Stats: Most Runs, Centuries and Highest Averages by Wicket-keepers in ODI cricket

MS Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara are the two wicket keepers to score 10,000 plus runs in ODI cricket.

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 29 Apr, 2020

MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Quinton de Kock, Jos Buttler, Brendon McCullum, etc are some of the greatest wicket-keeper batsmen to all time. All these wicket keepers have been match-winners for their teams for a long time and have created many records while batting in top order as well as in lower order and here is a list of most runs, hundreds, and highest averages by wicket keepers in ODI cricket. 

Most Runs as wicket keepers in ODI cricket -

13,341 - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

10,773 - MS Dhoni (India)

9410 - Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

5845 - Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)

5633 - Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

5132 - Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

4680 - Mark Boucher (South Africa)

4057 - Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

4017 - Alec Stewart (England)

3843 - Jos Buttler (England)

Most Hundreds as wicket keepers in ODI cricket -

23 - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

16 - Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

15 - Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

10 - AB de Villiers (South Africa)

10 - MS Dhoni (India)

9 - Jos Buttler (England)

9 - Shai Hope (West Indies)

6 - Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)

5 - Kamran Akmal (Pakistan)

5 - Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

5 - Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) 

Highest Averages as wicket keepers in ODI cricket (Min 1000 runs) -

70.54 - AB de Villiers (South Africa, 2963 runs)

52.11 - Shai Hope (West Indies, 3283 runs)

50.57 - MS Dhoni (India, 10773 runs)

45.01 - Quinton de Kock (South Africa, 5132 runs)

44.23 - Rahul Dravid (India, 2300 runs)

43.74 - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 13341 runs)

42.90 - Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka, 1373 runs)

41.32 - Jos Buttler (England, 3843 runs)

39.00 - Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe, 3510 runs)

37.22 - Umar Akmal (Pakistan, 1005 runs)

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 29 Apr, 2020

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