Most runs in a Test match: For over three decades now, former England skipper Graham Gooch’s record of 456 runs in a single Test match against India at Lord’s stands head and shoulders above the rest of the batters. Second on the list is former Australian skipper Mark Taylor, who scored 426 runs in two innings against Pakistan in Peshawar in 1998. Third on the list is a modern-day batting icon, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who scored a triple hundred in the first innings and followed it up with a hundred in the second innings against Bangladesh in 2014. Other than Sanga, some other famous names like David Warner, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, and Sir Donald Bradman also make the list.
List of Most runs in a Test match
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Name | 1st | 2nd | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Year |
| Graham Gooch | 333 | 123 | 456 | England | India | Lord’s | 1990 |
| Mark Taylor | 334* | 92 | 426 | Australia | Pakistan | Peshawar | 1998 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 319 | 105 | 424 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Chattogram | 2014 |
| Brian Lara | 400* | – | 400 | West Indies | England | St John’s | 2004 |
| Greg Chappell | 247* | 133 | 380 | Australia | New Zealand | Wellington | 1974 |
| Matthew Hayden | 380 | – | 380 | Australia | Zimbabwe | Perth | 2003 |
| Andrew Sandham | 325 | 50 | 375 | England | West Indies | Kingston | 1930 |
| Brian Lara | 375 | – | 375 | West Indies | England | St John’s | 1994 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 374 | – | 374 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 2006 |
| Garfield Sobers | 365* | – | 365 | West Indies | Pakistan | Kingston | 1958 |
| Len Hutton | 364 | – | 364 | England | Australia | The Oval | 1938 |
| Graeme Smith | 277 | 85 | 362 | South Africa | England | Birmingham | 2003 |
| Hanif Mohammad | 17 | 337 | 354 | Pakistan | West Indies | Bridgetown | 1958 |
| Brian Lara | 221 | 130 | 351 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 2001 |
| Younis Khan | 267 | 84* | 351 | Pakistan | India | Bengaluru | 2005 |
| Kevin Walters | 242 | 103 | 345 | Australia | West Indies | Sydney | 1969 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 124 | 220 | 344 | India | West Indies | Port of Spain | 1971 |
| Stephen Fleming | 274* | 69* | 343 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 2003 |
| Andy Flower | 142 | 199* | 341 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Harare | 2001 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 340 | – | 340 | Sri Lanka | India | Colombo (RPS) | 1997 |
| VVS Laxman | 59 | 281 | 340 | India | Australia | Eden Gardens | 2001 |
| Wally Hammond | 336* | – | 336 | England | New Zealand | Auckland | 1933 |
| David Warner | 335* | – | 335 | Australia | Pakistan | Adelaide | 2019 |
| Don Bradman | 334 | – | 334 | Australia | England | Leeds | 1930 |
| Chris Gayle | 333 | – | 333 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | Galle | 2010 |
| Saurav Ganguly | 239 | 91 | 330 | India | Pakistan | Bengaluru | 2007 |
