| Player | Mat | Inns | No | Runs | Avg | HS | SR | 50s | 100s | Team |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 463 | 452 | 41 | 18426 | 44.83 | 200* | 86.23 | 96 | 49 | India |
| Ricky Ponting | 375 | 365 | 39 | 13704 | 42.03 | 164 | 80.39 | 82 | 30 | Australia/ICC World XI |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 445 | 433 | 18 | 13430 | 32.36 | 189 | 91.21 | 68 | 28 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 378 | 350 | 53 | 11739 | 39.52 | 137* | 74.24 | 83 | 10 | Pakistan/Asian XI |
| Jacques Kallis | 321 | 307 | 53 | 11498 | 45.26 | 139 | 72.97 | 85 | 17 | South Africa/ICC World XI/Africa XI |
| Sourav Ganguly | 311 | 300 | 23 | 11363 | 41.02 | 183 | 73.70 | 72 | 22 | India/Asian XI |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 340 | 318 | 33 | 11026 | 38.68 | 138* | 75.76 | 74 | 14 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 391 | 365 | 37 | 10892 | 33.20 | 144 | 78.24 | 68 | 15 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Rahul Dravid | 344 | 318 | 40 | 10889 | 39.16 | 153 | 71.24 | 83 | 12 | India/Asian XI |
| Brian Lara | 299 | 289 | 32 | 10405 | 40.48 | 169 | 79.51 | 63 | 19 | West Indies/ICC World XI |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 288 | 273 | 40 | 9720 | 41.71 | 141* | 75.10 | 64 | 15 | Pakistan/Asian XI |
| Adam Gilchrist | 287 | 279 | 11 | 9619 | 35.89 | 172 | 96.94 | 55 | 16 | Australia/ICC World XI |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 334 | 308 | 54 | 9378 | 36.92 | 153* | 73.99 | 58 | 7 | India |
| Aravinda de Silva | 308 | 296 | 30 | 9284 | 34.90 | 145 | 81.13 | 64 | 11 | Sri Lanka |
| Saeed Anwar | 247 | 244 | 19 | 8823 | 39.21 | 194 | 80.66 | 43 | 20 | Pakistan |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 268 | 251 | 40 | 8778 | 41.60 | 150 | 70.74 | 59 | 11 | West Indies |
| Desmond Haynes | 238 | 237 | 28 | 8648 | 41.37 | 152* | 63.09 | 57 | 17 | West Indies |
| Marvan Atapattu | 268 | 259 | 32 | 8529 | 37.57 | 132* | 67.72 | 59 | 11 | Sri Lanka |
| Mark Waugh | 244 | 236 | 20 | 8500 | 39.35 | 173 | 76.83 | 50 | 18 | Australia |
| Chris Gayle | 242 | 237 | 17 | 8442 | 38.37 | 153* | 84.06 | 45 | 20 | West Indies/ICC World XI |
| Virender Sehwag | 251 | 245 | 9 | 8273 | 35.05 | 219 | 104.33 | 38 | 15 | India/Asian XI |
| Yuvraj Singh | 282 | 260 | 38 | 8211 | 36.98 | 139 | 87.64 | 50 | 13 | India |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 248 | 240 | 16 | 8094 | 36.13 | 175 | 83.26 | 37 | 21 | South Africa |
| Stephen Fleming | 280 | 269 | 21 | 8037 | 32.40 | 134* | 71.49 | 49 | 8 | New Zealand/ICC World XI |
| Steve Waugh | 325 | 288 | 58 | 7569 | 32.90 | 120* | 75.91 | 45 | 3 | Australia |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 269 | 255 | 47 | 7456 | 35.84 | 131* | 77.91 | 49 | 4 | Sri Lanka |
| Javed Miandad | 233 | 218 | 41 | 7381 | 41.70 | 119* | 66.99 | 50 | 8 | Pakistan |
| Michael Clarke | 227 | 207 | 42 | 7375 | 44.69 | 130 | 78.23 | 54 | 7 | Australia |
| MS Dhoni | 219 | 196 | 56 | 7259 | 51.85 | 183* | 88.22 | 48 | 8 | India |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 258 | 233 | 36 | 7254 | 36.82 | 160* | 86.37 | 29 | 16 | Sri Lanka |
| Shahid Afridi | 354 | 327 | 20 | 7201 | 23.45 | 124 | 114.53 | 34 | 6 | Pakistan/ICC World XI/Asian XI |
| Saleem Malik | 283 | 256 | 38 | 7170 | 32.88 | 102 | 76.41 | 47 | 5 | Pakistan |
| Nathan Astle | 223 | 217 | 14 | 7090 | 34.92 | 145* | 72.64 | 41 | 16 | New Zealand |
| Younis Khan | 253 | 243 | 23 | 7014 | 31.88 | 144 | 75.36 | 48 | 6 | Pakistan |
| Graeme Smith | 193 | 190 | 10 | 6942 | 38.56 | 141 | 81.05 | 47 | 10 | South Africa/Africa XI |
| Michael Bevan | 232 | 196 | 67 | 6912 | 53.58 | 108* | 74.16 | 46 | 6 | Australia |
| Gary Kirsten | 185 | 185 | 19 | 6798 | 40.95 | 188* | 72.04 | 45 | 13 | South Africa |
| Andy Flower | 213 | 208 | 16 | 6786 | 35.34 | 145 | 74.60 | 55 | 4 | Zimbabwe |
| Sir Viv Richards | 187 | 167 | 24 | 6721 | 47.00 | 189* | 90.20 | 45 | 11 | West Indies |
| Grant Flower | 221 | 214 | 18 | 6571 | 33.52 | 142* | 67.58 | 40 | 6 | Zimbabwe |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 250 | 232 | 29 | 6564 | 32.33 | 139* | 80.30 | 37 | 10 | Pakistan |
| Allan Border | 273 | 252 | 39 | 6524 | 30.62 | 127* | 71.40 | 39 | 3 | Australia |
| Richie Richardson | 224 | 217 | 30 | 6248 | 33.41 | 122 | 63.74 | 44 | 5 | West Indies |
| Matthew Hayden | 161 | 155 | 15 | 6133 | 43.80 | 181* | 78.96 | 36 | 10 | Australia/ICC World XI |
| Dean Jones | 164 | 161 | 25 | 6068 | 44.61 | 145 | 72.56 | 46 | 7 | Australia |
| David Boon | 181 | 177 | 16 | 5964 | 37.04 | 122 | 65.21 | 37 | 5 | Australia |
| Jonty Rhodes | 245 | 220 | 51 | 5935 | 35.11 | 121 | 80.91 | 33 | 2 | South Africa |
| Rameez Raja | 198 | 197 | 15 | 5841 | 32.09 | 119* | 63.32 | 31 | 9 | Pakistan |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 179 | 167 | 33 | 5802 | 43.29 | 120* | 75.79 | 38 | 5 | West Indies |
| Carl Hooper | 227 | 206 | 43 | 5761 | 35.34 | 113* | 76.63 | 29 | 7 | West Indies |
