List of Test cricket records
Career runs

Runs
Player
Record held until
Duration of record
239
Australia Charles Bannerman
4 January 1882
4 years, 295 days
676
England George Ulyett
13 August 1884
2 years, 222 days
860
Australia Billy Murdoch
14 August 1886
2 years, 1 day
1,277
England Arthur Shrewsbury
23 January 1902
15 years, 162 days
1,293
Australia Joe Darling
18 February 1902
26 days
1,366
Australia Syd Gregory
14 June 1902
116 days
1,531
England Archie MacLaren
13 August 1902
60 days
3,412
Australia Clem Hill
27 December 1924
22 years, 136 days
5,410
England Jack Hobbs
29 June 1937
12 years, 184 days
7,249
England Wally Hammond
27 November 1970
33 years, 151 days
7,459
England Colin Cowdrey
23 March 1972
1 year, 117 days
8,032
West Indies Cricket Board Garfield Sobers
23 December 1981
9 years, 275 days
8,114
England Geoffrey Boycott
12 November 1983
1 year, 324 days
10,122
India Sunil Gavaskar
25 February 1993
9 years, 105 days
11,174
Australia Allan Border
25 November 2005
12 years, 273 days
11,953
West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara
17 October 2008
2 years, 327 days
15,921
India Sachin Tendulkar
current
10 years, 189 days
Last updated: 15 June 2016 Notes: ^[a] Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs ^[b] Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs ^[c] Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs ^[d] Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs ^[e] MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs ^[f] Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs
Last updated: 15 June 2016 Notes: ^[a] Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs ^[b] Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs ^[c] Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs ^[d] Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs ^[e] MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs ^[f] Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs
Last updated: 15 June 2016 Notes: ^[a] Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs ^[b] Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs ^[c] Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs ^[d] Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs ^[e] MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs ^[f] Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs
Last updated: 15 June 2016 Notes: ^[a] Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs ^[b] Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs ^[c] Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs ^[d] Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs ^[e] MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs ^[f] Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs

Question: Who had the third most test runs and what year did it happen, who did he eventually pass it to and when?
Answer: Most career Test runs with 11,174 runs by Allan Border, a record held until November 2005, when it was passed by the West Indian Brian Lara in october 2008.