Batting Most Runs Series

Cricket in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
ED Weekes (WI)	5	7	-	779	194	111.28	-	0.00	4	2	-	75+	0
West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	2	769	192	128.16	1135	67.75	4	2	-	83	5
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	6	8	2	761	231	126.83	1479	51.45	4	1	-	70	1
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
GA Gooch (ENG)	3	6	-	752	333	125.33	1211	62.09	3	2	-	89	7
India in England Test Series, 1990
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
ED Weekes (WI)	5	8	1	716	207	102.28	-	0.00	3	2	-	20+	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	6	2	715	201	178.75	1140	62.71	4	1	-	67	1
India in Australia Test Series, 1947/48
RT Ponting (AUS)	4	8	1	706	257	100.85	1201	58.78	2	2	1	80	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	6	6	1	650	215	130.00	783	83.01	3	-	-	78	3
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
CH Lloyd (WI)	5	9	1	636	242*	79.50	-	0.00	2	1	-	60+	9
West Indies in India Test Series, 1974/75
MJ Clarke (AUS)	4	6	1	626	329*	125.20	896	69.86	2	-	-	77	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
RB Richardson (WI)	4	7	-	619	194	88.42	1358	45.58	2	3	-	60	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1988/89
MP Vaughan (ENG)	4	7	1	615	197	102.50	901	68.25	3	1	1	81	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	5	9	2	611	230*	87.28	-	0.00	2	1	-	30+	0
New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56
GS Sobers (WI)	5	10	2	597	178*	74.62	-	0.00	3	1	2	18+	4
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
Javed Miandad (PAK)	6	6	1	594	280*	118.80	993	59.81	2	1	-	48	6
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	9	3	594	172	99.00	-	0.00	3	1	-	54+	0
England in India Test Series, 1961/62
KJ Hughes (AUS)	6	12	2	594	100	59.40	1269+	42.78	1	5	-	59	3
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	3	5	2	583	235*	194.33	-	0.00	2	1	-	-	5
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1978/79
CL Hooper (WI)	5	7	-	579	233	82.71	1140	50.78	3	1	-	69	6
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
MW Gatting (ENG)	5	9	3	575	207	95.83	985	58.37	2	1	-	69	4
England in India Test Series, 1984/85
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	3	-	571	340	190.33	842	67.81	2	-	-	65	4
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
S Chanderpaul (WI)	5	7	3	562	140	140.50	1477	38.05	3	3	-	69	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
AN Cook (ENG)	4	8	1	562	190	80.28	1285	43.73	3	-	-	66	3
England in India Test Series, 2012/13
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	2	557	198	92.83	-	0.00	3	-	-	-	1+
West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59
IVA Richards (WI)	4	6	-	556	177	92.66	-	0.00	3	1	-	19+	3
India in West Indies Test Series, 1975/76
DC Boon (AUS)	5	9	2	556	135	79.42	1552	35.82	3	1	-	59	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1991/92
Younis Khan (PAK)	3	5	-	553	199	110.60	889	62.20	2	2	1	72	1
India in Pakistan Test Series, 2005/06
ML Hayden (AUS)	3	6	1	549	203	109.80	828	66.30	2	2	-	60	12
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2000/01
RT Ponting (AUS)	4	6	1	544	221	108.80	922	59.00	2	3	-	50	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
A Flower (ZIM)	2	4	2	540	232*	270.00	1021	52.88	2	2	-	70	7
Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2000/01
RB Simpson (AUS)	5	10	-	539	176	53.90	957+	40.54	2	2	-	39	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1977/78
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	8	-	538	256	67.25	-	0.00	1	2	1	42+	0+
West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59
AI Kallicharran (WI)	6	10	1	538	187	59.77	315+	59.36	1	3	-	25+	0
West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79
BB McCullum (NZ)	2	4	-	535	302	133.75	887	60.31	2	-	-	62	9
India in New Zealand Test Series, 2013/14
KP Pietersen (ENG)	4	6	1	533	202*	106.60	812	65.64	2	2	-	68	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
CA Davis (WI)	4	8	4	529	125*	132.25	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
AR Border (AUS)	6	12	-	521	162	43.41	1219+	40.11	1	3	-	65	2
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
JC Adams (WI)	3	6	3	520	174*	173.33	1209	43.01	2	2	-	52	1
West Indies in India Test Series, 1994/95
JE Root (ENG)	5	7	2	518	154*	103.60	883	58.66	2	3	-	56	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
Younis Khan (PAK)	3	6	1	508	267	101.60	876	57.99	2	1	1	63	1
Pakistan in India Test Series, 2004/05
IR Bell (ENG)	4	6	-	504	235	84.00	775	65.03	2	-	1	63	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
GS Ballance (ENG)	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	1	499	178*	71.28	1014	49.21	3	-	-	52	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2016/17
JH Kallis (SA)	3	5	2	498	201*	166.00	870	57.24	3	-	-	46	5
India in South Africa Test Series, 2010/11
CH Lloyd (WI)	6	8	2	496	161*	82.66	492+	53.65	2	2	-	18+	2
West Indies in India Test Series, 1983/84
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	7	-	495	139	70.71	-	0.00	2	1	-	13+	5
India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
JR Reid (NZ)	5	9	2	493	120	70.42	-	0.00	2	2	-	23+	4
New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56
JE Root (ENG)	5	10	-	491	124	49.10	901	54.49	1	4	-	51	1
England in India Test Series, 2016/17
HM Amla (SA)	2	3	2	490	253*	490.00	1033	47.43	3	-	-	52	1
South Africa in India Test Series, 2009/10
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	10	1	487	127	54.11	910	53.51	1	4	-	66	0
England in India Test Series, 1981/82
BF Butcher (WI)	5	8	1	486	142	69.42	-	0.00	2	3	-	15+	0+
West Indies in India Test Series, 1958/59
RM Cowper (AUS)	4	7	-	485	165	69.28	433+	48.26	2	2	-	46	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1967/68
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	6	10	-	472	250	47.20	15+	73.33	1	2	2	42+	3
West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79
GT Dowling (NZ)	4	8	-	471	239	58.87	-	0.00	2	-	-	-	9
India in New Zealand Test Series, 1967/68
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	5	1	467	219	116.75	757	61.69	2	1	-	52	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	3	6	2	464	161*	116.00	1058	43.85	2	1	-	46	4
Pakistan in India Test Series, 2007/08
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	3	5	-	461	173	92.20	659	69.95	2	2	1	53	7
India in Pakistan Test Series, 2005/06
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	5	10	1	460	121	51.11	-	0.00	2	-	-	15+	1
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1960/61
CL Walcott (WI)	5	7	1	457	125	76.16	-	0.00	2	1	-	15+	3
India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53
AI Kallicharran (WI)	5	9	1	454	124	56.75	-	0.00	1	3	1	41+	2
West Indies in India Test Series, 1974/75
CL Walcott (WI)	5	7	-	452	152	64.57	-	0.00	2	2	-	12+	3
West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49
ML Hayden (AUS)	4	8	1	451	136	64.42	570	79.12	1	3	-	58	4
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
AJ Watkins (ENG)	5	8	1	450	137*	64.28	-	0.00	1	3	-	-	0
England in India Test Series, 1951/52
Wasim Raja (PAK)	6	10	2	450	97	56.25	729	61.72	-	5	-	51+	1
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1979/80
DR Martyn (AUS)	4	8	-	444	114	55.50	882	50.34	2	2	1	48	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2004/05
RT Robinson (ENG)	5	9	2	444	160	63.42	1146	38.74	1	2	-	52	0
England in India Test Series, 1984/85
S Chanderpaul (WI)	5	8	2	443	137*	73.83	979	45.25	1	3	-	41	1
India in West Indies Test Series, 1996/97
IT Botham (ENG)	6	8	-	440	142	55.00	706	62.32	1	4	-	33	10
England in India Test Series, 1981/82
G Fowler (ENG)	5	8	-	438	201	54.75	1099	39.85	1	2	-	45	3
England in India Test Series, 1984/85
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	9	1	433	158*	54.12	-	0.00	1	2	-	25+	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
DA Warner (AUS)	4	8	-	427	145	53.37	536	79.66	3	-	1	58	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
M Labuschagne (AUS)	4	8	-	426	108	53.25	850	50.11	1	2	-	46	0
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
M Labuschagne (AUS)	4	8	-	426	108	53.25	850	50.11	1	2	-	46	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2020/21
GS Sobers (WI)	5	7	1	424	153	70.66	-	0.00	2	1	-	11+	8
India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
GN Yallop (AUS)	6	12	1	423	167	38.45	780+	40.89	1	2	-	44	0
Australia in India Test Series, 1979/80
MA Taylor (AUS)	5	10	1	422	100	46.88	1166	36.19	1	3	-	33	0
India in Australia Test Series, 1991/92
Javed Miandad (PAK)	6	11	1	421	76	42.10	875	48.11	-	4	1	42	0
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1979/80
CJL Rogers (AUS)	4	8	-	417	95	52.12	689	60.52	-	6	-	56	0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
DL Amiss (ENG)	5	9	1	417	179	52.12	1176	35.45	1	2	1	43	1
England in India Test Series, 1976/77
TM Head (AUS)	4	8	1	416	163	59.42	543	76.61	1	1	-	56	8
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	4	5	1	412	203*	103.00	869	47.41	1	2	-	42	0
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1989/90
CG Greenidge (WI)	6	10	2	411	194	51.37	368+	52.71	1	1	-	26+	1
West Indies in India Test Series, 1983/84
ML Hayden (AUS)	3	5	-	410	124	82.00	659	62.21	3	-	-	39	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2007/08
A Symonds (AUS)	4	7	1	410	162*	68.33	567	72.31	1	2	-	47	6
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2007/08
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	5	9	1	410	160	51.25	-	0.00	1	3	1	24+	0
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1960/61
ER Dexter (ENG)	5	9	2	409	126*	58.42	-	0.00	1	3	-	41+	0
England in India Test Series, 1961/62
PM Toohey (AUS)	5	10	-	409	85	40.90	756+	44.84	-	5	1	44	2
India in Australia Test Series, 1977/78
CH Lloyd (WI)	5	6	-	407	143	67.83	113+	71.68	2	2	-	34+	4
India in West Indies Test Series, 1982/83
Z Crawley (ENG)	5	10	-	407	79	40.70	594	68.51	-	4	1	54	6
ICC World Test Championship, 2023-2025
Z Crawley (ENG)	5	10	-	407	79	40.70	594	68.51	-	4	1	54	6
Anthony de Mello Trophy (England in India), 2023/24
HA Gomes (WI)	6	10	-	405	91	40.50	117+	53.84	-	4	-	8+	0
West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79
DM Bravo (WI)	3	6	-	404	166	67.33	735	54.96	2	-	-	47	4
West Indies in India Test Series, 2011/12
JM Bairstow (ENG)	5	9	1	404	114*	50.50	661	61.11	2	1	1	55	4
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
JM Bairstow (ENG)	5	9	1	404	114*	50.50	661	61.11	2	1	1	55	4
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
IT Botham (ENG)	3	3	-	403	208	134.33	500	80.60	2	1	-	46	7
India in England Test Series, 1982
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	3	6	1	401	184	80.20	563	71.22	1	2	-	51	1
Pakistan in India Test Series, 2004/05
MJ Clarke (AUS)	4	8	1	400	151	57.14	722	55.40	1	2	-	49	7
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2004/05
L Hutton (ENG)	4	6	1	399	150	79.80	-	0.00	2	1	-	10+	0
India in England Test Series, 1952

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]