2020 has been a unique year in Test cricket. The year started with some blockbuster bilateral series like Australia-New Zealand, South Africa-England and New Zealand-India. However, there were no Test matches for months during the COVID-19 lockdown period.England became the first team to host a Test series after the COVID-19 break when the West Indies visited the United Kingdom for a 3-match series. Gradually, the other nations returned to Test cricket. Notably, the Indian cricket team did not play a single home Test match in 2020.New Zealand had one of their best years, as they won all their five home Test matches. The Kiwis ended the year with a thrilling win against Pakistan at Bay Oval. Five batsmen with the most Test runs this yearAlmost all the major Test-playing nations were in action in the longest format of the game in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in the cricket calendar. On that note, let's take a look at the five batsmen with the most Test runs this year.#5 Jos Buttler (England): 497 runsJos Buttler won the Player of the Series award against Pakistan.English wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler had a memorable year in Test cricket. He aggregated 497 runs for the England, doing so with a batting average of 38.23 while registering one century and two fifties.Buttler could not perform well in the series against South Africa. However, he made up for that with a brilliant home season. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored a match-winning 67 in the third Test against West Indies in Manchester before helping his team win a thrilling Test against Pakistan. Buttler scored 75 runs in the fourth innings to ensure that England chased down 277 runs with three wickets in hand. The wicketkeeper-batsman ended the year with a 152-run knock against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl.Jos Buttler's career-best 152 was filled with shots like this 🔥The England wicket-keeper smacked 15 boundaries in his innings 💯#ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/FQmFwqFu2s— ICC (@ICC) August 22, 2020#4 Kane Williamson (New Zealand) - 498 runsKane Williamson played only four Test matches in 2020.Despite playing only four Tests in 2020, Kane Williamson had a prolific year with the bat. The New Zealand skipper scored 498 runs in six innings at a phenomenal average of 83.Williamson kicked off the year with a match-winning knock of 89 runs against the India. He got out in single digits in his next two innings but came back in style with a career-best 251 against West Indies at Seddon Park. The right-handed batsman followed that up with a century against Pakistan. 🤩 Kane Williamson hit 251 runs in the first #NZvWI Test – his highest score in international cricket.He also finished top-scorer for the series with just THAT single innings 😮 Is he the greatest player in the last decade?Vote for him 👉 https://t.co/Ib6lqGqUOi pic.twitter.com/CmP1k9lT3T— ICC (@ICC) December 15, 2020Kane Williamson is the only batsman in this list not to have recorded a single duck in Test cricket this year.#3 Zak Crawley (England) - 580 runsZak Crawley made his Test debut in 2019.Zak Crawley was one of only three batsmen to amass over 500 Test runs in 2020. The rising England star played seven matches for his nation this year.Crawley impressed with his 66-run knock against South Africa at the Wanderers. In the first Test match after the COVID-19 break, he was the top-scorer for England in the second innings, scoring 76 runs to set the West Indies a 200-run target.However, Crawley's best performance came in his final Test match in 2020. He played a marathon knock of 267 runs to blow away Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl. Unfortunately, he couldn't inspire his team to a win, as the Test ended in a draw.Following his Test 267 last month, Zak Crawley's love affair with the Ageas Bowl continued with 108* from 54 balls for Kent against Hampshire today in the T20 Blast! 💥(📹: @KentCricket) pic.twitter.com/jX9hlZKnDg— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 14, 2020#2 Dom Sibley (England) - 615 runsDom Sibley scored two Test hundreds in 2020.Another rising star of the English team to feature in this list is Dom Sibley. The right-handed batsman, who made his Test debut last year, played nine Tests this year, scoring 615 runs.Sibley registered two centuries and two half-centuries in Test cricket this year. He began the year with a splendid 133* against South Africa in the Newlands Test match.Sibley the best!Watch the highlights of @DomSibley's maiden Test century, 133* that helped England set South Africa a target of 438 to win in Cape Town #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/sd44izrbEE— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 6, 2020Continuing his fine form in the home season, Sibley scored 226 runs in three Tests against the West Indies. However, he could not register a single 50+ score in the series against Pakistan.#1 Ben Stokes (England) - 641 runsBen Stokes scored the most Test runs in 2020.Although he missed two Tests against Pakistan, Ben Stokes emerged as the top-scorer this year. In seven Tests, the England allrounder scored 641 runs, doing so with an excellent batting average of 58.27.Stokes registered two centuries and as many half-centuries in Test matches this year. However, he managed only nine runs in his last two innings in the longest format of the game.His best performance with the bat this year came in the final Test against West Indies, where Stokes produced knocks of 176 and 78* in that game.Cricketers with 250+ runs & 2 or more wickets in a Test-V Hazare vs AUS, 1948F Worrell vs ENG, 1950M Mankad vs ENG, 1952J Miandad vs NZ, 1976S Jayasuria vs IND, 1997V Sehwag vs SA, 2008T Dilshan vs BAN, 2009BEN STOKES vs WI, TODAY#WIvENG— Imran Hasan (@Imranhasan02) July 20, 2020