| Player | Mat | Inns | No | Runs | Avg | HS | SR | 50s | Team |
| Brendon McCullum | 70 | 69 | 10 | 2105 | 35.67 | 123 | 135.28 | 13 | New Zealand |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 55 | 55 | 8 | 1493 | 31.76 | 100 | 133.18 | 9 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 62 | 61 | 10 | 1466 | 28.74 | 104* | 119.47 | 9 | Sri Lanka |
| David Warner | 52 | 52 | 3 | 1444 | 29.46 | 90* | 138.84 | 11 | Australia |
| Chris Gayle | 45 | 43 | 3 | 1406 | 35.15 | 117 | 142.59 | 13 | West Indies/ICC World XI |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 59 | 54 | 16 | 1406 | 37.00 | 96* | 122.47 | 7 | South Africa |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 56 | 53 | 9 | 1382 | 31.40 | 78 | 119.55 | 8 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 62 | 60 | 3 | 1354 | 23.75 | 86 | 115.52 | 7 | Pakistan |
| Umar Akmal | 61 | 58 | 10 | 1293 | 26.93 | 94 | 122.32 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Martin Guptill | 48 | 46 | 6 | 1273 | 31.82 | 101* | 121.58 | 5 | New Zealand |
| Kevin Pietersen | 37 | 36 | 5 | 1176 | 37.93 | 79 | 141.51 | 7 | England/ICC World XI |
| Shahid Afridi | 80 | 74 | 12 | 1165 | 18.79 | 54* | 145.80 | 4 | Pakistan/ICC World XI/Asian XI |
| Shane Watson | 48 | 46 | 3 | 1156 | 26.88 | 81 | 143.96 | 10 | Australia |
| Eoin Morgan | 50 | 48 | 9 | 1147 | 29.41 | 85* | 131.99 | 6 | Ireland |
| Ross Taylor | 63 | 57 | 10 | 1120 | 23.82 | 63 | 119.14 | 5 | New Zealand |
| Alex Hales | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1062 | 37.92 | 116* | 138.46 | 7 | England |
| AB de Villiers | 57 | 54 | 9 | 1007 | 22.37 | 79* | 125.24 | 5 | South Africa/Africa XI |
| Cameron White | 47 | 44 | 14 | 984 | 32.80 | 85* | 132.97 | 5 | Australia |
| Graeme Smith | 33 | 33 | 2 | 982 | 31.67 | 89* | 127.53 | 5 | South Africa/Africa XI |
| Shoaib Malik | 61 | 57 | 13 | 973 | 22.11 | 57* | 105.53 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Virat Kohli | 28 | 26 | 5 | 972 | 46.28 | 78* | 131.70 | 9 | India |
| Yuvraj Singh | 40 | 37 | 6 | 968 | 31.22 | 77* | 144.69 | 8 | India |
| Suresh Raina | 44 | 38 | 9 | 947 | 32.65 | 101 | 135.47 | 3 | India |
| Marlon Samuels | 38 | 36 | 5 | 941 | 30.35 | 85* | 123.16 | 8 | West Indies |
| Dwayne Bravo | 53 | 48 | 11 | 936 | 25.29 | 66* | 119.08 | 3 | West Indies |
| Gautam Gambhir | 37 | 36 | 2 | 932 | 27.41 | 75 | 119.02 | 7 | India |
| Hamilton Masakadza | 33 | 33 | 1 | 915 | 28.59 | 79 | 115.67 | 7 | Zimbabwe |
| Kamran Akmal | 54 | 49 | 6 | 897 | 20.86 | 73 | 120.40 | 5 | Pakistan |
| MS Dhoni | 50 | 45 | 20 | 849 | 33.96 | 48* | 116.30 | 0 | India |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 36 | 36 | 3 | 809 | 24.51 | 84 | 128.82 | 5 | Bangladesh |
| Ahmed Shehzad | 31 | 31 | 2 | 799 | 27.55 | 111* | 116.30 | 4 | Pakistan |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 39 | 34 | 13 | 788 | 37.52 | 87* | 110.20 | 3 | Pakistan |
| Lendl Simmons | 34 | 33 | 3 | 761 | 25.36 | 77 | 113.92 | 4 | West Indies |
| Luke Wright | 51 | 45 | 5 | 759 | 18.97 | 99* | 137.00 | 4 | England |
| David Hussey | 39 | 36 | 3 | 756 | 22.90 | 88* | 121.34 | 3 | Australia |
| Aaron Finch | 22 | 22 | 3 | 756 | 39.78 | 156 | 152.41 | 5 | Australia |
| Rohit Sharma | 43 | 35 | 11 | 739 | 30.79 | 79* | 126.10 | 7 | India |
| Michael Hussey | 38 | 30 | 11 | 721 | 37.94 | 60* | 136.29 | 4 | Australia |
| Tamim Iqbal | 37 | 37 | 3 | 716 | 21.05 | 88* | 106.70 | 3 | Bangladesh |
| Ravi Bopara | 38 | 35 | 10 | 711 | 28.44 | 65* | 118.69 | 3 | England |
| Faf du Plessis | 22 | 22 | 4 | 710 | 39.44 | 119 | 137.86 | 5 | South Africa |
| Angelo Mathews | 54 | 40 | 13 | 674 | 24.96 | 58 | 118.87 | 2 | Bangladesh |
| Jacques Kallis | 25 | 23 | 4 | 666 | 35.05 | 73 | 119.35 | 5 | South Africa/ICC World XI/Africa XI |
| Mohammad Shahzad | 25 | 25 | 1 | 663 | 27.62 | 77 | 122.09 | 5 | Afghanistan |
| Kieron Pollard | 43 | 37 | 9 | 633 | 22.60 | 63* | 140.97 | 2 | West Indies |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 31 | 30 | 3 | 629 | 23.29 | 88 | 129.15 | 4 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| William Porterfield | 37 | 36 | 4 | 627 | 19.59 | 56* | 114.20 | 1 | Ireland |
| Hashim Amla | 26 | 26 | 2 | 600 | 25.00 | 56 | 122.44 | 1 | South Africa |
| Brendan Taylor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 594 | 28.28 | 75* | 123.75 | 5 | Zimbabwe |
| Salman Butt | 24 | 23 | 2 | 594 | 28.28 | 74 | 107.80 | 3 | Pakistan |
