Asia Cup 2023 is all set to happen from August 31 to September 17 in Sri Lanka (9 games) and Pakistan (4 games) and here in this article, we will have a look at the list of players who have scored the most runs, picked most wickets in this Asia Cup tournament history and also about the dominance of India and Sri Lanka in this tournament over the years.

Overall, a total of 15 Asia Cup editions have happened from 1984 to 2022 (13 editions in ODI format & 2 editions in T20I format) and here we will see the combined records of both formats to find the players with the most runs, most wickets here in this article.

Most runs in Asia Cup history:
Sanath Jayasuriya : 1220 
Kumar Sangakkara : 1075
Virat Kohli : 1042
Rohit Sharma : 1016
Sachin Tendulkar : 971
Shoaib Malik : 907
Mushfiqur Rahim : 744
Arjuna Ranatunga : 741
MS Dhoni : 690
Mahela Jaywardene : 674
Aravinda de Silva : 645
Marvan Atapattu : 642
Umar Akmal : 615
Shikhar Dhawan : 613

Most wickets in Asia Cup history:
Lasith Malinga: 33
Muralitharan: 30
Ajantha Mendis: 26
Saeed Ajmal: 25
Shakib Al Hasan: 25
Ravindra Jadeja: 23 
Mashrafe Mortaza : 23
Chaminda Vaas: 23
Abdur Razzak: 22
Sanath Jayasuriya : 22
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 22
Irfan Pathan: 22
Rashid Khan: 21
Ravichandran Ashwin: 20

Highest Score in Asia Cup history:
Virat Kohli - 183 vs PAK in Mirpur, 2012
Younis Khan - 144 vs HK in Colombo (SSC), 2004
Mushfiqur Rahim - 144 vs SL in Dubai (DSC), 2018
Shoaib Malik - 143 vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2004
Virat Kohli - 136 vs BAN in Fatullah, 2014
Sourav Ganguly - 135* vs BAN in Dhaka, 2000
Arjuna Ranatunga - 131* vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 1997
Sanath Jayasuriya - 130 vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2004
Sanath Jayasuriya - 130 vs BAN in Karachi, 2008
Shikhar Dhawan - 127 vs HK in Dubai (DSC), 2018

Best bowling figures in Asia Cup history:
Ajantha Mendis - 6/13 vs IND in Karachi, 2008
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 5/4 vs AFG in Dubai (DSC), 2022 - T20I
Aaqib Javed - 5/19 vs IND in Sharjah, 1995
Arshad Ayub - 5/21 vs PAK in Dhaka, 1988
Ajantha Mendis - 5/22 vs UAE in Lahore, 2008
Muralitharan - 5/31 vs BAN in Karachi, 2008
Lasith Malinga - 5/34 vs PAK in Dambulla, 2010
Saqlain Mushtaq - 5/38 vs BAN in Colombo (RPS), 1997
Farveez Maharoof - 5/42 vs IND in Dambulla, 2010
Sohail Tanvir - 5/48 vs SL in Karachi, 2008
Lasith Malinga - 5/52 vs PAK in Fatullah, 2014
Thisara Perera - 5/55 vs AFG in Abu Dhabi, 2018
Lasith Malinga - 5/56 vs PAK in Mirpur, 2014

(all five-wicket hauls have been included in the above list)

Most Centuries in Asia Cup history:
Sanath Jayasuriya - 6
Kumar Sangakkara - 4
Virat Kohli - 4
Shoaib Malik - 3
Younis Khan - 2
Lahiru Thirimanne - 2
Shahid Afridi - 2
Sachin Tendulkar - 2
Suresh Raina - 2
Mushfiqur Rahim - 2
Shikhar Dhawan - 2

Most matches played in Asia Cup history:
Rohit Sharma: 31
Mahela Jayawardene: 28
Mushfiqur Rahim: 28
Mahmudullah: 27
Shahid Afridi: 27
Sanath Jayasuriya : 25