Most Runs and Wickets in 2022 ODIs: Shreyas Iyer, Adam Zampa in list dominated by associate nation players

India's Shreyas Iyer and Australia's Adam Zampa were among a few top team players that finished in the top 10 list for most runs and most wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODI) in 2022 with the list being dominated by Associate Nation players.

The year 2022 saw a total of 162 ODI matches hosted across the globe with most matches being played by the Associate Nations or smaller teams, who competed to qualify for the 2023 ODI World Cup.

The 2023 ODI World Cup hosts, India, who have already qualified for the show-piece tournament, played a total of 24 ODIs in 2022 - 18 away from home and 6 at home. The Indian team which saw a lot of shuffling and changing registered 16 wins and 8 defeats.

Apart from Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan is the other Indian to feature in the top 10 list for most runs, while none of the Indian bowlers make the list for most wickets. Australia's Zampa has only West Indies' Akeal Hosein for company as players from top teams.

As most Test-playing nations used different players for different formats to handle workload management and injuries, the players from Associate nations or the lower ranked teams ended the year on top of the charts in ODIs.

Here is a look at some of the stats from ODIs in 2022:

Top 10 Most Runs in ODIs in 2022

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs
Marais Erasmus	Namibia	21	20	956
Vriitya Aravind	UAE	21	21	781
Aaron Jones	USA	19	19	770
Monank Patel	USA	19	19	769
Calum MacLeod	Scotland	16	16	736
Shreyas Iyer	India	17	15	724
Shai Hope	West Indies	21	21	709
Shamarh Brooks	West Indies	21	21	694
Shikhar Dhawan	India	22	22	688
Babar Azam	Pakistan	9	9	679

Top 5 Most ODI Hundreds in 2022

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	100s
Ibrahim Zadran	Afghanistan	7	7	3
Babar Azam	Pakistan	9	9	3
Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	15	15	3
Shai Hope	West Indies	21	21	3
Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	9	9	2

Top 10 Most Wickets in ODIs in 2022

Player	Team	Matches	Wickets
Bilal Khan	Oman	16	43
Sompal Kami	Nepal	20	35
Saurabh Netravalkar	USA	19	32
Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	20	32
Basil Hameed	UAE	21	32
Adam Zampa	Australia	12	30
Akeal Hosein	West Indies	20	30
Ruben Trumpelmann	Namibia	21	29
Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal	14	28
Mark Watt	Scotland	17	28

Top 6 Five-wicket Hauls in 2022

Player	Team	5WI	BBI
Bilal Khan	Oman	3	5/31
Karan KC	Nepal	2	5/33
Naseem Shah	Pakistan	1	5/33
Taijul Islam	Bangladesh	1	5/28
Jasprit Bumrah	India	1	6/19
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	1	5/39

5WI - Five Wicket Innings; BBI - Best Bowling Innings (Best Figures)