List of Players to Score Most Fifties in ODI's
Pos | Player | Team | Span | Matches | 50s |
1 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 1989-2012 | 463 | 96 |
2 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 2000-2015 | 404 | 93 |
3 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 1995-2012 | 375 | 82 |
4 | Virat Kohli | India | 2008-2022 | 262 | 64 |
5 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 1996-2014 | 328 | 86 |
6 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 1998-2015 | 448 | 77 |
7 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 1989-2011 | 445 | 68 |
8 | Rahul Dravid | India | 1996-2011 | 344 | 83 |
9 | Saurav Ganguly | India | 1992-2007 | 311 | 72 |
10 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 1991-2007 | 378 | 83 |
Four Indians feature in the list of most fifties in ODI's. Sachin Tendulkar is leading the charts with 96 fifties in 463 matches. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and South Africa's Jacques Kallis occupy the 2nd and 3rd spot respectively. Almost all the players in the below list have also gone on to convert most of their fifties to hundreds.
Present Cricketers to Feature in the Most Fifties in ODI list
There are not so many current cricketers to find a spot in this list except India's own Virat Kohli (currently ranked at 13th position) who has over the years become the world's best ODI batsman. Steve Smith and Kane Williamson might stand a chance to challenge Virat in the future.