Batting records (All cricket)

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in men's cricket up to 2016: 36,691 in 738 matches (from the 9,272 of 9,274 matches with full scorecards).

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Player figures come from full scorecards, which we hold for 9,272 of the 9,274 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	1989-2013	738	860	85	36691	248*	47.34	52765	69.52	101	177	38	4371	293
Kumar SangakkaraSL/AX/IWX	2000-2016	769	855	76	34317	319	44.05	48759	70.38	73	184	37	3725	249
Mahela JayawardeneSL/AX/PK	1997-2016	771	841	79	28637	374	37.58	42262	67.76	56	150	52	2984	227
Jacques KallisSA/AX/IWX	1995-2016	644	740	113	28613	224	45.63	48118	59.46	62	170	44	2778	318
Ricky PontingAUS/KKR/MI	1995-2013	580	684	70	27697	257	45.11	40368	68.61	71	147	42	2788	252
Rahul DravidIND/IWX/RCB	1996-2013	595	686	77	26377	270	43.31	48432	54.46	48	157	24	2871	94
Chris GayleWI/IWX/KKR	1999-2016	603	675	58	24671	333	39.99	28270	87.27	51	135	49	2719	940
Brian LaraWI/IWX/ICC	1990-2007	422	518	38	22328	400*	46.52	32807	68.06	53	111	33	2596	221
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI/RCB/KRB	1994-2015	471	579	99	21820	203*	45.46	41343	52.78	41	135	22	2142	135
Sanath JayasuriyaSL/AX/MI	1989-2012	612	682	37	21757	340	33.73	26401	82.41	43	106	56	2563	392
AB de VilliersSA/AX/RCB	2004-2016	508	555	86	21608	278*	46.07	27088	79.77	48	117	26	2106	437
Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK/AX/IWX	1991-2007	494	548	75	20479	329	43.30	32050	63.90	35	128	35	2068	191
Tillakaratne DilshanSL/RCB/DC	1999-2016	597	631	74	20130	193	36.14	24181	83.25	40	98	49	2312	157
Virender SehwagIND/AX/IWX	1999-2016	478	548	20	19947	319	37.78	20354	98.00	40	88	38	2738	348
Sourav GangulyIND/AX/KKR	1992-2012	479	543	42	19870	239	39.66	30680	64.77	38	113	33	2152	288
Steve WaughAUS	1985-2004	492	548	104	18496	200	41.66	32432	57.03	35	95	37	1705	88
MS DhoniIND/AX/CSK	2004-2016	587	581	160	18369	224	43.63	21771	84.37	15	110	22	1560	449
Graeme SmithSA/AX/IWX	2002-2014	381	467	28	18148	277	41.34	25797	70.35	38	94	23	2191	104
Brendon McCullumNZ/KKR/CSK	2002-2016	554	599	56	18110	302	33.35	20458	88.52	23	90	43	1898	554
Allan BorderAUS	1978-1994	425	517	83	17698	205	40.78	36136	48.76	30	102	22	1661	71
Virat KohliIND/RCB	2008-2016	412	430	66	17546	235	48.20	20413	85.96	45	94	19	1724	267
Adam GilchristAUS/PK/DC	1996-2013	475	508	36	17512	204*	37.10	18371	95.32	35	92	40	2099	354
Younis KhanPAK/RR	2000-2016	402	482	43	17394	313	39.62	28580	60.86	40	81	42	1657	132
Michael ClarkeAUS/PW	2003-2015	400	455	71	17210	329*	44.82	26127	65.87	36	86	21	1682	102
Mohammad YousufPAK/AX/ASIA	1998-2010	376	429	50	17013	223	44.89	27040	62.92	37	97	26	1718	138
Kevin PietersenENG/IWX/RCB	2004-2016	377	442	47	16693	227	42.26	21475	77.73	34	85	23	1777	304
Mark WaughAUS	1988-2002	371	444	36	16475	173	40.38	26318	62.60	38	96	35	1490	97
Hashim AmlaSA/PK/CC	2004-2016	313	379	30	16461	311*	47.17	24389	67.49	48	77	14	1857	95
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
Herschelle GibbsSA/MI/DC	1996-2013	427	482	29	16178	228	35.71	23628	68.47	35	78	45	2020	232
Desmond HaynesWI	1978-1994	353	439	53	16135	184	41.80	29195	53.32	35	96	23	1598	77
Ian BellENG/PS/WAR	2004-2016	342	435	45	15846	235	40.63	26605	59.56	30	99	25	1733	110
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
Ross TaylorNZ/RCB/DC	2006-2016	429	475	82	15483	290	39.40	20584	75.22	32	77	31	1490	289
Alastair CookENG/ESS	2006-2016	250	370	23	15350	294	44.24	29750	51.60	39	75	16	1774	22
Viv RichardsWI	1974-1991	307	349	36	15261	291	48.76	17373	78.78	35	90	17	1651	210
Michael HusseyAUS/CSK/MI	2004-2016	394	413	83	15147	195	45.90	21436	70.66	23	93	19	1381	218
Shane WatsonAUS/RCB/RR	2002-2016	426	450	51	14194	185*	35.57	16801	84.48	16	86	27	1469	405
Marcus TrescothickENG/SOM	2000-2016	267	363	20	14128	219	41.19	22401	63.07	37	70	33	1971	108
Gary KirstenSA	1993-2004	286	361	34	14087	275	43.08	26219	53.73	34	79	24	1581	32
Gautam GambhirIND/KKR/DC	2003-2016	382	423	30	14066	206	35.79	18038	77.98	20	94	33	1624	88
Marvan AtapattuSL	1990-2007	357	414	47	13997	249	38.14	24928	56.15	27	76	35	1415	19
David WarnerAUS/DC/SS	2009-2016	313	361	23	13883	253	41.07	13967	99.40	31	83	21	1501	319
Yuvraj SinghIND/AX/RCB	2000-2016	499	486	67	13754	169	32.83	15499	88.74	16	81	30	1378	375
Paul CollingwoodENG/DC/PS	2001-2016	419	474	73	13745	206	34.28	21453	64.07	21	68	25	1261	195
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

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