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World Cup Champions

  ChampionRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
West Indies
West Indies
India
Australia
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
England
West Indies
England
England
Australia
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka

 

Most Runs Scored

  FirstRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
333 GM Turner (NZ - 4 inn)
253 CG Greenidge (WI - 4 inn)
384 DI Gower (Eng - 7 inn)
471 GA Gooch (Eng - 8 inn)
456 MD Crowe (NZ - 9 inn)
523 SR Tendulkar (Ind - 7 inn)
461 R Dravid (Ind - 8 inn)
673 SR Tendulkar (Ind - 11 inn)
659 ML Hayden (Aus - 10 inn)
243 DL Amiss (Eng - 4 inn)
217 IVA Richards (WI - 4 inn)
367 IVA Richards (WI - 7 inn)
447 DC Boon (Aus - 8 inn)
437 Javed Miandad (Pak - 9 inn)
484 ME Waugh (Aus - 7 inn)
398 SR Waugh (Aus - 8 inn)
465 SC Ganguly (Ind - 11 inn)
548 DPMD Jayawardene (SL - 11 inn)

 

Most Wickets

  FirstRunner-Up
1975

1979


1983

1987
1992


1996
1999

2003
2007

11 GJ Gilmour (Aus)

10 M Hendrick (Eng)


18 RMH Binny (Ind)

18 CJ McDermott (Aus)
18 Wasim Akram (Pak)


15 AR Kumble (Ind)
20 SK Warne (Aus)
     GI Allott (NZ)
23 WPUJC Vaas (SL)
26 GD McGrath (Aus)
10 BD Julien (WI)
     KH Boyce (WI)
 9 Asif Iqbal (Pak)
     BJ McKechnie (NZ)
     CM Old (Eng)
17 ALF de Mel (SL)
     Madan Lal (Ind)
17 Imran Khan (Pak)
16 Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
     CZ Harris (NZ)
     IT Botham (Eng)
13 Waqar Younis (Pak)
18 GD McGrath (Aus)

22 B Lee (Aus)
23 M Muralitharan (SL)
     SW Tait (Aus)

 

Highest Innings

  FirstRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
175* GM Turner (NZ)
138* IVA Richards (WI)
175* Kapil Dev (Ind)
181  IVA Richards (WI)
119* Ramiz Raja (Pak)
188* G Kirsten (SAf)
185  SC Ganguly (Ind)
172* CB Wishart (Zim)
160  Imran Nazir (Pak)
137  DL Amiss (Eng)
106* CG Greenidge (WI)
130  DI Gower (Eng)
142  DL Houghton (Zim)
115* A Flower (Zim)
161  AC Hudson (SAf)
145  R Dravid (Ind)
152  SR Tendulkar (Ind)
158  ML Hayden (Aus)

 

Best Bowling

  FirstRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
6/14 GJ Gilmour (Aus)
5/21 AG Hurst (Aus)
7/51 WW Davis (WI)
5/44 CJ McDermott (Aus)
4/11 MW Pringle (SAf)
5/21 PA Strang (Zim)
5/14 GD McGrath (Aus)
7/15 GD McGrath (Aus)
5/18 AJ Hall (SAf)
5/34 DK Lillee (Aus)
5/38 J Garner (WI)
6/39 KH MacLeay (Aus)
4/19 M Prabhakar (Ind)
4/21 EA Brandes (Zim)
5/29 S Dukanwala (UAE)
5/21 L Klusener (SAf)
7/20 AJ Bichel (Aus)
5/39 CK Langeveldt (Aus)

 

 

Most Catches

Most Keeper Dismissals

1975
1979


1983
1987

1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
 4  CH Lloyd (WI)
 4  AI Kallicharran (WI)
    Asif Iqbal (Pak)
    JM Brearley (Eng)
 7  Kapil Dev (Ind)
 5  Kapil Dev (Ind)

 7  KC Wessels (SAf)
 7  AR Kumble (Ind)
 8  DJ Cullinan (SAf)
11 RT Ponting (Aus)
 8 PD Collingwood (Eng)
   GC Smith (SAf)
10 RW Marsh (Aus - 9ct, 1st)
  7 DL Murray (WI - all ct)


16 PJL Dujon (WI - 15ct, 1st)
11 KS More (Ind - 6 ct, 5st)
    GC Dyer (Aus - 9ct, 2st)
15 RB Richardson (WI - 14 ct, 1st)
12 IA Healy (Aus - 9ct, 3st)
15 Moin Khan (Pak - 11ct, 4st)
21 AC Gilchrist (Aus - all ct)
17 AC Gilchrist (Aus - 12ct, 5st)

 

Best Batting Strike Rate (Min - 100 deliveries)

  FirstRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
  87.8 A Turner (Aus)
  71.3 Asif Iqbal (Pak)
104.4 RG de Alwis (SL)
126.7 Kapil Dev (Ind)
125.8 Kapil Dev (Ind)
132.3 ST Jayasuriya (SL)
122.2 L Klusener (SAf)
118.9 JM Davison (Can)
170.6 SR Watson (Aus)
  79.8 R Edwards (Aus)
  63.8 GA Gooch (Eng)
  85.0 DI Gower (Eng)
112.4 MRJ Veletta (Aus)
115.0 AC Waller (Zim)
114.8 A Ranatunga (SL)
110.5 Moin Khan (Pak)
114.0 Rashid Latif (Pak)
137.2 MV Boucher (SAf)

 

Best Bowling Economy Rate (Min - 100 deliveries)

  FirstRunner-Up
1975
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
1.41 BS Bedi (Ind)
1.83 GD Porter (Aus)
2.47 K Azad (Ind)
3.43 RA Harper (WI)
3.10 DN Patel (NZ)
2.95 BM McMillan (RSA)
2.30 CA Walsh (WI)
2.88 A Flintoff (Eng)
3.06 SE Bond (NZ)
1.80 JA Snow (Eng)
2.06 G Dymock (Aus)
2.50 MD Marshall (WI)
3.55 Abdul Qadir (Pak)
3.25 MR Whitney (Aus)
3.00 CEL Ambrose (WI)
2.35 CEL Ambrose (WI)
2.96 AY Karim (Ken)
3.13 Umar Gul (Pak)