The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth Cricket World Cup co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. The Australia won their 3rd World Cup title by beating India in the final played at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
| Top 5 Batsman | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | I | R | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Sachin Tendulkar | IND | 11 | 11 | 673 | 152 | 61.18 | 89.25 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 4 |
| Sourav Ganguly | IND | 11 | 11 | 465 | 112* | 58.12 | 82.30 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 15 |
| Ricky Ponting | AUS | 11 | 10 | 415 | 140* | 51.87 | 87.92 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 |
| Adam Gilchrist | AUS | 10 | 10 | 408 | 99 | 40.80 | 105.4 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 7 |
| H Gibbs | SA | 6 | 6 | 384 | 143 | 96.00 | 100.7 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 10 |
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| Top 5 Bowlers | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Wkts | BBI | Avg. | Econ | SR | 5w |
| Chaminda Vaas | SL | 10 | 23 | 6/25 | 14.39 | 3.76 | 22.9 | 1 |
| Brett Lee | AUS | 10 | 22 | 5/42 | 17.90 | 4.73 | 22.6 | 1 |
| Glenn McGrath | AUS | 11 | 21 | 7/15 | 14.76 | 3.56 | 24.8 | 1 |
| Zaheer Khan | IND | 11 | 18 | 4/42 | 20.77 | 4.23 | 29.4 | 0 |
| Shane Bond | NZ | 8 | 17 | 6/23 | 17.94 | 3.91 | 27.5 | 1 |
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| Top Individual Scores | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Opp | Score | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ground |
| C Wishart | ZIM | NAM | 172* | 151 | 113.90 | 18 | 3 | Harare |
| Sachin Tendulkar | IND | NAM | 152 | 151 | 100.66 | 18 | 0 | Pietermaritzburg |
| A Symonds | AUS | PAK | 143* | 125 | 114.40 | 18 | 2 | Johannesburg |
| H Gibbs | SA | NZ | 143 | 141 | 101.41 | 19 | 3 | Johannesburg |
| Scott Styris | NZ | SL | 141 | 125 | 112.80 | 3 | 6 | Bloemfontein |
| Top Bowling Figures in an Inning | ||||
| Player | Team | Opp | Bowling Figures | Ground |
| Glen McGrath | AUS | NAM | 7/15 in 7 overs | Potchefsroom |
| A Bichel | AUS | ENG | 7/20 in 10 overs | Port Elizabeth |
| Ashish Nehra | IND | ENG | 6/23 in 10 overs | Durban |
| Shane Bond | NZ | AUS | 6/23 in 10 overs | Port Elizabeth |
| Chaminda Vaas | SL | BAN | 5/25 in 9.1 overs | Pietermaritzburg |
| Highest Partnerships | |||||
| Partners | Team | Opp | Runs | Wkt | Ground |
| SR Tendulkar & SC Ganguly | IND | NAM | 244 | 2nd | Pietermaritzburg |
| RT Ponting & DR Martyn | AUS | IND | 234* | 3rd | Johannesburg |
| JF Kloppenburg & KJJ van Noortwijk | NED | NAM | 228 | 2nd | Bloemfontein |
| ST Jayasuriya & HP Tillakaratne | SL | NZ | 170 | 2nd | Bloemfontein |
| CB Wishart & GW Flower | ZIM | NAM | 166 | 3rd | Harare |
| Most Dismissals (Wicket-Keeper) | |||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Catch | Stumps |
| Adam Gilchrist | AUS | 10 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| KC Sangakkara | SL | 10 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| Rahul Dravid | IND | 11 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| KO Otieno | KEN | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Mark Boucher | SA | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
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| Most Dismissals (Fielder) | ||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Catch |
| Ricky Ponting | AUS | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Brett Lee | AUS | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Dinesh Mongia | IND | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| V Sehwag | IND | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| DO Obuya | KEN | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| LJ Burger | NAM | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Aravinda de Silva | SL | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Zaheer Khan | IND | 11 | 6 | 2 |
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