Top 20 Fastest Centuries in One Day International(ODI) Cricket Format

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Top 20 fastest ODI centuries — Fastest ODI centuries

Who has the record for the fastest century in ODI?

Ab de Villiers holds the top position in the list of fastest ODI centuries in Men’s Cricket. The South African player scored his century in just 31 balls against West Indies in 2015.

The record of the fastest century before 2000 was held by Shahid Afridi who scored a century in just 37 balls in 1996.

Sachin Tendulkar is considered as the century king in international cricket. He has scored 100 centuries in international cricket. Ricky Ponting is in number two position in terms of the highest number of centuries.

Ponting has scored 41 test centuries and 30 in the ODI centuries. Indian veteran cricketer Kohli is in the third position with 70 International centuries.

Top 20 Fastest ODI Centuries

The leading batsman Ab de Villiers finished the match at 149 off just 44 balls and set another record of most sixes in an innings(16) by an individual player in ODI formats.

Virat Kohli has scored his fastest century in just 52 balls against Australia in 2013. This is the fastest century by any Indian cricketer in ODIs.

S. No	Player Name	Match details	Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Venue	Date
1	AB de Villiers	South Africa vs West Indies	149	31	16	9	Johannesburg	18/01/2015
2	Cory James Anderson	New Zealand vs West Indies	131*	36	14	6	Queenstown	01/01/2014
3	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	102	37	11	6	Nairobi	04/10/1996
4	Mark Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	147*	44	10	8	Potchefstroom	20/09/2006
5	Brian Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	117	45	4	18	Dhaka	09/10/1999
6	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan vs India	102	45	9	10	Kanpur	15/04/2005
7	Jesse Ryder	New Zealand v West Indies	104	46	5	12	Queenstown	01/01/2014
8	Jos Butler	England v Pakistan	116*	46	8	10	Dubai	20/11/2015
9	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	134	48	11	11	Singapore	02/04/1996
10	Kevin O’Brien	Ireland v England	113	50	6	13	Bangalore	02/03/2011
11	Glenn Maxwell	Australia v Sri Lanka	102	51	4	10	Sydney	08/03/2015
12	Virat Kohli	India v Australia	100*	52	7	8	Jaipur	16/10/2013
13	AB de Villiers	South Africa v West Indies	162*	52	8	17	Sydney	27/02/2015
14	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Bangladesh	124	53	4	17	Dambulla	21/06/2010
15	Moeen Ali	England v West Indies	102	53	8	7	Bristol	24/09/2017
16	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	130	55	6	16	Karachi	30/06/2008
17	James Faulkner	Australia v India	116	57	6	11	Bangalore	02/11/2013
18	AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	119	57	11	3	Mumbai	25/10/2015
19	AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	102*	58	3	11	Ahmedabad	27/02/2010
20	Virender Sehwag	India v New Zealand	125*	60	6	14	Hamilton	11/03/2009