T20 World Cup: Guess Who Tops The Most Valuable Player Race?

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2026 after Game 48.

Ishan Kishan

IMAGE: Ishan Kishan has scored 280 runs so far in the T20 World Cup. Photograph: BCCI

The Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) collapses a player's batting + bowling + fielding performance into a single run equivalent.

The formula to compute the MVP is devised to reward batsmen who score a lot of runs quickly, bowlers who take wickets at low economy rates and fielders who field the best (take a lot of catches, and participate in run outs).

Rank	Player	Team	MVPI	Top Score	Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games
1	Aiden Markram	SA	342	86	264	31	10	178.4	1	11.3	6
2	Sahibzada Farhan	PAK	327	100	283	28	13	158.1	0	-	5
3	Jason Holder	WI	301	49	104	5	10	176.3	8	8.7	6
4	Shimron Hetmyer	WI	291	85	221	15	17	182.6	0	-	6
5	Ishan Kishan	IND	280	77	214	23	12	186.1	0	-	6
6	Brian Bennett	ZIM	280	97	277	31	6	135.8	0	8.5	5
7	Ben Manenti	ITA	273	60	138	11	8	179.2	5	7.4	4
8	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	271	40	89	5	6	171.2	9	8.2	4
9	Will Jacks	ENG	266	53	159	10	11	176.7	5	11	6
10	Hardik Pandya	IND	266	52	155	7	12	161.5	5	8.4	6
11	Bas de Leede	NET	266	72	158	13	6	139.8	5	7.8	4
12	Harry Brook	ENG	257	100	202	17	8	172.6	0	-	6
13	Ryan Rickelton	SA	257	61	197	17	11	177.5	0	-	6
14	Dunith Wellalage	SL	255	29	70	8	1	120.7	8	6.6	6
15	Shadley Van Schalkwyk	USA	247	2	3	0	0	42.9	13	6.8	4
16	Shivam Dube	IND	237	66	158	9	11	154.9	5	13.3	6
17	Maheesh Theekshana	SL	237	10	11	1	0	122.2	11	7.2	6
18	Glenn Phillips	NZ	236	76	137	12	7	167.1	2	8.6	5
19	Jamie Overton	ENG	235	15	30	1	2	107.1	9	6.6	5
20	Pathum Nissanka	SL	233	100	208	23	6	152.9	0	-	6
21	Shadab Khan	PAK	232	36	111	10	4	154.2	5	7.4	5
22	Lungi Ngidi	SA	231	0	0	0	0	-	11	6.8	5
23	Dipendra Singh Airee	NEP	228	58	169	13	7	144.4	2	6.8	4
24	Sam Curran	ENG	226	43	125	5	7	121.4	6	8.5	6
25	Quinton de Kock	SA	225	59	171	18	8	137.9	0	-	6
26	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	223	59	104	8	5	148.6	6	7.7	5
27	Tim Seifert	NZ	223	89	181	22	7	161.6	0	-	5
28	Sherfane Rutherford	WI	221	76	169	11	12	181.7	0	-	6
29	Marco Jansen	SA	220	16	18	2	1	138.5	11	9.3	5
30	Varun Chakaravarthy	IND	219	1	1	0	0	25	11	7.2	6
31	Corbin Bosch	SA	219	5	5	1	0	83.3	9	6.1	5
32	George Dockrell	IRE	212	41	85	4	7	188.9	4	6	3
33	Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM	211	0	0	0	0	0	12	7.8	5
34	Gerhard Erasmus	NAM	210	18	49	3	3	136.1	7	7.5	4
35	Suryakumar Yadav	IND	208	84	213	20	8	138.3	0	-	6
36	Bradley Evans	ZIM	208	43	43	2	5	204.8	9	9.5	5
37	Kamindu Mendis	SL	207	44	114	11	5	175.4	2	7.3	6
38	Shubham Ranjane	USA	207	51	141	9	8	180.8	1	6.5	4
39	Kusal Mendis	SL	204	61	197	20	1	114.5	0	-	6
40	Tilak Varma	IND	200	44	151	14	7	142.5	1	5.5	6
41	Usman Tariq	PAK	200	0	0	0	0	0	10	6.3	4
42	Finn Allen	NZ	198	84	160	14	9	177.8	0	-	5
43	Romario Shepherd	WI	197	52	80	3	8	156.9	6	8.2	4
44	Shai Hope	WI	197	75	185	16	9	139.1	0	-	6
45	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	AFG	196	84	141	11	8	164	0	-	4
46	Michael Leask	SCO	196	22	27	2	2	150	9	7.6	4
47	Liam Dawson	ENG	195	6	8	0	0	61.5	9	7.2	6
48	Gudakesh Motie	WI	190	0	0	0	0	-	10	7.8	6
49	Saim Ayub	PAK	187	24	70	8	4	137.3	5	7.4	5
50	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	186	95	170	15	7	142.9	0	-	4