A cricketer’s legacy is made based on how they fared in the ICC tournaments, irrespective of whether they are batter or a bowler. So one of the major metrics with which a batter is ranked is the number of centuries they have scored and this signifies their potency in pressure situations.
As these tournaments are usually played with plenty of things at stake, a century by a batter is an absolute gold. Few batters maintained consistency and the ICC tournaments brought the best out of them. We will celebrate such batters who have shown remarkable composure at the biggest stage of cricket and prospered. Here are the players with the most centuries in ICC Tournaments.
Most Centuries in ICC Tournaments
| Player | Innings | Total 100s | ODI WC | T20 WC | CT | WTC Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 91 | 8 | 7 | – | 1 | – |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 82 | 7 | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 58 | 7 | 6 | – | 1 | – |
| Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 27 | 6 | 3 | – | 3 | – |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 91 | 6 | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 66 | 6 | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 86 | 6 | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| David Warner (AUS) | 76 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 72 | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
More “ICC Tournaments” Records
Most Runs as Captain in ICC Tournaments
Most Runs in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments
Highest Batting Average in ICC Tournaments
Most Fifties in ICC Tournaments
Most Fifties in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments
Most Centuries in ICC Tournaments
Most Centuries in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments
Most Wickets in ICC Tournaments
Most Wickets in in Knock-Out Matches of ICC Tournaments
Most Man of the Match Awards in ICC
Most Wins by Players in ICC Tournaments
Key Stats
8: Rohit Sharma has scored the most centuries across the 3 major ICC white-ball multi-national tournaments (Cricket World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy). In the ICC World Cup alone, he has amassed 7 tons, with the other century coming in the Champions Trophy.
3: Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, Herschelle Gibbs, and Chris Gayle, have scored three centuries at the ICC Champions Trophy, the most by any player in the tournament.
Likewise, Chris Gayle has the maximum tons in T20 World Cup history, having brought up a century twice in the competition. There are nine batters to have scored one century each in the T20 World Cup.
13 batters have made five or more centuries in the above-mentioned tournaments combined. The other batters are Mahela Jayawardene, Virat Kohli, and Saeed Anwar.
62.34: Virat Kohli’s batting average in these three tournaments and his tally is a whopping 3616 runs from 82 outings. This is the best for a batter with a minimum of 2000 runs.
Check: India at the T20 World Cup – Results Every Edition
