Most runs in an innings by a captain

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Most runs in an innings by a captain

Rank	Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
🥈 2	DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
🥉 3	PWA Mulder	367*	410	334	49	4	109.88	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
4	MA Taylor	334*	720	564	32	1	59.21	Australia	v Pakistan	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998	Test # 1426
5	GA Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	68.65	England	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
6	MJ Clarke	329*	609	468	39	1	70.29	Australia	v India	Sydney	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2027
7	Younis Khan	313	760	568	27	4	55.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
8	RB Simpson	311	762	743	23	1	41.85	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
9	BB McCullum	302	775	559	32	4	54.02	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
10	MD Crowe	299	610	523	29	3	57.17	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
11	PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	-	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
12	GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
13	SP Fleming	274*	653	476	28	1	57.56	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
14	DG Bradman	270	458	375	22	-	72.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937	Test # 257
15	Shubman Gill	269	509	387	30	3	69.50	India	v England	Birmingham	02 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
16	AN Cook	263	836	528	18	-	49.81	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015	Test # 2180
17	SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
18	MJ Clarke	259*	582	398	26	-	65.07	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
19	GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
20	Wasim Akram	257*	490	363	22	12	70.79	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
21	V Kohli	254*	-	336	33	2	75.59	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
22	TWM Latham	252	552	373	34	2	67.56	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022	Test # 2447
23	KS Williamson	251	624	412	34	2	60.92	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
24	MS Atapattu	249	516	324	36	1	76.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
25	Hashmatullah Shahidi	246	694	474	21	-	51.89	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2573
26	FDM Karunaratne	244	698	437	26	-	55.83	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021	Test # 2418
27	V Kohli	243	447	287	25	-	84.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
28	CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	-	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
29	WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
29	DPMD Jayawardene	240	531	424	32	-	56.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
31	GT Dowling	239	556	519	26	5	46.05	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
31	SPD Smith	239	578	399	30	1	59.89	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017	Test # 2288
33	KS Williamson	238	573	364	28	-	65.38	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
34	Saleem Malik	237	443	328	34	-	72.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994	Test # 1269
35	GS Chappell	235	441	363	21	-	64.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
35	V Kohli	235	515	340	25	1	69.11	India	v England	Wankhede	08 Dec 2016	Test # 2239
37	DG Bradman	234	397	396	24	-	59.09	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
37	GC Smith	234	627	388	16	-	60.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
39	CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
40	GC Smith	232	406	277	33	1	83.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
41	MJ Clarke	230	345	257	40	1	89.49	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
42	JE Root	228	476	321	18	1	71.02	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
43	JE Root	226	636	441	22	1	51.24	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2371
44	RB Simpson	225	545	427	18	1	52.69	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
45	MS Dhoni	224	365	265	24	6	84.52	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
45	BB McCullum	224	462	307	29	5	72.96	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
47	DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
47	KC Sangakkara	219	399	335	29	-	65.37	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
49	JE Root	218	536	377	19	2	57.82	England	v India	Chennai	05 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
50	SR Tendulkar	217	494	344	29	-	63.08	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
51	BC Lara	216	422	262	22	7	82.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	19 Nov 2006	Test # 1816
52	DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
53	DPMD Jayawardene	213*	610	411	25	-	51.82	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
54	BC Lara	213	468	344	29	3	61.91	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	13 Mar 1999	Test # 1451
54	V Kohli	213	386	267	17	2	79.77	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
56	DG Bradman	212	437	395	14	-	53.67	Australia	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937	Test # 258
57	WL Murdoch	211	490	525	24	-	40.19	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884	Test # 16
57	Javed Miandad	211	636	441	29	1	47.84	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
57	V Kohli	211	536	366	20	-	57.65	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
60	MJ Clarke	210	380	275	26	1	76.36	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
61	BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
61	RT Ponting	209	523	354	25	-	59.03	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
63	AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	-	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
63	HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
65	RT Ponting	207	491	332	30	-	62.34	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
66	L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	-	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
66	ER Dexter	205	495	-	22	-	-	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Feb 1962	Test # 522
66	WM Lawry	205	461	416	12	1	49.27	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
66	SM Gavaskar	205	397	342	29	2	59.94	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
66	AR Border	205	599	485	20	-	42.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
71	GS Chappell	204	408	296	27	-	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
71	V Kohli	204	295	246	24	-	82.92	India	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	09 Feb 2017	Test # 2249
73	MAK Pataudi	203*	430	-	23	2	-	India	v England	Delhi	08 Feb 1964	Test # 556
73	Hanif Mohammad	203*	445	-	33	-	-	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	02 Apr 1965	Test # 586
73	Javed Miandad	203*	-	-	-	1	-	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
73	S Chanderpaul	203*	541	370	23	-	54.86	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
77	HL Collins	203	267	-	26	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
78	JO Holder	202*	284	229	23	8	88.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
79	BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
79	SP Fleming	202	446	318	21	1	63.52	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
79	BB McCullum	202	279	188	21	11	107.44	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014	Test # 2147
82	DG Bradman	201	272	296	21	1	67.90	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
82	RB Simpson	201	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965	Test # 589
82	GS Chappell	201	417	296	6	-	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
82	HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
86	AR Border	200*	569	399	26	-	50.12	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993	Test # 1227
86	KS Williamson	200*	382	257	19	-	77.82	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019	Test # 2349
88	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	437	321	22	1	62.30	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2013	Test # 2078
88	V Kohli	200	375	283	24	-	70.67	India	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016	Test # 2207

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