This is the 10th edition of the T20 World Cup and it is being held in India and Sri Lanka. After scoring a century against Namibia, Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan leads the way in the most run scorers of this WT20 chart. We are almost 35 matches into the 2026 WT20 and coming towards the end of the group stage and we have seen plenty of special batting performances. There have been three centuries of which Pathum Nissanka, young teenage sensation Yuvraj Samra and today it was the turn of Farhan. So, the previous three days has seen centuries being piled up in this tournament. In this article we look at the highest run getters in the 2026 WT20.

Most Runs T20 World Cup 2026

 

Player

  

Matches

  

Runs

  

Average

  

Strike Rate
 

S Farhan

  

4

  

220

  

73.33

  

164.18
 

Aiden Markram

  

4

  

178

  

59.33

  

187.37
 

Tim Seifert

  

4

  

173

  

57.67

  

167.96
 

Dipendra Airee

 

4

  

169

  

56.33

  

144.44
 

Kusal Mendis

  

3

  

168

  

84

  

133.93
 

Ishan Kishan

 

3

  

158

  

52.67

 

197.50
 

Alishan Sharafu

  

4

  

145

  

36.25

  

112.40

Sahibazada Farhan is clearly leading the race with 220 runs as he went past Aiden Markram after scoring the century against Namibia. There is still the Super 8 stages left along with knockout games so there is plenty of time for everyone to catch up. The highest ever runs amassed in a single edition of the WT20 belongs to Virat Kohli who amassed 319 runs in the 2014 edition.

In the previous WT20, Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz ended as the leading run scorer with 281 runs and helped Afghanistan reach the semi-finals. There is a high probability that someone might go past the 319-record set by Virat Kohli given the conditions are batting friendly. Most players in the list are openers while Kusal Mendis and DIpendra Singh Airee are the only middle order batters. Ishan Kishan and Kusal Mendis still have one match left in the group stage so they might be eyeing to get a big score and go to the top.