Most Runs vs One Team in ODI Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have 2000+ ODI runs against four different teams; he is also the only player to score 3000+ runs against a single opponent in ODI, in fact, two teams. Find out Sachin’s opponent-wise batting stats in detail here.

Following his legacy, Virat has a 2000+ runs aggregate against three teams. Three other Asian batters, Saeed Anwar, Sanath Jayasuriya, & Inzamam-ul-Haq, have the same milestone against two teams.

This article will list the batters who have scored the most runs against one team in ODI cricket history.

Leading Run-Scorers Against a Single Opponent

Batsman	Opponent	Runs	Inns	Avg	HS	SR	100s/50s
Sachin Tendulkar	vs Sri Lanka	3113	80	43.84	138	87.54	8/17
Sachin Tendulkar	vs Australia	3077	70	44.59	175	84.71	9/15
Sanath Jayasuriya	vs India	2899	85	36.23	189	96.98	7/14
Kumar Sangakkara	vs India	2700	71	39.7	138*	81.62	6/18
Mahela Jayawardene	vs India	2666	84	35.07	128	78.15	4/17
Virat Kohli	vs Sri Lanka	2652	54	60.27	166*	93.67	10/12
Rohit Sharma	vs Australia	2609	49	59.29	209	95.11	9/10
Sachin Tendulkar	vs Pakistan	2526	67	40.09	141	87.49	5/16
Virat Kohli	vs Australia	2525	51	53.72	123	93.2	8/16
Sanath Jayasuriya	vs Pakistan	2517	79	32.68	134*	87.21	3/18
Virat Kohli	vs West Indies	2429	44	67.47	157*	99.54	10/11
Inzamam-ul-Haq	vs India	2403	64	43.69	123	78.55	4/12
Desmond Haynes	vs Pakistan	2390	65	41.92	142*	60.86	4/18
MS Dhoni	vs Sri Lanka	2383	53	64.4	183*	90.09	2/19
Aravinda de Silva	vs Pakistan	2319	73	34.61	134	82.38	3/13
Inzamam-ul-Haq	vs Sri Lanka	2265	58	44.41	118*	78.02	4/15
Desmond Haynes	vs Australia	2262	64	40.39	148	65.14	6/13
Tillakaratne Dilshan	vs India	2255	64	38.22	160*	89.44	4/11
Saeed Anwar	vs Sri Lanka	2198	52	44.85	126	82.19	7/13
Viv Richards	vs Australia	2187	50	50.86	153*	84.63	3/20
Ricky Ponting	vs India	2164	59	40.07	140*	81.41	6/9
Rohit Sharma	vs Sri Lanka	2021	53	45.93	264	96.97	6/9
Saeed Anwar	vs India	2002	48	43.52	194	90.58	4/8
Sachin Tendulkar	vs South Africa	2001	57	35.73	200*	76.31	5/8

Bonus: Read the same list for T20Is and Tests.

Key Stats

One can see the dominance of Asian batters in the above list as West Indies’ Desmond Haynes is the only non-Asian batter on the list.

It is also important to note that it is all Asian sides in the opponent column. The frequent contests between these sides is the reason for complete Asian occupancy in the list.

Virat’s 10 centuries against Sri Lanka is the record for any batter to score most centuries against a single opponent. Followed by Virat himself against West Indies and Sachin Tendulkar against Australia have scored 9 centuries.

In the list of batters with 1500+ runs against a single opponent, Virat has the best batting average. His average against West Indies is around 66 currently, and he is followed by MS Dhoni (vs Sri Lanka)

Related List: Batsmen scoring most runs against a single bowler