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Most Runs in PSL History: Top Run-Scorers, Season-wise Stats & Records

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Looking for the most runs in PSL, the psl top scorer, or the top scorer in PSL history? This hub is powered by live Pakistan Super League batting data from our database — not a static article — with psl all-time top scorers, season-by-season psl leaders, and top scores by match (best innings). Updated automatically as new matches sync into the site (refreshed about every hour).

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Why this most-runs page is different

Many pages discussing the most runs in PSL history become outdated quickly. This page is connected to our stats tables so numbers stay current with each synced match. That makes it useful for fans searching psl all time top scorers, journalists verifying records, and fantasy users checking consistent run-makers before game day.

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PSL all-time top run-scorers (top 5)

These are the batsmen with the most runs in PSL history — the definitive psl top scorer all time list from aggregated PSL player season records.

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg SR
1 Babar Azam 4,380 109 109 47.1 129.7
2 Fakhar Zaman 3,365 105 105 32.67 143.13
3 Mohammad Rizwan 3,160 102 102 38.54 127.78
4 Rilee Rossouw 2,604 98 98 32.96 145.8
5 Shoaib Malik 2,350 88 88 33.57 127.79

Showing the top 5 above; extended leaderboard uses the same live totals.

Top 5 run-scorers by every PSL season

Season-wise top scorer in PSL tables — ideal for comparing how dominance shifts each year. Click a season to open its hub, or jump to Pakistan Super League 2026, PSL fixtures, and PSL results.

PSL 2026 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Babar Azam 588 11 11 53.45 103
2 Kusal Mendis 550 11 11 50 109
3 Fakhar Zaman 401 8 8 50.13 103
4 Usman Khan 389 13 13 29.92 101
5 Steven Smith 380 11 11 34.55 106

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PSL 2025 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Sahibzada Farhan 449 12 12 37.42 106
2 Fakhar Zaman 439 13 13 33.77 76
3 Hasan Nawaz 399 10 10 39.9 100
4 Abdullah Shafique 390 13 13 30 66
5 James Vince 378 11 11 34.36 101

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PSL 2024 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Babar Azam 569 11 11 51.73 111
2 Usman Khan 430 7 7 61.43 106
3 Mohammad Rizwan 407 12 12 33.92 82
4 Rassie van der Dussen 364 7 7 52 104
5 Saim Ayub 345 11 11 31.36 88

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PSL 2023 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Mohammad Rizwan 550 12 12 45.83 110
2 Babar Azam 522 11 11 47.45 115
3 Rilee Rossouw 453 11 11 41.18 121
4 Fakhar Zaman 429 13 13 33 115
5 Imad Wasim 404 10 10 40.4 92

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PSL 2022 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Fakhar Zaman 588 13 13 45.23 106
2 Mohammad Rizwan 546 12 12 45.5 83
3 Shan Masood 478 12 12 39.83 88
4 Shoaib Malik 401 11 11 36.45 58
5 Alex Hales 355 9 9 39.44 82

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PSL 2021 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Babar Azam 554 11 11 50.36 90
2 Mohammad Rizwan 500 12 12 41.67 82
3 Sohaib Maqsood 428 12 12 35.67 65
4 Shoaib Malik 354 13 13 27.23 73
5 Sharjeel Khan 338 11 11 30.73 105

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PSL 2020 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Babar Azam 473 11 11 43 78
2 Fakhar Zaman 325 12 12 27.08 63
3 Mohammad Hafeez 312 12 12 26 98
4 Ben Dunk 300 10 10 30 99
5 Chris Lynn 284 8 8 35.5 113

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PSL 2018 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Shane Watson 430 12 12 35.83 91
2 Kamran Akmal 357 13 13 27.46 86
3 Cameron Delport 355 12 12 29.58 117
4 Colin Ingram 344 11 11 31.27 127
5 Imam ul Haq 341 12 12 28.42 59

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PSL 2017 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Luke Ronchi 364 10 10 36.4 94
2 Shane Watson 319 10 10 31.9 90
3 Mohammad Hafeez 278 9 9 30.89 59
4 Fakhar Zaman 277 10 10 27.7 94
5 Kumar Sangakkara 269 9 9 29.89 63

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PSL 2017 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Kamran Akmal 519 14 14 37.07 104
2 Babar Azam 503 14 14 35.93 66
3 Dwayne Smith 360 11 11 32.73 72
4 Dwayne Smith 360 11 11 32.73 72
5 Rilee Rossouw 255 8 8 31.88 76

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PSL 2016 — top 5 runs

# Player Runs Mat Inns Avg HS
1 Umar Akmal 335 7 7 47.86 93
2 Ravi Bopara 329 8 8 41.13 71
3 Sharjeel Khan 299 11 11 27.18 117
4 Ahmed Shehzad 290 10 10 29 71
5 Tamim Iqbal 267 6 6 44.5 80

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Top 5 by PSL matches played (with career runs)

Who are the psl top scorers by volume? These players have played the most league games — still ranked by attendance, with total runs alongside for context.

# Player Matches Career runs
1 Babar Azam 109 4,380
2 Fakhar Zaman 105 3,365
3 Mohammad Rizwan 102 3,160
4 Rilee Rossouw 98 2,604
5 Shoaib Malik 88 2,350

Top 5 highest individual scores (by match / innings)

The biggest single-innings explosions — perfect for fans searching top scorer in psl in a single game. Click through to the match page for full psl live score style scorecards.

# Player Runs Balls SR Match
1 Jason Roy 145 63 230 Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators
PSL 2023
2 Colin Ingram 127 59 215 Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators
PSL 2018
3 Rilee Rossouw 121 51 237 Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans
PSL 2023
4 Usman Khan 120 43 279 Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans
PSL 2023
5 Martin Guptill 117 67 175 Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators
PSL 2023

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