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Sunday, June 30, 2024

World Cup Records

The ICC Men's ODI World Cup returns for its 13th edition as the tournament heads to India for a blockbuster month of cricket on the subcontinent. There is much at stake for all the teams involved, as the ultimate glory tempts each country to do their best. The World Cup has had a rich history ever since its first edition in England in 1975, and nearly 50 years on from that inaugural tournament, there is a lot of history that the tournament must live up to.

The World Cup has been dominated by Australia, who won their first tournament in 1987 when it was held in India and Pakistan and never looked back. In particular, their stretch of dominance between 1996 and 2015 saw them reach 5 of the 6 finals in that duration, winning four times, including a hat-trick in 1999, 2003, and 2007. For reference, India and West Indies are tied for second-most titles with 2 each. Australia also have by far the most match wins in tournament history (69), best winning percentage, and longest unbeaten streak (34 matches).

When it comes to batting, a veteran of 6 World Cups — half the tournaments ever played — Sachin Tendulkar was remarkable throughout his career, the only player with over 2000 ODI runs. Tendulkar was able to walk away in heroic fashion, hoisted on the shoulders of his Indian teammates following the victory at his hometown Mumbai in 2011. His 2003 tournament also saw the most runs scored by any batter in a single tournament (673). Tendulkar sits joint-top with most tournament appearances alongside Javed Miandad, but retired with just the solitary match less played than the World Cup's all-time appearance leader, Ricky Ponting (46 matches). He is also tied for most WC centuries (6 with Rohit Sharma) and most half-centuries (21).

One of Tendulkar's greatest rivals, a staple of that utterly dominant Australian team, McGrath's unerring lengths and accuracy earned him 71 wickets between 1996 and 2007, the destroyer-in-chief for Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting’s teams, and one of three men to be present in all three teams alongside Ponting and Adam Gilchrist. McGrath also possesses the best bowling figures in the World Cup, with 7 wickets for only 15 runs against 2003 co-hosts Namibia. He is one of four bowlers to take 7 wickets in a World Cup innings, but that was only one of two 5-fers in his World Cup career. Mitchell Starc sits atop that list with 3.

Back to batting heroics, there have only been two double centuries in men’s World Cup play, occurring within weeks of each other at the ultra-high-scoring 2015 World Cup. Chris Gayle would score the first against Zimbabwe at Canberra's Manuka Oval, but New Zealand's Martin Guptill would outdo that on home turf, scoring 237* against the Windies in Wellington.

Most Run
Highest Scores
Best Batting Avg
Best Batting Strike Rate
Best Batting Strike Rate(Innings)
Most Centuries
Fastest Centuries
Most Fifties
Most Sixes
Most Fours

Most Run

	Player	Runs	Innings	Bat Avg
1	SACHIN TENDULKAR	2278	44	56.95
2	Ricky Ponting	1743	42	45.86
3	Kumar Sangakkara	1532	35	56.74
4	Brian Lara	1225	33	40.83
5	AB de Villiers	1207	22	63.52
6	Chris Gayle	1186	34	35.93
7	Sanath Jayasuriya	1165	37	33.28
8	Jacques Kallis	1148	32	45.92
9	Shakib Al Hasan	1146	29	45.84
10	Tillakaratne Dilshan	1112	25	52.95
11	Mahela Jayawardena	1100	34	35.48
12	Adam Gilchrist	1085	31	36.16
13	Javed Miandad	1083	30	43.32
14	Stephen Fleming	1075	33	35.83
15	Herschelle Gibbs	1067	23	56.15
16	Aravinda de Silva	1064	32	36.68
17	Virat Kohli	1029	26	46.77
18	Viv Richards	1013	21	63.31
19	Sourav Ganguly	1006	21	55.88
20	Mark Waugh	1004	22	52.84
21	Ross Taylor	1002	30	37.11
22	Martin Guptill	997	29	39.88
23	David Warner	992	18	62
24	Matthew Hayden	987	21	51.94
25	Steve Waugh	978	30	48.9
26	Rohit Sharma	978	17	65.2
27	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	970	28	40.41
28	Arjuna Ranatunga	969	29	46.14
29	Faf du Plessis	926	21	57.87
30	Kane Williamson	911	22	56.93
31	Scott Styris	909	22	53.47
32	Graham Gooch	897	21	44.85
33	Michael Clarke	888	21	63.42
34	Martin Crowe	880	21	55
35	Mushfiqur Rahim	877	28	38.13
36	Saeed Anwar	875	20	51.47
37	Rahul Dravid	860	21	61.42
38	Desmond Haynes	854	25	37.13
39	Virender Sehwag	843	22	38.31
40	Hashim Amla	842	22	42.1
41	Steve Smith	834	20	46.33
42	Mohammad Azharuddin	826	25	39.33
43	David Boon	815	16	54.33
44	Andy Flower	815	28	32.6
45	Gary Kirsten	806	21	47.41
46	Aaron Finch	787	18	43.72
47	MS Dhoni	780	25	43.33
48	Steve Tikolo	768	27	29.53
49	Joe Root	758	16	54.14
50	Graeme Smith	747	20	39.31

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Highest Scores

	Player	HS	Venue	Match Date
1	MARTIN GUPTILL	237*	Wellington Regional Stadium	21/03/2015
2	Chris Gayle	215	Manuka Oval	24/02/2015
3	Gary Kirsten	188*	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	16/02/1996
4	Sourav Ganguly	183	The County Ground	26/05/1999
5	Viv Richards	181	National Stadium	13/10/1987
6	David Warner	178	WACA	04/03/2015
7	Kapil Dev	175*	The Nevill Ground	18/06/1983
8	Virender Sehwag	175	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	19/02/2011
9	Craig Wishart	172*	Harare Sports Club	10/02/2003
10	Glenn Turner	171*	Edgbaston	07/06/1975
11	David Warner	166	Trent Bridge	20/06/2019
12	AB de Villiers	162*	SCG	27/02/2015
13	Tillakaratne Dilshan	161*	MCG	26/02/2015
14	Andrew Hudson	161	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	05/03/1996
15	Imran Nazir	160	Sabina Park	21/03/2007
16	Hashim Amla	159	Manuka Oval	03/03/2015
17	Matthew Hayden	158	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	27/03/2007
18	Andrew Strauss	158	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	27/02/2011
19	Kyle Coetzer	156	Saxton Oval	05/03/2015
20	Jason Roy	153	Sophia Gardens	08/06/2019
21	Aaron Finch	153	The Oval	15/06/2019
22	Sachin Tendulkar	152	City Oval	23/02/2003
23	Adam Gilchrist	149	Kensington Oval	28/04/2007
24	Eoin Morgan	148	Old Trafford	18/06/2019
25	Kane Williamson	148	Old Trafford	22/06/2019
26	AB de Villiers	146	National Cricket Stadium	10/04/2007
27	Aravinda de Silva	145	Asgiriya Stadium	06/03/1996
28	Rahul Dravid	145	The County Ground	26/05/1999
29	Tillakaratne Dilshan	144	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	10/03/2011
30	Andrew Symonds	143*	New Wanderers Stadium	11/02/2003
31	Herschelle Gibbs	143	New Wanderers Stadium	16/02/2003
32	Dave Houghton	142	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	10/10/1987
33	Scott Styris	141	Mangaung Oval	10/02/2003
34	Sachin Tendulkar	140*	Bristol County Ground	23/05/1999
35	Ricky Ponting	140*	New Wanderers Stadium	23/03/2003
36	Rohit Sharma	140	Old Trafford	16/06/2019
37	Lahiru Thirimanne	139*	Wellington Regional Stadium	01/03/2015
38	David Miller	138*	Seddon Park	15/02/2015
39	Viv Richards	138*	Lord's Cricket Ground	23/06/1979
40	Brendan Taylor	138	Eden Park	14/03/2015
41	Rohit Sharma	137	MCG	19/03/2015
42	Sachin Tendulkar	137	Arun Jaitley Stadium	02/03/1996
43	Shikhar Dhawan	137	MCG	22/02/2015
44	Dennis Amiss	137	Lord's Cricket Ground	07/06/1975
45	Aaron Finch	135	MCG	14/02/2015
46	Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk	134*	Mangaung Oval	03/03/2003
47	Stephen Fleming	134*	New Wanderers Stadium	16/02/2003
48	AB de Villiers	134	IS Bindra Stadium	03/03/2011
49	Marlon Samuels	133*	Manuka Oval	24/02/2015
50	Upul Tharanga	133	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	10/03/2011

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Best Batting Avg

	Player	Avg	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	LANCE KLUSENER	124	11	124	372
2	Andrew Symonds	103	13	103	515
3	Graeme Fowler	72	7	72	360
4	Peter Noel Kirsten	68.33	8	68.33	410
5	Babar Azam	67.71	8	67.71	474
6	Ridley Jacobs	67.5	8	67.5	270
7	Ben Stokes	66.42	10	66.42	465
8	Rohit Sharma	65.2	17	65.2	978
9	Hilary Angelo Gomes	64.5	7	64.5	258
10	Lee Germon	63.66	6	63.66	191
11	AB de Villiers	63.52	22	63.52	1207
12	Michael Clarke	63.42	21	63.42	888
13	Viv Richards	63.31	21	63.31	1013
14	Jason Roy	63.28	7	63.28	443
15	Alex Carey	62.5	9	62.5	375
16	Ryan ten Doeschate	62.14	9	62.14	435
17	David Warner	62	18	62	992
18	Rassie van der Dussen	62	6	62	310
19	Rahul Dravid	61.42	21	61.42	860
20	Glenn Turner	61.2	14	61.2	612
21	Jonathan Trott	60.28	7	60.28	422
22	Suresh Raina	59.66	9	59.66	358
23	Abdul Qadir	59	9	59	118
24	Faf du Plessis	57.87	21	57.87	926
25	Sachin Tendulkar	56.95	44	56.95	2278
26	Kane Williamson	56.93	22	56.93	911
27	Kumar Sangakkara	56.74	35	56.74	1532
28	Herschelle Gibbs	56.15	23	56.15	1067
29	Sourav Ganguly	55.88	21	55.88	1006
30	Guy de Alwis	55.66	6	55.66	167
31	Martin Crowe	55	21	55	880
32	Sean Williams	54.66	11	54.66	492
33	David Boon	54.33	16	54.33	815
34	David Gower	54.25	11	54.25	434
35	Joe Root	54.14	16	54.14	758
36	Graham Thorpe	54.14	10	54.14	379
37	Ramiz Raja	53.84	16	53.84	700
38	Shikhar Dhawan	53.7	10	53.7	537
39	Shane Watson	53.58	19	53.58	643
40	Scott Styris	53.47	22	53.47	909
41	Tillakaratne Dilshan	52.95	25	52.95	1112
42	Mark Waugh	52.84	22	52.84	1004
43	Bill Athey	52.75	6	52.75	211
44	Yuvraj Singh	52.71	21	52.71	738
45	Neil Johnson	52.42	8	52.42	367
46	Nicholas Pooran	52.42	8	52.42	367
47	Matthew Hayden	51.94	21	51.94	987
48	Shaiman Anwar	51.83	6	51.83	311
49	Saeed Anwar	51.47	20	51.47	875
50	Mahmudullah	51.33	15	51.33	616

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Best Batting Strike Rate

	Player	SR	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	GLENN MAXWELL	169.25	16	38.53	501
2	Jos Buttler	126.53	14	34.84	453
3	Lance Klusener	121.17	11	124	372
4	Brendon McCullum	120.84	27	33.72	742
5	David Miller	117.94	11	51.11	460
6	AB de Villiers	117.29	22	63.52	1207
7	Rilee Rossouw	116.66	5	52.5	210
8	Jason Roy	115.36	7	63.28	443
9	Kapil Dev	115.14	23	37.16	669
10	Shahid Afridi	112.45	24	14.13	325
11	Hardik Pandya	112.43	9	32.28	226
12	Kusal Perera	111.52	9	33.33	300
13	Jason Holder	110.54	11	32.5	325
14	John Davison	110.38	14	26.15	340
15	Litton Das	110.17	5	46	184
16	Paul Stirling	110.1	12	26.33	316
17	Imran Nazir	108.57	3	63.33	190
18	Corey Anderson	108.45	8	33	231
19	Shane Watson	108.06	19	53.58	643
20	Suresh Raina	107.5	9	59.66	358
21	Moeen Ali	107.22	10	29.66	267
22	Moin Khan	106.31	14	28.6	286
23	Virender Sehwag	106.17	22	38.31	843
24	Avishka Fernando	105.72	4	50.75	203
25	Grant Elliott	105.44	8	44.28	310
26	Guy de Alwis	105.03	6	55.66	167
27	Wahab Riaz	104.67	14	16.27	179
28	Alex Carey	104.45	9	62.5	375
29	Darren Sammy	102.21	11	21	231
30	Shimron Hetmyer	101.58	8	36.71	257
31	Sean Williams	101.23	11	54.66	492
32	Wasim Akram	100.94	30	19.36	426
33	Colin de Grandhomme	100.52	8	23.75	190
34	Jan-Berrie Burger	100.5	6	33.16	199
35	Nicholas Pooran	100.27	8	52.42	367
36	Craig Spearman	100	6	31.83	191
37	Paul Nixon	99.48	8	38.6	193
38	JP Duminy	99.34	16	35.23	458
39	Phillip DeFreitas	98.92	13	18.4	184
40	Aaron Finch	98.37	18	43.72	787
41	Sabbir Rahman	98.19	8	31.14	218
42	David Warner	98.12	18	62	992
43	Adam Gilchrist	98.01	31	36.16	1085
44	Rohit Sharma	95.97	17	65.2	978
45	Lendl Simmons	94.92	6	37.4	187
46	Shikhar Dhawan	94.21	10	53.7	537
47	Soumya Sarkar	94.19	14	24.35	341
48	Michael Clarke	94.16	21	63.42	888
49	Mark Boucher	94.07	19	27.21	381
50	Gary Wilson	93.59	10	26.3	263

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Best Batting Strike Rate(Innings)

	Player	SR	Venue	Match Date
1	JAMES FRANKLIN	387.5	Wankhede Stadium	13/03/2011
2	David Warner	350	Bellerive Oval	14/03/2015
3	Moeen Ali	344.44	Old Trafford	18/06/2019
4	Chris Lewis	333.33	Eastern Oval	09/03/1992
5	Andre Russell	323.07	Hagley Oval	21/02/2015
6	Glenn Maxwell	320	Trent Bridge	20/06/2019
7	Brendon McCullum	308	Wellington Regional Stadium	20/02/2015
8	Liam Plunkett	300	Sophia Gardens	08/06/2019
9	Mitchell Johnson	300	SCG	26/03/2015
10	Shahid Afridi	300	McLean Park	04/03/2015
11	Paul Nixon	287.5	Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	18/03/2007
12	Brad Haddin	277.77	SCG	08/03/2015
13	Jacob Oram	277.77	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	08/03/2011
14	David Miller	272.22	Eden Park	24/03/2015
15	Shoaib Akhtar	268.75	Newlands	22/02/2003
16	AB de Villiers	266.66	Manuka Oval	03/03/2015
17	JP Duminy	266.66	IS Bindra Stadium	03/03/2011
18	Brad Hogg	266.66	Warner Park	14/03/2007
19	Moin Khan	258.33	Headingley	23/05/1999
20	Jos Buttler	250	Edgbaston	30/06/2019
21	Brendon McCullum	247.61	Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	22/03/2007
22	Elton Chigumbura	245.45	Sabina Park	21/03/2007
23	Rashid Khan	245.45	Bristol County Ground	01/06/2019
24	AB de Villiers	245.45	SCG	27/02/2015
25	Grant Elliott	245.45	Wellington Regional Stadium	21/03/2015
26	Thisara Perera	244.44	Wankhede Stadium	02/04/2011
27	Robin Peterson	244.44	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	19/03/2011
28	Angelo Mathews	242.85	Bellerive Oval	11/03/2015
29	Mark Boucher	241.93	Warner Park	16/03/2007
30	Roger Harper	240	Jinnah Stadium	09/10/1987
31	Ravindra Jadeja	230	MCG	19/03/2015
32	Brendon McCullum	226.92	Eden Park	24/03/2015
33	Mark Boucher	226.08	National Cricket Stadium	10/04/2007
34	Glenn Maxwell	225.64	WACA	04/03/2015
35	Ricardo Powell	222.22	Newlands	09/02/2003
36	Kieron Pollard	222.22	Arun Jaitley Stadium	28/02/2011
37	Brad Haddin	222.22	WACA	04/03/2015
38	Brad Haddin	221.42	MCG	14/02/2015
39	Graham Dilley	221.42	The Oval	09/06/1983
40	Sean Ervine	221.42	Mangaung Oval	08/03/2003
41	Brendon McCullum	221.05	McLean Park	08/03/2015
42	Jason Holder	220	The County Ground	17/06/2019
43	Hasan Ali	213.33	The County Ground	12/06/2019
44	Dwayne Smith	213.33	Sabina Park	13/03/2007
45	Ramnaresh Sarwan	213.33	Newlands	09/02/2003
46	Michael Leask	209.09	Bellerive Oval	14/03/2015
47	Eoin Morgan	208.45	Old Trafford	18/06/2019
48	Brendon McCullum	208.33	Eden Park	28/02/2015
49	Andre Russell	207.69	Saxton Oval	16/02/2015
50	Wavell Hinds	206.45	Supersport Park	23/02/2003

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Most Centuries

	Player	100s	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	SACHIN TENDULKAR	6	44	56.95	2278
2	Rohit Sharma	6	17	65.2	978
3	Ricky Ponting	5	42	45.86	1743
4	Kumar Sangakkara	5	35	56.74	1532
5	AB de Villiers	4	22	63.52	1207
6	Tillakaratne Dilshan	4	25	52.95	1112
7	Mahela Jayawardena	4	34	35.48	1100
8	Sourav Ganguly	4	21	55.88	1006
9	Mark Waugh	4	22	52.84	1004
10	David Warner	4	18	62	992
11	Sanath Jayasuriya	3	37	33.28	1165
12	Viv Richards	3	21	63.31	1013
13	Matthew Hayden	3	21	51.94	987
14	Saeed Anwar	3	20	51.47	875
15	Aaron Finch	3	18	43.72	787
16	Joe Root	3	16	54.14	758
17	Ramiz Raja	3	16	53.84	700
18	Shikhar Dhawan	3	10	53.7	537
19	Brian Lara	2	33	40.83	1225
20	Chris Gayle	2	34	35.93	1186
21	Shakib Al Hasan	2	29	45.84	1146
22	Stephen Fleming	2	33	35.83	1075
23	Herschelle Gibbs	2	23	56.15	1067
24	Aravinda de Silva	2	32	36.68	1064
25	Virat Kohli	2	26	46.77	1029
26	Martin Guptill	2	29	39.88	997
27	Faf du Plessis	2	21	57.87	926
28	Kane Williamson	2	22	56.93	911
29	Scott Styris	2	22	53.47	909
30	Rahul Dravid	2	21	61.42	860
31	Virender Sehwag	2	22	38.31	843
32	Hashim Amla	2	22	42.1	842
33	David Boon	2	16	54.33	815
34	Upul Tharanga	2	21	36.68	697
35	Brendan Taylor	2	15	46	690
36	Mahmudullah	2	15	51.33	616
37	Glenn Turner	2	14	61.2	612
38	Aamer Sohail	2	16	37.37	598
39	Gordon Greenidge	2	15	45.46	591
40	Geoff Marsh	2	13	48.25	579
41	Kevin Pietersen	2	13	47.91	575
42	Jonny Bairstow	2	11	48.36	532
43	Marvan Atapattu	2	15	43.41	521
44	Ryan ten Doeschate	2	9	62.14	435
45	Nathan Astle	2	22	20.15	403
46	Jacques Kallis	1	32	45.92	1148
47	Adam Gilchrist	1	31	36.16	1085
48	Javed Miandad	1	30	43.32	1083
49	Ross Taylor	1	30	37.11	1002
50	Steve Waugh	1	30	48.9	978

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Fastest Centuries

	Player	Deliveries	Venue	Match Date
1	KEVIN O'BRIEN	50	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	02/03/2011
2	Glenn Maxwell	51	SCG	08/03/2015
3	AB de Villiers	52	SCG	27/02/2015
4	Eoin Morgan	57	Old Trafford	18/06/2019
5	Matthew Hayden	66	Warner Park	24/03/2007
6	Kumar Sangakkara	70	Wellington Regional Stadium	01/03/2015
7	Paul Stirling	70	Eden Gardens	18/03/2011
8	Adam Gilchrist	72	Kensington Oval	28/04/2007
9	Kumar Sangakkara	73	MCG	26/02/2015
10	Jos Buttler	75	Trent Bridge	03/06/2019
11	Brendan Taylor	79	Bellerive Oval	07/03/2015
12	Shaiman Anwar	79	Brisbane Cricket Ground	25/02/2015
13	Carlos Brathwaite	80	Old Trafford	22/06/2019
14	Mahela Jayawardena	80	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	20/02/2011
15	David Miller	81	Seddon Park	15/02/2015
16	Virender Sehwag	81	Queen's Park Oval	19/03/2007
17	Brad Hodge	82	Warner Park	18/03/2007
18	Shakib Al Hasan	83	The County Ground	17/06/2019
19	Lendl Simmons	83	Saxton Oval	16/02/2015
20	Virat Kohli	83	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	19/02/2011
21	Mahela Jayawardena	84	Wankhede Stadium	02/04/2011
22	Shikhar Dhawan	84	Seddon Park	10/03/2015
23	Rohit Sharma	85	Old Trafford	16/06/2019
24	Ricky Ponting	85	Warner Park	14/03/2007
25	Sanath Jayasuriya	85	Queen's Park Oval	21/03/2007
26	Kumar Sangakkara	86	Bellerive Oval	11/03/2015
27	Sanath Jayasuriya	86	Providence Stadium	01/04/2007
28	AB de Villiers	88	IS Bindra Stadium	03/03/2011
29	Martin Guptill	88	Seddon Park	13/03/2015
30	Steve Smith	89	SCG	26/03/2015
31	Jonny Bairstow	90	Edgbaston	30/06/2019
32	Rohit Sharma	90	Edgbaston	02/07/2019
33	Stephen Fleming	90	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	02/04/2007
34	Kevin Pietersen	90	Kensington Oval	21/04/2007
35	Moeen Ali	91	Hagley Oval	23/02/2015
36	David Warner	92	WACA	04/03/2015
37	Jason Roy	92	Sophia Gardens	08/06/2019
38	Nicholas Pooran	92	Emirates Riverside	01/07/2019
39	Sachin Tendulkar	92	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	12/03/2011
40	Rohit Sharma	92	Headingley	06/07/2019
41	Faf du Plessis	93	Old Trafford	06/07/2019
42	Joe Root	93	The Ageas Bowl	14/06/2019
43	Virender Sehwag	94	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	19/02/2011
44	Suresh Raina	94	Eden Park	14/03/2015
45	Imran Nazir	95	Sabina Park	21/03/2007
46	Tillakaratne Dilshan	95	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	10/03/2011
47	Shakib Al Hasan	95	Sophia Gardens	08/06/2019
48	Shikhar Dhawan	95	The Oval	09/06/2019
49	Jonny Bairstow	95	Emirates Riverside	03/07/2019
50	Mushfiqur Rahim	95	Trent Bridge	20/06/2019

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Most Fifties

	Player	50s	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	SACHIN TENDULKAR	15	44	56.95	2278
2	Shakib Al Hasan	10	29	45.84	1146
3	Jacques Kallis	9	32	45.92	1148
4	Adam Gilchrist	8	31	36.16	1085
5	Javed Miandad	8	30	43.32	1083
6	Herschelle Gibbs	8	23	56.15	1067
7	Graham Gooch	8	21	44.85	897
8	Michael Clarke	8	21	63.42	888
9	Martin Crowe	8	21	55	880
10	Steve Smith	8	20	46.33	834
11	Mohammad Azharuddin	8	25	39.33	826
12	Steve Tikolo	8	27	29.53	768
13	Kumar Sangakkara	7	35	56.74	1532
14	Brian Lara	7	33	40.83	1225
15	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	7	28	40.41	970
16	Arjuna Ranatunga	7	29	46.14	969
17	Faf du Plessis	7	21	57.87	926
18	Yuvraj Singh	7	21	52.71	738
19	Misbah-ul-Haq	7	13	49.83	598
20	Ricky Ponting	6	42	45.86	1743
21	AB de Villiers	6	22	63.52	1207
22	Chris Gayle	6	34	35.93	1186
23	Sanath Jayasuriya	6	37	33.28	1165
24	Aravinda de Silva	6	32	36.68	1064
25	Virat Kohli	6	26	46.77	1029
26	Ross Taylor	6	30	37.11	1002
27	Steve Waugh	6	30	48.9	978
28	Scott Styris	6	22	53.47	909
29	Mushfiqur Rahim	6	28	38.13	877
30	Rahul Dravid	6	21	61.42	860
31	Graeme Smith	6	20	39.31	747
32	Brendon McCullum	6	27	33.72	742
33	Ian Bell	6	21	35.9	718
34	Shane Watson	6	19	53.58	643
35	Graeme Hick	6	19	42.33	635
36	Navjot Sidhu	6	10	45.4	454
37	Mahela Jayawardena	5	34	35.48	1100
38	Stephen Fleming	5	33	35.83	1075
39	Viv Richards	5	21	63.31	1013
40	Hashim Amla	5	22	42.1	842
41	David Boon	5	16	54.33	815
42	Gary Kirsten	5	21	47.41	806
43	MS Dhoni	5	25	43.33	780
44	Niall O'Brien	5	21	32.63	620
45	Roshan Mahanama	5	21	31.36	596
46	Dean Jones	5	16	42.14	590
47	Michael Bevan	5	18	44.75	537
48	Sean Williams	5	11	54.66	492
49	Ben Stokes	5	10	66.42	465
50	LPC Silva	5	14	35.58	427

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Most Sixes

	Player	6s	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	CHRIS GAYLE	49	34	35.93	1186
2	AB de Villiers	37	22	63.52	1207
3	Ricky Ponting	31	42	45.86	1743
4	Brendon McCullum	29	27	33.72	742
5	Herschelle Gibbs	28	23	56.15	1067
6	Sanath Jayasuriya	27	37	33.28	1165
7	Sachin Tendulkar	27	44	56.95	2278
8	Eoin Morgan	26	27	25.84	672
9	Sourav Ganguly	25	21	55.88	1006
10	Aaron Finch	24	18	43.72	787
11	Martin Guptill	24	29	39.88	997
12	Rohit Sharma	23	17	65.2	978
13	Matthew Hayden	23	21	51.94	987
14	Viv Richards	22	21	63.31	1013
15	Glenn Maxwell	21	16	38.53	501
16	Adam Gilchrist	19	31	36.16	1085
17	Virender Sehwag	18	22	38.31	843
18	Jason Holder	17	11	32.5	325
19	David Warner	17	18	62	992
20	Shane Watson	17	19	53.58	643
21	Kevin O'Brien	17	20	27.72	499
22	Scott Styris	17	22	53.47	909
23	Ross Taylor	17	30	37.11	1002
24	Brian Lara	17	33	40.83	1225
25	Lance Klusener	16	11	124	372
26	Chris Cairns	16	24	33.23	565
27	David Miller	15	11	51.11	460
28	Andre Russell	15	12	19.2	192
29	Mark Boucher	15	19	27.21	381
30	MS Dhoni	15	25	43.33	780
31	Aravinda de Silva	15	32	36.68	1064
32	Brendan Taylor	14	15	46	690
33	Kapil Dev	14	23	37.16	669
34	Kumar Sangakkara	14	35	56.74	1532
35	Mark Greatbatch	13	7	44.71	313
36	John Davison	13	14	26.15	340
37	Asanka Gurusinha	13	17	28.7	488
38	Yuvraj Singh	13	21	52.71	738
39	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	13	28	40.41	970
40	Steve Waugh	13	30	48.9	978
41	Jacques Kallis	13	32	45.92	1148
42	Jason Roy	12	7	63.28	443
43	Dean Jones	12	16	42.14	590
44	Marlon Samuels	12	16	32.85	460
45	Angelo Mathews	12	17	38.07	533
46	Craig McMillan	12	24	23	506
47	Shahid Afridi	12	24	14.13	325
48	Mahela Jayawardena	12	34	35.48	1100
49	Kieron Pollard	11	7	27.14	190
50	Ben Stokes	11	10	66.42	465

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

Most Fours

	Player	4s	Innings	Bat Avg	Runs
1	SACHIN TENDULKAR	241	44	56.95	2278
2	Kumar Sangakkara	147	35	56.74	1532
3	Ricky Ponting	145	42	45.86	1743
4	Adam Gilchrist	141	31	36.16	1085
5	Stephen Fleming	134	33	35.83	1075
6	Brian Lara	124	33	40.83	1225
7	Tillakaratne Dilshan	122	25	52.95	1112
8	AB de Villiers	121	22	63.52	1207
9	Sanath Jayasuriya	120	37	33.28	1165
10	Chris Gayle	116	34	35.93	1186
11	Martin Guptill	108	29	39.88	997
12	Virender Sehwag	108	22	38.31	843
13	Shakib Al Hasan	107	29	45.84	1146
14	Aravinda de Silva	107	32	36.68	1064
15	Herschelle Gibbs	106	23	56.15	1067
16	Matthew Hayden	106	21	51.94	987
17	David Warner	104	18	62	992
18	Rohit Sharma	100	17	65.2	978
19	Mahela Jayawardena	99	34	35.48	1100
20	Arjuna Ranatunga	99	29	46.14	969
21	Virat Kohli	91	26	46.77	1029
22	Jacques Kallis	87	32	45.92	1148
23	Mark Waugh	87	22	52.84	1004
24	Saeed Anwar	87	20	51.47	875
25	Kane Williamson	86	22	56.93	911
26	Michael Clarke	85	21	63.42	888
27	Viv Richards	84	21	63.31	1013
28	Graeme Smith	84	20	39.31	747
29	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	82	28	40.41	970
30	Martin Crowe	82	21	55	880
31	Tamim Iqbal	82	29	24.62	714
32	Sourav Ganguly	80	21	55.88	1006
33	Graham Gooch	80	21	44.85	897
34	Gary Kirsten	79	21	47.41	806
35	Upul Tharanga	79	21	36.68	697
36	Steve Tikolo	78	27	29.53	768
37	Brendon McCullum	77	27	33.72	742
38	Ross Taylor	76	30	37.11	1002
39	Rahul Dravid	76	21	61.42	860
40	Hashim Amla	76	22	42.1	842
41	Faf du Plessis	74	21	57.87	926
42	Steve Smith	74	20	46.33	834
43	Steve Waugh	73	30	48.9	978
44	Aaron Finch	73	18	43.72	787
45	Javed Miandad	72	30	43.32	1083
46	David Boon	72	16	54.33	815
47	Mushfiqur Rahim	71	28	38.13	877
48	Ramnaresh Sarwan	71	20	46.18	739
49	Scott Styris	69	22	53.47	909
50	Mohammad Azharuddin	69	25	39.33	826

SR: Strike Rate, Mat: Matches, Inns: Innings

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World Cup Records FAQ

Who is the highest all-time run-scorer at the World Cup?
Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the greatest batter of all time, holds the record for most runs in World Cups. With 2278 runs from 45 ODIs, Tendulkar is way ahead in the pack with the second-best Ricky Ponting almost 500 runs behind the Master Blaster
Who is the highest all-time wicket-taker at the World Cup?
Glenn McGrath of Australia is the highest wicket-taker in World Cup. McGrath played 39 ODIs between 1996 and 2007, and finished with 71 wickets, including two five-wicket-hauls
How many times have Australia won the World Cup?
Australia have been so dominant in World Cups that they have won the title five times – 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. They are the only team to remain undefeated in two editions of the World Cup – 2003 and 2007
When was the first-ever World Cup held?
The inaugural ODI World Cup was held in 1975 and contested in a 60-overs format. West Indies defeated Australia in the final by 17 runs, allowing Clive Lloyd to lift the World Cup trophy in an iconic moment for world cricket
How has Virat Kohli performed in World Cup?
Virat Kohli has played three World Cups – 2011, 2015 and 2019 – so far and has managed to score 1030 runs from 26 ODIs at an average of 46.81 including two centuries
Who has hit the most centuries in World Cup?
The record for most centuries in World Cup is held jointly by Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma with 6 hundreds each. While Tendulkar required 45 matches and six World Cups to get there, India captain Rohit knocked down his 6 in just 17 games – 5 of which he smashed during the 2019 World Cup itself.
What is the most runs scored by an individual batter in a single edition of the World Cup?
Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 673 runs is the highest ever scored in a single edition of the World Cup. He achieved the feat during the 2003 World Cup where India finished runner-up, bettering his tally of 523 runs at the 1996 World Cup.
Who holds the record for the highest individual score in World Cup?
New Zealand batter Martin Guptill's unbeaten 237 against West Indies during the 2015 World Cup is yet to be bested. It was the second double century of the '15 WC after Chris Gayle's equally destructive 215 against Zimbabwe
Who holds the record for the best bowling figures at the World Cup?
Australia's Glenn McGrath picked up 7/15 against Namibia at the 2003 World Cup

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