Most Runs in Test Cricket

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for scoring the most runs in the TEST. Sachin tops the table with 15,921 runs as he has played in 200 test matches (329 innings) till date in the longest format of the game at the international level. The India batter has scored 51 Century and 68 fifties in the TEST and aggregated runs consistently at a healthy average of 53.78. SR Tendulkar is followed by Ricky Ponting, an Australian cricketer who 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 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 – 11,004 runs in 130 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. Here are the top 30 batsman with most test runs:-

S NO.	Player	Team	Mat	Inn	Runs	Highest	100s	50s	Avg
1	SachinTendulkar	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	57.4
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	Allan Border	Australia	156	265	11,174	205	27	63	50.56
11	Joe Root	England	130	238	11,004	254	29	58	50.24
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	Hashim Amla	South Africa	124	215	9,282	311	28	41	46.64
16	Graeme Smith	South Africa	117	205	9,265	277	27	38	48.25
17	Steven Smith	Australia	97	170	8,913	239	31	37	60.22
18	Graham Gooch	England	118	215	8,900	333	20	46	42.58
19	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	124	189	8,832	280	23	43	52.57
20	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	120	200	8,830	329	25	46	49.6
21	VVS Laxman	India	134	225	8,781	281	17	56	45.97
22	AB de Villiers	South Africa	114	191	8,765	278	22	46	50.66
23	Michael Clarke	Australia	115	198	8,643	329	28	27	49.1
24	Matthew Hayden	Australia	103	184	8,625	380	30	29	50.73
25	Virender Sehwag	India	104	180	8,586	319	23	32	49.34
26	Vivian Richards	West Indies	121	182	8,540	291	24	45	50.23
27	Alec Stewart	England	133	235	8,463	190	15	45	39.54
28	Virat Kohli	India	109	184	8,421	254	28	28	48.95
29	David Gower	England	117	204	8,231	215	18	39	44.25
30	David Warner	Australia	104	188	8,201	335	25	34	45.56

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