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 14 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.

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) and Australia (Ricky Ponting - 13,378 runs in 168 TEST matches, Allan Border - 11,174 runs in 156 TEST matches and Steve Waugh - 10,927 runs in 168 TEST matches) feature in the list.

Two cricketers from England (Alastair Cook - 12,472 runs in 161 TEST matches and Joe Root - 11,736 runs in 140 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	Sachin Tendulkar India	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	Alastair Cook England	161	291	12,472	294	33	57	45.35
6	Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka	134	233	12,400	319	38	52	57.40
7	Brian Lara West Indies	131	232	11,953	400*	34	48	52.88
8	Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies	164	280	11,867	203*	30	66	51.37
9	Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka	149	252	11,814	374	34	50	49.84
10	Joe Root England	140	257	11,736	254	31	61	49.72
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	Sunil Gavaskar India	125	214	10,122	236*	34	45	51.12
14	Younis Khan Pakistan	118	213	10,099	313	34	33	52.05
15	Steven Smith Australia	109	195	9,685	239	32	41	56.97
16	Hashim Amla South Africa	124	215	9,282	311*	28	41	46.64
17	Graeme Smith South Africa	117	205	9,265	277	27	38	48.25
18	Graham Gooch England	118	215	8,900	333	20	46	42.58
19	Virat Kohli India	113	191	8,848	254*	29	30	49.15
20	Javed Miandad Pakistan	124	189	8,832	280*	23	43	52.57
21	Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan	120	200	8,830	329	25	46	49.60
22	David Warner Australia	112	205	8,786	335*	26	37	44.59
23	V V S Laxman India	134	225	8,781	281	17	56	45.97
24	AB de Villiers South Africa	114	191	8,765	278*	22	46	50.66
25	Kane Williamson New Zealand	100	176	8,743	251	32	34	54.98
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	Virender Sehwag India	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	Geoff Boycott England	108	193	8,114	246*	22	42	47.72
34	Sir Garry Sobers West Indies	93	160	8,032	365*	26	30	57.78
35	Mark Waugh Australia	128	209	8,029	153*	20	47	41.81
36	Michael Atherton England	115	212	7,728	185*	16	46	37.69
37	IR Bell England	118	205	7,727	235	22	46	42.69
38	Justin Langer Australia	105	182	7,696	250	23	30	45.27
39	Ross Taylor New Zealand	112	196	7,683	290	19	35	44.66
40	MC Cowdrey England	114	188	7,624	182	22	38	44.06
41	Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka	109	193	7,608	200*	16	41	45.55
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	Chris Gayle West Indies	103	182	7,214	333	15	37	42.18
51	Sourav Ganguly India	113	188	7,212	239	16	35	42.17
52	Cheteshwar Pujara India	103	176	7,195	206*	19	35	43.60
53	Stephen Fleming New Zealand	111	189	7,172	274*	9	46	40.06
54	Azhar Ali Pakistan	97	180	7,142	302*	19	35	42.26
55	Greg Chappell Australia	87	151	7,110	247*	24	31	53.86
56	AJ Strauss England	100	178	7,037	177	21	27	40.91
57	Sir Donald Bradman Australia	52	80	6,996	334	29	13	99.94
58	Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka	110	188	6,973	340	14	31	40.07
59	L Hutton England	79	138	6,971	364	19	33	56.67
60	Dimuth Karunaratne Sri Lanka	91	174	6,899	244	16	37	41.31
61	Dillip Vengsarkar India	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	Brendon McCullum New Zealand	101	176	6,453	302	12	31	38.64
65	Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka	93	159	6,361	267	20	22	42.97
66	Ben Stokes England	102	185	6,316	258	13	31	35.48
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	Mohammad Azharuddin India	99	147	6,215	199	22	21	45.03
70	Herschelle Gibbs South Africa	90	154	6,167	228	14	26	41.95
71	RN Harvey Australia	79	137	6,149	205	21	24	48.41
72	Gundappa Viswanath India	91	155	6,080	222	14	35	41.93
73	Jonny Bairstow England	100	178	6,042	167*	12	26	36.39
74	Richie Richardson West Indies	86	146	5,949	194	16	27	44.39
75	Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies	87	154	5,842	291	15	31	40.01

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