List of Cricket World Cup records

The Cricket World Cup is a One Day International (ODI) competition in men's cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament has taken place every four years since it was first held in England. The number of teams and number of matches have increased since then, although the ICC declared an interest in reducing the format,[1] following criticism of the 2007 World Cup.[2]

India batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds an array of individual records in the World Cup. One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997,[3] Tendulkar has made more scores over fifty and scored more runs than any other cricketer in World Cup history. Australia's Glenn McGrath dominates the individual bowling records, having featured for his country in four World Cups.[4] He has one of the best strike rate and economy rate among any other bowler, having the best individual bowling figures and taken more wickets in the history of the tournament.McGrath concluded his career after winning the World Cup in 2007.Read more

Australian Ricky Ponting and Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara lead the individual fielding records. Ponting is the leading fielder in terms of catches taken, in both a single Cricket World Cup tournament and in the competition's history, while Sangakkara has the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Cricket World Cup history. Adam Gilchrist holds joint records for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in both a single match (along with Sarfraz Ahmed) and in one tournament (along with Tom Latham). Australia hold several team records, including those for the most wins, the highest win percentage, the most consecutive wins; they were undefeated in the 2003 and 2007 campaigns.

Records are also kept of underwhelming performances. These include Canada's lowest score in the history of the tournament, Zimbabwe's record number of matches lost and Canadian Nicholas De Groot's three consecutive ducks.

Notation

Team notation

  • (300/3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
  • (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting notation

  • (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
  • (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

Bowling notation

  • (5/100) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

  • Record holders who are currently playing ODIs or streaks that are still active and can change have a ^ next to their name.

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and no results

Team Span Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Win
First EditionLast Edition
 Afghanistan 20152023203170015.00%
 Australia 197520239972251173.97%
 Bangladesh 199920234515290134.09%
 Bermuda 20072007303000.00%
 Canada 19792011182160011.11%
East Africa cricket team East Africa 19751975303000.00%
 England 197520238849362157.47%
 India 197520238958291166.47%
 Ireland 20072015217131035.71%
 Kenya 19962011296220121.42%
 Namibia 20032003606000.00%
 Netherlands 19962023253220012.00%
 New Zealand 197520239458341162.90%
 Pakistan 197520238447350257.31%
 Scotland 1999201514014000.00%
 South Africa 199220236942242163.23%
 Sri Lanka 197520238540421248.79%
 United Arab Emirates 1996201511110009.09%
 West Indies 197520198043350255.12%
 Zimbabwe 198320155711421321.29%
Updated as of 26 October 2023[5]

The win percentage excludes no results; a tie counts as half a win

Highest innings totals

Score Team Opponent Venue Date
428/5 (50 overs)  South Africa Sri LankaArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi7 October 2023
417/6 (50 overs)  Australia AfghanistanWACA Ground, Perth4 March 2015
413/5 (50 overs)  India BermudaQueen's Park Oval, Port of Spain19 March 2007
450/4 (50 overs)  South Africa IrelandManuka Oval, Canberra3 March 2015
408/5 (50 overs)  West IndiesSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney27 February 2015
Updated as of 27 October 2023[6]

Lowest innings totals

Score Team Opponent Venue Date
39 (18.4 overs)  Canada Sri LankaBoland Bank Park, Paarl19 February 2003
45 (40.3 overs)  EnglandOld Trafford, Manchester13 June 1979
45 (14 overs)  Namibia AustraliaSenwes Park, Potchefstroom27 February 2003
58 (18.5 overs)  Bangladesh West IndiesSher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka4 March 2011
68 (30.3 overs)  ScotlandGrace Road, Leicester27 May 1999
Updated as of 26 October 2023[7]

Highest match aggregate

Score Teams Venue Date
754/15 (94.5 overs)  South Africa (428/5) v  Sri Lanka (326)Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi7 October 2023
714/13 (100 overs)  Australia (381/5) v  Bangladesh (333/8)Trent Bridge, Nottingham20 June 2019
689/13 (98.2 overs)  Sri Lanka (344/9) v  Pakistan (345/4)Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 October 2023
688/18 (96.2 overs)  Australia (376/9) v  Sri Lanka (312/9)Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney8 March 2015
682/17 (100 overs)  Pakistan (348/8) v  England (334/9)Trent Bridge, Nottingham3 June 2019
Updated as of 26 October 2023[8]

Lowest match aggregate

Score Teams Venue Date
73/11 (23.2 overs)  Sri Lanka (37/1) v  Canada (36)Boland Park, Paarl19 February 2003
91/12 (54.2 overs)  England (46/2) v  Canada (45)Old Trafford, Manchester13 June 1979
117/11 (31.1 overs)  West Indies (59/1) v  Bangladesh (58)Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka4 March 2011
138/12 (41.4 overs)  West Indies (70/2) v  Scotland (68)Grace Road, Leicester27 May 1999
141/10 (31.5 overs)  New Zealand (72/0) v  Kenya (69)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai20 February 2011
Updated as of 27 October 2023[9]

Greatest win margin (by runs)

Margin Teams Venue Date
309 runs  Australia (399/8) beat  Netherlands (90) Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi 25 October 2023
275 runs  Australia (417/6) beat  Afghanistan (142) WACA, Perth 4 March 2015
257 runs  India (413/5) beat  Bermuda (156) Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad 19 March 2007
 South Africa (408/5) beat  West Indies (151) SCG, Sydney 27 February 2015
256 runs  Australia (301/6) beat  Namibia (45) Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 27 February 2003
Updated as of 26 October 2023[10]

Greatest win margin (by balls remaining)

Margin Teams Venue Date
277 balls  England (46/2) beat  Canada (45) Old Trafford, Manchester 13 June 1979
272 balls  Sri Lanka (37/1) beat  Canada (36) Boland Bank Park, Paarl 19 February 2003
252 balls  New Zealand (72/0) beat  Kenya (69) Chepauk Stadium, Chennai 20 February 2011
240 balls  Sri Lanka (81/2) beat  Ireland (77) Queen's Park, Grenada 18 April 2007
239 balls  West Indies (70/2) beat  Scotland (68) Grace Road, Leicester 27 May 1999
Updated as of 26 October 2023[11]

Greatest win margin (by wickets)

Teams batting second have won by a margin of ten wickets 12 times, with New Zealand winning in such a manner 3 times.[12]

Highest successful run chase

Score Team Opposition Venue Date
345/4 (48.2 overs)  Pakistan Sri LankaRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 October 2023
329/7 (49.1 overs)  Ireland EnglandM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2 March 2011
322/3 (41.3 overs)  Bangladesh West IndiesCounty Ground, Taunton17 June 2019
322/4 (48.1 overs)  Bangladesh ScotlandSaxton Oval, Nelson5 March 2015
313/7 (49.2 overs)  Sri Lanka ZimbabwePukekura Park, New Plymouth23 February 1992
Updated as of 27 October 2023[13]

Note: In the 2011 Cricket World Cup, England scored 338–8 in the second innings to tie their game against India.[14]

Lowest win margin (by runs)

As well as these narrow victories, there have been five matches where the scores finished level, including the 2019 Final, which England eventually won on the number of boundaries scored.

Margin Teams Venue Date
1 run  Australia (270/6) beat  India (269) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 9 October 1987
 Australia (237/9) beat  India (234) [Target 236 (D/L Method)] The Gabba, Brisbane 1 March 1992
2 runs  Sri Lanka (235) beat  England (233/8) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua 4 April 2007
3 runs  New Zealand (242/7) beat  Zimbabwe (239) Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad 10 October 1987
 Australia (199/4) beat  New Zealand (196/9) Holkar Stadium, Indore 18 October 1987
 Zimbabwe (252/9) beat  India (249) Grace Road, Leicester 19 May 1999
 West Indies (278/5) beat  South Africa (275/9) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 9 February 2003
Updated as of 26 October 2023[15]

Lowest win margin (by wickets)

Margin Teams Venue Date
1 wicket  West Indies (267/9) beat  Pakistan (266/7) Edgbaston, Birmingham 11 June 1975
 Pakistan (217/9) beat  West Indies (216) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 16 October 1987
 South Africa (212/9) beat  Sri Lanka (209) Providence Stadium, Guyana 28 March 2007
 England (301/9) beat  West Indies (300) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 21 April 2007
 Afghanistan (211/9) beat  Scotland (210) University Oval, Dunedin 27 February 2015
 New Zealand (152/9) beat  Australia (151) Eden Park, Auckland 28 February 2015
Updated as of 26 October 2023[16]

Lowest win margin (by balls remaining)

Margin Teams Venue Date
0 Balls  Pakistan (217/9) beat  West Indies (216) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 16 October 1987
1 Ball  New Zealand (238/8) beat  England (234) Edgbaston, Birmingham 15 June 1983
 Sri Lanka (198/7) beat  South Africa (195) Basin Reserve, Wellington 2 March 1992
 England (226/7) beat  South Africa (236/4) MCG, Melbourne 12 March 1992
 England (301/9) beat  West Indies (300) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 21 April 2007
 New Zealand (299/6) beat  South Africa (281/5) Eden Park, Auckland 24 March 2015
Updated as of 26 October 2023[17]

Lowest totals defended successfully

Total Defended by Opposition Venue Date
134 Zimbabwe England (125 in 49.1 overs)LSG, Albury18 March 1992
165 England Pakistan (151 in 56 overs)[lower-alpha 1]Headingley, Leeds16 June 1979
166 Kenya West Indies (93 in 35.2 overs)Nehru Stadium, Pune29 February 1996
171 England South Africa (165 in 47.4 overs)Chepauk, Chennai6 March 2011
180 Canada Bangladesh (120 in 28 overs)Kingsmead, Durban11 February 2003
Updated as of 27 October 2023[18]
Qualification: Only completed innings in matches that did not have overs reduced are included.
  1. 60 overs per team.

King of tournament

100% win record[19]
TeamYearMatches played
 Australia(2007)13
 Australia(2003)12
 Sri Lanka(1996)8[lower-alpha 1]
 West Indies(1975)5
 West Indies(1979)5[lower-alpha 2]
  1. Sri Lanka's 8 in 1996 includes 2 wins on forfeit.
  2. West Indies had 5 scheduled matches in 1979, but one was a "no result" due to rain.

Streaks

Record First Second
Most consecutive wins  Australia (19992011) 27[lower-alpha 1][20]  India (20112015) 11[21]
Most Wins (Total)  Australia 72  New Zealand
 India
58
Most consecutive matches without being defeated  Australia (19992011) 34[lower-alpha 1][20]  India (20112015) 11[21]
Most consecutive defeats  Zimbabwe (19831992) 18[22]  Afghanistan (20152023) 14[23]
Most Defeats (Total)  Zimbabwe
 Sri Lanka
42  England 36
  1. Australia's streak of 34 matches without defeat consists of 32 wins, 1 tie and 1 no-result. During this streak, after 25 straight wins they had a no-result, followed by 2 more wins, making a total of 27 consecutive wins, broken by Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Batting

Sachin Tendulkar holds numerous batting records, including those for the most fifties and most runs. He also has the most Man of the Match awards. He also shares the record for the most World Cup appearances (6) with Javed Miandad. [24] Ricky Ponting scored more than 1700 runs and has the most appearances (46) and most matches as captain (29) in World Cups.

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Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
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Australian captain Ricky Ponting

Most career runs

RankRunsPlayerMatInnHSAvg100s50sPeriod
1 2,278 India Sachin Tendulkar454415256.956 151992–2011
2 1,743 Australia Ricky Ponting4642140*45.86561996–2011
3 1,532 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara373512456.74572003–2015
4 1,384 India Virat Kohli313110755.36392011–2023
5 1,324 Australia David Warner232317863.04632015-2023
Updated as of 27 October 2023[25]

Most runs in each batting position

Batting position Batsman Team Innings Runs Average Span Ref
Opener Sachin Tendulkar India31176758.901996–2011 [26]
Number 3 Ricky Ponting Australia401,72346.561996–2011 [27]
Number 4 Javed Miandad Pakistan2190650.331983–1992 [28]
Number 5 Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka1770970.901983–1999 [29]
Number 6 Michael Bevan Australia1448148.101996–2003 [30]
Number 7 Alex Carey832965.802019–2019 [31]
Number 8 Paul Nixon England717443.502007–2007 [32]
Number 9 Jason Holder West Indies415551.662015–2015 [33]
Number 10 Mark Wood England36767.002023–2023 [34]
Number 11 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan85025.001999–2011 [35]
Last updated: 26 October 2023

Highest individual scores

RankRunsPlayerBalls4s6sSROppositionVenueDate
1 237* New Zealand Martin Guptill1632411145.39 West IndiesSky Stadium, Wellington21 March 2015
2 215 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle1471016146.25 ZimbabweManuka Oval, Canberra24 February 2015
3 188* South Africa Gary Kirsten159134118.23 United Arab EmiratesRawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi16 February 1996
4 183 India Sourav Ganguly158177115.82 Sri LankaCounty Ground, Taunton26 May 1999
5 181 Cricket West Indies Viv Richards125167144.80 Sri LankaNational Stadium, Karachi13 October 1987
Updated as of 26 October 2023[36]

Highest average

RankAveragePlayerMatInnNORunsSpan
1 124.00 South Africa Lance Klusener141183721999–2003
2 103.00 Australia Andrew Symonds181385152003–2007
3 72.00 England Graeme Fowler7723601983–1983
4 68.33 South Africa Peter Kirsten8824101992–1992
5 67.50 Wisconsin Ridley Jacobs11842701999–2003
Qualification: Minimum 5 innings

Updated as of 26 October 2023[37][38]

Highest strike rate

RankStrike ratePlayerMatInnRunsBFSpan
1 120.84 New Zealand Brendon McCullum34277426142003–2015
2 117.29 South Africa AB de Villiers23221,2071,0292007–2015
3 115.14 India Kapil Dev26246695811979–1992
4 108.06 Australia Shane Watson22196435952007–2015
5 106.17 India Virender Sehwag22228437942003–2011
Qualification: Minimum 500 balls faced.

Last updated: 26 October 2023[39][40]

Most centuries

RankCenturiesPlayerMatInnRunsHSSpan
1 7 India Rohit Sharma 222212891402015–2023
2 6 Australia David Warner232313241782015–2023
India Sachin Tendulkar454422781521992–2011
3 5 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakara373515321242003–2015
Australia Ricky Ponting46421743140*1996–2011
Updated as of 27 October 2023[41]

Most 50+ scores

RankNo.PlayerMatInnRunsHS100s50sSpan
1 21 India Sachin Tendulkar454422781526151992–2011
2 12 India Virat Kohli31311384107392011-2023
Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan33331202124*2102007–2023
Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara37351532124572003–2015
5 11 India Rohit Sharma22221289140742015-2023
Australia Ricky Ponting46421743140*561996–2011
Updated as of 27 October 2023[42]

Fastest 50

RankBallsPlayerOppositionVenueDate
1 18 New Zealand Brendon McCullum EnglandWestpac Stadium, Wellington20 February 2015
2 20  CanadaBeausejour Stadium , Gros Islet22 March 2007
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews ScotlandBellerive Oval, Hobart11 March 2015
4 21 Australia Glenn Maxwell AfghanistanPerth Stadium, Perth4 March 2015
South Africa Mark Boucher NetherlandsWarner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre16 March 2007
New Zealand Brendon McCullum AustraliaEden Park, Auckland28 February 2015
Updated as of 26 October 2023[43]

Fastest 100

RankBallsPlayerOppositionVenueDate
1 40 Australia Glenn Maxwell NetherlandsArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi25 October 2023
2 49 South Africa Aiden Markram Sri LankaArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi7 October 2023
3 50 Ireland Kevin O'Brien EnglandM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore2 March 2011
4 51 Australia Glenn Maxwell Sri LankaSydney Cricket Ground , Sydney8 March 2015
5 52 South Africa AB De Villiers West IndiesSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney27 February 2015
Updated as of 26 October 2023[44]

Most sixes

Rank6sPlayerMatInnRunsHSAvg100s50sPeriod
1 49 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle3534118621535.932 62003-2019
2 40 India Rohit Sharma2222128914064.45742015–2023
3 37 South Africa AB de Villiers23231207162*63.52462007–2015
4 31 Australia Glenn Maxwell232165610638.58222015–2023
Australia Ricky Ponting46421743140*45.86561996–2011
Updated as of 26 October 2023[45]

Overall

Record First Second Ref(s)
Fastest double century Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015) 138 balls New Zealand Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015) 152 balls [46]
Fastest 150 South Africa AB de Villiers v West Indies (2015) 64 balls Pakistan Imran Nazir v Zimbabwe (2007)

Australia David Warner v Pakistan (2023)

116 balls [47][48]
Most ducks New Zealand Nathan Astle 5 out of 22 Pakistan Ijaz Ahmed 5 out of 26 [49]
Most sixes in an innings England Eoin Morgan v Afghanistan (2019) 17 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015) 16 [50]
Most fours India Sachin Tendulkar241 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara147 [51][52]
Most fours in an innings New Zealand Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015)24 Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan v Bangladesh (2015)22 [53]
Most runs through boundaries in an innings New Zealand Martin Guptill v West Indies (2015) 162 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015) 136 [54][55]

One tournament

Record Player Record Edition
Most centuries [56] India Rohit Sharma 5 2019
Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 4 2015
Most 50+ scores [57] India Sachin Tendulkar 7 2003
Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan 2019
India Rohit Sharma 6
Australia David Warner
Most runs in a tournament [58] India Sachin Tendulkar 673 (11 innings) 2003
Australia Matthew Hayden 659 (10 innings) 2007
India Rohit Sharma 648 (9 innings) 2019
Most sixes [59] Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 26 (6 innings) 2015
England Eoin Morgan 22 (10 innings) 2019
South Africa AB de Villiers 21 (8 innings) 2015
Most fours [60] India Sachin Tendulkar 75 (11 innings) 2003
Australia Mathew Hayden 69 (10 innings) 2003
India Rohit Sharma 67 (9 innings) 2019
England Jonny Bairstow 67 (11 innings)

Streaks

Record First Ref(s)
Most consecutive centuries Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 4 2015 [61][62]
Most consecutive 50+ scores Australia Steve Smith
India Virat Kohli
5 2015
2019
[63]
Most consecutive ducks Canada Nicholas De Groot
Kenya Shem Ngoche
3 2003
2011
[64]

Bowling

Most career wickets

RankWicketsPlayerMatchesAvg.SRBBISpan
1 71 Australia Glenn McGrath3918.1927.537/151996–2007
2 68 Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan4019.6330.304/191996–2011
3 56 Australia Mitchell Starc2316.7820.916/282015–2023
Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga2922.8724.896/382007–2019
5 55 Pakistan Wasim Akram3823.8335.405/281987–2003
Updated as of 27 October 2023[65]

Best bowling figures

RankFiguresPlayerOversMaidensEconOppositionVenueDate
1 7/15 Australia Glenn McGrath7.042.14 NamibiaSenwes Park, Potchefstroom27 February 2003
2 7/20 Australia Andy Bichel10.002.00 EnglandSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth2 March 2003
3 7/33 New Zealand Tim Southee9.003.66 EnglandWestpac Stadium, Wellington20 February 2015
4 7/51 Cricket West Indies Winston Davis10.304.85 AustraliaHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds11 June 1983
5 6/14 Australia Gary Gilmour12.061.16 EnglandHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds18 June 1975
Updated as of 26 October 2023[66]

Best average

RankAvg.PlayerMatchesWicketsRunsOversSpan
1 12.31 Australia Andy Bichel81619757.02003–2003
2 13,00 Cricket West Indies Vasbert Drakes61620851.52003–2003
3 14.90 England Mike Hendrick51014956.01979–1979
4 15.02 India Mohammed Shami1236541106.12015–2023
5 15.18 England Chris Old91624390.31975–1979
Qualification: Minimum 50 Overs

Updated as of 26 October 2023[67][68]

Best strike-rate

RankStrike-ratePlayerMatchesWicketsBallsSpan
1 17.6 India Mohammed Shami12366372015–2023
2 19.4 Cricket West Indies Vasbert Drakes6163112003–2003
3 20.0 Scotland Josh Davey6153002015–2015
4 20.5 Pakistan Shaheen Afridi10265352019–2023
5 20.9 Australia Mitchell Starc235611712015–2023
Qualification: Minimum 50 Overs

Updated as of 26 October 2023[69]

Best economy rate

RankEconomy ratesPlayerMatchesWicketsRunsOversSpan
1 2.46 India Bishan Singh Bedi5214860.01975–1979
2 2.66 England Mike Hendrick51014956.01979–1992
England Bob Willis1118315118.11979-1983
4 2.68 England Chris Old91624390.31975-1979
5 2.88 New Zealand Richard Hadlee1322421146.11975–1983
Qualification: Minimum 50.0 overs

Updated as of 27 October 2023[70][71]

Overall

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Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has taken more wickets than any other player in the Cricket World Cup.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most five-wicket hauls Australia Mitchell Starc 3 Australia Gary Gilmour
Cricket West Indies Vasbert Drakes
Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman
Sri Lanka Ashantha de Mel
Pakistan Shahid Afridi
Australia Glenn McGrath
Pakistan Shaheen Afridi
India Mohammed Shami
2 [72]
Most four-wicket hauls (and over) Australia Mitchell Starc 6 South Africa Imran Tahir
India Mohammed Shami
5 [73]
Most wickets in consecutive balls Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 4 v South Africa (2007) India Chetan Sharma3 v New Zealand (1987) [74][75]
Pakistan Saqlain Mushtaq3 v Zimbabwe (1999)
Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas3 v Bangladesh (2003)
Australia Brett Lee3 v Kenya (2003)
Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga3 v Kenya (2011)
Cricket West Indies Kemar Roach3 v Netherlands (2011)
England Steven Finn3 v Australia (2015)
South Africa JP Duminy3 v Sri Lanka (2015)
India Mohammad Shami3 v Afghanistan (2019)
New Zealand Trent Boult3 v Australia (2019)
Most runs conceded in an innings Netherlands Bas de Leede 115 v Australia (2023) Afghanistan Rashid Khan 110 v England (2019) [76]
Fastest bowler Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) v England (2003) [77]

Glenn McGrath holds the records for the most wickets and best bowling figures. Lasith Malinga was the first player to take four wickets in four balls at international level, against South Africa at the 2007 World Cup.[78] He also was the first bowler to take 2 hat-tricks in Cricket World Cup matches. Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in five balls against Bangladesh in 2003, including wickets with the first three balls of the match.

One tournament

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most wickets in a tournament Australia Mitchell Starc 27 (10 matches) 2019 Australia Glenn McGrath 26 (11 matches) 2007 [79]

Streak

Record First Ref(s)
Most consecutive matches with wicket Australia Mitchell Starc 23 2015-2023 [80]

Mitchell Starc has taken at least one wicket in every match he played in the World Cups.

Fielding

While records for best fielders have varied through different World Cups, the records for wicketkeepers have been occupied by Kumar Sangakkara who holds the record for most dismissals overall and Adam Gilchrist which holds the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one tournament and in one match.

Highest dismissals as a wicket-keeper:Kumar Sangakkara

Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)

Rank Dismissal Player Matches Catches Stumping Period
1 54 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 37 41 13 2003-2015
2 52 Australia Adam Gilchrist 31 45 7 1999-2007
3 42 India Mahendra Singh Dhoni 29 34 8 2007-2019
4 32 New Zealand Brendon McCullum 34 30 2 2003-2015
5 31 South Africa Mark Boucher 25 31 0 1999-2007
Updated as of 26 October 2023[81]

Most catches (fielder)

Rank Catches Player Matches Max Period
1 28 Australia Ricky Ponting 46 3 1996-2011
2 24 England Joe Root 22 4 2015-2023
3 19 India Virat Kohli 31 2 2011-2023
4 18 Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 38 2 1992-2007
5 17 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 35 2 2003-2019
Updated as of 26 October 2023[82]

One tournament

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Australia Adam Gilchrist 21 2003 Australia Alex Carey 20 2019 [83]
New Zealand Tom Latham 21 2019
Most catches (fielder) England Joe Root 13 2019 Australia Ricky Ponting 11 2003 [84]

Partnership

Highest partnerships (any wicket)

Rank Runs Partnership Players Batting team Opposition Venue Date
1 372 2nd wicketChris Gayle & Marlon Samuels West Indies ZimbabweManuka Oval, Canberra24 February 2015
2 318 2nd wicketSourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid India Sri LankaCounty Ground, Taunton26 May 1999
3 282 1st wicketTillakaratne Dilshan & Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka ZimbabwePallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy10 March 2011
4 273* 2nd wicketDevon Conway & Rachin Ravindra New Zealand EnglandNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad05 October 2023
5 260 2nd wicketDavid Warner & Steve Smith Australia AfghanistanWACA, Perth4 March 2015
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached).
Updated as of 26 October 2023.
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Highest partnerships (by wicket)

Partnership Runs Players Batting Team Opposition Venue Date
1st wicket 282Tillakaratne Dilshan & Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka ZimbabwePallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy10 March 2011
2nd wicket 372Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels West Indies ZimbabweManuka Oval, Canberra24 February 2015
3rd wicket 237*Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar India KenyaCounty Ground, Bristol23 May 1999
4th wicket 204Michael Clarke & Brad Hodge Australia NetherlandsWarner Park, Basseterre18 March 2007
5th wicket 256*JP Duminy & David Miller South Africa ZimbabweSeddon Park, Hamilton15 February 2015
6th wicket 162Alex Cusack & Kevin O'Brien Ireland EnglandM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2 March 2011
7th wicket 130Sybrand Engelbrecht & Logan van Beek Netherlands Sri LankaEkana Stadium, Lucknow21 October 2023
8th wicket 117David Houghton & Iain Butchart Zimbabwe New ZealandLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad10 October 1987
9th wicket 126*Kapil Dev & Syed Kirmani India ZimbabweNevill Ground, Turnbridge Wells18 June 1983
10th wicket 71Andy Roberts & Joel Garner West Indies IndiaOld Trafford, Manchester9 June 1983
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached).
Updated as of 26 October 2023
[86]

Other records

There are certain records other than batting, bowling or fielding. These records include participation records, hosting records etc.

Extras

An extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. Other than runs scored off the bat from a no-ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score.

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most extras conceded in one innings  Scotland v  Pakistan (1999) 59 (5 b, 6 lb, 33 w, 15 nb)  India v  Zimbabwe (1999) 51 (0 b, 14 lb, 21 w, 16 nb) [87]

Grounds

The World Cup has been held in England five times. As a result, English grounds have hosted the most World Cup matches.

Rank Ground Matches Period
1 England Old Trafford, Manchester 17 1975-2019
2 England Headingley, Leeds 16 1975-2019
England Edgbaston, Birmingham 1975-2019
4 England Kennington Oval, London 15 1975-2019
England Lord's, London 1975-2019
England Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1975-2019
Updated as of 27 October 2023[88]

Most Matches

Umpire Matches Period
England David Shepherd 46 1983-2003
Cricket West Indies Steve Bucknor 45 1992-2007
Pakistan Aleem Dar 34 2003-2019
Sri Lanka Kumar Dharmasena 26 2011-2023
New Zealand Billy Bowden 25 2003-2015
South Africa Rudi Koertzen 1999-2007
Updated as of 27 October 2023[89]

Most finals as umpire

Umpire Matches Period
Cricket West Indies Steve Bucknor 5 1992-2007
England David Shepherd 3 1996-2003
England Dickie Bird 3 1975-1983
Pakistan Aleem Dar 2 2007-2011
England Barrie Meyer 2 1979-1983
Sri Lanka Kumar Dharmasena 2 2015-2019
Last updated: 15 July 2019[90]

Tournaments

Record Joint first Ref(s)
Most World Cups played in Pakistan Javed Miandad 6 (1975-1996) India Sachin Tendulkar 6 (1992-2011)

Most Matches

The top 10 list is dominated by players who have appeared in five World Cup tournaments.

Rank Player Matches Runs Avg. Wickets Avg.
1 Australia Ricky Ponting 46 1743 45.87
2 India Sachin Tendulkar 45 2278 56.95 8 67.38
3 Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene 40 1100 35.48 2 65.50
4 Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan 40 69 8.63 68 19.63
5 Australia Glenn McGrath 39 3 3.00 71 18.20
Updated as of 27 October 2023[91]

Representing more than one country

Player Countries[92]
Kepler Wessels  Australia (1983)
South Africa South Africa (1992)
Anderson Cummins  West Indies (1992)
 Canada (2007)
Ed Joyce  England (2007)
 Ireland (2011 & 2015)
Eoin Morgan  Ireland (2007)
 England (2011, 2015 & 2019)

Most World Cup Titles

Most No. of Titles Player(s)
3 Australia Adam Gilchrist (1999, 2003 & 2007)
Australia Glenn McGrath (1999, 2003 & 2007)
Australia Ricky Ponting (1999, 2003 & 2007)

Age

A total of 40 players aged 19 years old or under have made an appearance in the World Cup[93] and 19 players aged more than 40 have played in the competition.[94]

Record First Second Ref(s)
Youngest player Canada Nitish Kumar 16 years, 283 days 2011 Bangladesh Talha Jubair 17 years, 70 days 2003 [95]
Oldest player Netherlands Nolan Clarke 47 years, 257 days 1996 Zimbabwe John Traicos 44 years, 306 days 1992 [96][97]

Most matches as a captain

RankMatchesPlayerWonLostTiedNRWin%Period
1 29 Australia Ricky Ponting2620192.852003-2011
2 27 New Zealand Stephen Fleming16100161.531999-2007
3 23 India Mohammad Azharuddin10120145.451992-1999
4 22 Pakistan Imran Khan1480063.631983-1992
5 17 Cricket West Indies Clive Lloyd1520088.231975-1983
South Africa Graeme Smith1160064.702007-2011
India Mahendra Singh Dhoni1421085.292011-2015
England Eoin Morgan971055.882015-2019
Updated as of 27 October 2023[98]

Best win% as a captain (min. 10 matches)

Rank Player Matches Win%
1 Australia Ricky Ponting 29 matches 92.85
2 Cricket West Indies Clive Lloyd 17 matches 88.23
3 India Mahendra Singh Dhoni 17 matches 85.29
4 India Sourav Ganguly 11 matches 81.82
5 South Africa Hansie Cronje 15 matches 76.66

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