Who has scored the most fifties in ODI cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has 96 ODI fifties, the most of any batter.

Who are the top ODI fifty-makers?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (96), Kumar Sangakkara (93), Jacques Kallis (86) and Rahul Dravid (83).

Do fifties include scores that became hundreds?

No. A fifty counts a score of 50 to 99; once a batter passes 100 it is recorded as a hundred instead.

Most Fifties in ODI Cricket

Rank	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	BF	S/R	AVG	100	50	4s	6s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	463	452	18426	41	21368	86.23	44.83	49	96	2016	195
2	Kumar Sangakkara	404	380	14234	41	18048	78.86	41.98	25	93	1385	88
3	Jacques Kallis	328	314	11579	53	15885	72.89	44.36	17	86	911	137
4	Rahul Dravid	344	318	10889	40	15285	71.23	39.16	12	83	950	42
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	378	350	11739	53	15812	74.24	39.52	10	83	971	144
6	Ricky Ponting	375	365	13704	39	17046	80.39	42.03	30	82	1231	162
7	Virat Kohli	314	302	14941	47	15903	93.95	58.59	54	79	1389	171
8	Mahela Jayawardene	448	418	12650	39	16020	78.96	33.37	19	77	1119	76
9	MS Dhoni	350	297	10773	84	12303	87.56	50.57	10	73	826	229
10	Sourav Ganguly	311	300	11363	23	15416	73.70	41.02	22	72	1122	190
11	Sanath Jayasuriya	445	433	13430	18	14725	91.20	32.36	28	68	1500	270
12	Mithali Raj	232	211	7805	57	0	67.54	50.68	7	64	805	19
13	Mohammad Yousuf	288	273	9720	40	12942	75.10	41.71	15	64	785	90
14	Aravinda de Silva	308	296	9284	30	11443	81.13	34.90	11	64	0	0
15	Brian Lara	299	289	10405	32	13086	79.51	40.48	19	63	1042	133
16	Rohit Sharma	285	277	11720	37	12606	92.97	48.83	33	62	1107	363
17	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	268	251	8778	40	12408	70.74	41.60	11	59	722	85
18	Marvan Atapattu	268	259	8529	32	12594	67.72	37.57	11	59	734	15
19	Michael Clarke	245	223	7981	44	10104	78.98	44.58	8	58	665	53
20	Mohammad Azharuddin	334	308	9378	54	12669	74.02	36.92	7	58	622	77
21	Desmond Haynes	238	237	8648	28	13707	63.09	41.37	17	57	0	0
22	Tamim Iqbal	243	240	8357	12	10642	78.52	36.65	14	56	925	103
23	Shakib Al Hasan	247	234	7570	31	9138	82.84	37.29	9	56	699	54
24	Andrew Flower	213	208	6786	16	9097	74.59	35.34	4	55	0	0
25	Adam Gilchrist	287	279	9619	11	9922	96.94	35.89	16	55	1162	149
26	Chris Gayle	301	294	10480	17	12019	87.19	37.83	25	54	1128	331
27	AB de Villiers	228	218	9577	39	9473	101.09	53.50	25	53	840	204
28	Yuvraj Singh	304	278	8701	40	9924	87.67	36.55	14	52	908	155
29	Ross Taylor	236	220	8607	39	10330	83.32	47.55	21	51	713	147
30	Javed Miandad	233	218	7381	41	11014	67.01	41.70	8	50	0	0
31	Mark Waugh	244	236	8500	20	11053	76.90	39.35	18	50	651	57
32	Arjuna Ranatunga	269	255	7456	47	9571	77.90	35.84	4	49	0	0
33	Mushfiqur Rahim	274	256	7795	42	9780	79.70	36.42	9	49	617	100
34	Stephen Fleming	280	269	8037	21	11242	71.49	32.40	8	49	823	63
35	Younis Khan	265	255	7249	23	9628	75.29	31.24	7	48	578	56
36	Kane Williamson	175	167	7256	18	8893	81.59	48.69	15	47	667	60
37	Graeme Smith	197	194	6989	10	8648	80.81	37.98	10	47	788	44
38	Eoin Morgan	248	230	7701	34	8447	91.16	39.29	14	47	654	220
39	Saleem Malik	283	256	7170	38	9383	76.41	32.88	5	47	0	0
40	Tillakaratne Dilshan	330	303	10290	41	11933	86.23	39.27	22	47	1111	55
41	Dean Jones	164	161	6068	25	8362	72.56	44.61	7	46	0	0
42	Charlotte Edwards	191	180	5992	23	0	-	38.16	9	46	0	0
43	Michael Bevan	232	196	6912	67	9320	74.16	53.58	6	46	450	21
44	Gary Kirsten	185	185	6798	19	9436	72.04	40.95	13	45	659	20
45	Sir Viv Richards	187	167	6721	24	7451	90.20	47.00	11	45	0	0
46	Joe Root	189	178	7577	25	8650	87.59	49.52	20	45	614	54
47	Steve Waugh	325	288	7569	58	9971	75.91	32.90	3	45	530	68
48	Sir Richie Richardson	224	217	6248	30	9801	63.74	33.41	5	44	0	0
49	Shoaib Malik	287	258	7534	40	9199	81.90	34.55	9	44	603	113
50	Saeed Anwar	247	244	8824	19	10938	80.67	39.21	20	43	938	97
51	Nathan Astle	223	217	7090	14	9760	72.64	34.92	16	41	720	86
52	Stafanie Taylor	151	145	5501	22	7993	68.82	44.72	7	40	528	30
53	Grant Flower	221	214	6571	18	9723	67.58	33.52	6	40	0	0
54	Angelo Mathews	226	195	5916	48	7136	82.90	40.24	3	40	468	90
55	Shikhar Dhawan	167	164	6793	10	7436	91.35	44.11	17	39	842	79
56	Hashim Amla	181	178	8113	14	9178	88.39	49.46	27	39	822	53
57	Michael Hussey	185	157	5442	44	6243	87.16	48.15	3	39	383	80
58	Hansie Cronje	188	175	5565	31	7277	76.47	38.64	2	39	366	94
59	Martin Guptill	198	195	7346	19	8415	87.29	41.73	18	39	750	187
60	Brendan Taylor	207	205	6704	15	8761	76.52	35.28	11	39	599	106
61	Allan Border	273	252	6524	39	9134	71.42	30.62	3	39	500	43
62	Shahid Afridi	398	369	8064	27	6892	117.00	23.57	6	39	730	351
63	Babar Azam	143	140	6626	16	7652	86.59	53.43	20	38	610	69
64	Ramnaresh Sarwan	181	169	5804	33	7663	75.74	42.67	5	38	480	58
65	Mohammad Hafeez	218	216	6614	15	8633	76.61	32.90	11	38	664	110
66	Virender Sehwag	251	245	8273	9	7929	104.33	35.05	15	38	1132	136
67	Sean Williams	164	159	5217	20	6000	86.95	37.53	8	37	470	66
68	David Boon	181	177	5964	16	9157	65.13	37.04	5	37	494	16
69	Damien Martyn	208	182	5346	51	6877	77.73	40.80	5	37	441	22
70	Upul Tharanga	235	223	6951	17	9155	75.92	33.74	15	37	798	52
71	Herschelle Gibbs	248	240	8094	16	9721	83.26	36.13	21	37	930	128
72	Ijaz Ahmed	250	232	6564	29	8174	80.30	32.33	10	37	0	0
73	Kusal Mendis	156	152	4962	13	5653	87.77	35.69	6	36	507	81
74	Matthew Hayden	161	155	6133	15	7767	78.96	43.80	10	36	636	87
75	Suresh Raina	226	194	5615	35	6005	93.50	35.31	5	36	476	120
76	Faf du Plessis	143	136	5507	20	6215	88.60	47.47	12	35	495	66
77	Ian Bell	161	157	5416	14	7019	77.16	37.87	4	35	525	32
78	Steven Smith	170	154	5800	20	6669	86.96	43.28	12	35	521	58
79	Roshan Mahanama	213	198	5162	23	8521	60.57	29.49	4	35	0	0
80	Debbie Hockley	118	115	4064	18	0	-	41.89	4	34	0	0
81	Martin Crowe	143	140	4704	18	6476	72.63	38.55	4	34	378	29
82	Gautam Gambhir	147	143	5238	11	6144	85.25	39.68	11	34	561	17
83	Hamilton Masakadza	209	208	5658	4	7728	73.21	27.73	5	34	585	86
84	Rahmat Shah	128	123	4121	6	5773	71.38	35.22	5	33	356	40
85	Navjot Sidhu	136	127	4413	8	6329	69.72	37.08	6	33	335	44
86	Karen Rolton	141	132	4814	32	0	-	48.14	8	33	0	0
87	David Warner	161	159	6932	6	7127	97.26	45.30	22	33	733	130
88	Shane Watson	190	169	5757	27	6365	90.44	40.54	9	33	570	131
89	Jonty Rhodes	245	220	5935	51	7336	80.90	35.11	2	33	392	47
90	Ellyse Perry	135	109	3662	37	4776	76.67	50.86	2	32	310	32
91	Suzie Bates	151	145	5359	16	6648	80.61	41.54	12	32	613	20
92	Quinton De Kock	161	161	7123	8	7367	96.68	46.55	23	32	801	134
93	Paul Stirling	170	162	6005	3	6864	87.48	37.76	14	32	643	149
94	Mahmudullah	239	209	5689	53	7327	77.64	36.46	4	32	425	107
95	Brendon McCullum	260	228	6083	28	6312	96.37	30.41	5	32	577	200
96	Gordon Greenidge	128	127	5134	13	7908	64.92	45.03	11	31	0	0
97	Shai Hope	150	144	6169	22	7725	79.85	50.56	19	31	489	122
98	Aamer Sohail	156	155	4780	5	7297	65.50	31.86	5	31	0	0
99	Ramiz Raja	198	197	5841	15	9226	63.31	32.09	9	31	0	0
100	Aaron Finch	146	142	5406	3	6162	87.73	38.89	17	30	532	129

Most Fifties in ODI Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most fifties in ODI cricket, 96 half-centuries, to go with 49 hundreds in 452 innings. He is followed by Kumar Sangakkara (93), Jacques Kallis (86) and Rahul Dravid (83).

A long list of fifties reflects a batter who got in and contributed time after time across a long career. The table shows every leader with innings and hundreds too. Figures cover men’s ODIs. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

Most Fifties in ODI Cricket

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