| No | Player | Matches | Inns | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 1 | Rahul Dravid | 21 | 37 | 1950 | 217 | 60.93 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | 32 | 53 | 2535 | 193 | 51.73 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 15 | 24 | 1278 | 182 | 58.09 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Alastair Cook | 25 | 45 | 2104 | 294 | 50.09 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Kevin Pietersen | 16 | 28 | 1581 | 202* | 58.55 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ian Botham | 14 | 17 | 1201 | 208 | 70.64 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Graham Gooch | 19 | 33 | 1725 | 333 | 55.64 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 26 | 43 | 1589 | 157 | 42.94 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Ian Bell | 20 | 35 | 1343 | 235 | 41.96 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Geoffrey Boycott | 13 | 22 | 1084 | 246* | 57.05 | 4 | 2 |
