| Rank | Name | Mat | Cgt |
| 1 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 310 | 165 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin (Ind) | 334 | 156 |
| 3 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 330 | 141 |
| 4 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 280 | 134 |
| 5 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 436 | 132 |
| 6 | M Muralitharan (SL) | 334 | 128 |
| 7 | AR Border (Aus) | 273 | 127 |
| 8 | R Dravid (Ind) | 339 | 125 |
| 9 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 441 | 122 |
| 10 | CL Hooper (WI) | 227 | 120 |
| = | BC Lara (WI) | 299 | 120 |
| 12 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 378 | 114 |
| 13 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 325 | 111 |
| 14 | RS Mahanama (SL) | 213 | 109 |
| 15 | SM Pollock (SAf) | 303 | 108 |
| = | ME Waugh (Aus) | 244 | 108 |
| 17 | JH Kallis (SAf) | 295 | 107 |
| 18 | HH Gibbs (SAf) | 245 | 106 |
| 19 | JN Rhodes (SAf) | 245 | 105 |
| 20 | IVA Richards (WI) | 187 | 101 |
| 21 | SC Ganguly (Ind) | 311 | 100 |
| 22 | Younis Khan (Pak) | 197 | 99 |
| 23 | PD Collingwood (Eng) | 171 | 98 |
| 24 | Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 288 | 97 |
| 25 | CZ Harris (NZ) | 250 | 96 |
| 26 | PA de Silva (SL) | 308 | 95 |
| 27 | Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) | 250 | 90 |
| = | CH Gayle (WI) | 205 | 90 |
| 29 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 356 | 88 |
| 30 | GW Flower (Zim) | 219 | 86 |
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