Stats: Highest individual ODI scores for each year starting from 1971 to 2015
There are many well-known ODI centuries made by players that most of us have heard of. Many of us know about Sachin Tendulkar’s 200 runs or Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry’s 194 runs each. Every die-hard cricket fan will know about Rohit Sharma’s two double centuries in ODIs or Kapil Dev’s 175* runs against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
But do you know the highest score made by a player in each year starting from 1971 to 2015 in ODIs? You might have read about all who hold the records for the respective ages in ODIs, but you may not know the same for years.
Even if you are a cricket fanatic, some of the record holders will certainly surprise you. While some legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara are on this list, there are some you would least suspect of holding the record.
So, here we have presented a table that includes the highest score made by players in each year starting from 1971 to 2015 in ODI cricket to this day:
| Year | Player name | Country | Runs | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | John Edrich | England | 82 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 1972 | Dennis Amiss | England | 103 | Australia | Old Trafford |
| 1973 | Roy Fredericks | West Indies | 105 | England | Kennington Oval |
| 1974 | David Lloyd | England | 116* | Pakistan | Trent Bridge |
| 1975 | Glenn Turner | New Zealand | 171* | East Africa | Edgbaston |
| 1976 | Viv Richards | West Indies | 119* | England | North Marine Road Ground |
| 1977 | Gregory Chappell | Australia | 125* | England | Kennington Oval |
| 1978 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 148 | Australia | Antigua Recreation Ground |
| 1979 | Viv Richards | West Indies | 153* | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 1980 | Gregory Chappell | Australia | 138* | New Zealand | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 1981 | Bruce Laird | Australia | 117* | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 1982 | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 123 | Sri Lanka | Gaddafi Stadium |
| 1983 | Kapil Dev | India | 175* | Zimbabwe | Nevill Ground |
| 1984 | Viv Richards | West Indies | 189* | England | Old Trafford |
| 1985 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 145* | New Zealand | Albion Sports Complex |
| 1986 | Charles Athey | England | 142* | New Zealand | Old Trafford |
| 1987 | Viv Richards | West Indies | 181 | Sri Lanka | National Stadium |
| 1988 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 142* | Pakistan | Queen’s Park Oval |
| 1989 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 152* | India | Bourda |
| 1990 | Dean Jones | Australia | 145 | England | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| 1991 | Richie Richardson | West Indies | 122 | Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| 1992 | Philip Simmons | West Indies | 122 | South Africa | Sabina Park |
| 1993 | Robin Smith | England | 167* | Australia | Edgbaston |
| 1994 | David Callaghan | South Africa | 169* | New Zealand | SuperSport Park |
| 1995 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 169 | Sri Lanka | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| 1996 | Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 188* | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| 1997 | Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 194 | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
| 1998 | Mohammad Azharuddin | India | 153* | Zimbabwe | Barabati Stadium |
| 1999 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 186* | New Zealand | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
| 2000 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 189 | India | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| 2001 | Mark Waugh | Australia | 173 | West Indies | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 2002 | Dinesh Mongia | India | 159* | Zimbabwe | Nehru Stadium (Guwahati) |
| 2003 | Craig Wishart | Zimbabwe | 172* | Namibia | Harare Sports Club |
| 2004 | Adam Gilchrist | Austraia | 172 | Zimbabwe | Bellerive Oval |
| 2005 | MS Dhoni | India | 183* | Sri Lanka | Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
| 2006 | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 175 | Australia | The Wanderers Stadium |
| 2007 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 181* | New Zealand | Seddon Park |
| 2008 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 166 | Ireland | Mannofield Park |
| 2009 | Charles Coventry | Zimbabwe | 194* | Bangladesh | Queens Sports Club |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200* | South Africa | Captain Roop Singh Stadium |
| 2011 | Virender Sehwag | India | 219 | West Indies | Holkar Cricket Stadium |
| 2012 | Virat Kohli | India | 183 | Pakistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium |
| 2013 | Rohit Sharma | India | 209 | Australia | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 2014 | Rohit Sharma | India | 264 | Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens |
| 2015 | Martin Guptil | New Zealand | 237* | West Indies | Westpack Stadium |
Here is an another table that shows team-wise distributions of highest scores made by their players in ODI cricket:
| Count | Team |
|---|---|
| 12 | West Indies |
| 10 | India |
| 7 | Australia |
| 5 | England |
| 3 | New Zealand |
| 3 | South Africa |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
| 2 | Pakistan |
| 1 | Sri Lanka |
By observing the first table, we can see that there are two players – Viv Richards and Desmond Haynes – who had made the highest ODI scores in four different calendar years which is a record while Gregory Chappell, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma had made the highest ODI scores in two different calendar years, and the rest of the players had done that only one time.