Shahid Khan Afridi is set to become only the 5th Pakistani to have appeared in 5 World Cups or more. He is going to join the elite list of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Inzamam ul Haq with 5 appearances each. Javed Miandad appeared in 6 editions and shares the record for appearing in the most World Cups by any player with Sachin Tendulkar.
Ponting, Lara, Jayasuria, Kallis, Aravinda DeSilva, Ranatunga, Chanderpaul and Muralitharan also appeared in 5 World Cups. From the minor/non-Test Playing nations, Thomas Odoyo and Steve Tikolo represented Kenya in 5 editions as well.
From Pakistan, Saleem Malik and Ijaz Ahmed are the only other players to have represented Pakistan in 4 World Cups while Saeed Anwar, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq, Ramiz Raja, Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younus, Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Mahmood, Zaheer Abbas, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Wasim Bari and Mudassar Nazar appeared in 3 World Cups each.
From the current players, only Younus Khan has appeared in 3 World Cups while Kamran AKmal, Umar Gul and Mohammad Hafeez have appeared in the World Cup twice before.
Here’s a list of International players with most number of World Cup appearances.
| Player | Span | World Cups | Mat |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1992-2011 | 6 | 45 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1975-1996 | 6 | 33 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1987-2003 | 5 | 38 |
| TM Odoyo (Kenya) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 25 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1992-2007 | 5 | 38 |
| SO Tikolo (Kenya) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 28 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 31 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 46 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 1987-2003 | 5 | 35 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 40 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 1996-2011 | 5 | 36 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 1992-2007 | 5 | 35 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) | 1975-1992 | 5 | 28 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 1992-2007 | 5 | 34 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 1983-1999 | 5 | 30 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 1996-2007 | 4 | 31 |
| SR Waugh (Aus) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 33 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | 1996-2007 | 4 | 33 |
| SM Pollock (SA) | 1996-2007 | 4 | 31 |
| Saleem Malik (Pak) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 27 |
| RS Mahanama (SL) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 25 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1979-1992 | 4 | 26 |
| M Azharuddin (India) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 30 |
| JN Rhodes (SA) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 24 |
| J Srinath (India) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 34 |
| Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 29 |
| HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 24 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) | 1996-2007 | 4 | 39 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1999-2011 | 4 | 33 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 1979-1992 | 4 | 25 |
| CZ Harris (NZ) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 28 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 28 |
| AR Border (Aus) | 1979-1992 | 4 | 25 |
| AJ Stewart (Eng) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 25 |
| AA Donald (SA) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 25 |
| A Flower (Zim) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 30 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 1999-2011 | 4 | 20 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1987 | 4 | 23 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 1979-1992 | 4 | 22 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) | 1979-1992 | 4 | 21 |
| ADR Campbell (Zim) | 1992-2003 | 4 | 19 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 1975-1987 | 4 | 19 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 1987-1999 | 4 | 17 |