T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Middle Overs Runs (Overs 7–15)
V Kohli leads T20 World Cup all-time middle runs with 605. Runs scored in the middle overs (7–15) across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 20 balls faced in middle overs.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Middle Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V Kohliindia | 605 | |
| 2 | JC Buttlerengland | 452 | |
| 3 | GJ Maxwellaustralia | 449 | |
| 4 | SA Yadavindia | 446 | |
| 5 | Shakib Al Hasanbangladesh | 410 | |
| 6 | Babar Azampakistan | 384 | |
| 7 | KS Williamsonnew-zealand | 381 | |
| 8 | RD Berringtonscotland | 379 | |
| 9 | GD Phillipsnew-zealand | 354 | |
| 10 | Sikandar Razazimbabwe | 352 | |
| 11 | AK Markramsouth-africa | 307 | |
| 12 | DA Millersouth-africa | 300 | |
| 13 | MG Erasmusnamibia | 292 | |
| 14 | P Nissankasri-lanka | 284 | |
| 15 | HC Brookengland | 280 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Middle Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahibzada Farhanpakistan | 197 | |
| 2 | SO Hetmyerwest-indies | 191 | |
| 3 | SA Yadavindia | 174 | |
| 4 | SV Samsonindia | 159 | |
| 5 | D Brevissouth-africa | 158 | |
| 6 | BJ Bennettzimbabwe | 147 | |
| 7 | Sikandar Razazimbabwe | 147 | |
| 8 | HC Brookengland | 146 | |
| 9 | Ishan Kishanindia | 146 | |
| 10 | P Rathnayakesri-lanka | 137 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time middle runs?
- V Kohli leads T20 World Cup all-time middle runs with 605. The top three are: V Kohli, JC Buttler, GJ Maxwell.
- How is T20 World Cup middle runs calculated?
- Runs scored in the middle overs (7–15) across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 20 balls faced in middle 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 20 balls faced in middle overs. Per doctrine §3.1.
data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: V Kohli leads T20 WC all-time middle runs with 605. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/middle-runs”