In women’s cricket, the race for the most international runs highlights players’ lasting achievements through steady performance in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. This record shows not just high totals but skill, technique, and long careers in a quickly changing sport. Here are some players with most runs in international cricket:
Mithali Raj:
Mithali Raj has the record for the most runs in women’s international cricket. Before retiring in 2022, she scored 10,868 runs in all formats combined. In ODIs, she made 7,805 runs in 232 matches with an average above 50, the best among leading scorers. She scored 663 runs in Tests, including a double century of 214. In T20Is, she added 2,400 runs. Overall, she hit 93 fifties or more, the highest in women’s cricket.
Suzie Bates:
Suzie Bates is second on the all-time list for most runs in women’s international cricket, with 10,652 runs in ODIs and T20Is, just behind Mithali Raj. In ODIs, she has scored 5,896 runs in 173 matches, averaging about 29, including 13 centuries. In T20Is, Bates tops the charts with 4,756 runs from 177 games. She broke the T20I runs record in 2024, helped New Zealand win the 2024 T20 World Cup, and shines as an opener with New Zealand records for centuries and matches.
Charlotte Edwards:
Edwards ranks third on the all-time list for most international runs in women’s cricket, with a career aggregate of 10,273 runs across 309 matches from 1996 to 2016. Edwards magnificent as an opener, holding records as England’s leading run-scorer in both WODIs (5,992 runs) and WT20Is (2,605 runs), continuing her legacy as a revolutionary batter and captain.
Smriti Mandhana:
Mandhana has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the fourth player in women’s cricket history to surpass 10,000 international runs. Smriti Mandhana became the second Indian woman, after Raj, to score 10,000 international runs. She reached this milestone in just 281 innings, a faster record than anyone before her. This feat covered an extraordinary 2025 for the left-handed opener, where she led ODI run-scoring with 1,362 runs, including five centuries.
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Mandhana scored 5,322 runs in 117 ODIs at an average of 48.38, with 17 centuries tying Meg Lanning’s record, and 4,102 T20I runs, second only to Bates. Her standout performances included a 50-ball ODI ton against Australia and 434 World Cup runs. On December 27, 2025, in the fourth T20I vs. Sri Lanka, she hit 80 off 48 balls and crossed 10,000 runs with a single off Nimasha de Silva. She’s now a top star across all formats.
From Mithali Raj’s record 10,868 runs to Smriti Mandhana’s super-quick 10,000, women’s cricket stars are breaking new records.
