T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Most Death Overs Runs (Overs 17–20)
HH Pandya leads T20 World Cup all-time death runs with 281. Runs scored in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Death Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HH Pandyaindia | 281 | |
| 2 | DA Millersouth-africa | 237 | |
| 3 | V Kohliindia | 236 | |
| 4 | Mahmudullahbangladesh | 203 | |
| 5 | MD Shanakasri-lanka | 187 | |
| 6 | SE Rutherfordwest-indies | 166 | |
| 7 | SA Yadavindia | 153 | |
| 8 | JDS Neeshamnew-zealand | 152 | |
| 9 | S Dubeindia | 150 | |
| 10 | AD Russellwest-indies | 141 | |
| 11 | JO Holderwest-indies | 137 | |
| 12 | T Stubbssouth-africa | 133 | |
| 13 | MJ Santnernew-zealand | 131 | |
| 14 | JC Buttlerengland | 128 | |
| 15 | MP Stoinisaustralia | 128 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Death Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WG Jacksengland | 126 | |
| 2 | HH Pandyaindia | 114 | |
| 3 | S Dubeindia | 113 | |
| 4 | JO Holderwest-indies | 107 | |
| 5 | SE Rutherfordwest-indies | 92 | |
| 6 | Shubham Ranjaneunited-states-of-america | 87 | |
| 7 | MD Shanakasri-lanka | 86 | |
| 8 | Shadab Khanpakistan | 84 | |
| 9 | T Stubbssouth-africa | 75 | |
| 10 | Tilak Varmaindia | 62 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time death runs?
- HH Pandya leads T20 World Cup all-time death runs with 281. The top three are: HH Pandya, DA Miller, V Kohli.
- How is T20 World Cup death runs calculated?
- Runs scored 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.
data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: HH Pandya leads T20 WC all-time death runs with 281. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/death-runs”