Most Runs in T20 World Cup History: Top 10 Batters in All-Time List and Top 5 From Each Nations
Most Runs in T20 World Cup History: Virat Kohli resumes as the leader in the all-time list of most runs scored in the T20 World Cup as the 2024 edition gets underway in the USA and West Indies in a matter of few hours.
Given his form at the recently concluded IPL 2024, Virat Kohli may become the first batter to breach the 1500-run mark in the tournament that began in 2008. Let's take a look at the top 10 list below:

Most runs in T20 World Cup History: Top 10 highest Run-Scorers
| Batter | Runs | Highest score | Innings | 50s | 100s | Fours | Sixes |
| 1. Virat Kohli (IND) | 1141 | 89* | 25 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 28 |
| 2. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 1016 | 100 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| 3. Chris Gayle (WI) | 965 | 117 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 78 | 63 |
| 4. Rohit Sharma (IND) | 963 | 79* | 36 | 9 | 0 | 91 | 35 |
| 5. Tilakratne Dilshan (SL) | 897 | 96* | 34 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 20 |
| 6. David Warner (AUS) | 806 | 89* | 34 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 31 |
| 7. Jos Buttler (ENG) | 799 | 101* | 27 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 33 |
| 8. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 742 | 84 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 23 |
| 9. AB de Villiers (SA) | 717 | 79* | 29 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 30 |
| 10. Kane Williamson (NZ) | 699 | 85 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 14 |
As of 28/05/2024
Teamwise Top Run-scorers
Top 5 run-scorers for India
- Virat Kohli - 1141 runs
- Rohit Sharma - 963 runs
- Yuvraj Singh - 593 runs
- MS Dhoni - 529 runs
- Gautam Gambhir - 524 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for Australia
- David Warner - 806 runs
- Shane Watson - 537 runs
- Aaron Finch - 458 runs
- Glenn Maxwell - 446 runs
- Mike Hussey - 437 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for England
- Jos Buttler - 799 runs
- Kevin Pietersen - 580 runs
- Alex Hales - 568 runs
- Eoin Morgan - 552 runs
- Luke Wright - 439 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for Pakistan
- Shoaib Malik - 646 runs
- Shahid Afridi - 546 runs
- Kamran Akmal - 524 runs
- Mohammad Hafeez - 511 runs
- Umar Akmal - 486 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for Sri Lanka
- Mahela Jayawardene - 1016 runs
- Tilakaratne Dilshan - 897 runs
- Kumara Sangakkara - 661 runs
- Angelo Mathews - 459 runs
- Pathum Nissanka - 435 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for New Zealand
- Kane Williamson - 699 runs
- Brandon McCullum - 637 runs
- Martin Guptill - 617 runs
- Ross Taylor - 562 runs
- Daryl Mitchell - 317 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for South Africa
- AB de Villiers - 717 runs
- JP Duminy - 568 runs
- Jacques Kallis - 433 runs
- Quinton de Kock - 410 runs
- Hashim Amla - 376 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for Bangladesh
- Shakib Al Hasan - 742 runs
- Tamim Iqbal - 514 runs
- Mushfiqur Rahim - 402 runs
- Mahmudullah - 363 runs
- Litton Das - 260 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for West Indies
- Chris Gayle - 965 runs
- Dwayne Bravo - 530 runs
- Marlon Samuels - 530 runs
- Ishan Kishan - 320 runs
- Lendl Simmons - 339 runs
Top 5 run-scorers for Afghanistan
- Mohammad Shahzad - 402 runs
- Najibullah Zadran - 316 runs
- Mohammad Nabi - 291 runs
- Asgar Afghan - 287 runs
- Gulbadin Naib - 247 runs


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