Men's cricketers with the most international runs

Every run a player has scored in international cricket, all three formats added together.

Source ESPNcricinfo Statsguru, as of 20 September 2026 · career international runs (Tests + ODIs + T20Is)

combined Test, ODI and T20I batting records, ordered by runs

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Rank	Entry	career international runs (Tests + ODIs + T20Is)
#1	Sachin Tendulkar	34,357
#2	Virat Kohli	28,359
#3	Kumar Sangakkara	28,016
#4	Ricky Ponting	27,483
#5	Mahela Jayawardene	25,957
#6	Jacques Kallis	25,534
#7	Rahul Dravid	24,208
#8	Joe Root	22,997
#9	Brian Lara	22,358
#10	Sanath Jayasuriya	21,032
#11	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	20,988
#12	Inzamam-ul-Haq	20,580
#13	Rohit Sharma	20,427
#14	AB de Villiers	20,014
#15	Chris Gayle	19,593
#16	Kane Williamson	19,346
#17	David Warner	18,995
#18	Hashim Amla	18,672
#19	Sourav Ganguly	18,575
#20	Steve Waugh	18,496
#21	Ross Taylor	18,244
#22	Steve Smith	17,814
#23	Younis Khan	17,790
#24	Allan Border	17,698
#25	Tillakaratne Dilshan	17,671
#26	Mohammad Yousuf	17,300
#27	MS Dhoni	17,266
#28	Virender Sehwag	17,253
#29	Graeme Smith	17,236
#30	Michael Clarke	17,112
#31	Mark Waugh	16,529
#32	Javed Miandad	16,213
#33	Mushfiqur Rahim	16,171
#34	Desmond Haynes	16,135
#35	Babar Azam	15,993
#36	Alastair Cook	15,737
#37	Aravinda de Silva	15,645
#38	Mohammad Azharuddin	15,593
#39	Angelo Mathews	15,546
#40	Adam Gilchrist	15,461
#41	Stephen Fleming	15,319
#42	Viv Richards	15,261
#43	Tamim Iqbal	15,249
#44	Matthew Hayden	15,066
#45	Shakib Al Hasan	14,730
#46	Brendon McCullum	14,676
#47	Herschelle Gibbs	14,661
#48	Gary Kirsten	14,087
#49	Marvan Atapattu	14,036
#50	Kevin Pietersen	13,797
#51	Quinton de Kock	13,518
#52	Martin Guptill	13,463
#53	David Boon	13,386
#54	Ian Bell	13,331
#55	Sunil Gavaskar	13,214
#56	Graham Gooch	13,190
#57	Alec Stewart	13,140
#58	Saleem Malik	12,938
#59	Saeed Anwar	12,876
#60	Jos Buttler	12,869
#61	Mohammad Hafeez	12,780
#62	Gordon Greenidge	12,692
#63	Arjuna Ranatunga	12,561
#64	Kusal Mendis	12,492
#65	Michael Hussey	12,398
#66	Richie Richardson	12,197
#67	Ramnaresh Sarwan	11,944
#68	Shoaib Malik	11,867
#69	Nathan Astle	11,866
#70	Yuvraj Singh	11,778
#71	Tom Latham	11,711
#72	Jonny Bairstow	11,581
#73	Andy Flower	11,580
#74	Carl Hooper	11,523
#75	Dinesh Chandimal	11,454
#76	David Gower	11,401
#77	Ben Stokes	11,321
#78	Andrew Strauss	11,315
#79	Faf du Plessis	11,198
#80	Shahid Afridi	11,196
#81	Marlon Samuels	11,134
#82	Misbah-ul-Haq	11,132
#83	VVS Laxman	11,119
#84	Mahmudullah	11,047
#85	Mark Taylor	11,039
#86	Shane Watson	10,950
#87	Shikhar Dhawan	10,867
#88	Eoin Morgan	10,859
#89	Shai Hope	10,573
#90	Paul Stirling	10,496
#91	Mark Boucher	10,469
#92	Brendan Taylor	10,383
#93	Dilip Vengsarkar	10,376
#94	Marcus Trescothick	10,326
#95	Gautam Gambhir	10,324
#96	Martin Crowe	10,148
#97	Grant Flower	10,028
#98	KL Rahul	9,965
#99	Paul Collingwood	9,934
#100	Ijaz Ahmed	9,879

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