Highest Individual Score in ODI

S. No.	Score	Balls	4/6	Player Name	Team	Against	Date	Result
1	264	173	33/9	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	13-Nov-14	Won
2	237*	163	24/11	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	West Indies	21-Mar-15	Won
3	219	149	25/7	Virender Sehwag	India	West Indies	08-Dec-11	Won
4	215	147	10/16	Chris Gayle	West Indies	Zimbabwe	24-Feb-15	Won
5	209	158	13/16	Rohit Sharma	India	Australia	02-Nov-13	Won
6	208*	153	13/12	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	13-Dec-17	Won
7	200*	147	25/3	Sachin Tendulkar	India	South Africa	24-Feb-10	Won
8	194*	156	16/12	Charles Coventry	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	16-Aug-09	Lost
9	194	146	22/5	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	India	21-May-97	Won
10	189*	170	21/5	Vivian Richards	West Indies	England	31-May-84	Won
11	189*	155	19/2	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	England	02-Jun-13	Won
12	189	161	21/4	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	India	29-Oct-00	Won
13	188*	159	13/4	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	UAE	16-Feb-96	Won
14	186*	150	20/3	Sachin Tendulkar	India	New Zealand	08-Nov-99	Won
15	185*	96	15/15	Shane Watson	Australia	Bangladesh	11-Apr-11	Won
16	185	141	16/3	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	Sri Lanka	07-Feb-17	Won
17	183*	145	15/10	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	Sri Lanka	31-Oct-05	Won
18	183	158	17/7	Sourav Ganguly	India	Sri Lanka	26-May-99	Won
19	183	148	22/1	Virat Kohli	India	Pakistan	18-Mar-12	Won
20	181*	166	11/10	Matthew Hayden	Australia	New Zealand	20-Feb-07	Lost
21	181*	147	17/6	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	England	07-Mar-18	Won
22	181	125	16/7	Vivian Richards	West Indies	Sri Lanka	13-Oct-87	Won
23	180*	138	15/11	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	South Africa	01-Mar-17	Won
24	180	151	16/5	Jason Roy	England	Australia	14-Jan-18	Won
25	179	128	19/5	David Warner	Australia	Pakistan	26-Jan-17	Won
26	178*	167	17/4	Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	Kenya	18-Oct-09	Won
27	178	133	19/5	David Warner	Australia	Afghanistan	04-Mar-15	Won
28	178	113	16/11	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	Australia	30-Sep-16	Won
29	177	134	21/5	Paul Stirling	Ireland	Canada	07-Sep-10	Won
30	176*	130	17/7	Evin Lewis	West Indies	England	27-Sep-17	Won
31	176	104	15/7	AB de Villiers	South Africa	Bangladesh	18-Oct-17	Won
32	175*	138	16/6	Kapil Dev	India	Zimbabwe	18-Jun-83	Won
33	175	111	21/7	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	Australia	12-Mar-06	Won
34	175	141	19/4	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Australia	05-Nov-09	Lost
35	175	140	14/5	Virender Sehwag	India	Bangladesh	19-Feb-11	Won
36	175	139	14/5	Colin MacLeod	Scotland	Canada	23-Jan-14	Won
37	174*	159	19/3	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	India	02-Jul-13	Won
38	173	148	16/3	Mark Waugh	Australia	West Indies	09-Feb-01	Won
39	173	136	24/0	David Warner	Australia	South Africa	12-Oct-16	Won
40	172*	151	18/3	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe	Namibia	10-Feb-03	Won
41	172	126	13/3	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Zimbabwe	16-Jan-04	Won
42	172	120	16/9	Lou Vincent	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	24-Aug-05	Won
43	171*	201	16/2	Glenn Turner	New Zealand	East Africa	07-Jun-75	Won
44	171*	163	13/7	Rohit Sharma	India	Australia	12-Jan-16	Lost
45	171	122	22/4	Alex Hales	England	Pakistan	30-Aug-16	Won
46	170*	99	14/9	Luke Ronchi	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	23-Jan-15	Won
47	169*	143	19/4	Dave Callaghan	South Africa	New Zealand	11-Dec-94	Won
48	169	129	15/4	Brian Lara	West Indies	Sri Lanka	16-Oct-95	Won
49	169	137	18/6	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	South Africa	20-Jul-13	Won
50	169	121	8/11	Dinesh Ramdin	West Indies	Bangladesh	25-Aug-14	Won

When we talk about highest scores in the One Day International cricket matches, the very first thoughts are about having double hundreds in a 50 over game. While this thing was just a dream for the cricket fans until 2010 when it was made possible by the God of Cricket himself.

The case wasn't that there had been no attempts at achieving 200s. The only hindrance was the completion of innings, whether by winning or by completion of the said 50 overs. For instance, Charles Coventry (194), Martin Guptill (189) and MS Dhoni (183) were all unbeaten and had to lose the opportunity of scoring a 200 due to unavailability of balls. Even Sachin Tendulkar had tried it back in 1999 but he failed.

After the emergence of players like Virender Sehwag, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle, etc. who are hard hitters, the score of 200 was now very much achievable. The only thing required was a mindset and great form. That's the reason why there have been seven instances of double hundreds in ODIs after Sachin did it in 2010.

The score of 200 by a player guarantees the team a victory might be true but the statement fails when the score is a little low. There have been instances where such a high score couldn't lead the team to victory. Coventry (194) and Matthew Hayden (181) are the ones who would be remembered for such instances. And it is an interesting fact that Sachin Tendulkar has his name on the list as well. This is the proof that cricket is a team sport.

The score of 175 by Kapil Dev was considered to be one of the best performances in the World Cup. But as time and techniques evolved, players went on to score highest numbers in the world tournament as well.

Martin Guptill and Chris Gayle are the two examples of players who have a 200 in a World Cup tournament.

One of the records that can be broken in near future is that a 300 in the 300 - ball game. Now, this might seem to be going too far on expectations, but it takes just one over to make 36 runs. And if Rohit Sharma has got a score of 264, the 300 mark is not unachievable.



*Last updated on 18 February, 2019