ILT20 Stats 2026 Most Runs, Most Wickets Belts and Records
Season 5 stats, the belt race, every past season’s top performers and the league’s biggest records.
Alex Hales holds the record for most runs in ILT20 history with 1,405, and Fazalhaq Farooqi was the first bowler to reach 50 wickets. Season 5 starts on 21 November 2026, and the race for the 2026 belts begins on day one. Last season Sam Curran topped the batting with 397 runs, while Waqar Salamkheil and Ajay Kumar shared the bowling lead with 18 wickets each. This stats page brings together the 2026 belts, the top performers from every season and the biggest records the league has produced.
ILT20 Belts and What Each Colour Means
The ILT20 doesn’t hand out orange and purple caps. Its top performers win coloured belts instead, a little like boxing titles. Four of the five colours, green, white, red and black, are the colours of the UAE flag, and blue is kept apart for the best UAE player.
Best batter
One of the four colours of the UAE flag. Green is the batting belt, worn by the player who piles up the most runs and boundaries.
2025 to 2026 winner
Sam Curran, Desert Vipers
Best bowler
Another UAE flag colour, and the colour of the white ball every T20 bowler uses. It goes to the bowler with the most wicket points.
2025 to 2026 winner
Waqar Salamkheil, Dubai Capitals
Most Valuable Player
The third flag colour, kept for the biggest individual prize. It rewards the player who does the most with bat, ball and in the field.
2025 to 2026 winner
Sam Curran, Desert Vipers
Best UAE player
The only belt colour not taken from the UAE flag, which makes it stand apart. It is reserved for UAE nationals.
2025 to 2026 winner
Muhammad Waseem, MI Emirates
Champions
The fourth flag colour and, as in martial arts, the top rank. It goes to the owner of the franchise that lifts the trophy.
2025 to 2026 winner
Desert Vipers
Live Season 5 leaderboards will appear on this page from the opening game, Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates in Dubai. You can plan around the Season 5 match calendar, see how runs and wickets turn into results on the league standings, and check every ILT20 squad to see who is playing where this year.
How the ILT20 Belts Are Decided
The belts run on a points system rather than raw totals, so the Green Belt doesn’t always go to the top run scorer and the White Belt doesn’t always go to the leading wicket taker. Each individual belt comes with $15,000 in prize money.
| Belt | Award | How points are earned |
|---|---|---|
| Green | Best batter | 1 point per run, plus bonuses for fours, sixes, fifties and hundreds |
| White | Best bowler | 10 points per wicket, plus bonuses for dot balls and three or five wicket hauls |
| Red | Most Valuable Player | Batting, bowling and fielding points, plus 10 points for every Player of the Match award |
| Blue | Best UAE player | The same scoring as the Red Belt, counted only for UAE nationals |
| Black | Champions | Not points based. It goes to the owner of the title winning franchise |
Bonuses don’t stack. A hundred earns its own bonus but not the fifty bonus on top of it. Anything that happens in a Super Over doesn’t count towards any belt.
ILT20 Belt Winners by Season
| Season | Green Belt | White Belt | Red Belt | Blue Belt | Black Belt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | Sam Curran | Waqar Salamkheil | Sam Curran | Muhammad Waseem | Desert Vipers |
| 2025 | Shai Hope | Fazalhaq Farooqi | Sam Curran | Muhammad Waseem | Dubai Capitals |
| 2023 | Alex Hales | Chris Jordan | Chris Jordan | Muhammad Waseem | Gulf Giants |
Muhammad Waseem has won the Blue Belt in all four seasons, including 2024 when MI Emirates took the title. Sam Curran is the only player to win the Red Belt twice.
Records That Could Fall in 2026
Alex Hales went unsold at the auction, so the all time run record is up for grabs. Nicholas Pooran needs 129 runs to pass him, which he could manage in three or four innings for Pooran’s MI Emirates. Muhammad Waseem needs 165, and James Vince, now part of the Sharjah Warriorz squad, needs 167. Nobody has reached 1,500 ILT20 runs yet, and Pooran is best placed to get there first.
With the ball, Farooqi arrives as the most expensive player in league history after MI Emirates paid $380,000 for him among the big money signings this year. Wanindu Hasaranga, second on the all time wickets list, went unsold, which leaves Farooqi a clear run at stretching his lead.
ILT20 Season Leaders at a Glance
| Season | Most runs | Most wickets | Player of the season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | Sam Curran, 397 | Waqar Salamkheil and Ajay Kumar, 18 | Sam Curran |
| 2025 | Shai Hope, 527 | Fazalhaq Farooqi, 21 | Sam Curran |
| 2024 | James Vince, 356 | Fazalhaq Farooqi and Waqar Salamkheil, 17 | Sikandar Raza |
| 2023 | Alex Hales, 469 | Chris Jordan, 20 | Chris Jordan |
Shai Hope’s 527 in 2025 is still the most runs anyone has scored in a single ILT20 season.
ILT20 2025 to 2026 Stats (Season 4)
Sam Curran had a season to remember for the reigning champions. He scored 397 runs at an average close to 50, took 7 wickets and held 10 catches. Andries Gous hit 120 not out, the highest score in ILT20 history.
Most Runs in ILT20 2025 to 2026
| Player | Team | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Curran | Desert Vipers | 397 |
| Muhammad Waseem | MI Emirates | 370 |
| Max Holden | Desert Vipers | 359 |
| Tom Banton | MI Emirates | 327 |
| Jordan Cox | Dubai Capitals | 321 |
Most Wickets in ILT20 2025 to 2026
| Player | Team | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| Waqar Salamkheil | Dubai Capitals | 18 |
| Ajay Kumar | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 18 |
| Khuzaima Tanveer | Desert Vipers | 17 |
| David Payne | Desert Vipers | 17 |
| Jason Holder | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 15 |
Two UAE bowlers, Ajay Kumar and Khuzaima Tanveer, finished in the top three, which shows how far the local players have come in this league.
ILT20 2025 Stats (Season 3)
Shai Hope of Dubai Capitals scored 527 runs, including a century, and carried his side all the way to the title. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the best bowler with 21 wickets for MI Emirates, including 5 for 16 against Dubai Capitals, which is still the best bowling figure in the league’s history. Tom Banton scored two hundreds that season, and Johnson Charles hit the most sixes with 25.
ILT20 2024 Stats (Season 2)
James Vince led the run charts with 356 for Gulf Giants, just ahead of Nicholas Pooran on 354. Farooqi and Waqar Salamkheil shared the wickets lead with 17 each, and Trent Boult was close behind on 16. Sikandar Raza was named player of the season for Dubai Capitals.
ILT20 2023 Stats (Season 1)
Alex Hales scored 469 runs, including 110 against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, the first century in ILT20 history. Chris Jordan won both the bowling and the MVP belts with 20 wickets as Gulf Giants took the first title. MI Emirates posted 241 for 3 against Desert Vipers that season, still the highest team total in the competition.
Most Runs in ILT20 History
| Rank | Player | Team(s) | Matches | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Hales | Desert Vipers, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 47 | 1,405 |
| 2 | Nicholas Pooran | MI Emirates | 40 | 1,277 |
| 3 | Muhammad Waseem | MI Emirates | 46 | 1,241 |
| 4 | James Vince | Gulf Giants | 42 | 1,239 |
| 5 | Tom Banton | Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants, MI Emirates | 35 | 1,081 |
| 6 | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Sharjah Warriorz | 39 | 1,049 |
| 7 | Rovman Powell | Dubai Capitals | 43 | 900 |
| 8 | Kieron Pollard | MI Emirates | 35 | 885 |
| 9 | Sikandar Raza | Dubai Capitals, Sharjah Warriorz | 43 | 858 |
| 10 | Johnson Charles | Sharjah Warriorz | 30 | 833 |
Figures cover the first four seasons. Teams listed are the sides each player made his ILT20 runs for.
Most Wickets in ILT20 History
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | MI Emirates | 29 | 50 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Desert Vipers | 26 | 39 |
| Chris Jordan | Gulf Giants | 24 | 35 |
These totals are from before Season 4. Farooqi is the only bowler to reach 50 ILT20 wickets, and Hasaranga’s economy of 6.38 is among the best in the league for anyone with 20 or more wickets.
ILT20 Records
| Record | Holder | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Highest individual score | Andries Gous, Desert Vipers | 120 not out, Season 4 |
| Best bowling | Fazalhaq Farooqi, MI Emirates | 5 for 16 vs Dubai Capitals, Season 3 |
| Highest team total | MI Emirates | 241 for 3 vs Desert Vipers, Season 1 |
| Biggest win by runs | MI Emirates | 157 runs vs Desert Vipers, Season 1 |
| Highest partnership | Andre Fletcher and Tom Banton, MI Emirates | 198 for the second wicket vs Desert Vipers, Season 3 |
| Most sixes | Nicholas Pooran | 71 |
| Most catches | Muhammad Waseem | 20 |
| First five wicket haul | Naveen ul Haq, Sharjah Warriorz | 5 for 38 vs Gulf Giants, Season 1 |
The 200 run mark has been passed 12 times in the league, and MI Emirates have done it five times.
Best Wicketkeepers in the ILT20
Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the standout keeper of Season 4 for Gulf Giants, with 246 runs plus 4 catches and 2 stumpings. Most ILT20 sides want a keeper who opens the batting, and Season 5 has plenty of them. Gurbaz returns for Gulf Giants after costing $310,000, Phil Salt and Tom Moores give Dubai Capitals two options, Nicholas Pooran keeps for MI Emirates, and Lorcan Tucker and Michael Pepper are with Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.
Top Spinners in the ILT20
Spin has always done well on the slower pitches in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Hasaranga, Waqar Salamkheil and Rashid Khan have been the most dangerous spinners in the league so far. Salamkheil has now led the wickets chart twice, and with Rashid back for MI Emirates and Noor Ahmad at Dubai Capitals, spin should decide plenty of games in Season 5. You can follow the scorecards live to see who is turning the ball this year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who has the most runs in ILT20 history?
Alex Hales, with 1,405 runs from 47 matches for Desert Vipers and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.
Who has the most wickets in ILT20 history?
Fazalhaq Farooqi of MI Emirates. He was the first bowler to take 50 ILT20 wickets.
What is the highest score in ILT20?
120 not out by Andries Gous for Desert Vipers in Season 4. It beat Alex Hales’ 110 from the first season.
Who was the highest wicket taker in ILT20 2025?
Fazalhaq Farooqi took 21 wickets for MI Emirates in Season 3. In the 2025 to 2026 season, Waqar Salamkheil and Ajay Kumar shared the lead with 18 each.
Who scored the most runs in ILT20 2025?
Shai Hope, with 527 runs for Dubai Capitals. In 2025 to 2026, Sam Curran led with 397.
What do the belt colours mean in the ILT20?
Green is for the best batter, white for the best bowler, red for the Most Valuable Player, blue for the best UAE player and black for the champion franchise. Green, white, red and black are the colours of the UAE flag.
How much prize money comes with an ILT20 belt?
Each individual belt is worth $15,000. The Black Belt goes to the owner of the title winning team.
What is the best bowling figure in ILT20 history?
5 for 16 by Fazalhaq Farooqi for MI Emirates against Dubai Capitals in Season 3.
Last updated: 8 October 2026