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

So
far
there
has
been
seven
editions
of
the
T20
World
Cup
and,
every
year
there
have
been
players
helping
in
their
team’s
success
in
the
tournament.
In
the
seven
editions
so
far,
we
have
seen
6
different
winners
with
West
Indies
winning
the
cup
twice
in
2012
and
2016.

The
inaugural
edition
in
2007
was
won
by
India,
while
Pakistan
won
the
next
edition
in
2009,
England
in
2010,
Sri
Lanka
in
2014
and
Australia
in
2021.

In
all
seven
editions,
we
have
seen
different
top-scorers,
but
with
the
ball,
Umar
Gul
was
the
best
performer
in
the
first
two
editions.
However,
there
has
been
five
different
players
taking
the
title
of
highest
wicket-taker
in
the
editions
that
followed.

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,
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

Top
10
most
runs
in
T20
World
Cup
Overall

Player	Country	Runs	Innings	100s	50s	4s	6s
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1016	31	1	6	111	25
Chris Gayle	West Indies	965	31	2	7	78	63
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	897	34	0	6	101	20
Rohit Sharma	India	847	30	0	8	80	31
Virat Kohli	India	845	19	0	10	78	20
David Warner	Australia	762	30	0	6	80	31
AB de Villiers	South Africa	717	29	0	5	51	30
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	698	31	0	3	59	23
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	661	30	0	3	63	11
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	646	31	0	3	47	17

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

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	41	31	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
Dale Steyn	South Africa	30	23	1
Stuart Broad	England	30	26	0
Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	27	34	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	26	18	1

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