Batting records (All cricket)

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in men's cricket up to 2012: 36,128 in 718 matches (from the 6,142 of 6,143 matches with full scorecards).

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Player figures come from full scorecards, which we hold for 6,142 of the 6,143 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	1989-2012	718	837	83	36128	248*	47.92	52046	69.39	101	174	37	4299	286
Ricky PontingAUS/KKR/HH	1995-2012	567	675	70	27604	257	45.63	40239	68.60	71	147	41	2782	251
Jacques KallisSA/AX/IWX	1995-2012	578	671	106	27109	224	47.98	46330	58.51	61	162	36	2615	288
Rahul DravidIND/IWX/RCB	1996-2012	577	669	76	25906	270	43.69	48007	53.96	48	153	24	2807	89
Mahela JayawardeneSL/AX/PK	1997-2012	628	695	71	24095	374	38.61	36501	66.01	48	124	44	2484	175
Kumar SangakkaraSL/AX/IWX	2000-2012	555	611	57	23546	287	42.50	35171	66.95	44	129	24	2575	132
Brian LaraWI/IWX/ICC	1990-2007	422	518	38	22328	400*	46.52	32807	68.06	53	111	33	2596	221
Sanath JayasuriyaSL/AX/MI	1989-2012	612	682	37	21757	340	33.73	26401	82.41	43	106	56	2563	392
Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK/AX/IWX	1991-2007	494	548	75	20479	329	43.30	32050	63.90	35	128	35	2068	191
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI/RCB/KRB	1994-2012	436	526	88	19912	203*	45.46	37634	52.91	38	121	20	1934	127
Sourav GangulyIND/AX/KKR	1992-2012	479	543	42	19870	239	39.66	30680	64.77	38	113	33	2152	288
Virender SehwagIND/AX/IWX	1999-2012	435	504	19	19036	319	39.25	19617	97.04	39	86	36	2622	321
Steve WaughAUS	1985-2004	492	548	104	18496	200	41.66	32432	57.03	35	95	37	1705	88
Chris GayleWI/IWX/KKR	1999-2012	416	483	36	18358	333	41.07	23279	78.86	40	103	43	2197	507
Allan BorderAUS	1978-1994	425	517	83	17698	205	40.78	36136	48.76	30	102	22	1661	71
Adam GilchristAUS/PK/DC	1996-2012	462	495	35	17218	204*	37.43	18142	94.91	35	91	39	2058	348
Mohammad YousufPAK/AX/ASIA	1998-2010	376	429	50	17013	223	44.89	27040	62.92	37	97	26	1718	138
Graeme SmithSA/AX/IWX	2002-2012	353	430	27	16988	277	42.15	24046	70.65	35	90	23	2060	101
Mark WaughAUS	1988-2002	371	444	36	16475	173	40.38	26318	62.60	38	96	35	1490	97
Matthew HaydenAUS/CSK/BH	1993-2012	310	385	34	16291	380	46.41	23233	70.12	40	77	24	1859	227
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
Herschelle GibbsSA/MI/DC	1996-2012	416	472	28	16039	228	36.12	23496	68.26	35	77	44	2007	229
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
Michael ClarkeAUS/PW	2003-2012	349	382	62	14774	329*	46.17	22187	66.59	29	79	18	1413	89
Tillakaratne DilshanSL/RCB/DC	1999-2012	424	452	57	14190	193	35.92	17600	80.63	30	63	33	1614	114
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
Younis KhanPAK/RR	2000-2012	348	396	36	13803	313	38.34	21806	63.30	26	75	37	1331	100
MS DhoniIND/AX/CSK	2004-2012	403	411	102	13435	183*	43.48	16528	81.29	13	83	17	1138	295
Kevin PietersenENG/IWX/RCB	2004-2012	276	331	35	13408	227	45.30	17873	75.02	32	62	18	1469	208
David BoonAUS	1984-1996	286	367	36	13386	200	40.44	27273	49.08	26	69	22	1316	18
Michael HusseyAUS/CSK/PS	2004-2012	332	352	74	13308	195	47.87	19924	66.79	23	78	18	1219	169
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
AB de VilliersSA/AX/RCB	2004-2012	314	355	58	13107	278*	44.13	18000	72.82	28	70	17	1308	199
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
Richie RichardsonWI	1983-1996	309	363	42	12197	194	38.00	22201	54.82	21	71	16	1302	77
Gautam GambhirIND/KKR/DC	2003-2012	302	339	27	12103	206	38.79	16101	75.17	20	77	23	1391	67
Yuvraj SinghIND/AX/PK	2000-2012	404	401	57	11981	169	34.83	13942	85.93	16	71	22	1225	287
Nathan AstleNZ	1995-2007	306	358	25	11866	222	35.63	19306	61.46	27	65	30	1338	127
Ramnaresh SarwanWI/PK	2000-2011	279	334	41	11755	291	40.12	20194	58.21	18	71	19	1227	77
Brendon McCullumNZ/KKR/KTK	2002-2012	381	406	43	11679	225	32.17	14272	81.83	13	60	31	1203	296

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