Leading ODI cricket run-scorers 2023

The leading ODI run-scorer of all time is India's Sachin Tendulkar. Nicknamed "The Little Master", Tendulkar scored 18,426 in his ODI career spanning from 1989 to 2012. Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara was the second highest run-scorer of all time, with 14,234 runs to his name during his career.

How do these figures compare to batting records from international Test cricket?

Tendulkar holds the prestigious mantle of being both the top run-scorer in ODI cricket and, with 15,921 international test match runs, being at the top of the list of test match run-scorers in men’s international cricket. Additionally, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, who featured in the top-eight highest ODI run-scorers as of May 2023, also hold the second and third places, respectively, in the list of highest international test match run-scorers.

The contemporary brilliance of Virat Kohli

As of May 2023, Virat Kohli, who captained the Indian ODI team between 2013 and 2021, was the only cricketer still playing the game to feature in the top ten all-time ODI run scorers. A truly modern cricketer, Kohli also captained India in international T20 and Test cricket. Kohli’s batting prowess has also seen him come into touching distance of Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most centuries scored in men’s One Day International cricket, and Kohli may yet overtake the Little Master in this regard.