Top 10 batsmen with more than 5000 runs scored In Test matches won

Ricky Ponting – 9157 runs

Ricky Ponting is a runaway leader when it comes to hitting runs in winning causes.

Playing at No.3 in the team of Invincibles, Ponting set up massive wins for Australia for over a decade. Record holder for most Test wins, Ponting won 108 out of the 168 Test matches he was part of. He, therefore, holds the record for most Test runs in wins too, head and shoulders ahead of everyone else.

The former Australian batting stalwart has scored an astounding 9157 runs at 59.46 in 178 innings in wins out of a total of 13378 runs at close to 52 in 287 innings. 30 of his 41 Test centuries have also come in winning causes.

Ponting averages an incredible 82.8 in the fourth innings of a match in winning causes, showing his prowess in chases. Ponting also holds the record for most runs in the first and second innings of a Test match in wins – 6676 runs at an average close to 63.