List of batsmen who scored 50,000 or more runs in all forms of recognized cricket

The below list is a compilation of the batsmen who scored 50,000 or more runs across all forms of recognized cricket, i.e. all the major first-class, List A, and T20 matches, that the batsmen had played in their entire career. Till date, only 16 batsmen in the world have achieved this incredible feat, majority of whom either represented England or played county cricket in England.

List of batsmen who scored 50,000 or more runs

File:Graham Gooch 01.jpg

England's Graham Gooch holds the record for being the most prolific run scorer of all time in cricket history, with 67,057 runs across first-class and limited-overs matches.

Key

• Nation denotes the national team represented by the batsman in international cricket.
• Mat denotes the number of matches that the batsman played in his whole career.
• Inns denotes how many innings the batsman played.
• Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in his whole career.
• HS denotes the batsman's career best/highest score.
• Ave denotes the batsman's career batting average.
• 100's denotes how many centuries the batsman scored.
• 50's denotes the number of fifties scored by the batsman.

Rank	Player	Nation	Career	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s
1	Gooch, GrahamGraham Gooch	England	1973–2000	1194	1591	67,057	333	45.67	172	356
2	Hick, GraemeGraeme Hick	England	1983–2008	1214	1537	64,372	405*	47.54	178	307
3	Hobbs, JackJack Hobbs	England	1905–1934	834	1325	61,760	316*	50.70	199	273
4	Woolley, FrankFrank Woolley	England	1906–1938	978	1530	58,959	305*	40.77	145	295
5	Boycott, GeoffreyGeoffrey Boycott	England	1962–1986	922	1316	58,521	261*	52.72	159	312
6	Hendren, PatsyPatsy Hendren	England	1907–1937	833	1300	57,611	301*	50.80	170	272
7	Amiss, DennisDennis Amiss	England	1960–1987	1062	1530	55,942	262*	40.83	117	289
8	Mead, PhilPhil Mead	England	1905–1936	814	1340	55,061	280*	47.67	153	258
9	Grace, W. G.W. G. Grace	England	1865–1908	870	1478	54,211	344	39.45	124	251
10	Greenidge, GordonGordon Greenidge	West Indies	1970–1992	963	1325	53,703	273*	44.12	125	277
11	Richards, VivViv Richards	West Indies	1971–1993	1007	1262	53,207	322	46.75	140	271
12	Gatting, MikeMike Gatting	England	1975–1998	1102	1369	51,025	258	43.72	106	268
13	Sutcliffe, HerbertHerbert Sutcliffe	England	1919–1945	754	1098	50,670	313	52.02	151	230
14	Ramprakash, MarkMark Ramprakash	England	1987–2012	931	1221	50,651	301*	48.05	131	245
15	Hammond, WallyWally Hammond	England	1920–1951	634	1005	50,551	336*	56.10	167	185
16	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar	India	1988–2013	957	1124	50,192	248*	49.84	142	246

See also

• List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket