Highest Batting Average in T20

Highest Batting Average in T20 is the definitive measure of a batter’s consistency, reflecting the rare ability to balance risk-taking with the art of staying not-out in a high-pressure, short-format game. Unlike strike rates which measure speed, the average highlights a player's reliability as the backbone of the team.
In T20 Internationals (T20I), as of 2026, Virat Kohli remains the gold standard, maintaining a career average near 48–50 (among players with 50+ innings), largely due to his clinical precision in run-chases. He is closely followed by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, who have consistently delivered averages in the 40+ bracket. While the modern T20 philosophy increasingly prioritizes "impact" over "average," this statistic remains the primary indicator of an elite "anchor," distinguishing those who can weather a bowling storm and finish the innings for their nation.

RANK 1

Alok Chandra Sahoo

AVG

85.6

Runs

428

RANK 2

Chris Harris

AVG

70.66

Runs

636

RANK 3

Warren McSkimming

AVG

Runs

106

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Alok Chandra Sahoo	22	22	428	171	0	85.6	70.8	7	16	8	0	0
2	Chris Harris	26	25	636	527	100	70.66	120.68	16	41	26	1	1
3	Warren McSkimming	25	11	106	83	23	53	127.71	9	5	5	0	0
4	Clive Rose	58	57	1353	132	0	48.32	34.4	12	15	7	0	0
5	Faisal Mubashir GER	22	21	610	554	79	46.92	110.1	8	53	6	5	0
6	Ryan Stevenson	22	22	621	47	0	44.35	27.6	6	7	1	0	0
7	David White	23	23	786	683	87	43.66	115.08	5	74	21	9	0
8	Babar Azam PAK	357	344	12390	9621	122	42.72	128.78	54	1293	235	101	12
9	Phillip Hughes	34	34	1110	947	87	42.69	117.21	8	112	16	10	0
10	Sohail Ahmed	79	74	1957	1644	80	42.54	119.03	28	129	81	16	0
11	Sai Sudharsan IND	76	75	2848	2014	108	42.5	141.41	8	286	78	18	4
12	KL Rahul IND	245	232	8330	6067	132	42.28	137.3	35	715	342	70	7
13	Virat Kohli IND	420	403	13790	10213	122	42.04	135.02	75	1238	443	107	9
14	Rohan Kadam	31	30	1089	849	89	41.88	128.26	4	121	29	9	0
15	Hashmatullah Shahidi AFG	70	66	2124	1774	97	41.64	119.72	15	198	63	17	0
16	Mohammad Rizwan PAK	312	281	9039	7226	110	41.08	125.08	61	804	245	71	3
17	Sabawoon Davizi	31	31	1149	827	115	41.03	138.93	3	124	40	6	3
18	Maaz Khan	23	5	41	33	23	41	124.24	4	0	3	0	0
19	N. Tilak Varma IND	153	145	4503	3099	151	40.93	145.3	35	353	218	24	5
20	Narender Singh	23	21	447	188	0	40.63	33.8	5	14	6	0	0
21	Ryan McCone	30	29	853	31	0	40.61	23.5	5	2	0	0	0
22	Muhammad Tanveer	72	66	1980	1484	88	39.6	133.42	16	143	111	15	0
23	Devon Conway NZ	241	230	7398	5732	105	39.56	129.06	43	778	185	58	2
24	Tim Johnston	22	18	509	94	0	39.15	29.5	3	9	3	0	0
25	Abhimanyu Easwaran	41	40	1242	934	130	38.81	132.97	8	111	36	6	2
26	Ruturaj Gaikwad IND	161	155	5253	3767	123	38.62	139.44	19	503	200	37	6
27	Sam Hain	180	172	5053	3778	112	38.57	133.74	41	437	131	37	1
28	Shane Burger	36	23	422	434	62	38.36	97.23	12	24	9	1	0
29	Ross McMillan	21	21	647	500	80	38.05	129.4	4	55	26	4	0
30	Shaun Marsh	215	212	7050	5485	115	37.9	128.53	26	679	222	57	2
31	HD Ackerman	55	55	1811	1515	87	37.72	119.53	7	190	27	17	0
32	MS Dhoni	405	355	7628	5624	84	37.57	135.63	152	529	350	28	0
33	Taufeeq Umar	36	36	1124	950	100	37.46	118.31	6	130	9	6	1
34	Michael Hussey	161	149	4569	3658	116	37.45	124.9	27	423	121	35	1
35	Amandeep Khare	60	57	1760	1404	90	37.44	125.35	10	166	50	11	0
36	AB de Villiers SA	340	320	9424	6277	133	37.24	150.13	67	753	436	69	4
37	Jean Paul Duminy	264	248	6397	5215	99	37.19	122.66	76	463	221	42	0
38	Shubman Gill IND	184	181	5790	4143	129	37.11	139.75	25	573	188	35	6
39	Virandeep Singh MAL	114	107	3228	2528	116	37.1	127.68	20	281	132	23	1
40	David Warner AUS	438	437	14195	10099	135	37.06	140.55	54	1454	501	117	10
41	Brad Hodge	277	261	7406	5641	106	36.84	131.28	60	709	248	48	2
42	Rassie van der Dussen SA	254	242	7295	5554	112	36.84	131.34	44	508	326	45	5
43	Virat Singh	97	94	2814	2121	103	36.54	132.67	17	273	89	19	1
44	Luqman Butt	45	41	1240	838	80	36.47	147.97	7	105	71	6	0
45	Graeme Hick	37	36	1201	769	116	36.39	156.17	3	127	52	10	2
46	Matthew Hayden	50	50	1632	1192	93	36.26	136.91	5	181	63	13	0
47	Chris Gayle WI	463	455	14562	10060	175	36.22	144.75	53	1132	1056	88	22
48	Rohan Kunnummal	40	40	1262	936	121	36.05	134.82	5	137	46	7	2
49	Shoaib Malik	557	515	13571	10665	95	35.99	127.24	138	1059	422	83	0
50	Marco Marais	77	72	2116	1475	106	35.86	143.45	13	181	111	14	2
51	Dian Forrester	36	33	681	484	80	35.84	140.7	14	36	35	2	0
52	Jonathan Trott	81	76	2147	1870	86	35.78	114.81	16	219	34	13	0
53	Farhaan Behardien	204	172	3719	2836	72	35.75	131.13	68	224	138	14	0
54	Tim Tector IRE	45	40	1248	815	101	35.65	153.12	5	138	47	9	1
55	Robert O Donnell	86	75	1842	1391	73	35.42	132.42	23	162	66	12	0
56	Amit Pachhara	22	20	460	358	56	35.38	128.49	7	34	14	2	0
57	David Miller SA	563	511	11986	8642	120	35.35	138.69	172	855	547	52	4
58	Shubham Ranjane USA	61	41	919	706	70	35.34	130.16	15	66	36	5	0
59	Yuvraj Chaudhary	22	18	598	409	123	35.17	146.21	1	55	32	4	1
60	Harpreet Singh Bhatia	111	105	3094	2474	92	35.15	125.06	17	261	100	21	0
61	Balaji Pai	40	38	1054	916	107	35.13	115.06	8	95	17	6	1
62	Salman Butt	82	79	2349	2079	99	35.05	112.98	12	295	30	16	0
63	Ankit Bawne	42	35	875	665	90	35	131.57	10	83	31	7	0
64	Nazar Hussain	21	21	560	165	0	35	26.1	4	6	4	0	0
65	Lance Klusener	53	46	1014	745	111	34.96	136.1	17	77	42	4	1
66	Jos Buttler ENG	499	470	14051	9604	124	34.95	146.3	68	1287	602	100	8
67	Dean Foxcroft NZ	66	59	1712	1359	82	34.93	125.97	10	148	54	13	0
68	Tayyab Tahir	57	51	1467	1096	78	34.92	133.85	9	158	39	10	0
69	Surya Kumar Yadav IND	367	341	9615	6303	117	34.83	152.54	65	952	423	64	6
70	Hamilton Masakadza ZIM	130	129	3958	3128	162	34.71	126.53	15	326	166	29	4
71	Lalit Yadav	89	67	1352	972	85	34.66	139.09	28	132	46	4	0
72	Sahibzada Farhan PAK	174	168	5368	3850	162	34.63	139.42	13	522	248	34	9
73	Venkatesh Iyer	147	131	3290	2366	104	34.63	139.05	36	303	133	19	1
74	Aditya Waghmode	39	37	1108	861	101	34.62	128.68	5	118	30	8	1
75	Reeza Hendricks SA	302	283	8584	6708	117	34.61	127.96	35	805	254	66	5
76	Upendra Yadav	47	46	1211	892	103	34.6	135.76	11	96	55	7	1
77	James Taylor	91	82	1972	1685	62	34.59	117.03	25	149	42	8	0
78	Rajat Patidar	107	100	3145	1985	112	34.56	158.43	9	230	185	28	1
79	Imam ul Haq PAK	93	88	2690	2108	94	34.48	127.6	10	268	49	25	0
80	Pavan Deshpande	26	21	517	372	63	34.46	138.97	6	39	19	3	0
81	Michael Klinger	206	198	5960	4842	126	34.45	123.08	25	550	146	33	8
82	Shreyas Iyer IND	246	239	6786	4929	147	34.44	137.67	42	562	300	46	3
83	Tristan Stubbs SA	175	155	3615	2533	80	34.42	142.71	50	237	169	14	0
84	Hamza Saleem Dar	33	28	653	443	91	34.36	147.4	9	42	38	4	0
85	Ishank Jaggi	68	66	1750	1435	108	34.31	121.95	15	190	38	11	1
86	Eklavya Dwivedi	47	39	923	743	89	34.18	124.22	12	95	27	4	0
87	Niraj Patel	37	34	957	804	96	34.17	119.02	6	105	16	6	0
88	Shahidullah Kamal AFG	76	63	1501	1264	59	34.11	118.75	19	105	55	6	0
89	Mahammad Bilal Zalmai	57	55	1635	1001	111	34.06	163.33	7	164	97	12	1
90	Jacques Rudolph	159	144	4016	3423	101	34.03	117.32	26	417	58	27	1