Who has conceded the most runs in ODI cricket?

Shahid Afridi has conceded 13632 runs in ODIs, the most of any bowler, taking 395 wickets.

Is conceding the most runs a bad record?

Not really. It mostly reflects a very long career bowling a huge number of overs, so the leaders are among the most durable bowlers.

Who are the leaders for runs conceded?

The top four are Shahid Afridi (13632), Muttiah Muralitharan (12326), Sanath Jayasuriya (11871) and Wasim Akram (11812).

Most Runs Conceded in ODI Cricket

ODI TEST T20I

#	Player	M	Inns	O	Runs	W	Avg	E/R	SR	4W	5W
1	Shahid Afridi	398	372	2,945.0	13632	395	34.51	4.62	44.70	4	9
2	Muttiah Muralitharan	350	341	3,135.1	12326	534	23.08	3.93	35.20	15	10
3	Sanath Jayasuriya	445	368	2,479.0	11871	323	36.75	4.78	46.00	8	4
4	Wasim Akram	356	351	3,031.0	11812	502	23.52	3.89	36.20	17	6
5	Chaminda Vaas	322	320	2,629.1	11014	400	27.53	4.18	39.40	9	4
6	Anil Kumble	271	265	2,416.0	10412	337	30.89	4.30	43.00	8	2
7	Waqar Younis	262	258	2,116.2	9919	416	23.84	4.68	30.50	14	13
8	Lasith Malinga	226	220	1,822.4	9760	338	28.87	5.35	32.30	11	8
9	Daniel Vettori	295	277	2,343.2	9674	305	31.71	4.12	46.00	8	2
10	Shaun Pollock	303	297	2,618.4	9631	393	24.50	3.67	39.90	12	5
11	Shakib Al Hasan	247	241	2,095.5	9360	317	29.52	4.46	39.60	10	4
12	Harbhajan Singh	236	227	2,079.5	8973	269	33.35	4.31	46.30	2	3
13	Mashrafe Mortaza	220	220	1,820.2	8893	270	32.93	4.88	40.40	7	1
14	Brett Lee	221	217	1,864.1	8877	380	23.36	4.76	29.40	14	9
15	Javagal Srinath	229	227	1,989.1	8847	315	28.08	4.44	37.80	7	3
16	Jacques Kallis	328	283	1,791.4	8680	273	31.79	4.84	39.30	2	2
17	Abdul Razzaq	265	254	1,823.3	8564	269	31.83	4.69	40.60	8	3
18	Ravindra Jadeja	210	202	1,734.0	8478	232	36.54	4.88	44.80	7	2
19	Glenn McGrath	250	248	2,161.4	8391	381	22.02	3.88	34.00	9	7
20	Zaheer Khan	200	197	1,682.5	8301	282	29.43	4.93	35.80	7	1
21	Ajit Agarkar	191	188	1,580.4	8021	288	27.85	5.07	32.90	10	2
22	James Anderson	194	191	1,597.2	7861	269	29.22	4.92	35.60	11	2
23	Chris Harris	250	232	1,777.5	7613	203	37.50	4.28	52.50	2	1
24	Adil Rashid	161	155	1,346.3	7571	242	31.28	5.62	33.30	10	2
25	Shane Warne	194	191	1,773.4	7541	293	25.73	4.25	36.30	12	1
26	Tim Southee	161	159	1,345.5	7448	221	33.70	5.53	36.50	5	3
27	Heath Streak	189	185	1,578.0	7129	239	29.82	4.51	39.60	7	1
28	Carl Hooper	227	203	1,595.3	6958	193	36.05	4.36	49.60	3	0
29	Kapil Dev	225	221	1,867.0	6945	253	27.45	3.71	44.20	3	1
30	Courtney Walsh	205	204	1,803.4	6918	227	30.47	3.83	47.60	6	1
31	Sachin Tendulkar	463	270	1,342.2	6850	154	44.48	5.10	52.20	4	2
32	Steve Waugh	325	207	1,480.3	6761	195	34.67	4.56	45.50	3	0
33	Nuwan Kulasekara	184	181	1,377.1	6751	199	33.92	4.90	41.50	4	1
34	Chris Cairns	215	186	1,361.2	6594	201	32.80	4.84	40.60	3	1
35	Makhaya Ntini	173	171	1,447.5	6559	266	24.65	4.53	32.60	8	4
36	Kyle Mills	170	169	1,371.4	6485	240	27.02	4.72	34.20	8	1
37	Venkatesh Prasad	161	160	1,354.5	6332	196	32.30	4.67	41.40	3	1
38	Saqlain Mushtaq	169	165	1,461.4	6275	288	21.78	4.29	30.40	11	6
39	Prosper Utseya	164	160	1,428.3	6239	133	46.90	4.36	64.40	2	1
40	Darren Gough	159	156	1,411.4	6209	235	26.42	4.39	36.00	10	2
41	Shoaib Malik	287	217	1,326.2	6192	158	39.18	4.66	50.30	1	0
42	Shoaib Akhtar	163	162	1,294.0	6169	247	24.97	4.76	31.40	6	4
43	Abdur Razzak	153	152	1,327.3	6065	207	29.29	4.56	38.40	5	4
44	Mitchell Johnson	153	150	1,248.1	6038	239	25.26	4.83	31.30	9	3
45	Chris Gayle	301	199	1,237.2	5926	167	35.48	4.78	44.40	3	1
46	Allan Donald	164	162	1,426.5	5926	272	21.78	4.15	31.40	11	2
47	Jason Holder	138	134	1,067.0	5878	159	36.96	5.50	40.20	5	2
48	Dwayne Bravo	164	150	1,085.1	5874	199	29.51	5.41	32.70	6	1
49	Mitchell Starc	130	130	1,106.2	5826	247	23.58	5.26	26.80	12	9
50	Adam Zampa	121	121	1,051.3	5809	198	29.33	5.52	31.80	12	1
51	Mohammad Nabi	178	167	1,342.2	5806	177	32.80	4.32	45.50	4	1
52	Lance Klusener	171	164	1,222.4	5751	192	29.95	4.70	38.20	1	6
53	Thisara Perera	166	157	983.2	5740	175	32.80	5.83	33.70	5	4
54	Aaqib Javed	163	159	1,335.2	5721	182	31.43	4.28	44.00	2	4
55	Dilhara Fernando	147	141	1,084.3	5648	187	30.20	5.20	34.70	3	1
56	Jhulan Goswami	204	203	1,667.3	5622	255	22.04	3.37	39.20	7	2
57	Curtly Ambrose	176	175	1,558.5	5429	225	24.12	3.48	41.50	6	4
58	Mohammad Hafeez	218	177	1,288.5	5400	139	38.84	4.18	55.60	1	0
59	Stuart Broad	121	121	1,018.1	5364	178	30.13	5.26	34.30	9	1
60	Mushtaq Ahmed	144	142	1,257.1	5361	161	33.29	4.26	46.80	3	1
61	Shane Watson	190	163	1,077.4	5342	168	31.79	4.95	38.40	3	0
62	Moeen Ali	138	128	998.0	5311	111	47.84	5.32	53.90	2	0
63	Umar Gul	130	128	1,010.4	5253	179	29.34	5.19	33.80	4	2
64	Kuldeep Yadav	121	118	1,034.0	5247	194	27.04	5.07	31.90	9	2
65	Chris Woakes	122	118	956.1	5193	173	30.01	5.43	33.10	11	3
66	Ravichandran Ashwin	116	114	1,050.3	5180	156	33.20	4.93	40.40	1	0
67	Trent Boult	114	113	1,030.0	5146	211	24.38	4.99	29.20	10	6
68	Irfan Pathan	120	118	975.5	5142	173	29.72	5.26	33.80	5	2
69	Dale Steyn	125	124	1,042.4	5087	196	25.95	4.87	31.90	4	3
70	Mustafizur Rahman	124	122	984.5	5076	193	26.30	5.15	30.60	6	6
71	Jacob Oram	160	154	1,151.5	5047	173	29.17	4.38	39.90	3	2
72	Craig McDermott	138	138	1,243.3	5018	203	24.71	4.03	36.70	4	1
73	Kumar Dharmasena	141	134	1,168.1	4998	138	36.21	4.27	50.70	1	0
74	Ashish Nehra	120	120	958.3	4981	157	31.72	5.19	36.60	5	2
75	Andrew Symonds	198	158	989.1	4955	133	37.25	5.00	44.60	2	1
76	Mohammad Shami	108	107	887.4	4955	206	24.05	5.58	25.80	10	6
77	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	121	120	974.3	4951	141	35.11	5.08	41.40	4	1
78	Imran Khan	175	153	1,243.3	4844	182	26.61	3.89	40.90	3	1
79	Scott Styris	188	161	1,019.0	4839	137	35.32	4.74	44.60	4	1
80	Azhar Mahmood	143	139	1,040.2	4813	123	39.13	4.62	50.70	2	3
81	Tillakaratne Dilshan	330	204	980.0	4778	106	45.07	4.87	55.40	3	0
82	Morne Morkel	117	114	960.0	4761	188	25.32	4.95	30.60	7	2
83	Mitchell Santner	125	119	989.1	4759	133	35.78	4.81	44.60	0	2
84	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	122	119	997.1	4704	129	36.46	4.71	46.30	5	0
85	Ravi Shastri	150	136	1,102.1	4650	129	36.04	4.21	51.20	2	1
86	Kagiso Rabada	106	104	907.2	4613	168	27.45	5.08	32.40	6	2
87	Manoj Prabhakar	130	127	1,060.0	4534	157	28.87	4.27	40.50	4	2
88	Rubel Hossain	104	102	779.4	4427	129	34.31	5.67	36.20	7	1
89	Thomas Odoyo	136	129	941.3	4335	145	29.89	4.60	38.90	5	0
90	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	134	132	953.2	4321	109	39.64	4.53	52.40	1	0
91	Matt Henry	95	93	824.2	4298	172	24.98	5.21	28.70	13	3
92	Imran Tahir	107	104	923.3	4297	173	24.83	4.65	32.00	7	3
93	Yuvraj Singh	304	161	841.2	4294	111	38.68	5.10	45.40	2	1
94	Paul Collingwood	197	151	864.2	4294	111	38.68	4.96	46.70	3	1
95	Elton Chigumbura	213	132	723.1	4274	101	42.31	5.91	42.90	1	0
96	Rashid Khan	120	112	1,001.2	4265	214	19.92	4.25	28.00	6	6
97	Nathan Bracken	116	116	959.5	4240	174	24.36	4.41	33.00	5	2
98	Malcolm Marshall	136	134	1,195.5	4233	157	26.96	3.53	45.70	6	0
99	Sir Viv Richards	187	131	940.4	4228	118	35.83	4.49	47.80	1	2
100	Grant Flower	221	156	910.2	4225	104	40.62	4.64	52.50	2	0

Most Runs Conceded in ODI Cricket

Shahid Afridi has conceded the most runs in an ODI career, 13632 across 398 matches, while taking 395 wickets. He is followed by Muttiah Muralitharan (12326), Sanath Jayasuriya (11871) and Wasim Akram (11812).

Conceding a lot of runs is really a sign of longevity: only bowlers who send down thousands of deliveries over many years reach the top of this list. The table pairs runs conceded with wickets and matches. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

Most Runs Conceded in ODI Cricket

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