Most Test Runs in a Calendar Year
| |
| 1
| PAK
| Mohammad Yousuf
| 2006
| 11
| 19
| 1788
| 99.33
| 3
| 9
| 202
|
| 2
| WIN
| IVA Richards
| 1976
| 11
| 19
| 1710
| 90.00
| 5
| 7
| 291
|
| 3
| ENG
| JE Root
| 2021
| 15
| 29
| 1708
| 61.00
| 4
| 6
| 228
|
| 4
| RSA
| GC Smith
| 2008
| 15
| 25
| 1656
| 72.00
| 6
| 6
| 232
|
| 5
| AUS
| MJ Clarke
| 2012
| 11
| 18
| 1595
| 106.33
| 3
| 5
| 329*
|
| 6
| IND
| SR Tendulkar
| 2010
| 14
| 23
| 1562
| 78.10
| 5
| 7
| 214
|
| 7
| ENG
| JE Root
| 2024
| 17
| 31
| 1556
| 55.57
| 5
| 6
| 262
|
| 8
| AUS
| RT Ponting
| 2005
| 15
| 28
| 1544
| 67.13
| 6
| 6
| 207
|
| 9
| AUS
| RT Ponting
| 2003
| 11
| 18
| 1503
| 100.20
| 4
| 6
| 257
|
| 10
| ENG
| MP Vaughan
| 2002
| 14
| 26
| 1481
| 61.70
| 2
| 6
| 197
|
| =
| AUS
| JL Langer
| 2004
| 14
| 27
| 1481
| 54.85
| 4
| 5
| 215
|
| 12
| IND
| YB Jaiswal
| 2024
| 15
| 29
| 1478
| 54.74
| 9
| 3
| 214*
|
| 13
| ENG
| JE Root
| 2016
| 17
| 32
| 1477
| 49.23
| 10
| 3
| 254
|
| 14
| AUS
| SPD Smith
| 2015
| 13
| 24
| 1474
| 73.70
| 5
| 6
| 215
|
| 15
| ENG
| JM Bairstow
| 2016
| 17
| 29
| 1470
| 58.80
| 8
| 3
| 167*
|
| 16
| IND
| V Sehwag
| 2008
| 14
| 27
| 1462
| 56.23
| 6
| 3
| 319
|
| 17
| SRI
| KC Sangakkara
| 2014
| 11
| 21
| 1438
| 71.90
| 8
| 4
| 319
|
| 18
| IND
| V Sehwag
| 2010
| 14
| 25
| 1422
| 61.82
| 8
| 5
| 173
|
| 19
| IND
| SM Gavaskar
| 1979
| 17
| 26
| 1407
| 54.11
| 8
| 4
| 221
|
| 20
| IND
| SR Tendulkar
| 2002
| 16
| 26
| 1392
| 55.68
| 5
| 4
| 193
|
| 21
| AUS
| ML Hayden
| 2001
| 14
| 25
| 1391
| 63.22
| 5
| 5
| 203
|
| 22
| IND
| GR Viswanath
| 1979
| 17
| 26
| 1388
| 57.83
| 6
| 5
| 179
|
| 23
| ENG
| JE Root
| 2015
| 14
| 26
| 1385
| 60.21
| 10
| 3
| 182*
|
| 24
| AUS
| RB Simpson
| 1964
| 14
| 26
| 1381
| 60.04
| 7
| 3
| 311
|
| 25
| AUS
| ML Hayden
| 2005
| 15
| 29
| 1380
| 53.07
| 4
| 5
| 138
|
| 26
| ENG
| DL Amiss
| 1974
| 13
| 22
| 1379
| 68.95
| 3
| 5
| 262*
|
| 27
| ENG
| AN Cook
| 2015
| 14
| 26
| 1364
| 54.56
| 8
| 3
| 263
|
| 28
| IND
| R Dravid
| 2002
| 16
| 26
| 1357
| 59.00
| 5
| 5
| 217
|
| 29
| AUS
| DR Martyn
| 2004
| 14
| 26
| 1353
| 56.37
| 5
| 6
| 161
|
| 30
| WIN
| BC Lara
| 2003
| 10
| 19
| 1344
| 74.66
| 5
| 5
| 209
|
| 31
| ENG
| KP Pietersen
| 2006
| 14
| 26
| 1343
| 53.72
| 6
| 4
| 158
|
| 32
| AUS
| RT Ponting
| 2006
| 10
| 18
| 1333
| 88.86
| 4
| 7
| 196
|
| 33
| ENG
| IJL Trott
| 2010
| 14
| 24
| 1325
| 66.25
| 4
| 4
| 226
|
| 34
| ENG
| ME Trescothick
| 2005
| 13
| 24
| 1323
| 55.12
| 4
| 4
| 194
|
| 35
| IND
| V Kohli
| 2018
| 13
| 24
| 1322
| 55.08
| 5
| 5
| 153
|
| 36
| AUS
| DA Warner
| 2015
| 13
| 24
| 1317
| 54.87
| 7
| 4
| 253
|
| 37
| AUS
| ML Hayden
| 2003
| 12
| 21
| 1312
| 77.17
| 3
| 5
| 380
|
| 38
| IND
| SM Gavaskar
| 1983
| 18
| 32
| 1310
| 46.78
| 5
| 5
| 236*
|
| 39
| AUS
| SPD Smith
| 2017
| 11
| 20
| 1305
| 76.76
| 3
| 6
| 239
|
| 40
| WIN
| GS Sobers
| 1958
| 8
| 13
| 1299
| 144.33
| 3
| 6
| 365*
|
| 41
| RSA
| JH Kallis
| 2004
| 11
| 21
| 1288
| 80.50
| 7
| 5
| 162
|
| 42
| ENG
| AN Cook
| 2010
| 14
| 24
| 1287
| 58.50
| 4
| 5
| 235*
|
| 43
| SRI
| ST Jayasuriya
| 1997
| 11
| 19
| 1271
| 66.89
| 7
| 3
| 340
|
| 44
| ENG
| AN Cook
| 2016
| 17
| 33
| 1270
| 42.33
| 7
| 2
| 130
|
| 45
| ENG
| GA Gooch
| 1990
| 9
| 17
| 1264
| 79.00
| 5
| 4
| 333
|
| 46
| RSA
| HM Amla
| 2010
| 11
| 19
| 1249
| 78.06
| 4
| 5
| 253*
|
| =
| ENG
| AN Cook
| 2012
| 15
| 29
| 1249
| 48.03
| 3
| 4
| 190
|
| 48
| SRI
| KC Sangakkara
| 2006
| 11
| 20
| 1242
| 69.00
| 4
| 4
| 287
|
| 49
| AUS
| DC Boon
| 1993
| 16
| 25
| 1241
| 62.05
| 7
| 4
| 164*
|
| 50
| SRI
| TT Samaraweera
| 2009
| 11
| 20
| 1234
| 72.58
| 4
| 4
| 231
|
Matches over New Year are counted in the earlier year.