Stats: Highest team totals of all time in T20 cricket
Every year, as more and more T20 cricket is played, the totals that are being achieved in T20 cricket only seem to be getting higher.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) currently hold the distinction of having notched up the highest score in all of T20 cricket, having made 263/5 against Pune Warriors in the 2013 IPL courtesy of Chris Gayle, who made a world record 175 not out off just 66 deliveries.
Yesterday, Chennai Super Kings made 242/6 against Dolphins in CLT20. It was the 11th highest T20 team total of all time.
Including domestic and international T20 matches, here are the highest totals in T20 cricket of all time:
| Team | Score | Run Rate | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| RCB | 263/5 | 13.15 | Pune Warriors | Bangalore | 23 Apr 2013 |
| Sri Lanka | 260/6 | 13 | Kenya | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Gloucsestershire | 254/3 | 12.70 | Middlesex | Uxbridge | 26 Jun 2011 |
| Somerset | 250/3 | 12.50 | Gloucs | Taunton | 27 Jun 2006 |
| Australia | 248/6 | 12.40 | England | Southampton | 29 Aug 2013 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 246/5 | 12.30 | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai | 3 Apr 2010 |
| Nondescripts CC | 245/4 | 12.25 | SL Air SC | Colombo | 16 Oct 2005 |
| Karachi Dolphins | 243/2 | 12.15 | Lahore Eagles | Lahore | 14 Oct 2010 |
| Essex | 242/3 | 12.10 | Sussex | Chelmsford | 24 Jun 2008 |
| Otago | 242/4 | 12.10 | Perth Scorchers | Jaipur | 25 Sep 2013 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 242/6 | 12.10 | Dolphins | Bangalore | 22 Sep 2014 |
In the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), CSK’s 242 is the joint highest total in the tournament’s history, with New Zealand’s Otago having scored 242/4 against Perth Scorchers in 2013. Neil Broom’s scintillating hundred along with Ryan ten Doeschate’s 26-ball 66 helped Otago score the highest total in CLT20 history.
Top 10 team totals in CLT20 history:
| Team | Score | Run Rate | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| Otago | 242/4 | 12.10 | Perth Scorchers | Jaipur | 25 Sep 2013 |
| CSK | 242/6 | 12.10 | Dolphins | Bangalore | 22 Sep 2014 |
| RCB | 215/8 | 10.75 | South Australia | Bangalore | 5 Oct 2011 |
| South Australia | 214/2 | 10.70 | RCB | Bangalore | 5 Oct 2011 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 213/4 | 10.65 | Eagles | Hyderabad | 18 Oct 2009 |
| RCB | 206/6 | 10.30 | Somerset | Bangalore | 3 Oct 2011 |
| Northern Districts | 206/5 | 10.30 | Cape Cobras | Raipur | 19 Sep 2014 |
| RCB | 204/4 (18.3 ov) | 11.02 | New South Wales | Bangalore | 7 Oct 2011 |
| New South Wales | 203/2 | 10.15 | RCB | Bangalore | 7 Oct 2011 |
| CSK | 202/4 | 10.10 | SRH | Ranchi | 26 Sep 2013 |
Note – *Stats are updated up to 22nd September 2014