Batting records

Most runs in a career

Qualification: 14,000.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Runs	Average
1	Graham Gooch	English	22211	40.16
2	Graeme Hick	English	22059	41.30
3	Sachin Tendulkar	Indian	20447	45.43
4	Viv Richards	West Indian	16995	41.96
5	Gordon Greenidge	West Indian	16349	40.56
6	Allan Lamb	English	15658	39.14
7	Desmond Haynes	West Indian	15651	42.07
8	Kim Barnett	English	15564	34.89
9	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lankan	15392	31.60
10	Sourav Ganguly	Indian	15278	41.51
11	Michael Bevan	Australian	15103	57.86
12	Rahul Dravid	Indian	14961	42.50
13	Robin Smith	English	14927	41.12
14	Alec Stewart	English	14787	35.04
15	Neil Fairbrother	English	14761	41.69
16	Mark Waugh	Australian	14663	39.10
17	Brian Lara	West Indian	14602	39.67
18	Mike Gatting	English	14476	33.74
19	Ricky Ponting	Australian	14042	42.29
20	Stephen Fleming	New Zealander	14037	35.09
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: September 19, 2009. Most centuries in a career Qualification: 25. Rank Player Nationality Centuries 1 Sachin Tendulkar Indian 55 2 Graham Gooch English 44 3 Graeme Hick English 40 4 Gordon Greenidge West Indian 33 5 Sourav Ganguly Indian 31 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lankan 31 Ricky Ponting Australia 31 8 Nick Knight English 30 9 Desmond Haynes West Indian 28 10 Brian Lara West Indian 27 Mark Waugh Australian 27 Robin Smith English 27 Matthew Hayden Australian 27 Marcus Trescothick English 27 15 Viv Richards West Indian 26 Wayne Larkins English 26 Saeed Anwar Pakistani 26 Nathan Astle New Zealander 26 19 Herschelle Gibbs South African 25 Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: September 19, 2009 Highest individual scores Qualification: 188. Rank Player Nationality High score 1 Ali Brown English 268 2 Graeme Pollock South African 222* 3 Mohammad Ali Pakistani 207 4 Alvin Kallicharran West Indian 206 5 Khalid Latif Pakistani 204* 6 Ali Brown English 203 7 Alan Barrow South African 202* 8 Ravinder Bopara English 201* 9 Vince Wells English 201 10 Graham Gooch English 198* 11 Sajid Ali Pakistani 197* 12 Gerrie Snyman Namibian 196 13 Charles Coventry Zimbabwean 194* 14 Saeed Anwar Pakistani 194 15 Darren Lehmann Australian 191 16 Viv Richards West Indian 189* James Benning English 189* 18 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lankan 189 19 Gary Kirsten South African 188* 20 Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lankan 188 Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: September 19, 2009. Highest average Qualification: 50 runs Minimum 50 innings. Rank Player Nationality Average 1 Michael Bevan Australian 57.86 2 Saleem Elahi Pakistani 51.99 3 Mithun Manhas Indian 50.18 4 Graeme Pollock South African 50.06 Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: May 12, 2009.