Sachin Tendulkar compiled 34,357 international runs, a record that required 24 years of relentless consistency. His career statistics provide a detailed map of that achievement, from his 51 Test centuries to his record 673 runs in a single World Cup.
Key Takeaways
- Sachin Tendulkar played 463 ODI matches, scoring 18,426 runs
- Sachin holds record for most international runs: 34,357
- IPL 2009: 407 runs despite team missing playoffs
- Sachin played 1 T20I, scoring 10 runs off 12 balls vs Australia 2006
- Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India
- In World Cup 1996, scored 283 runs avg 94.33, Player of Tournament
Sachin Tendulkar’s career statistics show rare consistency, with massive totals across batting eras.
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01 · Category
ODI Statistics27 stats
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Sachin Tendulkar played 463 ODI matches, scoring 18,426 runs
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ODI average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and 96 fifties, HS 200*
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He took 8 wickets in ODIs with economy 5.10, best 2/36
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140 catches in ODIs
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ODI debut: 31 runs vs Pakistan 1989
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Most ODI runs vs Australia: 2,093 in 55 matches at 39.86 avg
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At home ODIs: 10,707 runs in 238 matches avg 46.52
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Away ODIs: 7,719 runs in 225 matches avg 42.99
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First ODI century: 111* vs England 1990
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10,000 ODI runs reached in 259 innings, fastest at time
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ODI strike rate 86.23 from 21,311 balls faced
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Opened in 340 ODIs scoring 15,470 runs at 45.15 avg
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200* vs South Africa 2010, first double ton in ODIs
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Most ODI centuries: 49
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In 1990s ODIs: 9,896 runs at 43.53 avg
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2000s ODIs: 7,805 runs at 46.50
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Partnership record: 331* with Sourav Ganguly vs Sri Lanka 1997
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Most ODI runs in a year: 1,894 in 1998
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Vs Sri Lanka in ODIs: 2,469 runs in 49 matches avg 60.95
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15,470 runs as opener in ODIs with 41 centuries
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Last ODI: 7 vs Pakistan 2012
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100 fifties in ODIs? Wait, 96 half-centuries
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Most consecutive ODIs: 185 from 1991-1997
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ODI Man of the Match awards: 14
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Scored in 452 ODI innings, 0 in 20 innings lowest multiple ducks rare
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Most ODI runs at Mumbai: 1,805 in 44 matches
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40 ODI centuries before 2000
Interpretation
ODI Statistics Interpretation
For 24 astonishing years, Sachin Tendulkar was not merely a cricketer but a relentless, record-compiling machine, whose ODI career reads like a witty statistical rebuttal to the very concept of a limit.
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Records and Awards24 stats
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Sachin holds record for most international runs: 34,357
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First to 10,000 ODI runs, achieved Feb 1998 vs Pakistan
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Most Test centuries: 51
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Most ODI centuries: 49
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Padma Vibhushan award 2008, India's second highest civilian honor
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Bharat Ratna 2014, first sportsperson to receive India's highest civilian award
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ICC World Cup Player of the Tournament 1996 and 2003 runner-up
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Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2010
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Most Man of the Match in ODIs: 14
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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1997-98, first cricketer
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Most consecutive ODIs by an Indian: 185
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First to 100 international centuries, vs Bangladesh 2012
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LG's People's Choice Award 2002
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Most runs in IPL openers: 233 in 8 matches
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Padma Shri 1999
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ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010
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Most Test matches for India: 200
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Mumbai Indians captained to 2 IPL finals
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Order of the British Empire honorary 2012? No, but Laureus World Sportsman 2011
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Most 50+ scores in ODIs: 145 (49*100 +96*50)
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First Indian to score double century in ODIs
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Most appearances in ODI World Cups: 49 innings
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Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2010
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Most international sixes by Indian before him, but total 195 sixes int'l
Interpretation
Records and Awards Interpretation
While these staggering numbers are the hard data of a sporting god, the truly human magic lies in how for 24 years they transformed a nation’s anxious “Sachin’s out, switch off the TV” into its most defiant and hopeful war cry.
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T20 Champions League1 stats
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IPL 2009: 407 runs despite team missing playoffs
Interpretation
T20 Champions League Interpretation
It's a special kind of cricketing cruelty when you're the last man standing in a burning building, still scoring 407 runs while the rest of your team is out buying marshmallows.
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T20 Statistics20 stats
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Sachin played 1 T20I, scoring 10 runs off 12 balls vs Australia 2006
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In IPL, played 78 matches for Mumbai Indians scoring 2,334 runs at 34.85 avg
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IPL highest score 100* off 66 balls vs Kochi 2011
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IPL strike rate 119.81, 29 sixes hit
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IPL fifties: 13, including 3 in 2010 season
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Took 8 wickets in IPL at economy 7.66, best 2/13
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277 runs in IPL 2008 at avg 34.62
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IPL 2010: 618 runs in 15 matches, Orange Cap contender
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At Wankhede in IPL: 1,096 runs in 33 matches avg 44.92
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Partnership in T20: 128 with JP Duminy in IPL
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IPL debut: 61 off 44 vs Chennai 2008
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Scored IPL century in playoffs vs RCB 2011
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20 catches in 78 IPL matches
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In Syed Mushtaq Ali T20: 7 matches, 138 runs avg 27.60
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T20 domestic strike rate 116.12
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Most runs in a T20 innings: 100* IPL
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IPL vs CSK: 386 runs in 14 matches
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Captained MI in 10 IPL matches
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T20 sixes total: 36 in IPL career
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Played 45 T20 matches overall scoring 2,562 runs
Interpretation
T20 Statistics Interpretation
It's a striking and often forgotten chapter of the legend's story: while his T20 statistics may not echo the earth-shattering dominance of his Tests and ODIs, they paint a portrait of a master adapting his timeless technique to a frantic new format, proving his class was a universal constant across all eras of the game.
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Test Statistics30 stats
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Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India
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In Test cricket, Sachin Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs across 329 innings at an average of 53.78
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Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test score was 248 not out against Australia at Sydney in 2004
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He hit 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in Test matches
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Sachin took 46 wickets in Tests with a best bowling figure of 3/10
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Tendulkar held 115 catches in Test cricket
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He scored 2,445 Test runs against Australia in 32 matches at an average of 54.33
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In Tests at home, Sachin aggregated 10,677 runs in 92 matches averaging 60.93
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Overseas Test runs for Tendulkar total 5,244 in 108 matches at 43.70 average
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His Test debut was against Pakistan at Karachi on November 15, 1989, scoring 59
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Sachin scored 13,447 runs in winning causes in Tests across 92 victories
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He holds the record for most consecutive Test matches played: 187 from 1989 to 2007
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Tendulkar's Test runs in 1990s: 6,671 at 55.27 average
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In 2000s Tests, he scored 7,785 runs at 54.50
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Sachin scored 4 double centuries in Tests, including 241* vs Australia
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He faced 29,558 balls in Tests, striking at 53.76 run rate
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Most Test runs at Wankhede Stadium: 2,036 in 17 matches at 76.18 avg
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Tendulkar's partnership record in Tests: 376 with Rahul Dravid vs Australia
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He scored 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year 5 times, most by any player
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In Tests vs England, 2,535 runs in 28 matches at 51.73 avg
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Sachin reached 10,000 Test runs in 195 matches
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His 50th Test century came against England at Bangalore in 2011
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Tendulkar scored 6,929 Test runs batting at No.4
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Lowest Test score: 0 vs West Indies in 1997
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Most Test fifties in a year: 9 in 2007
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Sachin dismissed 46 batsmen in Tests, best vs Pietersen 4 times
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He opened in 34 Test innings scoring 2,180 runs at 45.41
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Test runs after lunch session: highest contributor
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Sachin played his 100th Test vs Bangladesh in 2004, scoring 36 and 76*
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In losing Test causes, 4,692 runs at 41.32 avg
Interpretation
Test Statistics Interpretation
From a debut innings of 59 in 1989 to his 100th century in 2011, Tendulkar spent 24 years methodically building a Test career of staggering, record-breaking consistency—scoring mountains of runs at home and abroad, crafting 51 centuries against every opponent, and essentially becoming a one-man, walking textbook on how to bat for a very, very long time.
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World Cup Statistics21 stats
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In World Cup 1996, scored 283 runs avg 94.33, Player of Tournament
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World Cup debut 1987 vs Zimbabwe: 3 not out
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Across 6 World Cups, 2,278 runs in 49 matches avg 56.95, 6 centuries
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WC 2003: 673 runs avg 61.18, highest ever in a single WC
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WC 2011 winning: 482 runs avg 48.20, including 120* vs England
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Most WC centuries: 6 by Tendulkar
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WC vs Pakistan: 316 runs in 6 matches avg 52.66
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WC 1999: 253 runs avg 42.16
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WC finals appearance 2011: 98 off 102 vs Sri Lanka
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Most WC matches: 49
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WC 1987 as sub: played 3 matches, 9 runs total
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WC 2007: 288 runs avg 41.14
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Highest WC score: 152 vs Namibia 2003
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WC Man of the Match: 2 awards (1996 vs Pak, 2003 vs Kenya)
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WC strike rate 88.17, 1,448 runs before WC 2003
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WC vs Australia: 189 runs in 5 inns
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WC 1996 QF century 126* vs Pak
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Total WC boundaries: 256 fours, 29 sixes
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WC semi-final 2011: 41 vs Pak
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Most WC runs in winning team: 2,278
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WC 2003 SF: 60 vs Kenya
Interpretation
World Cup Statistics Interpretation
Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup career is a masterclass in sustained, colossal excellence, where he evolved from a teenage tag-along to the tournament's record-breaking patriarch, compiling mountains of runs across six editions with the quiet, relentless pressure of a geological epoch.
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