Who has hit the most fours in ODI cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has hit 2016 fours, the most of any batter in ODIs.

Who are the top fours-hitters?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (2016), Sanath Jayasuriya (1500), Virat Kohli (1389) and Kumar Sangakkara (1385).

Is this a career total?

Yes. It counts every fours the batter has hit across their ODI career.

Most Fours 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	Sanath Jayasuriya	445	433	13430	18	14725	91.20	32.36	28	68	1500	270
3	Virat Kohli	314	302	14941	47	15903	93.95	58.59	54	79	1389	171
4	Kumar Sangakkara	404	380	14234	41	18048	78.86	41.98	25	93	1385	88
5	Ricky Ponting	375	365	13704	39	17046	80.39	42.03	30	82	1231	162
6	Adam Gilchrist	287	279	9619	11	9922	96.94	35.89	16	55	1162	149
7	Virender Sehwag	251	245	8273	9	7929	104.33	35.05	15	38	1132	136
8	Chris Gayle	301	294	10480	17	12019	87.19	37.83	25	54	1128	331
9	Sourav Ganguly	311	300	11363	23	15416	73.70	41.02	22	72	1122	190
10	Mahela Jayawardene	448	418	12650	39	16020	78.96	33.37	19	77	1119	76
11	Tillakaratne Dilshan	330	303	10290	41	11933	86.23	39.27	22	47	1111	55
12	Rohit Sharma	285	277	11720	37	12606	92.97	48.83	33	62	1107	363
13	Brian Lara	299	289	10405	32	13086	79.51	40.48	19	63	1042	133
14	Inzamam-ul-Haq	378	350	11739	53	15812	74.24	39.52	10	83	971	144
15	Rahul Dravid	344	318	10889	40	15285	71.23	39.16	12	83	950	42
16	Saeed Anwar	247	244	8824	19	10938	80.67	39.21	20	43	938	97
17	Herschelle Gibbs	248	240	8094	16	9721	83.26	36.13	21	37	930	128
18	Tamim Iqbal	243	240	8357	12	10642	78.52	36.65	14	56	925	103
19	Jacques Kallis	328	314	11579	53	15885	72.89	44.36	17	86	911	137
20	Yuvraj Singh	304	278	8701	40	9924	87.67	36.55	14	52	908	155
21	Shikhar Dhawan	167	164	6793	10	7436	91.35	44.11	17	39	842	79
22	AB de Villiers	228	218	9577	39	9473	101.09	53.50	25	53	840	204
23	MS Dhoni	350	297	10773	84	12303	87.56	50.57	10	73	826	229
24	Stephen Fleming	280	269	8037	21	11242	71.49	32.40	8	49	823	63
25	Hashim Amla	181	178	8113	14	9178	88.39	49.46	27	39	822	53
26	Mithali Raj	232	211	7805	57	0	67.54	50.68	7	64	805	19
27	Quinton De Kock	161	161	7123	8	7367	96.68	46.55	23	32	801	134
28	Upul Tharanga	235	223	6951	17	9155	75.92	33.74	15	37	798	52
29	Graeme Smith	197	194	6989	10	8648	80.81	37.98	10	47	788	44
30	Mohammad Yousuf	288	273	9720	40	12942	75.10	41.71	15	64	785	90
31	Martin Guptill	198	195	7346	19	8415	87.29	41.73	18	39	750	187
32	Marvan Atapattu	268	259	8529	32	12594	67.72	37.57	11	59	734	15
33	David Warner	161	159	6932	6	7127	97.26	45.30	22	33	733	130
34	Shahid Afridi	398	369	8064	27	6892	117.00	23.57	6	39	730	351
35	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	268	251	8778	40	12408	70.74	41.60	11	59	722	85
36	Nathan Astle	223	217	7090	14	9760	72.64	34.92	16	41	720	86
37	Ross Taylor	236	220	8607	39	10330	83.32	47.55	21	51	713	147
38	Shakib Al Hasan	247	234	7570	31	9138	82.84	37.29	9	56	699	54
39	Kane Williamson	175	167	7256	18	8893	81.59	48.69	15	47	667	60
40	Michael Clarke	245	223	7981	44	10104	78.98	44.58	8	58	665	53
41	Mohammad Hafeez	218	216	6614	15	8633	76.61	32.90	11	38	664	110
42	Gary Kirsten	185	185	6798	19	9436	72.04	40.95	13	45	659	20
43	Eoin Morgan	248	230	7701	34	8447	91.16	39.29	14	47	654	220
44	Mark Waugh	244	236	8500	20	11053	76.90	39.35	18	50	651	57
45	Paul Stirling	170	162	6005	3	6864	87.48	37.76	14	32	643	149
46	Matthew Hayden	161	155	6133	15	7767	78.96	43.80	10	36	636	87
47	Mohammad Azharuddin	334	308	9378	54	12669	74.02	36.92	7	58	622	77
48	Mushfiqur Rahim	274	256	7795	42	9780	79.70	36.42	9	49	617	100
49	Joe Root	189	178	7577	25	8650	87.59	49.52	20	45	614	54
50	Suzie Bates	151	145	5359	16	6648	80.61	41.54	12	32	613	20
51	Babar Azam	143	140	6626	16	7652	86.59	53.43	20	38	610	69
52	Shoaib Malik	287	258	7534	40	9199	81.90	34.55	9	44	603	113
53	Brendan Taylor	207	205	6704	15	8761	76.52	35.28	11	39	599	106
54	Hamilton Masakadza	209	208	5658	4	7728	73.21	27.73	5	34	585	86
55	Younis Khan	265	255	7249	23	9628	75.29	31.24	7	48	578	56
56	Brendon McCullum	260	228	6083	28	6312	96.37	30.41	5	32	577	200
57	Meg Lanning	103	102	4602	16	4991	92.20	53.51	15	21	572	40
58	Shane Watson	190	169	5757	27	6365	90.44	40.54	9	33	570	131
59	Gautam Gambhir	147	143	5238	11	6144	85.25	39.68	11	34	561	17
60	Aaron Finch	146	142	5406	3	6162	87.73	38.89	17	30	532	129
61	Steve Waugh	325	288	7569	58	9971	75.91	32.90	3	45	530	68
62	Marcus Trescothick	123	122	4335	6	5087	85.21	37.37	12	21	528	41
63	Stafanie Taylor	151	145	5501	22	7993	68.82	44.72	7	40	528	30
64	Marlon Samuels	207	196	5606	26	7463	75.11	32.97	10	30	526	118
65	Ian Bell	161	157	5416	14	7019	77.16	37.87	4	35	525	32
66	Steven Smith	170	154	5800	20	6669	86.96	43.28	12	35	521	58
67	Amy Satterthwaite	145	138	4639	17	6149	75.44	38.33	7	27	514	12
68	Jason Roy	116	110	4271	3	4047	105.53	39.91	12	21	511	81
69	Kusal Mendis	156	152	4962	13	5653	87.77	35.69	6	36	507	81
70	Allan Border	273	252	6524	39	9134	71.42	30.62	3	39	500	43
71	Faf du Plessis	143	136	5507	20	6215	88.60	47.47	12	35	495	66
72	David Boon	181	177	5964	16	9157	65.13	37.04	5	37	494	16
73	Shai Hope	150	144	6169	22	7725	79.85	50.56	19	31	489	122
74	Ramnaresh Sarwan	181	169	5804	33	7663	75.74	42.67	5	38	480	58
75	Suresh Raina	226	194	5615	35	6005	93.50	35.31	5	36	476	120
76	Sean Williams	164	159	5217	20	6000	86.95	37.53	8	37	470	66
77	Angelo Mathews	226	195	5916	48	7136	82.90	40.24	3	40	468	90
78	Sarah Taylor	126	119	4056	13	4927	82.32	38.26	7	20	462	4
79	William Porterfield	148	145	4343	3	6298	68.95	30.58	11	20	455	32
80	Andrew Strauss	127	126	4205	8	5195	80.94	35.63	6	27	454	25
81	Michael Bevan	232	196	6912	67	9320	74.16	53.58	6	46	450	21
82	Andrew Symonds	198	161	5088	33	5504	92.44	39.75	6	30	449	103
83	Jos Buttler	199	171	5515	30	4787	115.20	39.11	11	29	444	184
84	Damien Martyn	208	182	5346	51	6877	77.73	40.80	5	37	441	22
85	Jonny Bairstow	107	98	3868	8	3758	102.92	42.97	11	17	437	92
86	Fakhar Zaman	92	91	3861	6	4145	93.14	45.42	11	19	432	83
87	Tammy Beaumont	108	98	3616	9	4934	73.28	40.62	9	18	429	17
88	Kevin Pietersen	136	125	4440	16	5128	86.58	40.73	9	25	427	77
89	Mahmudullah	239	209	5689	53	7327	77.64	36.46	4	32	425	107
90	Lizelle Lee	100	99	3315	8	3936	84.22	36.42	3	23	418	70
91	Kyle Coetzer	89	87	3192	5	3875	82.37	38.92	5	21	412	40
92	Romesh Kaluwitharana	189	181	3711	14	4776	77.70	22.22	2	23	411	17
93	Carl Hooper	227	206	5761	43	7517	76.63	35.34	7	29	409	65
94	Chamari Athapaththu	97	95	3199	3	4383	72.98	34.77	8	15	402	48
95	Harmanpreet Kaur	149	129	4069	21	5359	75.92	37.67	7	19	401	53
96	Deandra Dottin	143	135	3727	13	4712	79.09	30.54	3	22	398	89
97	Jonty Rhodes	245	220	5935	51	7336	80.90	35.11	2	33	392	47
98	Michael Hussey	185	157	5442	44	6243	87.16	48.15	3	39	383	80
99	Glenn Maxwell	149	136	3990	18	3149	126.70	33.81	4	23	382	155
100	Tom Latham	168	155	4559	20	5381	84.72	33.77	8	26	382	61

Most Fours in ODI Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has hit the most fours in ODI cricket, 2016 in 452 innings while scoring 18426 runs. He is followed by Sanath Jayasuriya (1500), Virat Kohli (1389) and Kumar Sangakkara (1385).

A mountain of fours reflects a career of sharp placement and hard running of the ball to the rope. The table lists every leading hitter with innings and runs. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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