Top Century Makers in ICC Cricket World Cup

UpdatedThursday, March 24, 2016

Scoring a hundred in cricket is an achievement which requires an incredible combination of skill, luck, patience and stamina. But scoring the magical triple figure on the biggest stage of the game such as the world cup is an honor and a milestone. Each and every batsman dreams of scoring a ton in the world cup to help their team in winning the mega event. Every batsman starts with a duck, a zero, getting off the mark into double figures, half century and then the magical triple figure. Top Century Makers in ICC Cricket World Cup is a list of those cricketing legends that have done it on the biggest cricketing eve.

Sachin TendulkarTop Century Makers in World Cup

Indian master blaster Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of most century scorers in the world cups. He has scored 6 centuries and 15 half centuries in 44 innings of the ICC cricket world cup. Formal Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is only a century behind the master blaster. Here is the complete list:

Top Century Makers in ICC Cricket World Cup

 

Player Country Mts Inns Runs HS 100s 50s
Sachin Tendulkar India 45 44 2278 152 6 15
Ricky Ponting Australia 46 42 1743 140* 5 6
Sourav Ganguly India 21 21 1006 183 4 3
Mark Waugh Australia 22 22 1004 130 4 4
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 35 31 1075 115* 4 5
AB de Villiers South Africa 15 15 725 146 3 3
Rameez Raja Pakistan 16 16 700 119* 3 2
Matthew Hayden Australia 22 21 987 158 3 2
Viv Richards West Indies 23 21 1013 181 3 5
Saeed Anwar Pakistan 21 21 915 113* 3 3
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 38 37 1165 120 3 6
Ryan ten Doeschate Netherlands 9 9 435 119 2 3
Geoff Marsh Australia 13 13 579 126* 2 2
Kevin Pietersen England 13 13 575 104 2 4
Glenn Turner New Zealand 14 14 612 171* 2 2
Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka 15 15 521 124 2 3
Gordon Greenidge West Indies 15 15 591 106* 2 4
Aamer Sohail Pakistan 16 16 598 114 2 4
David Boon Australia 16 16 815 100 2 5
Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka 20 18 717 144 2 3