Highest Individual Scores in Cricket World Cup history

Martin Guptill of New Zealand holds the record for the highest individual score in Cricket World Cup history. In the 2015 edition of the tournament, he made the record his own against Windies. He scored an unbeaten 237 from 163 balls that included 24 fours and 11 sixes. In the Quarte-Final match in Wellington, New Zealand scored 393/6 batting first while Windies was bowled out for 250.

Prior to Guptill, Chris Gayle held that record when he scored 215 against Zimbabwe in the same edition of the World Cup. His knock came from 147 balls with 10 fours and 16 sixes. With that innings, he became the first batsman to score a double hundred in the World Cup. But Gayle’s record lasted for less than a month only as Guptill smashed that record against his team.

For a very long time, South Africa‘s Gary Kirsten was the proud owner of the highest individual score in Cricket World Cup history. His knock of 188 against Windies in the 1996 World Cup stood at the top for long until 2015.

Highest Individual Scores in Cricket World Cup
Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R	Team	Against	Venue	Date
Martin Guptill	237*	163	24	11	145.39	New Zealand	Windies	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21-Mar-15
Chris Gayle	215	147	10	16	146.26	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Manuka Oval, Canberra	24-Feb-15
Gary Kirsten	188*	159	13	4	118.23	South Africa	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	16-Feb-96
Sourav Ganguly	183	158	17	7	115.82	India	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton	26-May-99
Viv Richards	181	125	16	7	144.8	West Indies	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi	13-Oct-87
David Warner	178	133	19	5	133.83	Australia	Afghanistan	WACA Ground, Perth	4-Mar-15
Kapil Dev	175*	138	16	6	126.81	India	Zimbabwe	Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells	18-Jun-83
Virender Sehwag	175	140	14	5	125	India	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	19-Feb-11
Craig Wishart	172*	151	18	3	113.9	Zimbabwe	Namibia	Harare Sports Club, Harare	10-Feb-03
Glenn Turner	171*	201	16	2	85.07	New Zealand	East Africa	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	7-Jun-75

 

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