The 2025 Champions Trophy is around the corner and all the eight teams have started their preparations for the mega event in Pakistan and UAE. With the 50-over tournament coming back after eight years, the fans will be looking to relive some of the great knocks in the history of the tournament. 

Throughout the years, there have been several batters who went on to play match-winning knocks in the Champions Trophy. Apart from that, some batters broke all the records with their batting in an ICC event. In the following listicle, we will be have a look at the top five highest individual scores in an innings in Champions Trophy.

Highest individual score in Champions Trophy

Gream Smith: 141 vs England, 2009

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Former South African skipper Greame Smith comes fifth in the list for the highest individual scorers in the Champions Trophy. During a match against England at the Centurion while chasing a target of 324 runs on September 27, 2009, Smith turned out to be lone warriors for the Proteas with a captain’s knock of 141(134) runs, hitting 16 boundaries. However, it wasn’t enough as South Africa fell short of the target by 22 runs.