Nat Sciver-Brunt's Dominance: Women's cricketers with most hundreds in World Cup history

Arnav Chopra

Sciver-Brunt, Edwards, Bates, Brittin and Taylor (Source: @ICC, @englandcricket/X.com)Sciver-Brunt, Edwards, Bates, Brittin and Taylor (Source: @ICC, @englandcricket/X.com)

The Women's World Cup is well known as the first-ever cricketing World Cup, held in 1973. Since its inception in the early 70s, the Women's World Cup has seen some brilliant performances from players who have proudly represented their nations in this multilateral event.

In the recent match between England women and Sri Lanka women in the ongoing Women's World Cup 2025, English skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed her fifth ODI WC century. Hence, in this article, we will look at the players with the most centuries in Women's World Cup history.

5) Claire Taylor – 3 hundreds (18 innings)

At fifth position on this list is former England legend Claire Taylor. Making her debut back in 1998, Taylor played until 2011, during which she scored a total of three centuries in the Women's ODI World Cup. This happened in just 19 matches, during which she averaged 61.14 with the bat, smashing 856 runs in World Cup history. Overall, she scored 8 centuries in one-day cricket across 126 matches, while also scoring 4 tons in Test cricket for her nation.

4) Janette Brittin – 4 hundreds (35 innings)

At fourth position on this list is another former English legend, Janette Brittin. Brittin, one of the legendary English players, first played for England women in 1979 and played until 1998 for the Three Lionesses.

During her ODI career, she scored a total of 2,121 runs in 63 ODIs, while smashing five centuries, of which four came in World Cups, as she featured in 36 matches in World Cup history for England. Totalling 1,299 runs in the World Cup, she averaged 43.30 and also managed three half-centuries in the multilateral tournament.

3) Suzie Bates – 4 hundreds (29 innings)

In third spot is New Zealand's veteran, Suzie Bates. In 30 World Cup matches so far, she has managed to smash four centuries for the White Ferns, while also having 1,208 runs at an average of 50.33, with five half-centuries for New Zealand in World Cup history. Overall, in 174 one-day matches, she has smashed 13 tons with 37 half-centuries, while having 5,925 runs in the ODIs.

In fact, with that, she also has 81 wickets in the 50-over format, while her numbers in T20Is are magnificent. Bates debuted in 2006 and is still an active member of the New Zealand side, always keeping the morale high in the dressing room with her experience and all-around ability.

2) Charlotte Edwards – 4 hundreds (28 innings)

In second position is another English legend, Charlotte Edwards, a former English skipper. Now retired, Edwards made her Test debut in 1996, while her first one-day match for England was in 1997, until she retired in 2016. She featured in a total of 191 ODI games, while smacking 5,992 runs at an average of 38.16. Also, she went on to score 9 centuries for the England women, with a total of 54 wickets in the one-day format, as Edwards was one of the prime players for England during that era.

Moving to her World Cup record, she has 4 centuries in 30 World Cup matches, with 1231 runs at 53.52 and a strike rate of 73.62 for her side. She also has 7 half-centuries in the 50-over format of the World Cup. Edwards has also always been at the top of the run-scoring chart, piling up runs in all formats of the game until her retirement, before transitioning into the coaching role.

1) Nat Sciver-Brunt – 5 hundreds (19 innings)*

Finally, the player with the most centuries in women's World Cup history is none other than the current English skipper, Nat Sciver-Brunt. Nat, who debuted for England in 2013, is one of the leading run-scorers for the side, with a massive amount of runs under her belt. Besides the 4,124 runs in 123 matches so far, she has 9 centuries and 25 half-centuries in one-day cricket for England women.

In the ODI World Cups alone, she has 5 centuries, with the fifth coming in the ongoing game against Sri Lanka in the 2025 World Cup. She has played only 21 matches in the women's ODI World Cup, scoring 954 runs at 59.62, with a strike rate of 98.37 in ODI World Cup history. With age on her side and a skill set that is beyond the bar, expect Nat Sciver to dominate the next decade of the women's World Cups with many more runs and tons to come.