The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer in international cricket in all formats. He is the only batsman in history to have scored over 30,000 runs.
Top 20 highest run scorers in international cricket.
Cricket is the second-most popular sport in the world. The players who make it big in the sport are treated like celebrities and are idolized by millions of fans. In the world of cricket records, only a few achievements hold as much prestige as scoring the most runs in international cricket. Only 12 batsmen in the history of cricket have been able to score over 20,000 runs in all combined formats of international cricket.
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, also known to the world as the “God of Cricket,” has scored the highest runs in cricket history, being the first and only batsman to score over 30,000 runs. As the most runs scored by a batsman in international cricket history, Tendulkar is a legend who continues to inspire the up-and-coming generations of aspiring cricketers.
| layer | Matches | Total Runs | HS | BF | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 1. Sachin Tendulkar | 664 | 34357 | 248* | 50817+ | 100 | 164 | 4076+ | 264 |
| 2. Kumar Sangakkara | 594 | 28016 | 319 | 42086 | 63 | 153 | 3015 | 159 |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | 560 | 27483 | 257 | 40130 | 71 | 146 | 2781 | 246 |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | 652 | 25957 | 374 | 40100 | 54 | 136 | 2679 | 170 |
| 5. Virat Kohli | 508 | 25852 | 254* | 32679 | 77 | 131 | 2554 | 283 |
| 6. Jacques Kallis | 519 | 25534 | 224 | 45346 | 62 | 149 | 2455 | 254 |
| 7. Rahul Dravid | 509 | 24208 | 270 | 46564 | 48 | 146 | 2604 | 66 |
| 8. Brian Lara | 430 | 22358 | 400* | 32839 | 53 | 111 | 2601 | 221 |
| 9. Sanath Jayasuriya | 586 | 21032 | 340 | 25910 | 42 | 103 | 2486 | 352 |
| 10. Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 454 | 20988 | 203* | 40150 | 41 | 125 | 2041 | 126 |
| 11. Inzamam-ul-Haq | 499 | 20580 | 329 | 32172 | 35 | 129 | 2076 | 193 |
| 12. AB de Villiers | 420 | 20014 | 278* | 26787 | 47 | 109 | 2004 | 328 |
| 13. Chris Gayle | 483 | 19593 | 333 | 25370 | 42 | 105 | 2332 | 553 |
| 14. Hashim Amla | 349 | 18672 | 311* | 28718 | 55 | 88 | 2138 | 93 |
| 15. Saurav Ganguly | 424 | 18575 | 239 | 29486 | 38 | 107 | 2022 | 247 |
| 16. Steve Waugh | 493 | 18496 | 200 | 32432 | 35 | 95 | 1705 | 88 |
| 17. Joe Root | 323 | 18336 | 254 | 27748 | 46 | 99 | 1815 | 103 |
| 18. Ross Taylor | 450 | 18199 | 290 | 24847 | 40 | 93 | 1766 | 273 |
| 19. Younis Khan | 408 | 17790 | 313 | 29367 | 41 | 83 | 1691 | 138 |
| 20. Allan Border | 429 | 17698 | 205 | 36136+ | 30 | 102 | 1661 | 71 |