| Batsman | Total runs | Inns | Avg | 50s/100s | HS | SR |
| V Kohli (IND) | 1322 (2433) | 24 | 55.08 | 5/5 | 153 | 54.33 |
| K Mendis (SL) | 1023 (1872) | 23 | 46.50 | 4/3 | 196 | 54.64 |
| J Root (ENG) | 948 (1782) | 24 | 41.21 | 6/2 | 125 | 53.19 |
| C Pujara (IND) | 837 (2176) | 23 | 38.04 | 4/3 | 132* | 38.46 |
| J Buttler (ENG) | 760 (1116) | 18 | 44.70 | 6/1 | 106 | 68.10 |
| D Karunaratne (SL) | 743 (1312) | 17 | 46.43 | 7/1 | 158* | 56.63 |
| U Khawaja (AUS) | 732 (1689) | 18 | 40.66 | 4/2 | 171 | 43.33 |
| M Haque (BAN) | 673 (1015) | 15 | 44.86 | 0/4 | 176 | 66.30 |
| A Markram (SA) | 672 (1099) | 20 | 33.60 | 2/2 | 152 | 61.14 |
| D Elgar (SA) | 661 (1697) | 20 | 36.72 | 5/1 | 141* | 38.95 |
| H Nicholls (NZ) | 658 (1352) | 12 | 73.11 | 3/3 | 162* | 48.66 |
| T Latham (NZ) | 658 (1528) | 12 | 59.81 | 2/2 | 264* | 43.06 |
| K Williamson (NZ) | 651 (1195) | 12 | 59.18 | 3/2 | 139 | 54.47 |
| A Rahane (IND) | 644 (1462) | 21 | 30.66 | 5/0 | 81 | 44.04 |
| A Mathews (SL) | 640 (1389) | 16 | 49.23 | 5/1 | 120* | 46.07 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 638 (990) | 14 | 53.16 | 6/1 | 126* | 64.44 |
| B Azam (PAK) | 616 (1131) | 14 | 56.00 | 6/1 | 127* | 54.46 |
| R Silva (SL) | 616 (1477) | 19 | 36.23 | 4/1 | 109 | 41.70 |
| J Bairstow (ENG) | 609 (1138) | 20 | 30.45 | 2/2 | 110 | 53.51 |
| H Sohail (PAK) | 550 (1274) | 15 | 39.28 | 0/2 | 147 | 43.17 |
| R Pant (IND) | 537 (754) | 14 | 38.35 | 2/1 | 114 | 71.22 |
| B Stokes (ENG) | 537 (1165) | 20 | 26.85 | 4/0 | 66 | 46.09 |
| A Shafiq (PAK) | 536 (1094) | 16 | 33.50 | 3/1 | 104 | 48.99 |
| N Dickwella (SL) | 519 (782) | 22 | 25.95 | 3/0 | 80* | 66.36 |
| A Ali (PAK) | 517 (1296) | 17 | 30.41 | 4/1 | 134 | 39.89 |
| A Cook (ENG) | 516 (1171) | 18 | 28.66 | 2/1 | 147 | 44.06 |
| H Amla (SA) | 510 (1235) | 20 | 26.84 | 5/0 | 82 | 41.29 |
| D de Silva (SL) | 509 (858) | 19 | 26.78 | 3/1 | 173 | 59.32 |
| T Paine (AUS) | 493 (1191) | 19 | 35.21 | 2/0 | 62 | 41.39 |
| S Marsh (AUS) | 492 (1171) | 19 | 25.89 | 1/1 | 156 | 42.01 |
| M Rahim (BAN) | 490 (995) | 15 | 35.00 | 1/1 | 219* | 49.24 |
| Mahmudullah (BAN) | 476 (870) | 15 | 39.66 | 1/2 | 136 | 54.71 |
| S Dowrich (WI) | 474 (1099) | 17 | 36.46 | 3/1 | 125* | 43.13 |
| KL Rahul (IND) | 468 (793) | 22 | 22.28 | 1/1 | 149 | 59.01 |
| F du Plessis (SA) | 463 (875) | 20 | 24.36 | 2/1 | 120 | 52.91 |
| D Chandimal (SL) | 448 (1096) | 12 | 40.72 | 2/1 | 119* | 40.87 |
| K Jennings (ENG) | 425 (893) | 16 | 28.33 | 0/1 | 146* | 47.59 |
| S Curran (ENG) | 404 (698) | 12 | 36.72 | 3/0 | 78 | 57.87 |
Last update: 30 Dec 2018
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