Fastest Centuries in ODI

Player	Match	Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Venue	Date
AB de Villiers	South Africa vs West Indies	149	31	16	9	Johannesburg	18/01/2015
Cory James Anderson	New Zealand vs West Indies	131*	36	14	6	Queenstown	01/01/2014
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	102	37	11	6	Nairobi	04/10/1996
Glenn Maxwell	Australia vs Netherland	100	40	8	9	Arun Jately Stadium	25-10-2023
Mark Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	147*	44	10	8	Potchefstroom	20/09/2006
Brian Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	117	45	4	18	Dhaka	09/10/1999
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan vs India	102	45	9	10	Kanpur	15/04/2005
Jesse Ryder	New Zealand v West Indies	104	46	5	12	Queenstown	01/01/2014
Jos Butler	England v Pakistan	116*	46	8	10	Dubai	20/11/2015
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	134	48	11	11	Singapore	02/04/1996
Kevin O’Brien	Ireland v England	113	50	6	13	Bangalore	02/03/2011
Glenn Maxwell	Australia v Sri Lanka	102	51	4	10	Sydney	08/03/2015
Virat Kohli	India v Australia	100*	52	7	8	Jaipur	16/10/2013
AB de Villiers	South Africa v West Indies	162*	52	8	17	Sydney	27/02/2015
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Bangladesh	124	53	4	17	Dambulla	21/06/2010
Moeen Ali	England v West Indies	102	53	8	7	Bristol	24/09/2017
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	130	55	6	16	Karachi	30/06/2008
James Faulkner	Australia v India	116	57	6	11	Bangalore	02/11/2013
AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	119	57	11	3	Mumbai	25/10/2015
AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	102*	58	3	11	Ahmedabad	27/02/2010
Virender Sehwag	India v New Zealand	125*	60	6	14	Hamilton	11/03/2009
Virat Kohli	India v Australia	115*	61	1	18	Nagpur	30/10/2013
Jos Butler	England v Sri Lanka	121	61	4	11	Lord’s	31/05/2014
Sharjeel Khan	Pakistan v Ireland	152	61	9	16	Dublin	18/08/2016
Mohammad Azharuddin	India v New Zealand	108	62	3	10	Baroda	17/12/1988
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	104	63	4	8	Bulawayo	11/08/2009
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Netherland	157	64	1	23	Amstelveen	04/07/2006
Yuvraj Singh	India v England	138*	64	6	16	Rajkot	14/11/2008
Kedar Jadhav	India v England	120	65	4	12	Pune	15/01/2017
Matthew Hayden	Australia v South Africa	101	66	4	14	St Kitts	24/03/2007
Suresh Raina	India v Hong Kong	101	66	5	7	Karachi	25/06/2008
Virender Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	146	66	6	17	Rajkot	15/12/2009
AB de Villiers	South Africa v Sri Lanka	108	66	4	11	Hambantota	12/07/2014
Jos Butler	England v New Zealand	129	66	5	13	Birmingham	09/06/2015
John Michael Davison	Canada v West Indies	111	67	7	6	Centurian	23/02/2003
Basit Ali	Pakistan v West Indies	127*	67	5	12	Sharjah	05/11/1993
Adam Gilchrist	Australia v Sri Lanka	122	67	4	13	Brisbane	14/02/2006
Craig McMillan	New Zealand v Australia	117	67	5	13	Hamilton	20/02/2007
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan v India	139*	68	9	10	Lahore	02/10/1997
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	100*	68	2	8	Harare	27/11/2002
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	105*	68	3	14	Mirpur	29/10/2009
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	109	68	7	8	Dambulla	15/06/2010
Yusuf Pathan	India v South Africa	105	68	8	8	Centurion	23/01/2011
AB de Villiers	South Africa v Bangladesh	176	68	7	15	Paarl	18/10/2017
Virender Sehwag	India v New Zealand	100	69	1	19	Colombo	02/08/2001
Chris Gayle	West Indies v Zimbabwe	112*	69	2	17	Harare	30/11/2003
Kevin Peterson	England v South Africa	100*	69	4	7	East London	09/02/2005
Shane Watson	Australia v Bangladesh	185*	69	15	15	Mirpur	11/04/2011
Virender Sehwag	India v New Zealand	219	69	7	10	Indore	08/12/2011
Kieron Pollard	West Indies v Zimbabwe	102	69	8	5	St Lucia	23/03/2012
Kane Williamson	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	100*	69	7	11	Bulawayo	25/10/2011

Among the top-50 fastest individual scores of all time, there are only 5 which are made before 2000s but since the inception of 21st century, there have been regular updates and setting of higher benchmarks in the tally of fastest centuries in the international arena. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan, AB de Villiers of South Africa, Glenn Maxwell of Australia, Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and Virender Sehwag, of India have been among the prominent ones who are known for their lightning-quick innings.

In 1988, India’s Mohammad Azharuddin completed his century in 62 balls. This record was broken in 1996 by Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi. Shahid was on a roll against Sri Lanka in the 6th match of KCA Centenary tournament at Nairobi. The inning has been so special because it remained the fastest century for around 18 years, till it was conquered by Corey Anderson in 2014 by scoring the same in 36 balls.

Players like Virender Sehwag and Shane Watson build their quick ton to a massive individual total. In the year 2011, Shane Watson converted his 69 balls century into 185* in 96 balls. A few months later, Virender Sehwag gave a new pinnacle to ODI as his 69 balls ton, turned to be 219 off only 149 balls.

Among Indians, run-machine Virat Kohli tops the list thanks to his majestic 52 ball-ton against Australia in 2013. He, along with Rohit Sharma (141 off 123) led the crusade in Jaipur and chased down the huge target of 360 runs.

In 2015, legendary Proteas batsman AB de Villiers obliterated record books when he smashed the fastest ton in ODI history- a breathtaking 31-ball hundred against the West Indies in Johannesburg. He finished at 149 off just 44 balls, the inning equals (16) the record for most sixes in an innings.

Cut to 2023, and Australian swashbuckler Glenn Maxwell stormed his way into the top-5 list as far as the fastest centuries in ODIs are concerned. The 'Big Show' hammered a breathtaking and picturesque 40-ball hundred against the Netherlands in Delhi to also script the fastest-ever century in World Cup history.