Who Won Most World Cup in Cricket?

The Australian cricket team has the most World Cup wins in cricket having won the ODI format trophy five times in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. They are the only side in world cricket to have won the World Cup three times in a row. The Aussies have won the T20 World Cup title as well, in 2021.

Despite being one of the oldest cricket nations that produced cricketing stalwarts long before West Indies (1975 and 1979 winners) and India (1983 winners), the Aussies had to wait for three World Cup editions before finally putting their hands on the silverware, under the captaincy of Allan Border.

Since 1987, the Kangaroos have won four of the next eight World Cups and during this time, Australia has reached seven finals, winning five of them. Apart from this, Australia are also the team to win the World Cup finals by the biggest margin, both while batting and bowling first. Batting first, they defeated India by a mammoth 125 runs, while bowling first they would defeat Pakistan by eight wickets.

Below is the full list of World Cup winners with editions.

The team with the second most World Cup wins is West Indies, when their dominant side of the 1970s managed to win two back-to-back titles. Apart from Australia, India have won the ODI World Cup twice while West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have all won the World Cup once.

Australia have also tallied the second-highest total in ODI World Cup history, scoring 417 against Afghanistan in the 2015 edition in Perth. It was the highest team total in any World Cup until South Africa blasted 428 runs against Sri Lanka in the 2023 World Cup.

Highest World Cup Winner (Cricket) in ODIs: Australia’s Tournament History

Having finished as the runners-up in the inaugural World Cup in 1975 the Aussies were one of the tournament favourites in 1979, but they had failed to qualify from the group stages itself. Their World Cup would end in the group stages for the second consecutive time in the 1983 World Cup, but a change in leadership saw the Aussies transform under Allan Border.

Despite not being the tournament favourites, they would leapfrog New Zealand and Zimbabwe to qualify from the second position before beating Pakistan in the semis to reach only their second World Cup final in 12 years. This time, however, they finally managed to cross the rope banking on an inspiring performance by David Boon and beat England in the finale.

Australia’s next World Cup title would come 12 years down the line. A dangerous-looking team was getting the leadership under Steve Waugh’s captaincy in the 1999 World Cup, as they would win three of their five games to qualify for the knockouts. They needed immense luck in the semi-finals where a draw against South Africa saw them through based on a better Super Six performance. The final against Pakistan was a rather one-sided affair as Australia went on to win their second World Cup by eight wickets.

Thus started domination like no other. While Steve Waugh had retired by the 2003 World Cup, the pedigree ensured a string of talent pool that would remain world beaters for a long time to come. The Aussies won all their seven matches to lift the title by beating India in the final by 125 runs.  The story would repeat in the 2007 edition with the Australian team remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament to lift the title, this time defeating Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs.