ODI Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Muttiah Muralitharan
| Opponent | Matches | Inns | Not Out | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| African XI | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Australia | 40 | 20 | 9 | 71 | 27 | 6.45 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Bangladesh | 17 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 33* | 15.25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bermuda | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | |
| England | 18 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 18 | 11.60 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| ICC World XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| India | 63 | 30 | 13 | 145 | 16 | 8.52 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | |
| Kenya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 41 | 16 | 3 | 73 | 9* | 5.61 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Pakistan | 65 | 36 | 12 | 139 | 32 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| South Africa | 32 | 18 | 10 | 46 | 13* | 5.75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Indies | 27 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 13* | 5.42 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |