Darren Lehmann, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar played alongside Virat Kohli. Photo Credit:MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
  1. Tillakaratne Dilshan:

 

The inventor of dilscoop shot Tillakaratne Dilshan had has been a livewire on the field. Moreover, known for his aggressive stroke play, Dilshan has maintained his tenth spot on the list of players with most centuries in ODIs.

Dilshan represented the Lions in overall 330 ODIs in which he scored 10,290 runs at an average of 39.27. In 303 innings, Dilshan registered 22 hundred to be at par with Ganguly in the ODI century list.

In addition to, Dilshan further has 1,111 fours and 55 sixes to his name. But we are bound to witness changes in the most ODI centuries list sooner.

Table with list of minimum 50 players who scored most hundreds in ODI cricket:

Serial No. Player Name Matches Innings Runs Highest Score Average 100’s
1 SR Tendulkar (INDIA) 463 452 18426 200* 44.83 49
2 V Kohli (INDIA) 228 220 10861 183 59.35 38
3 RT Ponting (AUS/IC) 375 365 13704 164 42.03 30
4 ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 445 433 13430 189 32.36 28
5 HM Amla (SA) 176 176 7929 159 49.65 26
6 AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) 228 218 9577 176 53.5 25
7 KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) 404 380 14234 169 41.98 25
8 CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 290 285 10201 215 37.12 23
9 SC Ganguly (Asia/INDIA) 311 300 11363 183 41.02 22
10 TM Dilshan (SL) 330 303 10290 161* 39.27 22
11 RG Sharma (INDIA) 207 207 8110 264 47.78 21
12 HH Gibbs (SA) 248 240 8094 175 36.13 21
13 Saeed Anwar (PAK) 247 244 8824 194 39.21 20
14 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 207 192 7433 181* 47.04 19
15 BC Lara (ICC/WI) 299 289 10405 169 40.48 19
16 DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 448 418 12650 144 33.37 19
17 ME Waugh (AUS) 244 236 8500 173 39.35 18
18 DL Haynes (WI) 238 237 8648 152* 41.37 17
19 JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 328 314 11579 139 44.36 17
20 NJ Astle (NZ) 223 217 7090 145* 34.92 16
21 AC Gilchrist (AUS/ICC) 287 279 9619 172 35.89 16
22 S Dhawan (INDIA) 115 114 4935 137 45.69 15
23 WU Tharanga (Asia/SL) 232 220 6936 174* 34.16 15
24 V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/INDIA) 251 245 8273 219 35.05 15
25 Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK) 288 273 9720 141* 41.71 15
26 DA Warner (AUS) 106 104 4343 179 43.43 14
27 Yuvraj Singh (Asia/INDIA) 304 278 8701 150 36.55 14
28 Q de Kock (SA) 98 98 4133 178 44.44 13
29 JE Root (ENG) 121 115 4946 133* 51.52 13
30 MJ Guptill (NZ) 159 156 5976 237* 42.99 13
31 G Kirsten (SA) 185 185 6798 188* 40.95 13
32 ME Trescothick (ENG) 123 122 4335 137 37.37 12
33 R Dravid (Asia/ICC/INDIA) 344 318 10889 153 39.16 12
34 AJ Finch (AUS) 96 92 3418 148 37.56 11
35 WTS Porterfield (IRE) 122 120 3722 139 31.81 11
36 KS Williamson (NZ) 129 123 5184 145* 46.28 11
37 CG Greenidge (WI) 128 127 5134 133* 45.03 11
38 G Gambhir (INDIA) 147 143 5238 150* 39.68 11
39 IVA Richards (WI) 187 167 6721 189* 47 11
40 Tamim Iqbal (BDESH) 185* 183 6369 154 36.18 11
41 EJG Morgan (ENG/IRE) 212 199 6557 124* 38.57 11
42 Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) 203 202 6153 140* 32.72 11
43 S Chanderpaul (WI) 268 251 8778 150 41.6 11
44 MS Atapattu (SL) 268 259 8529 132* 37.57 11
45 PA de Silva (SL) 308 296 9284 145 34.9 11
46 F du Plessis (SA) 124 119 4693 185 45.12 10
47 ML Hayden (AUS/ICC) 161 155 6133 181* 43.8 10
48 BRM Taylor (ZIM) 188 187 6156 145* 35.79 10
49 MN Samuels (WI) 206 195 5587 133* 33.05 10
50 GC Smith (SA) 197 194 6989 141 37.98 10

*The stats for the most ODI centuries were updated on December 12, 2018.

Tahir Ibn Manzoor

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