Fastest To Reach 5000 Test Runs
| Pos | Player | Country | Matches | Innings |
| 1 | Don Bradman | Australia | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Jack Hobbs | England | 55 | 91 |
| 3 | Gary Sobers | West Indies | 56 | 95 |
| 4 | Sunil Gavaskar | India | 52 | 95 |
| 5 | Vivian Richards | West Indies | 64 | 95 |
| 6 | Mathew Hayden | Australia | 55 | 95 |
| 7 | Wally Hammond | England | 59 | 97 |
| 8 | Kenneth Barrington | England | 61 | 97 |
| 9 | Steve Smith | Australia | 53 | 97 |
| 10 | Len Hutton | England | 55 | 98 |
