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	Dilon Heyliger CAN	28	15	182	118	24	45.5	154.23	11	12	11	0	0
7	Ryan Stevenson	22	22	621	47	0	44.35	27.6	6	7	1	0	0
8	David White	23	23	786	683	87	43.66	115.08	5	74	21	9	0
9	Babar Azam PAK	357	344	12390	9621	122	42.72	128.78	54	1293	235	101	12
10	Phillip Hughes	34	34	1110	947	87	42.69	117.21	8	112	16	10	0
11	Sohail Ahmed	79	74	1957	1644	80	42.54	119.03	28	129	81	16	0
12	Sai Sudharsan IND	76	75	2848	2014	108	42.5	141.41	8	286	78	18	4
13	Mohammad Faiq	21	20	637	364	116	42.46	175	5	75	27	3	2
14	KL Rahul IND	245	232	8330	6067	132	42.28	137.3	35	715	342	70	7
15	Virat Kohli IND	420	403	13790	10213	122	42.04	135.02	75	1238	443	107	9
16	Rohan Kadam	31	30	1089	849	89	41.88	128.26	4	121	29	9	0
17	Hashmatullah Shahidi AFG	70	66	2124	1774	97	41.64	119.72	15	198	63	17	0
18	Mohammad Rizwan PAK	312	281	9039	7226	110	41.08	125.08	61	804	245	71	3
19	Sabawoon Davizi	31	31	1149	827	115	41.03	138.93	3	124	40	6	3
20	Maaz Khan	23	5	41	33	23	41	124.24	4	0	3	0	0
21	N. Tilak Varma IND	153	145	4503	3099	151	40.93	145.3	35	353	218	24	5
22	Narender Singh	23	21	447	188	0	40.63	33.8	5	14	6	0	0
23	Ryan McCone	30	29	853	31	0	40.61	23.5	5	2	0	0	0
24	Yash Dhull	35	34	1087	845	73	40.25	128.63	7	111	37	7	0
25	Muhammad Tanveer	72	66	1980	1484	88	39.6	133.42	16	143	111	15	0
26	Devon Conway NZ	241	230	7398	5732	105	39.56	129.06	43	778	185	58	2
27	Tim Johnston	22	18	509	94	0	39.15	29.5	3	9	3	0	0
28	Abhimanyu Easwaran	41	40	1242	934	130	38.81	132.97	8	111	36	6	2
29	Padmakar Surve	39	36	928	812	71	38.66	114.28	12	71	29	4	0
30	Ruturaj Gaikwad IND	161	155	5253	3767	123	38.62	139.44	19	503	200	37	6
31	Sam Hain	180	172	5053	3778	112	38.57	133.74	41	437	131	37	1
32	Shane Burger	36	23	422	434	62	38.36	97.23	12	24	9	1	0
33	Anthony Mosca ITA	23	21	573	447	78	38.2	128.18	6	44	22	4	0
34	Ross McMillan	21	21	647	500	80	38.05	129.4	4	55	26	4	0
35	Shaun Marsh	215	212	7050	5485	115	37.9	128.53	26	679	222	57	2
36	HD Ackerman	55	55	1811	1515	87	37.72	119.53	7	190	27	17	0
37	MS Dhoni	405	355	7628	5624	84	37.57	135.63	152	529	350	28	0
38	Taufeeq Umar	36	36	1124	950	100	37.46	118.31	6	130	9	6	1
39	Michael Hussey	161	149	4569	3658	116	37.45	124.9	27	423	121	35	1
40	Amandeep Khare	60	57	1760	1404	90	37.44	125.35	10	166	50	11	0
41	AB de Villiers SA	340	320	9424	6277	133	37.24	150.13	67	753	436	69	4
42	Jean Paul Duminy	264	248	6397	5215	99	37.19	122.66	76	463	221	42	0
43	Shubman Gill IND	184	181	5790	4143	129	37.11	139.75	25	573	188	35	6
44	Virandeep Singh MAL	114	107	3228	2528	116	37.1	127.68	20	281	132	23	1
45	David Warner AUS	438	437	14195	10099	135	37.06	140.55	54	1454	501	117	10
46	Brad Hodge	277	261	7406	5641	106	36.84	131.28	60	709	248	48	2
47	Rassie van der Dussen SA	254	242	7295	5554	112	36.84	131.34	44	508	326	45	5
48	Virat Singh	97	94	2814	2121	103	36.54	132.67	17	273	89	19	1
49	Luqman Butt	45	41	1240	838	80	36.47	147.97	7	105	71	6	0
50	Graeme Hick	37	36	1201	769	116	36.39	156.17	3	127	52	10	2
51	Matthew Hayden	50	50	1632	1192	93	36.26	136.91	5	181	63	13	0
52	Chris Gayle WI	463	455	14562	10060	175	36.22	144.75	53	1132	1056	88	22
53	Rohan Kunnummal	40	40	1262	936	121	36.05	134.82	5	137	46	7	2
54	Shubham Dubey	43	38	829	536	58	36.04	154.66	15	52	51	2	0
55	Shoaib Malik	557	515	13571	10665	95	35.99	127.24	138	1059	422	83	0
56	Bipin Saurav	30	30	933	669	90	35.88	139.46	4	81	51	8	0
57	Marco Marais	77	72	2116	1475	106	35.86	143.45	13	181	111	14	2
58	Ramesh Satheesan	55	51	1578	1031	99	35.86	153.05	7	157	81	12	0
59	Brian Bennett ZIM	81	80	2546	1841	111	35.85	138.29	9	283	72	16	1
60	Dian Forrester	36	33	681	484	80	35.84	140.7	14	36	35	2	0
61	Jonathan Trott	81	76	2147	1870	86	35.78	114.81	16	219	34	13	0
62	Farhaan Behardien	204	172	3719	2836	72	35.75	131.13	68	224	138	14	0
63	Tim Tector IRE	45	40	1248	815	101	35.65	153.12	5	138	47	9	1
64	Robert O Donnell	86	75	1842	1391	73	35.42	132.42	23	162	66	12	0
65	Amit Pachhara	22	20	460	358	56	35.38	128.49	7	34	14	2	0
66	David Miller SA	563	511	11986	8642	120	35.35	138.69	172	855	547	52	4
67	Shubham Ranjane USA	61	41	919	706	70	35.34	130.16	15	66	36	5	0
68	Yuvraj Chaudhary	22	18	598	409	123	35.17	146.21	1	55	32	4	1
69	Harpreet Singh Bhatia	111	105	3094	2474	92	35.15	125.06	17	261	100	21	0
70	Avinash Pai	40	38	1054	916	107	35.13	115.06	8	95	17	6	1
71	Salman Butt	82	79	2349	2079	99	35.05	112.98	12	295	30	16	0
72	Ankit Bawne	42	35	875	665	90	35	131.57	10	83	31	7	0
73	Nazar Hussain	21	21	560	165	0	35	26.1	4	6	4	0	0
74	Lance Klusener	53	46	1014	745	111	34.96	136.1	17	77	42	4	1
75	Jos Buttler ENG	499	470	14051	9604	124	34.95	146.3	68	1287	602	100	8
76	Dean Foxcroft NZ	66	59	1712	1359	82	34.93	125.97	10	148	54	13	0
77	Tayyab Tahir	57	51	1467	1096	78	34.92	133.85	9	158	39	10	0
78	Surya Kumar Yadav IND	367	341	9615	6303	117	34.83	152.54	65	952	423	64	6
79	Hamilton Masakadza ZIM	130	129	3958	3128	162	34.71	126.53	15	326	166	29	4
80	Lalit Yadav	89	67	1352	972	85	34.66	139.09	28	132	46	4	0
81	Sahibzada Farhan PAK	174	168	5368	3850	162	34.63	139.42	13	522	248	34	9
82	Venkatesh Iyer	147	131	3290	2366	104	34.63	139.05	36	303	133	19	1
83	Aditya Waghmode	39	37	1108	861	101	34.62	128.68	5	118	30	8	1
84	Reeza Hendricks SA	302	283	8584	6708	117	34.61	127.96	35	805	254	66	5
85	Upendra Yadav	47	46	1211	892	103	34.6	135.76	11	96	55	7	1
86	James Taylor	91	82	1972	1685	62	34.59	117.03	25	149	42	8	0
87	Bhanu Pania	45	35	726	468	134	34.57	155.12	14	46	47	2	1
88	Rajat Patidar	107	100	3145	1985	112	34.56	158.43	9	230	185	28	1
89	Imam ul Haq PAK	93	88	2690	2108	94	34.48	127.6	10	268	49	25	0
90	Pavan Deshpande	26	21	517	372	63	34.46	138.97	6	39	19	3	0