Most runs in career

Test matches Cricket – Most runs in career

Test matches

Most runs

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	SR Tendulkar	SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	29437+	54.04	51	68	14	2058+	69
🥈 2	JE Root	JE Root (ENG)	2012-2025	157	286	24	13409	262	51.17	23359	57.40	38	66	13	1433	45
🥉 3	RT Ponting	RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	22782	58.72	41	62	17	1509	73
4	JH Kallis	JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	28903	45.97	45	58	16	1488	97
5	R Dravid	R Dravid (ICC/IND)	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	31258	42.51	36	63	8	1654	21
6	AN Cook	AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	26562	46.95	33	57	9	1442	11
7	KC Sangakkara	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	22882	54.19	38	52	11	1491	51
8	BC Lara	BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	19753	60.51	34	48	17	1559	88
9	S Chanderpaul	S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	27395	43.31	30	66	15	1285	36
10	DPMD Jayawardene	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	22959	51.45	34	50	15	1387	61
11	AR Border	AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27002+	41.09	27	63	11	1161	28
12	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	22461	48.64	32	50	22	1175	20
13	SPD Smith	SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	119	212	25	10477	239	56.02	19517	53.68	36	43	11	1143	62
14	SM Gavaskar	SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	14184+	43.35	34	45	12	908+	26
15	Younis Khan	Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	19375	52.12	34	33	19	1082	70
16	HM Amla	HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
17	KS Williamson	KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2024	105	186	17	9276	251	54.88	17913	51.78	33	37	11	1031	27
18	GC Smith	GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2014	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	15525	59.67	27	38	11	1165	24
19	V Kohli	V Kohli (IND)	2011-2025	123	210	13	9230	254*	46.85	16608	55.57	30	31	15	1027	30
20	GA Gooch	GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	18075	49.23	20	46	13	1079	25
21	Javed Miandad	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	15164+	45.99	23	43	6	788+	48
22	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)	1992-2007	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	16345	54.02	25	46	15	1105	48
23	DA Warner	DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2024	112	205	8	8786	335*	44.59	12517	70.19	26	37	13	1036	69
24	VVS Laxman	VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17785	49.37	17	56	14	1135	5
25	AB de Villiers	AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
26	MJ Clarke	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2015	115	198	22	8643	329*	49.10	15456	55.92	28	27	9	978	39
27	ML Hayden	ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	14349	60.10	30	29	14	1049	82
28	V Sehwag	V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2001-2013	104	180	6	8586	319	49.34	10441	82.23	23	32	16	1233	91
29	IVA Richards	IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	9613+	69.77	24	45	10	952+	84
30	AJ Stewart	AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	17389	48.66	15	45	14	1121	10
31	DI Gower	DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	16268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10
32	AD Mathews	AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2025	119	212	27	8214	200*	44.40	16970	48.40	16	45	6	835	90
33	KP Pietersen	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2014	104	181	8	8181	227	47.28	13255	61.72	23	35	10	985	81
34	G Boycott	G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1982	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	20528+	35.69	22	42	10	765+	8
35	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	4063+	53.58	26	30	12	593+	32+
36	ME Waugh	ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	15360	52.27	20	47	19	844	41
37	MA Atherton	MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	20609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4
38	IR Bell	IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	15622	49.46	22	46	14	919	39
39	JL Langer	JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2007	105	182	12	7696	250	45.27	14192	54.22	23	30	11	912	40
40	LRPL Taylor	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2022	112	196	24	7683	290	44.66	12957	59.29	19	35	14	932	55
41	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1975	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	6272+	37.45	22	38	9	708+	13
42	CG Greenidge	CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	11932+	49.49	19	34	11	872+	67
43	Mohammad Yousuf	Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2010	90	156	12	7530	223	52.29	14372	52.39	24	33	11	957	51
44	MA Taylor	MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1999	104	186	13	7525	334*	43.49	18140	41.48	19	40	5	727	9
45	CH Lloyd	CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	6942+	56.68	19	39	4	712+	70
46	DL Haynes	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	7487	184	42.29	15052+	44.41	18	39	10	818+	24
47	DC Boon	DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1996	107	190	20	7422	200	43.65	18116	40.96	21	32	16	822	2
48	G Kirsten	G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
49	WR Hammond	WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	7491+	38.07	22	24	4	419+	27
50	FDM Karunaratne	FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2012-2025	100	191	7	7222	244	39.25	14024	51.49	16	39	13	764	12
51	CH Gayle	CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	11970	60.26	15	37	15	1046	98
52	SC Ganguly	SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	14070	51.25	16	35	13	900	57
53	CA Pujara	CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	103	176	11	7195	206*	43.60	16217	44.36	19	35	12	863	16
54	SP Fleming	SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	189	10	7172	274*	40.06	15652	45.82	9	46	16	917	26
55	Azhar Ali	Azhar Ali (PAK)	2010-2022	97	180	11	7142	302*	42.26	17033	41.93	19	35	19	694	22
56	GS Chappell	GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	13079+	51.53	24	31	12	755	16
57	AJ Strauss	AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	100	178	6	7037	177	40.91	14385	48.91	21	27	15	867	10
58	BA Stokes	BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2025	115	206	9	7032	258	35.69	11845	59.36	14	35	16	810	136
59	DG Bradman	DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	9800+	58.60	29	13	7	626+	6
60	ST Jayasuriya	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	188	14	6973	340	40.07	10698	65.18	14	31	15	910	59
61	L Hutton	L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1955	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	2844+	39.34	19	33	5	358+	7
62	DB Vengsarkar	DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1992	116	185	22	6868	166	42.13	10810+	41.56	17	35	15	509+	17
63	KF Barrington	KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	4957+	42.42	20	35	5	591+	27
64	GP Thorpe	GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	14693	45.89	16	39	12	778	9
65	BB McCullum	BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	101	176	9	6453	302	38.64	9989	64.60	12	31	14	776	107
66	PA de Silva	PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	11249+	51.04	20	22	7	737+	48
66	LD Chandimal	LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2025	90	161	15	6361	206*	43.56	12703	50.07	16	34	8	668	44
68	Mushfiqur Rahim	Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2005-2025	98	181	15	6328	219*	38.12	13069	48.41	12	27	13	737	37
69	MEK Hussey	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2013	79	137	16	6235	195	51.52	12436	50.13	19	29	12	685	39
70	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	2914+	47.87	15	28	7	491+	23+
71	M Azharuddin	M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	199	45.03	9892+	57.82	22	21	5	720+	19
72	HH Gibbs	HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
73	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1963	79	137	10	6149	205	48.41	1799+	43.74	21	24	7	427+	1
74	GR Viswanath	GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1983	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93	7573+	43.62	14	35	10	567+	6
75	UT Khawaja	UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2025	84	152	14	6053	232	43.86	12464	48.56	16	27	9	645	28
76	JM Bairstow	JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	100	178	12	6042	167*	36.39	10228	59.07	12	26	17	719	56
77	KC Brathwaite	KC Brathwaite (WI)	2011-2025	100	193	10	5950	212	32.51	14571	40.83	12	31	19	594	17
78	RB Richardson	RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	12398+	47.77	16	27	8	761+	23
79	RR Sarwan	RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	87	154	8	5842	291	40.01	12484	46.79	15	31	12	747	14
80	TWM Latham	TWM Latham (NZ)	2014-2024	88	158	6	5834	264*	38.38	12283	47.49	13	31	13	665	19
81	ME Trescothick	ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	10685	54.51	14	29	12	831	42
82	DCS Compton	DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1957	78	131	15	5807	278	50.06	2731+	38.81	17	28	10	342+	3
83	Saleem Malik	Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1999	103	154	22	5768	237	43.69	10906+	49.33	15	29	12	678+	7
84	N Hussain	N Hussain (ENG)	1990-2004	96	171	16	5764	207	37.18	14272	40.38	14	33	14	734	24
85	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	11462	50.27	13	27	13	633	63
86	MP Vaughan	MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	11184	51.13	18	18	9	742	22
87	AC Gilchrist	AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	96	137	20	5570	204*	47.60	6796	81.95	17	26	14	677	100
88	MV Boucher	MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	147	206	24	5515	125	30.30	11005	50.11	5	35	17	656	20
89	MS Atapattu	MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	12384+	44.42	16	17	22	685	4
90	TM Dilshan	TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2013	87	145	11	5492	193	40.98	8379	65.54	16	23	14	677	24
91	TT Samaraweera	TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2013	81	132	20	5462	231	48.76	11641	46.92	14	30	11	633	7
92	MD Crowe	MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	77	131	11	5444	299	45.36	12190	44.65	17	18	9	659	27
93	JB Hobbs	JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	5363+	46.22	15	28	4	276+	8
94	KD Walters	KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1981	74	125	14	5357	250	48.26	8662+	49.16	15	33	4	525+	23
95	D Elgar	D Elgar (SA)	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
96	IM Chappell	IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1980	75	136	10	5345	196	42.42	8511+	45.64	14	26	11	562+	15
97	JG Wright	JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1993	82	148	7	5334	185	37.82	14619+	35.26	12	23	7	621+	10
98	MJ Slater	MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-2001	74	131	7	5312	219	42.83	9967	53.29	14	21	9	598	30
99	N Kapil Dev	N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	5192+	79.33	8	27	16	557+	61
100	WM Lawry	WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	67	123	12	5234	210	47.15	7154+	39.34	13	27	6	433+	15
101	Misbah-ul-Haq	Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2017	75	132	20	5222	161*	46.62	11726	44.53	10	39	9	511	81
102	IT Botham	IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	161	6	5200	208	33.54	8565	60.71	14	22	14	621	67
103	JH Edrich	JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	77	127	9	5138	310*	43.54	12102+	37.23	12	24	6	548+	11
104	Tamim Iqbal	Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2023	70	134	2	5134	206	38.89	8852	57.99	10	31	11	655	41
105	A Ranatunga	A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	155	12	5105	135*	35.69	8672+	49.96	4	38	12	534+	40
106	AM Rahane	AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2023	85	144	12	5077	188	38.46	10256	49.50	12	26	10	578	35
107	Zaheer Abbas	Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1969-1985	78	124	11	5062	274	44.79	6935+	55.22	12	20	10	458+	22

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