Most runs scored by a player in a One-Day International (male)

The highest individual score in a One-Day International (ODI) is 264 and was achieved by opener Rohit Sharma, playing for India against Sri Lanka in a day/night match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India, on 13 November 2014. Sharma faced 173 balls and struck 33 fours and nine sixes as he became the first batsman to make two double hundreds in ODIs after his 209 against Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India, on 2 November 2013. All four ODI innings of 200+ have been achieved by Indian batsmen. Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to score a double century in an ODI with an innings of 200 (147 balls, 25 fours, three sixes) against South Africa in Gwalior, India, on 24 February 2010. Virender Sehwag extended the record by hitting 219 (149 balls, 25 fours, seven sixes) against the West Indies at Indore, India, on 8 December 2011. Sharma's first 200+ score was an innings of 209 (158 balls, 12 fours, 16 sixes) against Australia on 2 November 2013.

Sharma was out off the final ball of the India innings, attempting to hit the boundary that would have equalled Ali Brown's 268 (160 balls, 30 fours, 12 sixes) for Surrey against Glamorgan in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at The Oval, London, UK, on 19 June 2002 - the highest score in a List A match (the classification for domestic one-day matches below ODI level), and the only other limited-overs innings of 250+.

According to the BBC Sport website, Sharma's innings of 264 was 18 runs more than the average total score made by teams batting first in ODIs in the 2010s.

As of 12 December 2014, Sharma's strike rate of 152.60 (runs scored per 100 balls faced) had been beaten by only four of the 79 players who had made at least 150 in an ODI innings. Shane Watson's (Australia) 185 not out off 96 balls against Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 11 April 2011 was achieved at a strike rate of 192.70 runs per 100 balls faced.

India (404-4) beat Sri Lanka (251 all out) to go 4-0 up in the five-match series.

The 16 sixes accumulated by Sharma in his 2013 innings of 209 remains the most sixes by a player in a One-Day International (male) (record ID 45424).