2025 Records

2025 Stats: Most Runs in Test Cricket

Batter Innings Runs Average High Score
Usman Khawaja (AUS) 5 338 84.50 232
Brian Bennett (ZIM) 10 332 33.20 139
Sean Williams (ZIM) 8 320 40.00 88
Steven Smith (AUS) 4 309 77.25 141
Ryan Rickelton (SA) 1 259 259.00 259
Ben Curran (ZIM) 10 241 24.10 46
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) 6 234 39.00 71
Shan Masood (PAK) 6 227 37.83 145
Alex Carey (AUS) 3 223 111.50 156
Craig Ervine (ZIM) 8 220 27.50 75

Key Takeaways

24 batters have accumulated 100 or more runs in Test cricket till now, with Australia’s Usman Khawaja leading the tally with 338 runs in the 5 innings he played. His teammate, Steve Smith

9 batters have scored a ton in Test cricket this year so far, and Steve Smith (2) is the only player to score more than one century in the format in 2025. Apart from Usman Khawaja, South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton is the other to score a Test double century in 2025.

Find out the most number of centuries scored by a batter in a calendar year here.

Rickelton brought up the first century of the year 2025, and he did so against Pakistan in a Test match at Cape Town. In the same innings, South Africa’s Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne also scored tons.

33 batters have crossed the 50-run mark at least in Tests in 2025, with Babar Azam, Dinesh Chandimal, Craig Ervine, Shan Masood, Kusal Mendis, and Steve Smith being the ones to a half-century or more twice.

These are just initial stats and are subject to change in the coming weeks.