In today’s fast-paced cricket with T20 format gaining popularity, achieving a century is a rare feat. With only 20 overs allotted to a team in an inning, reaching the three-figure mark in itself is a remarkable feat, but achieving at the highest podium in the T20 World Cup simply elevates it to a different level altogether. Although bowlers operate in full intensity, the batters too bring in their best game, combining skill, timing and temperament.
Over the past nine editions, only a handful of batters have been able to breach the three-figure mark, carving their names in the elite record books. Among these, former West Indies power-hitter, Chris Gayle, remains the only one to score a century twice, rest have all done it only on one occasion. This article explores the batters with the most hundreds in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history, celebrating the extraordinary performances that redefined batting excellence in the shortest format.
India have a sole batter on the list of centuries in T20 World Cup. Suresh Raina. The left-hander scored the only century for India in a T20 World Cup edition in 2010, against South Africa.
Most hundreds in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history
| Player | Country | Span | Mat | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 2007-2021 | 33 | 31 | 965 | 117 | 34.46 | 2 |
| Rilee Rossouw | South Africa | 2016-2022 | 6 | 5 | 141 | 109 | 28.20 | 1 |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 2009-2016 | 9 | 9 | 250 | 111* | 31.25 | 1 |
| Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | 2021-2024 | 16 | 12 | 364 | 104 | 33.09 | 1 |
| Alex Hales | England | 2012-2022 | 20 | 20 | 568 | 116* | 31.55 | 1 |
| Suresh Raina | India | 2009-2016 | 26 | 21 | 453 | 101 | 25.16 | 1 |
| Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 2007-2016 | 23 | 23 | 514 | 103* | 24.47 | 1 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 2007-2014 | 25 | 25 | 637 | 123 | 28.95 | 1 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 2007-2014 | 31 | 31 | 1016 | 100 | 39.07 | 1 |
| Jos Buttler | England | 2012-2024 | 35 | 34 | 1013 | 101* | 42.20 | 1 |
T20 World Cup FAQs
Chris Gayle has scored two centuries in T20 World Cup history, which is most for any player so far in the tournament.
Suresh Raina is the only Indian who features in the list of most hundreds in T20 World Cup history. Raina, who played T20 World Cups from 2009 to 2016, has registered one century.
