Jos Buttler is now the highest run-scorer in T20 cricket history. The England batter reached the milestone on 5 August 2026, smashing 51 off 20 balls for Manchester Super Giants in the Men's Hundred — the 100-ball-a-side competition that condenses cricket into its fastest, most aggressive form — as his side hammered Welsh Fire by nine wickets BBC Sport.

The numbers behind the record are staggering. Across 487 T20 innings — a format spanning internationals, franchise leagues and domestic cricket worldwide — Buttler has scored 14,572 runs at a strike rate of 146.74 (meaning he scores nearly 1.5 runs per ball faced). That tally includes nine centuries and 102 half-centuries Yahoo Sports.

On the night itself, Buttler barely needed time to settle. His 51 came at better than two-and-a-half runs per ball, a blitz that included his highest score in The Hundred this season being surpassed. He had already passed 1,000 career runs in the competition days earlier, notching a record-equalling ninth fifty in the format ESPN Cricinfo.

The win over Welsh Fire carried real weight in the table. Manchester Super Giants climbed to third in the Men's Hundred standings BBC Sport, putting them firmly in the mix for the knockout stages. Buttler also leads this season's overall run charts in the competition with 226 runs The Hundred.

His highest score for the Super Giants remains an astonishing 83 off 30 balls ESPN Cricinfo — a knock that gives a sense of the ceiling this player hits when everything clicks.

Buttler's career is built on this kind of escalation. He previously broke the record for the fastest One Day International century by an England player, reaching three figures from just 46 balls against Pakistan in Dubai ECB. He has also become England's all-time leading appearance maker in international cricket ECB, a mark of both his longevity and his adaptability across every format the game offers.

What stands out across all of this is the sheer consistency of the aggression. T20 cricket — where each side bats for a maximum of 120 balls — punishes hesitation and rewards calculated risk. Buttler has spent more than a decade turning that risk into routine, whether opening the batting or finishing innings. The record he now holds is not the product of a single purple patch but of sustained, format-defining excellence.

For Manchester Super Giants fans, the immediate concern is simpler: keeping him at the crease for as many balls as possible. With the Super Giants sitting third and their opener in the form of his life, the knockout stages of The Hundred suddenly look a lot more interesting.