List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket

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India's Sachin Tendulkar is the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in ODIs. Sachin-Tendulkar.jpg
India's Sachin Tendulkar is the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in ODIs.

Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement, [1] [2] [3] while in the case of One Day Internationals (ODIs) it is often referred as the 10,000 run club in ODI cricket. [4] [5]

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West Indian Desmond Haynes retired as the most prolific run scorer in ODIs, with a total of 8,648 runs in 1994. His record stood for four years until it was broken by India's Mohammed Azharuddin, [6] who remained the top scorer in the format until his compatriot Tendulkar surpassed his tally in October 2000. [7] In 2001, Tendulkar became the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in ODIs, during the third match of the bilateral series against Australia at home. [8] As of September 2023, fifteen players—from six teams that are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC)—have scored 10,000 runs in ODIs. Out of these, six are from India, four are from Sri Lanka and two are from the West Indies. One player each from Australia, Pakistan and South Africa form the rest. [9] No player from Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Ireland or Zimbabwe has passed the 10,000 run mark in ODIs yet.

In terms of innings, India's Virat Kohli the fifth Indian to reach the milestone after Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni is the fastest (205) to reach the 10,000 run mark, [lower-alpha 1] while Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene is the slowest to achieve the feat (333). Kohli also holds the record of highest number of centuries (50). Tendulkar holds multiple recordsmost appearances (463 matches), most runs (18,426) and half-centuries (96). [10] Kohli has the highest average (58.00) and strike rate (93.71) among players who have performed the feat. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya also features in the list of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in the format. As of 2023, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the only active players in the format on this list.

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Players with 10,000 or more ODI runs

10,000 or more runs in ODIs [11] [10]
No.PlayerPortraitTeamCareerMat. Inn. Runs Avg. S/R 100s 50s Date [10] Span [10] 10KI [10]
1 Sachin Tendulkar [12] Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards (crop).jpg Flag of India.svg  India 1989 - 201246345218,42644.8386.23499631 March 200111 years, 103 days259
2 Kumar Sangakkara [lower-alpha 2] [13] Kumar Sangakkara.jpg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2000-201540438014,23441.9878.88259317 February 201211 years, 227 days296
3 Virat Kohli [14] The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Virat Kohli, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2017 (cropped).jpg Flag of India.svg  India 2008-202329228013,84858.6793.58507224 October 201810 years, 67 days205
4 Ricky Ponting [lower-alpha 3] [15] Ricky Ponting 2015.jpg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1995-201237536513,70442.0380.39308224 March 200712 years, 37 days266
5 Sanath Jayasuriya [lower-alpha 4] [16] Sanath jayasuriya portrait.jpg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1989-201144543313,43032.3691.2028689 August 200515 years, 226 days328
6 Mahela Jayawardene [lower-alpha 5] [17] Mahela Jayawardene 3.JPG Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1998-201544841812,65033.0178.67197718 November 201113 years, 289 days333
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq [18] Inzamam-ul-Haq.jpg Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1991-200737835011,73939.5274.24108319 September 200412 years, 302 days299
8 Jacques Kallis [lower-alpha 6] [19] JAQUES KALLIS (3175901786).jpg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1996-201432831411,57944.3672.89178623 January 200913 years, 14 days272
9 Sourav Ganguly [lower-alpha 7] [20] Sourav Ganguly crop.jpg Flag of India.svg  India 1992-200731130011,36341.0273.7022723 August 200513 years, 204 days [lower-alpha 8] 263
10 Rahul Dravid [lower-alpha 9] [24] Rahul Dravid at GQ Men Of The Year 2012 AWARD.jpg Flag of India.svg  India 1996-201134431810,88939.1671.24128314 February 200710 years, 317 days287
11 MS Dhoni [lower-alpha 10] [25] Mahendra Singh Dhoni January 2016 (cropped).jpg Flag of India.svg  India 2004-201935029710,77350.5787.56107314 July 201814 years, 159 days273
12 Rohit Sharma [26] Rohit Sharma during the India vs Australia 4th Test match at Narendra Modi Stadium.jpg Flag of India.svg  India 2007-202326225410,70949.1291.97315512 September 202316 years, 81 days241
13 Chris Gayle [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 12] [27] ChrisGayle Cropped.jpg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1999-201930129410,48037.8387.19255427 February 201919 years, 169 days282
14 Brian Lara [lower-alpha 13] [28] Brian Lara stance swinging 4-19-09.JPG WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1990-200729928910,40540.4879.51196316 December 200616 years, 37 days278
15 Tillakaratne Dilshan [29] Tillakaratne Dilshan portrait.jpg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1999-201533030310,29039.2786.23224726 July 201515 years, 227 days293

By country

10,000 or more runs by country in ODIs
TeamsNumber of players
Flag of India.svg  India 6
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Total15

See also

Notes

  1. Kohli is also the fastest in terms of time span (10 years and 67 days).
  2. Sangakkara's aggregate includes matches played for Asia XI and ICC World XI.
  3. Ponting's aggregate includes matches played for ICC World XI.
  4. Jayasuriya's aggregate includes matches played for Asia XI.
  5. Jayawardene's aggregate includes matches played for Asia XI.
  6. Kallis' aggregate includes matches played for Africa XI and ICC World XI.
  7. Ganguly's aggregate includes matches played for Asia XI.
  8. After making his ODI debut in January 1992, Ganguly was dropped and made a comeback to the side in May 1996. [21] [22] [23]
  9. Dravid also played for Asia XI and ICC World XI.
  10. Dhoni's aggregate includes matches played for Asia XI.
  11. Gayle's aggregate includes matches played for ICC World XI.
  12. At age 39, he was also the oldest player to score 10,000 runs.
  13. Lara's aggregate includes matches played for ICC World XI.

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