The highest individual scores in men's T20

When it comes to the highest individual scores in men's T20 cricket — spanning T20 internationals and the major franchise leagues — one name still sits at the very top. Chris Gayle's 175 off just 66 balls in 2013 remains the benchmark, an innings built at a staggering strike rate of 265.15 that no one on this list has managed to surpass in terms of sheer output.

Aaron Finch follows with 172 from 76 balls in 2018 (a strike rate of 226.32), and remarkably he is one of only two players to appear twice among these ten scores. His other entry, 156 off 63 in 2013, came at an even fiercer 247.62. Gayle is the other repeat name, pairing his record knock with 146 off 69 (211.59) in 2017.

Brendon McCullum's pioneering 158 off 73 in 2008 sits third, a knock that helped define the early T20 era at 216.44. The list also stretches right up to the present, with two entries dated 2026: Mitchell Owen's 155 off 68 (227.94) and KL Rahul's 152 off 67 (226.87).

Glenn Maxwell weighs in with 154 off 64 in 2022 at 240.63, while the most explosive tempo of the lot belongs to Finn Allen. His 151 in 2025 needed only 51 balls, producing a scarcely believable strike rate of 296.08 — the highest on the list by some distance.

Rounding out the ten is Marcus Stoinis, whose 147 off 79 in 2020 came at 186.08, the most measured innings here yet still a colossal total.

Together these knocks show how the ceiling keeps rising, with Gayle and Finch the only men appearing more than once.