Here’s a list of batters who’ve raced to their 15th ODI century in record innings, time, and age.
| Player | Innings to 15 100s | Time Taken | Runs After 15 100s | Date Achieved On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 83 | 6y 305d | 4156 | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Hashim Amla (SA) | 86 | 6y 162d | 4434 | 17 Aug 2014 |
| Shai Hope (WI) | 105 | 6y 219d | 4674 | 22 Jun 2023 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 106 | 4y 341d | 4493 | 24 Jul 2013 |
| Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 108 | 7y 339d | 4808 | 23 Sep 2018 |
| David Warner (AUS) | 108 | 10y 146d | 4598 | 12 Jun 2019 |
| Aaron Finch (AUS) | 112 | 5y 296d | 4548 | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Quinton de Kock (SA) | 116 | 7y 17d | 5014 | 4 Feb 2020 |
| Joe Root (ENG) | 126 | 6y 144d | 5458 | 3 Jun 2019 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 143 | 9y 18d | 5334 | 18 Jan 1998 |
Babar Azam is the fastest batter to smash 15 centuries in ODI format, taking 83 innings to reach the milestone.
Mahela Jayawardene took the most innings, bringing up his 15th hundred in his 321st ODI innings.
Kumar Sangakkara follows Jayawardene with his 15th ODI ton coming in his 320th innings.
Virat Kohli needed four years and 341 days to score his 15th hundred, the least time taken by a batter in ODIs.
Kane Williamson took almost 10 more years than Kohli, raising his 15th ODI ton in 14 years and 208 days after his debut in 2010.
Virat Kohli is the youngest batter to score 15 ODI centuries at the age of 24 years and 261 days.
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan is the oldest batter, bringing up his 15th ODI ton at the age of 36 years and 160 days.
West Indies’ Desmond Haynes was the first batter to score 15 centuries in ODIs. He needed 166 innings to achieve the feat in October 1989.
Only two batters have scored 15-plus centuries as captains in ODIs.
Among captains, Virat Kohli took the fewest innings to reach the milestone, taking 51 innings as India’s captain, while Ricky Ponting needed 133 innings as Australia’s skipper.
Shai Hope has taken the fewest innings to score 15 ODI centuries as a wicketkeeper. He needed 103 innings.
Kumar Sangakkara, on the other hand, needed 301 ODI innings, making him the slowest keeper-batter to smash 15 hundreds.
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