Stats: Most man of the match awards in international cricket
Sachin Tendulkar was the sport's first batsman to score a double century (200 runs) in a single One Day International match, and is so far the only player to have scored one hundred centuries in international cricket. He has won a man of the match award against every one of the ICC Full Members (Test playing nations).
The only teams against whom he has not won an ODI Man of the Match award, are the United Arab Emirates (2 matches played), the Netherlands (1 match) and Bermuda (1 match). He is also the player who has won a record 15 man of the series (MoS) and 62 man of the match (MoM) awards in ODI Matches.
Most of his man of the match awards(12) in ODIs came while playing against Australia.
| Player | Span | Matches | Awards | Tests | ODIs | T20Is |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2013 | 664 | 76 | 14 | 62 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 1989-2011 | 586 | 58 | 4 | 48 | 6 |
| Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 516 | 57 | 23 | 32 | 2 |
| Ricky Ponting (Aus/ICC) | 1995-2012 | 560 | 49 | 16 | 32 | 1 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) | 2000-2014 | 553 | 45 | 16 | 26 | 3 |
| Brian Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2007 | 430 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
| Sir Viv Richards (WI) | 1974-1991 | 308 | 41 | 10 | 31 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva (SL) | 1984-2003 | 401 | 41 | 11 | 30 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) | 1996-2014 | 479 | 41 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1984-2003 | 460 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
Note: Stats updated till 17 June, 2014