South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has replaced India’s Smriti Mandhana at the top of the ICC Women’s ODI rankings after her record-breaking show at the 2025 Women’s World Cup.

Wolvaardt, who scored 571 runs at the tournament, the highest-ever tally in one edition, moved up two spots to the summit with 814 rating points. It’s the career-best rating for her.

Most runs in a single edition of a Women’s World Cup: Player Country Matches Innings Runs Average Strike Rate 100s 50s Tournament Laura Wolvaardt South Africa Women 9 9 571 71.38 98.79 2 3 ICC Women’s World Cup (in India/Sri Lanka), 2025/26 Alyssa Healy Australia Women 9 9 509 56.55 103.66 2 2 ICC Women’s World Cup (in New Zealand), 2021/22 Rachael Haynes Australia Women 9 9 497 62.12 82.55 1 3 ICC Women’s World Cup (in New Zealand

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