Batting Most Runs Career

Cricket in Test matches

Most runs

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2002-2015	23	45	6	2911	230	74.64	5331	54.60	10	12	2	307	14
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1987	24	41	4	2089	166	56.45	2609+	43.80	5	12	1	176+	2
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	20	36	1	1719	263	49.11	3505	49.04	5	8	0	205	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2014	29	55	3	1687	240	32.44	3428	49.21	2	10	5	210	7
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1990	22	36	8	1666	153	59.50	3813	43.69	6	8	0	165	8
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2023	23	42	10	1601	157*	50.03	3479	46.01	2	9	2	165	14
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1984	17	27	2	1581	235	63.24	2747+	56.53	6	6	1	142	3
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-2013	19	33	4	1564	155	53.93	3351	46.67	6	8	1	160	10
DA Warner (AUS)	2014-2024	13	22	1	1552	335*	73.90	2101	73.86	6	5	1	171	14
RT Ponting (AUS)	1998-2010	15	26	3	1537	209	66.82	2461	62.45	5	6	5	182	5
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2023	14	25	2	1519	238	66.04	2867	52.98	5	4	0	158	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2006	17	30	1	1490	253	51.37	2493	59.76	4	6	0	181	12
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-2000	21	38	3	1475	168	42.14	2295+	49.23	8	1	3	151+	6
MA Taylor (AUS)	1990-1998	12	20	3	1347	334*	79.23	2927	46.01	4	8	2	138	2
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1978-1987	22	35	6	1284	146*	44.27	1938+	37.92	2	8	2	73+	6
V Sehwag (IND)	2004-2006	9	14	0	1276	309	91.14	1591	80.20	4	2	1	187	12
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2013	16	28	1	1259	234	46.62	2157	58.36	4	3	1	142	0
R Dravid (IND)	1999-2007	15	26	3	1236	270	53.73	2732	45.24	5	3	1	162	3
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2016-2024	11	19	3	1212	160	75.75	2444	49.59	3	7	2	121	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	22	39	3	1210	135*	33.61	1668+	48.08	1	9	6	103+	9
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	17	27	3	1185	173*	49.37	2406	49.25	2	9	1	142	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2024	15	25	2	1175	165*	51.08	2347	50.06	2	9	1	125	5
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	12	22	0	1173	216	53.31	1731	67.76	4	3	2	152	17
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2013-2023	14	27	1	1147	196	44.11	2229	51.45	2	6	0	125	2
HM Amla (SA)	2007-2019	14	27	5	1146	118*	52.09	2323	49.33	2	10	1	142	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1994-2005	13	20	0	1139	191	56.95	2112	53.92	4	6	1	115	6
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	15	26	3	1135	254	49.34	1889	60.08	1	7	1	126	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2013	12	21	4	1112	278*	65.41	1868	59.52	4	3	0	104	9
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1988	16	27	1	1091	123	41.96	1228+	66.53	2	7	2	87+	5
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1987	18	28	4	1080	120	45.00	1402+	43.08	4	5	1	73+	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2007	18	27	2	1057	194*	42.28	2114	50.00	2	7	2	141	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1989	29	41	2	1054	84	27.02	987+	75.17	0	8	2	91+	13
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2002-2012	13	23	2	1045	231	49.76	2103	49.69	3	4	1	138	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1984	16	25	0	1016	106	40.64	2437	41.69	2	7	1	105	6
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2009-2021	15	26	2	999	104	41.62	1692	59.04	2	8	3	120	13
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	14	27	5	998	178*	45.36	1811	55.10	3	4	5	105	16
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-2001	13	22	3	994	190	52.31	1901	52.28	2	4	0	142	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2012-2023	15	27	2	988	155*	39.52	2079	47.52	1	8	2	103	6
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-2011	14	26	3	986	153*	42.86	2139	46.09	1	6	3	103	3
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1959	8	13	2	984	365*	89.45	-	0.00	3	4	1	38+	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1990	11	20	3	973	174	57.23	2254	43.16	2	6	1	121	3
GW Flower (ZIM)	1993-2002	14	26	3	961	201*	41.78	2682	35.83	3	2	3	98	4
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1999	12	20	1	946	169	49.78	1785	52.99	3	4	2	112	5
TW Graveney (ENG)	1954-1969	13	16	0	943	153	58.93	666+	49.54	3	5	1	106+	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-2002	20	30	3	934	157	34.59	2056	45.42	3	3	5	89	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	15	22	0	933	117	42.40	1702	54.81	3	6	4	95	8
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-2002	14	25	4	931	156	44.33	2011	46.29	2	5	2	108	2
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1993	16	29	4	928	143*	37.12	2333	39.77	3	2	3	92	3
PR Umrigar (IND)	1952-1961	15	19	2	911	117	53.58	-	0.00	5	2	0	56+	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1999-2007	12	20	1	902	239	47.47	1631	55.30	2	4	0	115	7
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2015	13	25	4	897	119	42.71	1978	45.34	4	3	3	82	3
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1984	10	15	0	882	268	58.80	1967	44.83	3	1	0	89	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2012	14	25	1	873	145	36.37	1374	63.53	3	3	1	113	6
CG Greenidge (WI)	1977-1990	14	27	0	861	100	31.88	739+	43.97	1	5	0	84+	9
MW Gatting (ENG)	1978-1987	15	27	2	853	150*	34.12	2027	42.08	2	4	3	112	0
TWM Latham (NZ)	2014-2023	12	22	1	842	137	40.09	1709	49.26	3	5	2	94	2
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-2003	11	18	3	838	118	55.86	1918	43.69	2	6	1	110	2
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2002	13	22	6	820	115	51.25	1878	43.66	2	4	1	100	0
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2018-2024	10	17	1	805	185	50.31	1372	58.67	2	4	3	93	2
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1989	15	22	1	801	139	38.14	1249+	38.51	3	3	3	70+	3
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2012	13	24	1	793	128	34.47	1548	51.22	2	3	2	94	0
JK Silva (SL)	2011-2017	12	22	0	785	125	35.68	2051	38.27	1	5	1	88	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1967-1974	10	18	4	779	183	55.64	841+	44.35	3	2	1	99	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1999-2007	15	25	7	775	112*	43.05	1532	50.58	1	6	2	105	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1987-1999	12	19	0	769	141	40.47	1183+	51.39	3	3	1	85+	1
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2012	14	25	0	755	135	30.20	1219	61.93	2	2	3	94	10
MG Burgess (NZ)	1969-1979	12	23	3	753	119*	37.65	-	0.00	2	3	1	44+	7
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	8	10	2	749	205	93.62	-	0.00	2	4	0	70+	7
MA Atherton (ENG)	1992-2001	11	19	1	746	125	41.44	2116	35.25	1	6	1	76	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	12	22	0	743	193	33.77	1606	46.26	2	3	2	92	6
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-2004	13	25	2	728	207*	31.65	1812	40.17	1	3	4	84	1
RW Marsh (AUS)	1972-1984	20	33	3	724	118	24.13	1445	50.10	1	2	3	77	8
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1967	9	12	3	715	148	79.44	1035+	41.15	4	2	1	76+	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1998-2007	9	15	1	709	228	50.64	1263	56.13	1	4	0	94	9
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1993	12	22	1	708	75	33.71	1306	54.21	0	6	1	94	3
BB McCullum (NZ)	2009-2014	8	14	0	695	202	49.64	1000	69.50	1	4	2	82	17
GA Gooch (ENG)	1978-1992	10	16	0	683	135	42.68	1477	46.24	1	5	0	83	1
APE Knott (ENG)	1967-1974	14	19	3	676	116	42.25	611+	48.60	1	5	1	74+	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-2001	8	14	1	671	138	51.61	1535	43.71	2	5	1	62	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1995-2003	9	16	2	665	192	47.50	1377	48.29	1	5	3	96	2
JR Reid (NZ)	1955-1965	9	17	0	658	128	38.70	-	0.00	1	5	1	35+	7
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1992	14	21	1	647	108	32.35	1256	51.51	2	3	1	76	3
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-2010	15	22	1	646	78	30.76	1249	51.72	0	6	1	79	6
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2009-2012	11	21	1	645	76*	32.25	1485	43.43	0	5	3	64	3
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	6	11	1	643	260	64.30	-	0.00	3	0	2	28+	1
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-2002	11	20	1	638	123	33.57	1434	44.49	1	3	0	75	2
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1962-1971	10	15	1	633	182	45.21	287+	31.70	3	0	0	56+	1
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2023	9	16	2	633	157	45.21	1431	44.23	2	3	1	68	2
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2010	10	17	1	632	186	39.50	1346	46.95	1	3	1	79	3
DL Vettori (NZ)	2002-2014	9	16	1	629	137*	41.93	945	66.56	3	1	2	75	3
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	7	13	0	628	165	48.30	1209	51.94	1	5	0	89	4
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2005	9	12	3	616	149*	68.44	736	83.69	2	3	0	69	8
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1993-2002	14	25	0	612	75	24.48	1257	48.68	0	6	1	75	1
GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1983	15	23	1	611	145	27.77	862+	41.99	1	3	3	66+	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1981	11	18	2	606	157	37.87	202+	52.47	1	2	0	12+	8
RC Fredericks (WI)	1975-1977	7	14	2	592	120	49.33	-	0.00	1	5	0	20+	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1967-1978	6	10	3	591	121*	84.42	1666	35.47	3	3	0	58	2
RL Chase (WI)	2016-2021	8	16	2	591	131	42.21	1385	42.67	2	3	1	67	4
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1975-1981	11	18	3	589	115	39.26	224+	35.71	1	2	0	27+	2
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1969-1974	9	14	2	586	122	48.83	623+	33.38	1	5	0	46+	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2011-2021	9	18	2	586	142*	36.62	1496	39.17	1	3	2	54	1
JF Reid (NZ)	1979-1985	7	12	1	584	158*	53.09	1463+	38.61	3	1	2	61	1
DM de Silva (SL)	2019-2023	6	11	1	581	122	58.10	948	61.28	3	2	1	73	9
JG Wright (NZ)	1979-1989	11	19	0	576	107	30.31	949+	41.93	1	3	0	65+	3
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1952-1961	13	18	3	574	74*	38.26	-	0.00	0	5	1	4+	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1959	8	14	1	573	217	44.07	-	0.00	1	2	1	32+	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2004-2007	7	9	0	572	169	63.55	787	72.68	3	1	0	87	4
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1989-1989	4	7	1	569	218	94.83	1223	46.52	2	3	0	70	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2010-2012	7	13	1	565	184	47.08	1278	44.20	1	3	0	66	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1989	12	19	4	559	89	37.26	307+	59.93	0	3	1	32+	6
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2022	5	8	0	555	267	69.37	748	74.19	2	2	1	79	1
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2001-2003	6	12	1	554	108	50.36	908	61.01	1	6	1	69	0
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1967-1971	9	12	2	552	114*	55.20	811+	48.21	1	5	0	62+	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2007	12	18	5	550	82	42.30	949	57.95	0	2	0	55	9
GM Wood (AUS)	1979-1988	10	19	3	550	100	34.37	1560	35.25	1	2	2	47	4
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2018	9	16	0	548	83	34.25	1106	49.54	0	4	2	62	2
IA Healy (AUS)	1988-1998	14	20	1	547	82	28.78	1220	44.83	0	3	1	51	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2010-2020	19	28	5	539	169	23.43	880	61.25	1	1	5	56	6
MR Marsh (AUS)	2014-2024	7	13	1	538	96	44.83	887	60.65	0	5	1	72	5
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	10	17	1	534	166	33.37	1037	51.49	1	1	0	54	3
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1985	9	15	2	528	111*	40.61	665+	43.00	1	2	0	52+	3
BJ Watling (NZ)	2009-2021	11	19	4	519	77*	34.60	1287	40.32	0	4	2	53	1
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2011-2021	5	10	2	508	144	63.50	807	62.94	1	4	0	63	3
MH Richardson (NZ)	2001-2003	6	11	1	507	106	50.70	1424	35.60	1	3	0	64	1
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1986	9	17	0	506	157	29.76	672+	47.02	1	2	3	46+	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1980-1982	9	17	1	492	85	30.75	1349	36.47	0	4	1	34	0
AH Jones (NZ)	1989-1994	6	12	0	491	86	40.91	1166	42.10	0	4	1	41	2
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	11	17	0	479	127	28.17	606+	67.32	1	3	2	63+	1
AG Prince (SA)	2007-2010	7	12	2	475	138	47.50	1064	44.64	1	2	0	48	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	18	30	6	471	53*	19.62	1188	39.64	0	1	3	54	1
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2022	3	5	0	468	153	93.60	501	93.41	3	1	0	53	12
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1989-1996	10	20	1	464	133	24.42	1090	42.56	1	1	2	57	2
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1962-1962	7	7	2	460	119	92.00	187+	54.01	4	0	0	47+	2
JC Buttler (ENG)	2015-2020	7	11	2	460	152	51.11	855	53.80	1	3	1	49	6
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1983	11	16	3	456	63*	35.07	1201+	33.72	0	4	0	50+	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1958-1958	5	8	1	455	197	65.00	-	0.00	1	2	0	-	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1954-1954	4	5	0	453	278	90.60	-	0.00	1	2	1	52	1
JO Holder (WI)	2016-2021	8	15	4	452	58	41.09	909	49.72	0	3	0	55	8
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1984	5	8	1	451	201	64.42	436+	46.10	1	3	0	17+	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1990	11	18	3	450	65	30.00	606	74.25	0	3	1	58	1
N Dickwella (SL)	2014-2022	8	14	1	447	83	34.38	610	73.27	0	4	0	56	2
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2010	6	11	1	441	120*	44.10	846	52.12	1	2	0	52	5
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2006	8	14	0	439	93	31.35	664	66.11	0	4	0	73	2
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1980	9	17	2	438	93	29.20	623+	36.27	0	2	2	28+	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1983-1989	11	18	0	436	123	24.22	507+	58.57	1	1	1	41+	4
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2005	6	8	1	431	142	61.57	799	53.94	2	2	1	43	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1969-1976	6	12	1	431	110	39.18	-	0.00	1	1	0	22+	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1988-1995	11	20	2	431	114*	23.94	1081	39.87	1	1	2	47	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2021	5	9	0	428	108	47.55	809	52.90	1	3	1	68	4
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1995	10	18	2	426	116*	26.62	539+	38.96	1	0	0	23+	1

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]