| Player | Mat | Inns | No | Runs | Avg | HS | SR | 50s | 100s | Team |
| Brian Lara | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 52.88 | 400* | 60.51 | 48 | 34 | West Indies/ICC World XI |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 146 | 237 | 25 | 11782 | 55.57 | 248* | 54.12 | 49 | 39 | India |
| Allan Border | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 50.56 | 205 | - | 63 | 27 | Australia |
| Steve Waugh | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 51.06 | 200 | 48.64 | 50 | 32 | Australia |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 51.12 | 236* | - | 45 | 34 | India |
| Rahul Dravid | 119 | 205 | 25 | 9920 | 55.11 | 270 | 42.06 | 51 | 24 | India/Asian XI |
| Ricky Ponting | 116 | 193 | 26 | 9776 | 58.53 | 257 | 58.86 | 39 | 34 | Australia/ICC World XI |
| Jacques Kallis | 116 | 197 | 33 | 9477 | 57.78 | 189* | 43.96 | 47 | 29 | South Africa/ICC World XI/Africa XI |
| Graham Gooch | 118 | 215 | 6 | 8900 | 42.58 | 333 | 49.19 | 46 | 20 | England |
| Javed Miandad | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 52.57 | 280* | 58.24 | 43 | 23 | Pakistan |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 49.60 | 329 | 54.02 | 46 | 25 | Pakistan/Asian XI |
| Sir Viv Richards | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 50.23 | 291 | - | 45 | 24 | West Indies |
| Alec Stewart | 133 | 235 | 21 | 8463 | 39.54 | 190 | 48.66 | 45 | 15 | England |
| Matthew Hayden | 94 | 167 | 13 | 8242 | 53.51 | 380 | 60.12 | 27 | 30 | Australia/ICC World XI |
| David Gower | 117 | 204 | 18 | 8231 | 44.25 | 215 | 50.59 | 39 | 18 | England |
| Geoff Boycott | 108 | 193 | 23 | 8114 | 47.72 | 246* | - | 42 | 22 | England |
| Garry Sobers | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 57.78 | 365* | - | 30 | 26 | West Indies |
| Mark Waugh | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 41.81 | 153* | 52.27 | 47 | 20 | Australia |
| Mike Atherton | 115 | 212 | 7 | 7728 | 37.69 | 185* | 37.31 | 46 | 16 | England |
| Justin Langer | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7696 | 45.27 | 250 | 54.22 | 30 | 23 | Australia |
| Colin Cowdrey | 114 | 188 | 15 | 7624 | 44.06 | 182 | - | 38 | 22 | England |
| Gordon Greenidge | 108 | 185 | 16 | 7558 | 44.72 | 226 | - | 34 | 19 | West Indies |
| Mark Taylor | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7525 | 43.49 | 334* | 41.48 | 40 | 19 | Australia |
| Clive Lloyd | 110 | 175 | 14 | 7515 | 46.67 | 242* | - | 39 | 19 | West Indies |
| Desmond Haynes | 116 | 202 | 25 | 7487 | 42.29 | 184 | 48.32 | 39 | 18 | West Indies |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 107 | 183 | 26 | 7429 | 47.31 | 203* | 43.08 | 45 | 17 | West Indies |
| David Boon | 107 | 190 | 20 | 7422 | 43.65 | 200 | 40.96 | 32 | 21 | Australia |
| Gary Kirsten | 101 | 176 | 15 | 7289 | 45.27 | 275 | 43.35 | 34 | 21 | South Africa |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 93 | 151 | 11 | 7271 | 51.93 | 374 | 52.36 | 30 | 21 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Wally Hammond | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 58.45 | 336* | - | 24 | 22 | England |
| Greg Chappell | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 53.86 | 247* | 54.36 | 31 | 24 | Australia |
| Stephen Fleming | 110 | 187 | 10 | 7047 | 39.81 | 274* | 45.53 | 44 | 9 | New Zealand/ICC World XI |
| Don Bradman | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 99.94 | 334 | - | 13 | 29 | Australia |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 110 | 188 | 14 | 6973 | 40.07 | 340 | 65.27 | 31 | 14 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Len Hutton | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 56.67 | 364 | - | 33 | 19 | England |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 116 | 185 | 22 | 6868 | 42.13 | 166 | 59.98 | 35 | 17 | India |
| Ken Barrington | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 58.67 | 256 | - | 35 | 20 | England |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 79 | 134 | 12 | 6770 | 55.49 | 223 | 52.58 | 28 | 23 | Pakistan/Asian XI |
| Graham Thorpe | 100 | 179 | 28 | 6744 | 44.66 | 200* | 45.89 | 39 | 16 | England |
| Sourav Ganguly | 103 | 169 | 14 | 6581 | 42.45 | 239 | 51.18 | 32 | 15 | India/Asian XI |
| Aravinda de Silva | 93 | 159 | 11 | 6361 | 42.97 | 267 | 56.54 | 22 | 20 | Sri Lanka |
| Rohan Kanhai | 79 | 137 | 6 | 6227 | 47.53 | 256 | - | 28 | 15 | West Indies |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 99 | 147 | 9 | 6215 | 45.03 | 199 | 63.08 | 21 | 22 | India |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 90 | 154 | 7 | 6167 | 41.95 | 228 | 50.26 | 26 | 14 | South Africa |
| Neil Harvey | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6149 | 48.41 | 205 | - | 24 | 21 | Australia |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 91 | 155 | 10 | 6080 | 41.93 | 222 | 75.89 | 35 | 14 | India |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 71 | 116 | 9 | 6032 | 56.37 | 287 | 56.08 | 24 | 16 | Sri Lanka/Asian XI |
| Richie Richardson | 86 | 146 | 12 | 5949 | 44.39 | 194 | - | 27 | 16 | West Indies |
| Marcus Trescothick | 76 | 143 | 10 | 5825 | 43.79 | 219 | 54.51 | 29 | 14 | England |
| Denis Compton | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 50.06 | 278 | - | 28 | 17 | England |