Individual Records

Sachin Tendulkar ODI Centuries – Complete List

Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run-getter in the history of ODI cricket, with a whopping 18426 runs in 452 innings spread across 23 years. He averaged a sensational 44.83 coupled with a strike rate of 86.24 playing in an era where attacking batting was not yet popular. He has played some of the finest ODI knocks of all time throughout his glittering career for India and was a key factor in them winning the ICC ODI World Cup in 2011.

Aside from scoring the most runs in ODIs, Sachin till 2023 remained the most prolific century-maker (49 tons) in the format, until it was breached by his fellow countrymate. Virat Kohli. Here in this article, we will delve more into those 49 centuries that Sachin has hammered in his incredible ODI stint for India.

Sachin Tendulkar ODI Centuries

No.ScoreVsBatting PositionInnsVenueHome/AwayYearResult
1110Australia21ColomboAway1994Won
2115New Zealand22VadodaraHome1994Won
3105West Indies21JaipurHome1994Won
4112*Sri Lanka21SharjahNeutral1995Won
5127*Kenya21CuttackHome1996Won
6137Sri Lanka21DelhiHome1996Lost
7100Pakistan21SingaporeNeutral1996Lost
8118Pakistan21SharjahNeutral1996Won
9110Sri Lanka21ColomboAway1996Lost
10114South Africa11South AfricaHome1996Won
11104Zimbabwe22BenoniNeutral1997Won
12117New Zealand22BengaluruHome1997Won
13100Australia22KanpurHome1998Won
14143Australia22SharjahNeutral1998Lost
15134Australia22SharjahNeutral1998Won
16100*Kenya22KolkataHome1998Won
17128Sri Lanka21ColomboAway1998Won
18127*Zimbabwe22BulawayoAway1998Won
19141Australia21DhakaNeutral1998Won
20118*Zimbabwe22SharjahNeutral1998Won
21124*Zimbabwe22SharjahNeutral1998Won
22140*Kenya41BristolNeutral1999Won
23120Sri Lanka11Colombo (SSC)Away1999Won
24186*New Zealand21HyderabadHome1999Won
25122South Africa22VadodaraHome2000Won
26101Sri Lanka21SharjahNeutral2000Lost
27146Zimbabwe21JodhpurHome2000Lost
28139Australia21IndoreHome2001Won
29122*West Indies22HarareNeutral2001Won
30101South Africa21JohannesburgAway2001Lost
31146Zimbabwe21PaarlNeutral2001Won
32105*England41Chester-Le-StreetAway2002No Result
33113Sri Lanka41BristolNeutral2002Won
34152Namibia21PietermaritzburgNeutral2003Won
35100Australia21GwaliorHome2003Won
36102New Zealand21HyderabadHome2003Won
37141Pakistan22RawalpindiAway2004Lost
38123Pakistan21AhmedabadHome2005Lost
39100Pakistan21PeshawarAway2006Lost
40141*West Indies21Kuala LumpurNeutral2006Lost
41100*West Indies41VadodaraHome2007Won
42117*Australia22SydneyAway2008Won
43163*New Zealand21ChristchurchAway2009Won
44138Sri Lanka21ColomboAway2009Won
45175Australia22HyderabadHome2009Won
46200*South Africa21GwaliorHome2010Won
47120England21BangaloreHome2011Tied
48111South Africa21NagpurHome2011Lost
49114Bangladesh21DhakaAway2012Lost

Key Stats

Sachin Tendulkar had smashed a whopping 100 tons during his international career. His 114 against Bangladesh at Dhaka was his 49th ODI century and the 100th overall for India.

9: The number of ODI centuries Sachin had hammered against Australia (70 innings). This is the most he has done against any opponent in the format, followed by 8 he scored against Sri Lanka in 80 knocks. He has made 5 ODI centuries each against New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

While he has made 20 of his ODI tons at home, Sharjah (UAE) was his favorite non-home venue, as he made 7 centuries in the 42 ODI innings he played there. His next happy hunting venue is R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he made 4 centuries.

1998: This was his most prolific year in terms of centuries in ODIs, as Sachin made a whopping 9 tons in just 33 innings. His next most dominant year was 1996, where he smashed 6 ODI centuries.

33 of his ODI centuries came in wins for India, and he averaged a whopping 56.63 in those results, while 14 of them came when India lost.

45 of his 49 centuries came while he was opening the batting for India in ODIs, and the remaining came in the number four slot.

32: The number of tons he scored while setting a target and the rest came in a chase.

He was the first batter in history to score an ODI double-century and has crossed the 150+ mark in an inning four other times.