Top players in the cricket World Cup 1975-2011

THE LEADING RUN-GETTERS

Sachin Tendulkar:  Runs 2278, Ave 56.95, SR 88.98, 100s 6, 50s 15                  

Ricky Ponting:  Runs 1743, Ave 45.86, SR 79.95, 100s 5, 50s 6   

Brian Lara:  Runs 1225, Ave 42.24, SR 86.26, 100s 2, 50s 7   

Sanath Jayasuriya:  Runs 1165, Ave 34.26 , SR 90.66, 100s 3, 50s 6     

Jacques Kallis:  Runs 1148, Ave 45.92, SR 74.40, 100s 1, 50s 9

Adam Gilchrist:  Runs 1085, Ave 36.16, SR 98.01, 100s 1, 50s 8   

Javed Miandad:  Runs 1083, Ave 43.32, SR 67.89, 100s 1, 50s 8  

Stephen Fleming:  Runs 1075, Ave 35.83, SR 76.89, 100s 2, 50s 5   

Herschelle Gibbs:  Runs 1067, Ave 56.15, SR 87.38, 100s 2, 50s 8   

Aravinda de Silva:  Runs 1064, Ave 36.68, SR 86.57, 100s 2, 50s 6 

Vivian Richards:  Runs 1013, Ave 63.31, SR 85.05, 100s 3, 50s 5 

Sourav Ganguly:  Runs 1006, Ave 55.88, SR 77.50, 100s 4, 50s 3

Mark Waugh:  Runs 1004, Ave 52.84, SR 83.04, 100s 4, 50s 4    

     

THE LEADING WICKET-TAKERS

Glenn McGrath:  Wickets 71, Ave 18.19, Best 7/15, RO 3.96

Muttiah Muralitharan:  Wickets 68, Ave 19.63, Best 4/19, RO 3.88

Wasim Akram:  Wickets 55, Ave 23.83, Best 5/28, RO 4.04        

Chaminda Vaas:  Wickets 49, Ave 21.22, Best 6/25, RO 3.97          

Zaheer Khan:  Wickets 44, Ave 20.22, Best 4/42, RO 4.47 
Javagal Srinath:  Wickets 44, Ave 27.81, Best 4/30, RO 4.32

Allan Donald:  Wickets 38, Ave 24.02, Best 4/17, RO 4.17

Jacob Oram:  Wickets 36, Ave 21.33, Best 4/39, RO 4.21

Brett Lee:  Wickets 35, Ave 17.97, Best 5/42, RO 4.57

Brad Hogg:  Wickets 34, Ave 19.23, Best 4/27, RO 4.12

Imran Khan:  Wickets 34, Ave 19.26, Best 4/37, RO 3.86

Shaun Tait:  Wickets 34, Ave 21.50, Best 4/39, RO 5.35

Shane Warne:  Wickets 32, Ave 19.50, Best 4/29, RO 3.83                      

Chris Harris:  Wickets 32, Ave 26.90, Best 4/07, RO 4.43                        

Lasith Malinga:  Wickets 31, Ave 17.87, Best 6/38, RO 5.17        

Anil Kumble:  Wickets 31, Ave 22.83, Best 4/32, RO 4.08                       

Shaun Pollock:  Wickets 31, Ave 31.29, Best 5/36, RO 3.60         

Shane Bond:  Wickets 30, Ave 17.26, Best 6/23, RO 3.50             

Ian Botham:  Wickets 30, Ave 25.40, Best 4/31, RO 3.43             

Shoaib Akhtar:  Wickets 30, Ave 25.50, Best 4/46, RO 5.13

THE LEADING ALLROUNDERS

Lance Klusener:  Runs 372, Ave 124.00, SR 121.17, Wkts 22, Ave 22.13, RO 4.82, Quotient 5.60

Neil Johnson:  Runs 367, Ave 52.42, SR 73.99, Wkts 12, Ave 19.41, RO 4.66, Quotient 2.70

Yuvraj Singh:  Runs 738, Ave 52.71, SR 90.33, Wkts 20, Ave 23.10, RO 4.99, Quotient 2.28   

Tillakaratne Dilshan:  Runs 717, Ave 47.80, SR 91.10, Wkts 13, Ave 21.84, RO 4.18, Quotient 2.18

Imran Khan:  Runs 666, Ave 35.05, SR 65.61, Wkts 34, Ave 19.26, RO 3.86, Quotient 1.81

Scott Styris:  Runs 909, Ave 53.47, SR 88.59, Wkts 17, Ave 32.47, RO 4.58, Quotient 1.64

Steve Waugh:  Runs 978, Ave 48.90, SR 81.02, Wkts 27, Ave 30.14, RO 4.70, Quotient 1.62

Kapil Dev:  Runs 669, Ave 37.16, SR 115.14, Wkts 28, Ave 31.85, RO 3.76, Quotient 1.16

Chris Harris:  Runs 431, Ave 28.73, SR 68.84, Wkts 32, Ave 26.90, RO 4.43, Quotient 1.06

Jacques Kallis:  Runs 1148, Ave 45.92, SR 74.40, Wkts 21, Ave 43.04, RO 4.28, Quotient 1.06

THE LEADING WICKETKEEPER-BATSMEN 

Adam Gilchrist:  Runs 1085, Ave 36.16, SR 98.01, Ct 45, St 7 

Kumar Sangakkara:  Runs 991, Ave 45.04, SR 78.71, Ct 36, St 10 

Brendon McCullum:  Runs 414, Ave 31.84, SR 94.09, Ct 30, St 2 

Mark Boucher:  Runs 381, Ave 27.21, SR 94.07, Ct 31, St - 

Moin Khan:  Runs 286, Ave 28.60, SR 106.31, Ct 23, St 7 

Alec Stewart:  Runs 520, Ave 32.50, SR 66.49, Ct 21, St 2 

Ridley Jacobs:  Runs 270, Ave 67.50, SR 54.00, Ct 21, St 1

Ashish Bagai:  Runs 343, Ave 26.38, SR 61.69, Ct 19, St 2

Mahendra Singh Dhoni:  Runs 270, Ave 33.75, SR 83.33, Ct 12, St 5

Rahul Dravid :  Runs 463, Ave 77.16, SR 74.08, Ct 15, St 1

Kennedy Otieno:  Runs 401, Ave 26.73, SR 54.70, Ct 11, St 4

(From the Records section of Indra Vikram Singh’s about-to-be-released book ‘Indian Spring’. The author can be contacted on email singh_iv@hotmail.com).