Most Centuries in 2023 ICC World Cup: The Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup returned in 2023, and within a few games, the records for highest team score, highest run chase, most centuries and fastest century were smashed.
Plenty of more games are left in the World Cup, and fans are in store for even more exhilarating cricket action from batsmen and bowlers. Nothing excites fans more than witnessing their favourite players achieving milestones like scoring centuries.
And that’s what we bring you today here at Jagran Josh. Take a look at the players who have scored the most hundreds in the ongoing 13th edition of the ICC World Cup.
You can also find the list of all-time highest century scorers and players with the fastest hundreds in the ODI World Cup below.
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ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Players With Most Centuries - Quinton De Kock
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock currently has the most centuries in the 2023 World Cup. De Kock scored 4 centuries in total, including 2 consecutive hundreds in South Africa’s first two games.
Virat Kohli scored his 50th ODI hundred and overtook Sachin Tendulkar's record in the semi-final match against New Zealand on November 15.
| Player | 100 | Innings | Runs | Highest Score |
| Quinton de Kock (SA) | 4 | 19 | 594 | 174 |
| Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | 3 | 10 | 578 | 123* |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 3 | 10 | 765 | 117 |
| Travis Head (AUS) | 2 | 6 | 292 | 109 |
| Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 2 | 7 | 397 | 201* |
| Mitchell Marsh (AUS) | 2 | 10 | 426 | 177* |
| Rassie van der Dussen (SA) | 2 | 10 | 442 | 133 |
| David Warner (AUS) | 2 | 11 | 499 | 163 |
| Fakhar Zaman (PAK) | 1 | 4 | 220 | 126* |
| Ben Stokes (ENG) | 1 | 6 | 304 | 108 |
Players With Most Hundreds in ICC World Cup History
India’s Rohit Sharma holds the record for scoring the most centuries in ICC World Cup history and it will be hard to break it anytime soon. With the exception of David Warner and Joe Root, no other player is currently even active.
The previous record holder was Sachin Tendulkar but Rohit Sharma passed his milestone of most World Cup hundreds (6) after scoring his 7th century in a match against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup. David Warner also has 6 centuries to his name in the World Cup. Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are both at position 3 with 5 centuries each.
| Rank | Player | 100s | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Span |
| 1 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 7 | 27 | 1528 | 140 | 2015-2023 |
| 2 | David Warner (AUS) | 6 | 27 | 1491 | 178 | 2015-2023 |
| 3 | Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 6 | 44 | 2278 | 152 | 1992-2011 |
| 4 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 5 | 35 | 1532 | 124 | 2003-2015 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli (IND) | 5 | 36 | 1741 | 117 | 2011-2023 |
| 6 | Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 5 | 42 | 1743 | 140* | 1996-2011 |
| 7 | Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 4 | 21 | 1006 | 183 | 1999-2007 |
| 8 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 4 | 22 | 1207 | 162* | 2007-2015 |
| 9 | Mark Waugh (AUS) | 4 | 22 | 1004 | 130 | 1992-1999 |
| 10 | Quinton de Kock (SA) | 4 | 27 | 1044 | 174 | 2015-2023 |
| 11 | Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 4 | 25 | 1112 | 161* | 2007-2015 |
| 12 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 4 | 34 | 1100 | 115* | 1999-2015 |
| 13 | Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | 3 | 10 | 578 | 123* | 2023-2023 |
| 14 | Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 3 | 10 | 537 | 137 | 2015-2019 |
| 15 | Ramiz Raja (PAK) | 3 | 16 | 700 | 119* | 1987-1996 |
| 16 | Aaron Finch (AUS) | 3 | 18 | 787 | 153 | 2015-2019 |
| 17 | Mahmudullah (BAN) | 3 | 20 | 890 | 128* | 2011-2023 |
| 18 | Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 3 | 21 | 987 | 158 | 2003-2007 |
| 19 | Viv Richards (WI) | 3 | 21 | 1013 | 181 | 1975-1987 |
| 20 | Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 3 | 21 | 915 | 113* | 1996-2003 |
| 21 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 3 | 23 | 823* | 126* | 2015-2023 |
Players With Most Double Centuries in ICC World Cup History
| Player | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Match Date |
| Martin Guptill | 237* | 163 | New Zealand | West Indies | 21 Mar 2015 |
| Chris Gayle | 215 | 147 | West Indies | Zimbabwe | 24 Feb 2015 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 201* | 128 | Australia | Afghanistan | 07 Nov 2023 |
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Fastest Century in ICC Cricket World Cup
Another major World Cup record that was broken in 2023 was for the fastest century. The record was surpassed twice.
First by South Africa's Aiden Markram, batting against Sri Lanka. Markram scored his hundred in just 49 balls, breaking the previous record held by Kevin O’Brien of Ireland who slammed a century in 50 balls against England in 2011 World Cup.
Then, Glenn Maxwell broke the record again in a match with Netherlands. Maxwell hit his century in just 40 balls.
| Rank | Player | Runs | Balls To Reach 100 | Opposition | Date |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 106 | 40 | Netherlands | 25 Oct 2023 |
| 2 | Aiden Markram (SA) | 106 | 49 | Sri Lanka | 7 Oct 2023 |
| 3 | Kevin O'Brien (IRE) | 113 | 50 | England | 02 Mar 2011 |
| 4 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 102 | 51 | Sri Lanka | 08 Mar 2015 |
| 5 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 162* | 52 | West Indies | 27 Feb 2015 |
| 6 | Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 101 | 57 | Afghanistan | 18 Jun 2019 |
| 7 | Travis Head (AUS) | 109 | 59 | New Zealand | 28 Oct 2023 |
| 8 | Heinrich Klaasen (SA) | 109 | 61 | England | 21 Oct 2023 |
| 9 | Fakhar Zaman (PAK) | 126* | 63 | New Zealand | 3 Nov 2023 |
| 10 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 131 | 63 | Afghanistan | 11 Oct 2023 |
| 11 | Kusal Mendis (SL) | 122 | 65 | Pakistan | 10 Oct 2023 |
| 12 | Mathew Hayden (AUS) | 101 | 66 | South Africa | 24 Mar 2007 |
| 13 | Shreyas Iyer (IND) | 105 | 67 | New Zealand | 15 Nov 2023 |
| 14 | John Davison (CAN) | 111 | 67 | West Indies | 23 Feb 2003 |
| 15 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 117 | 70 | England | 01 Mar 2015 |
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