CRICKET WICKETVirat Kohli vs Sachin Tendulkar
Compare Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar: format-by-format career figures, visual comparisons, playing spans and sample sizes.
Test career comparison
Virat Kohli: 2011-2025 · 123 matches. Sachin Tendulkar: 1989-2013 · 200 matches.
Full format careers at the checked date. These spans and workloads differ; the comparison does not adjust for era, opposition, venue or role. Bar lengths show the metric’s magnitude, not an overall player rating.
| Metric | Virat Kohli | Sachin Tendulkar |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 123 | 200 |
| Batting innings | 210 | 329 |
| Runs | 9,230 | 15,921 |
| Dismissals | 197 | 296 |
| Batting average | 46.85 | 53.78 |
| Balls faced | 16,608 | 29,437 |
| Batting strike rate | 55.57 | 54.08 |
| Centuries | 30 | 51 |
| Fifties | 31 | 68 |
| Highest score | 254* | 248* |
| Bowling innings | 11 | 145 |
| Wickets | 0 | 46 |
| Runs conceded | 84 | 2,492 |
| Legal balls bowled | 175 | 4,240 |
| Bowling average | — | 54.17 |
| Balls per wicket | — | 92.17 |
| Economy | 2.88 | 3.52 |
| Five-wicket innings | 0 | 0 |
| Catches | 121 | 115 |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 |
ODI career comparison
Virat Kohli: 2008-2026 · 314 matches. Sachin Tendulkar: 1989-2012 · 463 matches.
Full format careers at the checked date. These spans and workloads differ; the comparison does not adjust for era, opposition, venue or role. Bar lengths show the metric’s magnitude, not an overall player rating.
| Metric | Virat Kohli | Sachin Tendulkar |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 314 | 463 |
| Batting innings | 302 | 452 |
| Runs | 14,941 | 18,426 |
| Dismissals | 255 | 411 |
| Batting average | 58.59 | 44.83 |
| Balls faced | 15,903 | 21,368 |
| Batting strike rate | 93.95 | 86.23 |
| Centuries | 54 | 49 |
| Fifties | 79 | 96 |
| Highest score | 183 | 200* |
| Bowling innings | 50 | 270 |
| Wickets | 5 | 154 |
| Runs conceded | 680 | 6,850 |
| Legal balls bowled | 662 | 8,054 |
| Bowling average | 136.00 | 44.48 |
| Balls per wicket | 132.40 | 52.29 |
| Economy | 6.16 | 5.10 |
| Five-wicket innings | 0 | 2 |
| Catches | 169 | 140 |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 |
T20I career comparison
Virat Kohli: 2010-2024 · 125 matches. Sachin Tendulkar: 2006-2006 · 1 matches.
Full format careers at the checked date. These spans and workloads differ; the comparison does not adjust for era, opposition, venue or role. Bar lengths show the metric’s magnitude, not an overall player rating.
| Metric | Virat Kohli | Sachin Tendulkar |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 125 | 1 |
| Batting innings | 117 | 1 |
| Runs | 4,188 | 10 |
| Dismissals | 86 | 1 |
| Batting average | 48.69 | 10.00 |
| Balls faced | 3,056 | 12 |
| Batting strike rate | 137.04 | 83.33 |
| Centuries | 1 | 0 |
| Fifties | 38 | 0 |
| Highest score | 122* | 10 |
| Bowling innings | 13 | 1 |
| Wickets | 4 | 1 |
| Runs conceded | 204 | 12 |
| Legal balls bowled | 152 | 15 |
| Bowling average | 51.00 | 12.00 |
| Balls per wicket | 38.00 | 15.00 |
| Economy | 8.05 | 4.80 |
| Five-wicket innings | 0 | 0 |
| Catches | 54 | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 |
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