Most runs in a calendar year

Records for Test Matches

Most runs in a calendar year

Player	Year	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2006	11	19	1	1788	202	99.33	2854	62.64	9	3	1	222	12
IVA Richards (WI)	1976	11	19	0	1710	291	90.00	1584+	72.85	7	5	-	179+	7
JE Root (ENG)	2021	15	29	1	1708	228	61.00	3004	56.85	6	4	1	179	3
GC Smith (SA)	2008	15	25	2	1656	232	72.00	2516	65.81	6	6	1	215	4
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2012	11	18	3	1595	329*	106.33	2418	65.96	5	3	-	189	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2010	14	23	3	1562	214	78.09	2794	55.90	7	5	-	181	10
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005	15	28	5	1544	207	67.13	2518	61.31	6	6	1	178	11
RT Ponting (AUS)	2003	11	18	3	1503	257	100.20	2494	60.26	6	4	1	180	7
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002	14	26	2	1481	197	61.70	2422	61.14	6	2	3	186	11
JL Langer (AUS)	2004	14	27	0	1481	215	54.85	2697	54.91	5	4	2	172	10
JE Root (ENG)	2016	17	32	2	1477	254	49.23	2433	60.70	3	10	1	170	1
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015	13	24	4	1474	215	73.70	2374	62.08	6	5	-	167	7
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016	17	29	4	1470	167*	58.80	2525	58.21	3	8	1	145	8
V Sehwag (IND)	2008	14	27	1	1462	319	56.23	1703	85.84	3	6	1	181	22
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2014	11	21	1	1438	319	71.90	2608	55.13	4	8	1	155	11
V Sehwag (IND)	2010	14	25	2	1422	173	61.82	1566	90.80	5	8	2	215	10
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979	17	26	0	1407	221	54.11	2433+	47.43	4	8	-	177+	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2002	16	26	1	1392	193	55.68	2568	54.20	4	5	3	197	4
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001	14	25	3	1391	203	63.22	2213	62.85	5	5	2	169	20
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979	17	26	2	1388	179	57.83	2054+	46.20	5	6	-	127+	1
JE Root (ENG)	2015	14	26	3	1385	182*	60.21	2174	63.70	3	10	1	158	10
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964	14	26	3	1381	311	60.04	1572+	45.10	3	7	2	135	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	2005	15	29	3	1380	138	53.07	2550	54.11	5	4	2	175	6
DL Amiss (ENG)	1974	13	22	2	1379	262*	68.95	3126	44.11	5	3	-	160	1
AN Cook (ENG)	2015	14	26	1	1364	263	54.56	3123	43.67	3	8	1	150	0
R Dravid (IND)	2002	16	26	3	1357	217	59.00	3237	41.92	5	5	-	189	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2004	14	26	2	1353	161	56.37	2603	51.97	6	5	1	148	5
BC Lara (WI)	2003	10	19	1	1344	209	74.66	2129	63.12	5	5	-	178	16
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006	14	26	1	1343	158	53.72	2057	65.28	4	6	1	171	15
RT Ponting (AUS)	2006	10	18	3	1333	196	88.86	2193	60.78	7	4	-	139	7
IJL Trott (ENG)	2010	14	24	4	1325	226	66.25	2680	49.44	4	4	-	148	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005	13	24	0	1323	194	55.12	2099	63.03	4	4	3	180	11
V Kohli (IND)	2018	13	24	0	1322	153	55.08	2433	54.33	5	5	2	144	2
DA Warner (AUS)	2015	13	24	0	1317	253	54.87	1609	81.85	4	7	2	163	11
ML Hayden (AUS)	2003	12	21	4	1312	380	77.17	1734	75.66	5	3	-	156	20
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1983	18	32	4	1310	236*	46.78	1098+	50.27	5	5	3	122+	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2017	11	20	3	1305	239	76.76	2573	50.71	6	3	-	140	2
GS Sobers (WI)	1958	8	13	4	1299	365*	144.33	-	-	6	3	-	38+	1
JH Kallis (SA)	2004	11	21	5	1288	162	80.50	2540	50.70	5	7	2	148	12
AN Cook (ENG)	2010	14	24	2	1287	235*	58.50	2350	54.76	5	4	-	148	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997	11	19	0	1271	340	66.89	1947	65.27	3	7	2	140	9
AN Cook (ENG)	2016	17	33	3	1270	130	42.33	2447	51.90	2	7	-	151	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990	9	17	1	1264	333	79.00	2267	55.75	4	5	1	152	8
HM Amla (SA)	2010	11	19	3	1249	253*	78.06	2354	53.05	5	4	-	138	2
AN Cook (ENG)	2012	15	29	3	1249	190	48.03	2981	41.89	4	3	2	138	5
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2006	11	20	2	1242	287	69.00	2104	59.03	4	4	1	165	3
DC Boon (AUS)	1993	16	25	5	1241	164*	62.05	3025	41.02	4	7	4	149	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2009	11	20	3	1234	231	72.58	2115	58.34	4	4	1	170	4
BC Lara (WI)	1995	12	20	2	1222	179	67.88	1660	73.61	4	6	1	192	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998	16	31	3	1222	164	43.64	2599	47.01	2	7	2	152	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1997	11	19	3	1220	168	76.25	2075	58.79	7	2	2	149	6
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989	11	20	1	1219	219	64.15	2766	44.07	4	5	-	125	2
V Kohli (IND)	2016	12	18	2	1215	235	75.93	2011	60.41	4	2	-	134	2
JH Kallis (SA)	2007	9	17	3	1210	186	86.42	2319	52.17	5	6	1	135	7

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Ireland at Lord's, Only Test, Jun 1-3, 2023 [Test # 2504]

Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle, 2nd Test, Apr 24-28, 2023 [Test # 2503]

Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle, 1st Test, Apr 16-18, 2023 [Test # 2502]