Most runs in T20 cricket: Complete list of top run-scores in T20 cricket history ft. Jos Buttler

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Jos Buttler overtakes Chris Gayle, closes in on Kieron Pollard’s most T20 runs tally.
• Buttler smashes 224 runs in four Hundred matches this season, with an average of 112.
• Complete top-10 all-time T20 run-scorers list detailed with full career figures.

Jos Buttler edges closer to top spot on T20 cricket’s all-time run charts

England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler keeps moving up the ranks of T20 cricket’s most prolific run-scorers, having recently gone past West Indies great Chris Gayle and now sitting just 24 runs shy of current leader Kieron Pollard.

Buttler’s rise up the charts has coincided with a brilliant run of form in this year’s edition of The Hundred. After starting his campaign for Manchester Super Giants with a modest 16, he has since strung together scores of 90, an unbeaten 63, and an unbeaten 55. Across his four innings this season, he has accumulated 224 runs at a staggering average of 112, striking at a rate of 170.99.

Buttler’s overall tally across T20 cricket now sits at 14,780 runs from 490 matches, spanning 520 innings with 73 not-outs since his career began in 2009. His numbers include a highest score of 131, nine centuries, 105 half-centuries, and an average of 35.44.

That places him second on the all-time list, trailing only Trinidad’s Kieron Pollard, who leads with 14,803 runs from 746 matches across a career stretching back to 2006, built on a modest average of 31.76 but bolstered by sheer volume, including two hundreds and 70 fifties.

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LIST: Top 10 batters with most runs in T20 cricket

RankPlayerMatInnsRunsHSAvg100501Kieron Pollard7466631480310431.762702Jos Buttler5204901478013135.4491053Chris Gayle4634551456217536.2222884Alex Hales5285231444911929.917925David Warner4394381428413537.29101186Virat Kohli4304131421812242.44101107James Vince49044713748129*31.898898Shoaib Malik5575151357195**35.990839Quinton de Kock43843012654140*31.1698410Rohit Sharma47245912531121*30.94884

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Buttler’s consistency deserves more recognition

What stands out most about Buttler’s charge up this list isn’t just the volume of runs but the manner in which he’s compiled them.

Unlike some names on this chart who built their tallies largely through sheer longevity, Buttler has managed to combine a high strike rate with real substance.

Nine centuries and 105 fifties reflect a batter who converts starts into something bigger far more often than most of his peers on this list.

His current strike rate of over 170 in The Hundred this season is a reminder that even as he approaches the top of the all-time run charts, he hasn’t slowed down or shifted into a purely accumulative role. Compare that to Pollard, whose numbers, while extraordinary in volume, come with a considerably lower average and strike rate over a much longer career spanning two decades.

Few modern batters combine his blend of power-hitting instinct with technical soundness against both pace and spin. If he maintains anything close to his current form, this record chase could turn into one of the more comfortably settled debates in franchise cricket within the next year or two.

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