List of Australian Test Batsmen Who Have Scored Over 5000 Test Runs

This is a list of Australian test batsmen who have scored over 5 000 runs in test cricket. Currently, sixteen Australian batsmen have scored over 5 000 runs. Along with being Australia's leading run-scorer in Tests, Ricky Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in One Day Internationals. In 52 Tests, Don Bradman scored 6 996 runs with an average of 99.94—higher than any other international cricketer.

Name Career Matches Innings Not Out Runs scored High Score 50s 100s Average
Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting 1995– 165 282 29 13346 257 62 41 52.75
Border, AllanAllan Border 1978–94 156 265 44 11174 205 63 27 50.56
Waugh, SteveSteve Waugh 1985–2004 168 260 46 10927 200 50 32 51.06
Hayden, MatthewMatthew Hayden 1994–2009 103 184 14 8625 380 29 30 50.73
Waugh, MarkMark Waugh 1991–2002 128 209 17 8029 153 47 20 41.82
Langer, JustinJustin Langer 1993–2007 105 182 12 7696 250 30 23 45.27
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor 1989–99 104 186 13 7525 334 40 19 43.50
Boon, DavidDavid Boon 1984–96 107 190 20 7422 200 32 21 43.66
Chappell, GregGreg Chappell 1970–84 87 151 19 7110 247 31 24 53.86
Bradman, DonaldDonald Bradman 1928–48 52 80 10 6996 334 13 29 99.94
Clarke, MichaelMichael Clarke 2004– 85 141 14 6624 329* 22 21 52.15
Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey 1948–63 79 137 10 6149 205 24 21 48.42
Hussey, MichaelMichael Hussey 2005– 73 127 13 5708 195 28 16 50.07
Gilchrist, AdamAdam Gilchrist 1999–2008 96 137 20 5570 204* 26 17 47.61
Walters, DougDoug Walters 1965–81 74 125 14 5357 250 33 15 48.26
Chappell, IanIan Chappell 1964–80 75 136 10 5345 196 26 14 42.42
Slater, MichaelMichael Slater 1993–2001 74 131 7 5312 219 21 14 42.84
Lawry, BillBill Lawry 1961–71 67 123 12 5234 210 27 13 47.15

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