Highest run scorer in Cricket World Cup 2023: Updated list of top batsmen with most runs at ICC ODI tournament

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The Cricket World Cup 2023 is underway.

As the 10 best teams on the planet meet to decide this year's coveted ICC trophy winner, you can bet that the runs will be flowing.

Hosts India have plenty of firepower via the likes of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, while defending champions England can look to the power-hitting of Ben Stokes.

Australian duo Steve Smith and David Warner will hope to lead the Aussie charge, while Babar Azam will shoulder the responsibility for Pakistan.

Here we will round up all the leading run scorers as the tournament progresses.

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Highest run scorer in Cricket World Cup 2023

Currently, India's star batsman Virat Kohli is the leading runscorer of the World Cup, followed by South Africa's Quinton de Kock who has scored four centuries already. 

No. Player Team Runs Matches Batting Average Highest Score 100s/50s
1 Virat Kohli India 765 11 95.62 117 3/6
2 Rohit Sharma India 597 11 54.27 131 1/3
3

Quinton de Kock

South Africa 594 10 59.40 174 4/0
4 Rachin Ravindra New Zealand 578 10 64.22 123* 3/2
5 Daryl Mitchell New Zealand 552 10 69.00 134 2/2
6 David Warner Australia 535 11 48.63 163 2/2
7 Shreyas Iyer India 530 11 66.25 127* 2/3
8 KL Rahul India 452 11 75.33 102 1/2
9 Rassie van der Dussen Australia 448 10 49.77 133 2/2
10 Mitchell Marsh South Africa 441 10 49.00 177* 2/1

MORE: Live updated list of the leading wicket takers at CWC 2023 

Highest run scorers and best batsmen in Cricket World Cup history

The list of previous top run scorers at ICC ODI Men's World Cups is an illustrious one.

Year Player Team Runs
1975 Glenn Turner New Zealand 333
1979 Gordon Greenidge West Indies 253
1983 David Gower England 384
1987 Graham Gooch England 471
1992 Martin Crowe New Zealand 456
1996 Sachin Tendulkar India 523
1999 Rahul Dravid India 461
2003 Sachin Tendulkar India 673
2007 Matthew Hayden Australia 659
2011 Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka 500
2015 Martin Guptill New Zealand 547
2019 Rohit Sharma India 648

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Peter Marshall has worked in sports media for more than two decades, covering everything from boxing, F1 and tennis to the World Cup and Olympics.
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