ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Leading run-scorers | ||||||
| 
Player | 
M | 
RUNS | 
AVG | 
S/R | 
4s | 
6s | 
| 
Sachin Tendulkar | 
45 | 
2278 | 
56.95 | 
88.98 | 
241 | 
27 | 
| 
Ricky Ponting | 
46 | 
1743 | 
45.86 | 
79.95 | 
145 | 
31 | 
| 
Brian Lara | 
34 | 
1225 | 
42.24 | 
86.26 | 
124 | 
17 | 
| 
Sanath Jayasuriya | 
38 | 
1165 | 
34.26 | 
90.66 | 
120 | 
27 | 
| 
Jacques Kallis | 
36 | 
1148 | 
74.40 | 
74.40 | 
86 | 
13 | 
| 
Adam Gilchrist | 
31 | 
1085 | 
36.16 | 
98.01 | 
141 | 
19 | 
| 
Javed Miandad | 
33 | 
1083 | 
43.32 | 
68.02 | 
72 | 
3 | 
| 
Stephen Fleming | 
33 | 
1075 | 
35.83 | 
76.89 | 
135 | 
11 | 
| 
Herschelle Gibbs | 
25 | 
1067 | 
56.15 | 
87.38 | 
106 | 
28 | 
| 
Aravinda De Silva | 
35 | 
1064 | 
36.68 | 
86.57 | 
107 | 
15 | 
| 
Vivian Richards | 
23 | 
1013 | 
63.31 | 
85.05 | 
84 | 
22 | 
| 
Sourav Ganguly | 
21 | 
1006 | 
55.88 | 
77.50 | 
79 | 
25 | 
| 
Mark Waugh | 
22 | 
1004 | 
52.84 | 
83.73 | 
86 | 
11 | 
| 
Kumar Sangakkara | 
30 | 
991 | 
45.04 | 
78.71 | 
90 | 
7 | 
| 
Matthew Hayden | 
22 | 
987 | 
51.94 | 
92.93 | 
106 | 
23 | 
| 
Steve Waugh | 
33 | 
978 | 
48.9 | 
81.02 | 
73 | 
13 | 
| 
Mahela Jayawardena | 
33 | 
975 | 
37.5 | 
87.67 | 
90 | 
11 | 
| 
Shivnarine
  Chanderpaul | 
31 | 
970 | 
40.41 | 
62.09 | 
82 | 
13 | 
| 
Arjuna Ranatunga | 
30 | 
969 | 
46.14 | 
80.28 | 
99 | 
7 | 
| 
Saeed Anwar | 
21 | 
915 | 
53.82 | 
79.08 | 
90 | 
6 | 
ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Most catches (Excluding as
   wicketkeeper) | ||
| 
Player | 
M | 
Catches | 
| 
Ricky Ponting | 
46 | 
28 | 
| 
Sanath Jayasuriya | 
38 | 
18 | 
| 
Chris Cairns | 
28 | 
16 | 
| 
Brian Lara | 
34 | 
16 | 
| 
Inzamam-ul-Haq | 
35 | 
16 | 
| 
Graeme Smith | 
20 | 
15 | 
| 
Mahela Jayawardena | 
33 | 
15 | 
| 
Anil Kumble | 
18 | 
14 | 
| 
Steve Waugh | 
33 | 
14 | 
| 
Aravinda De Silva | 
35 | 
14 | 
| 
Paul Collingwood | 
18 | 
13 | 
| 
Carl Hooper | 
20 | 
13 | 
| 
Jacob Oram | 
23 | 
13 | 
| 
Scott Styris | 
26 | 
13 | 
| 
Jacques Kallis | 
36 | 
13 | 
| 
Muttiah Muralidaran | 
40 | 
13 | 
| 
Clive Lloyd | 
17 | 
12 | 
| 
Brett Lee | 
17 | 
12 | 
| 
Graeme Hick | 
20 | 
12 | 
| 
Desmond Haynes | 
25 | 
12 | 
ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Most Stumpings | ||
| 
Player | 
M | 
Dismissals | 
| 
Kumar Sangakkara | 
30 | 
10 | 
| 
Moin Khan | 
20 | 
7 | 
| 
Adam Gilchrist | 
31 | 
7 | 
| 
Kamran Akmal | 
11 | 
6 | 
| 
Kiran More | 
14 | 
6 | 
| 
MS Dhoni | 
12 | 
5 | 
| 
Romesh
  Kaluwitharana | 
11 | 
4 | 
| 
Wasim Bari | 
14 | 
4 | 
| 
Nayan Mongia | 
14 | 
4 | 
| 
Mushfiqur Rahim | 
15 | 
4 | 
| 
Kennedy Otieno | 
20 | 
4 | 
| 
Matt Prior | 
7 | 
3 | 
| 
Devon Thomas | 
7 | 
3 | 
| 
David Williams | 
8 | 
3 | 
| 
Morris Ouma | 
8 | 
3 | 
| 
Rashid Latif | 
12 | 
3 | 
| 
Tatenda Taibu | 
14 | 
3 | 
| 
Ian Healy | 
14 | 
3 | 
| 
Andy Flower | 
30 | 
3 | 
| 
Courtney Browne | 
5 | 
2 | 
ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Highest individual scores | ||||||
| 
Player | 
OPP | 
RUNS | 
BALLS | 
S/R | 
4s | 
6s | 
| 
Gary Kirsten | 
UAE | 
188* | 
159 | 
118.23 | 
13 | 
4 | 
| 
Sourav Ganguly | 
SL | 
183 | 
158 | 
115.82 | 
17 | 
7 | 
| 
Vivian Richards | 
SL | 
181 | 
125 | 
144.8 | 
16 | 
7 | 
| 
Kapil Dev | 
ZIM | 
175* | 
138 | 
126.81 | 
16 | 
6 | 
| 
Virender Sehwag | 
BAN | 
175 | 
140 | 
125.00 | 
14 | 
5 | 
| 
Craig Wishart | 
NAM | 
172* | 
151 | 
113.9 | 
18 | 
3 | 
| 
Glenn Turner | 
EA | 
171* | 
201 | 
85.07 | 
16 | 
2 | 
| 
Andrew Hudson | 
NED | 
161 | 
132 | 
121.97 | 
13 | 
4 | 
| 
Imran Nazir | 
ZIM | 
160 | 
121 | 
132.23 | 
14 | 
8 | 
| 
Matthew Hayden | 
WI | 
158 | 
143 | 
110.49 | 
14 | 
4 | 
| 
Andrew Strauss | 
IND | 
158 | 
145 | 
108.96 | 
18 | 
1 | 
| 
Sachin Tendulkar | 
NAM | 
152 | 
151 | 
100.66 | 
18 | 
0 | 
| 
Adam Gilchrist | 
SL | 
149 | 
104 | 
143.26 | 
13 | 
8 | 
| 
AB de Villiers | 
WI | 
146 | 
130 | 
112.3 | 
12 | 
5 | 
| 
Aravinda De Silva | 
KEN | 
145 | 
115 | 
126.08 | 
14 | 
5 | 
| 
Rahul Dravid | 
SL | 
145 | 
129 | 
112.4 | 
17 | 
1 | 
| 
Tillakaratne
  Dilshan | 
ZIM | 
144 | 
131 | 
109.92 | 
16 | 
1 | 
| 
Andrew Symonds | 
PAK | 
143* | 
125 | 
114.4 | 
18 | 
2 | 
| 
Herschelle Gibbs | 
NZ | 
143 | 
141 | 
101.41 | 
19 | 
3 | 
| 
David Houghton | 
NZ | 
142 | 
137 | 
103.65 | 
13 | 
6 | 
ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Best Bowling | ||||||
| 
Player | 
OPP | 
OVERS | 
WKTS | 
RUNS | 
MAIDENS | 
E/R | 
| 
Glenn McGrath | 
NAM | 
7 | 
7 | 
15 | 
4 | 
2.14 | 
| 
Andrew Bichel | 
ENG | 
10 | 
7 | 
20 | 
0 | 
2.85 | 
| 
Winston Davis | 
AUS | 
10.3 | 
7 | 
51 | 
0 | 
7.28 | 
| 
Gary Gilmour | 
ENG | 
12 | 
6 | 
14 | 
6 | 
2.33 | 
| 
Shane Bond | 
AUS | 
10 | 
6 | 
23 | 
2 | 
3.83 | 
| 
Ashish Nehra | 
ENG | 
10 | 
6 | 
23 | 
2 | 
3.83 | 
| 
Chaminda Vaas | 
BAN | 
9.1 | 
6 | 
25 | 
2 | 
4.16 | 
| 
Kemar Roach | 
NED | 
8.3 | 
6 | 
27 | 
0 | 
4.5 | 
| 
Lasith Malinga | 
KEN | 
7.4 | 
6 | 
38 | 
0 | 
6.33 | 
| 
Ken Macleay | 
IND | 
11.5 | 
6 | 
39 | 
3 | 
6.5 | 
| 
Glenn McGrath | 
WI | 
8.4 | 
5 | 
14 | 
3 | 
2.8 | 
| 
Shahid Afridi | 
KEN | 
8 | 
5 | 
16 | 
3 | 
3.2 | 
| 
Andrew Hall | 
ENG | 
10 | 
5 | 
18 | 
2 | 
3.6 | 
| 
Lance Klusener | 
KEN | 
8.3 | 
5 | 
21 | 
3 | 
4.2 | 
| 
Paul Strang | 
KEN | 
9.4 | 
5 | 
21 | 
1 | 
4.2 | 
| 
Alan Hurst | 
CAN | 
10 | 
5 | 
21 | 
3 | 
4.2 | 
| 
Shahid Afridi | 
CAN | 
10 | 
5 | 
23 | 
0 | 
4.6 | 
| 
Collins Obuya | 
SL | 
10 | 
5 | 
24 | 
0 | 
4.8 | 
| 
Richard Hadlee | 
SL | 
10.1 | 
5 | 
25 | 
4 | 
5 | 
| 
Austin Codrington | 
BAN | 
9 | 
5 | 
27 | 
3 | 
5.4 | 
ICC Cricket World Cup All-time Statistics
| 
Most wickets | ||||||
| 
Player | 
M | 
OVERS | 
WKTS | 
RUNS | 
MAIDENS | 
E/R | 
| 
Glenn McGrath | 
39 | 
325.1 | 
71 | 
1292 | 
42 | 
3.97 | 
| 
Muttiah Muralidaran | 
40 | 
343.3 | 
68 | 
1335 | 
15 | 
3.88 | 
| 
Wasim Akram | 
38 | 
323.1 | 
55 | 
1311 | 
17 | 
4.05 | 
| 
Chaminda Vaas | 
31 | 
261.0 | 
49 | 
1040 | 
39 | 
3.98 | 
| 
Zaheer Khan | 
23 | 
197.2 | 
44 | 
890 | 
12 | 
4.51 | 
| 
Javagal Srinath | 
34 | 
283.2 | 
44 | 
1224 | 
21 | 
4.32 | 
| 
Allan Donald | 
25 | 
218.1 | 
38 | 
913 | 
14 | 
4.18 | 
| 
Jacob Oram | 
23 | 
182.2 | 
36 | 
768 | 
21 | 
4.21 | 
| 
Brett Lee | 
17 | 
137.2 | 
35 | 
629 | 
15 | 
4.58 | 
| 
Brad Hogg | 
21 | 
157.5 | 
34 | 
654 | 
10 | 
4.15 | 
| 
Imran Khan | 
28 | 
169.2 | 
34 | 
655 | 
18 | 
3.87 | 
| 
Shaun Tait | 
18 | 
136.3 | 
34 | 
731 | 
4 | 
5.36 | 
| 
Shane Warne | 
17 | 
162.5 | 
32 | 
624 | 
16 | 
3.84 | 
| 
Chris Harris | 
28 | 
194.2 | 
32 | 
861 | 
10 | 
4.43 | 
| 
Lasith Malinga | 
15 | 
107.0 | 
31 | 
554 | 
6 | 
5.17 | 
| 
Anil Kumble | 
18 | 
173.1 | 
31 | 
708 | 
5 | 
4.09 | 
| 
Shaun Pollock | 
31 | 
269.0 | 
31 | 
970 | 
37 | 
3.60 | 
| 
Shane Bond | 
16 | 
147.4 | 
30 | 
518 | 
21 | 
3.51 | 
| 
Ian Botham | 
22 | 
222.0 | 
30 | 
762 | 
33 | 
3.43 | 
| 
Shoaib Akhtar | 
19 | 
148.5 | 
30 | 
765 | 
9 | 
5.15 | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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