T20 World Cup leaderboard
ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Most Dot Balls Bowled
AU Rashid leads T20 World Cup all-time dot balls with 267. Total legal deliveries on which zero runs were scored, across all T20 World Cup editions.
All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)
| # | Player | Dot Balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AU Rashidengland | 267 | |
| 2 | JJ Bumrahindia | 252 | |
| 3 | K Rabadasouth-africa | 236 | |
| 4 | Shaheen Shah Afridipakistan | 223 | |
| 5 | Taskin Ahmedbangladesh | 223 | |
| 6 | MJ Santnernew-zealand | 221 | |
| 7 | A Nortjesouth-africa | 218 | |
| 8 | M Theekshanasri-lanka | 211 | |
| 9 | Shakib Al Hasanbangladesh | 210 | |
| 10 | Mustafizur Rahmanbangladesh | 204 | |
| 11 | HH Pandyaindia | 203 | |
| 12 | Arshdeep Singhindia | 199 | |
| 13 | TA Boultnew-zealand | 194 | |
| 14 | A Zampaaustralia | 187 | |
| 15 | TG Southeenew-zealand | 184 |
2025/26 edition · top 10
| # | Player | Dot Balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JC Archerengland | 83 | |
| 2 | AU Rashidengland | 75 | |
| 3 | JJ Bumrahindia | 74 | |
| 4 | HH Pandyaindia | 73 | |
| 5 | Arshdeep Singhindia | 71 | |
| 6 | M Theekshanasri-lanka | 70 | |
| 7 | MJ Henrynew-zealand | 63 | |
| 8 | AR Patelindia | 62 | |
| 9 | MW Fordewest-indies | 62 | |
| 10 | C Boschsouth-africa | 60 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads T20 World Cup all-time dot balls?
- AU Rashid leads T20 World Cup all-time dot balls with 267. The top three are: AU Rashid, JJ Bumrah, K Rabada.
- How is T20 World Cup dot balls calculated?
- Total legal deliveries on which zero runs were scored, 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: AU Rashid leads T20 WC all-time dot balls with 267. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/most-dot-balls”