Individual stats preview
(Batting)
- Highest Individual scores (Top 5)
| Player | Team | Runs scored | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 145* | USA | The Oval | 10/09/2004 |
| Andy Flower | Zimbabwe | 145 | India | Colombo (RPS) | 14/09/2002 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 141* | South Africa | Nairobi (Gym) | 13/10/2000 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 141 | Australia | Dhaka | 28/10/1998 |
| Graeme Smith | South Africa | 141 | England | Centurion | 27/09/2009 |
- Most runs scored in the tournament career (Top 5)
| Players | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 17 | 17 | 791 | 133* | 52.73 | 3/1 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 22 | 21 | 742 | 84* | 41.22 | 0/5 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 22 | 21 | 683 | 134* | 37.94 | 1/4 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 13 | 11 | 665 | 141* | 73.88 | 3/3 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 17 | 17 | 653 | 113* | 46.64 | 1/3 |
- Most runs scored in a particular edition (Top 5)
| Players | Team | Year | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 2006 | 8 | 8 | 474 | 133* | 79.00 | 3/0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | 2013 | 5 | 5 | 363 | 114 | 90.75 | 2/1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 2000 | 4 | 4 | 348 | 141* | 116.00 | 2/1 |
| Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 2006 | 6 | 6 | 320 | 110 | 53.33 | 2/1 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 288 | 111* | 72.00 | 1/2 |
(Bowling)
- Best bowling figures in an innings (Top 5)
| Player | Team | Bowling figure | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| Farveez Maharoof | Sri Lanka | 9-2-14-6 | West Indies | Mumbai (BS) | 14/10/2006 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 6-1-11-5 | Kenya | Birmingham | 14/09/2004 |
| Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 6-2-21-5 | Pakistan | Mohali | 27/10/2006 |
| Mervyn Dillon | West Indies | 10-4-29-5 | Bangladesh | Southampton | 15/09/2004 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 7.3-0-30-5 | West Indies | Dhaka | 01/11/1998 |
- Most wickets taken in the tournament career (Top 5)
| Players | Team | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Best bowling figure | Average | 4wk/5wk |
| Kyle Mills | New Zealand | 15 | 15 | 28 | 4/30 | 17.25 | 2/0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 17 | 15 | 24 | 4/15 | 20.16 | 2/0 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 13 | 13 | 22 | 4/34 | 26.68 | 2/0 |
| Brett Lee | Australia | 16 | 15 | 22 | 3/38 | 26.86 | 0/0 |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 12 | 12 | 21 | 5/37 | 19.61 | 0/1 |
- Most wickets taken in a particular edition (Top 5)
| Players | Team | Year | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling figure | Average | 4wk/5wk |
| Jerome Taylor | West Indies | 2006 | 7 | 13 | 4/49 | 22.07 | 1/0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 2013 | 5 | 12 | 5/36 | 12.83 | 0/1 |
| Farveez Maharoof | Sri Lanka | 2006 | 6 | 12 | 6/14 | 15.83 | 0/1 |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | New Zealand | 2013 | 3 | 11 | 4/43 | 13.09 | 2/0 |
| James Anderson | England | 2013 | 5 | 11 | 3/30 | 13.72 | 0/0 |
(Others)
- Player of the tournaments
| Year | Player of the tournament | Team |
| 1998 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2004 | Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies |
| 2006 | Chris Gayle | West Indies |
| 2009 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2013 | Shikhar Dhawan | India |