The highest individual scores in men's T20

When it comes to the biggest single innings in men's T20 cricket, one name still towers above the rest. Chris Gayle's 175 off just 66 balls, struck in the IPL in 2013, remains the benchmark, a knock powered along at a scarcely believable strike rate of 265.15. It is the sort of innings that reshaped what a top score could look like in the format.

Gayle is not the only man to appear twice on this list. His 146 from 69 balls in 2017, made at a strike rate of 211.59, underlines just how consistently destructive the West Indian has been across T20 cricket.

The other repeat name belongs to Aaron Finch, who occupies both second and fourth place. His 172 came off 76 balls in 2018 at 226.32, while his 156 from 63 balls back in 2013 was even more brutal on a per-ball basis, racing along at 247.62.

Between those knocks sits Brendon McCullum's iconic 158 from 73 balls in 2008, an innings struck at 216.44 that helped announce the T20 league era.

For sheer ball-striking, though, nobody on this list matches Finn Allen. His 151 came off only 51 deliveries in 2025, a staggering strike rate of 296.08 that makes it the fastest-scoring innings of the group.

The remaining entries show the modern spread of the format. Mitchell Owen's 155 off 68 balls and KL Rahul's 152 off 67 both fall in 2026, while Glenn Maxwell's 154 from 64 balls in 2022 came at 240.63.

The one relative outlier is Marcus Stoinis, whose 147 off 79 balls in 2020, at 186.08, proves the biggest scores need not always be the very fastest.