Haynes scored 8648 runs in 238 matches and 237 innings; Azhar needed 302 matches and 278 innings to overtake him. Azhar was born on 8 February 1963 at Hyderabad and made his debut against England at Bangalore on 20 January 1985.
In the following tables, the complete analysis of Azhar's world record is presented. Tables (A) and (B) list the leading run scorers in LOI cricket for all teams and India, respectively. All other tables detail Azhar's individual performance from every possible angle.
Table (A) Most runs in a LOI career
Player Team Mts Ins NO Runs HS Avg H F Z S/R
M Azharuddin IND 302 278 51 8649 153* 38.10 7 53 9 73.89
DL Haynes WI 238 237 28 8648 152* 41.38 17 57 13 64.01
PA de Silva SL 243 236 24 7689 145 36.27 11 51 11 82.45
SR Tendulkar IND 203 196 18 7456 142 41.88 19 43 8 85.96
Javed Miandad PAK 233 218 41 7381 119* 41.70 8 50 8 66.75
Salim Malik PAK 274 248 37 7045 102 33.39 5 46 18 78.22
A Ranatunga SL 246 232 46 6964 131* 37.44 4 47 13 78.73
IVA Richards WI 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 11 45 7 92.72
AR Border AUS 273 252 39 6524 127* 30.63 3 39 11 71.39
RB Richardson WI 224 217 30 6248 122 33.41 5 44 8 63.59
DM Jones AUS 164 161 25 6068 145 44.62 7 46 6 72.54
Table (B) Top run scorers for India
Player Team Mts Ins NO Runs HS Avg H F Z S/R
M Azharuddin IND 302 278 51 8649 153* 38.10 7 53 9 73.89
SR Tendulkar IND 203 196 18 7456 142 41.88 19 43 8 85.96
NS Sidhu IND 136 127 8 4414 134* 37.09 6 33 7 70.91
K Srikkanth IND 146 145 4 4092 123 29.02 4 27 11 73.12
AD Jadeja IND 145 131 25 3798 119 35.83 4 22 7 68.05
Kapil Dev IND 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 1 14 13 95.08
DB Vengsarkar IND 129 120 19 3508 105 34.73 1 23 7 68.01
RJ Shastri IND 150 128 21 3108 109 29.05 4 18 5 61.03
SM Gavaskar IND 108 102 14 3092 103* 35.14 1 27 8 63.00
Table (C) Performance against each opponent
Vs Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
SL 49 44 11 1790 111* 54.24 3 15 2 79.24
Pak 57 52 7 1519 101 33.76 2 7 3 68.70
WI 43 42 4 998 81 26.26 0 2 0 73.12
Aus 42 40 6 988 94 29.06 0 6 2 70.98
RSA 26 26 2 930 90 38.75 0 7 0 69.92
NZ 34 33 8 922 108* 36.88 1 5 0 74.35
Eng 22 21 8 811 95* 62.38 0 7 1 80.68
Zim 19 15 4 463 153* 42.09 1 2 1 77.95
Bdesh 6 3 1 138 84 69.00 0 1 0 76.67
UAE 1 1 0 81 81 81.00 0 1 0 81.82
Ken 3 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 128.57
Table (D) Performance in each season
Season Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
1984-85 10 10 2 360 93* 45.00 0 1 1 62.85
1985-86 22 20 4 398 83* 24.88 0 2 0 53.71
1986-87 22 19 4 539 108* 35.93 1 2 1 59.04
1987-88 16 14 2 364 64 30.33 0 2 0 80.71
1988-89 16 15 3 421 108* 35.08 1 0 1 84.73
1989-90 20 18 4 579 108 41.36 1 3 0 80.19
1990-91 6 5 2 168 54* 56.00 0 2 0 84.00
1991-92 25 24 3 566 93 26.95 0 4 3 74.38
1992-93 17 16 3 519 95* 39.92 0 3 0 73.93
1993-94 20 20 4 747 90 46.69 0 7 0 78.96
1994-95 21 18 4 627 90* 44.79 0 3 0 89.06
1995-96 22 21 4 528 73* 31.06 0 3 1 72.83
1996-97 28 27 3 885 94 36.88 0 7 0 70.46
1997-98 46 41 9 1584 153* 49.50 3 12 1 76.60
1998-99 11 10 0 364 101 36.40 1 2 1 74.38
Table (E) Performance in each country
Place Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
IND 108 97 20 3050 153* 39.61 3 16 3 81.12
UAE 51 48 8 1376 108 34.40 1 7 2 67.83
SL 26 23 6 965 111* 56.76 1 9 0 81.64
AUS 33 31 7 751 93* 31.29 0 4 2 68.15
CAN 16 15 2 566 101 43.54 1 4 0 70.84
SA 14 14 1 509 86* 39.15 0 4 0 67.51
NZ 14 14 1 351 61 27.00 0 2 0 63.82
ENG 7 7 5 336 83* 168.00 0 4 0 75.68
BAN 11 10 1 334 100 37.11 1 2 2 75.40
WI 9 8 0 178 40 22.25 0 0 0 68.95
ZIM 5 4 0 127 72 31.75 0 1 0 63.18
PAK 6 5 0 68 31 13.60 0 0 0 58.12
SIN 2 2 0 38 29 19.00 0 0 0 61.29 (Singapore)
Home 108 97 20 3050 153* 39.61 3 16 3 81.12
Away 194 181 31 5599 111* 37.32 4 37 6 70.57
Table (F) Performance at each batting position
Bat Pos Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
3 65 63 9 1996 108* 36.96 2 13 5 66.77
4 125 120 21 4173 153* 42.15 3 29 3 78.10
5 82 74 12 1889 111* 30.47 1 10 1 69.17
6 20 14 5 462 108* 51.33 1 1 0 95.45
7 6 4 4 97 47* 0.00 0 0 0 79.37
8 3 3 0 32 15 10.67 0 0 0 72.73
9 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
Table (G) Run-slabs (0-9, 10-19 etc) against each opposition
Against 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 150 175 200 Total %age
Aus 13 12 6 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 42 13.95
Bdesh 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.99
Eng 6 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 7.31
Ken 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00
NZ 8 8 6 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 11.30
Pak 20 7 10 7 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 57 18.94
RSA 4 4 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 8.64
SL 16 4 6 3 2 6 2 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 49 15.95
UAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33
WI 12 8 8 9 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 14.29
Zim 10 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 6.31
Total 95 47 46 31 23 19 9 7 11 7 6 1 0 0 302
%age 32 16 15 10 8 6 3 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 100
Table (H) Run milestones
Milestone Mts Ins Age Period Milestone reached
1000 45 41 23/343 1/362 v SL Mumbai (Wankhede) 17 Jan 1987
2000 83 75 26/ 29 4/ 48 v WI Port-of-Spain 09 Mar 1989
3000 124 113 28/310 6/329 v Aus Adelaide 15 Dec 1991
4000 156 143 30/184 8/203 v SL Colombo (Khettarama) 11 Aug 1993
5000 184 170 31/268 9/287 v NZ Delhi (Kotla) 03 Nov 1994
6000 222 205 33/222 11/241 v Pak Toronto 17 Sep 1996
7000 252 233 34/196 12/215 v SL Colombo (SSC) 23 Aug 1997
8000 278 257 35/ 65 13/ 84 v Aus Delhi (Kotla) 14 Apr 1998
8649@ 302 278 35/271 13/289 v SL Sharjah 06 Nov 1998
(Notes: @ - new world record. Period signifies the period since debut.
Age and Period are in years/days format.)
Table (I) Record as a captain and otherwise
Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R
As Captain 153 143 27 4777 153* 41.18 4 33 6 79.06
Not as Captain 149 135 24 3872 111* 34.88 3 20 3 68.22
Note: All statistics updated to the end of the First Match between Pakistan and Australia (at Karachi) and India and Sri Lanka (at Sharjah) on 6 November 1998.
Contributed by: Atul Kahate (atul.kahate@db.com)