Check here List of Team, Batting, Bowling Records in ICC Cricket World Cup history.
Team Records in World Cup history
| Record | First | Second | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest score | India vs Bermuda (2007) | 413–5 | South Africa vs West Indies (2015) | 408–5 |
| Lowest score | Canada vs Sri Lanka (2003) | 36 | Canada vs England (1979) | 45 |
| Highest successful run chase | Ireland vs England (2011) | 329–7 | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe (1992) | 313–7 |
| Highest winning margin (runs) |
India vs Bermuda (2007) South Africa vs West Indies(2015) |
257 | Australia vs Namibia(2003) | 256 |
| Lowest winning margin (runs) | Australia vs India (1987) | 1 | Australia vs India (1992) | 1 |
| Highest win % | Australia | 74% | South Africa | 66.95% |
| Most wins | Australia | 56 | New Zealand | 41 |
| Most losses | Zimbabwe | 37 | Sri Lanka | 32 |
Batting Records in World Cup history
| Record | First | Second | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar | 2278 | Ricky Ponting | 1743 |
| Highest average (min. 20 inns.) | Viv Richards | 63.31 | Rahul Dravid | 61.42 |
| Strike rate (min. 20 inns.) | Kapil Dev | 115.14 | Virender Sehwag | 106.43^ |
| Fastest century | Kevin O'Brien vs England (2011) | 50 balls | AB de Villiers vs West Indies (2015) | 52 balls |
| Fastest fifty | Brendon McCullum vs England (2015) | 18 balls | Brendon McCullum vs Canada (2007) | 20 balls |
| Most centuries | Sachin Tendulkar | 6 | Ricky Ponting | 5 |
| Most 50+ scores | Sachin Tendulkar | 15 | Ricky Ponting | 11 |
| Most ducks | Nathan Astle | 5 out of 22 | Ijaz Ahmed | 5 out of 26 |
| Most sixes | Ricky Ponting | 31 | Chris Gayle | 28 |
| Most sixes in an innings | Chris Gayle vs Zimbabwe (2015) | 16 | David Miller | 9 |
| Highest score | Chris Gayle vs Zimbabwe (2015) | 215 | Gary Kirsten vs UAE (1996) | 188* |
| Most runs through boundaries in an innings | Chris Gayle (2015) | 136 | Saurav Ganguly (1999) | 110 |
| Highest partnership |
Marlon Samuels & Chris Gayle (2nd wicket) vs Zimbabwe (2015) |
372 |
Saurav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid (2nd wicket) vs Sri Lanka (1999) |
318 |
Bowling Records in World Cup history
| Record | First | Second | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most wickets | Glenn McGrath | 71 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 68 |
| Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Glenn McGrath | 18.19 | Imran Khan | 19.26 |
| Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Andy Roberts | 3.24 | Ian Botham | 3.43 |
| Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Zaheer Khan | 27.1 | Glenn McGrath | 27.5 |
| Best bowling figures | Glenn McGrath vs Namibia (2003) | 7–15 | Andrew Bichel vs England | 7–20 |
| Most wickets in consecutive balls | Lasith Malinga | 4 vs South Africa (2007) |
Chetan Sharma |
3 vs New Zealand (1987) |
