Cricket Records for England in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
WR Hammond	5	9	1	905	251	113.12	2521	35.89	4	-	-	94	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1928/29
AN Cook	5	7	1	766	235*	127.66	1438	53.26	3	2	-	81	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2010/11
DCS Compton	5	8	-	753	208	94.12	-	0.00	4	2	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
GA Gooch	3	6	-	752	333	125.33	1211	62.09	3	2	-	89	7
India in England Test Series, 1990
JE Root	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
H Sutcliffe	5	9	-	734	176	81.55	2022	36.30	4	2	1	73	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1924/25
DI Gower	6	9	-	732	215	81.33	1196	61.20	3	1	-	89	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
EH Hendren	4	8	2	693	205*	115.50	168+	69.04	2	5	-	15+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
L Hutton	5	8	1	677	205	96.71	-	0.00	2	3	-	48+	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54
GA Gooch	6	12	-	673	133	56.08	1453	46.31	2	4	-	99	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
DL Amiss	5	9	1	663	262*	82.87	1596	41.54	3	-	-	87	1
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
JB Hobbs	5	9	1	662	187	82.75	1189	55.67	3	1	-	62	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1911/12
G Boycott	5	10	3	657	142*	93.85	1750	37.54	2	5	-	61	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
AJ Strauss	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
E Paynter	5	8	-	653	243	81.62	-	0.00	3	2	-	50+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
JH Edrich	6	11	2	648	130	72.00	1733	37.39	2	4	-	63	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1970/71
MP Vaughan	5	10	-	633	183	63.30	1091	58.02	3	-	2	78	8
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2002/03
MP Vaughan	4	7	1	615	197	102.50	901	68.25	3	1	1	81	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
WR Hammond	5	8	1	609	181	87.00	-	0.00	3	2	-	39+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
KF Barrington	5	9	3	594	172	99.00	-	0.00	3	1	-	54+	0
England in India Test Series, 1961/62
A Sandham	4	8	-	592	325	74.00	702+	53.41	2	2	2	34+	0
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
PBH May	5	9	1	582	117	72.75	-	0.00	2	3	1	57+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
KF Barrington	5	10	2	582	132*	72.75	206+	44.17	2	3	-	52	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1962/63
L Hutton	5	9	-	577	158	64.11	243+	36.21	2	2	-	23+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
MW Gatting	5	9	3	575	207	95.83	985	58.37	2	1	-	69	4
England in India Test Series, 1984/85
JB Hobbs	5	9	-	573	154	63.66	1323+	42.32	3	2	1	37	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1924/25
WR Hammond	2	2	1	563	336*	563.00	-	0.00	2	-	-	34+	10
England in New Zealand Test Series, 1932/33
AN Cook	4	8	1	562	190	80.28	1285	43.73	3	-	-	66	3
England in India Test Series, 2012/13
DCS Compton	5	10	1	562	184	62.44	537+	37.80	2	2	1	37+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
IR Bell	5	10	1	562	113	62.44	1157	48.57	3	2	-	75	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2013
JH Edrich	5	9	-	554	164	61.55	1471	37.66	1	4	-	60	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1968
RA Smith	5	10	1	553	143	61.44	982	56.31	2	3	1	78	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
MA Atherton	6	12	-	553	99	46.08	1376	40.18	-	6	-	73	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
WJ Edrich	4	6	1	552	191	110.40	-	0.00	2	2	-	34+	4
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
C Washbrook	5	9	-	542	195	60.22	119+	50.42	1	2	-	24+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
AJ Strauss	5	9	1	541	169	67.62	943	57.37	3	-	-	63	2
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 2008/09
JB Hobbs	5	9	1	539	187	67.37	-	0.00	1	4	1	0+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
MC Cowdrey	5	8	-	534	148	66.75	451+	31.26	2	4	1	71	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1967/68
KP Pietersen	4	6	1	533	202*	106.60	812	65.64	2	2	-	68	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
L Hutton	5	10	4	533	156*	88.83	-	0.00	1	4	-	42	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1950/51
KF Barrington	5	8	1	531	256	75.85	1204	44.10	1	2	-	55	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964
MW Gatting	6	9	3	527	160	87.83	1011	52.12	2	3	-	74	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
ER Dexter	5	9	1	526	136*	65.75	-	0.00	2	2	1	19+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60
GE Tyldesley	5	9	1	520	122	65.00	-	0.00	2	3	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
JE Root	5	7	2	518	154*	103.60	883	58.66	2	3	-	56	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
WR Hammond	5	9	1	517	136*	64.62	-	0.00	1	4	-	13+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
H Sutcliffe	5	9	1	513	114	64.12	-	0.00	4	-	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1929
JE Root	4	8	1	512	254	73.14	771	66.40	1	2	-	63	0
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2016
MA Atherton	5	9	-	510	144	56.66	1262	40.41	2	2	2	60	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
KF Barrington	5	7	2	508	148*	101.60	-	0.00	2	2	-	54	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
GP Thorpe	6	12	-	506	94	42.16	1050	48.19	-	5	2	66	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
JB Hobbs	5	10	-	505	123	50.50	877	57.58	2	1	-	40	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21
IR Bell	4	6	-	504	235	84.00	775	65.03	2	-	1	63	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
GS Ballance	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
MA Atherton	5	10	1	493	103	54.77	1436	34.33	1	3	1	69	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1998
Hon.FS Jackson	5	9	2	492	144*	70.28	-	0.00	2	2	2	20+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1905
DCS Compton	5	9	-	492	158	54.66	-	0.00	1	3	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
MC Cowdrey	5	10	1	491	119	54.55	-	0.00	2	2	1	15+	0
England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60
JE Root	5	10	-	491	124	49.10	901	54.49	1	4	-	51	1
England in India Test Series, 2016/17
RT Robinson	6	9	1	490	175	61.25	933	52.51	2	1	-	60	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
KP Pietersen	5	10	1	490	158	54.44	1011	48.46	1	3	-	48	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 2006/07
PBH May	5	6	1	489	285*	97.80	-	0.00	2	1	1	51	2
West Indies in England Test Series, 1957
AC MacLaren	5	10	1	488	124	54.22	-	0.00	2	2	1	29+	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1897/98
MA Atherton	6	12	-	488	113	40.66	1201	40.63	1	2	1	61	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
GA Gooch	6	9	-	487	196	54.11	856	56.89	1	2	-	65	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
BC Broad	5	9	2	487	162	69.57	1116	43.63	3	-	-	57	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1986/87
GA Gooch	6	10	1	487	127	54.11	910	53.51	1	4	-	66	0
England in India Test Series, 1981/82
ME Trescothick	5	10	2	487	219	60.87	868	56.10	1	3	1	79	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
JB Hobbs	5	7	1	486	119	81.00	-	0.00	2	2	-	21+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926
RE Foster	5	9	1	486	287	60.75	-	0.00	1	-	-	56	1
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1903/04
ER Dexter	5	10	-	481	99	48.10	459+	40.95	-	5	-	53	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1962/63
L Hutton	3	6	1	480	196	96.00	-	0.00	2	1	-	-	0
West Indies in England Test Series, 1939
GA Gooch	5	9	1	480	154*	60.00	992	48.38	1	2	-	53	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1991
Z Crawley	5	9	-	480	189	53.33	541	88.72	1	2	-	53	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2023
M Leyland	5	8	1	478	153	68.28	1157	41.31	3	-	-	33+	2
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
AJ Stewart	5	9	-	477	143	53.00	903	52.82	2	2	1	68	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
AJ Strauss	5	9	-	474	161	52.66	951	49.84	1	3	-	65	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2009
L Hutton	3	4	-	473	364	118.25	1093	43.27	2	-	-	50	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938
PA Gibb	5	8	-	473	120	59.12	-	0.00	2	2	-	2+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
KP Pietersen	5	10	1	473	158	52.55	662	71.45	1	3	1	51	14
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2005
TW Graveney	4	5	1	472	258	118.00	-	0.00	2	-	1	53	0
West Indies in England Test Series, 1957
H Sutcliffe	5	7	1	472	161	78.66	-	0.00	1	3	-	34+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926
EH Hendren	5	9	-	472	169	52.44	909	51.92	1	2	-	45	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1928/29
L Hutton	4	6	-	469	206	78.16	-	0.00	2	2	1	45+	1
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1949
HC Brook	3	5	-	468	153	93.60	501	93.41	3	1	-	53	12
England in Pakistan Test Series, 2022/23
WR Hammond	5	9	1	468	231*	58.50	1246	37.56	1	2	1	57	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1936/37
R Subba Row	5	10	-	468	137	46.80	-	0.00	2	1	-	24+	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1961
KP Pietersen	4	7	-	466	226	66.57	609	76.51	2	1	1	50	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2007
AJ Stewart	5	10	1	465	164	51.66	903	51.49	1	1	-	69	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1998
KF Barrington	5	8	1	464	115	66.28	1008	46.03	2	3	-	25	3
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1965/66
G Boycott	5	8	1	463	116	66.14	330+	44.24	1	4	1	64	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1967/68
W Rhodes	5	9	1	463	179	57.87	1032	44.86	1	3	1	41	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1911/12
G Gunn	5	10	1	462	122*	51.33	-	0.00	2	2	2	43+	2
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1907/08
WJ Edrich	5	10	-	462	119	46.20	1395	33.11	1	3	-	43	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1946/47
JE Root	4	8	-	461	190	57.62	700	65.85	1	3	-	62	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017
GA Gooch	4	8	-	460	153	57.50	850	54.11	2	1	-	53	2
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1980/81
JE Root	5	9	1	460	134	57.50	686	67.05	2	2	-	64	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015
TW Graveney	4	7	1	459	165	76.50	1116	41.12	2	1	-	49	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
DCS Compton	5	10	1	459	147	51.00	1247	36.80	2	2	-	42	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1946/47
GA Gooch	5	10	-	459	146	45.90	1048	43.79	1	3	-	52	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1988

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]