Most Runs in ICC ODI World Cup: Who Are The Highest Run-Getters Of Every Edition From 1975 To 2023?

Most Runs in ICC ODI World Cup: The race for the top run-getter in 2023 ended in the semi-final stage when Virat Kohli took the lead and also broke the record for most runs in single tournament.

While star India batter Virat Kohli leads the pack, his compatriot and skipper Rohit Sharma is also in among the top run-getters. The other semifinalists - New Zealand, Australia and South Africa also had players in the top 10 highest run-scorer of this edition.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli among top run-getters in ICC World Cup 2023

Kohli added to his tally for most runs in a single World Cup in the final after breaking the record in the semi-final. New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra, who already owned several records in his first World Cup, finished in the top 10 alongside South Africa's Quinton de Kock.

Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar had held the record for most runs in a single World Cup, having scored 673 runs in the 2003 edition. Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden had come close in the next edition, but fell short by 14 runs from surpassing the feat.

Tendulkar's record was finally broken by Kohli, who will hope to break a long-standing jinx, after taking over the crown for most runs in a single ODI World Cup.

Over the years, different players have finished the tournament has the highest run-getter. Only one player - Tendulkar - has finished atop of the most runs in a single ODI World Cup twice, once in 1996 and once in 2003.

An interesting fact to note from the list is that, no player with the highest run-getter crown has managed to win the World Cup in the same year as their feat. Here is look at the list that is dominated by Indian batters:

Most Runs in Every ODI World Cup So Far

Edition	Player	Team	Innings	Runs	100s	50s
1975	Glenn Turner	New Zealand	4	333	2	0
1979	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	4	253	1	2
1983	David Gower	England	7	384	1	1
1987	Graham Gooch	England	8	471	1	3
1992	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	9	456	1	4
1996	Sachin Tendulkar	India	7	523	2	3
1999	Rahul Dravid	India	8	461	2	3
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	India	11	673	1	6
2007	Matthew Hayden	Australia	10	659	1	3
2011	Tillkaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	9	500	2	2
2015	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	9	547	2	1
2019	Rohit Sharma	India	9	648	5	1
2023	Virat Kohli	India	11	765	3	6

After breaking the most runs in a single ODI World Cup record, Kohli became the second highest run-getter in the show-piece tournament history by overtaking Australia great Ricky Ponting's tally of 1741 runs.

Tendulkar owns the record of most runs in World Cup, which will probably remain unbroken. But Rohit and David Warner can also improve their standings in what could possibly be their last World Cup. Here are top 10 highest run-getters in World Cup history:

Most Runs in ODI World Cup History

Player	Team	Innings	Runs	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	44	2278	6	15
Virat Kohli	India	37	1794	5	12
Ricky Ponting	Australia	42	1743	5	6
Rohit Sharma	India	28	1575	7	6
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	35	1532	5	7
David Warner	Australia	29	1527	6	5
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	36	1332	2	11
Brian Lara	West Indies	33	1225	2	7
AB de Vlliers	South Africa	22	1207	4	6
Chris Gayle	West Indies	34	1186	2	6