Most Runs in ODI

Star India batsman Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the ODI. Sachin Tendulkar tops the table with 18,426 runs as he has amassed in 463 ODI matches (452 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 49 Century and 96 fifties in the ODI and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 44.83.

Sachin Tendulkar is followed by Kumar Sangakkara and the charismatic Sri Lanka cricketer has scored 14,234 runs in 404 ODI matches and averages 41.98.

Till date, a total of 15 players have scored 10000-plus runs in the ODI. The toppers in the list comprise of players from India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies.

Six of them are from India (Sachin Tendulkar - 18,426 runs in 463 ODI matches, Virat Kohli - 13,848 runs in 292 ODI matches, Sourav Ganguly - 11,363 runs in 311 ODI matches, Rahul Dravid - 10,889 runs in 344 ODI matches, MS Dhoni - 10,773 runs in 350 ODI matches and Rohit Sharma - 10,709 runs in 262 ODI matches)

While four are from Sri Lanka (Kumar Sangakkara - 14,234 runs in 404 ODI matches, Sanath Jayasuriya - 13,430 runs in 445 ODI matches, Mahela Jayawardene - 12,650 runs in 448 ODI matches and Hashan Tillakaratne - 10,290 runs in 330 ODI matches) feature in the list.

Two cricketers from West Indies (Chris Gayle - 10,480 runs in 301 ODI matches and Brian Lara - 10,405 runs in 299 ODI matches) present in the highest run-getters in the ODI.

One cricketer each from Australia (Ricky Ponting - 13,704 runs in 375 ODI matches) , Pakistan (Inzamam-ul-Haq - 11,739 runs in 378 ODI matches) and South Africa (Jacques Kallis - 11,579 runs in 328 ODI matches) are also in the top 10000- plus runs.

Most Runs in ODI History

Here is the list of all Most Runs in ODI history:

#	Player	Mat	Inn	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg
1	Sachin Tendulkar India	463	452	18,426	200*	49	96	44.83
2	Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka	404	380	14,234	169	25	93	41.98
3	Virat Kohli India	292	280	13,848	183	50	72	58.67
4	Ricky Ponting Australia	375	365	13,704	164	30	82	42.03
5	Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka	445	433	13,430	189	28	68	32.36
6	Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka	448	418	12,650	144	19	77	33.37
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan	378	350	11,739	137*	10	83	39.52
8	Jacques Kallis South Africa	328	314	11,579	139	17	86	44.36
9	Sourav Ganguly India	311	300	11,363	183	22	72	41.02
10	Rahul Dravid India	344	318	10,889	153	12	83	39.16
11	MS Dhoni India	350	297	10,773	183*	10	73	50.57
12	Rohit Sharma India	262	254	10,709	264	31	55	49.12
13	Chris Gayle West Indies	301	294	10,480	215	25	54	37.83
14	Brian Lara West Indies	299	289	10,405	169	19	63	40.48
15	Hashan Tillakaratne Sri Lanka	330	303	10,290	161*	22	47	39.27
16	Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan	288	273	9,720	141*	15	64	41.71
17	Adam Gilchrist Australia	287	279	9,619	172	16	55	35.89
18	AB de Villiers South Africa	228	218	9,577	176	25	53	53.50
19	Mohammad Azharuddin India	334	308	9,378	153*	7	58	36.92
20	Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka	308	296	9,284	145	11	64	34.90
21	Saeed Anwar Pakistan	247	244	8,824	194	20	43	39.21
22	Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies	268	251	8,778	150	11	59	41.60
23	Yuvraj Singh India	304	278	8,701	150	14	52	36.55
24	Desmond Haynes West Indies	238	237	8,648	152*	17	57	41.37
25	Ross Taylor New Zealand	236	220	8,607	181*	21	51	47.55
26	Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka	268	259	8,529	132*	11	59	37.57
27	Mark Waugh Australia	244	236	8,500	173	18	50	39.35
28	Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh	243	240	8,357	158	14	56	36.65
29	Virender Sehwag India	251	245	8,273	219	15	38	35.05
30	Hashim Amla South Africa	181	178	8,113	159	27	39	49.46
31	Herschelle Gibbs South Africa	248	240	8,094	175	21	37	36.13
32	Shahid Afridi Pakistan	398	369	8,064	124	6	39	23.57
33	Stephen Fleming New Zealand	280	269	8,037	134*	8	49	32.40
34	Michael Clarke Australia	245	223	7,981	130	8	58	44.58
35	Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh	271	253	7,792	144	9	49	36.92
36	Eoin Morgan England	248	230	7,701	148	14	47	39.29
37	Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh	247	234	7,570	134*	9	56	37.29
38	Steve Waugh Australia	325	288	7,569	120*	3	45	32.90
39	Shoaib Malik Pakistan	287	258	7,534	143	9	44	34.55
40	Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka	269	255	7,456	131*	4	49	35.84
41	Javed Miandad Pakistan	233	218	7,381	119*	8	50	41.70
42	Martin Guptill New Zealand	198	195	7,346	237*	18	39	41.73
43	Younis Khan Pakistan	265	255	7,249	144	7	48	31.24
44	Saleem Malik Pakistan	283	256	7,170	102	5	47	32.88
45	Nathan Astle New Zealand	223	217	7,090	145*	16	41	34.92
46	Graeme Smith South Africa	197	194	6,989	141	10	47	37.98
47	Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka	235	223	6,951	174*	15	37	33.74
48	David Warner Australia	161	159	6,932	179	22	33	45.30
49	Michael Bevan Australia	232	196	6,912	108*	6	46	53.58
50	Kane Williamson New Zealand	165	157	6,810	148	13	45	48.64
51	Gary Kirsten South Africa	185	185	6,798	188*	13	45	40.95
52	Shikhar Dhawan India	167	164	6,793	143	17	39	44.11
53	A Flower Zimbabwe	213	208	6,786	145	4	55	35.34
54	Quinton de Kock South Africa	155	155	6,770	178	21	30	45.74
55	Sir Viv Richards West Indies	187	167	6,721	189*	11	45	47.00
56	Brendan Taylor Zimbabwe	205	203	6,684	145*	11	39	35.55
57	Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan	218	216	6,614	140*	11	38	32.90
58	Grant Flower Zimbabwe	221	214	6,571	142*	6	40	33.52
59	Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan	250	232	6,564	139*	10	37	32.33
60	Allan Border Australia	273	252	6,524	127*	3	39	30.62
61	Joe Root England	171	160	6,522	133*	16	39	47.60
62	Richie Richardson West Indies	224	217	6,248	122	5	44	33.41
63	Matthew Hayden Australia	161	155	6,133	181*	10	36	43.80
64	Brendon McCullum New Zealand	260	228	6,083	166	5	32	30.41
65	Dean Jones Australia	164	161	6,068	145	7	46	44.61
66	David Boon Australia	181	177	5,964	122	5	37	37.04
67	Jonty Rhodes South Africa	245	220	5,935	121	2	33	35.11
68	Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka	226	195	5,916	139*	3	40	40.24
69	Ramiz Raja Pakistan	198	197	5,841	119*	9	31	32.09
70	Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies	181	169	5,804	120*	5	38	42.67
71	Carl Hooper West Indies	227	206	5,761	113*	7	29	35.34
72	Shane Watson Australia	190	169	5,757	185*	9	33	40.54
73	Babar Azam Pakistan	117	114	5,729	158	19	32	56.72
74	Paul Stirling Ireland	161	154	5,700	177	14	29	37.74
75	Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe	209	208	5,658	178*	5	34	27.73

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