T20 World Cup leaderboard

ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Death Overs Batting Strike Rate (Overs 17–20)

AB de Villiers leads T20 World Cup all-time death batting sr with 341.2. Batting strike rate in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 15 balls faced in death overs.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerDeath SRSample
1AB de Villierssouth-africa341.2
2PHKD Mendissri-lanka306.3
3L Tuckerireland294.7
4DJG Sammywest-indies261.1
5Mohammad Rizwanpakistan253.6
6Tilak Varmaindia248.0
7Shoaib Khanomanunited-arab-emirates233.3
8JC Buttlerengland232.7
9JP Duminysouth-africa228.9
10SP Krishnamurthiunited-states-of-america225.0
11P Rathnayakesri-lanka222.2
12CR Brathwaitewest-indies220.0
13Shadab Khanpakistan218.9
14SE Rutherfordwest-indies218.4
15JO Holderwest-indies217.5

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerDeath SRSample
1PHKD Mendissri-lanka306.3
2MD Shanakasri-lanka277.4
3GH Dockrellireland275.0
4Tilak Varmaindia248.0
5DS Aireenepal247.4
6Shoaib Khanomanunited-arab-emirates233.3
7JO Holderwest-indies232.6
8DA Millersouth-africa225.0
9M Jansensouth-africa225.0
10SP Krishnamurthiunited-states-of-america225.0

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time death batting sr?
AB de Villiers leads T20 World Cup all-time death batting sr with 341.2. The top three are: AB de Villiers, PHKD Mendis, L Tucker.
How is T20 World Cup death batting sr calculated?
Batting strike rate in death overs (17–20) across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 15 balls faced in death overs.. 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 15 balls faced in death overs. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: AB de Villiers leads T20 WC all-time death batting sr with 341.2. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/death-strike-rate