Test cricket is one of the best forms of cricket, and it is limited for 5 days and consists of 2 innings per team. There is no over-limit in Test cricket unlike other formats of cricket. Now coming to the stats that who has made the highest runs in an innings. The current record is with West Indies batsman Brian Lara, who has made the highest score of 400* in an innings against England in 2004 and surpassed the record of 380 made by Australian cricketer Mathew Hayden.
| Player | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC Lara | 400* | 778 | 582 | 43 | 4 | West Indies | v England | St John’s | 10-Apr-04 |
| ML Hayden | 380 | 622 | 437 | 38 | 11 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 9-Oct-03 |
| BC Lara | 375 | 766 | 538 | 45 | 0 | West Indies | v England | St John’s | 16-Apr-94 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 374 | 752 | 572 | 43 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27-Jul-06 |
| GS Sobers | 365* | 614 | – | 38 | 0 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26-Feb-58 |
| L Hutton | 364 | 797 | 847 | 35 | 0 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 20-Aug-38 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 340 | 799 | 578 | 36 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 2-Aug-97 |
| Hanif Mohammad | 337 | 970 | – | 24 | 0 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 17-Jan-58 |
| WR Hammond | 336* | 318 | – | 34 | 10 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 31-Mar-33 |
| DA Warner | 335* | 554 | 418 | 39 | 1 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29-Nov-19 |
| MA Taylor | 334* | 720 | 564 | 32 | 1 | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15-Oct-98 |
| DG Bradman | 334 | 383 | 448 | 46 | 0 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 11-Jul-30 |
| GA Gooch | 333 | 628 | 485 | 43 | 3 | England | v India | Lord’s | 26-Jul-90 |
| CH Gayle | 333 | 653 | 437 | 34 | 9 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15-Nov-10 |
| MJ Clarke | 329* | 609 | 468 | 39 | 1 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 3-Jan-12 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 329 | 579 | 436 | 38 | 9 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Lahore | 1-May-02 |
| A Sandham | 325 | 600 | 640 | 28 | 0 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 3-Apr-30 |
| V Sehwag | 319 | 530 | 304 | 42 | 5 | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26-Mar-08 |
| KC Sangakkara | 319 | 551 | 482 | 32 | 8 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 4-Feb-14 |
| CH Gayle | 317 | 630 | 483 | 37 | 3 | West Indies | v South Africa | St John’s | 29-Apr-05 |
| Younis Khan | 313 | 760 | 568 | 27 | 4 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 21-Feb-09 |
| HM Amla | 311* | 790 | 529 | 35 | 0 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19-Jul-12 |
| RB Simpson | 311 | 762 | 743 | 23 | 1 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 23-Jul-64 |
| JH Edrich | 310* | 532 | 450 | 52 | 5 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 8-Jul-65 |
| V Sehwag | 309 | 531 | 375 | 39 | 6 | India | v Pakistan | Multan | 28-Mar-04 |
| RM Cowper | 307 | 727 | 589 | 20 | 0 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 11-Feb-66 |
| DG Bradman | 304 | 430 | 473 | 43 | 2 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 20-Jul-34 |
| KK Nair | 303* | 565 | 381 | 32 | 4 | India | v England | Chennai | 16-Dec-16 |
| Azhar Ali | 302* | 658 | 469 | 23 | 2 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Dubai (DSC) | 13-Oct-16 |
| LG Rowe | 302 | 612 | 430 | 36 | 1 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 6-Mar-74 |
| BB McCullum | 302 | 775 | 559 | 32 | 4 | New Zealand | v India | Wellington | 14-Feb-14 |
| DG Bradman | 299* | 396 | – | 23 | 0 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 29-Jan-32 |
| MD Crowe | 299 | 610 | 523 | 29 | 3 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 31-Jan-91 |
| AN Cook | 294 | 773 | 545 | 33 | 0 | England | v India | Birmingham | 10-Aug-11 |
| V Sehwag | 293 | 366 | 254 | 40 | 7 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 2-Dec-09 |
| IVA Richards | 291 | 472 | 386 | 38 | 0 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12-Aug-76 |
| RR Sarwan | 291 | 698 | 452 | 30 | 2 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 26-Feb-09 |
| LRPL Taylor | 290 | 567 | 374 | 43 | 0 | New Zealand | v Australia | Perth | 13-Nov-15 |
| RE Foster | 287 | 419 | – | 37 | 0 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 11-Dec-03 |
| KC Sangakkara | 287 | 675 | 457 | 35 | 0 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27-Jul-06 |
| PBH May | 285* | 600 | – | 25 | 2 | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 30-May-57 |
| VVS Laxman | 281 | 631 | 452 | 44 | 0 | India | v Australia | Kolkata | 11-Mar-01 |
| Javed Miandad | 280* | 696 | 460 | 19 | 1 | Pakistan | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14-Jan-83 |
| AB de Villiers | 278* | 601 | 418 | 23 | 6 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 20-Nov-10 |
| DCS Compton | 278 | 287 | – | 34 | 1 | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 1-Jul-54 |
| BC Lara | 277 | 474 | 372 | 38 | 0 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 2-Jan-93 |
| GC Smith | 277 | 541 | 373 | 35 | 0 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24-Jul-03 |
| DJ Cullinan | 275* | 658 | 490 | 27 | 2 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 27-Feb-99 |
| G Kirsten | 275 | 878 | 642 | 26 | 0 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26-Dec-99 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 275 | 610 | 435 | 27 | 1 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 16-Nov-09 |
| SP Fleming | 274* | 653 | 476 | 28 | 1 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25-Apr-03 |
| RG Pollock | 274 | 417 | 401 | 43 | 0 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 5-Feb-70 |
| Zaheer Abbas | 274 | 544 | 467 | 38 | 0 | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 3-Jun-71 |
| Javed Miandad | 271 | 558 | 465 | 28 | 5 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24-Feb-89 |
| GA Headley | 270* | 495 | – | 30 | 0 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 14-Mar-35 |
| DG Bradman | 270 | 458 | 375 | 22 | 0 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 1-Jan-37 |
| R Dravid | 270 | 740 | 495 | 34 | 1 | India | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 13-Apr-04 |
| KC Sangakkara | 270 | 468 | 365 | 36 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14-May-04 |
| AC Voges | 269* | 410 | 285 | 33 | 0 | Australia | v West Indies | Hobart | 10-Dec-15 |
| GN Yallop | 268 | 716 | 517 | 29 | 0 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26-Dec-83 |
| BA Young | 267* | 605 | 422 | 37 | 0 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 7-Mar-97 |
| PA de Silva | 267 | 509 | 380 | 40 | 0 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 31-Jan-91 |
| Younis Khan | 267 | 690 | 504 | 32 | 1 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 24-Mar-05 |
| WH Ponsford | 266 | 460 | 422 | 27 | 0 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 18-Aug-34 |
| DL Houghton | 266 | 675 | 541 | 30 | 3 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Bulawayo | 20-Oct-94 |
| TWM Latham | 264* | 694 | 489 | 21 | 1 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15-Dec-18 |
| AN Cook | 263 | 836 | 528 | 18 | 0 | England | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 13-Oct-15 |
| DL Amiss | 262* | 570 | 563 | 40 | 1 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 16-Feb-74 |
| SP Fleming | 262 | 576 | 423 | 31 | 2 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27-Apr-06 |
| RR Sarwan | 261* | 573 | 402 | 32 | 0 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingston | 4-Jun-04 |
| FMM Worrell | 261 | 335 | – | 35 | 2 | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 20-Jul-50 |
| CC Hunte | 260 | – | – | 28 | 1 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26-Feb-58 |
| Javed Miandad | 260 | 617 | 521 | 28 | 1 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 6-Aug-87 |
| MN Samuels | 260 | 618 | 455 | 31 | 3 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Khulna | 21-Nov-12 |
| MJ Clarke | 259* | 582 | 398 | 26 | 0 | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 9-Nov-12 |
| GM Turner | 259 | 704 | 759 | 22 | 0 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Georgetown | 6-Apr-72 |
| GC Smith | 259 | 574 | 370 | 34 | 0 | South Africa | v England | Lord’s | 31-Jul-03 |
| TW Graveney | 258 | 471 | – | 30 | 0 | England | v West Indies | Nottingham | 4-Jul-57 |
| SM Nurse | 258 | 476 | – | 34 | 1 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13-Mar-69 |
| BA Stokes | 258 | 338 | 198 | 30 | 11 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2-Jan-16 |
| Wasim Akram | 257* | 490 | 363 | 22 | 12 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Sheikhupura | 17-Oct-96 |
| RT Ponting | 257 | 590 | 458 | 25 | 0 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26-Dec-03 |
| RB Kanhai | 256 | 400 | – | 42 | 0 | West Indies | v India | Kolkata | 31-Dec-58 |
| KF Barrington | 256 | 683 | 624 | 26 | 0 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 23-Jul-64 |
| DJ McGlew | 255* | 534 | – | 19 | 0 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 6-Mar-53 |
| V Kohli | 254* | – | 336 | 33 | 2 | India | v South Africa | Pune | 10-Oct-19 |
| DG Bradman | 254 | 341 | 376 | 25 | 0 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 27-Jun-30 |
| V Sehwag | 254 | 328 | 247 | 47 | 1 | India | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13-Jan-06 |
| JE Root | 254 | 614 | 406 | 27 | 0 | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22-Jul-16 |
| HM Amla | 253* | 675 | 473 | 22 | 0 | South Africa | v India | Nagpur | 6-Feb-10 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 253 | 490 | 348 | 33 | 4 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20-Oct-04 |
| DA Warner | 253 | 409 | 286 | 24 | 2 | Australia | v New Zealand | Perth | 13-Nov-15 |
| WR Hammond | 251 | 461 | 605 | 30 | 0 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 14-Dec-28 |
| KD Walters | 250 | 394 | 342 | 30 | 2 | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 18-Feb-77 |
| SFAF Bacchus | 250 | 510 | – | 33 | 0 | West Indies | v India | Kanpur | 2-Feb-79 |
| JL Langer | 250 | 578 | 407 | 30 | 1 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26-Dec-02 |
