Most Runs In International Cricket Since Champions Trophy 2017

Most international runs from 2017 Champions Trophy to 2025 [Source: @BCCI, @ICC/x]

The period between the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and its 2025 edition witnessed a fascinating evolution in international cricket, marked by rising individual batting brilliance across the globe. From the ever-expanding belligerence in T20Is and ODIs to the adoption of aggressive batting approaches in Test cricket, players have continually redefined the art of run-scoring with remarkable consistency and adaptability.

Here, we take a look at five certain players who have accumulated the highest number of runs across all international formats between the 2017 and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy events, i.e., from June 19, 2017 until February 18, 2025 to be precise.

5. Kusal Mendis – 8,865 runs

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis racked up 8,865 runs across all international formats of the game since the conclusion of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in England. The elegant right-handed batter recorded 3,562 of those runs in 101 innings spanning 55 Tests for Sri Lanka at an average of 37.10, plundering 18 half-centuries and eight tons in the process. Mendis also scored 3,457 runs in 115 ODI matches for Sri Lanka to emerge as the fifth highest run-accumulator and the highest from his country in the format during the same period.

The cricketer also chipped in with valiant contributions for Sri Lanka in T20Is, racking up 1,846 runs in 70 innings at an average of 27.55.

4. Joe Root – 11,377 runs

England’s all-time batting great Joe Root minted 11,377 international runs in 264 innings at a prolific average of 47.80 between the two ICC Champions Trophies of 2017 and 2025. In Test cricket alone, Root tops the leaderboard by a landslide, finding himself more than 3,000 runs ahead of second-placed Steve Smith by stockpiling 8,378 runs in the game’s most prestigious format. The cricketer also notched up the highest Test centuries in the same period with 25 tons, and is the only batsman in the world to record over 50 scores of fifty or more, doing so 63 times.

In ODIs, Joe Root charted 2,832 runs in 76 innings with six hundreds and 18 half-centuries. The legendary Englishman failed to replicate the same success in T20Is, as he made just 167 runs before making his de facto retirement from the format.

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3. Rohit Sharma – 11,537 runs

Among all batters to have tallied over 8,000 international runs between the 2017 and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy events, no cricketer has maintained a strike rate more than that of Rohit Sharma’s 90.60. The legendary Indian opener recorded 11,537 runs across all formats during the 92-month period, listing 35 centuries and 58 fifties in the process. In ODIs, Sharma aggregated the second highest number of runs with 5,553 at a prolific average of 57.84 in 108 innings. In T20Is, the Indian cricketer pulled 2,867 runs in 96 innings to find himself as the format’s third highest run-maker.

While Sharma reaped significant Test success during the initial phase of this near eight-year period, a form decline limited his aggregate to just 3,117 runs from 80 innings at 42.12.

2. Babar Azam – 12,333 runs

Pakistan batting great Babar Azam fetched 12,333 runs with his elegance for his country across all formats from the conclusion of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy up until the launch of the 2025 event. Maintaining nearly equal proficiency in each format, Babar made 3,799 runs in 50 Tests for Pakistan, and another 4,564 runs in 92 ODI innings, both at averages of 45.77 and 56.34 respectively.

In T20Is, the cricketer mounted 3,970 runs in 113 innings to amass more runs than anyone else in the format during the same period. Maintaining an average of 39.30, Babar Azam listed 38 fifty-plus scores, and converted three of them into centuries.

1. Virat Kohli – 13,162 runs

India’s batting behemoth Virat Kohli documented the highest number of runs across all forms of the game from June 18, 2017 until February 19, 2025. Steamrolling all his opponents to record 13,162 runs along the way, the cricketer made 4,733 of those runs in 66 Tests for India at an average of 44.65 with 14 centuries and another 17 half-centuries.

In ODIs, Kohli finds himself leagues above the rest with an aggregate of 5,950 runs in just 109 innings at a prolific average of 63.57. The legendary Indian batter minted his remaining 2,479 runs in 77 T20I matches, which included a T20 World Cup-winning 76 in the 2024 final before announcing his retirement from the format.

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