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

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. 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 2024.
Leading T20I run-scorer in each calendar year :
| Year | Player | Country | Mat. | Inn. | Runs | HS | Avg. | S/R | 100 | 50 |
| 2005 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 2 | 2 | 98 | 98* | 98.00 | 168.96 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | Graeme Smith | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 127 | 89* | 63.50 | 120.95 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | Mathew Hayden | Australia | 8 | 8 | 302 | 73* | 60.40 | 143.80 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | Hamilton Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 4 | 4 | 169 | 79 | 42.25 | 146.95 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 12 | 12 | 471 | 96* | 42.81 | 141.44 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan | 18 | 17 | 441 | 64 | 29.40 | 123.18 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | Shane Watson | Australia | 5 | 5 | 195 | 59 | 39.00 | 172.56 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 12 | 12 | 472 | 101* | 47.20 | 130.74 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 12 | 12 | 347 | 98* | 31.54 | 121.32 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | Alex Hales | England | 12 | 12 | 397 | 116* | 36.09 | 142.80 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | Mohammad Shahzad | Afghanistan | 11 | 11 | 297 | 75 | 27.00 | 156.31 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | India | 15 | 13 | 641 | 90* | 106.83 | 140.26 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | Evin Lewis | West Indies | 9 | 9 | 357 | 125* | 44.62 | 154.54 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 18 | 17 | 689 | 92 | 40.52 | 147.22 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | Paul Stirling | Ireland | 20 | 20 | 748 | 91 | 41.55 | 140.60 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 10 | 8 | 415 | 99* | 83.00 | 152.57 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 29 | 26 | 1326 | 104* | 73.66 | 134.89 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | Suryakumar Yadav | India | 31 | 31 | 1164 | 117 | 46.56 | 187.43 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | Muhammad Waseem | United Arab Emirates | 23 | 23 | 863 | 91 | 39.22 | 162.52 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | Muhammad Waseem | United Arab Emirates | 26 | 26 | 909 | 100 | 39.52 | 160.03 | 1 | 8 |