Every batter aims to perform consistently in a marquee cricket tournament like the World Cup. The player with more 50s or 50-plus scores make a big difference to their side's batting units.
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who played six world cup events from 1992 to 2011 in his illustrious career, holds the record for most World Cup half-centuries (21).
It's an arduous task for any individual to level or surpass the feat of the former Indian cricketer in the World Cup. Nevertheless records are meant to be broken at some point of time and only time will tell us when this happens.
Rules for Most 50s in World Cup
The players who score 50 or more runs make a half-century in an innings. However, if they happen to cross 100 runs then the half-century won't be counted. Players who end the tournament with most fifties, including the knockout stage matches, will lead the charts.
Runs scored between 50 and 99 will be counted under the 50s section. Those fifties scored by players in the qualifiers or warm-up matches won't be considered in the 2023 World Cup.
In case two or more batters have the same number of fifties in the World Cup then their respective aggregate runs will play a decisive role to prepare the charts.
Most 50s 2019 World Cup
| SR No. | Player Name | Matches | Innings | Runs | 50s |
| 1 | Shakib Al Hasan | 8 | 8 | 606 | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Stokes | 11 | 10 | 465 | 5 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 9 | 9 | 443 | 5 |
| 4 | Jason Roy | 8 | 7 | 443 | 4 |
| 5 | Steven Smith | 10 | 10 | 379 | 4 |
| 6 | David Warner | 10 | 10 | 647 | 3 |
| 7 | Joe Root | 11 | 11 | 556 | 3 |
| 8 | Aaron Finch | 10 | 10 | 507 | 3 |
| 9 | Babar Azam | 8 | 8 | 474 | 3 |
| 10 | Faf du Plessis | 9 | 8 | 387 | 3 |
Most 50s 2015 World Cup
| SR No. | Player Name | Matches | Innings | Runs | 50s |
| 1 | Steven Smith | 8 | 7 | 402 | 4 |
| 2 | Misbah Ul-Haq | 7 | 7 | 350 | 4 |
| 3 | Sean Williams | 6 | 6 | 339 | 4 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | 9 | 9 | 328 | 4 |
| 5 | AB de Villiers | 8 | 7 | 482 | 3 |
| 6 | Faf du Plessis | 7 | 7 | 380 | 3 |
| 7 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 6 | 6 | 298 | 3 |
| 8 | Ian Bell | 6 | 6 | 262 | 3 |
| 9 | Rohit Sharma | 8 | 8 | 330 | 2 |
| 10 | Glenn Maxwell | 8 | 6 | 324 | 2 |
Most 50s 2011 World Cup
| SR No. | Player Name | Matches | Innings | Runs | 50s |
| 1 | Jonathan Trott | 7 | 7 | 422 | 5 |
| 2 | Gautam Gambhir | 9 | 9 | 393 | 4 |
| 3 | Yuvraj Singh | 9 | 8 | 362 | 4 |
| 4 | Brad Haddin | 7 | 6 | 332 | 4 |
| 5 | Kumar Sangakkara | 9 | 8 | 465 | 3 |
| 6 | Shane Watson | 7 | 6 | 290 | 3 |
| 7 | Misbah Ul-Haq | 8 | 6 | 248 | 3 |
| 8 | Craig Ervine | 6 | 6 | 231 | 3 |
| 9 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 9 | 9 | 500 | 2 |
| 10 | Sachin Tendulkar | 9 | 9 | 482 | 2 |
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