List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket

Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests.

Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement.[1] As of May 2017, thirteen players from seven different teams have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. India and Australia lead the list with three players each. Sri Lanka and the West Indies each have two players followed by one from South Africa, England and Pakistan.[2] Bangladesh, New Zealand and Zimbabwe are yet to have a player reach the 10,000-run mark in the format.

In 1974, West Indian cricketer Garfield Sobers retired as Test cricket's most prolific run scorer with 8,032 runs from 93 matches.[3] Sobers' record was surpassed nine years later by England's Geoffrey Boycott in the 1982 series against India.[4][5] Boycott remained the top-scorer before being overtaken by Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar two years later in 1983.[6][7] Four years later in March 1987, Gavaskar became the first player to score 10,000 runs in the format, doing so while playing a match against Pakistan.[2]

Brian Lara took the fewest innings (195) to reach the 10,000 run mark, later equalled by Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara, while Australia's Steve Waugh took the most innings to achieve the feat (244).[2] Alastair Cook is the fastest in terms of time span, taking 10 years and 87 days.[2] The time taken by Shivnarine Chanderpaul (18 years and 37 days) is the slowest among all.[2] As of May 2018, Tendulkar leads the list with 15,921 runs followed by Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378.[6]

Key

  • Mat. – denotes the number of matches played
  • Inn. – denotes the number of innings batted
  • Date – denotes the date in which the player crossed the 10,000 run mark
  • dagger – denotes that the player is active

10,000 or more runs in Tests

10,000 runs in Tests [2]
No. Player Team Debut Retirement Mat. Inn. Runs Avg. 100s 50s Date[2] Ref.
1Sachin Tendulkar[8] India19892013200329 15,921 53.78516816 March 2005
[6]
[9]
2Ricky Ponting Australia19952012168287 13,378 51.85416230 May 2008
[6]
[10]
3Jacques Kallis South Africa19952013166280 13,289 55.37455527 February 2009
[6]
[11]
4Rahul Dravid India19962012164286 13,288 52.31366329 March 2008
[6]
[12]
5Alastair Cook England20062018161291 12,472 45.35335730 May 2016
[6]
[13]
6Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka20002015134233 12,400 57.40385226 December 2012
[6]
[14]
7Brian Lara West Indies19902006131232 11,953 52.88344815 August 2004
[6]
[15]
8Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies19942015164280 11,867 51.37306626 April 2012
[6]
[16]
9Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka19972014149252 11,814 49.84345026 December 2011
[6]
[17]
10Allan Border Australia19781994156265 11,174 50.5627632 January 1993
[6]
[18]
11Steve Waugh Australia19852004168260 10,927 51.0632503 January 2003
[6]
[19]
12Sunil Gavaskar India19711987125214 10,122 51.1234457 March 1987
[6]
[20]
13Younis Khan Pakistan20002017118213 10,099 52.05343323 April 2017
[6]
[21]

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Ugra, Sharda (24 December 2009). "1987-Gavaskar is the first to score 10,000 test runs: A 10 tonne toast". India Today. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 10000 runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
    3. ↑ "Gary Sobers: Cricket's greatest genius". Rediff.com. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
    4. ↑ "Third Test Match — India vs. England 1981–82". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    5. ↑ Botham, Ian (15 September 2009). Head On — Ian Botham: The Autobiography. Random House. ISBN 978-0-091-92149-1.
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
    7. ↑ Finlay, Ric (29 October 2008). "Record-holders for most number of Test runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
    8. ↑ "Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
    9. ↑ "Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    10. ↑ "Ricky Ponting | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    11. ↑ "Jacques Kallis | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    12. ↑ "Rahul Dravid | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    13. ↑ "Alastair Cook | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
    14. ↑ "Kumar Sangakkara | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    15. ↑ "Brian Lara | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    16. ↑ "Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    17. ↑ "Mahela Jayawardene | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    18. ↑ "Allan Border | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    19. ↑ "Steve Waugh | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    20. ↑ "Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
    21. ↑ "Younis Khan | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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