Overview
- Two of the greatest modern cricketers, Sachin Tendulkar of India and Ricky Ponting of Australia, now have come to a stage in their career that they are miles ahead of remaining players of various countries, but mighty close to each other.
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) scored 15,921 runs in 329 innings, at an average of 53.78 runs per innings.
- The “Little Master”, who made his Test debut as a 16-year-old on 15 November 1989, hit 51 centuries (including six scores of 200 or more) and 68 half-centuries in 200 matches.
| Runs | Player | Period |
| 15,921 (329 innings) |  Sachin Tendulkar |
1989–2013 |
|---|---|---|
| 13,378 (287 innings) |  Ricky Ponting |
1995–2012 |
| 13,289 (280 innings) |  Jacques Kallis |
1995–2013 |
| 13,288 (286 innings) | Rahul Dravid |
1996–2012 |
| 12,400 (233 innings) |  Kumar Sangakkara |
2000–2015 |
| Last updated: 15 June 2016 | ||
