In the T20I format, scoring runs at a faster pace is quite crucial, given the limited resources available at hand. So, even quick 30-40 runs at a higher strike rate play a pivotal role.
However, a few batters continue their momentum and convert their starts into brilliant centuries. Many notable batters have scored hundreds while dominating in a particular batting position.
In this article, we’ll look at the batters with the most centuries at each batting position in T20Is.
Most Centuries at Each Batting Position in T20Is
| Position/No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opener | Rohit Sharma – 5 | Phil Salt – 4 | Babar Azam – 3 | Sabawoon Davizi – 3 | Muhammad Waseem – 3 |
| No. 3 | Leslie Dunbar – 2 | Rilee Rossouw – 2 | Josh Inglis – 2 | Tilak Varma – 2 | Ahmed Faiz – 1 |
| No. 4 | Glenn Maxwell – 4 | Suryakumar Yadav – 3 | Glenn Phillips – 2 | Dipendra Airee – 1 | Babar Hayat – 1 |
| No. 5 | David Miller – 2 | Mark Chapman – 1 | Liam Livingstone – 1 | Sivakumar Periyalwar – 1 | Varun Thamotharam – 1 |
| No. 6 | Shaheryar Butt – 1 | Izaz Ali – 1 | JJ Smit – 1 | – | – |
| No. 8 | Saber Zakhil – 1 | – | – | – | – |
Key Insights on T20I Century Records Across All Batting Positions
Leading T20I Centurions and Top-Order Dominance
India’s batter Rohit Sharma and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell are the leading centurions in the shortest format.
Sharma’s all hundreds have come as an opener, the most in the position in T20Is.
Rohit and Babar Azam (Pakistan) have each notched up three or more T20I hundreds as captains of their teams. Interestingly, both of the players have achieved this feat while opening the batting.
Sanju Samson has scored the most hundreds as a wicketkeeper while opening for India in T20Is. The keeper-batter has scored three centuries, two of them in consecutive innings.
Gustav Mckeon (France), Phil Salt (England), and Darius Visser (Samoa) are the other openers with consecutive T20I centuries.
South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw and India’s Tilak Varma scored their both hundreds in consecutive T20I innings while batting at No. 3.
Australia’s former captain, Aaron Finch, scored the highest score as an opener in the 20-over format. He accumulated 172 runs in 76 balls against Zimbabwe in 2018.
Turkey’s Muhammad Fahad has smashed the fastest T20I century as an opener, reaching the 100-run mark off 29 balls against Bulgaria in 2025. This is also the fastest hundred by a wicketkeeper in T20Is.
Middle-Order T20I Centurions
The overall quickest hundred belongs to Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan, who brought up his hundred in 27 balls while batting at No. 4 against Cyprus in a 2024 T20I match. Eventually, Chauhan remained unbeaten on 144, the highest score by a No. 4 batter in T20Is.
Four of Maxwell’s tons have come while batting at No. 4, the most in that position in T20Is.
David Miller, who has two centuries at No. 5, has also struck the highest score in that position. He smashed an unbeaten 106 against India in the 2022 Guwahati T20I.
Only four batters have scored T20I centuries while coming to bat at the No. 6 or lower position in T20Is.
Belgium’s Shaheryar Butt, who was the first No. 6 batter to score a T20I century, holds the highest score in that position. He scored an unbeaten 125 against the Czech Republic in 2020.
Namibia’s JJ Smith (111*) is the fastest centurion at No. 6 in T20Is, reaching the 100-run mark in 37 deliveries against Kenya in 2025.
Lone Tail-ender with T20I Hundred
Saber Zakhil is the sole tailender – No. 8 to No. 11 – to bring up the three-digit figures in T20Is.
Zakhil came to bat on the last ball of the fifth over when Belgium were six down on 14 runs. Then he played an impressive knock of an unbeaten 100 to lift his team’s total to 146 for 8.
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