Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan became the first T20 batsman to smash 10 fifty-plus scores in a calendar year. He made this record in the year 2021.
The same year, Rizwan also led the run chart for batsmen with the most T20I runs in a calendar year.
Find below a list of batsmen who made the most fifty-plus T20I scores in a calendar year.
| Player | Year | 50+ Scores | Innings | High Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh (AUT) | 2025 | 15 | 32 | 115 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 2021 | 13 | 26 | 104* |
| Suryakumar Yadav (IND) | 2022 | 11 | 31 | 117 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 2022 | 10 | 25 | 88* |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 2021 | 10 | 26 | 122 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 2022 | 9 | 20 | 122* |
| Muhammad Waseem (UAE) | 2024 | 9 | 26 | 100 |
| Bilal Zalmai (AUT) | 2025 | 9 | 35 | 79* |
| Paul Stirling (IRE) | 2019 | 8 | 20 | 91 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 2016 | 7 | 13 | 90* |
Key Insights
Rizwan is the only batter to bring up 10 or more fifty-plus scores in two calendar years. He followed his 2021 brilliance with 10 half-centuries in 2022.
Virat Kohli’s average of 106.83 in 2016 is the highest for any T20 batsman in a calendar year, among the batsmen who batted more than eight innings. Check his insane cricket stats in 2016 in detail here.
Sanju Samson is the first and the only batsman to hit three T20I centuries in the same year (2024).
The year (2022) Suryakumar Yadav smashed 11 fifty-plus scores, he struck at 187.43, the highest for a batter with a minimum of 500 runs in a year.
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