Most Runs in Test – Highest Runs in Test Cricket Career
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Sachin Tendulkar has the record of highest runs in Test career as of now. He scored 15921 runs in 200 matches and 329 innings. Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis are the 2nd and 3rd highest scorers with 13378 and 13289 runs respectively.
Highest Runs in Test Career – Most Runs in Test
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 1989-2013 | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 1995-2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 |
| R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) | 1996-2012 | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | 2006-2018 | 161 | 291 | 16 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.4 | 38 | 52 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2015 | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 |
| AR Border (AUS) | 1978-1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 |
| SR Waugh (AUS) | 1985-2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 |
| SM Gavaskar (INDIA) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 2000-2017 | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 52.05 | 34 | 33 |
| HM Amla (SA) | 2004-2019 | 124 | 215 | 16 | 9282 | 311* | 46.64 | 28 | 41 |
| GC Smith (ICC/SA) | 2002-2014 | 117 | 205 | 13 | 9265 | 277 | 48.25 | 27 | 38 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 1975-1995 | 118 | 215 | 6 | 8900 | 333 | 42.58 | 20 | 46 |
| Javed Miandad (PAK) | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) | 1992-2007 | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 329 | 49.6 | 25 | 46 |
| VVS Laxman (INDIA) | 1996-2012 | 134 | 225 | 34 | 8781 | 281 | 45.97 | 17 | 56 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 2004-2018 | 114 | 191 | 18 | 8765 | 278* | 50.66 | 22 | 46 |
| MJ Clarke (AUS) | 2004-2015 | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* | 49.1 | 28 | 27 |
| ML Hayden (AUS) | 1994-2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 | 50.73 | 30 | 29 |
| V Sehwag (ICC/INDIA) | 2001-2013 | 104 | 180 | 6 | 8586 | 319 | 49.34 | 23 | 32 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1974-1991 | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24 | 45 |
| AJ Stewart (ENG) | 1990-2003 | 133 | 235 | 21 | 8463 | 190 | 39.54 | 15 | 45 |
| DI Gower (ENG) | 1978-1992 | 117 | 204 | 18 | 8231 | 215 | 44.25 | 18 | 39 |
| KP Pietersen (ENG) | 2005-2014 | 104 | 181 | 8 | 8181 | 227 | 47.28 | 23 | 35 |
| G Boycott (ENG) | 1964-1982 | 108 | 193 | 23 | 8114 | 246* | 47.72 | 22 | 42 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 1954-1974 | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26 | 30 |
| ME Waugh (AUS) | 1991-2002 | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 153* | 41.81 | 20 | 47 |
| MA Atherton (ENG) | 1989-2001 | 115 | 212 | 7 | 7728 | 185* | 37.69 | 16 | 46 |
| IR Bell (ENG) | 2004-2015 | 118 | 205 | 24 | 7727 | 235 | 42.69 | 22 | 46 |
| JL Langer (AUS) | 1993-2007 | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7696 | 250 | 45.27 | 23 | 30 |
| MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 1954-1975 | 114 | 188 | 15 | 7624 | 182 | 44.06 | 22 | 38 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | 1974-1991 | 108 | 185 | 16 | 7558 | 226 | 44.72 | 19 | 34 |
| Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24 | 33 |
| MA Taylor (AUS) | 1989-1999 | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7525 | 334* | 43.49 | 19 | 40 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1966-1985 | 110 | 175 | 14 | 7515 | 242* | 46.67 | 19 | 39 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 1978-1994 | 116 | 202 | 25 | 7487 | 184 | 42.29 | 18 | 39 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2012-2020 | 90 | 166 | 12 | 7455 | 254 | 48.40 | 17 | 46 |
| DC Boon (AUS) | 1984-1996 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 7422 | 200 | 43.65 | 21 | 32 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | 1993-2004 | 101 | 176 | 15 | 7289 | 275 | 45.27 | 21 | 34 |
| WR Hammond (ENG) | 1927-1947 | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 336* | 58.45 | 22 | 24 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 2011-2020 | 84 | 155 | 7 | 7244 | 335* | 48.94 | 23 | 30 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | 2010-2020 | 73 | 131 | 16 | 7227 | 239 | 62.84 | 26 | 29 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 2000-2014 | 103 | 182 | 11 | 7214 | 333 | 42.18 | 15 | 37 |
| SC Ganguly (INDIA) | 1996-2008 | 113 | 188 | 17 | 7212 | 239 | 42.17 | 16 | 35 |
| V Kohli (INDIA) | 2011-2019 | 84 | 141 | 10 | 7202 | 254* | 54.97 | 27 | 22 |
| LRPL Taylor (NZ) | 2007-2020 | 99 | 175 | 20 | 7174 | 290 | 46.28 | 19 | 33 |
| SP Fleming (NZ) | 1994-2008 | 111 | 189 | 10 | 7172 | 274* | 40.06 | 9 | 46 |
| GS Chappell (AUS) | 1970-1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 247* | 53.86 | 24 | 31 |
| AJ Strauss (ENG) | 2004-2012 | 100 | 178 | 6 | 7037 | 177 | 40.91 | 21 | 27 |
| DG Bradman (AUS) | 1928-1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 334 | 99.94 | 29 | 13 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1991-2007 | 110 | 188 | 14 | 6973 | 340 | 40.07 | 14 | 31 |
| L Hutton (ENG) | 1937-1955 | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 364 | 56.67 | 19 | 33 |
| DB Vengsarkar (INDIA) | 1976-1992 | 116 | 185 | 22 | 6868 | 166 | 42.13 | 17 | 35 |
| KF Barrington (ENG) | 1955-1968 | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 256 | 58.67 | 20 | 35 |
| GP Thorpe (ENG) | 1993-2005 | 100 | 179 | 28 | 6744 | 200* | 44.66 | 16 | 39 |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 2004-2016 | 101 | 176 | 9 | 6453 | 302 | 38.64 | 12 | 31 |
| KS Williamson (NZ) | 2010-2019 | 78 | 137 | 13 | 6379 | 242* | 51.44 | 21 | 31 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 1984-2002 | 93 | 159 | 11 | 6361 | 267 | 42.97 | 20 | 22 |
| MEK Hussey (AUS) | 2005-2013 | 79 | 137 | 16 | 6235 | 195 | 51.52 | 19 | 29 |
| RB Kanhai (WI) | 1957-1974 | 79 | 137 | 6 | 6227 | 256 | 47.53 | 15 | 28 |
| M Azharuddin (INDIA) | 1984-2000 | 99 | 147 | 9 | 6215 | 199 | 45.03 | 22 | 21 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | 1996-2008 | 90 | 154 | 7 | 6167 | 228 | 41.95 | 14 | 26 |
| RN Harvey (AUS) | 1948-1963 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6149 | 205 | 48.41 | 21 | 24 |
| GR Viswanath (INDIA) | 1969-1983 | 91 | 155 | 10 | 6080 | 222 | 41.93 | 14 | 35 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | 1983-1995 | 86 | 146 | 12 | 5949 | 194 | 44.39 | 16 | 27 |
| Azhar Ali (PAK) | 2010-2019 | 77 | 146 | 8 | 5885 | 302* | 42.64 | 16 | 31 |
| RR Sarwan (WI) | 2000-2011 | 87 | 154 | 8 | 5842 | 291 | 40.01 | 15 | 31 |
| ME Trescothick (ENG) | 2000-2006 | 76 | 143 | 10 | 5825 | 219 | 43.79 | 14 | 29 |
| DCS Compton (ENG) | 1937-1957 | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 278 | 50.06 | 17 | 28 |
| Saleem Malik (PAK) | 1982-1999 | 103 | 154 | 22 | 5768 | 237 | 43.69 | 15 | 29 |
| N Hussain (ENG) | 1990-2004 | 96 | 171 | 16 | 5764 | 207 | 37.18 | 14 | 33 |
| CL Hooper (WI) | 1987-2002 | 102 | 173 | 15 | 5762 | 233 | 36.46 | 13 | 27 |
| CA Pujara (INDIA) | 2010-2019 | 75 | 124 | 8 | 5740 | 206* | 49.48 | 18 | 24 |
| MP Vaughan (ENG) | 1999-2008 | 82 | 147 | 9 | 5719 | 197 | 41.44 | 18 | 18 |
| AD Mathews (SL) | 2009-2019 | 84 | 151 | 21 | 5704 | 160 | 43.87 | 9 | 34 |
| AC Gilchrist (AUS) | 1999-2008 | 96 | 137 | 20 | 5570 | 204* | 47.6 | 17 | 26 |
| MV Boucher (ICC/SA) | 1997-2012 | 147 | 206 | 24 | 5515 | 125 | 30.3 | 5 | 35 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | 1990-2007 | 90 | 156 | 15 | 5502 | 249 | 39.02 | 16 | 17 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 1999-2013 | 87 | 145 | 11 | 5492 | 193 | 40.98 | 16 | 23 |
| TT Samaraweera (SL) | 2001-2013 | 81 | 132 | 20 | 5462 | 231 | 48.76 | 14 | 30 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 1982-1995 | 77 | 131 | 11 | 5444 | 299 | 45.36 | 17 | 18 |
| JB Hobbs (ENG) | 1908-1930 | 61 | 102 | 7 | 5410 | 211 | 56.94 | 15 | 28 |
| KD Walters (AUS) | 1965-1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5357 | 250 | 48.26 | 15 | 33 |
| IM Chappell (AUS) | 1964-1980 | 75 | 136 | 10 | 5345 | 196 | 42.42 | 14 | 26 |
| JG Wright (NZ) | 1978-1993 | 82 | 148 | 7 | 5334 | 185 | 37.82 | 12 | 23 |
| MJ Slater (AUS) | 1993-2001 | 74 | 131 | 7 | 5312 | 219 | 42.83 | 14 | 21 |
| N Kapil Dev (INDIA) | 1978-1994 | 131 | 184 | 15 | 5248 | 163 | 31.05 | 8 | 27 |
| WM Lawry (AUS) | 1961-1971 | 67 | 123 | 12 | 5234 | 210 | 47.15 | 13 | 27 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 2001-2017 | 75 | 132 | 20 | 5222 | 161* | 46.62 | 10 | 39 |
| IT Botham (ENG) | 1977-1992 | 102 | 161 | 6 | 5200 | 208 | 33.54 | 14 | 22 |
| JH Edrich (ENG) | 1963-1976 | 77 | 127 | 9 | 5138 | 310* | 43.54 | 12 | 24 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 1982-2000 | 93 | 155 | 12 | 5105 | 135* | 35.69 | 4 | 38 |
| Zaheer Abbas (PAK) | 1969-1985 | 78 | 124 | 11 | 5062 | 274 | 44.79 | 12 | 20 |
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q- Which Player has Most Runs in Test
A- Sachin Tendulkar has the record of most runs in Test. He has scored 15921 runs in 329 innings in 200 test he played.
Q- Most Runs in Test in a Calendar Year
A- Mohammad Yusuf from Pakistan has the record of most Test runs in a Calendar year. He scored 1788 runs in 11 matches and 19 innings with an average of 99.33 in 2006.
Q- Most Century in Test Cricket
A- Sachin Tendulkar has record 51 centuries in Test cricket. He has scored 68 half-centuries as well.