Most Runs In ODI World Cup History: ICC Cricket ODI World Cup is considered the “flagship event of the international cricket calendar” by the ICC. Every cricket fan from all around the world will always stay in hunger in expecting the GRAND event which stages once every 4 years.
The first edition of the tournament was played in 1975 where West Indies won the title by beating Australia by 17 runs in a 60-over match. England won the last edition of the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup final game.
Most Runs In ODI World Cup History
Most Runs In ODI World Cup History: Scoring massive runs in cricket will always increase the probability of winning the match. That too in World Cup tournaments, setting massive target might pose a threat to the chasing team which make them stumble on some occasion.
To set a massive target, the Individual player’s contribution with the bat is a necessary thing. “God of Cricket” Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score 2000+ runs in ODI World Cup history.
Following are the details of the players with the Most Runs In ODI World Cup History.
| Player | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 45 | 2278 | 152 | 56.95 | 88.98 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 241 | 27 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 46 | 1743 | 140* | 45.86 | 79.95 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 145 | 31 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 37 | 1532 | 124 | 56.74 | 86.55 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 147 | 14 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 34 | 1225 | 116 | 42.24 | 86.26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 131 | 17 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 23 | 1207 | 162* | 63.52 | 117.29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 121 | 37 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 35 | 1186 | 215 | 35.93 | 90.53 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 116 | 49 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 38 | 1165 | 120 | 34.26 | 90.66 | 3 | 6 | – | 120 | 27 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 36 | 1148 | 128* | 45.92 | 74.4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 86 | 13 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 29 | 1146 | 124* | 45.84 | 82.26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 107 | 8 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 27 | 1112 | 161* | 52.95 | 92.97 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 122 | 9 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 40 | 1100 | 115* | 35.48 | 85.93 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 99 | 12 |
| AC Gilchrist (AUS) | 31 | 1085 | 149 | 36.16 | 98.01 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 19 |
| Javed Miandad (PAK) | 33 | 1083 | 103 | 43.32 | 68.02 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 72 | 3 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | 33 | 1075 | 134* | 35.83 | 76.89 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 134 | 11 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | 25 | 1067 | 143 | 56.15 | 87.38 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 106 | 28 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 35 | 1064 | 145 | 36.68 | 86.57 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 107 | 15 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 26 | 1030 | 107 | 46.81 | 86.7 | 2 | 6 | – | 91 | 5 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 23 | 1013 | 181 | 63.31 | 85.05 | 3 | 5 | – | 84+ | 22+ |
| SC Ganguly (IND) | 21 | 1006 | 183 | 55.88 | 77.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 25 |
| ME Waugh (AUS) | 22 | 1004 | 130 | 52.84 | 83.73 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 87 | 9 |
| LRPL Taylor (NZ) | 33 | 1002 | 131* | 37.11 | 74 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 17 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 27 | 995 | 237* | 43.26 | 88.36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 108 | 24 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 18 | 992 | 178 | 62 | 98.12 | 4 | 3 | – | 104 | 17 |
| ML Hayden (AUS) | 22 | 987 | 158 | 51.94 | 92.93 | 3 | 2 | – | 106 | 23 |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 17 | 978 | 140 | 65.2 | 95.97 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 23 |
| SR Waugh (AUS) | 33 | 978 | 120* | 48.9 | 81.02 | 1 | 6 | – | 73 | 13 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 31 | 970 | 102* | 40.41 | 62.13 | 1 | 7 | – | 82 | 13 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 30 | 969 | 88* | 46.14 | 80.95 | – | 7 | 3 | 99 | 7 |
| F du Plessis (SA) | 23 | 926 | 109 | 57.87 | 86.54 | 2 | 7 | – | 74 | 11 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 21 | 915 | 113* | 53.82 | 79.08 | 3 | 3 | – | 90 | 6 |
| KS Williamson (NZ) | 23 | 911 | 148 | 56.93 | 78.33 | 2 | 3 | – | 86 | 6 |
| SB Styris (NZ) | 26 | 909 | 141 | 53.47 | 88.59 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 17 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 21 | 897 | 115 | 44.85 | 63.25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 80 | 4 |
| MJ Clarke (AUS) | 25 | 888 | 93* | 63.42 | 94.16 | – | 8 | – | 85 | 11 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 21 | 880 | 100* | 55 | 83.57 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 7 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 29 | 877 | 102* | 38.13 | 79.43 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 10 |
| R Dravid (IND) | 22 | 860 | 145 | 61.42 | 74.97 | 2 | 6 | – | 76 | 3 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 25 | 854 | 105 | 37.13 | 57.5 | 1 | 3 | – | 67+ | 4+ |
| V Sehwag (IND) | 22 | 843 | 175 | 38.31 | 106.17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 18 |
| HM Amla (SA) | 22 | 842 | 159 | 42.1 | 83.2 | 2 | 5 | – | 76 | 6 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | 24 | 834 | 105 | 46.33 | 89.58 | 1 | 8 | – | 74 | 7 |
| M Azharuddin (IND) | 30 | 826 | 93 | 39.33 | 77.48 | – | 8 | 2 | 69 | 5 |
| DC Boon (AUS) | 16 | 815 | 100 | 54.33 | 72.96 | 2 | 5 | – | 72 | 5 |
| A Flower (ZIM) | 30 | 815 | 115* | 32.6 | 68.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 3 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | 21 | 806 | 188* | 47.41 | 75.46 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 7 |
| AJ Finch (AUS) | 18 | 787 | 153 | 43.72 | 98.25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 24 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 29 | 780 | 91* | 43.33 | 89.96 | – | 5 | 2 | 59 | 15 |
| SO Tikolo (KENYA) | 28 | 768 | 96 | 29.53 | 68.08 | – | 8 | 1 | 78 | 10 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 17 | 758 | 121 | 54.14 | 88.03 | 3 | 3 | – | 67 | 4 |
| GC Smith (SA) | 20 | 747 | 91 | 39.31 | 86.35 | – | 6 | – | 84 | 6 |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 34 | 742 | 101 | 33.72 | 120.84 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 77 | 29 |
| RR Sarwan (WI) | 21 | 739 | 92 | 46.18 | 75.87 | – | 3 | – | 71 | 10 |
| Yuvraj Singh (IND) | 23 | 738 | 113 | 52.71 | 90.33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 13 |
| IR Bell (ENG) | 21 | 718 | 81 | 35.9 | 72.16 | – | 6 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
| Tamim Iqbal (BAN) | 29 | 718 | 95 | 24.75 | 73.11 | – | 4 | 3 | 83 | 4 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) | 35 | 717 | 81 | 23.9 | 74.6 | – | 4 | 4 | 54 | 7 |
| Ramiz Raja (PAK) | 16 | 700 | 119* | 53.84 | 64.1 | 3 | 2 | – | 50 | 0 |
| WU Tharanga (SL) | 21 | 697 | 133 | 36.68 | 75.51 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 4 |
| BRM Taylor (ZIM) | 15 | 690 | 138 | 46 | 88.68 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 14 |
| EJG Morgan (ENG/IRE) | 29 | 672 | 148 | 25.84 | 84.84 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 26 |
| N Kapil Dev (IND) | 26 | 669 | 175* | 37.16 | 115.14 | 1 | 1 | – | 54+ | 14+ |
| Imran Khan (PAK) | 28 | 666 | 102* | 35.05 | 65.68 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 8 |
| AJ Lamb (ENG) | 19 | 656 | 102 | 50.46 | 84.1 | 1 | 3 | – | 52 | 8 |
| SR Watson (AUS) | 22 | 643 | 94 | 53.58 | 108.06 | – | 6 | 1 | 67 | 17 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | 20 | 639 | 110 | 37.58 | 62.89 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 6 |
| GA Hick (ENG) | 20 | 635 | 104* | 42.33 | 74 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 6 |
| WTS Porterfield (IRE) | 21 | 627 | 107 | 29.85 | 59.26 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 4 |
| NJ O’Brien (IRE) | 21 | 620 | 79* | 32.63 | 74.96 | – | 5 | 1 | 57 | 6 |
| Mahmudullah (BAN) | 17 | 616 | 128* | 51.33 | 81.58 | 2 | 2 | – | 46 | 11 |
| GM Turner (NZ) | 14 | 612 | 171* | 61.2 | 64.01 | 2 | 2 | – | 61+ | 2+ |
| AJ Stewart (ENG) | 25 | 606 | 88 | 28.85 | 61.52 | – | 4 | 2 | 58 | 2 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 15 | 598 | 83* | 49.83 | 74.56 | – | 7 | 1 | 38 | 10 |
| Aamer Sohail (PAK) | 16 | 598 | 114 | 37.37 | 70.6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 1 |
| Zaheer Abbas (PAK) | 14 | 597 | 103* | 49.75 | 78.34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 4 |
| RS Mahanama (SL) | 25 | 596 | 89 | 33.11 | 56.54 | – | 5 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | 15 | 591 | 106* | 45.46 | 59.15 | 2 | 4 | – | 44+ | 5+ |
| Saleem Malik (PAK) | 27 | 591 | 100 | 32.83 | 82.65 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 0 |
| DM Jones (AUS) | 16 | 590 | 90 | 42.14 | 72.74 | – | 5 | – | 27 | 12 |
| GR Marsh (AUS) | 13 | 579 | 126* | 48.25 | 58.66 | 2 | 2 | – | 43 | 5 |
| KP Pietersen (ENG) | 13 | 575 | 104 | 47.91 | 84.06 | 2 | 4 | – | 53 | 7 |
| EC Joyce (ENG/IRE) | 17 | 574 | 112 | 33.76 | 78.09 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 7 |
| AC Hudson (SA) | 12 | 571 | 161 | 47.58 | 77.37 | 1 | 4 | – | 64 | 4 |
| DL Houghton (ZIM) | 20 | 567 | 142 | 29.84 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 8 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 28 | 565 | 60 | 33.23 | 82.6 | – | 3 | 1 | 41 | 16 |
| SM Gavaskar (IND) | 19 | 561 | 103* | 35.06 | 57.36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 60+ | 4+ |
| S Dhawan (IND) | 10 | 537 | 137 | 53.7 | 94.21 | 3 | 1 | – | 65 | 9 |
| MG Bevan (AUS) | 26 | 537 | 74* | 44.75 | 64.38 | – | 5 | 1 | 35 | 5 |
| AD Mathews (SL) | 22 | 533 | 113 | 38.07 | 85.82 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 12 |
| JM Bairstow (ENG) | 11 | 532 | 111 | 48.36 | 92.84 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 11 |
| A Jadeja (IND) | 21 | 522 | 100* | 34.79 | 71.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 9 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | 15 | 521 | 124 | 43.41 | 79.29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 0 |
| K Srikkanth (IND) | 23 | 521 | 75 | 23.68 | 68.37 | – | 2 | 4 | 62+ | 4+ |
| Ijaz Ahmed (PAK) | 29 | 516 | 70 | 23.45 | 71.96 | – | 4 | 5 | 40 | 5 |
| A Symonds (AUS) | 18 | 515 | 143* | 103 | 93.29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 10 |
| GW Flower (ZIM) | 21 | 512 | 78* | 28.44 | 57.2 | – | 1 | – | 44+ | 2+ |
| CD McMillan (NZ) | 25 | 506 | 75 | 23 | 70.37 | – | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 |
| GJ Maxwell (AUS) | 18 | 501 | 102 | 38.53 | 169.25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 21 |
| RD Shah (KENYA) | 17 | 500 | 71 | 29.41 | 60.97 | – | 4 | 1 | 60 | 2 |
| KJ O’Brien (IRE) | 20 | 499 | 113 | 27.72 | 90.39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 17 |
| RG Twose (NZ) | 15 | 493 | 92 | 49.3 | 74.35 | – | 4 | 1 | 41 | 4 |
