T20Is - Best Batsmen Overall

Top 10 T20 International Batsmen of All Time

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in T20I Cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2025-10-12

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Impact Inns, Top Form
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Overall Runs 500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2007 2024 2015.5 151 4231 200.00
1 RG Sharma IND 2007 2024 2015.5 151 4231 200.00
2 Babar Azam PAK 2016 2024 2020 121 4223 199.62
3 V Kohli IND 2010 2024 2017 117 4188 197.97
4 JC Buttler ENG 2011 2025 2018 130 3836 181.33
5 Mohammad Rizwan PAK 2015 2024 2019.5 93 3414 161.38
6 DA Warner AUS 2009 2024 2016.5 110 3277 154.90
7 AJ Finch AUS 2011 2022 2016.5 103 3120 147.48
8 GJ Maxwell AUS 2012 2025 2018.5 114 2833 133.92
9 SA Yadav IND 2021 2025 2023 85 2670 126.21
10 J-P Duminy SA 2007 2019 2013 75 1934 91.42

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 117 31 4188 38 48.70 49.25 100.00
1 V Kohli 117 31 4188 38 48.70 49.25 100.00
2 Mohammad Rizwan 93 21 3414 30 47.42 48.64 98.76
3 J-P Duminy 75 25 1934 11 38.68 40.65 82.54
4 Babar Azam 121 15 4223 36 39.84 39.63 80.46
5 SA Yadav 85 13 2670 21 37.08 38.60 78.37
6 JC Buttler 130 23 3836 28 35.85 37.89 76.94
7 AJ Finch 103 12 3120 19 34.29 34.25 69.55
8 DA Warner 110 12 3277 28 33.44 33.97 68.97
9 RG Sharma 151 19 4231 32 32.05 32.49 65.97
10 GJ Maxwell 114 18 2833 12 29.51 30.98 62.89

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 96 23 3593 34 49.22 49.74 150.00
1 V Kohli 96 23 3593 34 49.22 49.74 150.00
2 Mohammad Rizwan 71 13 2630 22 45.34 47.75 144.02
3 J-P Duminy 62 20 1621 10 38.60 41.31 124.58
4 Babar Azam 98 14 3336 27 39.71 40.55 122.28
5 JC Buttler 117 19 3459 26 35.30 37.45 112.94
6 DA Warner 95 11 2856 25 34.00 34.50 104.04
7 SA Yadav 64 5 1968 13 33.36 34.40 103.74
8 AJ Finch 88 10 2550 16 32.69 32.81 98.94
9 GJ Maxwell 95 15 2390 9 29.88 31.48 94.95
10 RG Sharma 117 14 3025 20 29.37 29.92 90.24

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800
Min Average 20

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS TH David 1507 896 168.19 167.81 100.00
1 SA Yadav 2670 1626 164.21 163.08 97.18
2 GJ Maxwell 2833 1816 156.00 155.27 92.53
3 JC Buttler 3836 2569 149.32 148.21 88.32
4 DA Warner 3277 2300 142.48 142.21 84.74
5 AJ Finch 3120 2189 142.53 140.40 83.67
6 RG Sharma 4231 3003 140.89 140.11 83.49
7 V Kohli 4188 3056 137.04 137.61 82.00
8 J-P Duminy 1934 1532 126.24 128.99 76.86
9 Babar Azam 4223 3268 129.22 128.02 76.28
10 Mohammad Rizwan 3414 2723 125.38 124.72 74.32

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS PD Salt 1286 755 170.33 166.85 200.00
1 SA Yadav 1968 1218 161.58 159.08 190.68
2 GJ Maxwell 2390 1503 159.02 157.97 189.35
3 JC Buttler 3459 2311 149.68 148.34 177.82
4 DA Warner 2856 1987 143.73 143.32 171.79
5 AJ Finch 2550 1790 142.46 140.21 168.07
6 RG Sharma 3025 2161 139.98 138.97 166.58
7 V Kohli 3593 2611 137.61 138.00 165.41
8 Babar Azam 3336 2569 129.86 128.67 154.23
9 J-P Duminy 1621 1296 125.08 128.40 153.91
10 Mohammad Rizwan 2630 2081 126.38 125.24 150.13

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 145* 120* 113* 104* 103* 117.00 100.00
1 GJ Maxwell 145* 120* 113* 104* 103* 117.00 100.00
2 RG Sharma 121* 118 111* 106 100* 111.20 95.04
3 SA Yadav 117 112* 111* 100 83 104.60 89.40
4 Babar Azam 122 110* 101* 97* 90 104.00 88.89
5 AJ Finch 156 89 84 79* 74 96.40 82.39
6 V Kohli 122* 94* 90* 89* 85 96.00 82.05
7 Mohammad Rizwan 104* 98* 90* 89 88* 93.80 80.17
8 DA Warner 100* 90* 89* 89 81 89.80 76.75
9 JC Buttler 101* 96 84 83* 83* 89.40 76.41
10 J-P Duminy 86* 78 69* 68* 67 73.60 62.91

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 25/7 24/8 23/8 28/10 39/15 297.81 150.00
1 AJ Finch 20/5 36/14 156/63 37/16 40/18 245.42 123.61
2 JC Buttler 32/10 83/30 25/11 71/32 83/38 241.16 121.47
3 RG Sharma 118/43 21/9 46/20 92/41 62/28 239.08 120.42
4 DA Warner 40/16 59/24 39/16 67/29 21/10 237.44 119.59
5 GJ Maxwell 47/18 66/29 25/11 43/19 70/31 231.32 116.51
6 SA Yadav 61/22 58/26 112/51 111/51 26/12 225.61 113.63
7 V Kohli 70/29 26/11 122/61 38/20 72/38 207.15 104.33
8 J-P Duminy 34/14 86/43 68/34 33/17 54/28 206.61 104.06
9 Babar Azam 23/11 122/59 101/58 85/49 50/29 183.22 92.28
10 Mohammad Rizwan 87/45 25/14 88/51 104/64 98/62 169.44 85.34

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 V Kohli 197.97 250.00 247.42 82.05 104.33 881.77 352.71
2 JC Buttler 181.33 189.88 266.13 76.41 121.47 835.22 334.09
3 RG Sharma 200.00 156.20 250.07 95.04 120.42 821.74 328.69
4 Babar Azam 199.62 202.75 230.52 88.89 92.28 814.06 325.62
5 SA Yadav 126.21 182.12 287.86 89.40 113.63 799.23 319.69
6 Mohammad Rizwan 161.38 242.78 224.45 80.17 85.34 794.12 317.65
7 GJ Maxwell 133.92 157.85 281.88 100.00 116.51 790.15 316.06
8 DA Warner 154.90 173.01 256.54 76.75 119.59 780.79 312.32
9 AJ Finch 147.48 168.49 251.74 82.39 123.61 773.71 309.48
10 J-P Duminy 91.42 207.12 230.77 62.91 104.06 696.29 278.52

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Mohammad Rizwan 36 1571 60.42 132.46 816.50 16.33
2 V Kohli 45 1577 50.87 148.63 809.20 16.18
3 Babar Azam 59 2124 43.35 132.42 778.43 15.57
4 JC Buttler 39 1285 38.94 157.67 760.73 15.21
5 RG Sharma 57 1532 29.46 145.77 736.79 14.74
6 DA Warner 34 1150 41.07 150.52 730.41 14.61
7 SA Yadav 33 1044 36.00 168.39 721.62 14.43
8 GJ Maxwell 40 1067 32.33 153.53 694.74 13.89
9 AJ Finch 43 1132 31.44 131.48 631.05 12.62
10 J-P Duminy 32 707 30.74 131.66 561.42 11.23

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 72 2611 47.47 130.88 846.42 67.71
2 JC Buttler 91 2551 34.47 145.44 823.00 65.84
3 RG Sharma 94 2699 33.74 138.27 806.32 64.51
4 SA Yadav 52 1626 37.81 161.63 802.48 64.20
5 GJ Maxwell 74 1766 28.03 157.54 791.48 63.32
6 AJ Finch 60 1988 36.15 149.70 790.61 63.25
7 DA Warner 76 2127 30.39 138.48 757.91 60.63
8 J-P Duminy 43 1227 45.44 123.32 754.71 60.38
9 Babar Azam 62 2099 36.82 126.14 752.22 60.18
10 Mohammad Rizwan 57 1843 40.07 119.91 699.71 55.98

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 86 2705 37.05 152.57 860.29 17.21
2 AJ Finch 73 2383 38.44 147.01 838.06 16.76
3 DA Warner 76 2301 33.84 144.72 809.03 16.18
4 GJ Maxwell 77 1799 27.26 154.82 746.20 14.92
5 J-P Duminy 54 1240 32.63 126.27 647.09 12.94

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 70 2728 58.04 139.61 903.41 18.07
2 Mohammad Rizwan 40 1678 55.93 128.78 792.46 15.85
3 RG Sharma 88 2445 30.56 141.41 778.55 15.57
4 Babar Azam 62 2151 41.37 130.84 745.80 14.92
5 SA Yadav 51 1439 34.26 162.42 732.66 14.65

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 GJ Maxwell 37 1034 34.47 158.10 892.29 71.38
2 JC Buttler 44 1131 33.26 142.09 823.61 65.89
3 J-P Duminy 21 694 57.83 126.18 776.58 62.13
4 DA Warner 34 976 32.53 137.46 747.77 59.82
5 AJ Finch 30 737 25.41 129.75 649.94 52.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Babar Azam 59 2072 38.37 127.59 854.57 68.37
2 SA Yadav 34 1231 41.03 166.35 846.88 67.75
3 RG Sharma 63 1786 34.35 140.19 835.72 66.86
4 Mohammad Rizwan 53 1736 41.33 122.25 776.63 62.13
5 V Kohli 47 1460 37.44 132.49 765.35 61.23

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 JC Buttler 65.84 15.21 65.89 17.21 164.15
2 GJ Maxwell 63.32 13.89 71.38 14.92 163.52
3 V Kohli 67.71 16.18 61.23 18.07 163.19
4 RG Sharma 64.51 14.74 66.86 15.57 161.67
5 SA Yadav 64.20 14.43 67.75 14.65 161.03
6 Babar Azam 60.18 15.57 68.37 14.92 159.03
7 DA Warner 60.63 14.61 59.82 16.18 151.24
8 Mohammad Rizwan 55.98 16.33 62.13 15.85 150.29
9 J-P Duminy 60.38 11.23 62.13 12.94 146.67
10 AJ Finch 63.25 12.62 52.00 16.76 144.63

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00
WORLD CUP RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 33 1292 58.73 128.81 908.26 136.24
2 JC Buttler 34 1013 42.21 147.24 844.23 126.63
3 RG Sharma 44 1220 34.86 133.04 810.61 121.59
4 DA Warner 41 984 25.89 134.24 736.09 110.41
5 J-P Duminy 23 568 40.57 129.68 671.05 100.66
6 GJ Maxwell 27 578 27.52 146.33 666.68 100.00
7 SA Yadav 17 480 40.00 158.94 645.82 96.87
8 Mohammad Rizwan 17 566 40.43 112.97 599.68 89.95
9 Babar Azam 17 549 36.60 111.36 559.80 83.97
10 AJ Finch 16 458 30.53 119.27 539.95 80.99
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 20 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 250% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 86 39 45.35 845.74 126.86
2 JC Buttler 107 40 37.38 769.75 115.46
3 SA Yadav 72 30 41.67 768.55 115.28
4 J-P Duminy 50 24 48.00 699.30 104.89
5 GJ Maxwell 96 33 34.38 677.40 101.61
6 RG Sharma 132 39 29.55 661.88 99.28
7 DA Warner 98 33 33.67 661.11 99.17
8 Mohammad Rizwan 72 24 33.33 589.77 88.47
9 AJ Finch 91 27 29.67 566.01 84.90
10 Babar Azam 106 27 25.47 506.90 76.04
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SA Yadav 30 1282 51.28 162.48 866.05 86.61
2 Mohammad Rizwan 30 1517 63.21 134.01 861.94 86.19
3 GJ Maxwell 30 1138 47.42 162.34 838.23 83.82
4 V Kohli 30 1213 55.14 143.55 818.45 81.84
5 DA Warner 30 1183 53.77 146.23 798.41 79.84
6 Babar Azam 30 1298 49.92 135.77 794.06 79.41
7 JC Buttler 30 1115 39.82 159.51 787.76 78.78
8 AJ Finch 30 1090 41.92 153.52 779.83 77.98
9 RG Sharma 30 942 34.89 156.22 745.90 74.59
10 J-P Duminy 30 794 46.71 135.03 691.08 69.11

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN WC II TF SEC RAT
1 V Kohli 136.24 126.86 81.84 344.95
2 JC Buttler 126.63 115.46 78.78 320.87
3 SA Yadav 96.87 115.28 86.61 298.76
4 RG Sharma 121.59 99.28 74.59 295.46
5 DA Warner 110.41 99.17 79.84 289.42
6 GJ Maxwell 100.00 101.61 83.82 285.43
7 J-P Duminy 100.66 104.89 69.11 274.66
8 Mohammad Rizwan 89.95 88.47 86.19 264.61
9 AJ Finch 80.99 84.90 77.98 243.88
10 Babar Azam 83.97 76.04 79.41 239.41

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 V Kohli IND 352.71 163.19 344.95 860.85
2 JC Buttler ENG 334.09 164.15 320.87 819.11
3 RG Sharma IND 328.69 161.67 295.46 785.83
4 SA Yadav IND 319.69 161.03 298.76 779.49
5 GJ Maxwell AUS 316.06 163.52 285.43 765.02
6 DA Warner AUS 312.32 151.24 289.42 752.98
7 Mohammad Rizwan PAK 317.65 150.29 264.61 732.55
8 Babar Azam PAK 325.62 159.03 239.41 724.06
9 J-P Duminy SA 278.52 146.67 274.66 699.85
10 AJ Finch AUS 309.48 144.63 243.88 697.99

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI SL US AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI

* Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks.

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