Batting Most Runs Career

Most runs in 1940s in Tests

Most runs

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DCS Compton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	48	5	2664	208	61.95	2130+	35.77	11	10	2	127+	1
L Hutton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	51	4	2443	206	51.97	1585+	36.71	6	14	2	112+	4
C Washbrook (ENG)	1946-1949	25	46	5	1962	195	47.85	1146+	37.52	4	10	1	60+	6
DG Bradman (AUS)	1946-1948	15	23	5	1903	234	105.72	3459	55.01	8	5	3	144+	1
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1946-1949	20	33	1	1699	191	53.09	1528+	32.26	5	9	-	120+	8
AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1950	16	25	3	1474	196	67.00	1696+	44.33	7	4	1	90+	4
AD Nourse (SA)	1947-1950	12	23	3	1372	149	68.60	108+	63.88	5	8	1	21+	4
AL Hassett (AUS)	1946-1950	17	22	2	1162	198*	58.10	1993+	41.24	4	3	1	82+	3
VS Hazare (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	3	1095	145	49.77	1192+	35.98	4	4	-	47+	1
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	-	1072	194	82.46	-	-	5	2	-	90+	0
B Mitchell (SA)	1947-1949	10	20	2	1072	189*	59.55	158+	29.11	3	6	-	2+	0
SG Barnes (AUS)	1946-1948	12	17	2	998	234	66.53	1844+	40.18	3	5	1	84+	2
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1950	18	23	3	878	141*	43.90	1141+	49.86	1	6	1	45+	13
TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1949	27	40	7	746	74	22.60	418+	37.32	-	2	2	37+	0
RS Modi (IND)	1946-1949	8	15	1	697	112	49.78	-	-	1	6	-	12+	0
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1946-1948	16	27	2	697	99	27.88	764+	36.25	-	4	1	30+	0
A Melville (SA)	1947-1949	6	12	1	608	189	55.27	-	-	3	1	1	31+	1
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1949	9	14	1	585	152	45.00	-	-	2	2	-	12+	3
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1949	13	24	-	573	116	23.87	770+	39.74	2	1	4	26+	1
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1947-1949	6	12	1	571	133	51.90	-	-	2	3	-	15+	1
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1946-1948	7	13	1	566	205*	47.16	373+	31.90	1	4	3	33+	1
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1949	8	15	3	554	123	46.16	765+	41.04	1	4	1	34+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1950	6	8	2	534	178	89.00	268+	61.94	3	-	-	32+	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1949	6	9	1	506	160	63.25	-	-	1	3	-	16+	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1946-1949	13	25	2	503	62	21.86	258+	54.26	-	3	3	12+	0
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	1	488	101	40.66	-	-	1	3	1	7+	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1947-1949	5	8	-	481	101	60.12	-	-	1	5	-	21+	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1948-1950	6	12	2	481	156*	48.10	77+	29.87	1	3	-	1+	0
RJ Christiani (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	-	469	107	36.07	-	-	1	3	-	-	1
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	-	462	206	77.00	-	-	1	3	-	44+	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1949	23	35	6	451	79	15.55	426+	33.56	-	1	5	31+	3
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1950	17	19	1	450	100	25.00	431+	63.10	1	1	3	35+	4
WW Wade (SA)	1948-1950	7	13	1	435	125	36.25	232+	30.60	1	3	1	7+	1
HR Adhikari (IND)	1947-1949	10	18	4	410	114*	29.28	600+	26.00	1	1	1	13+	0
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	11	13	3	405	104*	40.50	604+	52.64	1	1	-	30+	0
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	7	12	2	376	136*	37.60	67+	47.76	1	-	-	30+	2
AF Rae (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	-	374	109	53.42	-	-	2	1	-	12+	3
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1947	8	13	1	366	79	30.50	504+	33.33	-	2	-	23+	4
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1950	6	6	-	360	101	60.00	155+	51.61	1	2	-	34+	5
JT Ikin (ENG)	1946-1948	12	21	1	358	60	17.90	570+	32.28	-	1	3	20+	0
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1946-1949	5	9	-	346	106	38.44	-	-	1	2	-	-	0
D Tallon (AUS)	1946-1948	15	16	1	340	92	22.66	391+	59.59	-	2	1	22+	0
KG Viljoen (SA)	1947-1949	7	13	1	335	93	27.91	-	-	-	3	1	0+	0
JF Crapp (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	2	319	56	29.00	-	-	-	3	1	6+	1
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	1	318	116	35.33	-	-	1	-	-	19+	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1949	9	13	4	312	46*	34.66	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	1
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1949	7	13	3	308	111	30.80	63+	20.63	1	1	1	1+	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1948	3	4	2	294	131*	147.00	-	-	1	1	-	15+	1
OC Dawson (SA)	1947-1949	9	15	1	293	55	20.92	90+	30.00	-	1	1	2+	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1950	15	19	2	275	66	16.17	460+	37.39	-	2	4	13+	0
WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1948	6	7	-	268	99	38.28	399+	36.34	-	2	-	10+	0
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1950	12	19	1	256	46	14.22	29+	48.27	-	-	2	0+	2
VM Merchant (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	245	128	49.00	-	-	1	1	1	21+	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1949	8	14	2	223	63	18.58	108+	62.03	-	2	2	6+	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1949	4	5	2	219	93	73.00	-	-	-	2	-	4+	0
VJ Scott (NZ)	1946-1949	6	10	-	214	60	21.40	-	-	-	1	-	3+	0
K Cranston (ENG)	1947-1948	8	14	-	209	45	14.92	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	-	-	2	-	1+	2
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1949	10	14	5	185	38*	20.55	124+	16.12	-	-	3	2+	0
WM Wallace (NZ)	1946-1949	6	9	-	177	58	19.66	-	-	-	2	-	4+	0
RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1949	3	4	-	176	103	44.00	28+	17.85	1	1	1	11+	3
CT Sarwate (IND)	1946-1949	8	15	1	174	37	12.42	459+	21.78	-	-	4	5+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1949	2	4	-	173	93	43.25	-	-	-	2	-	11+	0
OE Wynne (SA)	1948-1950	5	10	-	172	50	17.20	81+	11.11	-	1	-	0+	0
GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	3	6	1	170	107	34.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	8	11	5	170	51*	28.33	11+	63.63	-	1	-	1+	2
KC Ibrahim (IND)	1948-1949	4	8	-	169	85	21.12	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
SC Griffith (ENG)	1948-1949	3	5	-	157	140	31.40	-	-	1	-	1	-	0
TB Burtt (NZ)	1947-1949	5	7	2	155	36	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	6+	1
FJ Cameron (WI)	1948-1949	5	7	1	151	75*	25.16	-	-	-	1	1	12+	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1949-1949	4	6	1	148	39*	29.60	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
W Ferguson (WI)	1948-1949	7	8	2	148	75	24.66	0+	-	-	2	1	0+	0
R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1948	5	10	2	145	45*	18.12	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
W Place (ENG)	1948-1948	3	6	1	144	107	28.80	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Gul Mohammad (IND)	1946-1948	6	12	-	140	34	11.66	299+	43.47	-	-	1	18+	0
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	14	3	131	40*	11.90	82+	4.87	-	-	3	0+	0
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	-	-	13	0
EAV Williams (WI)	1948-1948	3	5	-	112	72	22.40	-	-	-	1	1	7+	4
DW Begbie (SA)	1948-1949	3	4	-	108	48	27.00	155+	54.83	-	-	-	9+	1
PA Gibb (ENG)	1946-1946	3	5	-	108	60	21.60	56+	42.85	-	1	1	4+	0
J Moroney (AUS)	1949-1950	2	3	-	106	87	35.33	-	-	-	1	1	0+	0
TA Harris (SA)	1947-1949	3	5	1	100	60	25.00	-	-	-	1	-	9+	0
FLH Mooney (NZ)	1949-1949	3	4	-	99	46	24.75	-	-	-	-	-	1+	0
DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1949	17	18	6	97	15*	8.08	110+	42.72	-	-	5	7+	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	96	75	24.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
DV Dyer (SA)	1947-1947	3	6	-	96	62	16.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1949-1950	3	6	-	95	35	15.83	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1948-1948	3	6	1	94	36	18.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1950	11	10	5	94	29	18.80	85+	56.47	-	-	-	5+	0
PK Sen (IND)	1948-1949	8	11	2	92	22	10.22	68+	42.64	-	-	1	5+	0
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	6	-	86	29	14.33	98+	27.55	-	-	-	0+	0
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1949	6	8	3	82	45	16.40	-	-	-	-	1	4+	1
RA Hamence (AUS)	1947-1948	3	4	1	81	30*	27.00	232	34.91	-	-	-	4	0
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	80	36	20.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
AH Kardar (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	80	43	16.00	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
DS Atkinson (WI)	1948-1949	4	6	2	79	45	19.75	-	-	-	-	2	-	0
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1947-1948	4	6	1	77	33	15.40	60+	23.33	-	-	-	1+	0
B Dooland (AUS)	1947-1948	3	5	1	76	29	19.00	255	29.80	-	-	-	4	0
JD Nel (SA)	1949-1950	2	4	-	75	38	18.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	11	6	73	20*	14.60	126+	32.53	-	-	1	4+	0
GA Smithson (ENG)	1948-1948	2	3	-	70	35	23.33	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
G Kishenchand (IND)	1947-1948	4	8	-	69	44	8.62	288	23.95	-	-	4	6	0
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
HE Dollery (ENG)	1947-1948	3	5	-	64	37	12.80	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	-	55	22	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SW Sohoni (IND)	1946-1947	3	5	2	49	29*	16.33	18+	33.33	-	-	-	0+	0
GM Fullerton (SA)	1947-1947	2	4	-	46	14	11.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1949-1949	4	5	1	44	14*	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
MR Harvey (AUS)	1947-1947	1	2	-	43	31	21.50	107	40.18	-	-	-	5	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1949	2	2	-	43	22	21.50	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
CS Nayudu (IND)	1946-1948	6	10	3	39	13	5.57	69+	26.08	-	-	1	1+	0
GA Headley (WI)	1948-1948	2	3	1	38	29	19.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
PEW Jones (WI)	1948-1949	6	7	2	38	10*	7.60	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
GE Tribe (AUS)	1946-1947	3	3	1	35	25*	17.50	27	129.62	-	-	-	6	0
TPB Smith (ENG)	1946-1947	4	5	-	33	24	6.60	93+	34.40	-	-	-	2	0
KM Rangnekar (IND)	1947-1948	3	6	-	33	18	5.50	78	42.30	-	-	2	4	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1949	3	5	2	31	11	10.33	-	-	-	-	1	0+	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1948	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
VI Smith (SA)	1947-1950	6	10	3	29	11*	4.14	-	-	-	-	3	0+	0
FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	1	28	28*	-	21	133.33	-	-	-	3	1
DD Hindlekar (IND)	1946-1946	3	5	2	28	17	9.33	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	8	10	5	28	10*	5.60	32+	40.62	-	-	3	2+	0
SG Shinde (IND)	1946-1948	2	3	1	27	13	13.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JW Martin (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	-	26	26	13.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
K Rai Singh (IND)	1948-1948	1	2	-	26	24	13.00	32	81.25	-	-	-	1	1
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	1	1	25	25*	-	51	49.01	-	-	-	1	0
TF Smailes (ENG)	1946-1946	1	1	-	25	25	25.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WE Hollies (ENG)	1947-1949	8	8	5	24	18*	8.00	13+	-	-	-	2	0+	0
LB Fishlock (ENG)	1946-1947	2	3	-	22	14	7.33	41+	34.14	-	-	1	1+	0
J Trim (WI)	1948-1949	3	3	1	21	12	10.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
JD Lindsay (SA)	1947-1947	3	5	2	21	9*	7.00	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
LA Markham (SA)	1949-1949	1	1	-	20	20	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1948	2	2	-	20	11	10.00	26+	42.30	-	-	-	0+	0
A Wharton (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	20	13	10.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MF Tremlett (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	2	20	18*	6.66	-	-	-	-	2	0+	1
RA Saggers (AUS)	1948-1950	3	2	-	19	14	9.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
A Coxon (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	19	19	9.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
W Voce (ENG)	1946-1947	3	4	1	19	18	6.33	29+	65.51	-	-	2	1	1
RH Scott (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	-	18	18	18.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
D Brookes (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	17	10	8.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Amir Elahi (IND)	1947-1947	1	2	-	17	13	8.50	23	73.91	-	-	-	2	0
BBM Gaskin (WI)	1948-1948	2	3	-	17	10	5.66	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
JB Plimsoll (SA)	1947-1947	1	2	1	16	8*	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
HJ Butler (ENG)	1947-1948	2	2	1	15	15*	15.00	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0
MR Rege (IND)	1949-1949	1	2	-	15	15	7.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
EWT Tindill (NZ)	1946-1947	2	3	-	15	13	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
SN Banerjee (IND)	1949-1949	1	2	-	13	8	6.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
R Pollard (ENG)	1946-1948	4	3	2	13	10*	13.00	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
DD Taylor (NZ)	1947-1947	1	1	-	12	12	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
GF Cresswell (NZ)	1949-1949	1	2	2	12	12*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

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