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| Updated on Monday, June 4 2007 |
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| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| DG Bradman (Aus) | 1928-1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 334 | 99.94 | 29 | 13 | 7 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | 2005-2007 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1597 | 182 | 79.85 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| RG Pollock (SA) | 1963-1970 | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2256 | 274 | 60.97 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| GA Headley (WI) | 1930-1954 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 2190 | 270* | 60.83 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| H Sutcliffe (Eng) | 1924-1935 | 54 | 84 | 9 | 4555 | 194 | 60.73 | 16 | 23 | 2 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) | 1995-2007 | 110 | 183 | 25 | 9368 | 257 | 59.29 | 33 | 36 | 8 |
| E Paynter (Eng) | 1931-1939 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 1540 | 243 | 59.23 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| KF Barrington (Eng) | 1955-1968 | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 256 | 58.67 | 20 | 35 | 5 |
| ED Weekes (WI) | 1948-1958 | 48 | 81 | 5 | 4455 | 207 | 58.61 | 15 | 19 | 6 |
| WR Hammond (Eng) | 1927-1947 | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 336* | 58.45 | 22 | 24 | 4 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 1954-1974 | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26 | 30 | 12 |
| R Dravid (ICC/India) | 1996-2007 | 109 | 185 | 22 | 9366 | 270 | 57.46 | 24 | 47 | 6 |
| JB Hobbs (Eng) | 1908-1930 | 61 | 102 | 7 | 5410 | 211 | 56.94 | 15 | 28 | 4 |
| CL Walcott (WI) | 1948-1960 | 44 | 74 | 7 | 3798 | 220 | 56.68 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| L Hutton (Eng) | 1937-1955 | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 364 | 56.67 | 19 | 33 | 5 |
| Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) | 1998-2007 | 75 | 126 | 9 | 6553 | 223 | 56.00 | 23 | 27 | 8 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2007 | 137 | 220 | 23 | 10922 | 248* | 55.44 | 37 | 43 | 13 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2007 | 107 | 182 | 29 | 8430 | 189* | 55.09 | 24 | 44 | 9 |
| GE Tyldesley (Eng) | 1921-1929 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 990 | 122 | 55.00 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng) | 2005-2007 | 25 | 47 | 2 | 2448 | 226 | 54.40 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| CA Davis (WI) | 1968-1973 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1301 | 183 | 54.20 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| VG Kambli (India) | 1993-1995 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1084 | 227 | 54.20 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| GS Chappell (Aus) | 1970-1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 247* | 53.86 | 24 | 31 | 12 |
| AD Nourse (SA) | 1935-1951 | 34 | 62 | 7 | 2960 | 231 | 53.81 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| ML Hayden (Aus) | 1994-2007 | 89 | 159 | 13 | 7739 | 380 | 53.00 | 27 | 27 | 11 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 | 17 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 | 6 |
| J Ryder (Aus) | 1920-1929 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1394 | 201* | 51.62 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| A Flower (Zim) | 1992-2002 | 63 | 112 | 19 | 4794 | 232* | 51.54 | 12 | 27 | 5 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 | 12 |
| SR Waugh (Aus) | 1985-2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 | 22 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2006 | 64 | 107 | 7 | 5064 | 287 | 50.64 | 12 | 22 | 4 |
| AR Border (Aus) | 1978-1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 | 11 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1974-1991 | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24 | 45 | 10 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak) | 1992-2007 | 119 | 198 | 22 | 8813 | 329 | 50.07 | 25 | 46 | 15 |
| DCS Compton (Eng) | 1937-1957 | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 278 | 50.06 | 17 | 28 | 10 |
| FMM Worrell (WI) | 1948-1963 | 51 | 87 | 9 | 3860 | 261 | 49.48 | 9 | 22 | 11 |
| V Sehwag (ICC/India) | 2001-2007 | 52 | 87 | 3 | 4155 | 309 | 49.46 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| CP Mead (Eng) | 1911-1928 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1185 | 182* | 49.37 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| KC Bland (SA) | 1961-1966 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 1669 | 144* | 49.08 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| B Mitchell (SA) | 1929-1949 | 42 | 80 | 9 | 3471 | 189* | 48.88 | 8 | 21 | 3 |
| FS Jackson (Eng) | 1893-1905 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 1415 | 144* | 48.79 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 1999-2007 | 90 | 129 | 19 | 5353 | 204* | 48.66 | 17 | 24 | 14 |
| RN Harvey (Aus) | 1948-1963 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6149 | 205 | 48.41 | 21 | 24 | 7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2006 | 85 | 140 | 10 | 6289 | 374 | 48.37 | 16 | 29 | 9 |
| KD Walters (Aus) | 1965-1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5357 | 250 | 48.26 | 15 | 33 | 4 |
| WH Ponsford (Aus) | 1924-1934 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2122 | 266 | 48.22 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 2000-2007 | 53 | 95 | 6 | 4291 | 267 | 48.21 | 12 | 19 | 10 |
| SJ McCabe (Aus) | 1930-1938 | 39 | 62 | 5 | 2748 | 232 | 48.21 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| DR Jardine (Eng) | 1928-1934 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1296 | 127 | 48.00 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
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