MJ Guptill of New Zealand becomes the 15th opening batsman to score 15 or more centuries in one-day internationals.
MJ Guptill of New Zealand scored 117 not out against Bangladesh at Napier in the first one day international on 13.02.19 to register his 15th century in one day internationals as an opening batsman. All his centuries are tabulated below
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 122* | 2 | 1 | v West Indies | Auckland | 10 Jan 2009 |
| 2 | 105 | 2 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 22 Oct 2011 |
| 3 | 103* | 2 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 31 May 2013 |
| 4 | 189* | 1 | 1 | v England | Southampton | 02 Jun 2013 |
| 5 | 111 | 1 | 1 | v India | Auckland | 25 Jan 2014 |
| 6 | 105 | 1 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Hamilton | 13 Mar 2015 |
| 7 | 237* | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Wellington | 21 Mar 2015 |
| 8 | 116* | 1 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 04 Aug 2015 |
| 9 | 103* | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Potchefstroom | 23 Aug 2015 |
| 10 | 102 | 1 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mount Maunganui | 05 Jan 2016 |
| 11 | 114 | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 04 Dec 2016 |
| 12 | 180* | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Hamilton | 01 Mar 2017 |
| 13 | 100 | 1 | 1 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 19 Jan 2018 |
| 14 | 138 | 1 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mount Maunganui | 03 Jan 2019 |
| 15 | 117* | 1 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Napier | 13 Feb 2019 |
MJ Guptill became the 15th opening batsman to score 15 centuries in the history of one day internationals. The following table lists all these fifteen opening batsmen. MJ Guptill became the first New Zealand opening batsmen to achieve the feat
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | 344 | 340 | 23 | 15310 | 200* | 48.29 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | 388 | 383 | 15 | 12740 | 189 | 34.61 | 28 | 66 |
| 3 | HM Amla | RSA | 169 | 168 | 11 | 7880 | 159 | 50.19 | 27 | 37 |
| 4 | CH Gayle | Win | 263 | 259 | 16 | 9426 | 215 | 38.79 | 23 | 48 |
| 5 | TM Dilshan | Srl | 179 | 176 | 16 | 7367 | 161* | 46.04 | 21 | 34 |
| 6 | Saeed Anwar | Pak | 220 | 220 | 16 | 8156 | 194 | 39.98 | 20 | 37 |
| 7 | RG Sharma | Ind | 117 | 116 | 14 | 5841 | 264 | 57.26 | 20 | 27 |
| 8 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 242 | 236 | 16 | 9146 | 183 | 41.57 | 19 | 58 |
| 9 | HH Gibbs | RSA | 183 | 182 | 11 | 6103 | 153 | 35.69 | 18 | 24 |
| 10 | DL Haynes | Win | 238 | 237 | 28 | 8648 | 152* | 41.37 | 17 | 57 |
| 11 | AC Gilchrist | Aus | 260 | 259 | 07 | 9200 | 172 | 36.50 | 16 | 53 |
| 12 | S Dhawan | Ind | 123 | 122 | 07 | 5178 | 137 | 45.02 | 15 | 27 |
| 13 | MJ Guptill | NZl | 145 | 143 | 17 | 5668 | 237* | 44.98 | 15 | 29 |
| 14 | WU Tharanga | Srl | 192 | 186 | 10 | 6062 | 174* | 34.44 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | ME Waugh | Aus | 141 | 141 | 11 | 5729 | 173 | 44.06 | 15 | 32 |