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Individual records for test cricket (batting)

Career runs and career average

Runs	Player	Period
15,921 (329 innings)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2013
13,378 (287 innings)	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
13,289 (280 innings)	Jacques Kallis	1995–2013
13,288 (286 innings)	Rahul Dravid	1996–2012
11,953 (232 innings)	Brian Lara	1990–2006
Last updated: 16 November 2013

Most career runs – progression of record

Runs	Player	Record held until	Duration of record
239	Charles Bannerman	4 January 1882	4 years, 295 days
676	George Ulyett[a]	13 August 1884	2 years, 222 days
860	Billy Murdoch[b]	14 August 1886	2 years, 1 day
1,277	Arthur Shrewsbury	23 January 1902	15 years, 162 days
1,293	Joe Darling[c]	18 February 1902	26 days
1,366	Syd Gregory[d]	14 June 1902	116 days
1,531	Archie MacLaren[e]	13 August 1902	60 days
3,412	Clem Hill	27 December 1924	22 years, 136 days
5,410	Jack Hobbs	29 June 1937	12 years, 184 days
7,249	Wally Hammond	27 November 1970	33 years, 151 days
7,459	Colin Cowdrey[f]	23 March 1972	1 year, 117 days
8,032	Garfield Sobers	23 December 1981	9 years, 275 days
8,114	Geoff Boycott	12 November 1983	1 year, 324 days
10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	25 February 1993	9 years, 105 days
11,174	Allan Border	25 November 2005	12 years, 273 days
11,953	Brian Lara	17 October 2008	2 years, 327 days
15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	current	5 years, 172 days
Last updated: 18 November 2013