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:
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Most Runs in One-day Internationas (ODIs)
•
Most Runs in Twenty20 Internationas (T20Is)