List of leading T20I run-scorers in each calendar year

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.

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[edit]

  • Mat. – Number of matches played
  • Inn. – Number of innings batted
  • HS – Highest score
  • Avg – Runs scored per dismissal
  • 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[edit]

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

Leading T20I run-scorer in each calendar year
Year Player Country Mat. Inn. Runs HS Avg. S/R 100 50 Ref
2005 Ricky Ponting  Australia 2 2 98 98* 98.00 168.96 0 1 [2]
2006 Graeme Smith  South Africa 3 3 127 89* 63.50 120.95 0 1 [3]
2007 Mathew Hayden  Australia 8 8 302 73* 60.40 143.80 0 4 [4]
2008 Hamilton Masakadza  Zimbabwe 4 4 169 79 42.25 146.95 0 2 [5]
2009 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka 12 12 471 96* 42.81 141.44 0 5 [6]
2010 Umar Akmal  Pakistan 18 17 441 64 29.40 123.18 0 3 [7]
2011 Shane Watson  Australia 5 5 195 59 39.00 172.56 0 3 [8]
2012 Martin Guptill  New Zealand 12 12 472 101* 47.20 130.74 1 2 [9]
2013 Ahmed Shehzad  Pakistan 12 12 347 98* 31.54 121.32 0 2 [10]
2014 Alex Hales  England 12 12 397 116* 36.09 142.80 1 1 [11]
2015 Mohammad Shahzad  Afghanistan 11 11 297 75 27.00 156.31 0 3 [12]
2016 Virat Kohli  India 15 13 641 90* 106.83 140.26 0 7 [13]
2017 Evin Lewis  West Indies 9 9 357 125* 44.62 154.54 1 2 [14]
2018 Shikhar Dhawan  India 18 17 689 92 40.52 147.22 0 6 [15]
2019 Paul Stirling  Ireland 20 20 748 91 41.55 140.60 0 8 [16]
2020 Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan 10 8 415 99* 83.00 152.57 0 4 [17]
2021 Mohammad Rizwan  Pakistan 29 26 1326 104* 73.66 134.89 1 12 [18]
2022 Suryakumar Yadav  India 31 31 1164 117 46.56 187.43 2 9 [19]
2023 Muhammad Waseem  United Arab Emirates 23 23 863 91 39.22 162.52 0 7 [20]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2005". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2006". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2007". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2008". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2009". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2010". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2011". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2012". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2013". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2014". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2015". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2016". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2017". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2018". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2019". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2020". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Most runs in calendar year 2023". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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