List of fastest to reach multiples of 1000 runs in Test cricket

This is a list of fastest to reach multiples of 1000 runs in Test cricket, that is records of batsman to get fastest multiples of 1000 runs in Test cricket cricket.

Listing criteria

Listing is based on number of innings taken by batsman to get 1000s runs. The shortest time taken to reach 1000 runs is 164 days, by Mike Hussey.^[1]

‡ indicates that batsman is currently playing in Test cricket.

Fastest to reach 1000 runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Herbert Sutcliffe	9	12	Australia	Melbourne	13 February 1925
Everton Weekes	9	12	India	Mumbai	4 February 1949
Don Bradman	7	13	England	Leeds	11 July 1930
Neil Harvey	10	14	England	Brisbane	1 December 1950
Vinod Kambli	12	14	West Indies	Mumbai	18 November 1994
Last updated: 16 December 2013.[2]

Fastest to reach 2000 runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Don Bradman	15	22	South Africa	Brisbane	27 November 1931
George Headley	17	32	England	Lord's	24 June 1939
Herbert Sutcliffe	22	33	West Indies	Manchester	21 July 1928
Michael Hussey	20	33	India	Sydney	3 November 2005
Doug Walters	22	35	South Africa	Cape Town	22 January 1970
Last updated:17 December 2013.[3]

Fastest to reach 3000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Don Bradman	23	33	England	Sydney	23 February 1933
Everton Weekes	31	51	Australia	Port of Spain	11 April 1955
Herbert Sutcliffe	33	52	Australia	Nottingham	13 June 1930
Brian Lara	31	52	England	The Oval	24 August 1995
Neil Harvey	31	54	England	Sydney	17 December 1954
Last updated:19 December 2013.[4]

Fastest to reach 4000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Don Bradman	31	48	England	Melbourne	1 January 1937
Herbert Sutcliffe	43	68	Australia	Brisbane	10 February 1933
Everton Weekes	42	71	England	Leeds	25 July 1957
Vivian Richards	46	71	Australia	Sydney	2 January 1982
Jack Hobbs	45	75	Australia	Lord's	26 June 1926
Last updated:21 December 2013.[5]

Fastest to reach 5000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Don Bradman	36	56	England	Leeds	22 July 1938
Jack Hobbs	55	91	Australia	Melbourne	8 March 1929
Garfield Sobers	56	95	England	Leeds	4 August 1966
Sunil Gavaskar	52	95	Australia	Bangalore	19 September 1979
Vivian Richards	64	95	England	Birmingham	14 June 1984
Last updated:21 December 2013.[6]

Fastest to reach 6000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Don Bradman	45	68	India	Melbourne	1 January 1948
Garfield Sobers	65	111	England	Georgetown	28 March 1968
Wally Hammond	70	114	South Africa	Johannesburg	24 December 1938
Leonard Hutton	66	116	West Indies	Kingston	15 January 1954
Ken Barrington	72	116	Pakistan	Lord's	27 July 1967
Last updated:21 December 2013.[7]

Fastest to reach 7000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
WR Hammond	80	131	India	The Oval	17 August 1946
Virender Sehwag	79	134	Sri Lanka	Colombo	3 August 2010
Sachin Tendulkar	85	136	South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 November 2001
Gary Sobers	79	138	India	Georgetown	30 March 1954
Kumar Sangakkara	83	138	Pakistan	Colombo	20 July 2009
Last updated:26 October 2014.[8]

Fastest to reach 8000 runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Kumar Sangakkara	91	152	India	Colombo	3 August 2010
Sachin Tendulkar	96	154	West Indies	Kingston	18 May 2002
Garfield Sobers	91	157	England	Kingston	16 February 1974
Rahul Dravid	94	158	Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 December 2005
Virender Sehwag	93	160	Australia	Melbourne	26 December 2011
Last updated: 27 November 2014.[9]

Fastest to reach 9000 runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Kumar Sangakkara	103	172	Pakistan	Sharjah	3 November 2011
Rahul Dravid	104	176	West Indies	Kingston	30 June 2006
Brian Lara	101	177	South Africa	Cape Town	2 January 2004
Ricky Ponting	106	177	England	Brisbane	23 November 2006
Mahela Jayawardene	108	178	India	Ahmedabad	16 November 2009
Last updated:27 November 2014.[10]

Fastest to reach 10000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Brian Lara	111	195	England	Manchester	12 August 2004
Kumar Sangakkara	115	195	Australia	Melbourne	26 December 2012
Sachin Tendulkar	122	195	Pakistan	Kolkata	16 March 2005
Ricky Ponting	118	196	West Indies	North Sound	30 May 2008
Rahul Dravid	120	206	South Africa	Chennai	26 May 2008
Last updated:27 November 2014.[11]

Fastest to reach 11000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Kumar Sangakkara	122	208	Bangladesh	Chittagong	4 February 2014
Brian Lara	121	213	Australia	Adelaide	25 November 2005
Ricky Ponting	132	222	England	Cardiff	8 July 2009
Sachin Tendulkar	139	223	England	Nottingham	27 July 2007
Rahul Dravid	135	234	Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 November 2009
Last updated:27 November 2014.[12]

Fastest to reach 12000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Kumar Sangakkara	130	224	New Zealand	Wellington	3 January 2015
Ricky Ponting	146	247	Pakistan	Leeds	21 July 2010
Sachin Tendulkar	152	247	Australia	Mohali	17 October 2008
Jacques Kallis	147	249	Australia	Johannesburg	17 November 2011
Rahul Dravid	148	255	South Africa	Centurion	16 December 2010
Last updated:4 January 2015.[13]

Fastest to reach 13000 runs

Players	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Sachin Tendulkar	163	266	Bangladesh	Chittagong	17 January 2010
Jacques Kallis	159	269	New Zealand	Cape Town	2 January 2013
Ricky Ponting	162	275	India	Adelaide	24 January 2012
Rahul Dravid	160	277	West Indies	Mumbai	22 November 2011
Last updated:27 November 2014.[14]

Fastest to reach 14000, 15000 runs

Player	Runs	Matches	Innings	Opponent	Venue	Date
Sachin Tendulkar	14000	171	279	Australia	Bangalore	9 October 2010
	15000	182	300	West Indies	Delhi	6 November 2011
Last updated:27 November 2014.[15][16]

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