Most Centuries in ICC World Cup 2023: The Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup is back in 2023, and within a few matches, the records for highest team score, highest runs, highest centuries and fastest century have been broken.
There are still many matches left until the World Cup, and fans are in for more exciting cricket action from the batsmen and bowlers. Nothing excites fans more than watching their favorite players achieve milestones like century goals.
And that is what we are bringing to you today here at Jagran Josh. Take a look at the players who scored the highest hundred points in the ongoing 13th edition of the ICC World Cup.
Below you can also find the list of all-time top scorers and players with fastest hundreds in the ODI World Cup.
Related:
ICC points table for the 2023 World Cup
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Schedule
Most Runs in ICC World Cup 2023
Most wickets in ICC World Cup 2023
ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Players with most centuries – Quinton De Kock
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock currently has the most centuries in the World Cup 2023. De Kock has scored a total of 3 centuries, including 2 consecutive hundreds in South Africa’s first two matches.
Player | 100’s | Innings | The highest score | Total runs |
Quinton de Kock (SA) | 3 | 5 | 174 | 407 |
Virat Kohli (IND) | 1 | 5 | 103 | 354 |
Rohit Sharma (IND) | 1 | 5 | 131 | 311 |
Abdullah Shafique (PAK) | 1 | 4 | 113 | 255 |
Devon Conway (NZ) | 1 | 5 | 152* | 249 |
Heinrich Klaasen (IND) | 1 | 5 | 109 | 288 |
Dawid Malan (ENG) | 1 | 4 | 140 | 192 |
Aiden Markram (SA) | 1 | 5 | 106 | 265 |
Kusal Mendis (SL) | 1 | 4 | 122 | 218 |
Players with most hundreds in ICC World Cup history
India’s Rohit Sharma holds the record for most centuries in the history of the ICC World Cup and will be hard to beat anytime soon. With the exception of David Warner and Joe Root, no other player is currently active.
The previous record holder was Sachin Tendulkar, but Rohit Sharma crossed his milestone of most hundreds in World Cup (6) after scoring his 7th century in a match against Afghanistan in World Cup 2023. Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are at 3 with 5 centuries each.
Rank | Player | 100 | Innings | Is running | The highest score | Span |
1 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 7 | 19 | 1109 | 140 | 2015-2023 |
2 | Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 6 | 44 | 2278 | 152 | 1992-2011 |
3 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 5 | 35 | 1532 | 124 | 2003-2015 |
4 | Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 5 | 42 | in 1743 | 140* | 1996-2011 |
5 | David Warner (AUS) | 4 | 18 | 992 | 178 | 2015-2023 |
6 | Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 4 | 21 | 1006 | 183 | 1999-2007 |
7 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 4 | 22 | 1207 | 162* | 2007-2015 |
8 | Mark Waugh (AUS) | 4 | 22 | 1004 | 130 | 1992-1999 |
9 | Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 4 | 25 | 1112 | 161* | 2007-2015 |
10 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 4 | 34 | 1100 | 115* | 1999-2015 |
11 | Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 3 | 10 | 537 | 137 | 2015-2019 |
12 | Ramiz Raja (PAK) | 3 | 16 | 700 | 119* | 1987-1996 |
13 | Joe Root (ENG) | 3 | 16 | 758 | 121 | 2015-2023 |
14 | Aaron Finch (AUS) | 3 | 18 | 787 | 153 | 2015-2019 |
15 | Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 3 | 21 | 987 | 158 | 2003-2007 |
16 | Viv Richards (WI) | 3 | 21 | 1013 | 181 | 1975-1987 |
17 | Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 3 | 21 | 915 | 113* | 1996-2003 |
18 | Virat Kohli (IND) | 3 | 30 | 1289 | 107 | 2011-2023 |
19 | Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 37 | 1165 | 120 | 1992-2007 |
20 | Ryan ten Doeschate (NED) | 2 | 9 | 435 | 119 | 2007-2011 |
Fastest Century in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
The other major World Cup record to be broken in 2023 was for the fastest century. Batting against Sri Lanka, South Africa’s Aiden Markram scored his hundred in just 49 balls, eclipsing the previous record of Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien who made a century in 50 balls against England in the 2011 World Cup.
Rank | Player | Is running | Opposition | Balls For Get to 100 | Date |
1 | Aiden Markram (SA) | 106 | Sri Lanka | 49 | October 7, 2023 |
2 | Kevin O’Brien (Ireland) | 113 | England | 50 | March 2, 2011 |
3 | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | 102 | Sri Lanka | 51 | March 8, 2015 |
4 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 162* | West Indies | 52 | February 27, 2015 |
5 | Eoin Morgan (eng.) | 101 | Afghanistan | 57 | June 18, 2019 |
6 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 131 | Afghanistan | 63 | October 11, 2023 |
7 | Kusal Mendis (SL) | 122 | Pakistan | 65 | October 10, 2023 |
8 | Mathew Hayden (Aus) | 111 | South Africa | 66 | March 24, 2007 |
9 | Jim Davison (Can) | 117* | West Indies | 67 | February 23, 2003 |
10 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 117 | England | 70 | March 1, 2015 |
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