Most Centuries in T20 Cricket
| Player | Matches | Strike Rate | Hundreds |
| Chris Gayle | 448 | 145.71 | 22 |
| Michael Klinger | 206 | 123.08 | 8 |
| David Warner | 306 | 140.71 | 8 |
| Aaron Finch | 324 | 141.24 | 8 |
| Luke Wright | 336 | 143.09 | 7 |
| Brendon McCullum | 370 | 136.49 | 7 |
| Babar Azam | 196 | 128.25 | 6 |
| Shane Watson | 343 | 138.3 | 6 |
| Rohit Sharma | 356 | 133.32 | 6 |
| Evin Lewis | 187 | 145.66 | 5 |
Given the truncated version of the sport that T20 is, it needs a lot of effort to drive a century in an innings. Scoring a century in the shortest version of the game needs aggression from the first ball you face and most importantly, a mindset made of steel. The batsmen with the most number of runs in T20 cricket are mainly based on explosive knocks of 70’s and 80’s to drive a big score for their team. In this story, we will be taking a look at the list of players with the most centuries in T20 cricket.
Chris Gayle – 22 centuries
Chris Gayle leads the chart in almost every batting record that the shortest format of the game is to offer. He is the man with the highest runs scored in T20 cricket. He also smashed an incredible highest score of 175 playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Spanning from international cricket for West Indies to franchise cricket, Chris Gayle has racked up every possible batting record in the world.
He leads the list of most centuries in T20 cricket by a proverbial mile as he has managed to rack up 22 centuries in T20. He has also scored the most runs in T20 cricket with 14276 runs. Chris Gayle will be a part of the upcoming T20 World Cup for the West Indies.
Michael Klinger – 8 centuries
Though Michael Klinger didn’t really succeed in international cricket he is one of the finest T20 players in domestic cricket. He has managed to rack up 8 centuries and a decent strike rate of 123.08.
In the shortest format of the game, he has also amassed 5960 runs with the second most hundreds in the history of T20 cricket and the first player from Australia to be in the list.
He has played 198 innings and also racked up an average of 25 plus and a decent strike rate of 127.67 in the handful of international affairs that he played for Australia. He scored 126 that came prized as his highest score in international cricket.
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David Warner – 8 centuries
David Warner is one of the most adept batsmen to have been a part of the sport. He tormented India the most with a few blistering knocks in every single format of the game.
Once he started scoring, David Warner was simply unstoppable. To date, he has managed to score 10019 runs at a brilliant average of 37.52.
The various teams for which he has played have seen him blast eight centuries in the shortest format of the game. He has faced 7120 balls for all the records that he has achieved. He has been a part of 306 matches.
The hard-hitting Australian opener has bagged eight centuries from the 306 matches. He has also been one of the most successful batsmen in T20 internationals and the only batter to rack up three purple caps in IPL.
Aaron Finch – 8 centuries
In the shortest format of the sport, Aaron Finch is a leading Australian captain and has been a successful member of various top-scoring charts as that has also seen him play 324 matches.
An opener of the finest order, Finch has managed to rack up 8 centuries and he continues to thrive in fashion.
India hasn’t really seen the best of this Australian opener as he has blown hot and cold in the IPL. He has managed to garner 9845 runs so far at a staggering strike rate of 141.24.
The number of boundaries that Aaron Finch has managed to hit in T20 internationals for Australia is also one of the highest in international cricket.
Luke Wright – 7 centuries
The hard-hitting English batsman has so far been a part of 336 T20 matches and the all-rounder has left a trail of carnage everywhere he has been to.
From the 336 matches, he has batted in 312 innings, from which he has scored 8368 runs. For the aforementioned runs, he has played 5848 balls.
The IPL failed to reap the best of him as he couldn’t really find a playing place in the Pune Warriors team. To date, this will most likely be the biggest mistake made by the franchise.
In the shortest format of the game, he is absolutely unstoppable as he racked up 8 centuries at a mind-blowing strike rate of 143.09.
Brendon McCullum – 7 centuries
The man who gave life to IPL smacking a blistering 158 from 73 balls will forever remain etched onto the memories of the Indian crowd.
The former New Zealand captain was relentless in his pursuits as he smashed 9922 runs at an average of 29.97. Brendon McCullum managed to conjure 7 centuries at a fiery strike rate of 136.49.
Brendon McCullum was the deadliest for New Zealand as he simply didn’t know how to stop. His record of 158 stood the test of time in the Indian Premier League only to be broken by Chris Gayle.
He was also the batsman to score the first century of the Indian Premier League. New Zealand banked heavily upon his shoulders to deliver them out of any trouble.
Babar Azam – 6 centuries
From 5475 balls, Babar Azam has managed to smack 7055 runs. He has also scored 6 centuries from 364 innings. He is one of the most talented batsmen to be a part of T20 cricket.
Azam will be coming to the World Cup as a highly talented player in the midst of significant batting form and the tournament that he will be a part of can pave the way for his transcendence to the very top.
He has managed to smash 785 fours and 467 sixes which is a symbol of a rising career. When he arrives in UAE, he will be the big man for Pakistan loading for the upcoming games.
Shane Watson – 6 centuries
Shane Watson is probably one of the most versatile players to have played the sport where he has scored in equal measures and picked wickets too.
From 335 innings, he scored 8821 runs at a decent average of 29.30. He has also scored 6 centuries which is another impressive record that the Australian holds in his repertoire.
By the time he left the game, there were no remains of regret from the big Australian as he had managed to achieve all possible glory for his country and franchises.
Rohit Sharma – 6 centuries
Rohit Sharma is the only Indian cricketer to feature in this prestigious list with 6 centuries in his kitty. He has scored at will and out of the 343 innings that he has played, he has scored 9446 runs.
Currently, the opening partner of KL Rahul in all formats of the game, Rohit Sharma is a relentless striker of the ball and can smoke any short delivery to the stands.
Rohit Sharma is also the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team in the shorter versions of the sport and is one of the most successful players to have played it.
Rohit Sharma has so far been the most successful captain in the history of IPL, with five trophies in his career in the domestic extravaganza.
Both Rohit Sharma and Rahul will be big names in the Indian aspirations if they are to challenge for the title.
Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians to a valiant fightback recently as the team was on the brink of elimination but fell short by whiskers.
Rohit Sharma is the likeliest contender for captaincy as Virat has stepped down and the kind of player that he has been in recent times; it won’t be a miss.
Evin Lewis – 5 centuries
The WI opener is one of the rare players to feature in this list. Evin Lewis can bat deep and gather a few useful runs through boundaries and sixes.
Lewis has managed to garner 5 centuries from 183 innings and he did it with an astonishing average of 31.65 in a glittering career.
The most striking factor about his T20 career is his strike rate which reads a whopping 145 plus. An unbeaten 125 is his career-best in T20 cricket.
Most Centuries in T20 International Cricket
If we talk about most centuries in T20 international cricket, Rohit Sharma leads the pack with four centuries in 111 T20I matches. He is followed by Glenn Maxwell and Colin Munro, who have scored three centuries each. There are six batsmen who have scored two centuries in T20 International Cricket. Martin Guptill, Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, KL Rahul and Evin Lewis all have two centuries in T20 International cricket. Virat Kohli does not have a T20I century yet and he will want to change that record at the upcoming T20 World Cup.
