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 SmithAUS10893
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 RahimBAN6661
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 HaqueBAN4993
109Tom GraveneyENG4882
110MS DhoniIND4876
111Bob SimpsonAUS4869
112Kusal MendisSL4836
113Andy FlowerZIM4794
114Marnus LabuschagneAUS4765
115Ian RedpathAUS4737
116Nathan AstleNZ4702
117Asad ShafiqPAK4660
118Allan LambENG4656
118Babar AzamPAK4656
119Travis HeadAUS4653
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
150Marlon SamuelsWI3917
151Hanif MohammadPAK3915
152Frank WorrellWI3860
153Andrew FlintoffENG3845
154Jonathan TrottENG3835
155Ravi ShastriIND3830
156Imran NiaziBHR3807
157Sir Clyde WalcottWI3798
158BJ WatlingNZ3790
159Shaun PollockSA3781
160Ollie PopeENG3732
161Shane WatsonAUS3731
162Temba BavumaSA3716
163Hansie CronjeSA3714
164Ashwell PrinceSA3665
165Stuart BroadENG3662
166Mohammad HafeezPAK3652
167Rishabh PantIND3644
168Mushtaq MohammadPAK3643
169Rod MarshAUS3633
170Polly UmrigarIND3631
170Dean JonesAUS3631
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
190Ijaz AhmedPAK3315
191Quinton de KockSA3300
192Frank WoolleyENG3283
193Keith FletcherENG3272
193Litton DasBAN3272
194Brad HaddinAUS3266
195Neil McKenzieSA3253
196Sir Conrad HunteWI3245
197Vijay ManjrekarIND3208
198Navjot SidhuIND3202
199Aiden MarkramSA3179
200Larry GomesWI3171
201Shane WarneAUS3154
202Sir Richard HadleeNZ3124
203Craig McMillanNZ3116
204Colin McDonaldAUS3107
205Basil ButcherWI3104
206Moeen AliENG3094
207Chaminda VaasSL3089
208Lindsay HassettAUS3073
208Jason HolderWI3073
209Chandu BordeIND3061
210Sarfraz AhmedPAK3031
211Habibul BasharBAN3026
212Jimmy AdamsWI3012
213Saeed AhmedPAK2991
213Glenn TurnerNZ2991
214Taufeeq UmarPAK2963
215Dudley NourseSA2960
216Keith MillerAUS2958
217Herbie TaylorSA2936
218Andrew JonesNZ2922
219Shubman GillIND2917
220MahmudullahBAN2914
221Jos ButtlerENG2907
222Wasim AkramPAK2898
222Jermaine BlackwoodWI2898
222Denesh RamdinWI2898
223Victor TrumperAUS2896
224Sherwin CampbellWI2882
225Adam ParoreNZ2865
226Warwick ArmstrongAUS2863
227Alistair CampbellZIM2858
228Geoff MarshAUS2854
229Niroshan DickwellaSL2853
230Ramiz RajaPAK2833
231Aamer SohailPAK2823
231Shan MasoodPAK2823
232Wasim RajaPAK2821
233Roston ChaseWI2808
234Keith StackpoleAUS2807
235Nawab of PataudiIND2793
236Kepler WesselsAUS2788
237Norm O'NeillAUS2779
238Mark RichardsonNZ2776
239Clem HillAUS2768
240Maurice LeylandENG2764
241Syed KirmaniIND2759
242Devon ConwayNZ2757
243Graham YallopAUS2756
244Stan McCabeAUS2748
245Moin KhanPAK2741
246Mohammad AshrafulBAN2737
247Bert SutcliffeNZ2727
248Mohsin KhanHK2709
249Shoaib MohammadPAK2705
250Mark BurgessNZ2684
251Jeremy ConeyNZ2668
252Kamran AkmalPAK2648
253Jacques RudolphSA2622
254Farokh EngineerIND2611
255Wavell HindsWI2608
256Yashasvi JaiswalIND2588
257Martin GuptillNZ2586
258Sadiq MohammadPAK2579
259Ridley JacobsWI2577
260Roshan MahanamaSL2576
261Cyril WashbrookENG2569
262Greg BlewettAUS2552
263Jonty RhodesSA2532
264Geoff HowarthNZ2531
265Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN2524
266Seymour NurseWI2523
267Shai HopeWI2518
268Trevor GoddardSA2516
268Eddie BarlowSA2516
269Anil KumbleIND2506
270Mohammad RizwanPAK2501
271Basil D'OliveiraENG2484
272Derek RandallENG2470
272Gus LogieWI2470
273Warren BardsleyAUS2469
274Ken RutherfordNZ2465
275Asanka GurusinhaSL2452
276Mitchell StarcAUS2445
277Pankaj RoyIND2442
278Bill EdrichENG2440
278Jackie McGlewSA2440
279Godfrey EvansENG2439
280Les AmesENG2434
281Daryl MitchellNZ2410
282John WaiteSA2405
283Brendan TaylorZIM2403
284Imran FarhatPAK2400
285Alex CareyAUS2359
286Mark RamprakashENG2350
287Mehidy HasanBAN2327
288Wilfred RhodesENG2315
288Shikhar DhawanIND2315
289Graham DowlingNZ2306
290Bill WoodfullAUS2300
291Tom BlundellNZ2296
292Peter BurgeAUS2290
292Trevor BaileyENG2290
293Mike SmithENG2278
294Shaun MarshAUS2265
295Graeme PollockSA2256
296Tim SoutheeNZ2245
297Dave NourseSA2234
298Harbhajan SinghIND2224
299Hamilton MasakadzaZIM2223
300Guy WhittallZIM2207
301Richie BenaudAUS2201
302Dwayne BravoWI2200
303Vijay HazareIND2192
304George HeadleyWI2190
305Daren GangaWI2160
306Jeffrey StollmeyerWI2159
307Charles MacartneyAUS2131
308Prasanna JayawardeneSL2124
309Bill PonsfordAUS2122
310Roy McLeanSA2120
311Ajit WadekarIND2113
311Kieran PowellWI2113
312Vinoo MankadIND2109
313Jean-Paul DuminySA2103
314Kaushal SilvaSL2099
315Alviro PetersenSA2093
316Lahiru ThirimanneSL2088
317Chetan ChauhanIND2084
318Mitchell MarshAUS2083
319Imtiaz AhmedPAK2079
320Mitchell JohnsonAUS2065
321Kris SrikkanthIND2062
322Bob CowperAUS2061
322Peter RichardsonENG2061
323Motganhalli JaisimhaIND2056
324Lawrence RoweWI2047
325Sanjay ManjrekarIND2043
326Bryan YoungNZ2034
326Chris WoakesENG2034
327Mark GreatbatchNZ2021
328Chris RogersAUS2015
329Andrew HudsonSA2007
330Dilip SardesaiIND2001
331Deryck MurrayWI1993
332Heath StreakZIM1990
333Anshuman GaekwadIND1985
334Saud ShakeelPAK1977
335Geoff PullarENG1974
336Brian McMillanSA1968
337Eric RowanSA1965
338Jim ParksENG1962
339Bruce EdgarNZ1958
340Abdul RazzaqPAK1946
340Sean WilliamsZIM1946
341Wasim JafferIND1944
342Romesh KaluwitharanaSL1933
343Craig ErvineZIM1931
344Cameron GreenAUS1916
345Lance KlusenerSA1906
346Yuvraj SinghIND1900
347Shoaib MalikPAK1898
348Jack RussellENG1897
349Salman ButtPAK1889
350Peter ParfittENG1882
351Abdullah ShafiquePAK1878
352Greg MatthewsAUS1849
353Bob WyattENG1839
354Ray IllingworthENG1836
355Russel ArnoldSL1821
356Imam-ul-HaqPAK1818
357Ian SmithNZ1815
358Malcolm MarshallWI1810
359John CrawleyENG1800
360Darren LehmannAUS1798
361Imrul KayesBAN1797
362Tharanga ParanavitanaSL1792
363Rory BurnsENG1789
364Matt HorneNZ1788
365Jacob OramNZ1780
366Vernon PhilanderSA1779
367Brian BoothAUS1773
368Devon SmithWI1760
369Chris TavaréENG1755
370Upul TharangaSL1754
370Aubrey FaulknerSA1754
371Rachin RavindraNZ1744
372Nathan LyonAUS1730
373Javed OmarBAN1720
374Boeta DippenaarSA1718
375Shahid AfridiGER1716
376John EmbureyENG1713
377Rangana HerathSL1699
378Greg RitchieAUS1690
379Colin BlandSA1669
380Mike DennessENG1667
381Chris BroadENG1661
382Monty NobleAUS1658
383Gary BallanceENG1653
384Pat CumminsAUS1652
385Joe HardstaffENG1636
386Mathew SinclairNZ1635
387Russell EndeanSA1630
388Rick McCoskerAUS1622
389Stuart CarlisleZIM1615
390Matthew WadeAUS1613
391Nari ContractorIND1611
392Yashpal SharmaIND1606
393Jeff CroweNZ1601
393Tim RobinsonNZ1601
394Manoj PrabhakarIND1600
395Paul SheahanAUS1594
396Bill BrownAUS1592
397Sandeep PatilIND1588
398Scott StyrisNZ1586
399Shane DowrichWI1570
400Kamindu MendisSL1556
401Bob CatterallSA1555
402Jamie SmithENG1549
403Tatenda TaibuZIM1546
404Eddie PaynterENG1540
405Phillip HughesAUS1535
406Tim PaineAUS1534
407Salman AghaPAK1532
408Shadman IslamBAN1526
409Syd GregoryAUS1515
410Brian HastingsNZ1510
411Ken MackayAUS1507
412Ray LindwallAUS1502
412Qasim UmarPAK1502
413John ParkerNZ1498
414Bob BarberENG1495
415Intikhab AlamPAK1493
416Yasir HameedPAK1491
417Mayank AgarwalIND1488
418Adam VogesAUS1485
418Wayne PhillipsAUS1485
419Dave HoughtonZIM1464
420Andrew SymondsAUS1462
421Johnny TyldesleyENG1452
422Brett LeeAUS1451
423Fred TitmusENG1449
424Mike BrearleyENG1442
424Joe BurnsAUS1442
424Nayan MongiaIND1442
425Tom HaywardENG1440
426Sir Curtly AmbroseWI1439
427John CampbellWI1438
428Sikandar RazaZIM1434
429Colin de GrandhommeNZ1432
430Bert OldfieldAUS1427
431Charles KellewayAUS1422
432Ashley GilesENG1421
433Bapu NadkarniIND1414
433Murray GoodwinZIM1414
434Khaled MashudBAN1409
435Kemar RoachWI1403
436Reg SimpsonENG1401
437Jack RyderAUS1394
438Keith ArthurtonWI1382
439Rashid LatifPAK1381
440Graeme SwannENG1370
441Sadagoppan RameshIND1367
442Wasim BariPAK1366
443Ken ViljoenSA1365
444Keshav MaharajSA1362
445David RichardsonSA1359
445John DysonAUS1359
446Wriddhiman SahaIND1353
446James AndersonENG1353
447Herbie CollinsAUS1352
448Bruce LairdAUS1341
448Javed BurkiPAK1341
449Lou VincentNZ1332
450Collie SmithWI1331
451Duleep MendisSL1329
452Alan DavidsonAUS1328
453Shiv Sunder DasIND1326
453Joe SolomonWI1326
454Darren SammyWI1323
455Reggie DuffAUS1317
456Nicky BojeSA1312
457Pathum SilvaSL1310
458Graeme FowlerENG1307
459David HookesAUS1306
460Dilruwan PereraSL1303
461Charlie DavisWI1301
462Brian LuckhurstENG1298
463Douglas JardineENG1296
463John ReidNZ1296
464Roy DiasSL1285
464Kiran MoreIND1285
465Jim BurkeAUS1280
466Wiaan MulderSA1279
467Chandika HathurusinghaSL1274
468Jesse RyderNZ1269
469Shahriar NafeesBAN1267
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