The players with the most runs in the World Cup
player
run
pari
the highest score
century
period
1
Sachin Tendulkar (India)
2278
44
152
6
1992-2011
2
Ricky Ponting (Australia)
in 1743
42
140*
5
1996-2011
3
Kumar Sangkara (Sri Lanka)
1532
35
124
5
2003-2015
4
Brian Lara (West Indies)
1225
33
116
2
1992-2007
5
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
1207
22
162*
4
2007-2015
6
Chris Gayle (West Indies)
1186
34
215
2
2003-2019
7
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
1165
37
120
3
1992-2007
8
Jacques Calis (South Africa)
1148
32
128*
1
1996-2011
9
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
1146
29
124*
2
2007-2019
10
तिलकरत्ने दिल्षान (श्रीलंका)
1112
25
161*
4
2007-2015
11
Mahela Jayvardhana (Sri Lanka)
1100
34
115*
4
1999-2015
12
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
1085
31
149
1
1999-2007
13
Javed Miyadad (Pakistan)
1083
30
103
1
1975-1996
14
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
1075
33
134*
2
1996-2007
15
Herschel Gibbs (South Africa)
1067
23
143
2
1999-2007
16
Arvinda De Silva (Sri Lanka)
1064
32
145
2
1987-2003
17
Virat Kohli (भारत)
1030
26
107
2
2011-2019
18
Vivian Richards (West Indies)
1013
21
181
3
1975-1987
19
सुर्व गांगुली (भारत)
1006
21
183
4
1999-2007
20
Mark Waugh (Australia)
1004
22
130
4
1992-1999
21
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
1002
30
131*
1
2007-2019
22
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)
995
27
237*
2
2011-2019
23
David Warner (Australia)
992
18
178
4
2015-2019
24
Matthew Hayden (Australia)
987
21
158
3
2003-2007
25
Rohit Sharma (India)
978
17
140
6
2015-2019
26
Steve Waugh (Australia)
978
30
120*
1
1987-1999
27
Shivnarayan Chandrapaul (West Indies)
970
28
102*
1
1996-2011
28
Arjuna Rantunga (Sri Lanka)
969
29
88*
0
1983-1999
29
Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
926
21
109
2
2011-2019
30
सैद अनवर (pakistan)
915
21
113*
3
1996-2003
31
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
911
22
148
2
2011-2019
32
Scott Styris (New Zealand)
909
22
141
2
2003-2011
33
Graham Gooch (England)
897
21
115
1
1979-1992
34
Michael Clarke (Australia)
888
21
93*
0
2007-2015
35
Martin Crowe (New Zealand)
880
21
100*
1
1983-1992
36
मुश्फिकुर रहीम (बांगलादेश)
877
28
102*
1
2007-2019
37
Rahul Dravid (India)
860
21
145
2
1999-2007
38
Desmond Haynes (West Indies)
854
25
105
1
1979-1992
39
भीरेंडर सहवाग (भारत)
843
22
175
2
2003-2011
40
Hashim Amla (South Africa)
842
22
159
2
2011-2019
41
Steve Smith (Australia)
834
20
105
1
2011-2019
42
Mohammad Azharuddin (India)
826
25
93
0
1987-1999
43
David Boone (Australia)
815
16
100
2
1987-1992
44
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
815
29
115*
1
1992-2003
45
Gary Kirsten (South Africa)
806
21
188*
1
1996-2003
46
Aaron Finch (Australia)
787
18
153
3
2015-2019
47
MS Dhoni (India)
780
25
91*
0
2007-2019
48
Steve Tikolo (Kenya)
768
27
96
0
1996-2011
49
Joe Root (England)
758
16
121
3
2015-2019
50
Graeme Smith (South Africa)
747
20
91
0
2003-2011
Categories: Trends
Source: HIS Education