HowSTAT! Test Cricket - Most Runs for Each Batting Position

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Most Runs Batting as

				Career					Batting as Opener
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg
1	A N Cook	England	2006-2018	291	16	12472	33	45.35	278	14	11845	31	44.87
2	S M Gavaskar	India	1971-1987	214	16	10122	34	51.12	203	12	9607	33	50.30
3	G C Smith	South Africa	2002-2014	205	13	9265	27	48.26	196	12	9030	27	49.08
4	M L Hayden	Australia	1994-2009	184	14	8625	30	50.74	184	14	8625	30	50.74
5	V Sehwag	India	2001-2013	180	6	8586	23	49.34	170	6	8207	22	50.04
6	G Boycott	England	1964-1982	193	23	8114	22	47.73	191	23	8091	22	48.16
7	G A Gooch	England	1975-1995	215	6	8900	20	42.58	184	6	7811	18	43.88
8	D A Warner*	Australia	2011-	174	8	7788	24	46.92	171	8	7749	24	47.54
9	M A Taylor	Australia	1989-1999	186	13	7525	19	43.50	186	13	7525	19	43.50
10	C G Greenidge	West Indies	1974-1991	185	16	7558	19	44.72	182	16	7488	19	45.11
11	M A Atherton	England	1989-2001	212	7	7728	16	37.70	197	6	7476	16	39.14
12	D L Haynes	West Indies	1978-1994	202	25	7487	18	42.30	201	25	7472	18	42.45
13	C H Gayle*	West Indies	2000-2014	182	11	7214	15	42.19	173	10	7028	15	43.12
14	A J Strauss	England	2004-2012	178	6	7037	21	40.91	171	6	6741	20	40.85
15	L Hutton	England	1937-1955	138	15	6971	19	56.67	131	12	6721	19	56.48
16	S T Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1991-2007	188	14	6973	14	40.07	152	9	5932	13	41.48
17	M E Trescothick	England	2000-2006	143	10	5825	14	43.80	142	9	5824	14	43.79
18	D Karunaratne*	Sri Lanka	2012-	153	6	5819	14	39.59	149	6	5787	14	40.47
19	G Kirsten	South Africa	1993-2004	176	15	7289	21	45.27	149	12	5726	14	41.80
20	M S Atapattu	Sri Lanka	1990-2007	156	15	5502	16	39.02	136	13	5317	16	43.23
21	M J Slater	Australia	1993-2001	131	7	5312	14	42.84	131	7	5312	14	42.84
22	J G Wright	New Zealand	1978-1993	148	7	5334	12	37.83	144	6	5260	12	38.12
23	H H Gibbs	South Africa	1996-2008	154	7	6167	14	41.95	116	5	5242	14	47.23
24	W M Lawry	Australia	1961-1971	123	12	5234	13	47.15	123	12	5234	13	47.15
25	J B Hobbs	England	1908-1930	102	7	5410	15	56.95	97	6	5130	14	56.37
26	J L Langer	Australia	1993-2007	182	12	7696	23	45.27	115	9	5112	16	48.23
27	Tamim Iqbal*	Bangladesh	2008-	132	2	5082	10	39.09	131	2	5043	10	39.09
28	K C Brathwaite*	West Indies	2011-	152	10	4893	10	34.46	151	10	4872	10	34.55
29	D Elgar*	South Africa	2012-	134	11	4864	13	39.54	123	9	4638	12	40.68
30	T W M Latham*	New Zealand	2014-	119	5	4623	12	40.55	117	5	4594	12	41.02
31	H Sutcliffe	England	1924-1935	84	9	4555	16	60.73	83	9	4522	16	61.11
32	R C Fredericks	West Indies	1968-1977	109	7	4334	8	42.49	108	7	4329	8	42.86
33	G Gambhir	India	2004-2016	104	5	4154	9	41.96	101	5	4119	9	42.91
34	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1990-2001	91	2	4052	11	45.53	86	2	3957	11	47.11
35	M Vijay	India	2008-2018	105	1	3982	12	38.29	100	1	3880	12	39.19
36	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	1976-1989	116	8	4114	10	38.09	109	6	3787	9	36.77
37	R B Simpson	Australia	1957-1978	111	7	4869	10	46.82	70	4	3664	8	55.52
38	Mohammad Hafeez*	Pakistan	2003-2018	105	8	3652	10	37.65	101	7	3539	10	37.65
39	J H Edrich	England	1963-1976	127	9	5138	12	43.54	82	5	3430	8	44.55
40	A R Morris	Australia	1946-1955	79	3	3533	12	46.49	76	2	3381	11	45.69
41	A J Stewart	England	1990-2003	235	21	8463	15	39.55	77	2	3348	8	44.64
42	D L Amiss	England	1966-1977	88	10	3612	11	46.31	69	8	3276	11	53.70
43	C C Hunte	West Indies	1958-1967	78	6	3245	8	45.07	78	6	3245	8	45.07
44	M P Vaughan	England	1999-2008	147	9	5719	18	41.44	72	4	3093	10	45.49
45	C C McDonald	Australia	1952-1961	83	4	3107	5	39.33	81	3	3073	5	39.40
46	Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan	2001-2014	83	5	2963	7	37.99	83	5	2963	7	37.99
47	G M Wood	Australia	1978-1988	112	6	3374	9	31.83	92	4	2958	8	33.61
48	S M Katich	Australia	2001-2010	99	6	4188	10	45.03	61	3	2928	8	50.48
49	N S Sidhu	India	1983-1999	78	2	3202	9	42.13	69	1	2911	8	42.81
50	S L Campbell	West Indies	1995-2002	93	4	2882	4	32.38	91	4	2856	4	32.83

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