Who has scored the most runs in Test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Tests, with 15921 runs in 329 innings.

Who are the leading Test run-scorers?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (15921), Joe Root (14114), Ricky Ponting (13378) and Jacques Kallis (13289).

How many Test hundreds has Sachin Tendulkar scored?

Sachin Tendulkar has 51 Test hundreds and 68 fifties to go with 15921 runs.

Why is scoring Test runs so demanding?

Test cricket is played over five days with the red ball, so batters must concentrate for long periods and succeed in every condition, home and away, against pace and spin alike.

Most Runs in Test Cricket

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#	Player	M	Inns	Runs	S/R	4s	6s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	54.09	2058	69
2	Joe Root	166	304	14114	57.52	1509	46
3	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	58.72	1509	73
4	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	45.97	1488	97
5	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	42.51	1655	21
6	Alastair Cook	161	291	12472	46.95	1442	11
7	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	54.19	1491	51
8	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	60.51	1559	88
9	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	43.31	1285	36
10	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	51.45	1387	61
11	Allan Border	156	265	11174	-	1161	28
12	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	48.64	1175	20
13	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	53.96	1172	67
14	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	66.04	1016	26
15	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	52.12	1082	70
16	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	51.97	1063	28
17	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	49.97	1170	14
18	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	59.67	1165	24
19	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	55.57	1027	30
20	Graham Gooch	118	215	8900	49.23	1079	25
21	Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	-	0	48
22	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	54.02	1105	48
23	David Warner	112	205	8786	70.19	1036	69
24	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	49.37	1135	5
25	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	54.51	1024	64
26	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	55.92	978	39
27	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	60.10	1049	82
28	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	82.23	1233	91
29	Sir Viv Richards	121	182	8540	-	0	84
30	Alec Stewart	133	235	8463	48.66	1121	10
31	David Gower	117	204	8231	50.59	979	10
32	Angelo Mathews	119	212	8214	48.40	835	90
33	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	61.72	985	81
34	Geoff Boycott	108	193	8114	-	0	8
35	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	52.27	844	41
36	Mike Atherton	115	212	7728	37.49	904	4
37	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	49.46	919	39
38	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	54.22	912	40
39	Ross Taylor	112	196	7683	59.29	932	55
40	Matthew Hoggard	67	122	7564	56.00	42	0
41	Gordon Greenidge	108	185	7558	-	0	67
42	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	52.39	957	51
43	Mark Taylor	104	186	7525	41.48	727	9
44	Clive Lloyd	110	175	7515	-	0	70
45	Desmond Haynes	116	202	7487	-	0	24
46	David Boon	107	190	7422	40.96	822	2
47	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7289	43.43	922	12
48	Wally Hammond	85	140	7249	96.77	490	20
49	Ben Stokes	121	218	7228	58.41	830	136
50	Chris Gayle	103	182	7214	60.26	1046	98
51	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	51.25	900	57
52	Cheteshwar Pujara	103	176	7195	44.36	863	16
53	Stephen Fleming	111	189	7172	45.82	917	26
54	Dimuth Karunaratne	99	189	7172	51.54	760	12
55	Azhar Ali	97	180	7142	41.93	694	22
56	Greg Chappell	87	151	7110	-	755	16
57	Andrew Strauss	100	178	7037	48.91	867	10
58	Donald Bradman	52	80	6996	-	0	6
59	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	65.18	910	59
60	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	6868	59.98	560	17
61	Mushfiqur Rahim	103	190	6806	48.57	779	39
62	Ken Barrington	82	131	6806	160.44	429	20
63	Graham Thorpe	100	179	6744	45.89	778	9
64	Dinesh Chandimal	91	163	6458	50.33	681	44
65	Brendon McCullum	101	176	6453	64.60	776	107
66	Tom Latham	95	171	6450	48.17	722	22
67	Aravinda de Silva	93	159	6361	-	0	48
68	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	50.13	685	39
69	Usman Khawaja	88	159	6229	48.82	664	28
70	Rohan Kanhai	79	137	6227	-	0	0
71	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	6215	63.08	720	19
72	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6167	50.26	887	47
73	Neil Harvey	79	137	6149	272.32	452	1
74	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	6080	75.90	616	6
75	Jonny Bairstow	100	178	6042	59.07	719	56
76	Kraigg Brathwaite	100	193	5950	40.83	594	17
77	Sir Richie Richardson	86	146	5949	-	0	23
78	Ramnaresh Sarwan	87	154	5842	46.79	747	14
79	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	54.51	831	42
80	Denis Compton	78	131	5807	260.40	440	3
81	Saleem Malik	103	154	5768	-	0	7
82	Nasser Hussain	96	171	5764	40.38	734	24
83	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	50.27	633	63
84	Michael Vaughan	82	147	5719	51.13	742	22
85	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	81.95	677	100
86	Danny Morrison	48	76	5549	62.90	35	1
87	Mark Boucher	147	206	5515	50.11	656	20
88	Marvan Atapattu	90	156	5502	-	685	4
89	Tillakaratne Dilshan	87	145	5492	65.54	677	24
90	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	46.92	633	7
91	Martin Crowe	77	131	5444	44.65	659	27
92	Doug Walters	74	125	5357	-	0	23
93	Dean Elgar	86	152	5347	47.78	684	26
94	Ian Michael Chappell	75	136	5345	-	0	15
95	John Wright	82	148	5334	-	0	10
96	Michael Slater	74	131	5312	53.29	598	30
97	Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	94.76	587	61
98	Bill Lawry	67	123	5234	-	0	15
99	Misbah ul Haq	75	132	5222	44.53	511	81
100	Sir Ian Botham	102	161	5200	60.71	621	67

Most Runs in Test Cricket — Leading Run-Scorers

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test history, 15921 runs in 329 innings with 51 hundreds and 68 fifties. He is followed by Joe Root (14114), Ricky Ponting (13378) and Jacques Kallis (13289), batters who piled up runs against every kind of attack, home and away.

Test batting is the ultimate examination of technique and temperament, rewarding those who concentrate for hours and turn starts into the big centuries that define greatness over five-day matches. The table below lists every leading scorer with innings, hundreds and fifties. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

Most Runs in Test Cricket

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