South Africa ODI Records: Most Runs, Wickets, Highest Totals & Head to Head

South Africa ODI records

ODI records here start in 2003, when ball-by-ball data begins; earlier matches are not included.

Highest ODI totals

439/2 (50 ov) v West Indies, 2015
438/4 (50 ov) v India, 2015
438/9 (49.5 ov) v Australia, 2006

Lowest completed ODI totals

83 (27.1 ov) v India, 2023
83 (20.4 ov) v England, 2022
83 (23 ov) v England, 2008

Biggest wins by runs

272 runs v Zimbabwe, 2010
258 runs v Sri Lanka, 2012
257 runs v West Indies, 2015

Biggest wins by wickets

10 wickets v Bangladesh, 2017
10 wickets v Pakistan, 2007
10 wickets v Bangladesh, 2003

Highest individual scores

185 Faf du Plessis (141 b) v Sri Lanka, 2017
178 Quinton de Kock (113 b) v Australia, 2016
177* Janneman Malan (169 b) v Ireland, 2021

Best bowling figures

7/45 Imran Tahir v West Indies, 2016
6/16 Kagiso Rabada v Bangladesh, 2015
6/22 Makhaya Ntini v Australia, 2006

Most ODI runs for South Africa

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Batter	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50/100	4s	6s
1	AB de Villiers	209	9324	176	54.53	101.1	51/25	813	196
2	Hashim Amla	174	7834	159	48.66	88.4	38/26	795	49
3	Quinton de Kock	162	7043	178	45.73	96.7	31/23	792	134
4	Faf du Plessis	135	5445	185	46.94	88.2	34/12	493	61
5	Graeme Smith	151	5280	141	36.67	81.7	36/8	588	38
6	JP Duminy	173	4928	129	36.24	84.1	27/3	342	67
7	Jacques Kallis	128	4908	128	45.87	76.9	38/8	415	53
8	David Miller	153	4724	142	43.34	104.7	24/8	352	152
9	Herschelle Gibbs	102	3766	175	39.64	86.7	20/10	414	72
10	Aiden Markram	79	2554	175	35.47	97.7	12/4	266	57
11	Rassie van der Dussen	63	2529	134	48.63	86.8	15/6	197	47
12	Mark Boucher	102	2470	147	33.38	90.2	11/1	188	53
13	Heinrich Klaasen	55	2131	174	44.40	117.3	11/4	199	71
14	Temba Bavuma	51	2027	144	44.07	87.9	7/6	202	28
15	Rilee Rossouw	35	1239	132	38.72	94.4	7/3	131	22
16	Boeta Dippenaar	31	1185	125	45.58	68.5	8/3	102	7
17	Justin Kemp	50	1123	100	33.03	84.6	7/1	71	46
18	Farhaan Behardien	49	1074	70	30.69	97.9	6/0	79	25
19	Shaun Pollock	60	1066	90	26.65	91.5	5/0	80	21
20	Janneman Malan	22	958	177	47.90	83.3	4/3	97	16
21	Reeza Hendricks	35	930	102	28.18	78.3	7/1	98	9
22	Matthew Breetzke	16	881	150	58.73	98.1	6/2	83	19
23	Andile Phehlukwayo	52	827	69	22.35	85.3	2/0	74	32
24	Jacques Rudolph	24	813	71	45.17	68.6	6/0	80	1
25	Tony de Zorzi	20	777	119	43.17	98.5	4/1	80	22

Most ODI wickets for South Africa

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg	Best	Dot %
1	Dale Steyn	121	1022.2	191	4.89	26.16	6/39	61%
2	Morné Morkel	110	920	179	4.93	25.33	5/21	60%
3	Imran Tahir	103	916.3	169	4.66	25.25	7/45	53%
4	Kagiso Rabada	101	880.5	164	5.11	27.45	6/16	60%
5	Makhaya Ntini	87	732	140	4.73	24.74	6/22	62%
6	Lungi Ngidi	69	540.2	107	5.82	29.41	6/58	55%
7	Shaun Pollock	90	798.4	103	3.36	26.08	5/23	69%
8	Wayne Parnell	69	537.2	99	5.60	30.40	5/48	54%
9	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	59	485	94	4.77	24.62	4/22	62%
10	Andile Phehlukwayo	75	508.1	92	5.81	32.07	4/22	48%
11	Jacques Kallis	113	630.3	89	5.11	36.17	3/3	52%
12	André Nel	57	473.2	84	4.65	26.19	5/45	63%
13	Charl Langeveldt	61	498.2	80	5.22	32.50	5/39	57%
14	Ryan McLaren	50	391.3	77	5.24	26.66	4/19	55%
15	Andrew Hall	52	424.4	76	4.60	25.68	5/18	58%
16	Keshav Maharaj	55	480.1	76	4.74	29.93	5/33	50%
17	Tabraiz Shamsi	52	449.3	73	5.58	34.38	5/49	49%
18	Johan Botha	69	584.1	68	4.59	39.43	4/19	48%
19	Robin Peterson	62	462.2	67	4.86	33.54	4/12	51%
20	JP Duminy	131	564.3	67	5.43	45.72	4/16	45%
21	Marco Jansen	33	267	51	6.46	33.82	5/39	57%
22	Chris Morris	39	309.4	45	5.63	38.73	4/31	54%
23	Vernon Philander	28	213.1	41	4.63	24.05	4/12	62%
24	Albie Morkel	44	289.1	41	5.51	38.88	4/29	50%
25	Anrich Nortje	21	167.4	36	5.86	27.28	4/51	53%

South Africa ODI win percentage by year

Share of ODIs won each year

ODI: win % by year

83%

20032026

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Year	P	W	L	Win %
2026	6	5	1	83%
2025	16	7	9	44%
2024	6	2	4	33%
2023	24	15	9	63%
2022	12	6	5	50%
2021	10	3	5	30%
2020	6	4	1	67%
2019	18	10	7	56%
2018	17	9	8	53%
2017	19	13	6	68%
2016	17	11	5	65%
2015	24	15	9	63%
2014	19	12	6	63%
2013	28	13	13	46%
2012	13	8	4	62%
2011	15	9	6	60%
2010	16	12	4	75%
2009	18	11	7	61%
2008	15	10	4	67%
2007	30	19	10	63%
2006	24	15	9	63%
2005	18	13	2	72%
2004	7	1	5	14%
2003	17	9	6	53%

South Africa best death over bowlers

Overs 41–50 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Dale Steyn	80	191.2	75	6.45	45%	8.1
2	Morné Morkel	73	146.1	56	6.78	43%	7.8
3	Kagiso Rabada	64	144.3	51	6.73	40%	8.5
4	Makhaya Ntini	54	118	44	6.86	41%	8.0
5	Imran Tahir	64	119	34	6.12	45%	9.9
6	Andile Phehlukwayo	44	100.4	34	7.22	37%	7.4
7	Andrew Hall	39	99.2	33	5.81	42%	11.5
8	Lungi Ngidi	34	77.1	32	8.13	36%	6.6
9	Charl Langeveldt	43	116.2	29	7.10	39%	7.8
10	Wayne Parnell	44	82.3	24	7.35	41%	6.6

South Africa best powerplay bowlers

Overs 1–10 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Shaun Pollock	90	439	63	2.92	77%	17.0
2	Makhaya Ntini	79	361.3	56	4.33	69%	9.9
3	Kagiso Rabada	100	389	56	4.74	67%	8.7
4	Dale Steyn	120	438.2	49	4.56	67%	9.4
5	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	59	259.3	43	4.03	71%	10.2
6	Morné Morkel	96	256.1	36	4.44	67%	9.5
7	Lungi Ngidi	65	252	36	5.26	63%	7.2
8	Wayne Parnell	54	170	32	5.40	61%	7.3
9	Marco Jansen	33	125	23	5.86	64%	6.4
10	André Nel	29	82.5	15	4.91	67%	8.7

South Africa best powerplay batsmen

Overs 1–10 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	Hashim Amla	3325	3902	85.2	482	15	70
2	Quinton de Kock	3166	3596	88.0	438	41	70
3	Graeme Smith	2526	3402	74.3	337	7	66
4	Herschelle Gibbs	1148	1605	71.5	179	12	34
5	Jacques Kallis	833	1272	65.5	120	8	20
6	Faf du Plessis	808	1184	68.2	106	5	11
7	AB de Villiers	780	1082	72.1	122	6	18
8	Temba Bavuma	720	856	84.1	91	14	18
9	Aiden Markram	708	836	84.7	100	17	22
10	Janneman Malan	399	536	74.4	60	2	11

South Africa best death over batsmen

Overs 41–50 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	David Miller	1893	1267	149.4	141	85	37
2	JP Duminy	1542	1202	128.3	104	50	50
3	AB de Villiers	1487	865	171.9	124	82	41
4	Mark Boucher	1031	786	131.2	79	33	35
5	Farhaan Behardien	638	454	140.5	49	23	17
6	Jacques Kallis	614	502	122.3	48	17	12
7	Faf du Plessis	610	427	142.9	46	25	21
8	Shaun Pollock	587	533	110.1	41	15	30
9	Justin Kemp	572	412	138.8	34	38	19
10	Heinrich Klaasen	514	288	178.5	39	31	15

South Africa ODI squad

Players who played for South Africa ODI in the last 12 months (since 30 Sept 2025), by role

Batters 11

Matthew Breetzke11 matches · 414 runs, SR 93.0Right-hand bat
Tony de Zorzi9 matches · 303 runs, SR 94.4Left-hand bat
Dewald Brevis6 matches · 196 runs, SR 129.8Right-hand bat
Temba Bavuma4 matches · 227 runs, SR 81.4Right-hand bat
Connor Esterhuizen3 matches · 197 runs, SR 100.0Right-hand bat
Jason Smith3 matches · 33 runs, SR 97.1Right-hand bat
Jordan Hermann3 matches · 247 runs, SR 118.2Left-hand bat
Lhuan-dre Pretorius3 matches · 142 runs, SR 97.9Left-hand bat
David Miller2 matches · 151 runs, SR 128.0Left-hand bat
Rubin Hermann2 matches · 9 runs, SR 112.5Left-hand bat
Sinethemba Qeshile2 matches · 22 runs, SR 95.7Right-hand bat

Wicketkeepers 3

Quinton de Kock9 matches · 382 runs, SR 96.0Left-hand bat
Ryan Rickelton4 matches · 98 runs, SR 87.5Left-hand bat
Tristan Stubbs2 matches · 20 runs, SR 80.0Right-hand bat

All-rounders 4

Corbin Bosch10 matches · 207 runs, SR 122.5 · 14 wkts, econ 6.67Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
Aiden Markram5 matches · 133 runs, SR 100.0 · 1 wkts, econ 6.27Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
Marco Jansen5 matches · 183 runs, SR 140.8 · 7 wkts, econ 7.02Right-hand bat · Left-arm fast
Eathan Bosch2 matches · 29 runs, SR 223.1 · 3 wkts, econ 3.66Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast

Bowlers 14

Bjorn Fortuin8 matches · 11 wkts, econ 5.07Right-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
Keshav Maharaj4 matches · 7 wkts, econ 4.78Right-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
Lungi Ngidi4 matches · 3 wkts, econ 5.90Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
Nandre Burger4 matches · 8 wkts, econ 5.87Left-hand bat · Left-arm fast-medium
Nqaba Peter4 matches · 5 wkts, econ 6.63Right-hand bat · Right-arm leg-break
Donovan Ferreira3 matches · 2 wkts, econ 5.00Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
Duan Jansen3 matches · 5 wkts, econ 4.40Right-hand bat · Left-arm fast
Lizaad Williams3 matches · 5 wkts, econ 6.62Left-hand bat · Right-arm medium-fast
Nqobani Mokoena3 matches · 1 wkts, econ 4.63
Prenelan Subrayen3 matches · 4 wkts, econ 5.57Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
George Linde2 matches · 1 wkts, econ 6.80Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
Gerald Coetzee2 matches · 3 wkts, econ 5.94Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
Kwena Maphaka2 matches · 4 wkts, econ 4.41Left-hand bat · Left-arm fast
Ottniel Baartman2 matches · 2 wkts, econ 7.06Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium

South Africa ODI bowling attack

Share of overs by type of bowler since 30 Sept 2025, ODIs only

Right-arm pace34% of overs · 31 wkts · econ 6.21
Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Lungi Ngidi, Eathan Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Ottniel Baartman, Jason Smith
Left-arm pace20% of overs · 24 wkts · econ 5.89
Nandre Burger, Marco Jansen, Duan Jansen, Kwena Maphaka
Off-spin14% of overs · 7 wkts · econ 5.62
Prenelan Subrayen, Donovan Ferreira, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs
Leg-spin5% of overs · 5 wkts · econ 6.63
Nqaba Peter
Left-arm orthodox23% of overs · 19 wkts · econ 5.12
Bjorn Fortuin, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde

Bowling style unknown for 4% of overs.

ODI: every match since 2003

Type	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg
Right-arm pace	63%	1,866	5.09	29.29
Left-arm pace	9%	290	5.52	28.57
Off-spin	9%	183	5.18	45.49
Leg-spin	6%	177	4.77	26.35
Left-arm orthodox	10%	244	4.81	32.74
Left-arm wrist-spin	3%	74	5.53	34.43

South Africa recent ODI results

30 Sept
Australia322/9 (50)
South Africa145/4 (28)
Australia won by 45 runs (D/L)
27 Sept
South Africa365/9 (50)
Australia333 (49.5)
South Africa won by 32 runs
24 Sept
South Africa297/8 (50)
Australia230 (41.2)
South Africa won by 67 runs
13 Sept
Namibia156 (36.2)
South Africa157/1 (21.3)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
11 Sept
South Africa335/9 (50)
Namibia178 (41.5)
South Africa won by 157 runs
9 Sept
South Africa348/6 (50)
Namibia162/8 (31)
South Africa won by 99 runs (D/L)
6 Dec
South Africa270 (47.5)
India271/1 (39.5)
India won by 9 wickets
3 Dec
India358/5 (50)
South Africa362/6 (49.2)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
30 Nov
India349/8 (50)
South Africa332 (49.2)
India won by 17 runs
8 Nov
South Africa143 (37.5)
Pakistan144/3 (25.1)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets

South Africa head to head records

Record against every opponent, most played first

South Africa vs Australia35–24 60 played · 58%
South Africa vs Pakistan28–25 54 played · 52%
South Africa vs England21–23 50 played · 42%
South Africa vs India23–25 50 played · 46%
South Africa vs Sri Lanka28–16 45 played · 62%
South Africa vs New Zealand18–15 35 played · 51%
South Africa vs West Indies22–8 33 played · 67%
South Africa vs Zimbabwe25–0 25 played · 100%
South Africa vs Bangladesh12–6 18 played · 67%
South Africa vs Ireland8–2 11 played · 73%
South Africa vs Netherlands4–1 6 played · 67%
South Africa vs Namibia3–0 3 played · 100%
South Africa vs Kenya2–0 2 played · 100%
South Africa vs Canada1–0 1 played · 100%
South Africa vs Scotland1–0 1 played · 100%
South Africa vs United Arab Emirates1–0 1 played · 100%

South Africa grounds

Where they have played most often

Ground	P	W	Win %
SuperSport ParkCenturion	33	19	58%
Wanderers StadiumJohannesburg	26	17	65%
KingsmeadDurban	24	13	54%
NewlandsCape Town	22	17	77%
St George's ParkGqeberha	21	12	57%
Boland ParkPaarl	9	6	67%
Kennington OvalLondon	9	1	11%
Mangaung OvalBloemfontein	8	4	50%
R Premadasa StadiumColombo	8	2	25%
Buffalo ParkEast London	7	6	86%
Gaddafi StadiumLahore	7	2	29%
Harare Sports ClubHarare	7	6	86%
Senwes ParkPotchefstroom	7	5	71%
Zayed Cricket StadiumAbu Dhabi	7	5	71%
Lord'sLondon	6	2	33%

South Africa season by season (24)

Each season links to its squad, best batsmen, best bowlers and death bowling

Season	P	W	L	Win %
ODI 2026	6	5	1	83%
ODI 2025	16	7	9	44%
ODI 2024	6	2	4	33%
ODI 2023	24	15	9	63%
ODI 2022	12	6	5	50%
ODI 2021	10	3	5	30%
ODI 2020	6	4	1	67%
ODI 2019	18	10	7	56%
ODI 2018	17	9	8	53%
ODI 2017	19	13	6	68%
ODI 2016	17	11	5	65%
ODI 2015	24	15	9	63%
ODI 2014	19	12	6	63%
ODI 2013	28	13	13	46%
ODI 2012	13	8	4	62%
ODI 2011	15	9	6	60%
ODI 2010	16	12	4	75%
ODI 2009	18	11	7	61%
ODI 2008	15	10	4	67%
ODI 2007	30	19	10	63%
ODI 2006	24	15	9	63%
ODI 2005	18	13	2	72%
ODI 2004	7	1	5	14%
ODI 2003	17	9	6	53%

South Africa ODI: quick answers

Who has scored the most ODI runs for South Africa?

AB de Villiers, with 9,324 runs in 209 innings at a strike rate of 101.1.

Who has taken the most ODI wickets for South Africa?

Dale Steyn, with 191 wickets at an economy of 4.89.

What is South Africa's highest ODI total?

439/2 against West Indies in 2015.

What is South Africa's lowest ODI total?

83 against India in 2023.

What is the highest ODI score for South Africa?

185 by Faf du Plessis against Sri Lanka in 2017.

What are the best ODI bowling figures for South Africa?

7/45 by Imran Tahir against West Indies in 2016.

What is South Africa's biggest ODI win?

By 272 runs against Zimbabwe in 2010.