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  • Most runs and centuries in a calendar year: 1,894 and 9 ODI centuries in 1998.
  • 3rd best century rate of 7.82 innings per century among all batsman who scored more than 30 international centuries.(Total centuries are considered-100) (1st Amla - 6.54,  2nd Kohli - 7.42)
  • Most MoM awards - 62, with a 3rd best rate of innings per award.
  • Most MoS awards - 15.
  • Highest avg as an opener 48.29 (Qual - 5000 runs)
  • Top 3 scores of him while chasing 175, 143, 141 came in defeat because of others failures.
  • Following figures show how often he used fight a lone battle, scored:
        -- 9 ODI centuries when no one scored even a half century.
        -- 23 ODI centuries when only one other batsman scored a half century.
  • Scored 19.24% of the total bat runs that India scored in the matches he played in his entire ODI career (18,426 runs out of 95,765).
  • Most runs in World Cup - 2278 with 3rd highest avg of 56.95(Qual - 1000 runs) and strike rate 88.98 after Viv richards and AB de Villiers.
  • Most runs in a single WC - 673 in 2003
  • Played most(6) WCs and was highest scorer of world in 1996,2003 and 2nd highest in 2011.
  • Longest ODI career of 22 years.


In Test Matches
  • Only batsman to score a century on all Ranji, Irani and Dilip trophy debut. (Though not Test Cricket but still proves that he got chance to play at such a young age because of talent not because he was from Mumbai circle)
  • 3rd Youngest batsman to score a century in test Cricket.
  • Highest batting average in the era of 90s: Actually 58.00, second highest was Steve Waugh's 53.10. (Qualification - 20 matches)
  • For a 20 year career from Jan - 1991 to Jan - 2011 his avg reaches 58.04. Second highest avg after Jack Hobbs(60) for a continuous 20 year career with qualification of 4000 runs. (Bradman would also be there but his career length is 19 year 262 days).
  • Sachin has a test average of above 40 in all countries. When other batting greats of his generation go down in at least one or two surfaces.
  • Being a lone fighter
    -- 6 out of 51 Test centuries were scored when no one scored even a 50.
    -- 8 out of 51 Test centuries were scored when one other scored a 50.
  • Has away average of 54.74 better than home average of 52.67. So the argument that he played good in home conditions only doesn't hold any ground.

Australia vs Sachin Tendulkar
Tendulkar totally dominated the most dominating side of his time

  • Highest avg and runs in Border-Gavaskar trophy - 3070 and 59.03.(Minimum 10 innings)
  • 3rd Best ODI avg of 46.23 against Australia from 1990-2010 (Qual - 850 runs)
  • Best Test avg of 60.59 against Australia from 1990-2010 (Qual - 850 runs)
  • Best Test avg of 58.53 by a overseas batsman in Australia from 1990-2010 (Qual - 850 runs)
  • Youngest man to score a century on Australian soil.
  • Out of 5 MOS awards in test 3 are against Australia.
  • Out of 14 MOM awards in test 5 against Australia
  • Out of 16 MOS awards in ODI 6 are against SA and AUS,
  • Out of 62 MoM awards in ODI 12 against Aus.
  • Every 5th century of him is scored against Australia, total 20. Most against Australia by any batsman. He scored these centuries with a rate of 6.85 innings per century, much better than his actual rate of 7.72.