List of Twenty20 International records

Individual records[edit]

Individual records (batting)[edit]

Most career runs[edit]

Runs	Innings	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
2105	69	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2005–present
1493	55	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2006–2014
1466	61	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2006–present
1444	52	David Warner	Australia	2009–present
1406	43	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2006–present
1406	54	JP Duminy	South Africa	2007–present
Updated: 14 January 2015[23]

Highest career strike rate[edit]

Strike rate	Balls faced	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
156.75	296	Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	2006–present
155.85	299	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	2010–present
152.99	334	Darren Sammy	West Indies	2007–present
152.41	496	Aaron Finch	Australia	2011–present
145.38	271	Virender Sehwag	India	2006–2012
Qualification: 250 balls. Updated: 14 January 2015[24]

Highest average[edit]

Batting average	Innings	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
46.28	26	Virat Kohli	India	2010–present
39.78	22	Aaron Finch	Australia	2011–present
39.44	22	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2012–present
37.94	30	Michael Hussey	Australia	2005–12
37.93	36	Kevin Pietersen	England	2005–12
Qualification: 20 innings. Updated: 14 January 2015[25]

Most career sixes[edit]

Sixes	Balls faced	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
87	986	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2006–present
87	1556	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2005–present
69	803	Shane Watson	Australia	2006–present
66	1040	David Warner	Australia	2009–present
63	669	Yuvraj Singh	India	2007–present
Updated: 14 January 2015[26]

Highest individual score[edit]

Runs	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
156	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
123	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 September 2012	Scorecard
119	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
117*	Richard Levi	South Africa	New Zealand	Hamilton	19 February 2012	Scorecard
117	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11 September 2007	Scorecard
See also: List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket Updated: 14 January 2015[27]

Fastest 50[edit]

Balls	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
12	Yuvraj Singh	India	England	Durban	19 September 2007	Scorecard
17	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	Capetown	9 January 2015	Scorecard
17	Paul Stirling	Ireland	Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	24 March 2012	Scorecard
17	Stephan Myburgh	Netherlands	Ireland	Sylhet	21 March 2014	Scorecard
18	David Warner	Australia	West Indies	Sydney	23 February 2010	Scorecard
18	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	Pakistan	Dhaka	23 March 2014	Scorecard
Updated: 14 January 2015[28]

Fastest 100[edit]

Balls	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
45	Richard Levi	South Africa	New Zealand	Hamilton	19 February 2012	Scorecard
46	Francois du Plessis	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
47	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
50	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11 September 2007	Scorecard
50	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Australia	Christchurch	28 February 2010	Scorecard
Qualification: 50 balls or fewer. Updated: 14 January 2015[29]

Most sixes in an innings[edit]

Sixes	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
14 (63)	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
13 (51)	Richard Levi	South Africa	New Zealand	Hamilton	19 February 2012	Scorecard
10 (57)	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11 September 2007	Scorecard
9 (45)	Loots Bosman	South Africa	England	Centurion	15 November 2009	Scorecard
9 (43)	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 December 2012	Scorecard
Number in parentheses represents the number of balls the batsman faced during the innings. Updated: 14 January 2015[30]

Most runs off an over[edit]

Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Batting team	Bowler	Venue	Date	Scorecard
36	6–6–6–6–6–6	Yuvraj Singh	India	Stuart Broad	Durban	19 September 2007	Scorecard
32	6–6–2–nb–(nb+4)–4–6–2	Jos Buttler	England	Wayne Parnell	Edgbaston	12 September 2012	Scorecard
32	4–wk–(nb+6)–(nb+1)–6–6–6–1[a]	Jos Buttler Jonny Bairstow Luke Wright	England	Izatullah Dawlatzai	Colombo (RPS)	21 September 2012	Scorecard
30	6–2–6–6–4–6	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Daryl Tuffey	Auckland	17 February 2005	Scorecard
30	4–1–4–6–6–5nb–4	Glenn Maxwell Aaron Finch	Australia	Bilawal Bhatti	Mirpur	23 March 2014	Scorecard
Key: nb – No ball (nb+X) – A no ball was bowled and X runs were scored off the bat Ynb – A no ball was bowled with one run scored directly from the no ball and Y-1 runs being scored from byes or leg byes (however, all Y runs will be scored as no balls on the scorecard)[31] w – Wide wk – Wicket Updated: 14 January 2015[32] ^[a] The over started with Buttler facing and Wright off strike. Buttler faced the first ball and was dismissed on the second ball of the over. Bairstow came in and faced the next two deliveries and Wright faced the last four deliveries.[33]

Individual records (bowling)[edit]

Most career wickets[edit]

Wickets	Matches	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
85	63	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2009–present
82	57	Umar Gul	Pakistan	2007–present
81	77	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2006–present
68	57	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2006–present
66	39	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008–present
Updated: 14 January 2015[34]

Best career economy rate[edit]

Economy rate	Balls bowled	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
3.72	66	George O'Brien	Bermuda	2008
4.72	216	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya	2007–13
4.76	69	Sagar Pun	Nepal	2014–Present
5.05	108	John Davison	Canada	2008–10
5.07	78	Tanwir Afzal	Hong Kong	2014–Present
Qualification: 60 balls bowled. Updated: 14 January 2015[35]

Best career strike rate[edit]

Strike rate	Balls bowled	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
13.4	885	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008–present
14.0	1155	Umar Gul	Pakistan	2007–present
14.8	817	Dale Steyn	South Africa	2007–present
15.7	520	George Dockrell	Ireland	2010–present
15.8	810	Graeme Swann	England	2008–2012
Qualification: 500 balls bowled. Updated: 14 January 2015.[36]

Best figures in a match[edit]

Figures	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
6/8 (4.0 overs)	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Hambantota	18 September 2012	Scorecard
6/16 (4.0 overs)	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Australia	Pallekele	8 August 2011	Scorecard
5/3 (3.3 overs)	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Chittagong	31 March 2014	Scorecard
5/6 (3.0 overs)	Umar Gul	Pakistan	New Zealand	London (Oval)	13 June 2009	Scorecard
5/6 (2.2 overs)	Umar Gul	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	3 March 2013	Scorecard
Updated: 14 January 2015[37]

Most runs conceded in an innings[edit]

Runs	Bowling figures	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
68	4–0–68–1	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
64	4–0–64–1	James Anderson	England	Australia	Sydney	9 January 2007	Scorecard
64	4–0–64–0	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Johannesburg	17 September 2007	Scorecard
63	4–0–63–2	Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh	West Indies	Dhaka	10 December 2012	Scorecard
63	4–0–63–0	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Mirpur	30 March 2014	Scorecard
Bowling figures given above are in the form of "Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets". Updated: 14 January 2015[38]

Hat-tricks[edit]

Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Dismissals	Venue	Date	Scorecard
Brett Lee	Australia	Bangladesh	Shakib Al Hasan (c Gilchrist) Mashrafe Mortaza (b) Alok Kapali (lbw)	Cape Town	16 September 2007	Scorecard
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Angelo Mathews (c and b) Malinga Bandara (cMcCullum) Nuwan Kulasekara (c Broom)	Colombo (RPS)	2 September 2009	Scorecard
Tim Southee	New Zealand	Pakistan	Younis Khan (c Brownlie) Mohammad Hafeez (cMcGlashan) Umar Akmal (lbw)	Auckland	26 December 2010	Scorecard
Updated: 14 January 2015[39]

Individual records (fielding)[edit]

Most catches in T20I career[edit]

Catches	Matches	Fielder	Team	T20I career span
38	63	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2006–present
32	57	AB de Villiers	South Africa	2006–present
29	52	David Warner	Australia	2009–present
29	53	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	2006–present
27	59	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	2009–present
27	58	Darren Sammy	West Indies	2007–present
The list excludes catches made as wicket-keeper Updated: 14 January 2015[40]

Individual records (Wicket-Keeper)[edit]

Most dismissals[edit]

Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Innings	Wicket-keeper	Team	T20I career span
60	28	32	53	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2006–present
47	30	17	51	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–present
45	25	20	56	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2006–14
36	25	11	48	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	2006–present
34	14	20	37	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2006–present
Innings refers to when the player was the designated keeper. All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper. Updated: 14 January 2015[41]

Most catches[edit]

Catches	Innings	Wicket-keeper	Team	T20I career span
30	51	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–present
28	53	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2006–present
25	49	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	2006–present
25	56	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2006–2014
24	42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2005–present
Innings refers to when the player was the designated keeper. All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper. Updated: 14 January 2015[42]

Most stumpings[edit]

Stumpings	Innings	Wicket-keeper	Team	T20I career span
32	54	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2006–present
20	37	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2006–present
20	56	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2006–2014
17	51	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–present
11	49	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	2006–present
Updated: 14 January 2015[43]

Individual records (other)[edit]

Most matches played[edit]

Matches	Player	Team	T20I Career Span
77	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2006–present
70	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2005–present
63	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2006–present
63	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2009–present
62	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2007–present
Updated: 14 January 2015[44]