Fastest to 6000 ODI Runs

Fastest to 6000 Runs in ODI

Player	Innings to 6000 Runs	Time Taken	Avg After 6000 Runs	SR After 6000 Runs	Date Achieved On
Hashim Amla (SA)	123	7Y 230D	52.70	89.36	25 Oct 2015
Babar Azam (PAK)	123	9Y 259D	55.73	88.15	14 Feb 2025
Virat Kohli (IND)	136	6Y 83D	51.31	90.01	9 Nov 2014
Kane Williamson (NZ)	139	8Y 323D	48.06	82.23	29 Jun 2019
Davis Warner (AUS)	139	13Y 308D	45.17	95.26	22 Nov 2022
Shikhar Dhawan (IND)	140	10Y 271D	45.93	93.85	18 Jul 2021
Viv Richards (WI)	141	13Y 214D	50.13	90.26	7 Jan 1989
Joe Root (ENG)	141	8Y 169D	50.76	86.96	29 Jun 2021
Quinton de Kock (SA)	142	10Y 233D	44.61	96.04	9 Sep 2023
Shai Hope (WI)	142	9Y 3D	50.80	79.79	19 Nov 2025

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Key Insights on Milestone Achievements for 6000 ODI Runs

Fastest Batters to Reach the 6000-Run Mark in ODIs

Hashim Amla and Babar Azam are the joint fastest to score 6000 runs in ODIs, each taking 123 innings and 126 matches.

Viv Richards, who took 141 innings, was the first batter to amass 6000 runs in ODIs back in January 1989. Find out Richards’ amazing ODI records here.

South Africa’s Quinton de Kock also needed 141 innings to score 6000 ODI runs to become the fastest wicketkeeper to reach the mark. Overall, he took 142 innings, with one outing coming as a non-wicketkeeper.

Records by Batting Position and Role

Rohit Sharma is the fastest opener to aggregate 6000 runs, completing the milestone in 121 innings while opening for India.

Ricky Ponting is the fastest among the three captains who’ve scored 6000 runs, taking 157 innings. He is also the overall highest scorer of runs as an ODI captain.

MS Dhoni needed 178 outings as a skipper to surpass the mark, while Stephen Fleming (210) took the most innings as a skipper.

Time Taken and Slowest to the Milestone

Virat Kohli is the quickest to 6000 ODI runs by time. He crossed the mark in six years and 83 days from his debut in 2008.

MS Dhoni (6y 100d), Mohammad Yousuf (6y 192d), and Rahul Dravid (6y 229d) are the others to surpass the mark within seven years.

Paul Stirling is the slowest in terms of time taken. While he became the first Irish batter to cross 6000 ODI runs in 162 innings, he needed 16 years and 328 days.

Pakistan’s Javed Miandad (16y 222d) and Shoaib Malik (16y 28d) are the other batters to take more than 16 years to reach the milestone.

Shahid Afridi is the slowest batter to complete 6000 ODI runs, reaching the mark in 276 innings. However, his ODI sixes numbers are unbeatable for a long time.

Highest Batting Average Upon Reaching 6000 Runs

Babar Azam averaged 55.73 after reaching 6000 ODI runs, the highest average by a batter after surpassing the mark.

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