Batting Most Runs Series

Cricket in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JE Root (ENG)	10	19	2	1059	180*	62.29	1836	57.67	4	4	2	125	1
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	9	1	905	251	113.12	2521	35.89	4	-	-	94	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1928/29
Z Crawley (ENG)	10	19	-	887	189	46.68	1135	78.14	1	6	1	107	9
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
CL Walcott (WI)	5	10	-	827	155	82.70	-	0.00	5	2	-	30+	0
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
ED Weekes (WI)	5	7	-	779	194	111.28	-	0.00	4	2	-	75+	0
West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	2	769	192	128.16	1135	67.75	4	2	-	83	5
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
AN Cook (ENG)	5	7	1	766	235*	127.66	1438	53.26	3	2	-	81	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2010/11
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	6	8	2	761	231	126.83	1479	51.45	4	1	-	70	1
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
GA Gooch (ENG)	3	6	-	752	333	125.33	1211	62.09	3	2	-	89	7
India in England Test Series, 1990
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	9	-	734	176	81.55	2022	36.30	4	2	1	73	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1924/25
DI Gower (ENG)	6	9	-	732	215	81.33	1196	61.20	3	1	-	89	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
GA Faulkner (SA)	5	10	-	732	204	73.20	1256	58.28	2	5	-	90	1
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11
JE Root (ENG)	10	19	2	732	122*	43.05	1200	61.00	2	3	-	72	8
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
ED Weekes (WI)	5	8	1	716	207	102.28	-	0.00	3	2	-	20+	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	6	2	715	201	178.75	1140	62.71	4	1	-	67	1
India in Australia Test Series, 1947/48
RT Ponting (AUS)	4	8	1	706	257	100.85	1201	58.78	2	2	1	80	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
JE Root (ENG)	9	18	-	693	218	38.50	1416	48.94	1	4	3	69	2
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
V Kohli (IND)	4	8	-	692	169	86.50	1093	63.31	4	1	-	77	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	12	-	673	133	56.08	1453	46.31	2	4	-	99	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
BM Duckett (ENG)	10	19	-	664	153	34.94	823	80.68	1	2	-	88	2
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	9	1	662	187	82.75	1189	55.67	3	1	-	62	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1911/12
G Boycott (ENG)	5	10	3	657	142*	93.85	1750	37.54	2	5	-	61	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	6	6	1	650	215	130.00	783	83.01	3	-	-	78	3
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
JH Edrich (ENG)	6	11	2	648	130	72.00	1733	37.39	2	4	-	63	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
BA Stokes (ENG)	9	18	2	644	135*	40.25	1176	54.76	2	4	-	67	18
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
CH Lloyd (WI)	5	9	1	636	242*	79.50	-	0.00	2	1	-	60+	9
West Indies in India Test Series, 1974/75
MP Vaughan (ENG)	5	10	-	633	183	63.30	1091	58.02	3	-	2	78	8
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2002/03
MJ Clarke (AUS)	4	6	1	626	329*	125.20	896	69.86	2	-	-	77	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
RB Richardson (WI)	4	7	-	619	194	88.42	1358	45.58	2	3	-	60	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1988/89
R Dravid (IND)	4	8	3	619	233	123.80	1203	51.45	1	3	-	72	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
MP Vaughan (ENG)	4	7	1	615	197	102.50	901	68.25	3	1	1	81	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	5	9	2	611	230*	87.28	-	0.00	2	1	-	30+	0
New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56
DT Lindsay (SA)	5	7	-	606	182	86.57	328+	76.52	3	2	-	61+	12
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
BA Stokes (ENG)	10	19	-	604	155	31.78	993	60.82	1	3	1	50	19
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
EJ Barlow (SA)	5	10	2	603	201	75.37	510+	47.25	3	1	1	70	0
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1963/64
JM Bairstow (ENG)	7	13	1	598	114*	49.83	1017	58.80	3	1	1	69	7
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
GS Sobers (WI)	5	10	2	597	178*	74.62	-	0.00	3	1	2	18+	4
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
Javed Miandad (PAK)	6	6	1	594	280*	118.80	993	59.81	2	1	-	48	6
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	9	3	594	172	99.00	-	0.00	3	1	-	54+	0
England in India Test Series, 1961/62
KJ Hughes (AUS)	6	12	2	594	100	59.40	1269+	42.78	1	5	-	59	3
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	3	5	2	583	235*	194.33	-	0.00	2	1	-	-	5
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1978/79
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	10	2	582	132*	72.75	206+	44.17	2	3	-	52	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1962/63
CL Hooper (WI)	5	7	-	579	233	82.71	1140	50.78	3	1	-	69	6
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
MW Gatting (ENG)	5	9	3	575	207	95.83	985	58.37	2	1	-	69	4
England in India Test Series, 1984/85
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	9	-	573	154	63.66	1323+	42.32	3	2	1	37	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1924/25
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	3	-	571	340	190.33	842	67.81	2	-	-	65	4
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
S Chanderpaul (WI)	5	7	3	562	140	140.50	1477	38.05	3	3	-	69	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
AN Cook (ENG)	4	8	1	562	190	80.28	1285	43.73	3	-	-	66	3
England in India Test Series, 2012/13
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	10	1	562	184	62.44	537+	37.80	2	2	1	37+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
IR Bell (ENG)	5	10	1	562	113	62.44	1157	48.57	3	2	-	75	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2013
JM Bairstow (ENG)	10	19	1	560	99*	31.11	708	79.09	-	3	1	71	10
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
Saleem Malik (PAK)	3	6	-	557	237	92.83	952	58.50	2	1	-	80	0
Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1994/95
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	2	557	198	92.83	-	0.00	3	-	-	-	1+
West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59
IVA Richards (WI)	4	6	-	556	177	92.66	-	0.00	3	1	-	19+	3
India in West Indies Test Series, 1975/76
DC Boon (AUS)	5	9	2	556	135	79.42	1552	35.82	3	1	-	59	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1991/92
JH Edrich (ENG)	5	9	-	554	164	61.55	1471	37.66	1	4	-	60	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1968
Younis Khan (PAK)	3	5	-	553	199	110.60	889	62.20	2	2	1	72	1
India in Pakistan Test Series, 2005/06
RA Smith (ENG)	5	10	1	553	143	61.44	982	56.31	2	3	1	78	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
MA Atherton (ENG)	6	12	-	553	99	46.08	1376	40.18	-	6	-	73	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
CC Hunte (WI)	5	10	1	550	89	61.11	-	0.00	-	6	-	-	0
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1964/65
ML Hayden (AUS)	3	6	1	549	203	109.80	828	66.30	2	2	-	60	12
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2000/01
BC Lara (WI)	4	7	1	546	213	91.00	840	65.00	3	1	-	75	7
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1998/99
RT Ponting (AUS)	4	6	1	544	221	108.80	922	59.00	2	3	-	50	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
A Flower (ZIM)	2	4	2	540	232*	270.00	1021	52.88	2	2	-	70	7
Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2000/01
RB Simpson (AUS)	5	10	-	539	176	53.90	957+	40.54	2	2	-	39	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1977/78
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	8	-	538	256	67.25	-	0.00	1	2	1	42+	0+
West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59
AI Kallicharran (WI)	6	10	1	538	187	59.77	315+	59.36	1	3	-	25+	0
West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79
RG Pollock (SA)	5	9	2	537	209	76.71	-	0.00	2	2	-	16+	4
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
DL Haynes (WI)	5	10	1	537	143	59.66	1235	43.48	2	2	-	58	0
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1988/89
BB McCullum (NZ)	2	4	-	535	302	133.75	887	60.31	2	-	-	62	9
India in New Zealand Test Series, 2013/14
KP Pietersen (ENG)	4	6	1	533	202*	106.60	812	65.64	2	2	-	68	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
BC Lara (WI)	4	8	-	533	122	66.62	916	58.18	2	3	-	70	8
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 2003
L Hutton (ENG)	5	10	4	533	156*	88.83	-	0.00	1	4	-	42	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1950/51
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	8	1	531	256	75.85	1204	44.10	1	2	-	55	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964
CA Davis (WI)	4	8	4	529	125*	132.25	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
RB Richardson (WI)	5	10	1	528	122	58.66	1146	46.07	2	2	-	65	0
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1988/89
MW Gatting (ENG)	6	9	3	527	160	87.83	1011	52.12	2	3	-	74	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
CA Pujara (IND)	4	7	-	521	193	74.42	1258	41.41	3	1	1	50	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2018/19
AR Border (AUS)	6	12	-	521	162	43.41	1219+	40.11	1	3	-	65	2
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
JC Adams (WI)	3	6	3	520	174*	173.33	1209	43.01	2	2	-	52	1
West Indies in India Test Series, 1994/95
JE Root (ENG)	5	7	2	518	154*	103.60	883	58.66	2	3	-	56	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
GR Viswanath (IND)	6	8	1	518	161*	74.00	783+	53.89	2	2	-	47+	1
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
AD Nourse (SA)	5	10	1	518	231	57.55	-	0.00	1	2	1	51+	0
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1935/36
RG Pollock (SA)	4	7	-	517	274	73.85	960	53.85	1	3	-	76	1
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70
Younis Khan (PAK)	3	6	1	508	267	101.60	876	57.99	2	1	1	63	1
Pakistan in India Test Series, 2004/05
BA Richards (SA)	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	10	-	505	123	50.50	877	57.58	2	1	-	40	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21
IR Bell (ENG)	4	6	-	504	235	84.00	775	65.03	2	-	1	63	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
VVS Laxman (IND)	3	6	-	503	281	83.83	775	64.90	1	3	-	85	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2000/01
GS Ballance (ENG)	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	10	-	503	117	50.30	399+	50.62	2	2	-	65	2
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1960/61
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	1	499	178*	71.28	1014	49.21	3	-	-	52	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2016/17
JH Kallis (SA)	3	5	2	498	201*	166.00	870	57.24	3	-	-	46	5
India in South Africa Test Series, 2010/11
GS Sobers (WI)	5	10	-	497	113	49.70	502+	59.16	2	2	-	74	2
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1968/69
CH Lloyd (WI)	6	8	2	496	161*	82.66	492+	53.65	2	2	-	18+	2
West Indies in India Test Series, 1983/84
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	7	-	495	139	70.71	-	0.00	2	1	-	13+	5
India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
VVS Laxman (IND)	4	7	1	494	178	82.33	906	54.52	2	1	-	73	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
SR Tendulkar (IND)	4	8	1	493	154*	70.42	751	65.64	2	2	-	50	5
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2007/08
JR Reid (NZ)	5	9	2	493	120	70.42	-	0.00	2	2	-	23+	4
New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]