| Rank | Name | Mat |
| 1 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 168 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 160 |
| 3 | AR Border (Aus) | 156 |
| 4 | SK Warne (Aus) | 145 |
| 5 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 136 |
| 6 | R Dravid (Ind) | 135 |
| 7 | AJ Stewart (Eng) | 133 |
| 8 | CA Walsh (WI) | 132 |
| = | A Kumble (Ind) | 132 |
| 10 | BC Lara (WI) | 131 |
| = | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 131 |
| = | JH Kallis (SAf) | 131 |
| 13 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 130 |
| 14 | ME Waugh (Aus) | 128 |
| 15 | MV Boucher (SAf) | 126 |
| 16 | SM Gavaskar (Ind) | 125 |
| 17 | Javed Miandad (Pak) | 124 |
| = | GD McGrath (Aus) | 124 |
| 19 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 121 |
| = | IVA Richards (WI) | 121 |
| 21 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 120 |
| 22 | IA Healy (Aus) | 119 |
| 23 | GA Gooch (Eng) | 118 |
| 24 | DI Gower (Eng) | 117 |
| 25 | DB Vengsarkar (Ind) | 116 |
| = | DL Haynes (WI) | 116 |
| 27 | MA Atherton (Eng) | 115 |
| 28 | MC Cowdrey (Eng) | 114 |
| 29 | SC Ganguly (Ind) | 113 |
| 30 | WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 111 |
| = | SP Fleming (NZ) | 111 |
| 32 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 110 |
| = | CH Lloyd (WI) | 110 |
| 34 | SM Pollock (SAf) | 108 |
| = | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 108 |
| = | G Boycott (Eng) | 108 |
| = | CG Greenidge (WI) | 108 |
| 38 | DC Boon (Aus) | 107 |
| 39 | VVS Laxman (Ind) | 106 |
| 40 | JL Langer (Aus) | 105 |
| 41 | MA Taylor (Aus) | 104 |
| = | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 104 |
| 43 | Saleem Malik (Pak) | 103 |
| = | ML Hayden (Aus) | 103 |
| 45 | CL Hooper (WI) | 102 |
| = | IT Botham (Eng) | 102 |
| 47 | G Kirsten (SAf) | 101 |
| 48 | GP Thorpe (Eng) | 100 |
| 49 | M Ntini (SAf) | 99 |
| = | M Azharuddin (Ind) | 99 |
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