| Twenty20 World Cup records | ||
| Batting | ||
| Most runs | 382 (12 matches) (2007-2009) | |
| Most runs in a tournament | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 317 (7 matches) (2009) |
| Highest individual score | Chris Gayle v South Africa | 117 (57 balls) (2007) |
| Most fifties | Gautam Gambhir & Matthew Hayden | 4 (12 matches & 6 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Highest strike rate | Yuvraj Singh | 172.00 (11 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Highest average | Matthew Hayden | 88.33 (6 matches) (2007) |
| Highest partnership | Chris Gayle & Devon Smith v South Africa | 145 (81 balls) (first wicket) (2007) |
| Most fours | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 48 (12 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most fours in a tournament | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 46 (7 matches) (2009) |
| Most fours in a match | Herschelle Gibbs v West Indies | 14 (2007) |
| Most sixes | Yuvraj Singh | 21 (11 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most sixes in a tournament | Craig McMillan | 13 (5 matches) (2007) |
| Most sixes in a match | Chris Gayle v South Africa | 10 (2007) |
| Bowling | ||
| Best bowling figures | Umar Gul v New Zealand | 5/6 (3 overs) (2009) |
| Most wickets | Umar Gul | 26 (14 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most wickets in a tournament | Umar Gul | 13 (7 matches) (2007 & 2009) |
| Most four wicket haul | Umar Gul & Shahid Afridi | 2 (14 matches each) (2007-2009) |
| Most economical | Ajantha Mendis | 5.50 (26 overs) (7 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most expensive | Dwayne Bravo | 10.11 (25.4 overs) (8 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Fielding | ||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Kamran Akmal | 14 (14 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most catches (fielder) | AB De Villiers | 11 (11 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Most run outs | Brendon McCullum | 4 (11 matches) (2007-2009) |
| Team | ||
| Highest score | Sri Lanka v Kenya | 260/6 (2007) |
| Lowest score | Kenya v New Zealand | 73/10 (2007) |
| Largest victory margin (runs) | Sri Lanka v Kenya | 172 (2007) |
| Largest victory margin (wickets) | Australia v Sri Lanka | 10 (2007) |
| Longest winning streak | Sri Lanka | 6 (2009) |