Most runs in a series

Records for Test Matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	7	-	974	334	139.14	1580	61.64	4	-	-	98	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1930
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	9	1	905	251	113.12	2521	35.89	4	-	-	94	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1928/29
MA Taylor (AUS)	6	11	1	839	219	83.90	1866	44.96	2	5	-	91	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
RN Harvey (AUS)	5	9	-	834	205	92.66	-	0.00	4	3	-	91	0
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1952/53
IVA Richards (WI)	4	7	-	829	291	118.42	1188	69.78	3	2	-	112	4
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
CL Walcott (WI)	5	10	-	827	155	82.70	-	0.00	5	2	-	30+	0
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	2	824	365*	137.33	-	0.00	3	3	-	38+	0
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	9	-	810	270	90.00	1237	65.48	3	1	2	62	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1936/37
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	5	1	806	299*	201.50	0+	0.00	4	-	-	73	0
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1931/32
BC Lara (WI)	5	8	-	798	375	99.75	1170	68.20	2	2	-	109	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
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	7	-	774	211	110.57	1196	64.71	3	3	-	92	5
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2019
SM Gavaskar (IND)	4	8	3	774	220	154.80	-	0.00	4	3	-	43+	1
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
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
AN Cook (ENG)	5	7	1	766	235*	127.66	1438	53.26	3	2	-	81	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2010/11
BC Lara (WI)	6	10	1	765	179	85.00	992	77.11	3	3	-	121	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	6	8	2	761	231	126.83	1479	51.45	4	1	-	70	1
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	8	-	758	304	94.75	1037	73.09	2	1	-	84+	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	8	-	753	208	94.12	-	0.00	4	2	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
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
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	9	-	734	176	81.55	2022	36.30	4	2	1	73	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1924/25
SM Gavaskar (IND)	6	9	1	732	205	91.50	476+	58.40	4	1	1	65+	4
West Indies in India Test Series, 1978/79
DI Gower (ENG)	6	9	-	732	215	81.33	1196	61.20	3	1	-	89	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
GA Faulkner (SA)	5	10	-	732	204	73.20	1256	58.28	2	5	-	90	1
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	1	722	174	103.14	1205	59.91	3	2	1	95	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
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
GC Smith (SA)	5	9	-	714	277	79.33	1014	70.41	2	1	-	96	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
JH Kallis (SA)	4	6	2	712	177	178.00	1248	57.05	4	1	-	74	8
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2003/04
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	5	9	1	712	214*	89.00	891	79.91	2	3	-	68	26
Anthony de Mello Trophy (England in India), 2023/24
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	1	709	226	101.28	-	0.00	3	1	1	42+	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60
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
GA Headley (WI)	4	8	-	703	223	87.87	416+	56.00	4	-	-	29+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
GS Chappell (AUS)	6	11	5	702	182*	117.00	1293	54.29	3	3	-	66	4
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1975/76
KD Walters (AUS)	4	6	-	699	242	116.50	985+	54.72	4	2	-	65	0
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1968/69
CL Walcott (WI)	5	10	2	698	220	87.25	-	0.00	3	3	-	-	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54
AR Morris (AUS)	5	9	1	696	196	87.00	122+	32.78	3	3	-	35+	2
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
EH Hendren (ENG)	4	8	2	693	205*	115.50	168+	69.04	2	5	-	15+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
V Kohli (IND)	4	8	-	692	169	86.50	1093	63.31	4	1	-	77	1
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2014/15
BC Lara (WI)	3	6	-	688	221	114.66	1226	56.11	3	1	-	70	5
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
SPD Smith (AUS)	5	7	2	687	239	137.40	1416	48.51	3	2	-	67	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2017/18
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	8	1	680	234	97.14	1217	55.87	2	3	1	60	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1946/47
L Hutton (ENG)	5	8	1	677	205	96.71	-	0.00	2	3	-	48+	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	12	-	673	133	56.08	1453	46.31	2	4	-	99	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
GM Turner (NZ)	5	8	1	672	259	96.00	759+	34.12	2	2	-	38+	0
New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1971/72
WM Lawry (AUS)	5	8	-	667	205	83.37	940+	42.76	3	2	-	56	1
The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1968/69
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	3	5	-	665	192	133.00	1144	58.12	4	1	-	79	2
West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 2006/07
DL Amiss (ENG)	5	9	1	663	262*	82.87	1596	41.54	3	-	-	87	1
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	9	1	662	187	82.75	1189	55.67	3	1	-	62	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1911/12
VT Trumper (AUS)	5	9	2	661	214*	94.42	753	87.78	2	2	-	71	1
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11
RN Harvey (AUS)	5	8	3	660	178	132.00	-	0.00	4	1	-	14+	0
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1949/50
G Boycott (ENG)	5	10	3	657	142*	93.85	1750	37.54	2	5	-	61	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
AJ Strauss (ENG)	5	10	1	656	147	72.88	1308	50.15	3	1	2	85	3
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
V Kohli (IND)	5	8	2	655	235	109.16	1076	60.87	2	2	-	72	1
England in India Test Series, 2016/17
E Paynter (ENG)	5	8	-	653	243	81.62	-	0.00	3	2	-	50+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	6	6	1	650	215	130.00	783	83.01	3	-	-	78	3
India in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
RN Harvey (AUS)	5	7	1	650	204	108.33	-	0.00	3	1	-	44+	1
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
JH Edrich (ENG)	6	11	2	648	130	72.00	1733	37.39	2	4	-	63	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
DN Sardesai (IND)	5	8	-	642	212	80.25	-	0.00	3	1	-	28+	1
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
CH Lloyd (WI)	5	9	1	636	242*	79.50	-	0.00	2	1	-	60+	9
West Indies in India Test Series, 1974/75
MP Vaughan (ENG)	5	10	-	633	183	63.30	1091	58.02	3	-	2	78	8
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2002/03
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	4	7	-	631	202	90.14	986	63.99	3	-	-	86	3
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2006
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	5	9	-	628	337	69.77	-	0.00	1	3	-	-	0
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
KR Stackpole (AUS)	6	12	-	627	207	52.25	1336	46.93	2	2	1	74	3
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
RR Sarwan (WI)	5	6	-	626	291	104.33	1134	55.20	3	1	-	70	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 2008/09
MJ Clarke (AUS)	4	6	1	626	329*	125.20	896	69.86	2	-	-	77	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
JH Kallis (SA)	5	10	1	625	162	69.44	1184	52.78	3	2	2	68	4
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
MJ Slater (AUS)	5	10	-	623	176	62.30	1105	56.38	3	1	-	73	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1994/95
CC Hunte (WI)	5	9	1	622	260	77.75	-	0.00	3	-	1	28+	1
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
AD Nourse (SA)	5	9	-	621	149	69.00	-	0.00	2	5	-	15+	3
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
RB Richardson (WI)	4	7	-	619	194	88.42	1358	45.58	2	3	-	60	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1988/89
R Dravid (IND)	4	8	3	619	233	123.80	1203	51.45	1	3	-	72	2
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2003/04
LG Rowe (WI)	5	7	-	616	302	88.00	1245	49.47	3	-	-	73	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
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
V Kohli (IND)	3	5	1	610	243	152.50	742	82.21	3	1	1	57	4
Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2017/18
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	8	1	609	181	87.00	-	0.00	3	2	-	39+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
GS Chappell (AUS)	6	11	-	608	144	55.27	1240	49.03	2	5	-	60	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1974/75
DT Lindsay (SA)	5	7	-	606	182	86.57	328+	76.52	3	2	-	61+	12
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
EJ Barlow (SA)	5	10	2	603	201	75.37	510+	47.25	3	1	1	70	0
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1963/64
R Dravid (IND)	4	6	-	602	217	100.33	1336	45.05	3	1	-	85	0
India in England Test Series, 2002

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