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Most runs in career

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2009	159	261	27	12773	248*	54.58	42	53	14
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2009	136	229	26	11345	257	55.88	38	48	11
AR Border (Aus)	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
SR Waugh (Aus)	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
R Dravid (ICC/India)	1996-2009	134	233	27	10823	270	52.53	26	57	8
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2009	131	221	33	10277	189*	54.66	31	51	10
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2007	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46	15
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2009	107	177	13	8747	374	53.33	26	35	11
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2009	121	206	32	8576	203*	49.28	21	52	13
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45	10
AJ Stewart (Eng)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	18	39	7
G Boycott (Eng)	1964-1982	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	22	42	10
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	26	30	12
ME Waugh (Aus)	1991-2002	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	20	47	19
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	16	46	20
JL Langer (Aus)	1993-2007	105	182	12	7696	250	45.27	23	30	11
MC Cowdrey (Eng)	1954-1975	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	22	38	9
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	19	34	11
MA Taylor (Aus)	1989-1999	104	186	13	7525	334*	43.49	19	40	5
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	19	39	4
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	7487	184	42.29	18	39	10
DC Boon (Aus)	1984-1996	107	190	20	7422	200	43.65	21	32	16
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2009	85	142	10	7308	287	55.36	20	32	4
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	21	34	13
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1947	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	22	24	4
SC Ganguly (India)	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	16	35	13
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	189	10	7172	274*	40.06	9	46	16
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	24	31	12
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2009	82	140	12	7023	223	54.86	24	29	8
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	29	13	7
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	188	14	6973	340	40.07	14	31	15
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1955	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	19	33	5
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1976-1992	116	185	22	6868	166	42.13	17	35	15
KF Barrington (Eng)	1955-1968	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	20	35	5
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1993-2005	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	16	39	12
VVS Laxman (India)	1996-2009	105	174	25	6741	281	45.24	14	39	11
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	20	22	7
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	77	135	9	6342	277	50.33	18	25	9
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	15	28	7
M Azharuddin (India)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	199	45.03	22	21	5
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	14	26	11
RN Harvey (Aus)	1948-1963	79	137	10	6149	205	48.41	21	24	7
GR Viswanath (India)	1969-1983	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93	14	35	10
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	16	27	8
ME Trescothick (Eng)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	14	29	12
DCS Compton (Eng)	1937-1957	78	131	15	5807	278	50.06	17	28	10
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1982-1999	103	154	22	5768	237	43.69	15	29	12
N Hussain (Eng)	1990-2004	96	171	16	5764	207	37.18	14	33	14
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	13	27	13
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2009	69	119	4	5757	319	50.06	15	18	10
MP Vaughan (Eng)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	18	18	9
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	81	142	8	5671	291	42.32	15	31	10
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2008	96	137	20	5570	204*	47.60	17	26	14
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	82	144	5	5502	317	39.58	10	31	14
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	16	17	22
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	77	131	11	5444	299	45.36	17	18	9
JB Hobbs (Eng)	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	15	28	4
KD Walters (Aus)	1965-1981	74	125	14	5357	250	48.26	15	33	4
IM Chappell (Aus)	1964-1980	75	136	10	5345	196	42.42	14	26	11
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1993	82	148	7	5334	185	37.82	12	23	7
MJ Slater (Aus)	1993-2001	74	131	7	5312	219	42.83	14	21	9
AJ Strauss (Eng)	2004-2009	67	123	5	5266	177	44.62	18	17	9
Younis Khan (Pak)	2000-2009	63	112	7	5260	313	50.09	16	21	12
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	8	27	16
WM Lawry (Aus)	1961-1971	67	123	12	5234	210	47.15	13	27	6
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	102	161	6	5200	208	33.54	14	22	14
JH Edrich (Eng)	1963-1976	77	127	9	5138	310*	43.54	12	24	6
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	155	12	5105	135*	35.69	4	38	12
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	1969-1985	78	124	11	5062	274	44.79	12	20	10

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Aug 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1932]

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 20-23, 2009 [Test # 1931]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 1st Test, Aug 18-22, 2009 [Test # 1930]

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Sachin Tendulkar has scored nine ODI centuries against Australia, which is the highest for any player against a single team. He occupies second place too, for his eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasuriya, with seven against India, and Saeed Anwar, with seven against Sri Lanka, come in next.

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