Half-centuries are common in ODI cricket, valuable, yes, but often forgotten by the time the final overs fade away. A hundred, though? That becomes a memory. A performance. A headline. And only a select few have mastered the craft of turning a promising start into three figures.

Among them, five names stand out. Five batsmen with conversion rates so high that every fifty they score carries a silent whisper.

No. 1 – Quinton de Kock (41.81%)

There has always been something effortless about Quinton de Kock. A free-flowing left-hander who begins innings like he’s unwrapping a gift, not surviving a contest. Perhaps that is why his conversion rate leads the world, nearly 42% of his fifties become hundreds. For every two good days, one becomes great. For bowlers, that is a terrifying equation. He doesn’t just score runs, he builds them like waves.

No. 2 – Virat Kohli (41.40%)

Only a fraction below sits Virat Kohli, cricket’s most relentless chaser. His conversion percentage speaks less of elegance and more of obsession. When Kohli reaches 50, you see it in his eyes, his hunger unfulfilled, innings unfinished.

More than 41% of his half-centuries become hundreds, not by chance but by will. His bat, like a marathoner’s heartbeat, finds another gear after the checkpoint. Where others settle, he accelerates. For a decade and more, bowlers have looked up at the scoreboard thinking, He’s set but he’s not done.

No. 3 – Hashim Amla (40.91%)

Amla bats like meditation. No aggression, no impatience, only rhythm, perfect alignment with his cover drive. His conversion rate of 40.91% reflects the calm with which he ruled ODI cricket.

No. 4 – David Warner (40%)

David Warner sits neatly on 40%, proof that even power-hitters can build monuments when their mood aligns. His hundreds arrive not quietly, but like storms with fielders hiding on the boundary and bowlers running out of answers. He doesn’t pace himself into hundreds; he attacks his way into them.

No. 5 – Shai Hope (38.78%)

The youngest presence in this list is Shai Hope. He carries the rhythm of Caribbean cricket with the discipline of a technician. His 38.78% conversion places him among giants, yet his story still feels unfinished. Hope doesn’t swing wildly. He guides, glides, constructs. And more often than most, he completes.