Most Maiden Overs in T20

Most Maiden Overs in T20 is the "holy grail" of bowling statistics, representing a bowler's absolute precision and tactical dominance. In a format where batters are programmed to hit every ball for runs, delivering a "Maiden Over" (6 consecutive legal deliveries with zero runs conceded) is the ultimate display of skill, signifying that the bowler has completely neutralized the opposition for an entire over.
In T20 Internationals (T20I), as of 2026, the record is spearheaded by masters of control like Uganda’s Henry Ssenyondo and India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar, both of whom have recorded over 10 maidens at the highest level. Across all T20 cricket, the legendary Sunil Narine leads the charts with over 30 maiden overs in his storied career. In the modern era, a maiden over is more than just a statistical rarity; it is a powerful tactical tool that builds immense psychological pressure, often forcing the batter into a reckless error in the subsequent overs. It remains the most definitive indicator of a "world-class defensive bowler."

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Maidens

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Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

AFG

Maidens

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Siddharth Sharma

Maidens

Rank	Player	Matches	Inns	Overs	Balls	Wkts	Maidens
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	84	84	293.7	1765	97	8
2	Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar AFG	67	66	243	1462	85	8
3	Siddharth Sharma	32	32	116	696	57	8
4	Muhammad Nadir	20	18	62.5	377	25	8
5	Waqas Ali Hussain	39	38	146.5	881	77	7
6	Abdul Nabeel Ghafoor	44	45	158.1	949	53	7
7	Ridmika Nimesh	43	42	137.5	827	48	7
8	Mohammad Amir	97	96	348.2	2094	116	6
9	Yasin Patel KUW	43	42	159.6	960	56	6
10	Faridoon Dawoodzai	43	44	156.3	943	54	6
11	Craig Overton	39	39	136.1	817	34	6
12	Rohit Singh	33	30	86.9	525	30	6
13	Sunil Narine WI	121	118	457.1	2743	114	5
14	Moeen Ali	111	98	261.6	1572	82	5
15	David Wiese	58	52	161.2	972	60	5
16	Mohsin Khan	35	35	124.6	750	45	5
17	Ankit Rajpoot	31	31	105.5	635	43	5
18	Arslan Shabir Sandhu	38	33	95.7	577	43	5
19	Binura Fernando	32	32	115.8	698	43	5
20	Simon Harmer SA	58	56	174	1044	42	5
21	Rahim Khan Malik	23	22	65.8	398	32	5
22	Kaleem Sana CAN	20	17	51.4	310	25	5
23	Sanjib Basfore	22	21	71.5	431	22	5
24	Shem Ngoche KEN	11	10	37	222	12	5
25	Noor Ahmad AFG	108	104	390.7	2347	148	4
26	Marco Jansen SA	82	80	291	1750	103	4
27	Imran Tahir	72	71	262.7	1579	103	4
28	Mustafizur Rahman BAN	64	65	228.9	1381	91	4
29	David Payne	56	56	215.6	1296	90	4
30	David Willey	88	88	310	1860	89	4
31	Kagiso Rabada SA	61	60	217.5	1307	73	4
32	Hamoud Jandu	51	50	179.5	1079	71	4
33	Khuzaima Bin Tanvir	45	45	155	934	69	4
34	Pushparaj Sharma	51	49	166.5	1001	64	4
35	Mohammad Nabi AFG	85	76	231.8	1394	64	4
36	Mukesh Kumar	47	46	151.8	914	59	4
37	Alzarri Joseph WI	50	49	178.3	1075	59	4
38	Shardul Thakur	47	45	152.4	916	58	4
39	Bijo Philip	37	37	127.2	764	55	4
40	Naseem Shah PAK	45	45	165.8	998	51	4
41	Adnan Idrees KUW	41	38	138	828	48	4
42	Bjorn Fortuin SA	60	60	217	1302	47	4
43	Tanvir Islam BAN	49	48	155.4	934	47	4
44	Zeeshan Naseer	38	37	132	796	47	4
45	Muhammad Rohid-Khan	32	32	96	576	45	4
46	Pawan Negi	51	46	136.4	820	45	4
47	Wayne Parnell SA	34	30	96	576	43	4
48	Sumit Kashyap	43	37	108.8	656	42	4
49	Mujeeb Ur Rahman AFG	37	37	137.8	830	40	4
50	Vedant Pandey	44	31	93.7	569	36	4
51	Rohan Wijewardana	25	25	87	522	35	4
52	Nabeel Aziz	26	26	90.1	541	33	4
53	Shahbaz Nadeem	36	36	120	720	29	4
54	Nilansh Keswani	31	31	112.1	673	28	4
55	Player #151640	12	12	47	282	27	4
56	V Koushik	22	22	77	462	24	4
57	Beau Webster AUS	38	33	93.5	563	20	4
58	Chandradeep Das	20	14	43.1	259	19	4
59	Avinov Choudhury	13	13	44	264	19	4
60	Ankur Malik	34	21	62.3	375	18	4
61	Bipin Khatri	13	13	42.5	257	18	4
62	Kedar Bajaj	10	10	31	186	16	4
63	Nasrulla Rana HK	12	12	28	168	15	4
64	Mohammad Akram Malek	17	13	35.4	214	13	4
65	Shubham Sharma	9	9	29.4	178	13	4
66	Kabita Kunwar	6	6	18.5	113	10	4
67	Mousumi Narah	1	2	7	42	6	4
68	Akeal Hosein WI	98	94	330.9	1989	100	3
69	Fazalhaq Farooqi AFG	58	57	209.5	1263	90	3
70	Mohammad Ali	50	50	182.6	1098	88	3
71	Azmatullah Omarzai AFG	80	74	236.3	1419	84	3
72	Tabraiz Shamsi SA	82	79	262.6	1578	83	3
73	Shoriful Islam BAN	57	56	201.2	1212	81	3
74	Akif Javed	49	49	176.3	1059	66	3
75	Marcus Stoinis AUS	93	66	174.7	1055	61	3
76	Maheesh Theekshana SL	59	60	228.1	1373	60	3
77	Hasan Mahmud BAN	48	48	170	1024	59	3
78	Anureet Singh	55	55	185.1	1111	58	3
79	T. Natarajan	47	47	162.2	978	54	3
80	Mahedi Hasan BAN	47	47	155.2	932	54	3
81	Eathan Bosch	59	54	168.8	1016	51	3
82	Sandeep Sharma	45	44	162.1	977	50	3
83	Ben Sanderson	33	33	115.5	695	48	3
84	Rohan Mustafa UAE	66	51	154	924	47	3
85	Shubhang Hegde	36	35	122.4	736	44	3
86	Khalid Butt	21	20	69	414	43	3
87	Khaliq Ansari Anwar	29	29	94	568	42	3
88	Codanda Ajit Karthik	31	28	93.4	562	42	3
89	Jason Behrendorff	34	34	117.1	703	40	3
90	Abdullah Ahmadzai AFG	23	22	67.4	406	40	3