India stalwart Virat Kohli scored his 52nd ODI century in the 1st ODI against South Africa on Sunday (November 30) at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi.
Kohli, who made his ODI debut in August 2008,
scored his first hundred over a year later in 2009 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata against Sri Lanka. He scored his first away hundred two weeks later in Bangladesh at the Sher-E-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.
The 37-year-old holds the record for most ODI hundreds followed by India icon Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 49 hundreds in One Day Internationals.
How many international centuries has Kohli scored across three formats?
Kohli is now also the player with second most hundreds in international across formats with 83 centuries (52 in ODIs, 30 in Tests and 1 in T20I). Tendulkar holds the record for most centuries in international cricket with 100 hundreds across formats in Tests (51) and ODIs (49).
How many of Kohli's ODI hundreds have come in winning cause?
Kohli also holds the record for most 100s in a winning cause in ODIs with 42 hundreds. He has scored 27 hundreds when chasing and among them only four were in a losing cause, earning him the tag of the Chase Master. He has also remained unbeaten in 19 of his 50 hundreds in ODIs.
Where has he scored most of his ODI hundreds? At home, Asia or SENA countries?
He has so far scored 10 hundreds in SENA countries. And among the 10, five have been scored in Australia, three in South Africa, and one each in UK and New Zealand.
23 of his 50 hundreds have come at home, while 11 have come in other Asian countries (Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), and 5 have been scored in West Indies and Zimbabwe.
In which ground has Kohli scored most ODI hundreds?
His favourite ground has been R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and Shere-E-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka, where he has scored 4 ODI hundreds followed by MCA Stadium in Pune, ACA-VDCA Stadium in Vizag and Queen's Park Oval in Kingston, where he has smashed 3 ODI hundreds each.
Has Kohli scored a hundred in ODI World Cup?
The Chase Master has so far scored 5 centuries in the ODI World Cup with one each in 2011 and 2015 against Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively before three tons in the 2023 home World Cup.
In 2025, this is Virat Kohli's 2nd hundred. He earlier scored a century against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy.
Against which team has Kohli scored most ODI hundreds?
As for favourite oppositions, Kohli has scored the most ODI 100s (10) against Sri Lanka. That also happens to be the record for a player scoring most hundreds against a single opposition in ODIs.
Kohli has also scored nine hundreds against West Indies and eight against Australia, making the two his next favourite opponents. Here is a look at Kohli's hundreds list in One Day Internationals. He now has six centuries against South Africa.
Virat Kohli ODI Centuries Full List
| 100 No. | Score | Versus | Venue | Date | Result |
| 1 | 107 | Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 24 December 2009 | Won |
| 2 | 102* | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 11 January 2010 | Won |
| 3 | 118 | Australia | APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | 20 October 2010 | Won |
| 4 | 105 | New Zealand | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | 28 November 2010 | Won |
| 5 | 100* | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 19 February 2011 | Won |
| 6 | 107 | England | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 16 September 2011 | Lost (D/L) |
| 7 | 112* | England | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | 17 October 2011 | Won |
| 8 | 117 | West Indies | APCA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | 2 December 2011 | Won |
| 9 | 133* | Sri Lanka | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 28 February 2012 | Won |
| 10 | 108 | Sri Lanka | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 13 March 2012 | Won |
| 11 | 183 | Pakistan | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | 18 March 2012 | Won |
| 12 | 106 | Sri Lanka | MRIC Stadium, Hambantota | 21 July 2012 | Won |
| 13 | 128* | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 31 July 2012 | Won |
| 14 | 102 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 5 July 2013 | Won (D/L) |
| 15 | 115 | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare | 24 July 2013 | Won |
| 16 | 100* | Australia | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | 16 October 2013 | Won |
| 17 | 115* | Australia | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | 30 October 2013 | Won |
| 18 | 123 | New Zealand | McLean Park, Napier | 19 January 2014 | Lost |
| 19 | 136 | Bangladesh | Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah | 26 February 2014 | Won |
| 20 | 127 | West Indies | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | 17 October 2014 | Won |
| 21 | 139* | Sri Lanka | JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi | 16 November 2014 | Won |
| 22 | 107 | Pakistan | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 15 February 2015 | Won |
| 23 | 138 | South Africa | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 22 October 2015 | Won |
| 24 | 117 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 17 January 2016 | Lost |
| 25 | 106 | Australia | Manuka Oval, Canberra | 20 January 2016 | Lost |
| 26 | 154* | New Zealand | PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali | 23 October 2016 | Won |
| 27 | 122 | England | MCA Stadium, Pune | 15 January 2017 | Won |
| 28 | 111* | West Indies | Sabina Park, Kingston | 6 July 2017 | Won |
| 29 | 131 | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 31 August 2017 | Won |
| 30 | 110* | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 3 September 2017 | Won |
| 31 | 121 | New Zealand | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 22 October 2017 | Lost |
| 32 | 113 | New Zealand | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | 29 October 2017 | Won |
| 33 | 112 | South Africa | Kingsmead, Durban | 1 February 2018 | Won |
| 34 | 160* | South Africa | Newlands, Cape Town | 7 February 2018 | Won |
| 35 | 129* | South Africa | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 16 February 2018 | Won |
| 36 | 140 | West Indies | Baraspara Stadium, Guwahati | 21 October 2018 | Won |
| 37 | 157* | West Indies | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | 24 October 2018 | Tied |
| 38 | 107 | West Indies | MCA Stadium, Pune | 27 October 2018 | Lost |
| 39 | 104 | Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 15 January 2019 | Won |
| 40 | 116 | Australia | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | 5 March 2019 | Won |
| 41 | 123 | Australia | JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi | 8 March 2019 | Lost |
| 42 | 120 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 11 August 2019 | Won |
| 43 | 114* | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 14 August 2019 | Won |
| 44 | 113 | Bangladesh | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | 10 December 2022 | Won |
| 45 | 113 | Sri Lanka | Baraspara Stadium, Guwahati | 10 January 2023 | Won |
| 46 | 166* | Sri Lanka | Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram | 15 January 2023 | Won |
| 47 | 122* | Pakistan | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 11 September 2023 | Won |
| 48 | 103* | Bangladesh | MCA Stadium, Pune | 19 October 2023 | Won |
| 49 | 101* | South Africa | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 5 November 2023 | Won |
| 50 | 117 | New Zealand | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 15 November 2023 | Won |
| 51 | 100* | Pakistan | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 23 February 2025 | Won |
| 52 | 100* | South Africa | JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi | 30 November 2025 | TBA |
