List of Cricket World Cup centuries


In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International cricket. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, and is held once every four years. As of the latest 2023 tournament, a total of 236 centuries have been scored by 135 players from 16 different teams. Players from all the teams that have permanent ODI status have made centuries. In addition, players from four teams that have temporary ODI status have scored centuries. India have scored the most centuries, and have the most centurions.
The first century in the championship was scored by Dennis Amiss of England when he made 137 against India in the 1975 World Cup. The same day New Zealand's Glenn Turner scored 171* against East Africa. It remained the highest individual total over the next two editions until Indian cricketer Kapil Dev scored 175* against Zimbabwe in 1983. Following that, the record was broken successively by Viv Richards in 1987, Gary Kirsten in 1996, Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill both in 2015.
India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest number of centuries with seven, followed by India's Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's David Warner with six, followed by Australia's Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and India's Virat Kohli with five. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene, AB de Villiers, Mark Waugh, and Quinton de Kock have four centuries each.
Rohit Sharma's five centuries in the 2019 tournament are the most by a player in a single tournament. Sangakkara scored four centuries in consecutive matches in the 2015 tournament. Quinton de Kock also scored four centuries in a single tournament. Six players Waugh, Ganguly, Matthew Hayden, Warner, Rachin Ravindra and Virat Kohli have scored three centuries in a single tournament. In 1992, Andy Flower of Zimbabwe making his ODI debut in a World Cup scored a century. In the 2023 tournament, 40 centuries were scored, while the 1979 competition had just two centuries.
Seven centuries have been scored in the finals; out of which six resulted in victories. Adam Gilchrist's 149 against Sri Lanka at the 2007 World Cup Final remains the highest individual score in a final; his 72-ball century is also the fastest in a final.
The fastest 100 in any World Cup was scored by Glenn Maxwell in 40 balls against the Netherlands on 25 October 2023. He also scored the World Cup fastest 200 in the same World Cup against Afghanistan on 7 November.

Centuries

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No.PlayerRunsBalls4s6sS/RTeamOppositionVenueDateResultRef
1 13714718093.19Lord's, London7 6 19751Won
2 171*20116285.07Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham7 6 19752Won
3 13114713089.11Trent Bridge, Nottingham11 6 19751Won
4 1011139189.38The Oval, London11 6 19752Won
5 114*17713064.40Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester14 6 1975Won
6 10285122120.00Lord's, London21 6 1975Won
7 106*1739161.27Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham9 6 1979Won
8 138*15711387.89Lord's, London23 6 1979Won
9 10210512297.14The Oval, London9 6 1983Won
10 130120125108.33County Ground, Taunton11 6 1983Won
11 11013111083.96Trent Bridge, Nottingham13 6 19831Won
12 105*1475171.42New Road, Worcester13 6 19832Won
13 1191466181.50The Oval, London15 6 1983Won
14 102*13311076.69Headingley Stadium, Leeds16 6 1983Won
15 175*138166126.81Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells18 6 1983Won
16 103*1216085.12Trent Bridge, Nottingham20 6 1983Won
17 10310060103.00Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad8 10 1987Won
18 1101417178.01M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras9 10 1987Won
19 142137136103.64Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad10 10 1987Lost
20 10512410184.67National Stadium, Karachi13 10 19871Won
21 181125167144.80National Stadium, Karachi13 10 19871Won
22 1131485076.35National Stadium, Karachi20 10 1987Won
23 10095100105.26Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad25 10 1987Won
24 126*14912384.56Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh27 10 1987Won
25 1101358281.48National Stadium, Karachi30 10 1987Won
26 103*88103117.04Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur31 10 1987Won
27 11513611084.55Wankhede stadium, Bombay5 11 1987Won
28 100*13411074.62Eden Park, Auckland22 2 19921Won
29 10013311075.18Eden Park, Auckland22 2 19921Lost
30 115*1528175.65Pukekura Park, New Plymouth23 2 19921Lost
31 102*1584064.55Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne23 2 19922Lost
32 11413612083.82Bellerive Oval, Hobart27 2 1992Won
33 1101258288.00Berri Oval, Berri13 3 1992Won
34 119*15516076.77AMI Stadium, Christchurch18 3 19921Won
35 1001478068.02Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne18 3 19922Won
36 1011328276.51Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad14 2 1996Won
37 188*159134118.23Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi16 2 1996Won
38 127*13815192.02Barabati Stadium, Cuttack18 2 1996Won
39 104*1336278.19Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar22 2 1996Won
40 130128141101.56Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam23 2 1996Won
41 1261358393.33Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai27 2 1996Won
42 1111398079.85National Stadium, Karachi29 2 1996Lost
43 13713785100.00Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi2 3 1996Lost
44 1021125191.07Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur4 3 1996Lost
45 161132134121.96Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi5 3 1996Won
46 145115145126.08Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy6 3 19961Won
47 10611011096.36Green Park Stadium, Kanpur6 3 19962Won
48 11194160118.08National Stadium, Karachi11 3 19961Won
49 130124134104.83M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras11 3 19962Lost
50 1101126298.21M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras11 3 19963Won
51 107*12413086.29Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore17 3 1996Won
52 104*10910095.41County Ground, Bristol23 5 19991Won
53 140*101163138.61County Ground, Bristol23 5 19991Won
54 183158177115.82County Ground, Taunton26 5 19991Won
55 145129171112.40County Ground, Taunton26 5 19991Won
56 100*1387272.46The Oval, London4 6 1999Lost
57 10412013086.66Lord's, London9 6 19991Won
58 132*14414291.66Lord's, London9 6 19991Lost
59 10314411071.52The Oval, London11 6 1999Won
60 10113410175.37Headingley Stadium, Leeds13 6 19991Lost
61 120*110102109.09Headingley Stadium, Leeds13 6 19991Won
62 113*1489076.35Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester16 6 1999Won
63 11613412286.56Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town9 2 2003Won
64 172*151183113.90Harare Sports Club, Harare10 2 20031Won
65 12012514096.00Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein10 2 20032Won
66 14112536112.80Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein10 2 20032Lost
67 143*125182114.40Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11 2 2003Won
68 143141193101.41Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg16 2 20031Lost
69 134*132210101.51Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg16 2 20031Won
70 1117686146.05SuperSport Park, Centurion23 2 20031Lost
71 152151180100.66City Oval, Pietermaritzburg23 2 20032Won
72 112*1196494.11City Oval, Pietermaritzburg23 2 20032Won
73 1011267080.15SuperSport Park, Centurion1 3 2003Lost
74 1211426485.21Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein3 3 20031Won
75 134*129113103.87Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein3 3 20031Won
76 12412918096.12Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban3 3 20032Tied
77 1191518278.80De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley4 3 2003Won
78 11410984104.58SuperSport Park, Centurion7 3 20031Won
79 107*12011289.16Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town7 3 20032Won
80 102*12211083.60Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein8 3 2003Won
81 103*1277081.10Buffalo Park, East London15 3 2003Won
82 111*1145597.36Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban20 3 2003Won
83 140*12148115.70Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg23 3 2003Won
84 1139395121.50Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre14 3 2007Won
85 115*13710283.94Sabina Park, Kingston15 3 2007Tied
86 128*109115117.43Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre16 3 2007Won
87 1238987138.20Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre18 3 2007Won
88 11487173131.03Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain19 3 2007Won
89 1098777125.28Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain21 3 20071Won
90 160121148132.23Sabina Park, Kingston21 3 20072Won
91 1011179186.32Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet22 3 2007Won
92 102*11310490.26Sabina Park, Kingston23 3 2007Won
93 10168144148.52Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre24 3 2007Won
94 158143144110.48Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound27 3 2007Won
95 115101104113.86Providence Stadium, Providence1 4 2007Won
96 102*92103110.86Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound2 4 2007Won
97 1041226185.24Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound8 4 2007Lost
98 146130125112.30National Cricket Stadium, St. George's10 4 2007Won
99 111*1578070.70National Cricket Stadium, St. George's12 4 2007Lost
100 103100102103.00National Cricket Stadium, St. George's20 4 2007Won
101 10091101109.89Kensington Oval, Bridgetown21 4 2007Won
102 115*109103105.50Sabina Park, Kingston24 4 2007Won
103 149104138143.26Kensington Oval, Bridgetown28 4 2007Won
104 175140145125.00Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka19 2 20111Won
105 100*8382120.48Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka19 2 20111Won
106 1008191123.45Hambantota Cricket Stadium, Hambantota20 2 2011Won
107 11911093108.18Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur22 2 2011Lost
108 107*10582101.90Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi24 2 2011Won
109 120115105104.34Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore27 2 20111Tied
110 158145181108.96Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore27 2 20111Tied
111 11363136179.37Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore2 3 2011Won
112 1131308086.92Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali3 3 20111Won
113 13498134136.73Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali3 3 20111Won
114 131*12487105.64Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy8 3 2011Won
115 13314117094.32Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy10 3 20111Won
116 144131161109.92Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy10 3 20111Won
117 10713311180.45Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali11 3 2011Won
118 11110183109.90Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur12 3 2011Lost
119 10110912292.66Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai13 3 2011Won
120 10610813198.14Eden Gardens, Kolkata18 3 20111Lost
121 10172142140.27Eden Gardens, Kolkata18 3 20111Won
122 11112812286.71Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai18 3 20113Won
123 11312310291.86M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai20 3 2011Won
124 1041187188.13Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad24 3 2011Lost
125 108*11510293.91Premadasa Stadium, Colombo26 3 20111Won
126 102*12212183.60Premadasa Stadium, Colombo26 3 20111Won
127 103*88130117.04Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2 4 2011Lost
128 135128123105.46Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne14 2 2015Won
129 138*9279150.00Seddon Park, Hamilton15 2 20151Won
130 115*10093115.00Seddon Park, Hamilton15 2 20151Won
131 1071268084.92Adelaide Oval, Adelaide15 2 20153Won
132 1028495121.42Saxton Oval, Nelson16 2 2015Lost
133 1001208183.33University Oval, Dunedin22 2 20151Won
134 13714616293.80Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne22 2 20152Won
135 128107125119.62Hagley Oval, Christchurch23 2 2015Won
136 2151471016146.26Manuka Oval, Canberra24 2 20151Won
137 133*15611385.26Manuka Oval, Canberra24 2 20151Won
138 10683101127.71The Gabba, Brisbane25 2 2015Lost
139 161*146220110.27Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne26 2 20151Won
140 105*76131138.15Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne26 2 20151Won
141 162*66178245.45Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney27 2 2015Won
142 121108142112.03Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington1 3 20151Lost
143 139*14313297.20Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington1 3 20151Won
144 117*86112136.04Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington1 3 20151Won
145 159128164124.21Manuka Oval, Canberra3 3 20151Won
146 109109101100.00Manuka Oval, Canberra3 3 20151Won
147 178133195133.83WACA Ground, Perth4 3 2015Won
148 156134174116.41Saxton Oval, Nelson5 3 2015Lost
149 11210393108.73Bellerive Oval, Hobart7 3 20151Won
150 12191114132.96Bellerive Oval, Hobart7 3 20151Lost
151 10253104192.45Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney8 3 20151Won
152 10410711097.19Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney8 3 20151Lost
153 1031387274.63Adelaide Oval, Adelaide9 3 2015Won
154 10085115117.64Seddon Park, Hamilton10 3 2015Won
155 10499101105.05Bellerive Oval, Hobart11 3 20151Won
156 12495134130.52Bellerive Oval, Hobart11 3 20151Won
157 128*123123104.06Seddon Park, Hamilton13 3 20151Lost
158 105100112105.00Seddon Park, Hamilton13 3 20151Won
159 138110155125.45Eden Park, Auckland14 3 20151Lost
160 110*10494105.76Eden Park, Auckland14 3 20151Won
161 10713111181.67Adelaide Oval, Adelaide15 3 20151Lost
162 101*1246081.45Adelaide Oval, Adelaide15 3 20151Won
163 137126143108.73Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne19 3 20152Won
164 237*1632411145.39Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington21 3 20152Won
165 10593112112.90Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney26 3 20152Won
166 107104101102.88Trent Bridge, Nottingham3 6 20191Lost
167 1037692135.52Trent Bridge, Nottingham3 6 20191Lost
168 122*14413284.72Hampshire Bowl, Southampton5 6 2019Won
169 153121144126.44Sophia Gardens, Cardiff8 6 20191Won
170 121119121101.68Sophia Gardens, Cardiff8 6 20191Lost
171 117109160107.33The Oval, London9 6 2019Won
172 10711111196.39County Ground, Taunton12 6 2019Won
173 100*94110106.38Hampshire Bowl, Southampton14 6 2019Won
174 153132155115.90The Oval, London15 6 2019Won
175 140113143123.89Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester16 6 2019Won
176 124*99160125.25County Ground, Taunton17 6 2019Won
177 14871417208.45Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester18 6 2019Won
178 106*1389176.81Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham19 6 2019Won
179 166147145112.92Trent Bridge, Nottingham20 6 20191Won
180 102*9791105.15Trent Bridge, Nottingham20 6 20191Lost
181 14815414196.10Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester22 6 20191Won
182 1018295123.17Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester22 6 20191Lost
183 10011611286.20Lord's, London25 6 2019Won
184 101*12711079.52Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham26 6 2019Won
185 111109106101.83Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham30 6 2019Won
186 10210815093.57Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham30 6 2019Lost
187 10410392100.97Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street1 7 2019Won
188 118103114114.56Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street1 7 2019Lost
189 1049275113.04Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 7 2019Won
190 10699151107.07Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street3 7 2019Won
191Imam-ul-Haq 10010070100.00Lord's, London5 7 2019Won
192 11312810288.28Headingley Stadium, Leeds6 7 20191Lost
193 10394142109.57Headingley Stadium, Leeds6 7 20191Won
194 11111811194.06Headingley Stadium, Leeds6 7 20191Won
195 1009472106.38Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester6 7 20194Won
196 122117152104.27Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester6 7 20194Lost
197 152*121193125.61Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad5 10 20234Won
198 123*96115128.12Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad5 10 20234Won
199 10084123119.04Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi7 10 20234Won
200 10811013298.18Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi7 10 20234Won
201 10654143196.30Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi7 10 20234Won
202 140107165130.84HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala10 10 20231Won
203 12277146158.44Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 10 20234Lost
204 10889112121.34Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 10 20234Lost
205 113103103109.70Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 10 20234Won
206 131121133108.26Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad10 10 20234Won
207 13184165155.95Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi11 10 20234Won
208 10910685102.83Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow12 10 20234Won
209 103*9764106.18Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune19 10 20232Won
210 163124149131.45M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru20 10 20234Won
211 121108109112.03M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru20 10 20234Won
212 10967124162.69Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai21 10 20234Won
213 13012795102.36HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala22 10 20234Lost
214 174140157124.28Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai24 10 20234Won
215 111111114100.00Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai24 10 20234Lost
216 10493113111.82Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi25 10 20234Won
217 1064498240.90Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi25 10 20234Won
218 10967107162.68HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala28 10 20234Won
219 1168995130.34HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala28 10 20234Lost
220 11411610398.28Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune1 11 20234Won
221 13311895112.71Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune1 11 20234Won
222 10894151114.89M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore4 11 20234Lost
223 126*81811155.56M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore4 11 20234Won
224 101*12110083.47Eden Gardens, Kolkata5 November 20234Won
225 10810565102.86Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi6 11 20234Lost
226 129*1438390.20Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai7 11 20234Lost
227 201*1282110157.03Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai7 11 20234Won
228 1088466128.57Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune8 11 20234Won
229 177*132179134.09Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune11 11 20234Won
230 128*94105136.17M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru12 11 20234Won
231 10264114159.37M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru12 11 20234Won
232 11711392103.53Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai15 11 20234Won
233 1057048150.00Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai15 11 20234Won
234 13411997112.60Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai15 11 20234Lost
235 1011168587.06Eden Gardens, Kolkata16 11 20234Lost
236 137‡120154114.16Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad19 11 20234Won