England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler re-entered his name in the record books on Thursday, continued Chris Gayle rise to second place on the all-time T20 scoring charts for The Hundred 2026 match between Manchester Super Giants and London Spirit at Lord’s.The highlight came despite Buttler making just 16 off 11 balls, an innings that included a four and a six. That run was enough to overtake Gayle and underline the economy’s remarkable turnaround after a difficult 18 months. Buttler now has 14,572 runs from 487 T20 innings at a rate of 146.74. Its results include 102 half nine hundred years.Gayle, who held the all-time record for T20 runs for many years before being cut Kieron Pollard earlier this year, he has now dropped another spot to third with 14,562 runs from 455 innings. The former West Indies opener ended his career with a strike rate of 144.75, where he registered 88 and 22 overs. Fastest runs in T20 cricket:
- Kieron Pollard (West Indies) – 14,803
- Jos Buttler (England) – 14,572
- Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 14,562
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Alex Hales (England) – 14,449 - David Warner (Australia) – 14,284
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Virat Kohli (India) – 14,218
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard continues to lead the all-time list with 14,803 runs from 663 innings at a rate of 151.02, having scored 70 fifties and two centuries. Buttler is now just 231 runs short of the top spot. The incident marks another chapter in Buttler’s remarkable comeback after enduring a difficult period in his career. The English all-rounder has struggled in the last year and a half as runs have become increasingly difficult. His limited run came to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, where he endured a forgettable campaign, scoring just 87 runs in eight innings at an average of 10.67. However, Buttler found his touch again in 2026. Representing Gujarat Titans in the IPL, he scored 526 runs at a rate of 152.46, re-establishing himself as one of the most dangerous batsmen in the tournament. He carried that form into the international arena, making an unbeaten 131 off just 64 balls against India in the final T20I of the series. The knock was the highest ever against India in a men’s T20I. Buttler has also produced an excellent T20I career for England. Across 160 matches, he scored 4,212 runs at a rate of 148.93, registering 28 centuries and two centuries. He is currently third in the list of all-time men’s T20I run-scorers, behind Babar Azam (4,596) of Pakistan (4,596) and India. Rohit Sharma (4,231). The 35-year-old is England’s leading run-scorer in the T20 world and remains the only English batsman to cross the 3,000 and 4,000-run marks. Former captain Eoin Morgan is a distant second with 2,458 runs from 115 T20Is.
