One of the most thrilling spectacles in cricket is watching batsmen display their power and skill, enthralling fans with astonishing innings that have etched themselves in the pages of history. The ICC Cricket World Cup serves as a grand platform for such extraordinary performances.

The importance of these remarkable innings is much more than the figures on the scoreboard. Guptill and Gayle’s performances epitomized the essence of ODI cricket, enthralling the spectators with their dominance and fearlessness. These innings showcased the development of batting in the modern era, where boundaries were cleared with relative ease and spectators were treated to an unparalleled display of brute force.

Let’s check the batsman with highest individual score in ICC Cricket World Cup.

Martin Guptill

New Zealand’s Martin Guptill holds the record for the highest individual score in World Cup history. Guptill scored an incredible 237 not out against the West Indies in 2015. Batting at a strike rate of 145.39, he took only 163 balls to reach this milestone and hit 11 sixes and 24 fours in the process. New Zealand scored a total of 393 runs on the scorecard and bowled out the West Indies for 250 to win by 143 runs.

Chris Gayle

Known as “The Universe Boss” for his destructive batting, Chris Gayle is regarded as the greatest T20 player cricket has ever seen, but he has also shown his prowess with the bat in the ODI World Cup. He is the only player to score three centuries – a triple century in Tests, a double century in ODIs and a century in T20Is. In the World Cup, Gayle scored 215 runs against Zimbabwe in 2015, which was the fastest and first double century of the tournament. Gayle took 147 balls to reach 215 runs and hit 16 sixes and 10 fours.

Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten is considered a successful cricket coach nowadays, but he was a menace in the 90s. The South African batsman scored an unbeaten 188 off 159 balls to defeat the United Arab Emirates in the 1996 World Cup. Kirsten hit four sixes and 13 fours in his innings. South Africa won by 169 runs.

Highest Individual Scores in World Cup History

*Last Updated on 21st November 2023

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
MJ Guptill	237*	163	24	11	145.39	New Zealand	West Indies	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
CH Gayle	215	147	10	16	146.25	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
GJ Maxwell	201*	128	21	10	157.03	Australia	Afghanistan	Wankhede	07 Nov 2023
G Kirsten	188*	159	13	4	118.23	South Africa	U.A.E.	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
SC Ganguly	183	158	17	7	115.82	India	Sri Lanka	Taunton	26 May 1999
IVA Richards	181	125	16	7	144.80	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
DA Warner	178	133	19	5	133.83	Australia	Afghanistan	Perth	04 Mar 2015
MR Marsh	177*	132	17	9	134.09	Australia	Bangladesh	Pune	11 Nov 2023
N Kapil Dev	175*	138	16	6	126.81	India	Zimbabwe	Tunbridge Wells	18 Jun 1983
Sehwag	175	140	14	5	125.00	India	Bangladesh	Mirpur	19 Feb 2011
Q de Kock	174	140	15	7	124.28	South Africa	Bangladesh	Wankhede	24 Oct 2023
CB Wishart	172*	151	18	3	113.90	Zimbabwe	Namibia	Harare	10 Feb 2003
GM Turner	171*	201	16	2	85.07	New Zealand	East Africa	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
DA Warner	166	147	14	5	112.92	Australia	Bangladesh	Nottingham	20 Jun 2019
DA Warner	163	124	14	9	131.45	Australia	Pakistan	Bengaluru	20 Oct 2023
AB de Villiers	162*	66	17	8	245.45	South Africa	West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
TM Dilshan	161*	146	22	–	110.27	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
AC Hudson	161	132	13	4	121.96	South Africa	Netherlands	Rawalpindi	05 Mar 1996
Imran Nazir	160	121	14	8	132.23	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21 Mar 2007
HM Amla	159	128	16	4	124.21	South Africa	Ireland	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
ML Hayden	158	143	14	4	110.48	Australia	West Indies	North Sound	27 Mar 2007
AJ Strauss	158	145	18	1	108.96	England	India	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2011
KJ Coetzer	156	134	17	4	116.41	Scotland	Bangladesh	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
JJ Roy	153	121	14	5	126.44	England	Bangladesh	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019
AJ Finch	153	132	15	5	115.90	Australia	Sri Lanka	The Oval	15 Jun 2019
DP Conway	152*	121	19	3	125.61	New Zealand	England	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023
SR Tendulkar	152	151	18	–	100.66	India	Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23 Feb 2003
AC Gilchrist	149	104	13	8	143.26	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	28 Apr 2007
EJG Morgan	148	71	4	17	208.45	England	Afghanistan	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
KS Williamson	148	154	14	1	96.10	New Zealand	West Indies	Manchester	22 Jun 2019
AB de Villiers	146	130	12	5	112.30	South Africa	West Indies	St George’s	10 Apr 2007
PA de Silva	145	115	14	5	126.08	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Kandy	06 Mar 1996
R Dravid	145	129	17	1	112.40	India	Sri Lanka	Taunton	26 May 1999
TM Dilshan	144	131	16	1	109.92	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
A Symonds	143*	125	18	2	114.40	Australia	Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003
HH Gibbs	143	141	19	3	101.41	South Africa	New Zealand	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
DL Houghton	142	137	13	6	103.64	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10 Oct 1987
SB Styris	141	125	3	6	112.80	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
SR Tendulkar	140*	101	16	3	138.61	India	Kenya	Bristol	23 May 1999
RT Ponting	140*	121	4	8	115.70	Australia	India	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
RG Sharma	140	113	14	3	123.89	India	Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
DJ Malan	140	107	16	5	130.84	England	Bangladesh	Dharamshala	10 Oct 2023
HDRL Thirimanne	139*	143	13	2	97.20	Sri Lanka	England	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
IVA Richards	138*	157	11	3	87.89	West Indies	England	Lord’s	23 Jun 1979
DA Miller	138*	92	7	9	150.00	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Hamilton	15 Feb 2015
BRM Taylor	138	110	15	5	125.45	Zimbabwe	India	Auckland	14 Mar 2015
DL Amiss	137	147	18	–	93.19	England	India	Lord’s	07 Jun 1975
SR Tendulkar	137	137	8	5	100.00	India	Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Mar 1996
S Dhawan	137	146	16	2	93.83	India	South Africa	Melbourne	22 Feb 2015
RG Sharma	137	126	14	3	108.73	India	Bangladesh	Melbourne	19 Mar 2015
TM Head	137	120	15	4	114.16	Australia	India	Ahmedabad	19 Nov 2023
AJ Finch	135	128	12	3	105.46	Australia	England	Melbourne	14 Feb 2015
SP Fleming	134*	132	21	–	101.51	New Zealand	South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
KJJ van Noortwijk	134*	129	11	3	103.87	Netherlands	Namibia	Bloemfontein	03 Mar 2003
AB de Villiers	134	98	13	4	136.73	South Africa	Netherlands	Mohali	03 Mar 2011
DJ Mitchell	134	119	9	7	112.60	New Zealand	India	Wankhede	15 Nov 2023
MN Samuels	133*	156	11	3	85.25	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
WU Tharanga	133	141	17	–	94.32	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
HE van der Dussen	133	118	9	5	112.71	South Africa	New Zealand	Pune	01 Nov 2023
NC Johnson	132*	144	14	2	91.66	Zimbabwe	Australia	Lord’s	09 Jun 1999
LRPL Taylor	131*	124	8	7	105.64	New Zealand	Pakistan	Pallekele	08 Mar 2011
Mohammad Rizwan	131*	121	8	3	108.26	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Hyderabad	10 Oct 2023
KWR Fletcher	131	147	13	–	89.11	England	New Zealand	Nottingham	11 Jun 1975
RG Sharma	131	84	16	5	155.95	India	Afghanistan	Delhi	11 Oct 2023
DI Gower	130	120	12	5	108.33	England	Sri Lanka	Taunton	11 Jun 1983
ME Waugh	130	128	14	1	101.56	Australia	Kenya	Visakhapatnam	23 Feb 1996
CZ Harris	130	124	13	4	104.83	New Zealand	Australia	Chennai	11 Mar 1996
DJ Mitchell	130	127	9	5	102.36	New Zealand	India	Dharamshala	22 Oct 2023
Ibrahim Zadran	129*	143	8	3	90.20	Afghanistan	Australia	Wankhede	07 Nov 2023
JH Kallis	128*	109	11	5	117.43	South Africa	Netherlands	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
Mahmudullah	128*	123	12	3	104.06	Bangladesh	New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Mar 2015
SS Iyer	128*	94	10	5	136.17	India	Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
MM Ali	128	107	12	5	119.62	England	Scotland	Christchurch	23 Feb 2015
SR Tendulkar	127*	138	15	1	92.02	India	Kenya	Cuttack	18 Feb 1996
GR Marsh	126*	149	12	3	84.56	Australia	New Zealand	Chandigarh	27 Oct 1987
Fakhar Zaman	128*	81	8	11	155.55	Pakistan	New Zealand	Bengaluru	04 Nov 2023
ME Waugh	126	135	8	3	93.33	Australia	India	Wankhede	27 Feb 1996
Shakib Al Hasan	124*	99	16	–	125.25	Bangladesh	West Indies	Taunton	17 Jun 2019
MS Atapattu	124	129	18	–	96.12	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 2003
KC Sangakkara	124	95	13	4	130.52	Sri Lanka	Scotland	Hobart	11 Mar 2015
R Ravindra	123*	96	11	5	128.12	New Zealand	England	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023
BJ Hodge	123	89	8	7	138.20	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18 Mar 2007
RG Sharma	122*	144	13	2	84.72	India	South Africa	Southampton	05 Jun 2019
DA Warner	122	117	15	2	104.27	Australia	South Africa	Manchester	06 Jul 2019
BKG Mendis	122	77	14	6	158.44	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Hyderabad	10 Oct 2023
JF Kloppenburg	121	142	6	4	85.21	Netherlands	Namibia	Bloemfontein	03 Mar 2003
JE Root	121	108	14	2	112.03	England	Sri Lanka	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
BRM Taylor	121	91	11	4	132.96	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
Shakib Al Hasan	121	119	12	1	101.68	Bangladesh	England	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019
MR Marsh	121	108	10	9	112.03	Australia	Pakistan	Bengaluru	20 Oct 2023
SR Waugh	120*	110	10	2	109.09	Australia	South Africa	Leeds	13 Jun 1999
ST Jayasuriya	120	125	14	–	96.00	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
SR Tendulkar	120	115	10	5	104.34	India	England	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2011
Ramiz Raja	119*	155	16	–	76.77	Pakistan	New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Mar 1992
IVA Richards	119	146	6	1	81.50	West Indies	India	The Oval	15 Jun 1983
CH Gayle	119	151	8	2	78.80	West Indies	Kenya	Kimberley	04 Mar 2003
RN ten Doeschate	119	110	9	3	108.18	Netherlands	England	Nagpur	22 Feb 2011
N Pooran	118	103	11	4	114.56	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	01 Jul 2019
KC Sangakkara	117*	86	11	2	136.04	Sri Lanka	England	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
S Dhawan	117	109	16	–	107.33	India	Australia	The Oval	09 Jun 2019
BC Lara	116	134	12	2	86.56	West Indies	South Africa	Cape Town	09 Feb 2003
A Flower	115*	152	8	1	75.65	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
JP Bray	115*	137	10	2	83.94	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Kingston	15 Mar 2007
DPMD Jayawardene	115*	109	10	3	105.50	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Kingston	24 Apr 2007
JP Duminy	115*	100	9	3	115.00	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Hamilton	15 Feb 2015
GA Gooch	115	136	11	–	84.55	England	India	Wankhede	05 Nov 1987
ST Jayasuriya	115	101	10	4	113.86	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Providence	01 Apr 2007
GM Turner	114*	177	13	–	64.40	New Zealand	India	Manchester	14 Jun 1975
Aamer Sohail	114	136	12	–	83.82	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Hobart	27 Feb 1992
RT Ponting	114	109	8	4	104.58	Australia	Sri Lanka	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
Sehwag	114	87	17	3	131.03	India	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2007
Saeed Anwar	113*	148	9	–	76.35	Pakistan	New Zealand	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
Ramiz Raja	113	148	5	–	76.35	Pakistan	England	Karachi	20 Oct 1987
RT Ponting	113	93	9	5	121.50	Australia	Scotland	Basseterre	14 Mar 2007
KJ O’Brien	113	63	13	6	179.36	Ireland	England	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2011
HM Amla	113	130	8	–	86.92	South Africa	Netherlands	Mohali	03 Mar 2011
Yuvraj Singh	113	123	10	2	91.86	India	West Indies	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
AD Mathews	113	128	10	2	88.28	Sri Lanka	India	Leeds	06 Jul 2019