Sachin holds several key batting records, in both the Test arena and in One-Day Internationals, including the following:

Test Matches

1. Highest run scorer in the Test cricket.

1. First cricketer to pass 15,000 run in Test cricket.

1. Most centuries in Tests (51).

1. On December 10, 2005, Sachin made his 35th Test century at Delhi against Sri Lanka, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar's record to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

1. Sachin is the only player who has 40 wickets and more than 11,000 runs in Tests

1. The youngest player to score 1,000 Test runs, 2,000 Test runs, 3,000 Test runs, 4,000 Test runs, 5,000 Test runs, 6,000 Test runs, 7,000 Test runs, 8,000 Test runs, 9,000 Test runs and 10,000 Test runs.

1. Sachin has four seasons in test cricket with 1,000 or more runs - 1997 (1,000 runs) 1999 (1,088 runs), 2001 (1,003 runs) and 2002 (1,392 runs). Sunil Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1,000-plus runs.

1. He has played Test cricket at a record 52 different grounds.

1. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

1. Sachin is only the third man to have scored centuries against all Test playing nations (after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten).

1. On 3 January 2007, Sachin (5,751) edged past Brian Lara's (5,736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.

1. Sachin and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.

1. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.

1. Sachin's record of five Test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

1. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test runs mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

1. Only Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (159 Tests) and Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games.

1. Sachin has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India.

 

One-Day Internationals

1. The most ODI centuries (48).

1. Most number of fifties in ODIs (95).

1. The most runs in ODI cricket (18,111).

1. The first cricketer to pass 10,000 runs in ODIs.

1. First cricketer to pass 18,000 runs in the ODIs.

1. Most number of Man of the Match awards (61) in the ODIs.

1. Most number of Man of the Series (16) in ODIs.

1. Most man of match awards (10) against Australia.

1. Highest score in ODI history (200* against South Africa in 2010).

1. Appeared in highest number of ODIs (453).

1. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

1. Has scored 1,894 runs in calendar year in ODIs - the most by any batsman.

1. Most centuries in a calendar year: nine ODI centuries in 1998.

1. He has scored 1,000 runs in a calendar year on six separate occasions – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 & 2003.

1. In 1998 he hit nine one-day centuries, the most by any player in a single year.

1. The fastest to reach 10,000 runs, taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs.

1. Has scored over 1,000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.

1. In 1998 he scored a total of 1,894 runs, a record number of runs scored in ODIs in a single year.

1. Sachin with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches.

1. The only player ever to pass the 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 run marks in ODIs.

1. The 20 century partnership for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record.

1. Sachin and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999.

1. The only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15,000 runs in ODIs.

1. In 2003, Wisden rated Sachin as No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in the list of all-time greatest ODI players.

 

World Cup

1. His total of 673 runs at the 2003 World Cup was the most runs by any one player in a single World Cup.

1. He was Player of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

1. He is the highest run scorer in the World Cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007).

1. Highest number of Man of the Match awards in World Cup.

1. Highest number of runs at the 1996 World Cup – 523 at an average of 87.16.

 

Other

1. Sachin has scored the most runs in cricket overall (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s). By 2009, he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

1. He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire (1993).

1. He is the most capped player currently playing international cricket.

1. Sachin is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.

1. In August 2003, Sachin was voted as the Greatest Sportsman of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India pull conducted by Zee News.In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

1. The first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.

1. The first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket.