Highest run-scorers by position
Travis Basevi
04-Oct-2005
List of highest run-scorers by batting position in Tests
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 203 | 9607 | 50.29 | 33 | 42 |
| G Boycott (Eng) | 191 | 8091 | 48.16 | 22 | 42 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) | 184 | 7811 | 43.88 | 18 | 41 |
| MA Taylor (Aust) | 186 | 7525 | 43.49 | 19 | 40 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | 182 | 7488 | 45.10 | 19 | 34 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Dravid (India) | 118 | 6463 | 62.14 | 17 | 31 |
| DG Bradman (Aust) | 56 | 5078 | 103.63 | 20 | 10 |
| RT Ponting (Aust) | 90 | 4916 | 63.02 | 16 | 17 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | 107 | 4711 | 47.10 | 14 | 21 |
| RB Kanhai (WI) | 90 | 4689 | 52.68 | 13 | 20 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 157 | 8251 | 59.78 | 29 | 32 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 131 | 6927 | 53.28 | 22 | 30 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 140 | 6925 | 54.10 | 19 | 31 |
| ME Waugh (Aust) | 170 | 6662 | 42.43 | 16 | 39 |
| GR Viswanath (India) | 124 | 5081 | 43.05 | 12 | 31 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Waugh (Aust) | 142 | 6754 | 56.28 | 24 | 29 |
| M Azharuddin (India) | 94 | 4346 | 48.83 | 16 | 13 |
| A Flower (Zimb) | 82 | 3788 | 54.89 | 9 | 22 |
| Yousuf Youhana (Pak) | 72 | 3455 | 53.15 | 12 | 17 |
| GP Thorpe (Eng) | 78 | 3373 | 56.21 | 10 | 18 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Waugh (Aust) | 79 | 3165 | 51.04 | 6 | 16 |
| HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 74 | 2843 | 47.38 | 7 | 11 |
| AW Greig (Eng) | 67 | 2741 | 43.50 | 7 | 15 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 94 | 2690 | 29.23 | 5 | 14 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 57 | 2614 | 53.34 | 8 | 11 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist (Aust) | 79 | 3377 | 51.16 | 11 | 13 |
| IA Healy (Aust) | 121 | 3041 | 27.64 | 4 | 17 |
| RW Marsh (Aust) | 123 | 3009 | 26.39 | 3 | 12 |
| APE Knott (Eng) | 81 | 2870 | 41.00 | 5 | 20 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 98 | 2861 | 31.09 | 5 | 14 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 58 | 1777 | 33.52 | 2 | 11 |
| SK Warne (Aust) | 98 | 1713 | 18.82 | 0 | 10 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 74 | 1377 | 22.57 | 0 | 6 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 75 | 1365 | 21.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 63 | 1353 | 23.73 | 2 | 2 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 97 | 973 | 12.01 | 0 | 1 |
| DL Vettori (NZ) | 43 | 903 | 23.76 | 1 | 4 |
| IDS Smith (NZ) | 36 | 797 | 28.46 | 1 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 31 | 657 | 21.89 | 0 | 3 |
| SK Warne (Aust) | 49 | 619 | 13.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 48 | 496 | 11.80 | 0 | 0 |
| BS Bedi (India) | 69 | 470 | 9.03 | 0 | 1 |
| WW Hall (WI) | 41 | 462 | 14.90 | 0 | 1 |
| AA Donald (SAf) | 56 | 412 | 10.04 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ McDermott (Aust) | 39 | 409 | 12.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath (Aust) | 117 | 556 | 7.61 | 0 | 1 |
| CA Walsh (WI) | 122 | 553 | 7.47 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 73 | 526 | 13.15 | 0 | 0 |
| RGD Willis (Eng) | 78 | 452 | 12.91 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Statham (Eng) | 46 | 348 | 13.91 | 0 | 0 |
List of highest run-scorers by batting position in ODIs
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 238 | 10839 | 48.82 | 35 | 51 |
| ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 283 | 9483 | 34.99 | 18 | 56 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 237 | 8648 | 41.37 | 17 | 57 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 220 | 8156 | 39.98 | 20 | 37 |
| SC Ganguly (India) | 208 | 8026 | 41.37 | 19 | 47 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT Ponting (Aust/ICC) | 198 | 7452 | 42.10 | 17 | 39 |
| DM Jones (Aust) | 131 | 5100 | 43.58 | 7 | 39 |
| JH Kallis (Afr/SAf) | 116 | 4425 | 44.69 | 9 | 29 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 103 | 4349 | 45.77 | 12 | 25 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | 116 | 4078 | 39.21 | 4 | 33 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA de Silva (SL) | 197 | 6870 | 39.25 | 10 | 48 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 160 | 5678 | 43.34 | 7 | 41 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 144 | 5049 | 40.39 | 6 | 37 |
| M Azharuddin (India) | 137 | 4605 | 40.39 | 3 | 33 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 81 | 3373 | 48.88 | 5 | 26 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 153 | 4675 | 38.63 | 2 | 33 |
| SR Waugh (Aust) | 135 | 4117 | 37.42 | 2 | 25 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) | 86 | 2925 | 41.78 | 0 | 25 |
| JN Rhodes (SAf) | 90 | 2734 | 40.80 | 2 | 19 |
| CL Cairns (ICC/NZ) | 86 | 2443 | 31.72 | 2 | 13 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Bevan (Aust) | 87 | 3006 | 56.71 | 1 | 23 |
| JN Rhodes (SAf) | 67 | 1728 | 32.00 | 0 | 8 |
| RP Arnold (SL) | 51 | 1631 | 52.61 | 0 | 14 |
| Yuvraj Singh (India) | 49 | 1520 | 36.19 | 0 | 12 |
| SR Waugh (Aust) | 71 | 1423 | 28.46 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Harris (NZ) | 104 | 2130 | 31.32 | 0 | 9 |
| Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak) | 66 | 1512 | 30.85 | 0 | 7 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 75 | 1499 | 24.17 | 0 | 6 |
| Moin Khan (Pak) | 71 | 1420 | 24.48 | 0 | 7 |
| IA Healy (Aust) | 78 | 1238 | 21.71 | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 93 | 1208 | 17.01 | 0 | 1 |
| HH Streak (Zimb) | 58 | 1147 | 29.41 | 0 | 7 |
| L Klusener (SAf) | 36 | 1056 | 58.66 | 0 | 7 |
| SM Pollock (Afr/SAf) | 57 | 837 | 22.02 | 0 | 3 |
| WPUJC Vaas (Asia/SL) | 72 | 833 | 16.66 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 49 | 473 | 14.33 | 0 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 55 | 445 | 13.08 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne (Aust) | 48 | 425 | 14.16 | 0 | 1 |
| GR Larsen (NZ) | 37 | 389 | 19.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 33 | 382 | 13.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 63 | 478 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 49 | 258 | 8.06 | 0 | 0 |
| D Gough (Eng) | 44 | 253 | 10.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan (India) | 26 | 253 | 19.46 | 0 | 0 |
| A Kumble (Asia/India) | 39 | 240 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Walsh (WI) | 55 | 165 | 5.89 | 0 | 0 |
| BKV Prasad (India) | 42 | 121 | 5.76 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan (Asia/SL) | 43 | 118 | 5.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaqib Javed (Pak) | 34 | 116 | 9.66 | 0 | 0 |
| EJ Chatfield (NZ) | 44 | 106 | 13.25 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics upto and including:
* Test # 1767: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 2nd Test, Sep 20-22, 2005
* ODI # 2281: India v New Zealand at Harare, Videocon Triangular Series Final, Sep 6, 2005