| Rank | Name | Mat |
| 1 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 441 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 436 |
| 3 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 378 |
| 4 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 356 |
| 5 | R Dravid (Ind) | 339 |
| 6 | M Azharuddin (Ind) | 334 |
| = | M Muralitharan (SL) | 334 |
| 8 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 330 |
| 9 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 325 |
| 10 | WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 322 |
| 11 | SC Ganguly (Ind) | 311 |
| 12 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 310 |
| 13 | PA de Silva (SL) | 308 |
| 14 | SM Pollock (SAf) | 303 |
| 15 | BC Lara (WI) | 299 |
| 16 | JH Kallis (SAf) | 295 |
| 17 | Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 288 |
| 18 | AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 287 |
| 19 | MV Boucher (SAf) | 286 |
| 20 | Saleem Malik (Pak) | 283 |
| 21 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 280 |
| 22 | Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) | 278 |
| 23 | AR Border (Aus) | 273 |
| 24 | A Kumble (Ind) | 271 |
| 25 | A Ranatunga (SL) | 269 |
| 26 | MS Atapattu (SL) | 268 |
| 27 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 262 |
| 28 | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 257 |
| 29 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 252 |
| 30 | Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) | 250 |
| = | CZ Harris (NZ) | 250 |
| = | GD McGrath (Aus) | 250 |
| 33 | DL Vettori (NZ) | 248 |
| 34 | Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 247 |
| 35 | JN Rhodes (SAf) | 245 |
| = | HH Gibbs (SAf) | 245 |
| 37 | ME Waugh (Aus) | 244 |
| = | Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | 244 |
| 39 | DL Haynes (WI) | 238 |
| 40 | Abdul Razzaq (Pak) | 237 |
| 41 | Javed Miandad (Pak) | 233 |
| 42 | MG Bevan (Aus) | 232 |
| 43 | J Srinath (Ind) | 229 |
| 44 | CL Hooper (WI) | 227 |
| 45 | N Kapil Dev (Ind) | 225 |
| 46 | RB Richardson (WI) | 224 |
| 47 | NJ Astle (NZ) | 223 |
| 48 | Moin Khan (Pak) | 219 |
| = | GW Flower (Zim) | 219 |
| 50 | CL Cairns (NZ) | 215 |
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