Stats: Which Batters Have The Most Runs In Test Cricket?

31-year-old Joe Root is the only batsman among this select group of run-scorers to still be playing Test cricket.

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England's Joe Root became just the 14th batsman to score 10,000 Test runs when he reached the landmark during his match-winning 115 not out in a five-wicket victory against New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.

Root, however, still has some way to go if he is to top India hero Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of 15,921 Test runs.

But the 31-year-old Root is the only batsman among this select group of run-scorers to still be playing Test cricket.

Most Test runs (player, team, span, matches, innings, not outs, runs, highest score, average, 100s, 50s, 0s)

• Sachin Tendulkar (IND)          1989-2013 200 329 33 15,921 248* 53.78 51 68 14
• Ricky Ponting (AUS)             1995-2012 168 287 29 13,378 257  51.85 41 62 17
• Jacques Kallis (RSA/ICC)        1995-2013 166 280 40 13,289 224  55.37 45 58 16
• Rahul Dravid (IND/ICC)          1996-2012 164 286 32 13,288 270  52.31 36 63  8
• Alastair Cook (ENG)             2006-2018 161 291 16 12,472 294  45.35 33 57  9
• Kumar Sangakkara (SRI)          2000-2015 134 233 17 12,400 319  57.40 38 52 11
• Brian Lara (WIS/ICC)            1990-2006 131 232  6 11,953 400* 52.88 34 48 17
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIS)    1994-2015 164 280 49 11,867 203* 51.37 30 66 15
• Mahela Jayawardene (SRI)        1997-2014 149 252 15 11,814 374  49.84 34 50 15
• Allan Border (AUS)              1978-1994 156 265 44 11,174 205  50.56 27 63 11
• Steve Waugh (AUS)               1985-2004 168 260 46 10,927 200  51.06 32 50 22
• Sunil Gavaskar (IND)            1971-1987 125 214 16 10,122 236* 51.12 34 45 12
• Younis Khan (PAK)               2000-2017 118 213 19 10,099 313  52.05 34 33 19
• Joe Root (ENG)                  2012-     118 218 16 10,015 254  49.57 26 53 11
• Note: * = not out