Most Runs in Test for South Africa: From Jacques Kallis to SC Cook

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Jacques Kallis leads the chart for the most runs in TESTs for South Africa, amassing a staggering 13,206 runs in 165 matches at an average of 55.25, including 45 centuries. He is followed by Hashim Amla with 9,282 runs in 124 matches, boasting a remarkable average of 46.64 and 28 centuries. Graeme Smith takes third place with 9,253 runs, while AB de Villiers and Gary Kirsten round off the top five with 8,765 and 7,289 runs, respectively. These players have been instrumental in shaping south african cricket's dominance in TESTs. Here is the list of south african players with the most runs in TEST history.

#	Player	Mat	Inn	Runs	Highest	Avg	100s	50s
1	Jacques Kallis	165	278	13,206	224	55.25	45	58
2	Hashim Amla	124	215	9,282	311*	46.64	28	41
3	Graeme Smith	116	203	9,253	277	48.70	27	38
4	AB de Villiers	114	191	8,765	278*	50.66	22	46
5	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7,289	275	45.27	21	34
6	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6,167	228	41.95	14	26
7	MV Boucher	146	204	5,498	125	30.54	5	35
8	Dean Elgar	86	152	5,347	199	37.92	14	23
9	Daryll Cullinan	70	115	4,554	275*	44.21	14	20
10	Faf du Plessis	69	118	4,163	199	40.02	10	21
11	Shaun Pollock	108	156	3,781	111	32.31	2	16
12	WJ Cronje	68	111	3,714	135	36.41	6	23
13	Ashwell Prince	66	104	3,665	162*	41.64	11	11
14	Temba Bavuma	63	108	3,606	172	37.95	4	24
15	Younis Khan	42	80	3,471	189*	48.88	8	21
16	Quinton de Kock	54	91	3,300	141*	38.82	6	22
17	Gavin Hamilton	58	94	3,253	226	37.39	5	16
18	AD Nourse	34	62	2,960	231	53.81	9	14
19	Herbert Taylor	42	76	2,936	176	40.77	7	17
20	Aiden Markram	45	82	2,857	152	35.71	7	13
21	Jacques Rudolph	48	83	2,622	222*	35.43	6	11
22	Jonty Rhodes	52	80	2,532	117	35.66	3	17
23	Eddie Barlow	30	57	2,516	201	45.74	6	15
24	TL Goddard	41	78	2,516	112	34.46	1	18
25	Derrick McGlew	34	64	2,440	255*	42.06	7	10
26	John Waite	50	86	2,405	134	30.44	4	16
27	RG Pollock	23	41	2,256	274	60.97	7	11
28	Arthur Nourse	45	83	2,234	111	29.78	1	15
29	Roy McLean	40	73	2,120	142	30.28	5	10
30	JP Duminy	46	74	2,103	166	32.85	6	8
31	Alviro Petersen	36	64	2,093	182	34.88	5	8
32	Andrew Hudson	35	63	2,007	163	33.45	4	13
33	Brian McMillan	38	62	1,968	113	39.36	3	13
34	Eric Rowan	26	50	1,965	236	43.66	3	12
35	Lance Klusener	49	69	1,906	174	32.86	4	8
36	Vernon Philander	64	94	1,779	74	24.04	-	8
37	George Faulkner	25	47	1,754	204	40.79	4	8
38	HH Dippenaar	38	62	1,718	177*	30.14	3	7
39	Kenneth Bland	21	39	1,669	144*	49.08	3	9
40	William Endean	28	52	1,630	162*	33.95	3	8
41	Robert Catterall	24	43	1,555	120	37.92	3	11
42	Kenneth Viljoen	27	50	1,365	124	28.43	2	9
43	DJ Richardson	42	64	1,359	109	24.26	1	8
44	Nico Boje	43	62	1,312	85	25.23	-	4
45	Dale Steyn	93	119	1,251	76	13.59	-	2
46	Horace Cameron	26	45	1,239	90	30.21	-	10
47	Keshav Maharaj	57	88	1,213	84	14.97	-	5
48	Denis Lindsay	19	31	1,130	182	37.66	3	5
49	James Sinclair	25	47	1,069	106	23.23	3	3
50	Kyle Verreynne	24	37	1,060	136*	32.12	4	3
51	Kagiso Rabada	70	106	1,030	47	11.97	-	-
52	Kepler Wessels	16	29	1,027	118	38.03	2	6
53	SJ Snooke	26	46	1,008	103	22.40	1	5
54	John Zulch	16	32	983	150	32.76	2	4
55	IJ Siedle	18	34	977	141	28.73	1	5
56	Morne Morkel	86	104	944	40	11.65	-	-
57	Rassie van der Dussen	18	32	905	98	30.16	-	6
58	Alan Melville	11	19	894	189	52.58	4	3
59	JE Cheetham	24	43	883	89	23.86	-	5
60	GC White	17	31	872	147	30.06	2	4
61	Hugh Tayfield	37	60	862	75	16.90	-	2
62	AM Bacher	19	33	833	96	26.03	-	5
63	KJ Funston	18	33	824	92	25.75	-	5
64	AJ Pithey	17	27	819	154	31.50	1	4
65	AJ Hall	21	33	760	163	26.20	1	3
66	Pat Symcox	20	27	741	108	28.50	1	4
67	CB van Ryneveld	19	33	724	83	26.81	-	3
68	Keegan Petersen	14	25	704	82	28.16	-	4
69	Makhaya Ntini	101	116	699	32*	9.84	-	-
70	Eric Dalton	15	24	698	117	31.72	2	3
71	Ali Bacher	12	22	679	73	32.33	-	6
72	DPB Morkel	16	28	663	88	24.55	-	4
73	AA Donald	72	94	652	37	10.68	-	-
74	DG Bedingham	12	21	645	110	33.94	1	3
75	SC Cook	11	19	632	117	33.26	3	2

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