Cricket World Cup Records (Full Details)

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Highest individual scores across all World Cups

No.	Player	Date	HS
1	Gary Kirsten	February 16, 1996	188* v United Arab Emirates
2	Sourav Ganguly	May 26, 1999	183 v Sri Lanka
3	Vivian Richards	October 13, 1987	181 v Sri Lanka
4	Kapil Dev	June 18, 1983	175* v Zimbabwe
5	Virender Sehwag	February 19, 2011	175 v Bangladesh
6	Craig Wishart	February 10, 2003	172* v Namibia
7	Glenn Turner	June 7, 1975	171* v East Africa
8	Andrew Hudson	March 5, 1996	161 v Netherlands
9	Imran Nazir	March 21, 2007	160 v Zimbabwe
10	Matthew Hayden	March 27, 2007	158 v West Indies
11	Andrew Strauss	February 27, 2011	158 v India
12	Sachin Tendulkar	February 23, 2003	152 v Namibia
13	Adam Gilchrist	April 28, 2007	149 v Sri Lanka
14	AB de Villiers	April 10, 2007	146 v West Indies
15	Aravinda De Silva	March 6, 1996	145 v Kenya
16	Rahul Dravid	May 26, 1999	145 v Sri Lanka
17	Tillakaratne Dilshan	March 10, 2011	144 v Zimbabwe
18	Andrew Symonds	February 11, 2003	143* v Pakistan
19	Herschelle Gibbs	February 16, 2003	143 v New Zealand
20	David Houghton	October 10, 1987	142 v New Zealand

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Leading run-scorers across all World Cups

No.	Player	MP	I	R	Avg.	50s	100s	HS
1	Sachin Tendulkar	43	42	2175	57.23	14	6	152 v Namibia
2	Ricky Ponting	46	42	1743	45.86	6	5	140* v India
3	Brian Lara	34	33	1225	42.24	7	2	116 v South Africa
4	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	37	1165	34.26	6	3	120 v New Zealand
5	Jacques Kallis	36	32	1148	45.92	9	1	128* v Netherlands
6	Adam Gilchrist	31	31	1085	36.16	8	1	149 v Sri Lanka
7	Javed Miandad	33	30	1083	43.32	8	1	103 v Sri Lanka
8	Stephen Fleming	33	33	1075	35.83	5	2	134* v South Africa
9	Herschelle Gibbs	25	23	1067	56.15	8	2	143 v New Zealand
10	Aravinda De Silva	35	32	1064	36.68	6	2	145 v Kenya
11	Vivian Richards	23	21	1013	63.31	5	3	181 v Sri Lanka
12	Sourav Ganguly	21	21	1006	55.88	3	4	183 v Sri Lanka
13	Mark Waugh	22	22	1004	52.84	4	4	130 v Kenya
14	Matthew Hayden	22	21	987	51.94	2	3	158 v West Indies
15	Steve Waugh	33	30	978	48.9	6	1	120* v South Africa
16	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	31	28	970	40.41	7	1	102* v Ireland
17	Arjuna Ranatunga	30	29	969	46.14	7	0	88* v Zimbabwe
18	Saeed Anwar	21	21	915	53.82	3	3	113* v New Zealand
19	Graham Gooch	21	21	897	44.85	8	1	115 v India
20	Kumar Sangakkara	28	26	889	44.45	6	1	111 v New Zealand

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Best batting averages across all World Cups

No.	Player	MP	I	R	Avg.	50s	100s	HS
1	Lance Klusener	14	11	372	124	3	0	57 v West Indies
2	Andrew Symonds	18	13	515	103	3	1	143* v Pakistan
3	Michael Clarke	18	15	669	83.62	6	0	93 v Kenya
4	Graeme Fowler	7	7	360	72	4	0	81* v Sri Lanka
5	Peter Kirsten	8	8	410	68.33	4	0	90 v New Zealand
6	Ridley Jacobs	11	8	270	67.5	3	0	80* v New Zealand
7	Larry Gomes	8	7	258	64.5	3	0	78 v Australia
8	Lee Germon	6	6	191	63.66	1	0	89 v Australia
9	Vivian Richards	23	21	1013	63.31	5	3	181 v Sri Lanka
10	Ryan ten Doeschate	9	9	435	62.14	3	2	119 v England
11	Shane Watson	15	12	435	62.14	4	0	94 v Canada
12	Rahul Dravid	22	21	860	61.42	6	2	145 v Sri Lanka
13	Glenn Turner	14	14	612	61.2	2	2	171* v East Africa
14	Jonathan Trott	7	7	422	60.28	5	0	92 v Ireland
15	Abdul Qadir	13	9	118	59	0	0	41* v New Zealand
16	Sachin Tendulkar	43	42	2175	57.23	14	6	152 v Namibia
17	Herschelle Gibbs	25	23	1067	56.15	8	2	143 v New Zealand
18	Sourav Ganguly	21	21	1006	55.88	3	4	183 v Sri Lanka
19	Guy de Alwis	6	6	167	55.66	2	0	59* v Pakistan
20	Brad Haddin	7	6	332	55.33	4	0	88 v Canada

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Most hundreds across all World Cups



MP = Matches Played, I = Innings, R = Runs, Avg. = Batting average, S/R = Batting Strike rate, HS = Highest Score

No.	Player	MP	I	R	Avg.	50s	100s	HS
1	Sachin Tendulkar	43	42	2175	57.23	14	6	152 v Namibia
2	Ricky Ponting	46	42	1743	45.86	6	5	140* v India
3	Sourav Ganguly	21	21	1006	55.88	3	4	183 v Sri Lanka
4	Mark Waugh	22	22	1004	52.84	4	4	130 v Kenya
5	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	37	1165	34.26	6	3	120 v New Zealand
6	Vivian Richards	23	21	1013	63.31	5	3	181 v Sri Lanka
7	Matthew Hayden	22	21	987	51.94	2	3	158 v West Indies
8	Saeed Anwar	21	21	915	53.82	3	3	113* v New Zealand
9	AB de Villiers	15	15	725	51.78	3	3	146 v West Indies
10	Rameez Raja	16	16	700	53.84	2	3	119* v New Zealand
11	Brian Lara	34	33	1225	42.24	7	2	116 v South Africa
12	Stephen Fleming	33	33	1075	35.83	5	2	134* v South Africa
13	Herschelle Gibbs	25	23	1067	56.15	8	2	143 v New Zealand
14	Aravinda De Silva	35	32	1064	36.68	6	2	145 v Kenya
15	Mahela Jayawardena	31	27	871	34.84	5	2	115* v New Zealand
16	Rahul Dravid	22	21	860	61.42	6	2	145 v Sri Lanka
17	Scott Styris	25	21	852	53.25	5	2	141 v Sri Lanka
18	David Boon	16	16	815	54.33	5	2	100 v West Indies
19	Virender Sehwag	20	20	805	40.25	3	2	175 v Bangladesh
20	Upul Tharanga	18	18	661	41.31	4	2	133 v Zimbabwe

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Most fifties across all World Cups

No.	Player	MP	I	R	Avg.	50s	100s	HS
1	Sachin Tendulkar	43	42	2175	57.23	14	6	152 v Namibia
2	Jacques Kallis	36	32	1148	45.92	9	1	128* v Netherlands
3	Adam Gilchrist	31	31	1085	36.16	8	1	149 v Sri Lanka
4	Javed Miandad	33	30	1083	43.32	8	1	103 v Sri Lanka
5	Herschelle Gibbs	25	23	1067	56.15	8	2	143 v New Zealand
6	Graham Gooch	21	21	897	44.85	8	1	115 v India
7	Martin Crowe	21	21	880	55	8	1	100* v Australia
8	Mohammad Azharuddin	30	25	826	39.33	8	0	93 v Australia
9	Steve Tikolo	28	27	768	29.53	8	0	96 v Sri Lanka
10	Brian Lara	34	33	1225	42.24	7	2	116 v South Africa
11	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	31	28	970	40.41	7	1	102* v Ireland
12	Arjuna Ranatunga	30	29	969	46.14	7	0	88* v Zimbabwe
13	Yuvraj Singh	21	19	717	55.15	7	1	113 v West Indies
14	Ricky Ponting	46	42	1743	45.86	6	5	140* v India
15	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	37	1165	34.26	6	3	120 v New Zealand
16	Aravinda De Silva	35	32	1064	36.68	6	2	145 v Kenya
17	Steve Waugh	33	30	978	48.9	6	1	120* v South Africa
18	Kumar Sangakkara	28	26	889	44.45	6	1	111 v New Zealand
19	Rahul Dravid	22	21	860	61.42	6	2	145 v Sri Lanka
20	Graeme Smith	20	20	747	39.31	6	0	91 v Scotland