T20 World Cup leaderboard

ICC Men's T20 World Cup — Powerplay Batting Strike Rate (Overs 1–6)

SV Samson leads T20 World Cup all-time pp batting sr with 197.3. Batting strike rate in overs 1–6 across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 24 balls faced in the powerplay.

All time (T20 WC 2013/14–2025/26)

#PlayerPP Strike RateSample
1SV Samsonindia197.3
2GR Adairireland171.9
3FH Allennew-zealand171.6
4Abhishek Sharmaindia171.0
5Ishan Kishanindia168.3
6TL Seifertnew-zealand161.5
7TM Headaustralia160.8
8JG Bethellengland160.6
9Shayan Jahangirunited-states-of-america159.2
10Aamir Kaleemoman158.6
11RD Rickeltonsouth-africa158.1
12Sahibzada Farhanpakistan157.4
13AJ Moscaitaly155.0
14HC Brookengland154.0
15YS Samracanada153.3

2025/26 edition · top 10

#PlayerPP Strike RateSample
1MR Marshaustralia207.1
2FH Allennew-zealand204.4
3SV Samsonindia197.3
4AK Markramsouth-africa190.2
5Ishan Kishanindia178.1
6GR Adairireland171.9
7Abhishek Sharmaindia171.0
8Shayan Jahangirunited-states-of-america162.5
9TL Seifertnew-zealand161.5
10JG Bethellengland160.6

Frequently asked questions

Who leads T20 World Cup all-time pp batting sr?
SV Samson leads T20 World Cup all-time pp batting sr with 197.3. The top three are: SV Samson, GR Adair, FH Allen.
How is T20 World Cup pp batting sr calculated?
Batting strike rate in overs 1–6 across all T20 World Cup editions. Minimum 24 balls faced in the powerplay.. 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 24 balls faced in the powerplay. Per doctrine §3.1.

Provenance. Projected from data/_season-stats-t20wc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: SV Samson leads T20 WC all-time pp batting sr with 197.3. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/t20wc/leaderboards/powerplay-strike-rate