In cricket, the highest individual scores are rare achievements that showcase incredible skill and concentration. This article looks at the players who set these records and the memorable innings that made history.
Test
Sl. No Player Country Runs Date Versus Ground 1 B C Lara West Indies 400* 10-Apr-04 England Antigua Recreation Ground 2 M L Hayden Australia 380 09-Oct-03 Zimbabwe WACA Ground 3 B C Lara West Indies 375 16-Apr-94 England Antigua Recreation Ground 4 D P M D Jayawardene Sri Lanka 374 27-Jul-06 South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 5 G S A Sobers West Indies 365* 26-Feb-58 Pakistan Sabina Park 6 L Hutton England 364 20-Aug-38 Australia Kennington Oval 7 S T Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 340 02-Aug-97 India R Premadasa Stadium 8 Hanif Mohammad Pakistan 337 17-Jan-58 West Indies Kensington Oval 9 W R Hammond England 336* 31-Mar-33 New Zealand Eden Park 10 D A Warner Australia 335* 29-Nov-19 Pakistan Adelaide Oval
ODI
Sl. No Player Country Runs Date Versus Ground 1 R G Sharma* India 264 13-Nov-14 Sri Lanka Eden Gardens 2 M J Guptill New Zealand 237* 21-Mar-15 West Indies Sky Stadium 3 V Sehwag India 219 08-Dec-11 West Indies Holkar Cricket Stadium 4 C H Gayle West Indies 215 24-Feb-15 Zimbabwe Manuka Oval 5 Fakhar Zaman Pakistan 210* 20-Jul-18 Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 6 Ishan Kishan* India 210 10-Dec-22 Bangladesh Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 7 P Nissanka* Sri Lanka 210* 09-Feb-24 Afghanistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 8 R G Sharma* India 209 02-Nov-13 Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium 9 R G Sharma* India 208* 13-Dec-17 Sri Lanka Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium 10 Shubman Gill* India 208 18-Jan-23 New Zealand Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
T20I
Sl. No Player Country Runs Date Versus Ground 1 A J Finch Australia 172 03-Jul-18 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2 Hazratullah Zazai Afghanistan 162* 23-Feb-19 Ireland Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium 3 A J Finch Australia 156 29-Aug-13 England The Rose Bowl 4 G J Maxwell Australia 145* 06-Sep-16 Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 5 Sahil Chauhan Estonia 144* 17-Jun-24 Cyprus Happy Valley Ground 6 F H Allen New Zealand 137 17-Jan-24 Pakistan University Oval 7 Zeeshan Kukikhel Hungary 137 05-Jun-22 Austria Seebarn Cricket Centre 8 Kushal Malla Nepal 137* 27-Sep-23 Mongolia Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field 9 M Levitt Netherlands 135 29-Feb-24 Namibia Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground 10 L Yamamoto-Lake Japan 134* 15-Feb-24 China Mission Road
IPL
Sl. No Player Team Runs Date Versus Venue 1 C H Gayle Bengaluru 175* 23-Apr-13 Pune Warriors Bangalore 2 B B McCullum Kolkata 158* 18-Apr-08 Bengaluru Bangalore 3 Q de Kock Lucknow 140* 18-May-22 Kolkata Mumbai 4 A B de Villiers Bengaluru 133* 10-May-15 Mumbai Mumbai 5 K L Rahul Punjab 132* 24-Sep-20 Bengaluru Dubai 6 A B de Villiers Bengaluru 129* 14-May-16 Gujarat Lions Bangalore 7 Shubman Gill Gujarat Titans 129 26-May-23 Mumbai Ahmedabad 8 C H Gayle Bengaluru 128* 17-May-12 Delhi Delhi 9 R R Pant Delhi 128* 10-May-18 Hyderabad Delhi 10 M Vijay Chennai 127 03-Apr-10 Rajasthan Chennai