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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Haider Ali

Maidens

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Yasin Patel

KUW

Maidens

Rank	Player	Matches	Inns	Overs	Balls	Wkts	Maidens
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	100	101	356	2140	127	11
2	Haider Ali	63	63	245.4	1478	103	10
3	Yasin Patel KUW	62	60	227.9	1371	81	9
4	Zeeshan Naseer	57	53	190.4	1148	78	9
5	Ridmika Nimesh	55	53	175.7	1057	70	9
6	Kabita Kunwar	10	10	34.5	209	15	9
7	Mohammad Amir	107	106	380.2	2286	132	8
8	Waqas Ali Hussain	51	50	190.5	1145	90	8
9	Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar AFG	67	66	243	1462	85	8
10	Abdul Nabeel Ghafoor	58	59	211.1	1267	70	8
11	Siddharth Sharma	32	32	116	696	57	8
12	Rohan Wijewardana	40	40	145	870	55	8
13	Rahim Khan Malik	37	36	119.8	722	54	8
14	Muhammad Nadir	25	23	79.5	479	29	8
15	Sunil Narine WI	151	147	569.6	3420	148	7
16	David Willey	103	103	362	2172	107	7
17	Pushparaj Sharma	69	67	232.5	1397	94	7
18	Bijo Philip	58	57	187.3	1125	80	7
19	Rizwan Haider	49	49	162.3	979	69	7
20	Craig Overton	53	53	187.1	1123	52	7
21	Rijil Venugopal	34	33	114.5	689	50	7
22	Raj Nannan	33	33	122	732	46	7
23	Moeen Ali	120	106	286.6	1722	95	6
24	David Wiese	80	72	230.2	1386	83	6
25	Adnan Idrees KUW	58	54	195.4	1174	76	6
26	Muhammad Rohid-Khan	58	57	183	1098	69	6
27	Rohit Singh	57	53	165.9	999	68	6
28	Naveenraj Rajendran KUW	56	55	206.5	1241	67	6
29	Arslan Shabir Sandhu	54	48	144.3	871	66	6
30	Faridoon Dawoodzai	43	44	156.3	943	54	6
31	Binura Fernando	40	41	146.8	884	53	6
32	Adnan Makrani	37	35	123.3	741	50	6
33	Nilansh Keswani	44	44	160.1	961	49	6
34	Shahbaz Ali	37	31	107	646	43	6
35	Nawaf Ahmed	36	35	109.1	659	35	6
36	Kushal Malla NEP	21	19	64.9	393	30	6
37	Kaleem Sana CAN	29	26	81.4	490	29	6
38	Bishworjit Konthoujam	19	20	64.1	389	24	6
39	Derone Davis	26	19	60.9	369	24	6
40	Sahab Alam	7	7	26	156	19	6
41	David Payne	80	80	301	1810	117	5
42	Saurabh Netravalkar USA	61	60	223.6	1348	82	5
43	Kagiso Rabada SA	64	63	228.5	1373	79	5
44	Khuzaima Bin Tanvir	51	50	172	1036	76	5
45	Vijay Unni	56	55	201.5	1211	71	5
46	Sandeep Sharma	59	58	213.6	1288	68	5
47	Spencer Johnson AUS	53	53	190.2	1142	66	5
48	Ben Sanderson	43	43	153.5	923	62	5
49	Simon Harmer SA	76	74	227	1362	62	5
50	Mohsin Khan	40	40	143.6	864	56	5
51	Hayden Walsh WI	39	39	132.3	795	51	5
52	Ankit Rajpoot	37	37	129.5	779	49	5
53	Vedant Pandey	58	44	137.2	832	48	5
54	Stephen Wiig	37	36	116.3	699	45	5
55	Ehsan Adil	48	46	146.9	885	44	5
56	Micah Mckenzie	27	25	88.3	531	42	5
57	Adil Bhatti	35	31	79.8	482	29	5
58	Sanjib Basfore	22	21	71.5	431	22	5
59	Himanshu Bisht	25	23	79.1	475	22	5
60	Abdur Razzak	13	13	50	300	20	5
61	Mousumi Narah	8	8	29	174	14	5
62	Shem Ngoche KEN	11	10	37	222	12	5
63	Rex Rajkumar Singh	14	15	43.4	262	9	5
64	Onnicha Kamchomphu	7	5	17	102	8	5
65	Mahirah Ismail	9	7	22.5	137	3	5
66	Noor Ahmad AFG	116	112	421.7	2533	160	4
67	Daniel Sams	101	98	343	2062	121	4
68	Imran Tahir	85	83	307.1	1847	121	4
69	Imad Wasim	121	119	418.1	2513	117	4
70	Marco Jansen SA	88	86	313.4	1886	110	4
71	Mustafizur Rahman BAN	64	65	228.9	1381	91	4
72	Hamoud Jandu	63	61	214.5	1289	87	4
73	Harpreet Brar	67	68	230.4	1384	77	4
74	Virandeep Singh MAL	46	46	160.8	968	72	4
75	Alzarri Joseph WI	60	59	210.5	1269	71	4
76	Gudakesh Motie WI	54	53	181.7	1093	71	4
77	Wayne Parnell SA	55	49	157	942	70	4
78	Khaliq Ansari Anwar	46	46	155.4	938	68	4
79	Naseem Shah PAK	57	57	207.1	1247	65	4
80	Marcus Stoinis AUS	108	79	207.7	1253	64	4
81	Mohammad Nabi AFG	85	76	231.8	1394	64	4
82	Cheepurapalli Stephen	43	42	146.3	879	62	4
83	Mukesh Kumar	52	51	168.8	1016	61	4
84	Shardul Thakur	52	49	160.4	964	60	4
85	Jason Behrendorff	44	43	150.1	901	56	4
86	Mujeeb Ur Rahman AFG	53	53	196.8	1184	55	4
87	Pawan Negi	56	49	141.6	852	49	4
88	Tanvir Islam BAN	49	48	155.4	934	47	4
89	Sumit Kashyap	52	44	129.8	782	47	4
90	Bjorn Fortuin SA	60	60	217	1302	47	4