Russell has played in over 300 T20 matches and appeared for teams in a number of franchise leagues. He was also named in the T20 XI of the years 2016 and 2018 by ESPNcricinfo.
Indian Premier League During the
2012 Indian Premier League Players Auction, he was bought by the
Delhi Daredevils for a sum of $450,000. Ahead of the 2014 season he was bought by
Kolkata Knight Riders and has been seen as a key batsman for the team in the later overs of matches. For his performances in 2015, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI for the season. He was on course to win the IPL Super Striker award in 2018, awarded for having the highest strike rate in the tournament, before being pipped by his teammate
Sunil Narine. He eventually won it next year in the 2019 IPL, where he had a record IPL season strike rate of over 205, and was also announced as the Player of the Tournament. In an otherwise unsuccessful season, he emerged as both the highest run scorer and the highest wicket taker for his team, while also being the third-highest run-scorer in the tournament. He hit 52 sixes in the tournament; only
Chris Gayle has hit more sixes in any single season of the IPL. For his performances in the 2019 IPL season, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI. On 13 April 2021, he took figures of 5/15 off just two overs in a match against
Mumbai Indians during the
2021 Indian Premier League. With the bat, he scored 9 runs off 15 balls as Kolkata lost the game by 10 runs. Having played for the Knight Riders from
IPL 2014 to
IPL 2025, Russell announced his retirement from IPL cricket on 30 November 2025.
Other T20 leagues On 16 August 2016 Russell scored the fastest
Caribbean Premier League century, completing his 100 in 42 balls. He broke his own CPL record in 2018 with a century in 40 balls. In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the
first edition of the
Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. He was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights. In September 2018, he was named as the Icon Player for Nangarhar's squad in the
first edition of the
Afghanistan Premier League tournament. The following month, he was named in the squad for the
Dhaka Dynamites in the
2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the
2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. In July 2020, he was named in the
Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the
2020 Caribbean Premier League. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the
inaugural edition of the
Lanka Premier League. In April 2021, he was signed by
Quetta Gladiators to play in the rescheduled matches in the
2021 Pakistan Super League. Russell was picked by
Southern Brave for the 2021 edition of
The Hundred before he withdrew due to international commitments. In April 2022, he was bought by the
Manchester Originals for the
next season of The Hundred. He plays for the
Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2023 Republic bank
Caribbean Premier League. He garnered a strike rate of 167.05 and contributed 11 wickets over 9 appearances to the Knight Riders making it to the finals. He was picked by Los Angeles Knight Riders for the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket. On 3 February 2025, in the 11th edition of the
BPL, Andre Russell joined Rangpur to play a playoff match. However, neither he nor his team performed well in that match resulting in
Rangpur Riders elimination from the tournament. ==Doping==