Tests records

897 matches with ball-by-ball data, 2001–2026.

Most runs

#	Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s
1	Joe Root	2012–2026	309	14,278	262	50.45	57.61	41
2	Alastair Cook	2006–2018	291	12,472	294	45.35	46.95	33
3	Steve Smith	2010–2026	227	11,003	239	55.29	53.83	37
4	Kane Williamson	2010–2026	195	9,515	251	54.06	51.98	33
5	Virat Kohli	2011–2025	210	9,230	254*	46.85	55.58	30

Most wickets

#	Player	Span	Inns	Wkts	Best	Avg	Econ	5w
1	James Anderson	2003–2024	339	682	7/42	26.41	2.77	31
2	Stuart Broad	2007–2023	309	604	8/15	27.68	2.98	20
3	Nathan Lyon	2011–2026	267	573	8/50	30.26	2.94	24
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	2011–2024	198	532	7/59	24.12	2.84	37
5	Mitchell Starc	2011–2026	209	451	7/58	26.19	3.43	19

Highest individual scores

#	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Match
1	Brian Lara	400*	582	43	4	West Indies	10 Apr 2004 v England
2	Matthew Hayden	380	437	39	11	Australia	9 Oct 2003 v Zimbabwe
3	Mahela Jayawardene	374	572	43	1	Sri Lanka	27 Jul 2006 v South Africa
4	Wiaan Mulder	367*	334	49	4	South Africa	6 Jul 2025 v Zimbabwe
5	David Warner	335*	418	39	2	Australia	29 Nov 2019 v Pakistan

Best bowling figures

#	Player	Figures	Overs	Econ	Team	Match
1	Ajaz Patel	10/119	47.5	2.49	New Zealand	3 Dec 2021 v India
2	Rangana Herath	9/127	33.1	3.83	Sri Lanka	14 Aug 2014 v Pakistan
3	Keshav Maharaj	9/129	41.1	3.13	South Africa	20 Jul 2018 v Sri Lanka
4	Stuart Broad	8/15	9.3	1.58	England	6 Aug 2015 v Australia
5	Glenn McGrath	8/24	16	1.50	Australia	16 Dec 2004 v Pakistan

Most hundreds

#	Player	Span	Inns	100s	50s	Runs	HS
1	Joe Root	2012–2026	309	41	69	14,278	262
2	Steve Smith	2010–2026	227	37	45	11,003	239
3	Alastair Cook	2006–2018	291	33	57	12,472	294
4	Kane Williamson	2010–2026	195	33	38	9,515	251
5	Virat Kohli	2011–2025	210	30	31	9,230	254*

Most fifties

#	Player	Span	Inns	50s	100s	Runs
1	Joe Root	2012–2026	309	69	41	14,278
2	Alastair Cook	2006–2018	291	57	33	12,472
3	Steve Smith	2010–2026	227	45	37	11,003
4	Angelo Mathews	2009–2025	211	45	15	8,073
5	AB de Villiers	2005–2018	175	42	21	8,182

Most sixes

#	Player	Span	Inns	6s	4s	Runs	SR
1	Ben Stokes	2013–2026	220	138	833	7,273	58.53
2	Brendon McCullum	2004–2016	157	101	698	5,778	65.59
3	Rishabh Pant	2018–2026	89	100	391	3,644	74.34
4	Tim Southee	2008–2024	155	98	216	2,245	82.69
5	Angelo Mathews	2009–2025	211	88	821	8,073	48.31

Best batting average

Minimum 20 innings.

#	Player	Span	Inns	Avg	Runs	NO	SR
1	Brian Lara	2003–2006	31	67.87	2,036	1	64.84
2	Adam Voges	2015–2016	31	61.88	1,485	7	55.68
3	Kumar Sangakkara	2003–2015	151	61.07	8,489	12	54.32
4	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	2003–2015	132	57.10	5,995	27	44.23
5	Steve Smith	2010–2026	227	55.29	11,003	28	53.83

Best batting strike rate

Minimum 2,000 balls faced.

#	Player	Span	Inns	SR	Runs	Balls	Avg
1	Harry Brook	2022–2026	70	86.32	3,610	4,182	53.09
2	Ben Duckett	2016–2026	91	86.21	3,364	3,902	38.23
3	Virender Sehwag	2001–2013	134	85.06	5,969	7,017	46.27
4	Adam Gilchrist	2002–2008	58	84.24	2,005	2,380	38.56
5	Tim Southee	2008–2024	155	82.69	2,245	2,715	15.48

Best economy rate

Minimum 500 overs.

#	Player	Span	Inns	Econ	Overs	Wkts	Avg
1	Colin de Grandhomme	2016–2022	53	2.39	675.4	49	32.96
2	Glenn McGrath	2002–2007	42	2.41	787.3	92	20.61
3	Abdur Rehman	2007–2014	43	2.53	1149	99	29.39
4	Shaun Pollock	2002–2008	52	2.55	1012.3	92	28.11
5	Daniel Vettori	2003–2014	93	2.57	2421.5	177	35.14

Highest team totals

#	Team	Score	Overs	Match
1	England	823/7d	150	7 Oct 2024 v Pakistan
2	Pakistan	765/6d	248.5	21 Feb 2009 v Sri Lanka
3	Sri Lanka	760/7d	202.4	16 Nov 2009 v India
4	India	759/7d	190.4	16 Dec 2016 v England
5	Sri Lanka	756/5d	185.1	27 Jul 2006 v South Africa

Lowest all-out totals

#	Team	Score	Overs	Match
1	West Indies	27	14.3	12 Jul 2025 v Australia
2	Ireland	38	15.4	24 Jul 2019 v England
3	Sri Lanka	42	13.5	27 Nov 2024 v South Africa
4	Bangladesh	43	18.4	4 Jul 2018 v West Indies
5	New Zealand	45	19.2	2 Jan 2013 v South Africa

Biggest wins by runs

#	Winner	Margin	Match
1	New Zealand	an innings and 359 runs	7 Aug 2025 v Zimbabwe
2	New Zealand	an innings and 301 runs	26 Jan 2012 v Zimbabwe
3	New Zealand	an innings and 294 runs	7 Aug 2005 v Zimbabwe
4	England	an innings and 283 runs	25 May 2007 v West Indies
5	Sri Lanka	an innings and 280 runs	16 Apr 2023 v Ireland