AB de Villiers may not care about being the fastest player ever to reach 8000 ODI runs, but that won’t stop him from breaking more records in his stellar career. SACricketmag.com looks at the company De Villiers now keeps.
Here is a list of players who reached 8 000 ODI runs in the least amount of innings.
| Player | Matches | Innings |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 190 | 182 |
| Sourav Ganguly (Ind) | 208 | 200 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 217 | 210 |
| Brian Lara (WI) | 216 | 211 |
| MS Dhoni (Ind) | 243 | 214 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 221 | 218 |
| Desmond Haynes (WI) | 220 | 219 |
| Ricky Ponting (Aus) | 225 | 220 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 226 | 221 |
| Mark Waugh (Aus) | 230 | 223 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 233 | 223 |
