Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Joe Root 14,114
- 2 Alastair Cook 12,472
- 3 Steve Smith 10,763
- 4 Kane Williamson 9,515
- 5 Virat Kohli 9,230
Career Leaderboards
Cricket Records
Who has scored the most runs, taken the most wickets and held the best average, by format. Every table is built from the career figures stored on the player profiles on this site, and each entry links straight to the profile behind it.
Averages, strike rates and economy rates carry a qualifying minimum, printed under each table. Without one, a player with two innings would outrank a career of ten thousand runs. Where a figure has not been recorded, the player is left out rather than counted as zero.
What these tables cover
These are not all-time career records. The figures come from Cricsheet ball-by-ball match data, which covers recent decades rather than the full history of the game, so a career played mostly before that coverage begins is counted only in part. Sachin Tendulkar, for example, appears here with the Tests inside that window, not his full 200.
Read the tables as “the leaders among the matches we hold”, not as the record book. Source: Cricsheet, licensed ODC-BY. Last rebuilt: July 29, 2026.
Test Records
Batting
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Brian Lara 400
- 2 Matthew Hayden 380
- 3 Mahela Jayawardene 374
- 4 Wiaan Mulder 367
- 5 David Warner 335
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Brian Lara 67.87
- 2 Adam Voges 61.88
- 3 Kumar Sangakkara 60.64
- 4 Ellyse Perry 60.27
- 5 Kamindu Mendis 57.61
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Joe Root 41
- 2 Steve Smith 37
- 3 Alastair Cook 33
- 4 Kane Williamson 33
- 5 Virat Kohli 30
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Harry Brook 86.83
- 2 Ben Duckett 86.64
- 3 Virender Sehwag 85.06
- 4 Adam Gilchrist 84.24
- 5 Tim Southee 82.69
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 James Anderson 682
- 2 Stuart Broad 604
- 3 Nathan Lyon 567
- 4 Ravichandran Ashwin 532
- 5 Mitchell Starc 433
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Jacob Duffy 16.28
- 2 Kyle Mayers 18.29
- 3 Shane Edward Bond 18.37
- 4 Scott Boland 18.59
- 5 Michael Neser 18.91
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Jacob Oram 2.34
- 2 Tinashe Panyangara 2.34
- 3 Jacob Duffy 2.37
- 4 Deepti Sharma 2.38
- 5 Colin de Grandhomme 2.39
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 BJ Watling 268
- 2 Mark Boucher 264
- 3 Brad Haddin 262
- 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 248
- 5 Jonny Bairstow 243
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 36
- 2 Prasanna Jayawardene 29
- 3 Niroshan Dickwella 27
- 4 Sarfraz Ahmed 22
- 5 Alex Carey 19
ODI Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Virat Kohli 14,675
- 2 Kumar Sangakkara 11,640
- 3 Rohit Sharma 11,357
- 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 10,274
- 5 AB de Villiers 9,435
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Rohit Sharma 264
- 2 Martin Guptill 237
- 3 Virender Sehwag 219
- 4 Chris Gayle 215
- 5 Fakhar Zaman 210
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Milind Kumar 67.17
- 2 Daryl Mitchell 59.76
- 3 Virat Kohli 58.47
- 4 Mithali Raj 57.82
- 5 Dawid Malan 56.72
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Virat Kohli 54
- 2 Rohit Sharma 32
- 3 Hashim Amla 26
- 4 AB de Villiers 25
- 5 Kumar Sangakkara 24
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Shahid Afridi 135.96
- 2 Andre Russell 130.23
- 3 Glenn Maxwell 124.20
- 4 Heinrich Klaasen 117.35
- 5 Sharjeel Khan 115.91
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Lasith Malinga 322
- 2 Shakib Al Hasan 258
- 3 Brett Lee 257
- 4 James Anderson 250
- 5 Shahid Afridi 242
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Ali Khan 16.42
- 2 Usman Khan Shinwari 16.91
- 3 Sophie Molineux 17.00
- 4 Gavin Main 17.94
- 5 Michael Kasprowicz 18.48
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Bernard Scholtz 3.36
- 2 Marcia Letsoalo 3.39
- 3 Shaun Pollock 3.43
- 4 Dane van Niekerk 3.56
- 5 Sophie Ecclestone 3.71
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 Kumar Sangakkara 324
- 2 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 308
- 3 Jos Buttler 233
- 4 Mushfiqur Rahim 217
- 5 Brendon McCullum 212
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 118
- 2 Kumar Sangakkara 75
- 3 Mushfiqur Rahim 46
- 4 Jos Buttler 38
- 5 Alyssa Healy 33
T20I Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Rakep Patel 524
- 2 Collins Obuya 437
- 3 Steven Taylor 419
- 4 Tony Ura 408
- 5 Ahmed Faiz 376
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 William Porterfield 127
- 2 Tony Ura 120
- 3 Ahmed Faiz 109
- 4 Alex Obanda 108
- 5 Jaskaran Malhotra 106
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Rakep Patel 1
- 2 Tony Ura 1
- 3 Ahmed Faiz 1
- 4 Alex Obanda 1
- 5 William Porterfield 1
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Bernard Scholtz 29
- 2 Basanta Regmi 26
- 3 Shem Ngoche 25
- 4 Sandeep Lamichhane 24
- 5 Gayashan Munasinghe 18
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sandeep Lamichhane 2.38
- 2 Basanta Regmi 10.23
- 3 Bernard Scholtz 14.00
- 4 Shem Ngoche 14.60
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sandeep Lamichhane 2.78
- 2 Basanta Regmi 4.91
- 3 Bernard Scholtz 5.56
- 4 Shem Ngoche 6.08
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 Rakep Patel 13
- 2 Hamza Tariq 12
- 3 Paras Khadka 10
- 4 George Dockrell 10
- 5 Akeem Dodson 8
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Binod Bhandari 6
- 2 Nigar Sultana 6
- 3 Subash Prasad Khakurel 5
- 4 Akeem Dodson 5
- 5 Chetan Suryawanshi 5
IPL Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Virat Kohli 9,346
- 2 Rohit Sharma 7,331
- 3 Shikhar Dhawan 6,769
- 4 David Warner 6,567
- 5 KL Rahul 5,828
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Chris Gayle 175
- 2 Brendon McCullum 158
- 3 KL Rahul 152
- 4 Abhishek Sharma 141
- 5 Quinton de Kock 140
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sai Sudharsan 48.37
- 2 KL Rahul 45.53
- 3 Vaibhav Suryavanshi 44.70
- 4 Devon Conway 43.20
- 5 Heinrich Klaasen 42.08
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Virat Kohli 9
- 2 Jos Buttler 7
- 3 KL Rahul 6
- 4 Chris Gayle 6
- 5 Sanju Samson 5
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Vaibhav Suryavanshi 228.95
- 2 Tim David 177.08
- 3 Philip Salt 174.48
- 4 Andre Russell 174.10
- 5 Abhishek Sharma 171.27
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Yuzvendra Chahal 233
- 2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 226
- 3 Sunil Narine 209
- 4 Piyush Chawla 192
- 5 Jasprit Bumrah 190
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sohail Tanvir 12.09
- 2 Doug Bollinger 18.73
- 3 Farveez Maharoof 19.26
- 4 Lasith Malinga 19.80
- 5 Lungi Ngidi 20.69
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sohail Tanvir 6.46
- 2 Anil Kumble 6.58
- 3 Muttiah Muralitharan 6.70
- 4 Roelof van der Merwe 6.74
- 5 Sunil Narine 6.79
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 158
- 2 Dinesh Karthik 145
- 3 Virat Kohli 126
- 4 AB de Villiers 120
- 5 Suresh Raina 106
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 47
- 2 Dinesh Karthik 37
- 3 Robin Uthappa 32
- 4 Wriddhiman Saha 26
- 5 Rishabh Pant 24
First-class Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Wayne Madsen 10,759
- 2 Adam Lyth 10,146
- 3 Sam Northeast 9,982
- 4 Rory Burns 9,959
- 5 Alex Lees 9,510
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sam Northeast 410
- 2 Tom Banton 371
- 3 Tom Bruce 345
- 4 Dean Brownlie 334
- 5 Devon Conway 327
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Pasindu Sooriyabandara 68.29
- 2 Kumar Sangakkara 66.36
- 3 Shan Masood 66.18
- 4 Cameron Green 64.70
- 5 Colin Munro 64.02
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Adam Lyth 28
- 2 Sam Northeast 28
- 3 Alex Lees 27
- 4 Wayne Madsen 26
- 5 Marcus Harris 25
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Colin Munro 104.76
- 2 Niroshan Dickwella 103.37
- 3 Lasith Croospulle 102.97
- 4 Mark Gillespie 101.20
- 5 Thanuka Dabare 97.45
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Jamie Porter 541
- 2 Simon Harmer 528
- 3 Chris Rushworth 518
- 4 Ben Raine 504
- 5 Kyle Abbott 498
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mohomed Dilshad 16.19
- 2 Mohammad Amir 16.27
- 3 Duvindu Tillakaratne 17.50
- 4 Jaydev Unadkat 17.75
- 5 Malcolm Nofal 18.00
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Dinushka Malan 2.27
- 2 Joel Paris 2.34
- 3 Trent Copeland 2.37
- 4 Mohammad Amir 2.44
- 5 Mohammad Abbas 2.45
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 John Simpson 495
- 2 Ben Brown 482
- 3 Gareth Roderick 403
- 4 Ben Cox 380
- 5 Ben Foakes 347
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 John Simpson 30
- 2 Lewis McManus 24
- 3 Ben Foakes 21
- 4 James Bracey 21
- 5 Chris Cooke 20
List A Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Tom Westley 3,677
- 2 Nick Gubbins 3,521
- 3 Peter Handscomb 3,152
- 4 Ben Slater 2,954
- 5 Colin Ingram 2,953
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Prithvi Shaw 244
- 2 Travis Head 230
- 3 James Bracey 224
- 4 Ollie Robinson 206
- 5 Callum Ferguson 192
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sam Hain 73.60
- 2 Cheteshwar Pujara 72.53
- 3 Sophia Dunkley 71.60
- 4 Michael Klinger 63.70
- 5 Kumar Sangakkara 62.48
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Colin Ingram 10
- 2 Tom Westley 9
- 3 Nick Gubbins 8
- 4 Alex Lees 8
- 5 Jonathan Trott 8
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mitchell Owen 151.68
- 2 Tim Groenewald 128.99
- 3 Amanda-Jade Wellington 127.57
- 4 John Hastings 123.32
- 5 Craig Overton 120.57
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Oliver Hannon-Dalby 116
- 2 Ed Barnard 102
- 3 Kirstie Gordon 88
- 4 Kathryn Bryce 87
- 5 Jeetan Patel 87
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Chathuranga de Silva 12.42
- 2 Jess Jonassen 13.00
- 3 Sophie Ecclestone 13.88
- 4 Joel Paris 14.15
- 5 Abhiraj Singh 14.68
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Sophie Ecclestone 2.98
- 2 Shakti Gauchan 3.13
- 3 Jess Jonassen 3.42
- 4 Basanta Regmi 3.45
- 5 Bernard Scholtz 3.45
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 Ben Cox 94
- 2 Ben Brown 86
- 3 Peter Handscomb 72
- 4 John Simpson 72
- 5 Gareth Roderick 66
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Lauren Winfield 20
- 2 Rhianna Southby 18
- 3 Sarah Bryce 17
- 4 Amara Carr 15
- 5 John Simpson 14
Domestic T20 Records
Batting
Most Runs
Among matches in our data
- 1 Alex Hales 12,975
- 2 James Vince 12,218
- 3 Colin Munro 10,702
- 4 Mohammad Babar Azam 10,575
- 5 Beth Mooney 10,386
Highest Score
Among matches in our data
- 1 Aaron Finch 172
- 2 Dewald Brevis 162
- 3 Adam Lyth 161
- 4 Deepika Rasangika 161
- 5 Brendon McCullum 158
Best Batting Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Virat Kohli 48.40
- 2 Justin Kemp 46.10
- 3 Rohan Kadam 45.23
- 4 Virat Singh 44.14
- 5 Ricky Bhui 44.10
Minimum 20 innings.
Most Centuries
Among matches in our data
- 1 Chris Gayle 12
- 2 Mohammad Babar Azam 10
- 3 Faf du Plessis 9
- 4 Alex Hales 8
- 5 Rilee Rossouw 8
Highest Strike Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Mitchell Owen 187.91
- 2 Finn Allen 177.30
- 3 Abhishek Sharma 173.89
- 4 Pankaj Jaswal 173.64
- 5 Jaskaran Singh 169.87
Minimum 20 innings.
Bowling
Most Wickets
Among matches in our data
- 1 Chris Jordan 421
- 2 Imran Tahir 407
- 3 Dwayne Bravo 402
- 4 Adam Zampa 388
- 5 Mohammad Amir 387
Best Bowling Average
Among matches in our data
- 1 Amarpal Kaur 9.67
- 2 Anuradha Doddaballapur 9.81
- 3 Kevon Fubler 9.90
- 4 Chloe Greechan 10.04
- 5 Stephanie Nampiina 10.17
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Best Economy Rate
Among matches in our data
- 1 Chloe Greechan 3.40
- 2 Anuradha Doddaballapur 4.13
- 3 Concy Aweko 4.19
- 4 Suleeporn Laomi 4.28
- 5 Kayleen Green 4.37
Minimum 20 wickets. Lower is better.
Fielding & Keeping
Most Catches
Among matches in our data
- 1 Kieron Pollard 244
- 2 Quinton de Kock 234
- 3 Alex Hales 230
- 4 Sam Billings 230
- 5 James Vince 228
Most Stumpings
Among matches in our data
- 1 Alyssa Healy 102
- 2 Amy Jones 91
- 3 Sarah Bryce 88
- 4 Rachel Priest 59
- 5 Richa Ghosh 57
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these all-time cricket records?
No, and it matters. The tables are built from ball-by-ball match data that covers recent decades rather than the whole history of the game. Read them as the leaders among the matches we hold, not as the record book.
Who has scored the most runs?
Each format has its own most-runs table on this page and the leader is named at the top of it, with a link to the player profile behind the figure. The same is done for wickets, centuries and the other categories.
Why is a famous player missing or lower than expected?
Because only the part of a career that falls inside our match data is counted. A player who played most of their cricket before that coverage begins appears with those matches only, which is why the tables are labelled by scope rather than called all-time.
What is a qualifying minimum?
It is the smallest career sample a player must have before an average or a strike rate counts. Without one, two good innings would outrank ten thousand runs. The minimum used is printed under each table it applies to.
What is a batting average and a strike rate?
A batting average is runs divided by the number of times the batter was out, so not-outs raise it. A strike rate is runs scored per hundred balls faced, which measures speed rather than weight of runs.
Which formats are covered?
Test, ODI and T20 international cricket, plus first-class, List A and domestic Twenty20 including the IPL. Each has its own set of tables, because a batting average means something different in each of them.
How often are the tables rebuilt?
They are recomputed from the stored player statistics on a schedule, and the date of the last rebuild is printed at the top of this page. Nothing is calculated while you are reading it.