
* Highest ODI run-scorer in the world with 16,007 aggregate ODI runs (as of 05-Feb-2008)
* 41 ODI centuries - highest in the world
* Played most number of ODIs (409) (as of 05-Feb-2008)
* Played most number of consecutive ODI matches (185 matches from Sharjah, 1989/90 to Sharjah, 1997/98)
* Most Man of the Match (53!) awards
* Appeared on the most grounds (90 different grounds)
* Most ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year - 1,894 runs (34 Matches Avg :65.31 SR :102.15) in 1998
* Most Centuries by a player in one year - 9 ODI centuries in 1998
* Most centuries vs.
* Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.
* First and the fastest cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark, 11,000-run mark, 12,000-run mark, 13,000 run-mark and 14,000 run-mark in ODIs. The only player to have scored over 16,000 runs till-date
* Only cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIs
* One of only six players to pass 10,000 runs in ODIs (Sanath Jayasuriya, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, and Inzamam ul Haq are the others)
* Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against
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