List of leading T20I run-scorers in each calendar year explained

A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams. A Twenty20 International is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. First men's Twenty20 International was contested between Australia and New Zealand on 17 February 2005 at Eden Park, Auckland which was won by Australia by 44 runs. In 2005 only 2 T20I matches took place followed by 3 matches in 2006. The number of matches grew in 2007 because of the inaugural T20 World Cup.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between any ICC members after 1 January 2019 will have T20I status.^[1] Hence the number of matches for every calendar year increased a lot.

The following is a list of players who have scored most runs in each of the calendar years starting from 2005, till date. The matches played between 1 January and 31 December (both dates inclusive) of each year, are considered to be part of every calendar year. Till date, Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan has scored most runs in a calendar year when he finished 2021 with total runs of 1326 from 26 innings.

Key

Mat. – Number of matches played Inn. – Number of innings batted HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal

S/R – Strike rate (runs scored per 100 balls) 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored Ref. & Scorecard – Scorecard of the match in which player reached 1,000 runs

Most T20I runs in each calendar year

Player list and statistics are updated as of 31 December 2023.

Leading T20I run-scorer in each calendar year

Year	Player	Country	Mat.	Inn.	Runs	HS	Avg.	S/R	100	50	Ref
2005			2	2	98		98.00	168.96	0	1	[2]
2006			3	3	127		63.50	120.95	0	1	[3]
2007			8	8	302		60.40	143.80	0	4	[4]
2008			4	4	169		42.25	146.95	0	2	[5]
2009			12	12	471		42.81	141.44	0	5	[6]
2010			18	17	441		29.40	123.18	0	3	[7]
2011			5	5	195		39.00	172.56	0	3	[8]
2012			12	12	472		47.20	130.74	1	2	[9]
2013			12	12	347		31.54	121.32	0	2	[10]
2014			12	12	397		36.09	142.80	1	1	[11]
2015			11	11	297		27.00	156.31	0	3	[12]
2016			15	13	641		106.83	140.26	0	7	[13]
2017			9	9	357		44.62	154.54	1	2	[14]
2018			18	17	689		40.52	147.22	0	6	[15]
2019			20	20	748		41.55	140.60	0	8	[16]
2020			10	8	415		83.00	152.57	0	4	[17]
2021			29	26	1326		73.66	134.89	1	12	[18]
2022			31	31	1164		46.56	187.43	2	9	[19]
2023			23	23	863		39.22	162.52	0	7	[20]
2024											[21]

See also

• List of Twenty20 International cricket records

Notes and References

1. Web site: All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status. International Cricket Council. 20 January 2019. 20 June 2019.
2. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2005. Cricinfo. 30 April 2021.
3. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2006. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
4. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2007. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
5. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2008. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
6. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2009. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
7. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2010. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
8. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2011. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
9. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2012. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
10. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2013. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
11. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2014. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
12. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2015. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
13. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2016. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
14. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2017. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
15. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2018. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
16. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2019. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
17. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2020. Cricinfo. 14 June 2021.
18. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2021. Cricinfo. 14 January 2022.
19. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2022. Cricinfo. 14 January 2023.
20. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2023. Cricinfo. 1 January 2024.
21. Web site: Most runs in calendar year 2024. Cricinfo. 1 January 2024.