Stats: Most man of the match awards in international cricket

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was the sport's first batsman to score a double century (200 runs) in a single One Day International match, and is so far the only player to have scored one hundred centuries in international cricket. He has won a man of the match award against every one of the ICC Full Members (Test playing nations).

The only teams against whom he has not won an ODI Man of the Match award, are the United Arab Emirates (2 matches played), the Netherlands (1 match) and Bermuda (1 match). He is also the player who has won a record 15 man of the series (MoS) and 62 man of the match (MoM) awards in ODI Matches.

Most of his man of the match awards(12) in ODIs came while playing against Australia.

Player	Span	Matches	Awards	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	1989-2013	664	76	14	62	0
Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	586	58	4	48	6
Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1995-2013	516	57	23	32	2
Ricky Ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2012	560	49	16	32	1
Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	2000-2014	553	45	16	26	3
Brian Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	430	42	12	30	0
Sir Viv Richards (WI)	1974-1991	308	41	10	31	0
Aravinda de Silva (SL)	1984-2003	401	41	11	30	0
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak)	1996-2014	479	41	0	32	9
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1984-2003	460	39	17	22	0

Note: Stats updated till 17 June, 2014