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Player	Matches	Innings	Not-outs	Runs	Highest	Average	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	182	300	32	15048	248*	56.14	51	62
Rahul Dravid	158	275	32	12860	270	52.92	35	61
Ricky Ponting	154	263	28	12487	257	53.13	39	56
Brian Lara	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
Jacques Kallis	145	246	38	11947	201*	57.43	40	54
Allan Border	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63
Steve Waugh	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50
Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45

Of course, being the only one to score 15,000 runs, Tendulkar is also the fastest to get to that mark. The same held true for his reaching 14,000 and 13,000 runs, and he was also the fastest to reach the 12,000 runs mark. Brian Lara outdid Sachin Tendulkar in the 10,000 and 11,000 marks.

Fastest to:

Fastest to	Name	Opposition	Venue	Match date	Debut	Matches	Innings
1000	Herbert Sutcliffe	Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	14 Jun 1924	9	12
2000	Don Bradman	South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	30 Nov 1928	15	22
3000	Don Bradman	England	Sydney	23 Feb 1933	30 Nov 1928	23	33
4000	Don Bradman	England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937	30 Nov 1928	31	48
5000	Don Bradman	England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	30 Nov 1928	36	56
6000	Don Bradman	India	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	30 Nov 1928	45	68
7000	Wally Hammond	India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	24 Dec 1927	80	131
8000	Kumar Sangakkara	India	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	20 Jul 2000	91	152
9000	Kumar Sangakkara	Pakistan	Sharjah	3 Nov 2011	20 Jul 2000	103	172
10000	Brian Lara	England	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	6 Dec 1990	111	195
11000	Brian Lara	Australia	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	6 Dec 1990	121	213
12000	Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	15 Nov 1989	152	247
13000	Sachin Tendulkar	Bangladesh	Chittagong	17 Jan 2010	15 Nov 1989	163	266
14000	Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	Bangalore	9 Oct 2010	15 Nov 1989	171	279
15000	Sachin Tendulkar	West Indies	Delhi	6 Nov 2011	15 Nov 1989	182	300

While Tendulkar might have failed to get his 100th century, he did extend his number of fifty plus scores to 113. The number two and three spots for the most fifty plus scores are occupied by Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting respectively.

Most fifty plus scores in Tests:

Player	100s	50s	50+	0s
Sachin Tendulkar	51	62	113	14
Rahul Dravid	35	61	96	8
Ricky Ponting	39	56	95	14
Jacques Kallis	40	54	94	10
Allan Border	27	63	90	11
Brian Lara	34	48	82	17
Steve Waugh	32	50	82	22
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	24	56	80	13