Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
Most Runs Playing as Captain
  Player Country Career Mat Inns NO Runs HS   100s 50s Avg
1 Bradman, D G Australia 1928-1948 24 38 7 3147 270 14 7 101.52
2 Smith, S P D* Australia 2010- 34 60 8 3659 239 15 13 70.37
3 Williamson, K S* New Zealand 2010- 38 61 7 3235 251 11 14 59.91
4 Jayawardene, D P M D Sri Lanka 1997-2014 38 66 4 3665 374 14 10 59.11
5 Sobers, G S A West Indies 1954-1974 39 71 11 3528 178* 11 15 58.80
6 Gooch, G A England 1975-1995 34 63 2 3582 333 11 16 58.72
7 Lara, B C West Indies 1990-2006 47 85 4 4685 400* 14 19 57.84
8 Chappell, G S Australia 1970-1984 48 86 10 4209 235 13 19 55.38
9 Kohli, V* India 2011- 66 109 6 5703 254* 20 17 55.37
10 Simpson, R B Australia 1957-1978 39 71 4 3623 311 10 16 54.07
11 May, P B H England 1951-1961 41 65 8 3080 285* 10 15 54.04
12 Waugh, S R Australia 1985-2004 57 83 12 3714 199 15 10 52.31
13 Clarke, M J Australia 2004-2015 47 86 10 3946 329* 14 7 51.92
14 Ponting, R T Australia 1995-2012 77 140 13 6542 209 19 35 51.51
15 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 2001-2017 56 99 17 4214 135 8 35 51.39
16 Lloyd, C H West Indies 1966-1984 74 111 9 5233 242* 14 27 51.30
17 Border, A R Australia 1978-1994 93 154 24 6623 205 15 36 50.95
18 Gavaskar, S M India 1971-1987 47 74 6 3449 205 11 14 50.72
19 Smith, G C South Africa 2002-2014 109 193 12 8659 277 25 36 47.84
20 Root, J E* England 2012- 57 103 4 4684 228 12 23 47.31
21 Cook, A N England 2006-2018 59 111 7 4844 263 12 24 46.58
22 Richards, I V A West Indies 1974-1991 50 74 6 3068 146 6 23 45.12
23 Azharuddin, M India 1984-2000 47 68 3 2856 192 9 9 43.94
24 Strauss, A J England 2004-2012 50 85 3 3343 169 9 14 40.77
25 Dhoni, M S India 2005-2014 60 96 11 3454 224 5 24 40.64
26 Fleming, S P New Zealand 1994-2008 80 135 8 5156 274* 8 31 40.60
27 Atherton, M A England 1989-2001 54 98 4 3815 185* 8 22 40.59
28 Taylor, M A Australia 1989-1999 50 89 7 3250 334* 7 16 39.63
29 Ranatunga, A Sri Lanka 1982-2000 56 92 6 3118 131 2 22 36.26
30 Vaughan, M P England 1999-2008 51 94 6 3170 166 9 13 36.02

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