2. Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is three most successful player in the World Cups as he finished as a runner-up in the 1996 edition and won three consecutive World Cups (1999, 2003 and 2007) with two as a captain. As a player too, he has some incredible record in the World Cups. HE is one of the two players to have scored over 1500 runs in the World Cups as he has accumulated a total of 1743 runs in 42 innings at an average of 45.86.