CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most runs

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most runs	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	15,921	200	329	15,921	46
2	Joe Root	England	14,208	168	307	14,208	74
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	13,378	168	287	13,378	5
4	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	13,289	166	280	13,289	292
5	Rahul Dravid	India	13,288	164	286	13,288	1
6	Alastair Cook	England	12,472	161	291	12,472	1
7	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	12,400	134	233	12,400	0
8	Brian Lara	West Indies	11,953	131	232	11,953	0
9	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	11,867	164	280	11,867	9
10	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	11,814	149	252	11,814	6
11	Allan Border	Australia	11,174	156	265	11,174	39
12	Steve Waugh	Australia	10,927	168	260	10,927	92
13	Steven Smith	Australia	10,920	125	223	10,920	19
14	Sunil Gavaskar	India	10,122	125	214	10,122	1
15	Younis Khan	Pakistan	10,099	118	213	10,099	9
16	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	9,515	110	195	9,515	30
17	Hashim Amla	South Africa	9,282	124	215	9,282	0
18	Graeme Smith	South Africa	9,265	117	205	9,265	8
19	Virat Kohli	India	9,230	123	210	9,230	0
20	Graham Gooch	England	8,900	118	215	8,900	23
21	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	8,832	124	189	8,832	17
22	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	8,830	120	200	8,830	0
23	David Warner	Australia	8,786	112	205	8,786	4
24	VVS Laxman	India	8,781	134	225	8,781	2
25	AB de Villiers	South Africa	8,765	114	191	8,765	2
26	Michael Clarke	Australia	8,643	115	198	8,643	31
27	Matthew Hayden	Australia	8,625	103	184	8,625	0
28	Virender Sehwag	India	8,586	104	180	8,586	40
29	Viv Richards	West Indies	8,540	121	182	8,540	32
30	Alec Stewart	England	8,463	133	235	8,463	0
31	David Gower	England	8,231	117	204	8,231	1
32	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	8,214	119	212	8,214	33
33	Kevin Pietersen	England	8,181	104	181	8,181	10
34	Geoff Boycott	England	8,114	108	193	8,114	7
35	Garry Sobers	West Indies	8,032	93	160	8,032	235
36	Mark Waugh	Australia	8,029	128	209	8,029	59
37	Mike Atherton	England	7,728	115	212	7,728	2
38	Ian Bell	England	7,727	118	205	7,727	1
39	Justin Langer	Australia	7,696	105	182	7,696	0
40	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	7,683	112	196	7,683	3
41	Colin Cowdrey	England	7,624	114	188	7,624	0
42	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	7,558	108	185	7,558	0
43	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	7,530	90	156	7,530	0
44	Mark Taylor	Australia	7,525	104	186	7,525	1
45	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	7,515	110	175	7,515	10
46	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	7,487	116	202	7,487	1
47	David Boon	Australia	7,422	107	190	7,422	0
48	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	7,289	101	176	7,289	2
49	Ben Stokes	England	7,273	122	220	7,273	252
50	Wally Hammond	England	7,249	85	140	7,249	83
51	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	7,222	100	191	7,222	2
52	Chris Gayle	West Indies	7,214	103	182	7,214	73
53	Sourav Ganguly	India	7,212	113	188	7,212	32
54	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	7,195	103	176	7,195	0
55	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	7,172	111	189	7,172	—
56	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	7,142	97	180	7,142	8
57	Greg Chappell	Australia	7,110	87	151	7,110	47
58	Andrew Strauss	England	7,037	100	178	7,037	—
59	Donald Bradman	Australia	6,996	52	80	6,996	2
60	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	6,973	110	188	6,973	98
61	Leonard Hutton	England	6,971	79	138	6,971	3
62	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	6,876	105	193	6,876	—
63	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	6,868	116	185	6,868	0
64	Ken Barrington	England	6,806	82	131	6,806	29
65	Graham Thorpe	England	6,744	100	179	6,744	0
66	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	6,534	93	166	6,534	—
67	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	6,453	101	176	6,453	1
68	Tom Latham	New Zealand	6,450	95	171	6,450	—
69	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	6,361	93	159	6,361	29
70	Michael Hussey	Australia	6,235	79	137	6,235	7
71	Usman Khawaja	Australia	6,229	88	159	6,229	0
72	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	6,227	79	137	6,227	0
73	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	6,215	99	147	6,215	0
74	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	6,167	90	154	6,167	0
75	Neil Harvey	Australia	6,149	79	137	6,149	3
76	Gundappa Viswanath	India	6,080	91	155	6,080	1
77	Jonny Bairstow	England	6,042	100	178	6,042	—
78	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	5,950	100	193	5,950	29
79	Richie Richardson	West Indies	5,949	86	146	5,949	0
80	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	5,842	87	154	5,842	23
81	Marcus Trescothick	England	5,825	76	143	5,825	1
82	Denis Compton	England	5,807	78	131	5,807	25
83	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	5,768	103	154	5,768	5
84	Nasser Hussain	England	5,764	96	171	5,764	0
85	Carl Hooper	West Indies	5,762	102	173	5,762	114
86	Michael Vaughan	England	5,719	82	147	5,719	6
87	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	5,570	96	137	5,570	—
88	Mark Boucher	South Africa	5,515	147	206	5,515	1
89	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	5,502	90	156	5,502	1
90	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5,492	87	145	5,492	39
91	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	5,462	81	132	5,462	15
92	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	5,444	77	131	5,444	14
93	Jack Hobbs	England	5,410	61	102	5,410	1
94	Doug Walters	Australia	5,357	74	125	5,357	49
95	D Elgar	South Africa	5,347	86	152	5,347	15
96	Ian Chappell	Australia	5,345	75	136	5,345	20
97	John Wright	New Zealand	5,334	82	148	5,334	0
98	Michael Slater	Australia	5,312	74	131	5,312	1
99	Kapil Dev	India	5,248	131	184	5,248	434
100	Bill Lawry	Australia	5,234	67	123	5,234	0

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

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Sachin Tendulkar leads this snapshot. Most runs: 15,921. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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