CAREER RECORD

Men Test: Most runs

All recorded careers, no minimum qualification. Official career snapshot 2026-09-30.

Most runs · Men Test

1 Sachin Tendulkar

15,921

2 Joe Root

14,278

3 Ricky Ponting

13,378

4 Jacques Kallis

13,289

5 Rahul Dravid

13,288

6 Alastair Cook

12,472

7 Kumar Sangakkara

12,400

8 Brian Lara

11,953

9 Shivnarine Chanderpaul

11,867

10 Mahela Jayawardene

11,814

Men Test: Most runs
Rank	Most runs	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	0
1	15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	India	1989-2013	200	329	33	15,921	248*	53.78	54.08	51	68	14
2	14,278	Joe Root	England	2012-2026	169	309	26	14,278	262	50.45	57.61	41	69	15
3	13,378	Ricky Ponting	Australia	1995-2012	168	287	29	13,378	257	51.85	58.72	41	62	17
4	13,289	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	1995-2013	166	280	40	13,289	224	55.37	45.97	45	58	16
5	13,288	Rahul Dravid	India	1996-2012	164	286	32	13,288	270	52.31	42.51	36	63	8
6	12,472	Alastair Cook	England	2006-2018	161	291	16	12,472	294	45.35	46.95	33	57	9
7	12,400	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	134	233	17	12,400	319	57.40	54.19	38	52	11
8	11,953	Brian Lara	West Indies	1990-2006	131	232	6	11,953	400*	52.88	60.51	34	48	17
9	11,867	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	1994-2015	164	280	49	11,867	203*	51.37	43.31	30	66	15
10	11,814	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1997-2014	149	252	15	11,814	374	49.84	51.45	34	50	15
11	11,174	Allan Border	Australia	1978-1994	156	265	44	11,174	205	50.56	-	27	63	11
12	10,927	Steve Waugh	Australia	1985-2004	168	260	46	10,927	200	51.06	48.64	32	50	22
13	10,920	Steven Smith	Australia	2010-2026	125	223	28	10,920	239	56.00	53.96	37	45	11
14	10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	India	1971-1987	125	214	16	10,122	236*	51.12	-	34	45	12
15	10,099	Younis Khan	Pakistan	2000-2017	118	213	19	10,099	313	52.05	52.12	34	33	19
16	9,515	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2010-2026	110	195	19	9,515	251	54.06	51.97	33	38	12
17	9,282	Hashim Amla	South Africa	2004-2019	124	215	16	9,282	311*	46.64	49.97	28	41	13
18	9,265	Graeme Smith	South Africa	2002-2014	117	205	13	9,265	277	48.25	59.67	27	38	11
19	9,230	Virat Kohli	India	2011-2025	123	210	13	9,230	254*	46.85	55.57	30	31	15
20	8,900	Graham Gooch	England	1975-1995	118	215	6	8,900	333	42.58	49.23	20	46	13
21	8,832	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	1976-1993	124	189	21	8,832	280*	52.57	-	23	43	6
22	8,830	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1992-2007	120	200	22	8,830	329	49.60	54.02	25	46	15
23	8,786	David Warner	Australia	2011-2024	112	205	8	8,786	335*	44.59	70.19	26	37	13
24	8,781	VVS Laxman	India	1996-2012	134	225	34	8,781	281	45.97	49.37	17	56	14
25	8,765	AB de Villiers	South Africa	2004-2018	114	191	18	8,765	278*	50.66	54.51	22	46	8
26	8,643	Michael Clarke	Australia	2004-2015	115	198	22	8,643	329*	49.10	55.92	28	27	9
27	8,625	Matthew Hayden	Australia	1994-2009	103	184	14	8,625	380	50.73	60.10	30	29	14
28	8,586	Virender Sehwag	India	2001-2013	104	180	6	8,586	319	49.34	82.23	23	32	16
29	8,540	Viv Richards	West Indies	1974-1991	121	182	12	8,540	291	50.23	-	24	45	10
30	8,463	Alec Stewart	England	1990-2003	133	235	21	8,463	190	39.54	48.66	15	45	14
31	8,231	David Gower	England	1978-1992	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	50.59	18	39	7
32	8,214	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	2009-2025	119	212	27	8,214	200*	44.40	48.40	16	45	6
33	8,181	Kevin Pietersen	England	2005-2014	104	181	8	8,181	227	47.28	61.72	23	35	10
34	8,114	Geoff Boycott	England	1964-1982	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.72	-	22	42	10
35	8,032	Garry Sobers	West Indies	1954-1974	93	160	21	8,032	365*	57.78	-	26	30	12
36	8,029	Mark Waugh	Australia	1991-2002	128	209	17	8,029	153*	41.81	52.27	20	47	19
37	7,728	Mike Atherton	England	1989-2001	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.69	37.49	16	46	20
38	7,727	Ian Bell	England	2004-2015	118	205	24	7,727	235	42.69	49.46	22	46	14
39	7,696	Justin Langer	Australia	1993-2007	105	182	12	7,696	250	45.27	54.22	23	30	11
40	7,683	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2007-2022	112	196	24	7,683	290	44.66	59.29	19	35	14
41	7,624	Colin Cowdrey	England	1954-1975	114	188	15	7,624	182	44.06	-	22	38	9
42	7,558	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	1974-1991	108	185	16	7,558	226	44.72	-	19	34	11
43	7,530	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	90	156	12	7,530	223	52.29	52.39	24	33	11
44	7,525	Mark Taylor	Australia	1989-1999	104	186	13	7,525	334*	43.49	41.48	19	40	5
45	7,515	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	1966-1985	110	175	14	7,515	242*	46.67	-	19	39	4
46	7,487	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	1978-1994	116	202	25	7,487	184	42.29	-	18	39	10
47	7,422	David Boon	Australia	1984-1996	107	190	20	7,422	200	43.65	40.96	21	32	16
48	7,289	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	1993-2004	101	176	15	7,289	275	45.27	43.43	21	34	13
49	7,273	Ben Stokes	England	2013-2026	122	220	9	7,273	258	34.46	58.52	14	37	18
50	7,249	Wally Hammond	England	1927-1947	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	22	24	4
51	7,222	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	2012-2025	100	191	7	7,222	244	39.25	51.49	16	39	13
52	7,214	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2000-2014	103	182	11	7,214	333	42.18	60.26	15	37	15
53	7,212	Sourav Ganguly	India	1996-2008	113	188	17	7,212	239	42.17	51.25	16	35	13
54	7,195	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	2010-2023	103	176	11	7,195	206*	43.60	44.36	19	35	12
55	7,172	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	1994-2008	111	189	10	7,172	274*	40.06	45.82	9	46	16
56	7,142	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	2010-2022	97	180	11	7,142	302*	42.26	41.93	19	35	19
57	7,110	Greg Chappell	Australia	1970-1984	87	151	19	7,110	247*	53.86	-	24	31	12
58	7,037	Andrew Strauss	England	2004-2012	100	178	6	7,037	177	40.91	48.91	21	27	15
59	6,996	Donald Bradman	Australia	1928-1948	52	80	10	6,996	334	99.94	-	29	13	7
60	6,973	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1991-2007	110	188	14	6,973	340	40.07	65.18	14	31	15
61	6,971	Leonard Hutton	England	1937-1955	79	138	15	6,971	364	56.67	-	19	33	5
62	6,876	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2005-2026	105	193	17	6,876	219*	39.06	48.46	14	29	13
63	6,868	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	1976-1992	116	185	22	6,868	166	42.13	-	17	35	15
64	6,806	Ken Barrington	England	1955-1968	82	131	15	6,806	256	58.67	-	20	35	5
65	6,744	Graham Thorpe	England	1993-2005	100	179	28	6,744	200*	44.66	45.89	16	39	12
66	6,534	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	2011-2026	93	166	15	6,534	206*	43.27	50.38	16	36	8
67	6,453	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2004-2016	101	176	9	6,453	302	38.64	64.60	12	31	14
68	6,450	Tom Latham	New Zealand	2014-2026	95	171	6	6,450	264*	39.09	48.17	17	31	15
69	6,361	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	1984-2002	93	159	11	6,361	267	42.97	-	20	22	7
70	6,235	Michael Hussey	Australia	2005-2013	79	137	16	6,235	195	51.52	50.13	19	29	12
71	6,229	Usman Khawaja	Australia	2011-2026	88	159	14	6,229	232	42.95	48.82	16	28	10
72	6,227	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	1957-1974	79	137	6	6,227	256	47.53	-	15	28	7
73	6,215	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	1984-2000	99	147	9	6,215	199	45.03	-	22	21	5
74	6,167	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	1996-2008	90	154	7	6,167	228	41.95	50.26	14	26	11
75	6,149	Neil Harvey	Australia	1948-1963	79	137	10	6,149	205	48.41	-	21	24	7
76	6,080	Gundappa Viswanath	India	1969-1983	91	155	10	6,080	222	41.93	-	14	35	10
77	6,042	Jonny Bairstow	England	2012-2024	100	178	12	6,042	167*	36.39	59.07	12	26	17
78	5,950	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	2011-2025	100	193	10	5,950	212	32.51	40.83	12	31	19
79	5,949	Richie Richardson	West Indies	1983-1995	86	146	12	5,949	194	44.39	-	16	27	8
80	5,842	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	2000-2011	87	154	8	5,842	291	40.01	46.79	15	31	12
81	5,825	Marcus Trescothick	England	2000-2006	76	143	10	5,825	219	43.79	54.51	14	29	12
82	5,807	Denis Compton	England	1937-1957	78	131	15	5,807	278	50.06	-	17	28	10
83	5,768	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	1982-1999	103	154	22	5,768	237	43.69	-	15	29	12
84	5,764	Nasser Hussain	England	1990-2004	96	171	16	5,764	207	37.18	40.38	14	33	14
85	5,762	Carl Hooper	West Indies	1987-2002	102	173	15	5,762	233	36.46	50.27	13	27	13
86	5,719	Michael Vaughan	England	1999-2008	82	147	9	5,719	197	41.44	51.13	18	18	9
87	5,570	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	1999-2008	96	137	20	5,570	204*	47.60	81.95	17	26	14
88	5,515	Mark Boucher	South Africa	1997-2012	147	206	24	5,515	125	30.30	50.11	5	35	17
89	5,502	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	1990-2007	90	156	15	5,502	249	39.02	-	16	17	22
90	5,492	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1999-2013	87	145	11	5,492	193	40.98	65.54	16	23	14
91	5,462	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2001-2013	81	132	20	5,462	231	48.76	46.92	14	30	11
92	5,444	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	1982-1995	77	131	11	5,444	299	45.36	44.65	17	18	9
93	5,410	Jack Hobbs	England	1908-1930	61	102	7	5,410	211	56.94	-	15	28	4
94	5,357	Doug Walters	Australia	1965-1981	74	125	14	5,357	250	48.26	-	15	33	4
95	5,347	D Elgar	South Africa	2012-2024	86	152	11	5,347	199	37.92	47.78	14	23	13
96	5,345	Ian Chappell	Australia	1964-1980	75	136	10	5,345	196	42.42	-	14	26	11
97	5,334	John Wright	New Zealand	1978-1993	82	148	7	5,334	185	37.82	-	12	23	7
98	5,312	Michael Slater	Australia	1993-2001	74	131	7	5,312	219	42.83	53.29	14	21	9
99	5,248	Kapil Dev	India	1978-1994	131	184	15	5,248	163	31.05	-	8	27	16
100	5,234	Bill Lawry	Australia	1961-1971	67	123	12	5,234	210	47.15	-	13	27	6

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