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Leading Run Scorers in Test Cricket

Get the update on whose the Most Run scorer by a batsman in Test Cricket & much more. India Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, eclipsing Brian Lara's record during India's match against Australia in 2008. The master blaster Sachin Tesndulkar only batsman scores more than 15000 in Test cricket till date with a career spanning two decades and with a batting average of 53.79, Sachin has amassed 15921 from test 200 matches.

Following is the list of top 25 leading runs in Test history.

Batsman Runs Mat Inn. Avg. HS 100/50
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15,921  200 329 53.79 248* 51/68
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13,378  168 287 51.85 257 41/62
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 13,289  166 280 55.37 224 45/58
Rahul Dravid (India) 13,288  164 286 52.31 270 36/63
Joe Root (England) 12,972  152 278 50.87 262 36/65
Alastair Cook (England) 12,472  161 291 45.35 294 33/57
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 12,400  134 233 57.41 319 38/52
Brian Lara (West Indies) 11,953  131 232 52.89 400* 34/48
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 11,867  164 280 51.37 203* 30/66
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 11,814  149 252 49.85 374 34/50
Allan Border (Australia) 11,174  156 265 50.56 205 27/63
Steve Waugh (Australia) 10,927  168 260 51.06 200 32/11
Steven Smith (Australia) 10,271  116 206 56.75 239 36/41
Sunil Gavaskar (India) 10,122  125 214 51.12 236* 34/45
Younis Khan (Pakistan) 10,099  118 213 52.06 313 34/33
Hashim Amla (South Africa) 9,282  124 215 46.64 311* 28/41
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 9,276  105 186 54.89 251 33/37
Graeme Smith (South Africa) 9,265  117 205 48.26 277 27/38
David Gower (England) 9,231  117 204 49.63 215 18/39
Virat Kohli (India) 9,230  123 210 46.85 254* 30/31
Graham Gooch (England) 8,900  118 215 42.58 333 20/46
Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 8,832  124 189 52.57 280* 23/43
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 8,830  120 200 49.61 329 25/46
David Warner (Australia) 8,786  112 205 44.6 335* 26/37
VVS Laxman (India) 8,781  134 225 45.97 281 17/56
See also:
• Most Runs in One-day Internationas (ODIs)
• Most Runs in Twenty20 Internationas (T20Is)
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