Fastest Players to Score
Runs
as Opener
All Players
Openers Only
|
Player
|
Country
|
5000 Runs as Opener
|
Career
|
Innings
|
Match
|
Runs
|
Matches
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
1 |
Gavaskar, S M
|
India
|
95
|
19/09/1979
|
5007
|
125
|
10122
|
51.12
|
2 |
Hayden, M L
|
Australia
|
95
|
09/07/2004
|
5059
|
103
|
8625
|
50.74
|
3 |
Hobbs, J B
|
England
|
97
|
27/06/1930
|
5001
|
61
|
5410
|
56.95
|
4 |
Hutton, L
|
England
|
103
|
19/06/1952
|
5149
|
79
|
6971
|
56.67
|
5 |
Sehwag, V
|
India
|
109
|
06/11/2008
|
5037
|
104
|
8586
|
49.34
|
6 |
Warner, D A*
|
Australia
|
109
|
26/12/2016
|
5054
|
112
|
8786
|
44.60
|
7 |
Smith, G C
|
South Africa
|
113
|
26/03/2008
|
5022
|
117
|
9265
|
48.26
|
8 |
Boycott, G
|
England
|
116
|
14/12/1977
|
5061
|
108
|
8114
|
47.73
|
9 |
Greenidge, C G
|
West Indies
|
116
|
03/04/1986
|
5019
|
108
|
7558
|
44.72
|
10 |
Lawry, W M
|
Australia
|
117
|
11/12/1970
|
5036
|
67
|
5234
|
47.15
|
11 |
Taylor, M A
|
Australia
|
119
|
29/04/1995
|
5005
|
104
|
7525
|
43.50
|
12 |
Slater, M J
|
Australia
|
120
|
27/02/2001
|
5005
|
74
|
5312
|
42.84
|
13 |
Trescothick, M E
|
England
|
121
|
11/08/2005
|
5037
|
76
|
5825
|
43.80
|
14 |
Strauss, A J
|
England
|
124
|
16/12/2009
|
5038
|
100
|
7037
|
40.91
|
15 |
Cook, A N
|
England
|
124
|
10/08/2011
|
5256
|
161
|
12472
|
45.35
|
16 |
Latham, T W M*
|
New Zealand
|
128
|
09/03/2023
|
5041
|
80
|
5418
|
39.84
|
17 |
Kirsten, G
|
South Africa
|
130
|
07/09/2001
|
5026
|
101
|
7289
|
45.27
|
18 |
Atherton, M A
|
England
|
131
|
07/08/1997
|
5001
|
115
|
7728
|
37.70
|
19 |
Tamim Iqbal*
|
Bangladesh
|
131
|
24/06/2022
|
5039
|
70
|
5134
|
38.89
|
20 |
Gibbs, H H
|
South Africa
|
135
|
04/08/2006
|
5018
|
90
|
6167
|
41.95
|
|