Most Runs in 1956 for all time

Position	Most Runs	Player Name	Team Name
1	491	Peter Richardson	England
2	473	Peter May	England
3	468	Jim Burke	Australia
4	456	Neil Harvey	Australia
5	418	Sir Everton Weekes	West Indies
6	342	Pankaj Roy	India
7	313	Vinoo Mankad	India
7	313	Richie Benaud	Australia
8	309	Colin Cowdrey	England
9	295	Colin McDonald	Australia
10	282	Peter Burge	Australia
11	254	Polly Umrigar	India
12	242	John Reid	New Zealand
13	235	Keith Miller	Australia
14	199	David Sheppard	England
15	197	Vijay Manjrekar	India
16	191	John Beck	New Zealand
17	183	Denis Atkinson	West Indies
18	180	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand
19	179	Gulabrai Ramchand	India
20	166	Denis Compton	England
21	165	Godfrey Evans	England
22	160	Ken Mackay	Australia
23	155	Ian Craig	Australia
24	153	Ian Johnson	Australia
25	148	Tony MacGibbon	New Zealand
26	147	Don Taylor	New Zealand
26	147	John Goddard	West Indies
27	143	Trevor Bailey	England
28	133	Lawrie Miller	New Zealand
29	130	Ray Lindwall	Australia
30	122	Noel McGregor	New Zealand
31	119	Ron Archer	Australia
32	112	Gordon Leggat	New Zealand
33	104	Cyril Washbrook	England
34	101	Bruce Pairaudeau	West Indies
35	98	Sammy Guillen	New Zealand
36	95	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
37	81	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
38	78	Collie Smith	West Indies
39	69	Abdul Kardar	India
40	68	John Reid	New Zealand
41	67	Wazir Mohammad	Pakistan
41	67	Hammond Furlonge	West Indies
42	66	Alex Moir	New Zealand
43	64	Alan Davidson	Australia
44	62	Alfie Binns	West Indies
45	60	Hemu Adhikari	India
46	59	Don Beard	New Zealand
47	54	Trevor Goddard	South Africa
48	53	Pat Crawford	Australia
49	47	AG Kripal Singh	India
49	47	Harry Cave	New Zealand
50	46	Tony Lock	England
50	46	Gil Langley	Australia
51	44	Alimuddin	Pakistan
51	44	Headley Keith	South Africa
52	42	Nari Contractor	India
52	42	John Guy	New Zealand
53	41	Tom Graveney	England
54	40	Jim Laker	England
55	39	Gul Mohammad	India
56	35	Doug Insole	England
57	34	Ghulam Ahmed	India
58	32	Willie Watson	New Zealand
59	30	Peter Heine	South Africa
59	30	Jack Rutherford	Australia
60	28	Alphonso Roberts	West Indies
61	27	Frank Tyson	England
62	26	Clive van Ryneveld	South Africa
62	26	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
63	25	Ian Sinclair	New Zealand
64	24	Naren Tamhane	India
65	21	Russell Endean	South Africa
66	19	Prakash Bhandari	India
67	18	Scotch Taylor	South Africa
67	18	Clairmonte Depeiaza	West Indies
68	17	John Watkins	South Africa
68	17	John Waite	South Africa
68	17	Neil Adcock	South Africa
68	17	Trevor Barber	New Zealand
69	16	Matt Poore	New Zealand
70	15	Imtiaz Ahmed	Pakistan
71	14	Alan Oakman	England
71	14	Len Maddocks	Australia
72	13	Subhash Gupte	India
72	13	Frank King	West Indies
73	11	Bob Blair	New Zealand
74	10	Alf Valentine	West Indies
74	10	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
75	9	Tom Dewdney	West Indies
75	9	Fred Trueman	England
75	9	Jasubhai Patel	India
76	6	Johnny Wardle	England
76	6	Jack Alabaster	New Zealand
76	6	Trevor McMahon	New Zealand
76	6	Waqar Hasan	Pakistan
76	6	Roy McLean	South Africa
77	5	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan
78	4	Murray Chapple	New Zealand
78	4	Dattu Phadkar	India
79	3	Khan Mohammad	Pakistan
80	2	Allen Lissette	New Zealand
80	2	Brian Statham	England
81	1	Bob Appleyard	England
82	0	Johnny Hayes	New Zealand
82	0	Jayasinghrao Ghorpade	India
82	0	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Pakistan
82	0	Wallis Mathias	Pakistan