Most Runs in 2001: Test, ODI & T20I Leaders

Updated 27 Oct 2026, 3:19 PM IST · Data: Cricsheet (ODC-By) + CRIX

Most Runs

Most Runs in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	Runs	Ave
1		Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe	2001	4	12	401	33.42
2	Matthew Hayden	Australia	2001	2	2	156	78.00
3	Mark Waugh	Australia	2001	2	2	138	138.00
4	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	113	56.50
5	Hemang Badani	India	2001	2	2	111	55.50
6	VVS Laxman	India	2001	2	2	96	48.00
7	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe	2001	1	1	94	94.00
8	Rahul Dravid	India	2001	2	2	93	46.50
9	Michael Bevan	Australia	2001	2	2	82	82.00
10	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2001	1	1	76	76.00

Most Wickets

Most Wickets in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	Wkts	Econ
1	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2001	2	2	6	4.09
2	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2001	2	2	4	4.11
3	Damien Fleming	Australia	2001	2	2	4	5.05
4	Glenn McGrath	Australia	2001	2	2	4	5.50
5	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	4	4.00
6	Virender Sehwag	India	2001	1	1	3	6.56
7	Javagal Srinath	India	2001	2	2	3	5.66
8	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2001	2	2	3	4.06
9	Zaheer Khan	India	2001	2	2	3	4.29
10	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies	2001	1	1	2	3.00

Highest Individual Scores

Highest Individual Scores in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	Score	SR
1	Mark Waugh	Australia	2001	2	2	133*	96.38
2	Hemang Badani	India	2001	2	2	100	102.04
3	Matthew Hayden	Australia	2001	2	2	99	123.75
4	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe	2001	1	1	94	87.85
5	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	82	103.80
6	Rahul Dravid	India	2001	2	2	80	95.24
7		Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe	2001	4	12	79	70.54
8		Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe	2001	4	12	77	89.53
9	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2001	1	1	76	80.00
10		Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe	2001	4	12	74	69.16

Top Bowling Figures

Top Bowling Figures in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	Figures	Econ
1	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	2001	2	2	5-37	4.44
2	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2001	2	2	3-44	4.40
3	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2001	2	2	3-44	4.40
4	Javagal Srinath	India	2001	2	2	3-49	6.53
5	Virender Sehwag	India	2001	1	1	3-59	6.56
6	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies	2001	1	1	2-30	3.00
7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	2-31	3.88
8	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	2-33	4.12
9	Nicky Boje	South Africa	2001	2	2	2-33	3.54
10	Zaheer Khan	India	2001	2	2	2-34	4.25

Most Sixes

Most Sixes in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	6s	SR
1	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2001	2	2	5	88.98
2	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe	2001	1	1	2	87.85
3	Wavell Hinds	West Indies	2001	1	1	2	88.52
4	Hemang Badani	India	2001	2	2	2	95.69
5	Matthew Hayden	Australia	2001	2	2	2	96.89
6	Sachin Tendulkar	India	2001	2	2	2	121.82
7		Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe	2001	4	12	2	73.18
8	Carl Hooper	West Indies	2001	1	1	1	114.29
9	Daren Ganga	West Indies	2001	1	1	1	49.28
10	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe	2001	1	1	1	81.25

Most Hundreds

Most Hundreds in 2001
#	Player	Team	Span	M	Inn	100s	Ave
1	Hemang Badani	India	2001	2	2	1	55.50
2	Mark Waugh	Australia	2001	2	2	1	138.00

Highest Team Totals

Highest Team Totals in 2001
#	Team	Opposition	Date	Total	Overs
1	India	Australia	25 Mar 2001	315	49.5
2	South Africa	Sri Lanka	11 Jan 2001	290-7	50
3	West Indies	Zimbabwe	1 Jul 2001	258-5	49.5
4	Australia	India	25 Mar 2001	255	43.3
5	Zimbabwe	West Indies	1 Jul 2001	255-5	50
6	Australia	India	28 Mar 2001	249-2	45.1
7	India	Australia	28 Mar 2001	248-9	50
8	South Africa	Sri Lanka	14 Jan 2001	207-5	42
9	Sri Lanka	South Africa	14 Jan 2001	206	49.2
10	Sri Lanka	South Africa	11 Jan 2001	191	42.2

Lowest Team Totals

Lowest Team Totals in 2001
#	Team	Opposition	Date	Total	Overs
1	Sri Lanka	South Africa	11 Jan 2001	191	42.2
2	Sri Lanka	South Africa	14 Jan 2001	206	49.2
3	South Africa	Sri Lanka	14 Jan 2001	207-5	42
4	India	Australia	28 Mar 2001	248-9	50
5	Australia	India	28 Mar 2001	249-2	45.1
6	Australia	India	25 Mar 2001	255	43.3
7	Zimbabwe	West Indies	1 Jul 2001	255-5	50
8	West Indies	Zimbabwe	1 Jul 2001	258-5	49.5
9	South Africa	Sri Lanka	11 Jan 2001	290-7	50
10	India	Australia	25 Mar 2001	315	49.5

Biggest Wins by Runs

Biggest Wins by Runs in 2001
#	Team	Opposition	Date	Margin
1	South Africa	Sri Lanka	11 Jan 2001	99 runs
2	India	Australia	25 Mar 2001	60 runs

Biggest Wins by Wickets

Biggest Wins by Wickets in 2001
#	Team	Opposition	Date	Margin
1	Australia	India	28 Mar 2001	8 wickets
2	South Africa	Sri Lanka	14 Jan 2001	5 wickets
3	West Indies	Zimbabwe	1 Jul 2001	5 wickets

Key facts

leads the most runs list for men's and women's internationals in 2001 with 401, 245 runs ahead of Matthew Hayden on 156. 10 of the top 10 have played in this scope in the 12 months up to 1 Jul 2001. The top 10 has not changed since CRIX started tracking this list on 27 Oct 2026, 3:19 PM IST. built the total across 2001, in 4 matches. The list covers 5 matches up to 1 Jul 2001, from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data plus CRIX scorecards for the newest games, and is rebuilt every 30 minutes.