Most career runs – progression of record

Runs	Player	Record held until
239	Charles Bannerman	4 January 1882
676	George Ulyett[a]	13 August 1884
860	Billy Murdoch[b]	14 August 1886
1,277	Arthur Shrewsbury	23 January 1902
1,293	Joe Darling[c]	18 February 1902
1,366	Syd Gregory[d]	14 June 1902
1,531	Archie MacLaren[e]	13 August 1902
3,412	Clem Hill	27 December 1924
5,410	Jack Hobbs	29 June 1937
7,249	Wally Hammond	27 November 1970
7,459	Colin Cowdrey[f]	23 March 1972
8,032	Garfield Sobers	23 December 1981
8,114	Geoff Boycott	12 November 1983
10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	25 February 1993
11,174	Allan Border	25 November 2005
11,953	Brian Lara	17 October 2008
12,917	Sachin Tendulkar†	current
Last updated: 30 November 2009[34]