T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Best Batting Average
BJ Bennett leads T20 World Cup all-time batting avg with 146.00. Runs per dismissal across all T20 World Cup editions (career aggregate). Minimum 30 balls faced.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJ Bennettzimbabwe | 146.00 | |
| 2 | ADS Fletcherwest-indies | 95.00 | |
| 3 | JP Duminysouth-africa | 80.33 | |
| 4 | SV Samsonindia | 80.25 | |
| 5 | Sahibzada Farhanpakistan | 76.60 | |
| 6 | Shubham Ranjaneunited-states-of-america | 70.50 | |
| 7 | MS Dhoniindia | 69.50 | |
| 8 | V Kohliindia | 63.71 | |
| 9 | JE Rootengland | 59.25 | |
| 10 | HE van der Dussensouth-africa | 59.00 | |
| 11 | R Shepherdwest-indies | 51.50 | |
| 12 | MT Renshawaustralia | 51.00 | |
| 13 | SE Rutherfordwest-indies | 50.50 | |
| 14 | A Sharmaunited-arab-emirates | 47.50 | |
| 15 | E Chigumburazimbabwe | 47.50 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Average | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJ Bennettzimbabwe | 146.00 | |
| 2 | T Stubbssouth-africa | 134.00 | |
| 3 | MR Marshaustralia | 118.00 | |
| 4 | SV Samsonindia | 80.25 | |
| 5 | R Shepherdwest-indies | 80.00 | |
| 6 | Sahibzada Farhanpakistan | 76.60 | |
| 7 | Shubham Ranjaneunited-states-of-america | 70.50 | |
| 8 | L Tuckerireland | 69.50 | |
| 9 | SE Rutherfordwest-indies | 61.00 | |
| 10 | FH Allennew-zealand | 59.40 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time batting avg?
- BJ Bennett leads T20 World Cup all-time batting avg with 146.00. The top three are: BJ Bennett, ADS Fletcher, JP Duminy.
- How is T20 World Cup batting avg calculated?
- Runs per dismissal across all T20 World Cup editions (career aggregate). Minimum 30 balls faced.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline. Career totals span 6 editions (2013/14–2025/26).
- Which T20 World Cup editions are included?
- 6 editions from Cricsheet's public corpus: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024, and 2025/26 (230 matches, 687 players). The 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions are not available in Cricsheet. The all-time table aggregates career totals across all 6 editions. An edition-specific breakdown for 2025/26 is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical T20 WC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
Sample-size floor: Minimum 30 balls faced. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: BJ Bennett leads T20 WC all-time batting avg with 146.00. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/batting-average”