi Bopara†	7,276	234	2003–present
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 14 December 2020

Most matches as captain

Rank	Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %	Period
1	284	MS Dhoni	166	113	2	3	59.43	2007–2018[18]
2	208	Daren Sammy	104	97	2	5	51.72	2006–present
3	170	Gautam Gambhir	98	70	1	1	58.28	2009-2018
4	165	Virat Kohli	79	75	5	6	51.25	2011–present
5	140	Rohit Sharma	87	49	4	0	63.57	2013–present
Last updated: 9 December 2020[19]

Most catches in career by fielder

Catches	Fielder	Matches	Innings	T20I career span
300	Kieron Pollard	531	524	2006–present
230	Dwayne Bravo	471	468	2006–present
205	David Miller	320	314	2008–present
165	AB de Villiers	325	237	2004–present
165	Suresh Raina	320	319	2009–present
The list excludes catches made as wicket-keeper Updated: 11 January 2021[20]

Most Player-of-the Match Awards

No. of Awards	Player	Matches	T20I Career Span
59	Chris Gayle	411	2005–present
40	AB de Villiers	325	2004–present
38	Shane Watson	343	2004–2020
34	Shahid Afridi	322	2004–Present
34	Shoaib Malik	412	2005–present
33	David Warner	298	2007–present
	Luke Wright	325	2004–present
	Kieron Pollard	531	2006–present
Last updated: 17 December 2020[21]

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