Batting records (All cricket)

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in men's cricket up to 2008: 29,049 in 579 matches (from the 4,811 of 4,812 matches with full scorecards).

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Player figures come from full scorecards, which we hold for 4,811 of the 4,812 matches in this selection (from 1877). Earlier matches have results and team totals only.

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sachin TendulkarIND/MI	1989-2008	579	673	66	29049	248*	47.86	42382	68.51	83	142	35	3444	219
Brian LaraWI/IWX/ICC	1990-2007	422	518	38	22328	400*	46.52	32807	68.06	53	111	33	2596	221
Ricky PontingAUS/KKR/ICC	1995-2008	442	518	62	22133	257	48.54	32186	68.77	63	109	29	2192	210
Rahul DravidIND/IWX/RCB	1996-2008	475	548	67	21460	270	44.62	40244	53.32	38	136	23	2286	65
Sanath JayasuriyaSL/AX/MI	1989-2008	548	619	35	20518	340	35.13	25198	81.43	42	101	48	2410	368
Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK/AX/IWX	1991-2007	494	548	75	20479	329	43.30	32050	63.90	35	128	35	2068	191
Jacques KallisSA/AX/IWX	1995-2008	424	497	84	20056	189*	48.56	36622	54.76	46	120	26	1911	190
Sourav GangulyIND/AX/KKR	1992-2008	433	500	40	18870	239	41.02	29724	63.48	38	109	29	2048	261
Steve WaughAUS	1985-2004	492	548	104	18496	200	41.66	32432	57.03	35	95	37	1705	88
Allan BorderAUS	1978-1994	425	517	83	17698	205	40.78	36136	48.76	30	102	22	1661	71
Mark WaughAUS	1988-2002	371	444	36	16475	173	40.38	26318	62.60	38	96	35	1490	97
Javed MiandadPAK	1975-1996	355	407	62	16213	280*	46.99	26178	54.84	31	93	14	1254	92
Desmond HaynesWI	1978-1994	353	439	53	16135	184	41.80	29195	53.32	35	96	23	1598	77
Mahela JayawardeneSL/AX/PK	1997-2008	407	451	48	16046	374	39.82	25433	63.09	34	79	33	1650	94
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI/RCB	1994-2008	356	428	66	15974	203*	44.13	29874	53.47	29	101	17	1608	99
Adam GilchristAUS/DC/ICC	1996-2008	409	442	33	15879	204*	38.82	17194	92.35	34	84	33	1911	281
Mohammad YousufPAK/AX/ASIA	1998-2008	344	386	50	15745	223	46.86	24843	63.38	36	90	23	1588	131
Aravinda de SilvaSL	1984-2003	395	455	41	15645	267	37.79	22692	66.22	31	86	24	1468	150
Mohammad AzharuddinIND	1984-2000	427	455	63	15593	199	39.78	22564	66.91	29	79	14	1342	96
Stephen FlemingNZ/CSK/ICC	1994-2008	399	473	32	15515	274*	35.18	27144	57.16	17	95	34	1787	92
Viv RichardsWI	1974-1991	307	349	36	15261	291	48.76	17373	78.78	35	90	17	1651	210
Matthew HaydenAUS/CSK/ICC	1993-2008	276	350	33	15185	380	47.90	22320	68.03	40	71	23	1735	188
Herschelle GibbsSA/DC	1996-2008	343	400	24	14169	228	37.68	21745	65.16	34	63	36	1806	183
Gary KirstenSA	1993-2004	286	361	34	14087	275	43.08	26219	53.73	34	79	24	1581	32
Marvan AtapattuSL	1990-2007	357	414	47	13997	249	38.14	24928	56.15	27	76	35	1415	19
Kumar SangakkaraSL/AX/IWX	2000-2008	328	360	34	13822	287	42.40	21273	64.97	27	73	12	1601	56
David BoonAUS	1984-1996	286	367	36	13386	200	40.44	27273	49.08	26	69	22	1316	18
Sunil GavaskarIND	1971-1987	233	316	30	13214	236*	46.20	20293	48.79	35	72	20	1250	47
Graham GoochENG	1975-1995	241	337	12	13190	333	40.58	25007	52.75	28	69	17	1486	40
Alec StewartENG	1989-2003	301	396	35	13137	190	36.39	24223	54.23	19	73	27	1590	36
Saleem MalikPAK	1982-1999	385	410	60	12938	237	36.97	20289	61.86	20	76	31	1192	41
Saeed AnwarPAK	1989-2003	299	333	21	12809	194	41.05	18132	70.64	31	67	23	1464	111
Gordon GreenidgeWI	1974-1991	236	312	29	12692	226	44.85	20446	55.17	30	65	14	1354	148
Arjuna RanatungaSL	1982-2000	359	410	59	12561	135*	35.79	18528	64.68	8	87	30	1076	104
Virender SehwagIND/AX/IWX	1999-2008	283	326	13	12281	319	39.24	13632	90.09	24	55	24	1693	186
Chris GayleWI/IWX/ICC	1999-2008	268	323	18	12218	317	40.06	17511	69.77	27	69	31	1625	187
Richie RichardsonWI	1983-1996	309	363	42	12197	194	38.00	22201	54.82	21	71	16	1302	77
Graeme SmithSA/AX/IWX	2002-2008	233	287	20	12154	277	45.52	17081	71.16	25	67	16	1512	65
Nathan AstleNZ	1995-2007	306	358	25	11866	222	35.63	19306	61.46	27	65	30	1338	127
Carl HooperWI	1987-2003	328	379	58	11523	233	35.90	18979	60.71	20	56	20	1042	128
Andy FlowerZIM	1992-2003	270	316	35	11450	232*	40.75	19600	58.42	16	80	16	1062	46
David GowerENG	1978-1992	230	315	26	11401	215	39.45	20486	55.65	25	51	13	1269	32
Mark TaylorAUS	1989-1999	217	296	14	11039	334*	39.15	24048	45.90	20	68	9	1000	16
Dilip VengsarkarIND	1976-1992	245	305	41	10376	166	39.30	16629	50.29	18	58	22	788	41
Marcus TrescothickENG	2000-2006	202	268	16	10326	219	40.98	15902	64.94	26	52	25	1382	84
Younis KhanPAK/RR	2000-2008	249	290	25	10268	267	38.75	15916	64.51	21	55	28	1036	77
Martin CroweNZ	1982-1995	219	271	29	10148	299	41.93	18666	54.37	21	52	12	1037	56
Damien MartynAUS	1992-2006	278	295	65	9872	165	42.92	15520	63.61	18	61	17	963	37
Grant FlowerZIM	1992-2004	280	330	23	9834	201*	32.03	19442	50.58	11	55	33	886	53
Ijaz AhmedPAK	1986-2001	308	323	33	9820	211	33.86	15409	63.71	22	48	21	945	110

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