Sachin Tendulkar(Ind),Sourav Ganguly(Ind),Mark Waugh(Aus),Ricky Ponting(Aus) are the cricket players who smashed most number of centuries in the World cup cricket.Sachin Tendulkar is the cricketer who scored most runs (1796 runs) in the world cup cricket.
| Cricketer |
Matches |
Runs |
Highest Score |
Centuries |
| Sourav Ganguly(Ind) | 21 | 1006 | 183 | 4 |
| Mark Waugh(Aus) | 22 | 1004 | 130 | 4 |
| Sachin Tendulkar(Ind) | 36 | 1796 | 152 | 4 |
| Ricky Ponting(Aus) | 39 | 1537 | 140 | 4 |
| Rameez Raja(Pak) | 16 | 700 | 119 | 3 |
| Matthew Hayden(Aus) | 22 | 987 | 158 | 3 |
| Vivian Richards(WI) | 23 | 1013 | 181 | 3 |
| Saeed Anwar(Pak) | 21 | 915 | 113 | 3 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya(SL) | 38 | 1165 | 120 | 3 |
| Kevin Pieterson(Eng) | 9 | 444 | 104 | 2 |
