Record-holders for most number of Test runs
A summary of the record holders for the most runs in Tests
Ric Finlay
25-Feb-2013
From Match Number | Player | Tests Record Held | Final Runs | Starting | Days Record Held |
1 | C Bannerman | 4 | 239 | 19/03/1877 | 1752 |
5 | G Ulyett | 11 | 676 | 04/01/1882 | 952 |
16 | WL Murdoch | 8 | 860 | 13/08/1884 | 731 |
24 | A Shrewsbury | 43 | 1277 | 14/08/1886 | 5641 |
67 | J Darling | 1 | 1293 | 23/01/1902 | 26 |
68 | SE Gregory | 3 | 1366 | 18/02/1902 | 116 |
71 | AC MacLaren | 3 | 1531 | 14/06/1902 | 42 |
74 | C Hill | 84 | 3412 | 26/07/1902 | 8374 |
158 | JB Hobbs | 102 | 5410 | 27/12/1924 | 4567 |
260 | WR Hammond | 414 | 7249 | 29/06/1937 | 12209 |
674 | MC Cowdrey | 21 | 7459 | 02/12/1970 | 482 |
695 | GStA Sobers | 219 | 8032 | 28/03/1972 | 3562 |
914 | G Boycott | 53 | 8114 | 28/12/1981 | 688 |
967 | SM Gavaskar | 248 | 10122 | 16/11/1983 | 3392 |
1215 | AR Border | 558 | 11174 | 28/02/1993 | 4657 |
1773 | Brian Lara | 116 | 11953 | 29/11/2005 | 1057 |
1889 | SR Tendulkar | 1 | 12037 | 21/10/2008 | - |
This offering is less an analysis than a useful table to ensure you dominate at quiz nights. Alternatively, you may be able to impress your workmates at a tea break with your far-reaching knowledge. Questions you will now be able to answer include:
- Who has held the record for the longest time? (Wally Hammond)
- Who has held the record for the most number of Tests? (Allan Border)
- Which player held the record for just one Test? (Joe Darling)
- How many players have held the record? (seventeen)
- How many players held the record in the 1902 calendar year? (five)
- Who was the only player to hold the record posthumously? (Hammond)
- How many currenly-living players have held the record? (six)
- Which country has provided the most players to hold the record? (England, seven)
Note: The dates used are the dates of the last day of the Test in which the record was achieved, rather than the actual date on which it was achieved.