List of leading T20I run-scorers in each calendar year

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A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams. A Twenty20 International is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. First men's Twenty20 International was contested between Australia and New Zealand on 17 February 2005 at Eden Park, Auckland which was won by Australia by 44 runs. In 2005 only 2 T20I matches took place followed by 3 matches in 2006. The number of matches grew in 2007 because of the inaugural Men's Twenty 20 world cup.

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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between any ICC members after 1 January 2019 will have T20I status. [1] Hence the number of matches for every calendar year increased a lot.

The following is a list of players who have scored most runs in each of the calendar years starting from 2005, till date. The matches played between 1 January and 31 December (both dates inclusive) of each year, are considered to be part of every calendar year. Till date, Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan has scored most runs in a calendar year when he finished 2021 with total runs of 1326 from 26 innings.

Key

  • S/R – Strike rate (runs scored per 100 balls)
  • 100 – Centuries scored
  • 50 – Half-centuries scored
  • Ref. & Scorecard – Scorecard of the match in which player reached 1,000 runs

Most T20I runs in each calendar year

Player list and statistics are updated as of 31 December 2023.

Leading T20I run-scorer in each calendar year
YearPlayerCountryMat. Inn. Runs HS Avg. S/R 100 50 Ref
2005 Ricky Ponting Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 229898*98.00168.9601 [2]
2006 Graeme Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3312789*63.50120.9501 [3]
2007 Mathew Hayden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8830273*60.40143.8004 [4]
2008 Hamilton Masakadza Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 441697942.25146.9502 [5]
2009 Tillakaratne Dilshan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 121247196*42.81141.4405 [6]
2010 Umar Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 18174416429.40123.1803 [7]
2011 Shane Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 551955939.00172.5603 [8]
2012 Martin Guptill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1212472101*47.20130.7412 [9]
2013 Ahmed Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 121234798*31.54121.3202 [10]
2014 Alex Hales Flag of England.svg  England 1212397116*36.09142.8011 [11]
2015 Mohammad Shahzad Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 11112977527.00156.3103 [12]
2016 Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 151364190*106.83140.2607 [13]
2017 Evin Lewis WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 99357125*44.62154.5412 [14]
2018 Shikhar Dhawan Flag of India.svg  India 18176899240.52147.2206 [15]
2019 Paul Stirling Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20207489141.55140.6008 [16]
2020 Mohammad Hafeez Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10841599*83.00152.5704 [17]
2021 Mohammad Rizwan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 29261326104*73.66134.89112 [18]
2022 Babar Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3131116411046.56187.4329 [19]
2023 Muhammad Waseem Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 23238639139.22162.5207 [20]

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