| S.No | Name of the player | Career Span | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100/50 |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 1989-2013 | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51/68 |
| 2 | Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 1995-2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41/62 |
| 3 | Jacques Kallis (ICC/RSA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13288 | 224 | 55.37 | 45/58 |
| 4 | Rahul Dravid (ICC/IND) | 1996-2012 | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36/63 |
| 5 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38/52 |
| 6 | Alastair Cook(ENG) | 2006-2018 | 152 | 275 | 16 | 12005 | 294 | 46.35 | 32/55 |
| 7 | Brian Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34/48 |
| 8 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2015 | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30/66 |
| 9 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34/50 |
| 10 | Allan Border (AUS) | 1978-1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27/63 |
| 11 | Steve Waugh (AUS) | 1985-2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32/50 |
| 12 | Sunil Gavaskar (IND) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34/45 |
| 13 | Younis Khan (PAK) | 2000-2017 | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 52.05 | 34/33 |
| 14 | Graeme Smith (ICC/RSA) | 2002-2014 | 117 | 205 | 13 | 9265 | 277 | 48.25 | 27/38 |
| 15 | Graham Gooch (ENG) | 1975-1995 | 118 | 215 | 6 | 8900 | 333 | 42.58 | 20/46 |
| 16 | Javed Miandad (PAK) | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 28/39 |
| 17 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) | 1992-2007 | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 329 | 49.60 | 23/43 |
| 18 | Hashim Amla (RSA) | 2004-2018 | 115* | 195 | 14 | 8794 | 311” | 48.58 | 25/46 |
| 19 | VVS Laxman (IND) | 1996-2012 | 134 | 225 | 34 | 8781 | 281 | 45.97 | 17/56 |
| 20 | Michael Clarke (AUS) | 2004-2015 | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* | 49.10 | 28/27 |
| 21 | Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 1994-2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 | 50.73 | 30/29 |
| 22 | Virender Sehwag (ICC/IND) | 2001-2013 | 104 | 180 | 6 | 8586 | 319 | 49.34 | 23/32 |
| 23 | Vivian Richards (WI) | 1974-1991 | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24/45 |
| 24 | Alec Stewart (ENG) | 1990-2003 | 133 | 235 | 21 | 8463 | 190 | 39.54 | 21/44 |
| 25 | AB de Villiers (RSA) | 2004-2018 | 112* | 185 | 17 | 8409 | 278* | 50.05 | 15/45 |
| 26 | David Gower (ENG) | 1978-1992 | 117 | 204 | 18 | 8231 | 215 | 44.25 | 18/39 |
| 27 | Kevin Pietersen (ENG) | 2005-2014 | 104 | 181 | 8 | 8181 | 227 | 47.28 | 23/35 |
| 28 | Geoff Boycott (ENG) | 1964-1982 | 108 | 193 | 23 | 8114 | 246* | 47.72 | 22/42 |
| 29 | Garfield Sobers (WI) | 1954-1974 | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26/30 |
| 30 | Mark Waugh (AUS) | 1991-2002 | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 153* | 41.81 | 20/47 |
| 31 | Mike Atherton (ENG) | 1989-2001 | 115 | 212 | 7 | 7728 | 185* | 37.69 | 16/46 |
| 32 | Ian Bell (ENG) | 2004-2015 | 118 | 205 | 24 | 7727 | 235 | 42.69 | 22/46 |
| 33 | Justin Langer (AUS) | 1993-2007 | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7696 | 250 | 45.27 | 23/30 |
| 34 | Colin Cowdrey (ENG) | 1954-1975 | 114 | 188 | 15 | 7624 | 182 | 44.06 | 22/38 |
| 35 | Gordon Greenidge (WI) | 1974-1991 | 108 | 185 | 16 | 7558 | 226 | 44.72 | 19/34 |
| 36 | Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24/33 |
| 37 | Mark Taylor (AUS) | 1989-1999 | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7525 | 334* | 43.49 | 19/40 |
| 38 | Desmond Haynes (WI) | 1978-1994 | 116 | 202 | 25 | 7487 | 184 | 42.29 | 18/39 |
| 39 | David Boon (AUS) | 1984-1985 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 7422 | 200 | 43.65 | 21/32 |
| 40 | Gary Kirsten (RSA) | 1993-2004 | 101 | 176 | 15 | 7289 | 275 | 45.27 | 21/34 |
| 41 | Wally Hammond (ENG) | 1927-1947 | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 336* | 58.45 | 22/24 |
| 42 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 2000-2014 | 103 | 182 | 11 | 7214 | 333 | 42.18 | 15/37 |
| 43 | Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 1996-2008 | 113 | 188 | 17 | 7212 | 239 | 42.16 | 16/35 |
| 44 | Stephen Fleming (NZ) | 1994-2008 | 111 | 189 | 10 | 7172 | 274* | 40.06 | 9/46 |
| 45 | Greg Chappell (AUS) | 1970-1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 247* | 53.86 | 24/31 |
| 46 | Andrew Strauss (ENG) | 2004-2012 | 100 | 178 | 6 | 7037 | 177 | 40.91 | 21/27 |
| 47 | Don Bradman (AUS) | 1928-1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 334 | 99.94 | 29/13 |
| 48 | Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 1991-2007 | 110 | 188 | 14 | 6973 | 340 | 40.07 | 14/31 |
| 49 | Leonard Hutton (ENG) | 1937-1955 | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 364 | 56.67 | 19/33 |
| 50 | Dilip Vengsarkar (IND) | 1976-1992 | 116 | 185 | 22 | 6868 | 166 | 42.13 | 17/35 |
Apart from Tendulkar, no other batsman has touched the mark of 15,000 runs in test cricket. He is succeeded by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting with 13,378 runs. Also, there is no other batsman who is close to his numbers to break the record apart from Alastair Cook who has 12,005 runs from the 152 matches that he has played so far. But looking at his recent form and numbers, he has to perform exceptionally well to reach to that mark.
Touching the feat of scoring 10,000 runs is believed to be one of the biggest batting achievement which was first achieved by Sunil Gavaskar and after him 12 more player got to that mark. Hashim Amla is expected to be the next one who currently has around 8800 runs.
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