Asia Cup is one of the most prestigious events in cricket tournaments and a great chance to improve your performance for other international cups. Only three teams participated in the augural season of the Asia Cup, and now six teams are performing. So, here we will discuss the most run scorer in the Asia Cup among all these teams.
Most Runs in Asia Cup History
| Year | Player | Inn | Run | Ave | SR |
| 1990-2008 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 24 | 1220 | 53 | 103 |
| 2004-2014 | Kumar Sangakkara | 23 | 1075 | 48.9 | 84.5 |
| 1990-2012 | Sachi Tendulkar | 21 | 971 | 51.1 | 85.5 |
| 2000-2018 | Shoaib Malik | 15 | 786 | 65.5 | 90.7 |
| 2008-2018 | Shoaib Malik | 21 | 745 | 46.6 | 84.9 |
| 1984-1997 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 19 | 741 | 57 | 82.8 |
| 2008-2018 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 21 | 699 | 36.8 | 84.5 |
| 2000-2014 | Mahela Jayawardene | 26 | 674 | 29.3 | 87.6 |
| 2008-2018 | MS Dhoni | 16 | 648 | 64.8 | 87.7 |
| 1984-2000 | Aravinda de Silva | 22 | 645 | 32.3 | 83.4 |
1. Sanath Jayasuriya
Jayasuriya is one of the most excellent former batsmen of Sri Lanka who has made a record by making the highest runs in the Asia Cup with a tally of 1220 runs. He is on the top list everywhere because of his outstanding performances.
He scored almost more than 1000 runs along with a strike rate of over 100 in the history of the Asia Cup, and he has scored 6 ODI centuries in 24 innings and three fifties with the highest score of 130 in the Asia Cup.
2. Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara is a former left-handed batsman from Srilanka and has made the record of making the most fifties in the Asia Cup. He has made almost eight fifties in ODI matches and scored 2626 runs in 73 games.
In Asia Cup, he scored 1075 runs in nearly 26 matches, four centuries, and eight half-centuries. He ranks over the 2nd most run scorer as his highest score is 121 in the Asia Cup.
3. Sachin Tendulkar
He is a former captain of India who is also famous as the god of cricket because of his legendary performances. He has played almost 23 matches in the Asia Cup with a score of 971 runs, and his highest score was 114 in the Asia Cup.
He has completed two centuries and seven fifties in his entire career in the Asia Cup, which is an outstanding achievement.
Most Runs in Asia Cup Season Wise
Most Runs in Asia Cup 2023
| Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
| Babar Azam | 1 | 151 | 151 | 115.26 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 1 | 109 | – | 153.52 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 1 | 44 | 44 | 88 |
| Sompal Kami | 1 | 28 | 28 | 60.86 |
| Aarif Sheikh | 1 | 26 | 26 | 68.42 |
| Fakhar Zaman | 1 | 14 | 14 | 70 |
| Gulsan Jha | 1 | 13 | 13 | 56.52 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 1 | 8 | 8 | 200 |
| Karan KC | 1 | 7 | – | 116.66 |
| Kushal Malla | 1 | 6 | 6 | 150 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 2022
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Mohammad Rizwan | 6 | 281 | 56.2 | 117.57 |
Virat Kohli | 5 | 276 | 92 | 147.59 |
Ibrahim Zadran | 5 | 196 | 65.33 | 104.25 |
Bahnuka Rajapaksa | 6 | 191 | 47.75 | 149.21 |
Pathum Nissanka | 6 | 173 | 34.6 | 115.33 |
Kusal Mendis | 6 | 155 | 25.83 | 156.56 |
Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 163.44 |
Suryakumar Yadav | 5 | 139 | 34.75 | 163.52 |
Rohit Sharma | 4 | 133 | 33.25 | 151.13 |
KL Rahul | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 122.22 |
Highest Runs in Asia Cup 2018
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Shikhar Dhawan | 5 | 342 | 68.4 | 102.08 |
Rohit Sharma | 5 | 317 | 105.66 | 93.51 |
Mushfiqur Rahim | 5 | 302 | 60.4 | 81.18 |
Mohammad Shahzad | 5 | 268 | 53.6 | 83.22 |
Hashmatullah Shahidi | 5 | 263 | 65.75 | 72.25 |
Imam-ul-Haq | 5 | 225 | 56.25 | 73.77 |
Shoaib Malik | 5 | 211 | 70.33 | 80.53 |
Litton Das | 6 | 181 | 30.16 | 86.19 |
Ambati Rayudu | 6 | 175 | 43.75 | 80.27 |
Babar Azam | 5 | 156 | 31.2 | 70.9 |
Highest Runs in Asia Cup 2016
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Babar Hayat | 3 | 194 | 64.66 | 160.33 |
Sabbir Rahman | 5 | 176 | 44 | 123.94 |
Muhammad Usman | 7 | 176 | 29.33 | 118.12 |
Virat Kohli | 4 | 153 | 76.5 | 110.86 |
Shaiman Anwar | 7 | 151 | 25.16 | 104.86 |
Dinesh Chandimal | 4 | 149 | 37.25 | 109.55 |
Rohit Sharma | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 132.69 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 132 | 44 | 121.1 |
Mohammad Shahzad | 7 | 129 | 21.5 | 120.56 |
Rohan Mustafa | 7 | 122 | 17.42 | 114.01 |
Sarfaraz Ahmed | 3 | 121 | 60.5 | 130.1 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 2014
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Lahiru Thirimanne | 5 | 279 | 55.8 | 79.94 |
Umar Akmal | 5 | 253 | 84.33 | 110.48 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 5 | 248 | 49.6 | 96.49 |
Ahmed Shehzad | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 80 |
Anamul Haque | 4 | 227 | 56.75 | 68.16 |
Angelo Mathews | 5 | 196 | 196 | 87.11 |
Mushfiqur Rahim | 4 | 195 | 65 | 100.51 |
Shikhar Dhawan | 4 | 192 | 48 | 77.1 |
Virat Kohli | 3 | 189 | 63 | 102.71 |
Fawad Alam | 2 | 188 | 188 | 92.15 |
Highest Runs Scorer in Asia Cup 2012
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Virat Kohli | 3 | 357 | 119 | 102 |
Tamim Iqbal | 4 | 253 | 63.25 | 80.83 |
Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 245 | 61.25 | 67.86 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 4 | 237 | 59.25 | 110.23 |
Nasir Jamshed | 4 | 193 | 48.25 | 96.01 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 3 | 172 | 57.33 | 80.37 |
Nasir Hossain | 4 | 165 | 55 | 71.42 |
Umar Akmal | 4 | 156 | 39 | 96.89 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 3 | 142 | 47.33 | 73.57 |
Upul Tharanga | 3 | 122 | 40.66 | 91.04 |
Top Run Scorers in Asia Cup 2010
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Shahid Afridi | 3 | 265 | 88.33 | 164.59 |
Gautam Gambhir | 4 | 203 | 50.75 | 82.85 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 4 | 184 | 46 | 73.01 |
MS Dhoni | 4 | 173 | 57.66 | 78.99 |
Mahela Jayawardene | 4 | 161 | 53.66 | 87.02 |
Junaid Siddique | 2 | 135 | 67.5 | 91.21 |
Rohit Sharma | 4 | 132 | 33 | 88 |
Upul Tharanga | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 72.12 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 113 | 28.25 | 120.21 |
Tamim Iqbal | 3 | 107 | 35.66 | 116.3 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 2008
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 378 | 75.59 | 126 |
Suresh Raina | 6 | 372 | 74.4 | 110.38 |
Virender Sehwag | 5 | 348 | 69.59 | 143.8 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 6 | 345 | 57.5 | 99.13 |
MS Dhoni | 5 | 327 | 109 | 91.34 |
Younis Khan | 4 | 296 | 98.66 | 98.01 |
Gautam Gambhir | 6 | 259 | 43.16 | 101.17 |
Shoaib Malik | 3 | 212 | 106 | 92.17 |
Chamara Kapugedera | 6 | 209 | 34.83 | 92.47 |
Raqibul Hasan | 5 | 195 | 39 | 89.44 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 2004
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Shoaib Malik | 5 | 316 | 63.2 | 100.31 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 293 | 73.25 | 91.84 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 6 | 281 | 56.2 | 72.42 |
Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 244 | 40.66 | 60.54 |
Avishka Gunawardene | 6 | 227 | 45.4 | 59.89 |
Rahul Dravid | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 87.76 |
Younis Khan | 5 | 183 | 45.75 | 103.97 |
Yasir Hameed | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 63.35 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 5 | 156 | 39 | 70.27 |
Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 155 | 31 | 74.87 |
Highest Runs in Asia Cup 2000
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Mohammad Yousuf | 4 | 295 | 147.5 | 73.75 |
Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 245 | 81.66 | 72.27 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 183 | 45.75 | 87.55 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 4 | 175 | 87.5 | 109.37 |
Saeed Anwar | 3 | 156 | 52 | 85.71 |
Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 156 | 78 | 92.85 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 3 | 154 | 51.33 | 102.66 |
Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 141 | 47 | 78.33 |
Imran Nazir | 4 | 127 | 31.75 | 85.81 |
Akram Khan | 3 | 107 | 35.66 | 80.45 |
Moin Khan | 2 | 102 | 102 | 130.76 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 1997
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 272 | 136 | 88.02 |
Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 255 | 85 | 73.91 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 204 | 51 | 115.25 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 3 | 185 | 185 | 82.22 |
Athar Ali Khan | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 62.3 |
Saleem Malik | 3 | 129 | 43 | 84.31 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 3 | 125 | 41.66 | 85.03 |
Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 118 | 59 | 91.47 |
Saeed Anwar | 3 | 117 | 39 | 87.96 |
Akram Khan | 3 | 102 | 34 | 70.34 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 1995
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 205 | 68.33 | 109.62 |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | 4 | 197 | 98.5 | 80.4 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 3 | 190 | 95 | 86.75 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 87.01 |
Manoj Prabhakar | 4 | 122 | 40.66 | 64.89 |
Hashan Tillakaratne | 4 | 115 | 38.33 | 60.84 |
Asanka Gurusinha | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 65.14 |
Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 102 | 34 | 87.93 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 2 | 101 | 101 | 89.38 |
Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 62 |
Highest Runs in Asia Cup 1990-91
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 166 | 83 | 73.45 |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | 3 | 144 | 72 | 81.35 |
Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 126 | 42 | 120 |
Athar Ali Khan | 2 | 122 | 122 | 71.34 |
Sanjay Manjrekar | 3 | 112 | 112 | 65.88 |
Asanka Gurusinha | 3 | 111 | 37 | 73.5 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 2 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
Hashan Tillakaratne | 3 | 80 | 26.66 | 44.69 |
Faruk Ahmed | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 42.85 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 70.37 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 1988
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Ijaz Ahmed | 3 | 192 | 96 | 103.78 |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | 4 | 179 | 59.66 | 77.82 |
Moin-ul-Atiq | 2 | 143 | 71.5 | 79 |
Athula Samarasekera | 4 | 140 | 46.66 | 75.67 |
Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 135 | 45 | 107.14 |
Mohinder Amarnath | 4 | 131 | 65.5 | 61.21 |
Brendon Kuruppu | 4 | 130 | 43.33 | 59.36 |
Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 4 | 112 | 28 | 65.49 |
Roshan Mahanama | 3 | 99 | 33 | 56.89 |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 3 | 84 | 42 | 78.5 |
Most Runs in Asia Cup 1986
| Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 105 | 52.5 | 92.1 |
| Javed Miandad | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 61.5 |
| Mohsin Khan | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 64.9 |
| Brendon Kuruppu | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 59.3 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 64 | 32 | 66.7 |
Top Run Scorers in Asia Cup1984
Player | Inn | Runs | Ave | SR |
Surinder Khanna | 2 | 107 | 107 | 75.88 |
Zaheer Abbas | 2 | 74 | 37 | 65.48 |
Mohsin Khan | 2 | 62 | 31 | 57.4 |
Roy Dias | 2 | 62 | 62 | 50.81 |
Ghulam Parkar | 2 | 54 | 54 | 43.9 |
Sandeep Patil | 1 | 43 | 43 | 86 |
Saadat Ali | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 52.43 |
Ranjan Madugalle | 2 | 42 | 21 | 51.85 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 1 | 36 | – | 65.45 |
Arjuna Ranatunga | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 58.33 |
Saleem Malik | 2 | 32 | 16 | 82.05 |
Sidath Wettimuny | 2 | 30 | 15 | 44.11 |
