Sachin Tendulkar [Images] became the highest Test-run scorer on Friday when he passed his target of 15 runs in the first innings of the second Test match against Australia [Images] in Mohali.
Tendulkar scored three runs after tea to move on to 16, giving him a career record of 11,955 runs to surpass the previous mark of West Indian Brian Lara [Images]. Lara had scored 11,953 runs before he retired from international cricket in 2007.
Tendulkar was dismissed for a vintage knock of 88 during which he also became the first batsman to cross the 12,000-run mark in Tests.
Rediff.com presents a detailed statistical analysis with regard to the world record for most Test runs.
Highest run-aggregates in Test cricket
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 152 | 247 | 25 | 12027 | 248* | 54.17 | 39 | 50 |
| BC Lara (WI) | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 |
| AR Border (Aus) | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 |
| SR Waugh (Aus) | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 |
| R Dravid (Ind) | 127 | 219 | 26 | 10341 | 270 | 53.58 | 25 | 53 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) | 121 | 201 | 26 | 10239 | 257 | 58.50 | 36 | 40 |
| SM Gavaskar (Ind) | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 123 | 209 | 33 | 9761 | 189* | 55.46 | 30 | 48 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) | 118 | 215 | 6 | 8900 | 333 | 42.58 | 20 | 46 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] (Pak) | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 329 | 49.60 | 25 | 46 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24 | 45 |
| AJ Stewart (Eng) | 133 | 235 | 21 | 8463 | 190 | 39.54 | 15 | 45 |
| ML Hayden (Aus) | 96 | 169 | 13 | 8255 | 380 | 52.91 | 30 | 27 |
| DI Gower (Eng) | 117 | 204 | 18 | 8231 | 215 | 44.25 | 18 | 39 |
| G Boycott (Eng) | 108 | 193 | 23 | 8114 | 246* | 47.72 | 22 | 42 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26 | 30 |
| ME Waugh (Aus) | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 153* | 41.81 | 20 | 47 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 112 | 193 | 30 | 8001 | 203* | 49.08 | 19 | 49 |
First batsman to reach each progressive milestone of 1,000 runs
| Runs | Player | Month & Year |
| 1000 runs | A Shrewsbury (Eng) | Jul 1893 |
| 2000 runs | C Hill (Aus) | Jan 1904 |
| 3000 runs | C Hill (Aus) | Jan 1911 |
| 4000 runs | JB Hobbs (Eng) | Jun 1926 |
| 5000 runs | JB Hobbs (Eng) | Mar 1929 |
| 6000 runs | WR Hammond (Eng) | Dec 1938 |
| 7000 runs | WR Hammond (Eng) | Aug 1946 |
| 8000 runs | GS Sobers (WI) | Feb 1974 |
| 9000 runs | SM Gavaskar (Ind) | Dec 1985 |
| 10000 runs | SM Gavaskar (Ind) | Mar 1987 |
| 11000 runs | AR Border (Aus) | Jan 1994 |
| 12000 runs | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | Oct 2008 |
Tendulkar's race to each progressive milestone of 1,000 runs
| Milestone | Opp. | Venue | Season | Test | Inns |
| 1000 runs | SA | Johannesburg | 1992-93 | 19th | 28th |
| 2000 runs | NZ | Hamilton | 1993-94 | 34th | 44th |
| 3000 runs | SA | Kanpur | 1996-97 | 45th | 67th |
| 4000 runs | SL | Mumbai | 1997-98 | 58th | 86th |
| 5000 runs | Pak | Kolkata | 1998-99 | 67th | 103rd |
| 6000 runs | SA | Bangalore | 1999-00 | 76th | 120th |
| 7000 runs | SA | Bloemfontein | 2001-02 | 85th | 136th |
| 8000 runs | WI | Kingston [Images] | 2001-02 | 96th | 154th |
| 9000 runs | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 | 111th | 179th |
| 10000 runs | Pak | Kolkata | 2004-05 | 122nd | 195th |
| 11000 runs | Eng | Nottingham | 2007 | 139th | 223rd |
| 12000 runs | Aus | Mohali | 2008-09 | 152nd | 247th |
Tendulkar's run-aggregate in each progressive span of 25 Tests
| Tests | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
| 1-25 | 1522 | 165 | 44.76 | 5 | 8 |
| 26-50 | 1916 | 179 | 54.74 | 6 | 8 |
| 51-75 | 2557 | 217 | 67.29 | 11 | 8 |
| 76-100 | 2410 | 201* | 63.42 | 8 | 10 |
| 101-125 | 1876 | 248* | 53.60 | 5 | 7 |
| 126-152 | 1746 | 154* | 41.57 | 4 | 9 |
Highest run-aggregate at each batting position in Test cricket
(No batsman has scored as many runs at a particular position in Tests as Tendulkar)
| Position | Batsman | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
| # 1 | SM Gavaskar (Ind) | 186 | 9 | 8511 | 221 | 48.08 | 29 | 35 |
| # 2 | ML Hayden (Aus) | 144 | 11 | 7351 | 380 | 55.27 | 28 | 22 |
| # 3 | R Dravid (Ind) | 161 | 17 | 7959 | 270 | 55.27 | 19 | 40 |
| # 4 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 201 | 22 | 10041 | 248* | 56.09 | 34 | 41 |
| # 5 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 142 | 22 | 6754 | 200 | 56.28 | 24 | 29 |
| # 6 | SR Waugh (Aus) | 79 | 17 | 3165 | 177* | 51.04 | 6 | 16 |
| # 7 | AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 100 | 15 | 3948 | 204* | 46.44 | 12 | 18 |
| # 8 | SK Warne (Aus) | 113 | 8 | 2005 | 99 | 19.09 | 0 | 11 |
| # 9 | DL Vettori (NZ) | 48 | 6 | 989 | 137* | 23.54 | 1 | 4 |
| # 10 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 48 | 6 | 496 | 45 | 11.80 | 0 | 0 |
| # 11 | M Muralitharan [Images] (SL) | 97 | 42 | 623 | 43 | 11.32 | 0 | 0 |
Complete coverage: Australia in India 2008
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