Team India star batter Virat Kohli holds the record of having most runs in a single T20 World Cup edition as he smashed 319 runs during the 2014 T20 World Cup. On that note, let us check out batters with most runs in each edition of the T20 World Cup so far.
Most runs in single T20 World Cup edition
| Pos | Player | Team | Series | Matches | Runs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | HS |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | India | 2013/14 | 6 | 319 | 106.33 | 129.14 | 0 | 4 | 77 |
| 2 | T. Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 2009 | 7 | 317 | 52.83 | 144.74 | 0 | 3 | 96* |
| 3 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | 2021/22 | 6 | 303 | 60.6 | 126.25 | 0 | 4 | 70 |
| 4 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 2010 | 6 | 302 | 60.4 | 159.78 | 1 | 2 | 100 |
| 5 | Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 2015/16 | 6 | 295 | 73.75 | 142.51 | 1 | 1 | 103* |
| 6 | David Warner | Australia | 2021/22 | 7 | 289 | 48.16 | 146.7 | 0 | 3 | 89* |
| 7 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 2021/22 | 6 | 281 | 70.25 | 127.72 | 0 | 3 | 79* |
| 8 | Virat Kohli | India | 2015/16 | 5 | 273 | 136.5 | 146.77 | 0 | 3 | 89* |
| 9 | Jos Buttler | England | 2021/22 | 6 | 269 | 89.66 | 151.12 | 1 | 1 | 101* |
| 10 | Mathew Hayden | Australia | 2007/08 | 6 | 265 | 88.33 | 144.8 | 0 | 4 | 73* |
