T20 cricket is often about the changing vagaries of life. We realise being cricket fans that these changes are often rapid in nature. So sudden. Unpredictable. One runs out of adjectives. But isn't that what
one needs in terms of experiencing the best that Cricket can offer, especially with reference to the sport's most thrilling format, T20? And if that is indeed true, then which astounding talents in the game's shorter format are batters having the highest T20I rating points next to their name? SportsTiger presents you a dynamic and exciting list of batters whose game exceeds more than just thrashing bowlers, but making an impact with the bat like few others can. Let's delve into the list of batters with the highest T20I rating points:
Let's take a look at list of batters with highest T20 International (T20I) rating points as of 2025:
1. Abhishek Sharma (IND) - 907 rating points
Let alone the word 'stop', it seems the word 'pause' doesn't exist in the life of this arresting talent. Someone who operates on the John Wick mode with the bat being his weapon. A boy wonder, who, naturally attracts attention for being left handed, Abhishek Sharma is one of the best things to have happened to Indian cricket. Not only is this Yuvraj Singh fan the most dashing batter on current form, he's also leading India's assault in the ongoing Asia Cup. Fresh from a 75 that helped his team win the game against Bangladesh, Abhishek is also, by the way, the topmost ranked T20I player in men's cricket and in so doing, a roaring success story. The Punjab-born's punishing blade doesn't succumb to pressure and speaks in a language where the bat doesn't hold itself back. Sharma usually hits the very first ball of his innings for a six or a four and thus, hardly ever curtails his intent with the willow. What a player!
2. Phil Salt (England) - 844 rating points
The most devastating of all current English players, Salt is a one of a kind talent. The no nonsense batter can certainly put salt on the wounds of England's opponents by not only smashing his way to runs, but scoring lots of them at brisk pace. He most recently scored a daunting 141 against the Proteas and it took him 60 odd deliveries in doing so. This was at the back of a first-ball-duck against the very same opponent in the T20 series-opener. Salt's highest rating points, ever, were 881 that he scored versus the West Indies a few months ago. Soaring economy rates should look away from him and there's hardly a doubt why they ought to.
3. Tilak Varma (India) - 791 rating points
Varma is easily among the most talented batters in the present brigade of young Indians and his ability to make lightwork of attacks is second to none. Often times, sent down the order and on other occasions, installed down the order as a reviver of a sluggish looking inning, Tilak Varma is the vermillion of confidence on the forehead of India's batting. He has accmulated 845 points, which happens to his highest-ever career rating points tally.
The left-hander, a fearless strokemaker, must find a way to forge not just a bright future career for India, but stay on at the wicket, ireespective of pitches or conditions. He has already struck 2 centuries in the T20I format and has a strike rate of over 150 after 30 innings for India.
4. Jos Buttler (England) - 785 rating points
There's a legend called Joe Root from England who needs little introduction, and then there's one who actually debuted a year before Root arrived in English national colours. Jos, the boss, a slightly over-the-top-meets- borderline cringe name anointed to celebrate Jos Buttler may seem loud but then so too is the sound of the bat when it hits the middle of his bat. Isn't it?
The ODI world cup-winner, circa 2019, has been a famous part of a team that has giants around him in the form of Joe Root and Ben Stokes and Buttler's presence lends a touch of calmness to this punishing trident of English cricket.
In an important and unmissible white-ball series held just weeks ago, the Taunton-born Jos Buttler was at an all-time peak of ICC rating points when he humbled the pace and spin attack of the Proteas on his way to a fine knock. His 83 at Manchester was a great exhibition of phenomenal hitting. A few days ago, he had hit an unbeaten 62 at Southampton.
Moreover, with 794 points, Jos bossed the Proteas bowling, cliches be damned!
5. Travis Head (Australia) - 771 rating points
The most audacious, vivid and mostly misunderstood of all Aussie cricketers, Head can led to headaches for any of Aussies' oppnents. Misunderstood perhaps because most of us fans feel that he only hits big when truth also is that Head's cuts and drives are about as good as his running between the wicket or his stepping out of the wicket to whether a Jadeja, Rashid and the likes.
In 2024, he achieved a career-best rating of 885 points against Scotland at Edinburgh. In the first T20I of that particular series, this uncomplicated annihilator of the cricket ball took just 25 balls to score 80 runs. That's needing 4.1 overs out in the middle to score those big runs. Well, the lesser said, the better. Right?
Frequently Asked Question
Q1. Which Indian batter sits atop the list of the top rating points scorer in T20Is
It is none other than Abhishek Sharma, the left hander who attacks and destructs with rich aplomb. The in-form batter has been in rampant and blasting form in the Asia Cup 2025 series.
Q2. Which Australian batter has amassed highest T20I rating points in the format?
It's the dangerous and free-hitting Travis Head. He's accumulated 771 points, but his best-ever rating is 885 that came vs Scotland.
