Batting by year (Men's Tests)

The most runs in a calendar year in men's Tests up to 1981: 1,710 by Viv Richards in 1976.

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Overall Innings by innings Match by match Format summary Team summary Opposition summary Ground summary Series summary Year summary

Player	Year	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Viv RichardsWI	1976	1976	11	19	0	1710	291	90.00	1787	71.85	7	5	0	223	7
Sunil GavaskarIND	1979	1979	17	26	0	1407	221	54.12	2433	47.43	4	8	0	177	3
Gundappa ViswanathIND	1979	1979	17	26	2	1388	179	57.83	2054	46.20	5	6	0	151	1
Bob SimpsonAUS	1964	1964	14	26	3	1381	311	60.04	1572	45.10	3	7	2	135	1
Dennis AmissENG	1974	1974	13	22	2	1379	262*	68.95	3126	44.11	5	3	0	160	1
Garry SobersWI	1958	1958	8	13	4	1299	365*	144.33	-	-	6	3	0	74	1
Denis ComptonENG	1947	1947	9	15	1	1159	208	82.79	972	37.86	6	3	0	108	1
Kim HughesAUS	1979	1979	14	27	3	1152	130*	48.00	2641	41.69	2	8	0	117	5
Sunil GavaskarIND	1978	1978	8	14	2	1099	205	91.58	898	55.68	5	3	1	86	2
Keith FletcherENG	1973	1973	12	21	4	1085	178	63.82	2047	42.26	2	9	0	132	6
Allan BorderAUS	1979	1979	13	26	3	1073	162	46.65	2778	37.47	3	6	0	116	2
Clem HillAUS	1902	1902	11	21	2	1060	142	55.79	-	-	2	7	1	49	1
Bill LawryAUS	1964	1964	14	27	2	1056	157	42.24	1649	41.90	2	6	0	104	3
Dilip VengsarkarIND	1979	1979	17	26	3	1044	146*	45.39	2390	35.48	4	6	5	113	6
Ken BarringtonENG	1961	1961	10	18	4	1035	172	73.93	-	-	4	5	0	100	0
Donald BradmanAUS	1948	1948	8	13	4	1025	201	113.89	1868	54.87	5	2	2	105	1
Sunil GavaskarIND	1976	1976	11	20	1	1024	156	53.89	707	37.48	4	4	0	109	5
Ken BarringtonENG	1963	1963	11	20	1	1015	132*	53.42	263	34.22	3	5	0	78	7
Ted DexterENG	1962	1962	10	14	1	982	205	75.54	362	40.06	2	7	0	109	7
Ian ChappellAUS	1975	1975	10	18	2	982	192	61.38	2051	47.88	2	7	1	110	2
Donald BradmanAUS	1930	1930	6	8	0	978	334	122.25	1580	61.65	4	0	0	98	0
Geoff BoycottENG	1981	1981	13	26	2	975	137	40.63	2713	35.94	3	4	2	73	0
Greg ChappellAUS	1980	1980	10	18	2	953	235	59.56	1830	52.08	2	5	1	107	2
Donald BradmanAUS	1931	1931	7	9	0	950	226	105.56	-	-	5	0	1	93	0
Neil HarveyAUS	1953	1953	8	15	0	948	205	63.20	12	8.33	4	3	2	84	0
Wally HammondENG	1933	1933	8	11	2	934	336*	103.78	775	38.32	3	2	0	61	14
Tony GreigENG	1974	1974	14	21	0	934	148	44.48	2032	45.96	4	2	0	100	6
Kim HughesAUS	1981	1981	13	24	1	931	213	40.48	2010	46.32	3	2	1	95	0
Sunil GavaskarIND	1971	1971	7	14	3	918	220	83.45	348	41.38	4	5	1	75	2
Allan BorderAUS	1981	1981	13	24	3	915	124	43.57	2296	39.85	3	5	1	96	1
Dennis AmissENG	1973	1973	10	19	3	910	158	56.88	1182	44.42	3	4	1	106	0
Doug WaltersAUS	1969	1969	8	13	1	909	242	75.75	778	59.51	5	3	1	85	3
Leonard HuttonENG	1951	1951	10	18	4	903	156*	64.50	14	85.71	2	6	0	59	0
Garry SobersWI	1966	1966	7	11	2	895	174	99.44	1205	59.92	3	5	1	120	2
Ken BarringtonENG	1965	1965	10	16	1	895	163	59.67	386	43.52	2	6	0	91	6
John EdrichENG	1968	1968	10	17	0	894	164	52.59	1543	36.29	2	5	1	98	2
Viv RichardsWI	1980	1980	10	14	1	893	145	68.69	1333	66.99	2	7	0	122	5
Ken BarringtonENG	1964	1964	8	11	2	880	256	97.78	1204	44.10	3	3	0	88	1
Wally HammondENG	1928	1928	9	14	1	879	251	67.62	1402	39.59	2	3	0	56	1
Everton WeekesWI	1948	1948	7	10	0	878	194	87.80	-	-	5	0	0	84	0
Eddie BarlowSA	1964	1964	9	18	2	872	201	54.50	520	48.85	2	5	1	109	0
Peter BurgeAUS	1964	1964	13	23	3	872	160	43.60	1135	45.37	1	6	1	92	6
John ReidNZ	1965	1965	13	24	0	871	128	36.29	-	-	1	6	1	103	16
Ted DexterENG	1961	1961	10	18	3	868	180	57.87	-	-	2	5	1	113	1
Garry SobersWI	1960	1960	7	12	1	864	226	78.55	43	20.93	4	1	2	86	2
Chetan ChauhanIND	1979	1979	17	26	0	864	84	33.23	1668	33.15	0	9	2	96	0
Aubrey FaulknerSA	1910	1910	7	14	1	862	204	66.31	571	55.52	2	4	0	45	2
Arthur MorrisAUS	1948	1948	7	12	2	848	196	84.80	463	41.47	4	3	0	93	2
Bill EdrichENG	1947	1947	8	13	1	843	191	70.25	646	38.54	2	4	0	87	4
Colin BlandSA	1964	1964	9	16	4	841	144*	70.08	885	37.74	2	5	0	80	6

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