name country innings runs RPI rating 1 SR Tendulkar Ind 302 12117 40.12 1137.3 2 IVA Richards WI 167 6721 40.25 1132.5 3 BC Lara WI 204 7798 38.23 1040.9 4 DM Jones Aus 161 6068 37.69 1022.1 5 MG Bevan Aus 172 6178 35.92 1019.9 6 ME Waugh Aus 236 8500 36.02 1010.6 7 Zaheer Abbas Pak 60 2572 42.87 1009.4 8 SC Ganguly Ind 218 8582 39.37 1002.8 9 RT Ponting Aus 162 5834 36.01 1002.2 10 Saeed Anwar Pak 244 8823 36.16 1000.9

name country innings runs RPI rating 11 JH Kallis SA 166 5965 35.93 984.2 12 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 272 8957 32.93 983.7 13 CG Greenidge WI 127 5134 40.43 980.4 14 DL Haynes WI 237 8648 36.49 975.8 15 Javed Miandad Pak 218 7381 33.86 969.6 16 PA de Silva SL 294 9248 31.46 968.0 17 G Kirsten SA 185 6798 36.75 953.4 18 M Azharuddin Ind 308 9378 30.45 944.5 19 ST Jayasuriya SL 287 8927 31.10 939.9 20 Yousuf Youhana Pak 121 4331 35.79 937.2

name country innings runs RPI rating 21 AC Gilchrist Aus 154 5079 32.98 936.9 22 AJ Lamb Eng 118 4010 33.98 928.2 23 WJ Cronje SA 175 5565 31.80 921.1 24 R Dravid Ind 187 6398 34.21 917.2 25 MA Atapattu SL 186 6229 33.49 904.2 26 A Ranatunga SL 255 7454 29.23 897.4 27 DC Boon Aus 177 5964 33.69 896.3 28 GR Marsh Aus 115 4357 37.89 893.2 29 Salim Malik Pak 256 7169 28.00 887.7 30 MD Crowe NZ 141 4704 33.36 886.4

name country innings runs RPI rating 31 GA Hick Eng 118 3846 32.59 883.4 32 RG Twose NZ 81 2717 33.54 882.6 33 A Flower Zim 207 6747 32.59 880.6 34 NS Sidhu Ind 127 4414 34.76 867.8 35 Ijaz Ahmed Pak 232 6566 28.30 867.4 36 GA Gooch Eng 122 4290 35.16 865.5 37 JN Rhodes SA 220 5935 26.98 863.3 38 HH Gibbs SA 123 4213 34.25 860.9 39 SR Waugh Aus 288 7569 26.28 860.5 40 NV Knight Eng 100 3636 36.36 860.4

name country innings runs RPI rating 41 NJ Astle NZ 170 5540 32.59 850.4 42 L Klusener SA 124 3381 27.27 840.2 43 CL Hooper WI 206 5762 27.97 836.3 44 RB Richardson WI 217 6248 28.79 832.1 45 A Jadeja Ind 179 5355 29.92 827.6 46 DJ Cullinan SA 133 3861 29.03 826.2 47 SP Fleming NZ 189 5372 28.42 825.1 48 S Chanderpaul WI 123 3914 31.82 820.5 49 Rameez Raja Pak 197 5841 29.65 819.4 50 AR Border Aus 252 6524 25.89 809.5

name country innings runs RPI rating 51 Aamer Sohail Pak 155 4780 30.84 803.9 52 CL Cairns NZ 147 3866 26.30 797.7 53 GW Flower Zim 193 5955 30.85 792.9 54 DR Martyn Aus 102 2846 27.90 790.6 55 DB Vengsarkar Ind 120 3508 29.23 790.2 56 AJ Stewart Eng 162 4677 28.87 788.8 57 MA Taylor Aus 110 3514 31.95 787.2 58 RP Arnold SL 102 2793 27.38 783.2 59 M Jayawardene SL 130 3602 27.71 781.2 60 AH Jones NZ 87 2784 32.00 777.5

name country innings runs RPI rating 61 DI Gower Eng 111 3170 28.56 773.3 62 KC Wessels Aus/SA 105 3367 32.07 770.1 63 Imran Khan Pak 151 3709 24.56 765.0 64 AP Gurusinha SL 143 3902 27.29 747.3 65 K Srikkanth Ind 145 4092 28.22 744.8 66 SM Gavaskar Ind 102 3092 30.31 744.3 67 Shahid Afridi Pak 171 3887 22.73 735.4 68 ADR Campbell Zim 184 5185 28.18 733.9 69 AC Hudson SA 88 2559 29.08 725.6 70 RS Mahanama SL 198 5162 26.07 724.8

name country innings runs RPI rating 71 CD McMillan SA 123 3089 25.11 723.9 72 PV Simmons WI 138 3675 26.63 721.6 73 KR Rutherford NZ 115 3143 27.33 721.1 74 Kapil Dev Ind 198 3783 19.11 685.6 75 JG Wright NZ 148 3891 26.29 676.7 76 CZ Harris NZ 193 4055 21.01 674.3 77 AL Logie WI 133 2809 21.12 665.3 78 RJ Shastri Ind 128 3108 24.28 661.2 79 HP Tillakaratne SL 164 3701 22.57 656.1 80 RS Kaluwitharana SL 171 3504 20.49 641.1

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