Top 5 Cricketers with Most Runs in Cricket World Cups: ICC Men’s World Cup Records and Statistics

The Cricket World Cup features one-day international (ODI) games. The event, which has been conducted every four years since the first Cricket World Cup in England, is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Despite the ICC’s admission that it would prefer to alter the format in reaction to criticism of the 2007 World Cup, more teams and matches have since been played.

Runs	Player	Period
2,278	Sachin Tendulkar	1992–2011
1,743	Ricky Ponting	1996–2011
1,532	Kumar Sangakkara	2003–2015
1,225	Brian Lara	1992–2007
1,207	AB de Villiers	2007–2015

The top 5 cricketers in terms of runs scored at the Cricket World Cup are mentioned below.

AB de Villiers 1207 (World Cups 2007 – 2015)

De Villiers, a legend of the modern game, has amassed the most runs of any Proteas batsman in the World Cup. De Villiers has the greatest average of any batsman in the Top 10 with 1207 runs at an astonishing average of 63.52 over his three World Cup appearances. De Villiers opted to terminate his ODI career after falling to New Zealand in the 2015 tournament quarterfinals so that the next generation might succeed. In total, he has four centuries, six fifties, and a top individual score of 162*.

Brian Lara 1225 (World Cups 1992 – 2007)

Brian Lara, a West Indian magician who holds the record for the most runs scored by a single batter in Test matches (400*), is ranked No. 4 on the list of players with the most runs scored in World Cups. In 1992, Lara made his World Cup debut in England. He had an overall average of 42.24 and recorded 2 century and 7 fifties. Brian Lara, like de Villiers, never received the coveted award but excelled brilliantly in each of the 34 World Cup matches he participated in for the Windies.

Kumar Sangakkara 1532 (World Cups 2003 – 2015)

The Sri Lankan icon is one of the most graceful batsmen to have ever played the gentleman’s game because to his incredible World Cup batsman statistics. He has appeared in an incredible 37 games, including the 2011 World Cup Final, and has not only scored the most runs for the island nation in World Cups. After India defeated Sri Lanka in the Final in 2011, Sangakkara scored a total of 1532 runs at an average of 56.74 with 5 centuries and 7 half-centuries. true legend

Ricky Ponting 1743 (World Cups 1996 – 2011)

On our list of players with the most runs in World Cups, two-time World Cup champion Ricky Ponting of Australia is rated second. In addition to holding the record for the most runs scored by an Australian at a World Cup, Ponting, who is renowned for leading by example, has played in a remarkable 46 games over the course of five World Cups. In his final World Cup match, against India in Ahmedabad during the 2011 World Cup Quarterfinals, Ponting scored a century. He has an astounding 45.86 average and 5 centuries in World Cups.

Sachin Tendulkar 2278 (World Cups 1992 – 2011)

The record-holder and Little Master of India, Sachin Tendulkar, has scored more runs in World Cups than any other player. When India won the World Cup at home in 2011, his more than two-decade-long search for the ultimate victory came to a conclusion. Tendulkar is unbeatable in terms of cricket as a whole, and his World Cup statistics support this. He recorded six centuries and 15 fifties, with an average of 56.97.

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