Highest Individual Score in World Cup
| Rank | Player | Runs | Balls Faced | Opposition | Match Date |
| 1 | Martin Guptill (NZ) | 237* | 163 | West Indies | 21-Mar-15 |
| 2 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 215 | 147 | Zimbabwe | 24-Feb-15 |
| 3 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 201* | 128 | Afghanistan | 7-Nov-23 |
| 4 | Gary Kirsten (SA) | 188* | 159 | U.A.E. | 16-Feb-96 |
| 5 | Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 183 | 158 | Sri Lanka | 26-May-99 |
| 6 | Viv Richards (WI) | 181 | 125 | Sri Lanka | 13-Oct-87 |
| 7 | David Warner (AUS) | 178 | 133 | Afghanistan | 04-Mar-15 |
| 8 | Kapil Dev (IND) | 175* | 138 | Zimbabwe | 18-Jun-83 |
| 9 | Virender Sehwag (IND) | 175 | 140 | Bangladesh | 19-Feb-11 |
| 10 | Quinton de Kock (SA) | 174 | 140 | Bangladesh | 24-Oct-23 |
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is just a few weeks away, and the euphoria is gradually starting to pick up.
The 13th edition of the World Cup will take place in India between October 05-November 19, 2023, and it provides a great opportunity to elite batsmen from around the world to storm into the list of top-10 individual scores in the tournament's history.
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The list is currently headed by New Zealand's Martin Guptill, who smashed a whirlwind 237* (163) in the Quarter-final of the 2015 event against the West Indies.
The 2nd highest individual score in WC history also came in the 2015 edition from the bat of "Universe Boss" Chris Gayle. The legendary opener smashed a typically breathtaking 215 (147) at the Manuka Oval in Canberra against Zimbabwe during the league stage.
Former South African opener Gary Kirsten held the record for the highest individual score (188) for 19 years, until it was broken by Gayle in 2015.
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Kirsten racked up the record against the United Arab Emirates in Rawalpindi during the 1996 event.
Former Indian opener Sourav Ganguly is at the 4th spot for his magical 183 against a star-studded Sri Lankan attack in Taunton during the 1999 World Cup.
The 5th spot is taken up by the original Master Blaster, Sir Issac Vivian Richards, who smashed a breathtaking 181 (125) against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium in Karachi during the 1987 World Cup.
The 2015 World Cup saw yet another daddy hundred from the bat of Aussie opener David Warner. The dynamic southpaw hammered a toothless Afghanistan attack to the tune of 178 off just 133 deliveries at the WACA in Perth. He is at the 6th spot in the all-time highest individual scores in WC history.
The 7th spot belongs to the legendary Kapil Dev, who played probably the most important knock in the history of WCs. Coming in at 9/4 in a must-win game against Zimbabwe in 1983, Dev hammered a barely believable 175* off 138 deliveries to lift India to a match-winning total.
The rest, as they say, is history as India did not only go on to win the match but also the World Cup trophy by beating the mighty West Indies in the final.
28 years later, Virender Sehwag equaled Kapil Dev's tally of 175 runs in the opener of the 2011 World Cup against a helpless Bangladesh attack.
Former Zimbabwe opener Craig Wishart is at the 9th spot for his magical 172* (151) against Namibia in Harare in 2003, followed by the legendary New Zealand batsman Glenn Turner, who racked up an unbeaten 171* (201) against East Africa in the inaugural edition.
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