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Most Runs in Test

Star India batsman Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for scoring most runs in the TEST. Sachin Tendulkar tops the table with 15,921 runs as he has amassed in 200 TEST matches (329 innings) till date in the shortest format of the game at international level. The India batter has slammed 51 Century and 68 fifties in the TEST and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 53.78.

Sachin Tendulkar is followed by Ricky Ponting and the charismatic Australia cricketer has scored 13,378 runs in 168 TEST matches and averages 51.85.

Till date, a total of 15 players have scored 10000-plus runs in the TEST. The toppers in the list comprise of players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan.

While four are from Australia (Ricky Ponting - 13,378 runs in 168 TEST matches, Allan Border - 11,174 runs in 156 TEST matches, Steve Waugh - 10,927 runs in 168 TEST matches and Steven Smith - 10,271 runs in 116 TEST matches) feature in the list.

Three players from India (Sachin Tendulkar - 15,921 runs in 200 TEST matches, Rahul Dravid - 13,288 runs in 164 TEST matches and Sunil Gavaskar - 10,122 runs in 125 TEST matches) feature in the list.

Two cricketers from England (Joe Root - 12,972 runs in 152 TEST matches and Alastair Cook - 12,472 runs in 161 TEST matches) , Sri Lanka (Kumar Sangakkara - 12,400 runs in 134 TEST matches and Mahela Jayawardene - 11,814 runs in 149 TEST matches) and West Indies (Brian Lara - 11,953 runs in 131 TEST matches and Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 11,867 runs in 164 TEST matches) present in the highest run-getters in the TEST.

One cricketer each from South Africa (Jacques Kallis - 13,289 runs in 166 TEST matches) and Pakistan (Younis Khan - 10,099 runs in 118 TEST matches) are also in the top 10000- plus runs.

Most Runs in Test History

Here is the list of all Most Runs in Test history:

# Player Mat Inn Runs HS 100s 50s Avg
1 200 329 15,921 248* 51 68 53.78
2
Ricky Ponting Australia
168 287 13,378 257 41 62 51.85
3
Jacques Kallis South Africa
166 280 13,289 224 45 58 55.37
4
Rahul Dravid India
164 286 13,288 270 36 63 52.31
5
Joe Root England
152 278 12,972 262 36 65 50.87
6
Alastair Cook England
161 291 12,472 294 33 57 45.35
7
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka
134 233 12,400 319 38 52 57.40
8
Brian Lara West Indies
131 232 11,953 400* 34 48 52.88
9 164 280 11,867 203* 30 66 51.37
10
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka
149 252 11,814 374 34 50 49.84
11
Allan Border Australia
156 265 11,174 205 27 63 50.56
12
Steve Waugh Australia
168 260 10,927 200 32 50 51.06
13
Steven Smith Australia
116 206 10,271 239 36 41 56.74
14 125 214 10,122 236* 34 45 51.12
15
Younis Khan Pakistan
118 213 10,099 313 34 33 52.05
16
Hashim Amla South Africa
124 215 9,282 311* 28 41 46.64
17
Kane Williamson New Zealand
105 186 9,276 251 33 37 54.88
18
Graeme Smith South Africa
117 205 9,265 277 27 38 48.25
19
Virat Kohli India
123 210 9,230 254* 30 31 46.85
20
Graham Gooch England
118 215 8,900 333 20 46 42.58
21
Javed Miandad Pakistan
124 189 8,832 280* 23 43 52.57
22
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan
120 200 8,830 329 25 46 49.60
23
David Warner Australia
112 205 8,786 335* 26 37 44.59
24
V V S Laxman India
134 225 8,781 281 17 56 45.97
25
AB de Villiers South Africa
114 191 8,765 278* 22 46 50.66
26
Michael Clarke Australia
115 198 8,643 329* 28 27 49.10
27
Matthew Hayden Australia
103 184 8,625 380 30 29 50.73
28 104 180 8,586 319 23 32 49.34
29
Sir Viv Richards West Indies
121 182 8,540 291 24 45 50.23
30
Alec Stewart England
133 235 8,463 190 15 45 39.54
31
David Gower England
117 204 8,231 215 18 39 44.25
32
Kevin Pietersen England
104 181 8,181 227 23 35 47.28
33
Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka
118 210 8,167 200* 16 45 44.62
34
Geoff Boycott England
108 193 8,114 246* 22 42 47.72
35
Sir Garry Sobers West Indies
93 160 8,032 365* 26 30 57.78
36
Mark Waugh Australia
128 209 8,029 153* 20 47 41.81
37 115 212 7,728 185* 16 46 37.69
38
IR Bell England
118 205 7,727 235 22 46 42.69
39
Justin Langer Australia
105 182 7,696 250 23 30 45.27
40
Ross Taylor New Zealand
112 196 7,683 290 19 35 44.66
41
MC Cowdrey England
114 188 7,624 182 22 38 44.06
42
Gordon Greenidge West Indies
108 185 7,558 226 19 34 44.72
43
Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan
90 156 7,530 223 24 33 52.29
44
MA Taylor Australia
104 186 7,525 334* 19 40 43.49
45
Clive Lloyd West Indies
110 175 7,515 242* 19 39 46.67
46
Desmond Haynes West Indies
116 202 7,487 184 18 39 42.29
47
David Boon Australia
107 190 7,422 200 21 32 43.65
48
Gary Kirsten South Africa
101 176 7,289 275 21 34 45.27
49
Wally Hammond England
85 140 7,249 336* 22 24 58.45
50
Dimuth Karunaratne Sri Lanka
100 191 7,222 244 16 39 39.25
51
Chris Gayle West Indies
103 182 7,214 333 15 37 42.18
52 113 188 7,212 239 16 35 42.17
53 103 176 7,195 206* 19 35 43.60
54
Stephen Fleming New Zealand
111 189 7,172 274* 9 46 40.06
55
Azhar Ali Pakistan
97 180 7,142 302* 19 35 42.26
56
Greg Chappell Australia
87 151 7,110 247* 24 31 53.86
57
AJ Strauss England
100 178 7,037 177 21 27 40.91
58
Sir Donald Bradman Australia
52 80 6,996 334 29 13 99.94
59
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka
110 188 6,973 340 14 31 40.07
60
L Hutton England
79 138 6,971 364 19 33 56.67
61 116 185 6,868 166 17 35 42.13
62
Ken Barrington England
82 131 6,806 256 20 35 58.67
63
Graham Thorpe England
100 179 6,744 200* 16 39 44.66
64
Ben Stokes England
110 198 6,719 258 13 35 35.55
65
Brendon McCullum New Zealand
101 176 6,453 302 12 31 38.64
66
Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka
93 159 6,361 267 20 22 42.97
67
Michael Hussey Australia
79 137 6,235 195 19 29 51.52
68
Rohan Kanhai West Indies
79 137 6,227 256 15 28 47.53
69 99 147 6,215 199 22 21 45.03
70
Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka
88 158 6,208 206* 16 32 43.41
71
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa
90 154 6,167 228 14 26 41.95
72
RN Harvey Australia
79 137 6,149 205 21 24 48.41
73 91 155 6,080 222 14 35 41.93
74
Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh
96 177 6,055 219* 11 27 37.37
75
Jonny Bairstow England
100 178 6,042 167* 12 26 36.39
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