Most Runs – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the most runs in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
TESTAll-time500 entries
115921Sachin TendulkarIND1,643 clear of Joe Root
214278Joe RootENG1,643 off the lead
313378Ricky PontingAUS2,543 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
15921 · 1,643 ahead of Root
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tendulkar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
11814
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Most Runs — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND15921
2Joe RootENG14278
3Ricky PontingAUS13378
4Jacques KallisSA13289
5Rahul DravidIND13288
6Alastair CookENG12472
7Kumar SangakkaraSL12400
8Brian LaraWI11953
9Shiv ChanderpaulWI11867
10Mahela JayawardeneSL11814
11Allan BorderAUS11174
12Steve WaughAUS10927
13Steven SmithAUS10924
14Sunil GavaskarIND10122
15Younis KhanPAK10099
16Kane WilliamsonNZ9479
17Hashim AmlaSA9282
18Graeme SmithSA9265
19Virat KohliIND9230
20Graham GoochENG8900
21Javed MiandadPAK8832
22Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK8830
23David WarnerAUS8786
24VVS LaxmanIND8781
25AB de VilliersSA8765
26Michael ClarkeAUS8643
27Matthew HaydenAUS8625
28Virender SehwagIND8586
29Sir Viv RichardsWI8540
30Alec StewartENG8463
31David GowerENG8231
32Angelo MathewsSL8214
33Kevin PietersenENG8181
34Geoff BoycottENG8114
35Sir Garry SobersWI8032
36Mark WaughAUS8029
37Mike AthertonENG7728
38Ian BellENG7727
39Justin LangerAUS7696
40Ross TaylorNZ7683
41Colin CowdreyENG7624
42Gordon GreenidgeWI7558
43Mohammad YousufPAK7530
44Mark TaylorAUS7525
45Clive LloydWI7515
46Desmond HaynesWI7487
47David BoonAUS7422
48Gary KirstenSA7289
49Ben StokesENG7273
50Wally HammondENG7249
51Dimuth KarunaratneSL7222
52Chris GayleWI7214
53Sourav GangulyIND7212
54Cheteshwar PujaraIND7195
55Stephen FlemingNZ7172
56Azhar AliPAK7142
57Greg ChappellAUS7110
58Andrew StraussENG7037
59Donald BradmanAUS6996
60Sanath JayasuriyaSL6973
61Sir Leonard HuttonENG6971
62Dilip VengsarkarIND6868
63Ken BarringtonENG6806
64Graham ThorpeENG6744
65Mushfiqur RahimBAN6695
66Dinesh ChandimalSL6534
67Brendon McCullumNZ6453
68Tom LathamNZ6450
69Aravinda de SilvaSL6361
70Michael HusseyAUS6235
71Rohan KanhaiWI6227
72Usman KhawajaAUS6223
73Mohammad AzharuddinIND6215
74Herschelle GibbsSA6167
75Neil HarveyAUS6149
76Gundappa ViswanathIND6080
77Jonny BairstowENG6042
78Kraigg BrathwaiteWI5950
79Sir Richie RichardsonWI5949
80Ramnaresh SarwanWI5842
81Marcus TrescothickENG5825
82Denis ComptonENG5807
83Saleem MalikPAK5768
84Nasser HussainENG5764
85Carl HooperWI5762
86Michael VaughanENG5719
87Adam GilchristAUS5570
88Mark BoucherSA5515
89Marvan AtapattuSL5502
90Tillakaratne DilshanSL5492
91Thilan SamaraweeraSL5462
92Martin CroweNZ5444
93Sir Jack HobbsENG5410
94Doug WaltersAUS5357
95Dean ElgarSA5347
96Ian ChappellAUS5345
97John WrightNZ5334
98Michael SlaterAUS5312
99Kapil DevIND5248
100Bill LawryAUS5234
101Misbah-ul-HaqPAK5222
102Sir Ian BothamENG5200
103John EdrichENG5138
104Tamim IqbalBAN5134
105Arjuna RanatungaSL5105
106Ajinkya RahaneIND5077
107Zaheer AbbasPAK5062
108Mominul HaqueBAN5021
109Tom GraveneyENG4882
110MS DhoniIND4876
111Bob SimpsonAUS4869
112Travis HeadAUS4843
113Kusal MendisSL4836
114Marnus LabuschagneAUS4822
115Andy FlowerZIM4794
116Ian RedpathAUS4737
117Nathan AstleNZ4702
118Asad ShafiqPAK4660
119Babar AzamPAK4656
119Allan LambENG4656
120Shakib Al HasanBAN4609
121Herbert SutcliffeENG4555
122Daryll CullinanSA4554
123Hashan TillakaratneSL4545
124Peter MayENG4537
125Daniel VettoriNZ4531
126Ted DexterENG4502
127Sir Everton WeekesWI4455
128Dhananjaya de SilvaSL4431
129Kim HughesAUS4415
130Mike GattingENG4409
131Damien MartynAUS4406
132Alvin KallicharranWI4399
133Alan KnottENG4389
134Mohinder AmarnathIND4378
135Ian HealyAUS4356
136Roy FredericksWI4334
137Rohit SharmaIND4301
138Mark ButcherENG4288
139Paul CollingwoodENG4259
140Robin SmithENG4236
141KL RahulIND4188
141Simon KatichAUS4188
142Faf du PlessisSA4163
143Ravindra JadejaIND4160
144Gautam GambhirIND4154
145Mudassar NazarPAK4114
146Matt PriorENG4099
147Saeed AnwarPAK4052
148Murali VijayIND3982
149Majid KhanPAK3931
150Temba BavumaSA3926
151Marlon SamuelsWI3917
152Hanif MohammadPAK3915
153Frank WorrellWI3860
154Andrew FlintoffENG3845
155Jonathan TrottENG3835
156Ravi ShastriIND3830
157Imran NiaziBHR3807
158Sir Clyde WalcottWI3798
159BJ WatlingNZ3790
160Shaun PollockSA3781
161Ollie PopeENG3732
162Shane WatsonAUS3731
163Hansie CronjeSA3714
164Ashwell PrinceSA3665
165Stuart BroadENG3662
166Mohammad HafeezPAK3652
167Rishabh PantIND3644
168Mushtaq MohammadPAK3643
169Rod MarshAUS3633
170Dean JonesAUS3631
170Polly UmrigarIND3631
171Dennis AmissENG3612
172Harry BrookENG3610
173Tony GreigENG3599
174Zak CrawleyENG3586
175Asif IqbalPAK3575
176Darren BravoWI3538
177Arthur MorrisAUS3533
178Patsy HendrenENG3525
179Ravichandran AshwinIND3503
180Bruce MitchellSA3471
181Grant FlowerZIM3457
182Bev CongdonNZ3448
183John ReidNZ3428
184Graeme HickENG3383
185Graeme WoodAUS3374
186Ben DuckettENG3364
187Henry NichollsNZ3358
188Jeff DujonWI3322
189Chris CairnsNZ3320
190Litton DasBAN3318
191Ijaz AhmedPAK3315
192Quinton de KockSA3300
193Frank WoolleyENG3283
194Keith FletcherENG3272
195Brad HaddinAUS3266
196Aiden MarkramSA3258
197Neil McKenzieSA3253
198Sir Conrad HunteWI3245
199Vijay ManjrekarIND3208
200Navjot SidhuIND3202
201Larry GomesWI3171
202Shane WarneAUS3154
203Sir Richard HadleeNZ3124
204Craig McMillanNZ3116
205Colin McDonaldAUS3107
206Basil ButcherWI3104
207Moeen AliENG3094
208Chaminda VaasSL3089
209Lindsay HassettAUS3073
209Jason HolderWI3073
210Chandu BordeIND3061
211Sarfraz AhmedPAK3031
212Habibul BasharBAN3026
213Jimmy AdamsWI3012
214Saeed AhmedPAK2991
214Glenn TurnerNZ2991
215Taufeeq UmarPAK2963
216Dudley NourseSA2960
217Keith MillerAUS2958
218Herbie TaylorSA2936
219Andrew JonesNZ2922
220Shubman GillIND2917
221MahmudullahBAN2914
222Jos ButtlerENG2907
223Denesh RamdinWI2898
223Jermaine BlackwoodWI2898
223Wasim AkramPAK2898
224Victor TrumperAUS2896
225Sherwin CampbellWI2882
226Adam ParoreNZ2865
227Warwick ArmstrongAUS2863
228Alistair CampbellZIM2858
229Geoff MarshAUS2854
230Niroshan DickwellaSL2853
231Roston ChaseWI2851
232Ramiz RajaPAK2833
233Aamer SohailPAK2823
233Shan MasoodPAK2823
234Wasim RajaPAK2821
235Keith StackpoleAUS2807
236Nawab of PataudiIND2793
237Kepler WesselsAUS2788
238Norm O'NeillAUS2779
239Mark RichardsonNZ2776
240Clem HillAUS2768
241Maurice LeylandENG2764
242Syed KirmaniIND2759
243Devon ConwayNZ2757
244Graham YallopAUS2756
245Stan McCabeAUS2748
246Moin KhanPAK2741
247Mohammad AshrafulBAN2737
248Bert SutcliffeNZ2727
249Mohsin KhanHK2709
250Shoaib MohammadPAK2705
251Mark BurgessNZ2684
252Jeremy ConeyNZ2668
253Kamran AkmalPAK2648
254Jacques RudolphSA2622
255Brendan TaylorZIM2616
256Farokh EngineerIND2611
257Wavell HindsWI2608
258Yashasvi JaiswalIND2588
259Martin GuptillNZ2586
260Sadiq MohammadPAK2579
261Ridley JacobsWI2577
262Roshan MahanamaSL2576
263Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN2571
264Cyril WashbrookENG2569
265Greg BlewettAUS2552
266Jonty RhodesSA2532
267Geoff HowarthNZ2531
268Seymour NurseWI2523
269Shai HopeWI2518
270Trevor GoddardSA2516
270Eddie BarlowSA2516
271Anil KumbleIND2506
272Mohammad RizwanPAK2501
273Basil D'OliveiraENG2484
274Alex CareyAUS2478
275Derek RandallENG2470
275Gus LogieWI2470
276Warren BardsleyAUS2469
277Mitchell StarcAUS2468
278Ken RutherfordNZ2465
279Asanka GurusinhaSL2452
280Pankaj RoyIND2442
281Bill EdrichENG2440
281Jackie McGlewSA2440
282Godfrey EvansENG2439
283Les AmesENG2434
284Daryl MitchellNZ2410
285John WaiteSA2405
286Imran FarhatPAK2400
287Mehidy HasanBAN2367
288Mark RamprakashENG2350
289Wilfred RhodesENG2315
289Shikhar DhawanIND2315
290Graham DowlingNZ2306
291Bill WoodfullAUS2300
292Tom BlundellNZ2296
293Peter BurgeAUS2290
293Trevor BaileyENG2290
294Mike SmithENG2278
295Shaun MarshAUS2265
296Graeme PollockSA2256
297Tim SoutheeNZ2245
298Dave NourseSA2234
299Harbhajan SinghIND2224
300Hamilton MasakadzaZIM2223
301Guy WhittallZIM2207
302Richie BenaudAUS2201
303Dwayne BravoWI2200
304Vijay HazareIND2192
305George HeadleyWI2190
306Daren GangaWI2160
307Jeffrey StollmeyerWI2159
308Charles MacartneyAUS2131
309Prasanna JayawardeneSL2124
310Bill PonsfordAUS2122
311Roy McLeanSA2120
312Ajit WadekarIND2113
312Kieran PowellWI2113
313Vinoo MankadIND2109
314Jean-Paul DuminySA2103
315Kaushal SilvaSL2099
316Alviro PetersenSA2093
317Lahiru ThirimanneSL2088
318Chetan ChauhanIND2084
319Mitchell MarshAUS2083
320Imtiaz AhmedPAK2079
321Mitchell JohnsonAUS2065
322Kris SrikkanthIND2062
323Bob CowperAUS2061
323Peter RichardsonENG2061
324Motganhalli JaisimhaIND2056
325Lawrence RoweWI2047
326Sanjay ManjrekarIND2043
327Chris WoakesENG2034
327Bryan YoungNZ2034
328Mark GreatbatchNZ2021
329Chris RogersAUS2015
330Cameron GreenAUS2008
331Andrew HudsonSA2007
332Dilip SardesaiIND2001
333Deryck MurrayWI1993
334Heath StreakZIM1990
335Anshuman GaekwadIND1985
336Saud ShakeelPAK1977
337Geoff PullarENG1974
338Brian McMillanSA1968
339Eric RowanSA1965
340Jim ParksENG1962
341Bruce EdgarNZ1958
342Craig ErvineZIM1955
343Sean WilliamsZIM1946
343Abdul RazzaqPAK1946
344Wasim JafferIND1944
345Romesh KaluwitharanaSL1933
346Lance KlusenerSA1906
347Yuvraj SinghIND1900
348Shoaib MalikPAK1898
349Jack RussellENG1897
350Salman ButtPAK1889
351Peter ParfittENG1882
352Abdullah ShafiquePAK1878
353Greg MatthewsAUS1849
354Bob WyattENG1839
355Ray IllingworthENG1836
356Russel ArnoldSL1821
357Imam-ul-HaqPAK1818
358Ian SmithNZ1815
359Malcolm MarshallWI1810
360John CrawleyENG1800
361Darren LehmannAUS1798
362Imrul KayesBAN1797
363Tharanga ParanavitanaSL1792
364Rory BurnsENG1789
365Matt HorneNZ1788
366Jacob OramNZ1780
367Vernon PhilanderSA1779
368Brian BoothAUS1773
369Nathan LyonAUS1764
370Devon SmithWI1760
371Chris TavaréENG1755
372Upul TharangaSL1754
372Aubrey FaulknerSA1754
373Rachin RavindraNZ1744
374Javed OmarBAN1720
375Boeta DippenaarSA1718
376Shahid AfridiGER1716
377John EmbureyENG1713
378Rangana HerathSL1699
379Greg RitchieAUS1690
380Pat CumminsAUS1674
381Colin BlandSA1669
382Mike DennessENG1667
383Chris BroadENG1661
384Monty NobleAUS1658
385Gary BallanceENG1653
386Shadman IslamBAN1644
387Joe HardstaffENG1636
388Mathew SinclairNZ1635
389Russell EndeanSA1630
390Rick McCoskerAUS1622
391Stuart CarlisleZIM1615
392Matthew WadeAUS1613
393Nari ContractorIND1611
394Yashpal SharmaIND1606
395Tim RobinsonNZ1601
395Jeff CroweNZ1601
396Manoj PrabhakarIND1600
397Paul SheahanAUS1594
398Bill BrownAUS1592
399Sandeep PatilIND1588
400Scott StyrisNZ1586
401Shane DowrichWI1570
402Kamindu MendisSL1556
403Bob CatterallSA1555
404Jamie SmithENG1549
405Tatenda TaibuZIM1546
406John CampbellWI1541
407Eddie PaynterENG1540
408Phillip HughesAUS1535
409Tim PaineAUS1534
410Salman AghaPAK1532
411Syd GregoryAUS1515
412Brian HastingsNZ1510
413Ken MackayAUS1507
414Ray LindwallAUS1502
414Qasim UmarPAK1502
415John ParkerNZ1498
416Bob BarberENG1495
417Intikhab AlamPAK1493
418Yasir HameedPAK1491
419Mayank AgarwalIND1488
420Adam VogesAUS1485
420Wayne PhillipsAUS1485
421Dave HoughtonZIM1464
422Andrew SymondsAUS1462
423Johnny TyldesleyENG1452
424Brett LeeAUS1451
425Fred TitmusENG1449
426Mike BrearleyENG1442
426Joe BurnsAUS1442
426Nayan MongiaIND1442
427Tom HaywardENG1440
428Sir Curtly AmbroseWI1439
429Sikandar RazaZIM1434
430Colin de GrandhommeNZ1432
431Bert OldfieldAUS1427
432Charles KellewayAUS1422
433Ashley GilesENG1421
434Bapu NadkarniIND1414
434Murray GoodwinZIM1414
435Khaled MashudBAN1409
436Wiaan MulderSA1407
437Kemar RoachWI1403
438Reg SimpsonENG1401
439Jack RyderAUS1394
440Keith ArthurtonWI1382
441Rashid LatifPAK1381
442Graeme SwannENG1370
443Sadagoppan RameshIND1367
444Wasim BariPAK1366
445Ken ViljoenSA1365
446Keshav MaharajSA1362
447David RichardsonSA1359
447John DysonAUS1359
448Wriddhiman SahaIND1353
448James AndersonENG1353
449Herbie CollinsAUS1352
450Bruce LairdAUS1341
450Javed BurkiPAK1341
451Lou VincentNZ1332
452Collie SmithWI1331
453Duleep MendisSL1329
454Alan DavidsonAUS1328
455Shiv Sunder DasIND1326
455Joe SolomonWI1326
456Darren SammyWI1323
457Reggie DuffAUS1317
458Nicky BojeSA1312
459Pathum NissankaSL1310
460Graeme FowlerENG1307
461Joshua Da SilvaWI1306
461David HookesAUS1306
462Dilruwan PereraSL1303
463Charlie DavisWI1301
464Rahmat ShahAFG1299
465Brian LuckhurstENG1298
466Douglas JardineENG1296
466John ReidNZ1296
467Roy DiasSL1285
467Kiran MoreIND1285
468Jim BurkeAUS1280
469Chandika HathurusinghaSL1274
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