Tests - Fastest to 5000 Career Runs

Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009

                     Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
DG Bradman           Australia      56   6   5000   334  100.00   1928/29 to 1938
JB Hobbs             England        91   8   5000   211   60.24   1907/08 to 1928/29
GS Sobers            West Indies    95  12   5000   365*  60.24   1953/54 to 1966
SM Gavaskar          India          95   8   5000   221   57.47   1970/71 to 1979/80
IVA Richards         West Indies    95   5   5000   291   55.55   1974/75 to 1984
ML Hayden            Australia      95   9   5000   380   58.13   1993/94 to 2004
WR Hammond           England        97  13   5000   336*  59.52   1927/28 to 1936/37
KF Barrington        England        97  12   5000   256   58.82   1955 to 1965
L Hutton             England        98  13   5000   364   58.82   1937 to 1951
V Sehwag             India          99   4   5000   319   52.63   2001/02 to 2008
SR Tendulkar         India         103  10   5000   179   53.76   1989/90 to 1998/99
BC Lara              West Indies   104   4   5000   375   50.00   1990/91 to 1998/99
RN Harvey            Australia     105  11   5000   205   53.19   1947/48 to 1959/60
GS Chappell          Australia     106  16   5000   247*  55.55   1970/71 to 1979/80
KC Sangakkara        Sri Lanka     106   7   5000   287   50.50   2000 to 2006/07
Younis Khan          Pakistan      106   8   5000   267   51.02   1999/00 to 2008/09
RB Kanhai            West Indies   107   4   5000   256   48.54   1957 to 1968/69
Javed Miandad        Pakistan      107  17   5000   280*  55.55   1976/77 to 1984/85
R Dravid             India         108  12   5000   200*  52.08   1996 to 2002
HH Gibbs             South Africa  108   6   5000   228   49.01   1996/97 to 2004/05
Mohammad Yousuf      Pakistan      108   9   5000   223   50.50   1997/98 to 2005/06

Note: These figures are based assuming a figure of exactly 5000 runs,
      with the innings in progress shown as a not out

 
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