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Best strike rate — T20 Internationals (Men)
Abhishek Sharma leads the best strike rate in men's T20I history with a strike rate of 189.43 (1,739 runs off 918 balls); Finn Allen is next with a strike rate of 174.66 (1,420 runs off 813 balls). The all-time top 50 below is computed from ball-by-ball data of every T20 Internationals (Men) match in our dataset and refreshed daily.
Minimum 250 balls faced.
| # | Player | Inns | Runs | Balls | SR | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma | 56 | 1739 | 918 | 189.43 | 32.2 |
| 2 | Finn Allen | 51 | 1420 | 813 | 174.66 | 28.98 |
| 3 | Tim David | 44 | 1044 | 602 | 173.42 | 31.64 |
| 4 | Dewald Brevis | 28 | 780 | 459 | 169.93 | 31.2 |
| 5 | Philip Salt | 54 | 1773 | 1079 | 164.32 | 36.94 |
| 6 | Andre Russell | 70 | 1046 | 637 | 164.21 | 20.92 |
| 7 | Harry Brook | 57 | 1577 | 961 | 164.1 | 36.67 |
| 8 | Hassan Nawaz | 22 | 511 | 313 | 163.26 | 28.39 |
| 9 | Suryakumar Yadav | 96 | 2876 | 1765 | 162.95 | 33.44 |
| 10 | Rilee Rossouw | 26 | 742 | 461 | 160.95 | 35.33 |
| 11 | Evin Lewis | 55 | 1534 | 957 | 160.29 | 29.5 |
| 12 | Rinku Singh | 28 | 558 | 354 | 157.63 | 32.82 |
| 13 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 19 | 551 | 351 | 156.98 | 32.41 |
| 14 | Colin Munro | 62 | 1724 | 1102 | 156.44 | 31.35 |
| 15 | Sanju Samson | 60 | 1459 | 933 | 156.38 | 26.53 |
| 16 | Sherfane Rutherford | 44 | 984 | 633 | 155.45 | 28.11 |
| 17 | Glenn Maxwell | 113 | 2755 | 1778 | 154.95 | 28.7 |
| 18 | Jacob Bethell | 29 | 676 | 438 | 154.34 | 29.39 |
| 19 | Cameron Green | 23 | 537 | 350 | 153.43 | 26.85 |
| 20 | Ben Duckett | 21 | 527 | 344 | 153.2 | 27.74 |
| 21 | Travis Head | 43 | 1097 | 717 | 153 | 27.43 |
| 22 | Josh Inglis | 43 | 891 | 586 | 152.05 | 23.45 |
| 23 | Shahid Afridi | 84 | 1350 | 889 | 151.86 | 18.49 |
| 24 | Shivam Dube | 49 | 880 | 580 | 151.72 | 25.14 |
| 25 | Tom Banton | 34 | 702 | 463 | 151.62 | 25.07 |
| 26 | Darren Sammy | 49 | 528 | 349 | 151.29 | 16 |
| 27 | Tilak Varma | 54 | 1632 | 1079 | 151.25 | 49.45 |
| 28 | Jos Buttler | 140 | 4200 | 2796 | 150.21 | 35.59 |
| 29 | Matthew Short | 22 | 416 | 277 | 150.18 | 20.8 |
| 30 | Aiden Markram | 65 | 1773 | 1190 | 148.99 | 32.24 |
| 31 | Liam Livingstone | 45 | 913 | 616 | 148.21 | 24.68 |
| 32 | Virender Sehwag | 17 | 386 | 261 | 147.89 | 22.71 |
| 33 | George Linde | 26 | 403 | 273 | 147.62 | 19.19 |
| 34 | Romario Shepherd | 57 | 939 | 637 | 147.41 | 27.62 |
| 35 | Deepak Hooda | 17 | 368 | 250 | 147.2 | 30.67 |
| 36 | Malcolm Waller | 22 | 468 | 319 | 146.71 | 26 |
| 37 | Thisara Perera | 69 | 1035 | 706 | 146.6 | 21.56 |
| 38 | Marcus Stoinis | 64 | 1226 | 840 | 145.95 | 28.51 |
| 39 | Ishan Kishan | 57 | 1726 | 1183 | 145.9 | 31.96 |
| 40 | Shadab Khan | 59 | 766 | 525 | 145.9 | 17.02 |
| 41 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 19 | 608 | 418 | 145.45 | 40.53 |
| 42 | Shane Watson | 56 | 1462 | 1006 | 145.33 | 29.24 |
| 43 | Jason Holder | 63 | 817 | 563 | 145.12 | 19.45 |
| 44 | Tim Seifert | 78 | 2044 | 1412 | 144.76 | 30.06 |
| 45 | Hardik Pandya | 103 | 2133 | 1475 | 144.61 | 28.07 |
| 46 | Mohammad Haris | 24 | 416 | 288 | 144.44 | 18.91 |
| 47 | Ryan Rickelton | 26 | 617 | 428 | 144.16 | 26.83 |
| 48 | Dinesh Karthik | 47 | 686 | 476 | 144.12 | 27.44 |
| 49 | Moeen Ali | 71 | 1161 | 807 | 143.87 | 20.73 |
| 50 | David Warner | 105 | 3172 | 2211 | 143.46 | 34.11 |
Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · T20 Internationals (Men) (full-member fixtures only) · data through 13 October 2026Show ▾
Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.
Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures.
Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.
Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. The dataset has no playing-XI record, so match appearances can't be counted. A match where a player neither batted nor bowled is not reflected anywhere in their figures.
Inns counts batting innings. The dataset cannot count match appearances, so there is no separate matches column.
- Inns (batting) — innings in which the player came to the crease, including as non-striker without facing a ball. In T20 a player bats at most once per match, so this is also the number of matches they batted in.
- Batting strike rate — runs per 100 balls faced (wides excluded). Bowling strike rate — balls per wicket.
- Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.