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 TendulkarIND1,978 clear of Joe Root
213943Joe RootENG1,978 off the lead
313378Ricky PontingAUS2,543 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin TendulkarIND
15921 · 1,978 ahead of Root
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Joe RootENG
9 separate entries on this list · 273 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1656
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Runs — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Sachin TendulkarIND15921
2Joe RootENG13943
3Ricky PontingAUS13378
4Jacques KallisSA13289
5Rahul DravidIND13288
6Babar AzamPAK1863
7Mohammad YousufPAK1788
8Sir Viv RichardsWI1710
9Joe RootENG1708
10Graeme SmithSA1656
11Michael ClarkeAUS1595
12Sachin TendulkarIND1562
13Joe RootENG1556
14Ricky PontingAUS1544
15Ricky PontingAUS1503
16Michael VaughanENG1481
16Justin LangerAUS1481
18Yashasvi JaiswalIND1478
19Joe RootENG1477
20Steven SmithAUS1474
21Jonny BairstowENG1470
22Virender SehwagIND1462
23Kumar SangakkaraSL1438
24Virender SehwagIND1422
25Sunil GavaskarIND1407
26Sachin TendulkarIND1392
27Gundappa ViswanathIND1388
28Joe RootENG1385
29Bob SimpsonAUS1381
30Matthew HaydenAUS1380
31Dennis AmissENG1379
32Alastair CookENG1364
33Rahul DravidIND1357
34Damien MartynAUS1353
35Brian LaraWI1344
36Kevin PietersenENG1343
37Imam-ul-HaqPAK1342
38Ricky PontingAUS1333
39Jonathan TrottENG1325
40Marcus TrescothickENG1323
41Virat KohliIND1322
42David WarnerAUS1317
43Matthew HaydenAUS1312
44Sunil GavaskarIND1310
45Steven SmithAUS1305
46Sir Garry SobersWI1299
47Jacques KallisSA1288
48Alastair CookENG1287
49Sanath JayasuriyaSL1271
50Alastair CookENG1270
51Graham GoochENG1264
52Matthew HaydenAUS1250
53Alastair CookENG1249
54Kumar SangakkaraSL1242
55David BoonAUS1241
56Thilan SamaraweeraSL1234
57Brian LaraWI1222
57Alec StewartENG1222
59Aravinda de SilvaSL1220
60Mark TaylorAUS1219
61Virat KohliIND1215
62Jacques KallisSA1210
62Usman KhawajaAUS1210
64Graeme SmithSA1198
65Mahela JayawardeneSL1194
66Ricky PontingAUS1182
67Gordon GreenidgeWI1179
68Brian LaraWI1178
69Andrew StraussENG1172
70Brendon McCullumNZ1164
71Hashim AmlaSA1161
72Angelo MathewsSL1160
72Matthew HaydenAUS1160
74Denis ComptonENG1159
75Kim HughesAUS1152
76Ben DuckettENG1149
77Steven SmithAUS1146
78Rahul DravidIND1145
79Cheteshwar PujaraIND1140
80Steven SmithAUS1139
81Mike AthertonENG1136
81Litton DasBAN1136
83Mike AthertonENG1129
84Dean ElgarSA1128
85Mark TaylorAUS1112
86Brian LaraWI1111
86Simon KatichAUS1111
88Brian LaraWI1110
89Sourav GangulyIND1106
89Mark TaylorAUS1106
91Marnus LabuschagneAUS1104
92Herschelle GibbsSA1103
93Harry BrookENG1100
94Sunil GavaskarIND1099
94Allan BorderAUS1099
94Dean JonesAUS1099
97Sir Ian BothamENG1095
98Michael ClarkeAUS1093
99Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1090
100Sachin TendulkarIND1088
101Keith FletcherENG1085
102Mohinder AmarnathIND1077
103Allan BorderAUS1073
104Greg BlewettAUS1067
105Hashim AmlaSA1064
106David GowerENG1061
107Clem HillAUS1060
108David GowerENG1059
108Virat KohliIND1059
110Bill LawryAUS1056
111Kevin PietersenENG1053
112Michael SlaterAUS1051
113Andy FlowerZIM1045
114Graham GoochENG1040
114Hansie CronjeSA1040
116Ken BarringtonENG1035
117Kumar SangakkaraSL1034
117Mark WaughAUS1034
119Mohsin KhanHK1029
120Sunil GavaskarIND1024
121Kusal MendisSL1023
122Jacques KallisSA1021
123Ken BarringtonENG1015
124Kevin PietersenENG1007
125Ian BellENG1005
126Allan BorderAUS1000
126Sachin TendulkarIND1000
128Brian LaraWI996
129Steve WaughAUS993
130Mike AthertonENG990
131Javed MiandadPAK989
132Mark WaughAUS987
132Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK987
134Shubman GillIND983
135Ted DexterENG982
135Ian ChappellAUS982
135Mahela JayawardeneSL982
138Geoff BoycottENG975
139Alec StewartENG972
140Sir Richie RichardsonWI970
141Steve WaughAUS969
142Steven SmithAUS965
143Steve WaughAUS959
144David BoonAUS957
145Greg ChappellAUS953
146Donald BradmanAUS950
146Desmond HaynesWI950
146Ian BellENG950
149Darren BravoWI949
150Neil HarveyAUS948
150Joe RootENG948
152Zaheer AbbasPAK935
153Tony GreigENG934
154AB de VilliersSA933
155Kim HughesAUS931
156Steven SmithAUS929
156Allan LambENG929
158Dilip VengsarkarIND924
159Travis HeadAUS919
160Sunil GavaskarIND918
161Alastair CookENG916
161Michael SlaterAUS916
163Allan BorderAUS915
164Dennis AmissENG910
165Doug WaltersAUS909
166Rohit SharmaIND906
167Sir Leonard HuttonENG903
168Dimuth KarunaratneSL902
169Ken BarringtonENG895
169Sir Garry SobersWI895
171John EdrichENG894
172Sir Viv RichardsWI893
173Ricky PontingAUS883
174Ken BarringtonENG880
174Geoff MarshAUS880
176Dilip VengsarkarIND875
177Eddie BarlowSA872
178John ReidNZ871
179Ted DexterENG868
180Sir Viv RichardsWI867
181Steve WaughAUS865
182Sir Garry SobersWI864
182Larry GomesWI864
184Sir Viv RichardsWI862
185David GowerENG860
186Kane WilliamsonNZ859
187Joe RootENG851
188Mike GattingENG847
189Bill EdrichENG843
190Colin BlandSA841
191Mohammad YousufPAK839
192Cheteshwar PujaraIND837
193Denis ComptonENG830
194Roy FredericksWI829
195Sir Clyde WalcottWI827
196Sir Leonard HuttonENG825
197Rory BurnsENG824
198Martin CroweNZ820
199Bill LawryAUS816
200Kannaur RahulIND813
201David BoonAUS812
202Desmond HaynesWI806
203Joe RootENG805
204Colin CowdreyENG803
205Sunil GavaskarIND802
206Greg ChappellAUS800
207Travis HeadAUS797
207Gundappa ViswanathIND797
209Basil ButcherWI794
210Alec StewartENG793
211Graham GoochENG791
212Dilip SardesaiIND789
213Alvin KallicharranWI788
213Clive LloydWI788
215Peter MayENG779
216Mushtaq MohammadPAK777
216David BoonAUS777
218Bert SutcliffeNZ774
219Seymour NurseWI769
220Ted DexterENG767
220Mike AthertonENG767
222Geoff BoycottENG766
223Brian LuckhurstENG765
224Shoaib MohammadPAK764
225Peter MayENG759
225Geoff BoycottENG759
227Greg ChappellAUS753
228Martin CroweNZ751
229Ken BarringtonENG750
229Javed MiandadPAK750
229Graeme WoodAUS750
232Colin CowdreyENG749
232Clive LloydWI749
234Rishabh PantIND748
235Gus LogieWI738
236Greg ChappellAUS736
237Desmond HaynesWI735
238Allan BorderAUS730
239Sir Leonard HuttonENG728
240Alec StewartENG727
241Ian ChappellAUS726
242Sir Everton WeekesWI716
243Majid KhanPAK715
244John EdrichENG713
245Sir Richie RichardsonWI704
246Colin CowdreyENG701
246Saeed AnwarPAK701
248Cyril WashbrookENG700
248Bill LawryAUS700
250Keith FletcherENG699
251Sir Clyde WalcottWI698
252Graham DowlingNZ697
253Neil HarveyAUS696
254Javed MiandadPAK694
255Allan BorderAUS689
256Sir Conrad HunteWI684
257Alan KnottENG679
258Reggie DuffAUS678
258Graeme PollockSA678
258Geoff PullarENG678
258Sir Leonard HuttonENG678
262John EdrichENG675
263Doug WaltersAUS673
264Glenn TurnerNZ672
265Colin McDonaldAUS671
266Victor TrumperAUS669
266Mike GattingENG669
268Ian ChappellAUS666
269Alvin KallicharranWI665
270Ross MorganNZ663
271Doug WaltersAUS661
272Colin CowdreyENG658
272Rick McCoskerAUS658
274Vijay ManjrekarIND655
275Peter RichardsonENG653
276Sunil GavaskarIND650
276Sadiq MohammadPAK650
278Ken BarringtonENG647
279Greg ChappellAUS643
280Ben StokesENG641
281Hanif MohammadPAK628
282Wally HammondENG625
283Geoff PullarENG624
284Sachin TendulkarIND623
285Peter MayENG622
286Dudley NourseSA621
287Lindsay HassettAUS620
288Dominic SibleyENG615
289Colin CowdreyENG611
290Colin CowdreyENG610
291Roshan MahanamaSL607
292Ian ChappellAUS605
293Peter ParfittENG602
294Lindsay HassettAUS600
295Norm O'NeillAUS599
296Ted DexterENG591
297Peter MayENG590
298Reg SimpsonENG587
299Neil HarveyAUS584
300Zak CrawleyENG580
301Bruce MitchellSA579
302Vijay HazareIND576
302Arthur MorrisAUS576
304Wally HammondENG574
305Keith MillerAUS568
306Wally HammondENG564
307Herbert SutcliffeENG560
307Polly UmrigarIND560
309Nasser HussainENG559
310Seymour NurseWI557
311Hanif MohammadPAK548
312Peter BurgeAUS547
313Neil HarveyAUS543
314Frank WorrellWI539
315Warwick ArmstrongAUS537
316Saeed AhmedPAK533
317Bev CongdonNZ531
318Ian RedpathAUS530
319Sir Jack HobbsENG527
320Colin CowdreyENG524
321Bruce MitchellSA523
322Graeme PollockSA517
323Eric RowanSA515
324Bob SimpsonAUS513
325Eddie PaynterENG510
326Dudley NourseSA509
327Barry RichardsSA508
327Saeed AhmedPAK508
329Bill WoodfullAUS500
330Kane WilliamsonNZ498
331Rohan KanhaiWI497
331Peter MayENG497
333Rohan KanhaiWI495
334Archie MacLarenENG494
335Stanley JacksonENG492
335Tony GreigENG492
337Peter RichardsonENG491
338Farokh EngineerIND488
339Sir Everton WeekesWI487
340Sir Jack HobbsENG486
341George HeadleyWI485
342Basil ButcherWI482
343Patsy HendrenENG481
344Herbert SutcliffeENG477
345Nawab of PataudiIND474
346Peter MayENG473
346Charles MacartneyAUS473
348Herbert SutcliffeENG472
348Tom GraveneyENG472
350Bob CatterallSA471
350Sir Conrad HunteWI471
352Jim BurkeAUS468
353Polly UmrigarIND467
353Tom GraveneyENG467
355Bob SimpsonAUS466
356Trevor GoddardSA459
357Neil HarveyAUS456
358Sir Leonard HuttonENG455
359Herbie TaylorSA449
360Vinoo MankadIND448
361Bob WyattENG441
362Gordon WhiteSA437
363Jack RussellENG436
364Johnny TyldesleyENG424
365Donald BradmanAUS421
366Sir Everton WeekesWI418
367Keith StackpoleAUS407
368Sir Jack HobbsENG401
368Arthur MorrisAUS401
370Sir Leonard HuttonENG399
371Warren BardsleyAUS396
372Doug WaltersAUS392
373Johnny TaylorAUS390
374Herbie TaylorSA385
375Allan RaeWI377
376Frank WoolleyENG372
377Jack RyderAUS363
378Gamage DinushaSL359
379Waqar HasanPAK357
380Vernon RansfordAUS353
381C.B. FryENG348
382Harry BrookENG343
383Frederick FaneENG342
383Phil MeadENG342
385Sir Jack HobbsENG338
386Joe RootENG337
387Reggie DuffAUS335
388George HeadleyWI334
389Bill PonsfordAUS331
390Herbie TaylorSA322
390Roston ChaseWI322
392Sid BarnesAUS319
393Tip FosterENG306
393Bill WoodfullAUS306
395Tom HaywardENG305
396Bruce MitchellSA302
397Dave NourseSA289
398Jack CrawfordENG281
399Herbert SutcliffeENG271
400Dave NourseSA270
401Arthur ShrewsburyENG253
402Frank MannENG249
403Vijay MerchantIND245
404Denis ComptonENG237
404Frank WoolleyENG237
406Phil MeadENG235
407Albert RelfENG229
408Philip HandsSA224
409Syd GregoryAUS222
410C.B. FryENG221
411Len BraundENG219
412Joe DarlingAUS214
413Bill EdrichENG213
414Archie MacLarenENG211
414Victor TrumperAUS211
416Ernest TyldesleyENG209
417Arthur ShrewsburyENG208
418Stanley JacksonENG199
419George GunnENG193
420Billy ZulchSA191
421Arthur HillENG189
421Warwick ArmstrongAUS189
423W.G. GraceENG188
424Herbie TaylorSA186
424Victor TrumperAUS186
426Allan SteelENG181
426RanjiENG181
428Herbie TaylorSA173
428Frank IredaleAUS173
430Wilfred RhodesENG170
431Walter ReadENG162
432Monty NobleAUS155
433Percy SherwellSA154
434Tom HaywardENG153
435Harry GrahamAUS149
436Phil MeadENG143
436Charlie McLeodAUS143
438Dave NourseSA138
439Tom HaywardENG137
440Henry WoodENG134
441Tip SnookeSA131
442Jack WorrallAUS130
443Alec BannermanAUS127
444Harry TrottAUS125
445Johnny DouglasENG122
446Andrew StoddartENG120
447Syd GregoryAUS119
448Tup ScottAUS118
448Joey PalmerAUS118
448Stanley JacksonENG118
451Archie MacLarenENG116
451Walter ReadENG116
453George UlyettENG115
454Percy HolmesENG112
455Charlie McLeodAUS108
455Wally HammondENG108
457Tom HaywardENG106
458Arthur ShrewsburyENG105
458Harry GrahamAUS105
460Len BraundENG102
461Jimmy SinclairSA99
462Arthur ShrewsburyENG95
463Syd GregoryAUS91
463Hugh Bromley-DavenportENG91
465Barberton HalliwellSA88
466Billy BarnesENG86
467Albert TrottAUS85
468Dick LilleyENG84
468George GiffenAUS84
470Bobby PeelENG83
471Dick BarlowENG76
471Billy BatesENG76
473Billy BarnesENG74
474Andrew GreenwoodENG71
475Bobby AbelENG70
476Tom HaywardENG69
477George GiffenAUS67
477Bunny LucasENG67
479Allen HillENG66
479Edmund TylecoteENG66
481George LohmannENG62
482Harry MosesAUS61
482Billy BatesENG61
482Billy BarnesENG61
485Nat ThomsonAUS59
486W.G. GraceENG58
486Len BraundENG58
488Maurice ReadENG57
489Tom EmmettENG56
490Wilf FlowersENG55
490Frank SuggENG55
492John LyonsAUS54
493Frederick SpofforthAUS51
494William BruceAUS50
494Bob McLeodAUS50
496Percy McDonnellAUS45
497Reginald AllenAUS44
498Joe DarlingAUS31
499Charlie TurnerAUS22
500Jack BrownENG20
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