Most Runs In 2025 In Test: The year 2025 was an exciting year for Test cricket. And once again it was a year where the ball dominated the bat, as has been the case since the inception of the ICC World Test Championship in 2019.
South Africa were clearly the standout Test team in 2025, as they won the ICC WTC 2025 final by beating Australia at Lord’s and then proceeding to register a whitewash over India in India.
Australia, apart from the WTC final defeat, were clinical. They sealed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies, and the Ashes against England.
India marched into a new era under Shubman Gill with a 2-2 draw in England. At home they beat the West Indies but suffered a thrashing by Temba Bavuma’s side. Ben Stokes’ England ended the year on a sombre note by losing the first three Tests of the Ashes, with the Bazball approach coming unstuck in Australia.
These teams were bolstered by their batsmen piling up big runs. Let us check out who ransacked the most runs in 2025 in Test cricket.
Top 5 Batsmen Who Scored Most Runs In 2025 In Test Cricket
5. Travis Head
Travis Head bazballed against the Bazballers in the Ashes, finishing the year with 759* runs at an average of 42 and a strike rate of 80. The left-hander smashed two centuries this year, both in the Ashes, along with three fifties.
4. Ravindra Jadeja
With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retiring, Ravindra Jadeja shouldered extra responsibility with the bat and was impressive in England. He finished 2025 with 764 runs in Test cricket, scored at an average of 63. The southpaw notched up two centuries—one being a terrific match-saving effort in Manchester—and six half-centuries.
3. Joe Root
Joe Root continued on his incredible run in Test cricket. In 2025, he went past a few greats of the game to take the second position on the run tally in Test, now sitting behind only Sachin Tendulkar. Markedly, Root registered his maiden Test century in Australia.
Root amassed 790* runs at an average of 56, notching up four hundreds along the way.
2. KL Rahul
KL Rahul had his best year in Test cricket with the bat, scoring 813 runs at an average of 45. He was a key player for India during the 2-2 series draw in England, where Rahul hit two of his three Test hundreds this year. He also contributed with three fifties in the year.
1. Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill had a dream start to his Test captaincy tenure as he racked up over 750 runs in the Test series in England. Gill ended 2025 with 983 runs, the most by a batsman this year, at an average of 70.
Gill hit five centuries in 2025—four against England and one against the West Indies. A neck injury during the first Test against South Africa limited his participation in that series to only three balls.
Which batsman scored the most runs in 2025 in Test cricket?
India captain Shubman Gill ended up as the leading run-scorer in Test cricket in 2025. Gill plundered 983 runs in nine Tests this year at an average of 70, with five centuries to his name.
(Stats updated till 25 December, 2025)
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