T20 World Cup leaderboard

ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Most Death Overs Fours (Overs 17–20)

V Kohli leads T20 World Cup all-time death fours with 26. Fours hit in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerDeath FoursSample
1V Kohliindia26
2HH Pandyaindia20
3Mahmudullahbangladesh16
4SA Yadavindia15
5AD Russellwest-indies13
6DA Millersouth-africa13
7S Dubeindia13
8MD Shanakasri-lanka12
9SE Rutherfordwest-indies12
10DJG Sammywest-indies11
11MP Stoinisaustralia11
12Shadab Khanpakistan10
13WG Jacksengland10
14MA Leaskscotland9
15Mashrafe Mortazabangladesh9

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerDeath FoursSample
1S Dubeindia11
2WG Jacksengland10
3Shadab Khanpakistan9
4SE Rutherfordwest-indies8
5HH Pandyaindia7
6Shubham Ranjaneunited-states-of-america6
7BJ Bennettzimbabwe5
8DN Wellalagesri-lanka5
9JO Holderwest-indies5
10NRJ Croesnetherlands5

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time death fours?
V Kohli leads T20 World Cup all-time death fours with 26. The top three are: V Kohli, HH Pandya, Mahmudullah.
How is T20 World Cup death fours calculated?
Fours hit in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. 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.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: V Kohli leads T20 WC all-time death fours with 26. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/death-fours