By CricketFundas
for CricketFundas.com

Published: January 22, 2010

Last Updated on Apr 1, 2012

List of The Leading Run Scorers in Test Cricket – Top 30 Run Getters

	Player Name	M	Inngs	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
1	Sachin Tendulkar (India)	188	311	32	15470	248*	55.44	51	65
2	Rahul Dravid (ICC/India)	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63
3	Ricky Ponting (Aus)	162	276	29	13200	257	53.44	41	61
4	Jacques Kallis (ICC/SA)	152	257	39	12379	224	56.78	42	55
5	Brian Lara (ICC/WI)	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
6	Allan Border (Aus)	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63
7	Steve Waugh (Aus)	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50
8	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	129	215	13	10271	374	50.84	30	40
9	Sunil Gavaskar (India)	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45
10	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)	137	234	37	9709	203*	49.28	24	56
11	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	107	181	12	9361	287	55.39	28	38
12	Graham Gooch (Eng)	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46
13	Javed Miandad (Pak)	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43
14	Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46
15	VVS Laxman (India)	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56
16	Matthew Hayden (Aus)	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29
17	Vivian Richards (WI)	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45
18	Alec Stewart (Eng)	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45
19	David Gower (Eng)	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	18	39
20	Virender Sehwag (ICC/India)	96	167	6	8178	319	50.79	22	32
21	Geoff Boycott (Eng)	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	22	42
22	Graeme Smith (ICC/SA)	99	174	12	8042	277	49.64	24	32
23	Gary Sobers (WI)	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	26	30
24	Mark Waugh (Aus)	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	20	47
25	Michael Atherton (Eng)	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	16	46
26	Justin Langer (Aus)	105	182	12	7696	250	45.27	23	30
27	Colin Cowdrey (Eng)	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	22	38
28	Gordon Greenidge (WI)	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	19	34
29	Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	90	156	12	7530	223	52.29	24	33
30	Mark Taylor (Aus)	104	186	13	7525	334*	43.49	19	40