T20 World Cup: Highest Run-Scorers to Highest Wicket-Takers – Top Performers of Every Edition Since 2007

The T20 World Cup has seen some top performers since the inception of the show-piece event in 2007 with batters and bowlers contributing in their team's runs.

So far there has been eight editions of the T20 World Cup and, every year there have been players helping in their team's success in the tournament.

In the eight editions so far, we have seen 6 different winners with West Indies and England winning the cup twice. West Indies won in 2012 and 2016, while England won in 2010 and 2022.

The inaugural edition in 2007 was won by India, while Pakistan won the next edition in 2009, Sri Lanka won in 2014 and Australia won in 2021.

In six editions, we have seen different top-scorers, while Virat Kohli takes the honour in two editions. With the ball, Umar Gul and Wanindu Hasaranga have been the best performers twice, while there has been four other players taking the title of highest wicket-taker in the other editions.

The legends and T20 greats like Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Shoaib Malik and AB de Villiers are among the top batting performers.

Meanwhile, Gul is joined by other former bowlers like Ajantha Mendis, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Lasith Malinga and Dwayne Bravo among the top bowling performers in the T20 World Cup.

Also, some players who have played in several editions are among the most run getters overall and most wicket-takers overall. The list also features the current players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Jos Buttler, Kane Williamson R Ashwin and Shakib Al Hasan.

Here is a look at the batting and bowling stats of the T20 World Cup:

Highest run-scorer of every T20 World Cup

Edition	Player	Country	Runs	Innings	Highest Score	50s	100s	6s	4s
2007	Matthew Hayden	Australia	265	6	73*	4	0	10	32
2009	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	317	7	96*	3	0	3	46
2010	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	302	6	100	2	1	11	29
2012	Shane Watson	Australia	249	6	72	3	0	15	19
2014	Virat Kohli	India	319	6	77	4	0	10	24
2016	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	295	6	103*	1	1	14	24
2021	Babar Azam	Pakistan	303	6	70	4	0	5	28
2022	Virat Kohli	India	296	6	82*	4	0	8	25

Top 10 most runs in T20 World Cup Overall

Player	Country	Runs	Innings	100s	50s	4s	6s
Virat Kohli	India	1141	25	0	14	103	28
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1016	31	1	6	111	25
Chris Gayle	West Indies	965	31	2	7	78	63
Rohit Sharma	India	963	36	0	9	91	35
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	897	34	0	6	101	20
David Warner	Australia	806	34	0	6	86	31
Jos Buttler	England	799	27	0	4	69	32
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	742	36	0	3	62	23
AB de Villiers	South Africa	717	29	0	5	51	30
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	699	24	0	3	68	14

Highest wicket-taker of every T20 World Cup

Edition	Player	Country	Wickets	Matches	BBI	4W+I
2007	Umar Gul	Pakistan	13	7	4 for 25	1
2009	Umar Gul	Pakistan	13	7	5 for 6	1
2010	Dirk Nannes	Australia	14	7	4 for 18	1
2012	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	15	6	6 for 8	2
2014	Imran Tahir	South Africa	12	5	4 for 21	1
2014	Ahsan Malik	Netherlands	12	7	5 for 19	1
2016	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	12	7	4 for 20	1
2021	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	16	8	3 for 9	0
2022	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	15	8	3 for 8	0

BBI - Best Bowling Inning; 4W+I - Four wickets or more in an innings

Top 10 most wickets in T20 World Cup Overall

Player	Country	Wickets	Matches	4W+I
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	47	36	3
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	39	34	2
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	38	31	1
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	36	23	3
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	35	21	2
Umar Gul	Pakistan	35	24	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	32	24	1
Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	31	16	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	30	23	1
Stuart Broad	England	30	26	0

4W+I - Four wickets or more in an inning