Question: who has scored the most test runs in cricket
Answer: Most career runs Runs Player Period 15,921 ( 329 innings ) Sachin Tendulkar 1989 -- 2013 13,378 ( 287 innings ) Ricky Ponting 1995 -- 2012 13,289 ( 280 innings ) Jacques Kallis 1995 -- 2013 13,288 ( 286 innings ) Rahul Dravid 1996 -- 2012 12,472 ( 291 innings ) Alastair Cook 2006 -- 2018 Last updated : 11 September 2018