Batting Most Runs Career

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Most runs

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	16	28	4	2004	220	83.50	828+	52.41	10	6	2	148+	6
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	18	28	1	1455	179	53.88	125+	41.60	4	7	1	95+	1
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1980	13	23	6	1283	182*	75.47	1772+	53.10	5	6	0	131	4
DL Amiss (ENG)	1973-1976	9	17	2	1113	262*	74.20	2470	45.06	4	2	0	141	1
IM Chappell (AUS)	1973-1976	11	21	4	991	156	58.29	964+	46.57	3	4	0	116	1
IR Redpath (AUS)	1973-1976	11	21	1	956	103	47.80	1260+	45.63	3	5	1	94	2
AW Greig (ENG)	1973-1976	13	23	1	795	148	36.13	1766	45.01	3	1	2	96	5
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	2	673	117*	56.08	-	0.00	2	5	1	31+	15
GM Turner (NZ)	1972-1972	5	8	1	672	259	96.00	759+	34.12	2	2	0	38+	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1973-1976	13	23	2	670	116	31.90	1638	40.90	1	5	1	74	1
Majid Khan (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	0	667	167	47.64	-	0.00	2	3	0	-	2
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	11	18	1	658	102	38.70	-	0.00	1	4	0	29+	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1971-1971	5	8	0	642	212	80.25	-	0.00	3	1	0	28+	1
G Boycott (ENG)	1973-1974	8	14	1	623	112	47.92	1923	32.39	1	5	0	74	1
RW Marsh (AUS)	1973-1980	13	19	1	562	97	31.22	738+	35.90	0	4	1	59	2
BE Congdon (NZ)	1972-1972	5	8	2	531	166*	88.50	215+	28.37	2	3	0	35+	2
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1973-1974	7	13	3	528	129*	52.80	1347	39.19	1	3	1	67	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1973-1973	5	8	1	497	112	71.00	-	0.00	2	3	0	66	3
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1978	7	13	2	496	81	45.09	450+	39.77	0	4	0	47	1
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	8	12	2	477	157*	47.70	94+	22.34	2	1	3	12+	1
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1978	5	10	0	474	126	47.40	-	0.00	1	4	0	46	1
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	0	470	123	33.57	-	0.00	2	1	1	-	0
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1976	6	12	0	439	136	36.58	843	52.07	1	2	1	46	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	6	10	2	421	101*	52.62	143+	28.67	1	2	0	15+	3
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1976	10	16	1	421	102	28.06	-	0.00	1	3	0	22+	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	0	416	135	29.71	-	0.00	1	2	2	-	2
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1977	6	12	1	370	98*	33.63	-	0.00	0	2	1	-	0
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1976	6	10	4	349	115*	58.16	-	0.00	1	1	0	32+	2
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1973-1973	4	8	1	335	142	47.85	-	0.00	1	2	1	52	3
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1979	6	8	0	331	84	41.37	355+	38.30	0	4	0	22+	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	7	2	329	126*	65.80	254+	90.15	1	2	1	27+	4
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1980	4	7	0	313	122	44.71	42+	40.47	1	1	0	26	2
DS Steele (ENG)	1976-1976	5	10	0	308	106	30.80	840	36.66	1	1	1	33	1
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1977	5	10	0	300	72	30.00	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	5
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	5	10	1	284	124	31.55	-	0.00	1	0	1	36	1
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1972-1972	4	6	0	277	182	46.16	555+	32.79	1	0	1	19+	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	6	9	0	257	109	28.55	360+	48.33	1	0	1	29	1
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1976	6	11	3	257	55*	32.12	-	0.00	0	1	1	1+	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	0	252	92	63.00	620	40.64	0	3	0	21	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1972-1972	5	8	1	248	101	35.42	27+	29.62	1	1	0	11+	2
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1976-1976	5	9	0	245	82	27.22	582	42.09	0	1	1	32	0
FC Hayes (ENG)	1973-1976	9	17	1	244	106*	15.25	878	27.79	1	0	6	27	1
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	5	9	0	231	67	25.66	668	34.58	0	1	1	31	1
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1972	5	8	2	222	105	37.00	57+	31.57	1	0	0	18+	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1974-1975	5	9	0	222	75	24.66	-	0.00	0	2	2	19+	1
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1975	4	8	1	219	53*	31.28	-	0.00	0	1	0	6+	0
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	5	10	2	219	109*	27.37	473	46.30	1	0	1	16	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1977	5	10	0	215	47	21.50	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	1
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	1	207	130*	69.00	378	54.76	1	1	0	23	1
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	2	206	74	29.42	-	0.00	0	1	0	33	2
R Edwards (AUS)	1973-1973	5	7	0	205	74	29.28	-	0.00	0	2	0	17	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1975-1977	5	10	0	202	80	20.20	-	0.00	0	1	2	13+	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	0	199	67	22.11	-	0.00	0	1	1	16	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1975-1977	7	14	6	193	60*	24.12	-	0.00	0	2	2	0+	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1975-1977	6	11	0	188	51	17.09	-	0.00	0	1	1	0+	0
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1976	5	7	0	185	95	26.42	222	83.33	0	1	1	25	4
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	7	11	2	181	50*	20.11	-	0.00	0	1	0	7+	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	9	13	3	179	43	17.90	36+	41.66	0	0	0	10+	2
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	16	18	2	179	51	11.18	4+	0.00	0	1	2	3+	0
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	6	3	177	78	59.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	20+	0
DB Close (ENG)	1976-1976	3	6	1	166	60	33.20	570	29.12	0	1	0	16	1
SJ Rixon (AUS)	1978-1978	5	9	3	157	54	26.16	-	0.00	0	1	2	18	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1971	5	7	0	151	54	21.57	1+	0.00	0	1	1	1+	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	1	145	76*	48.33	542	26.75	0	1	0	17	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1973-1976	12	21	3	142	31	7.88	432	32.87	0	0	5	13	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1979	10	12	3	136	33	15.11	13+	130.76	0	0	1	0+	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1976	9	15	5	131	25	13.10	-	0.00	0	0	2	9+	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1973-1973	5	7	1	126	37	21.00	-	0.00	0	0	1	9	0
PH Sharma (IND)	1974-1976	3	6	0	125	54	20.83	-	0.00	0	1	0	14+	2
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	16	20	4	116	20*	7.25	8+	25.00	0	0	6	6+	0
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	0	115	45	28.75	253	45.45	0	0	0	21	0
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1976	7	11	0	115	33	10.45	353	32.57	0	0	2	14	1
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1972	4	4	1	114	46	38.00	1+	0.00	0	0	1	11	1
HS Kanitkar (IND)	1974-1974	2	4	0	111	65	27.75	-	0.00	0	1	0	17	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1973-1973	3	5	0	107	40	21.40	290	36.89	0	0	1	10	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1975-1977	3	6	0	100	34	16.66	-	0.00	0	0	1	-	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1979	12	16	1	98	44	6.53	85+	74.11	0	0	5	8	2
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1974-1975	4	7	0	94	36	13.42	-	0.00	0	0	0	4+	1
RS Cunis (NZ)	1972-1972	5	5	1	93	51	23.25	0+	0.00	0	1	1	8+	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1973-1980	8	9	3	89	25	14.83	191	46.59	0	0	2	8	1
DW Hookes (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	80	43	40.00	142	56.33	0	0	0	7	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	2	3	0	80	35	26.66	-	0.00	0	0	0	7	0
JA Jameson (ENG)	1974-1974	2	4	0	73	38	18.25	177	41.24	0	0	0	10	1
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	1	72	60*	72.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	0
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1973-1975	5	7	4	72	27*	24.00	15+	40.00	0	0	0	5	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1973-1974	6	10	1	72	24	8.00	327	22.01	0	0	0	7	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	0	70	40	17.50	220	31.81	0	0	1	9	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1973-1973	2	4	0	67	42	16.75	235	28.51	0	0	0	6	0
GE Vivian (NZ)	1972-1972	4	4	0	66	38	16.50	0+	0.00	0	0	1	4+	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1975-1976	6	8	2	66	18*	11.00	144	45.83	0	0	2	5	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1974-1976	6	11	1	65	23	6.50	302	21.52	0	0	2	3	1
JM Wiener (AUS)	1979-1980	1	2	0	64	40	32.00	137	46.71	0	0	0	4	0
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1976	1	2	0	60	36	30.00	150	40.00	0	0	0	7	0
SS Naik (IND)	1974-1975	2	4	0	60	48	15.00	-	0.00	0	0	1	8+	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1973-1976	4	7	2	55	20*	11.00	166	33.13	0	0	2	5	0
AD Ogilvie (AUS)	1978-1978	2	4	0	47	43	11.75	-	0.00	0	0	2	6	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1972-1972	2	4	0	45	23	11.25	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
J Benaud (AUS)	1973-1973	1	2	0	44	36	22.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	4	1
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1971-1971	3	5	0	43	23	8.60	-	0.00	0	0	2	0+	0
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1978	3	6	0	43	15	7.16	-	0.00	0	0	1	4	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1973	1	2	0	40	31	20.00	136	29.41	0	0	0	5	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1980	2	4	0	40	17	10.00	159	25.15	0	0	0	3	0
JC Balderstone (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	0	39	35	9.75	198	19.69	0	0	2	3	0
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1976	8	8	2	38	23*	6.33	42+	30.95	0	0	2	4	1
B Wood (ENG)	1976-1976	1	2	0	36	30	18.00	104	34.61	0	0	0	4	0
Asif Masood (PAK)	1975-1975	2	3	2	35	30*	35.00	-	0.00	0	0	1	-	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1976	6	11	7	35	10*	8.75	225	15.55	0	0	3	1	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1980	2	3	0	33	14	11.00	89	37.07	0	0	0	3	0
P Krishnamurthy (IND)	1971-1971	5	6	0	33	20	5.50	-	0.00	0	0	2	1+	0
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1976	2	3	0	29	21	9.66	-	0.00	0	0	1	-	0
JR Hammond (AUS)	1973-1973	5	5	2	28	19	9.33	0+	0.00	0	0	1	3	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1977-1977	3	6	2	28	19	7.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1980	1	2	0	24	17	12.00	49	48.97	0	0	0	3	0
SA Durani (IND)	1971-1971	3	4	0	24	13	6.00	-	0.00	0	0	1	2+	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	4	1	24	16	8.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1972-1972	2	2	0	20	18	10.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	2	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1974-1979	12	13	7	19	7*	3.16	8+	12.50	0	0	4	1+	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	1	15	13	15.00	53	28.30	0	0	0	2	0
Agha Zahid (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	0	15	14	7.50	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1974-1974	2	3	0	15	8	5.00	43	34.88	0	0	1	3	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1975-1975	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	2	3	0	11	6	3.66	-	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
MWW Selvey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	2	10	4*	5.00	49	20.40	0	0	1	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	5	9	6	10	4*	3.33	8+	0.00	0	0	1	1	0
RW Morgan (NZ)	1972-1972	3	3	0	8	4	2.66	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1977	2	3	1	6	4	3.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	4	7	1	6	4	1.00	-	0.00	0	0	5	1	0
HK Jayantilal (IND)	1971-1971	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	1	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1976-1976	2	3	1	5	5	2.50	46	10.86	0	0	1	1	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1977	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	-	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
DD Parsana (IND)	1979-1979	2	2	0	1	1	0.50	-	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1977-1977	1	2	2	1	1*	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]