Most runs in Test cricket since 2001

Figures in men's Test cricket since 2001 (895 matches in our records). Matches before then are not in our records yet, so some players’ full career totals are higher. Data: Cricsheet.

Top 50

Most runs in Test cricket since 2001

#	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s
1	JE Root	169	309	14,278	262	50.45	57.61	41	69
2	AN Cook	161	291	12,472	294	45.35	46.95	33	57
3	SPD Smith	124	223	10,920	239	56.00	53.96	37	45
4	KS Williamson	110	195	9,515	251	54.06	51.98	33	38
5	V Kohli	121	210	9,230	254	46.85	55.58	30	31
6	HM Amla	121	211	9,146	311	46.66	50.19	28	39
7	DA Warner	112	205	8,786	335	44.60	70.19	26	37
8	KC Sangakkara	84	151	8,489	319	61.07	54.32	29	33
9	AB de Villiers	105	175	8,182	278	51.78	54.80	21	42
10	MJ Clarke	107	186	8,146	329	49.07	55.91	27	25
11	KP Pietersen	100	175	8,079	227	48.38	61.76	23	35
12	AD Mathews	116	211	8,073	200	43.88	48.31	15	45
13	LRPL Taylor	109	191	7,597	290	45.49	59.22	19	35
14	GC Smith	94	166	7,584	277	48.93	60.73	23	32
15	IR Bell	114	198	7,416	235	42.38	49.55	22	42
16	JH Kallis	89	151	7,405	224	54.05	49.81	28	27
17	BA Stokes	121	220	7,273	258	34.47	58.53	14	37
18	CA Pujara	100	175	7,160	206	43.66	44.29	19	35
19	Azhar Ali	97	180	7,142	302	42.26	41.93	19	35
20	Younis Khan	80	149	7,135	313	53.65	51.84	24	21
21	FDM Karunaratne	99	189	7,113	244	38.87	51.06	16	38
22	RT Ponting	89	159	6,733	221	45.49	58.74	17	37
23	DPMD Jayawardene	78	137	6,615	374	50.50	51.28	21	25
24	Mushfiqur Rahim	100	183	6,592	219	39.47	48.65	14	27
25	TWM Latham	95	171	6,450	264	39.09	48.17	17	31
26	LD Chandimal	92	165	6,427	206	42.85	50.26	15	36
27	SR Tendulkar	82	139	6,416	248	52.16	54.07	18	31
28	UT Khawaja	87	159	6,229	232	42.96	48.83	16	28
29	JM Bairstow	99	178	6,042	167	36.40	59.07	12	26
30	S Chanderpaul	75	132	5,995	203	57.10	44.23	17	31
31	V Sehwag	76	134	5,969	319	46.27	85.06	15	26
32	KC Brathwaite	99	191	5,931	212	32.77	40.84	12	31
33	R Dravid	80	143	5,925	270	47.02	43.14	16	27
34	MEK Hussey	75	130	5,779	195	49.82	49.37	17	28
35	BB McCullum	89	157	5,778	302	38.78	65.59	11	27
36	AJ Strauss	88	155	5,605	177	37.37	48.05	14	22
37	VVS Laxman	76	129	5,411	200	51.53	49.48	12	37
38	D Elgar	85	152	5,347	199	37.92	47.78	14	23
39	Misbah-ul-Haq	69	123	5,102	161	49.53	44.95	10	39
40	AM Rahane	82	143	5,067	188	38.68	49.62	12	26
41	Mominul Haque	78	145	5,028	181	37.24	53.74	12	27
42	Tamim Iqbal	68	130	5,019	206	39.21	58.54	10	31
43	BKG Mendis	74	138	4,826	245	36.56	58.60	10	23
44	Babar Azam	66	122	4,771	196	42.98	55.39	9	34
45	M Labuschagne	65	117	4,730	215	43.80	52.12	11	25
46	MS Dhoni	86	139	4,721	224	38.07	58.99	6	31
47	Asad Shafiq	75	128	4,660	137	38.20	48.60	12	27
48	TM Head	66	114	4,653	175	43.08	69.69	12	20
49	DM de Silva	68	122	4,431	173	39.21	58.02	13	20
50	TM Dilshan	60	102	4,384	193	44.73	70.04	14	21

* not out. HS: highest score. Ave: average. SR: strike rate. 5w: five or more wickets in an innings.