[7] In June 2024, Azam became the most prolific run-scorer of all time in T20 internationals, in a match against the United States in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup group stage.

[8][9][10] On 1 October 2024, Azam resigned from the white-ball captaincy for a second time, citing his workload and desire to focus on his batting.

[13] His impressive debut earned him a place in both Test and ODI squads selected for an away series against Sri Lanka.

[29] He made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016 and scored 69 runs in his first innings.

[17] Azam along with Imad Wasim put on an unbeaten 99 runs partnership which helped Pakistan to a total of 282.

[17] After a successful Champions trophy tour, ICC sent the World XI team in Pakistan where they played three T20I matches.

[54] During a Test match against England in May 2018, Azam was struck on the arm without padding by a bouncer from Ben Stokes, when he was batting on 68.

[55] After fully recovering from his injury, he made his return to the side against Zimbabwe in July for a five-match ODI series.

[58] Playing his first Asia Cup, he didn't have a good time of it, only managing to score 156 runs at an average of 31.20 in 5 matches.

[65] On 26 June 2019, in the match against New Zealand, Azam became the fastest batsman for Pakistan, in terms of innings, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs (68).

[69] In September 2019, before the home series against Sri Lanka, he was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan cricket team in both ODIs and T20Is, on the back of his consistent performances in these formats.

Babar, batting in his first ever Test inning on home soil, scored an unbeaten quick-fire century on day 5 of the rain-affected match, resulting in a draw.

[90][91] During the first day of the first Test, he scored an attacking unbeaten 69 runs in difficult conditions, to help his side get out of danger, his knock earned him appreciation from former England captains, Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan.

[105] On 10 November 2020, Babar was appointed captain of Pakistan's Test side, ahead of their tour to New Zealand.

[107] On 26 December 2022, Babar breaks the 16-year-old record of scoring the most runs in a calendar year by a Pakistan batter, going past Mohammad Yousuf.

He also achieved the feat of highest run scorer in Test cricket for the year 2022 in the same match, going past England's Joe Root.

[112] On 14 April 2021, Babar scored his maiden T20I century (122), in a winning cause against South Africa in the Centurion Stadium.

[115] In September 2021, Babar was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

[129] On 15 November 2023, Azam resigned from captaincy in all formats following Pakistan's disappointing World Cup campaign.

[131] On 1 October 2024, Azam resigned from the limited overs captaincy for a second time citing his workload and his desire to focus on his batting.

[132][133] On 13 October 2024, Babar Azam becomes the fastest Asian batter to reach 11000 runs in international cricket.

[136] In September 2019, Babar was named as the captain of the newly formed Central Punjab for the 2019–20 domestic season.

[140][141] On 12 October 2020, during the match against Balochistan, he became the fastest batsman in terms of innings (27) to score 1,000 runs in National T20 Cup's history.

[142] In October 2021, in the 2021–22 National T20 Cup, he became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 7,000 runs in T20 cricket (187).

[143] In August September 2024, Babar Azam played in Bahria town champions cup by PCB.

In December 2021, he was named as the captain of the Karachi Kings following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.

[163] In 2017, Babar played for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League and Sylhet Sixers in the BPL.

[173] He is also the joint fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 2000 runs in ODI cricket (45 innings), along with Zaheer Abbas.

[177] Babar Azam is the only cricketer to score 5 consecutive centuries in a single country (United Arab Emirates).

[180] He is the only batsman in history to score 3 consecutive centuries twice due to which cricket analyst Rehan Ul-Haq termed Babar Azam as the "undisputed king of this format" after one of his record-breaking performances in ODIs and is now known as "King Babar" (Wisden)[181] He is the fastest captain to reach 1000 ODI runs in 13 innings.