Sir Donald Bradman established a remarkable WORLD RECORD by amassing 974 runs during the five-match Ashes Test series against England in 1930. To this day, his record for the highest number of runs in a single Test series stands unchallenged. His 974 runs in the series include four centuries, among them two double hundreds and one triple hundred.
Most Test Runs In A Series
| Rank | Year | Players | Opposition | Runs |
| 1 | 1930 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | England | 974 |
| 2 | 1929 | Wally Hammond (England) | Australia | 905 |
| 3 | 1989 | Mark Taylor (Australia) | England | 839 |
| 4 | 1953 | Neil Harvey (Australia) | South Africa | 834 |
| 5 | 1976 | Sir Vivian Richards (West Indies) | England | 829 |
| 6 | 1955 | Clyde Walcott (West Indies) | Australia | 827 |
| 7 | 1958 | Gary Sobers (West Indies) | Pakistan | 824 |
| 8 | 1937 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | England | 810 |
| 9 | 1932 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | South Africa | 806 |
| 10 | 1994 | Brian Lara (West Indies) | England | 798 |
| 11 | 1949 | Everton Weekes (West Indies) | India | 779 |
| 12 | 2019 | Steve Smith (Australia) | England | 774 |
| 13 | 1971 | Sunil Gavaskar (India) | West Indies | 774 |
| 14 | 2015 | Steve Smith (Australia) | India | 769 |
| 15 | 2011 | Alastair Cook (England) | Australia | 766 |
| 16 | 1995 | Brian Lara (West Indies) | England | 765 |
| 17 | 1983 | Mudassar Nazar (Pakistan) | India | 761 |
| 18 | 1934 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | England | 758 |
| 19 | 2025 | Shubman Gill (India) | England | 754 |
| 20 | 1947 | Denis Compton (England) | South Africa | 753 |
| 21 | 1990 | Graham Gooch (England) | India | 752 |
| 22 | 2022 | Joe Root (England) | India | 737 |
| 23 | 1925 | Herbert Sutcliffe (England) | Australia | 734 |
| 24 | 1979 | Sunil Gavaskar (India) | West Indies | 732 |
| 25 | 1985 | David Gower (England) | Australia | 732 |
| 26 | 1911 | Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa) | Australia | 732 |
| 27 | 1966 | Gary Sobers (West Indies) | India | 722 |
| 28 | 1953 | Everton Weekes (West Indies) | India | 716 |
| 29 | 1948 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | India | 715 |
| 30 | 2003 | Graeme Smith (South Africa) | England | 714 |
| 31 | 2004 | Jacques Kallis (South Africa) | West Indies | 712 |
| 32 | 2024 | Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) | England | 712 |
| 33 | 1960 | Gary Sobers (West Indies) | England | 709 |
| 34 | 2004 | Ricky Ponting (Australia) | India | 706 |
| 35 | 1930 | George Headley (West Indies) | England | 703 |
| 36 | 1976 | Greg Chappell (Australia) | West Indies | 702 |
| 37 | 1969 | Doug Walters (Australia) | West Indies | 699 |
| 38 | 1954 | Clyde Walcott (West Indies) | England | 698 |
| 39 | 1948 | Arthur Morris (Australia) | England | 696 |
| 40 | 1930 | Patsy Hendren (England) | West Indies | 693 |
| 41 | 2015 | Virat Kohli (India) | Australia | 692 |
| 42 | 2002 | Brian Lara (West Indies) | Sri Lanka | 688 |
| 43 | 2018 | Steve Smith (Australia) | England | 687 |
| 44 | 1947 | Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) | England | 680 |
| 45 | 1954 | Len Hutton (England) | West Indies | 677 |
| 46 | 1993 | Graham Gooch (England) | Australia | 673 |
| 47 | 1972 | Glenn Turner (New Zealand) | West Indies | 672 |
| 48 | 1969 | Bill Lawry (Australia) | West Indies | 667 |
| 49 | 2007 | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) | West Indies | 665 |
| 50 | 1974 | Dennis Amiss (England) | West Indies | 663 |
| 51 | 1912 | Jack Hobbs (England) | Australia | 662 |
| 52 | 1911 | Victor Trumper (Australia) | South Africa | 661 |
| 53 | 1950 | Neil Harvey (Australia) | South Africa | 660 |
| 54 | 1971 | Geoff Boycott (England) | Australia | 657 |
| 55 | 2005 | Andrew Strauss (England) | South Africa | 656 |
| 56 | 2017 | Virat Kohli (India) | England | 655 |
| 57 | 1939 | Eddie Paynter (England) | South Africa | 653 |
| 58 | 1983 | Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) | India | 650 |
| 59 | 1955 | Neil Harvey (Australia) | West Indies | 650 |
| 60 | 1971 | John Edrich (England) | Australia | 648 |
| 61 | 1971 | Dilip Sardesai (India) | West Indies | 642 |
| 62 | 1975 | Clive Lloyd (West Indies) | India | 636 |
| 63 | 2003 | Michael Vaughan (England) | Australia | 633 |
| 64 | 2006 | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) | England | 631 |
| 65 | 1958 | Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) | West Indies | 628 |
| 66 | 1971 | Keith Stackpole (Australia) | England | 627 |
| 67 | 2009 | Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) | England | 626 |
| 68 | 2012 | Michael Clarke (Australia) | India | 626 |
| 69 | 2005 | Jacques Kallis (South Africa) | England | 625 |
| 70 | 1995 | Michael Slater (Australia) | England | 623 |
| 71 | 1958 | Conrad Hunte (West Indies) | Pakistan | 622 |
| 72 | 1947 | Dudley Nourse (South Africa) | England | 621 |
| 73 | 1989 | Richie Richardson (West Indies) | India | 619 |
| 74 | 2004 | Rahul Dravid (India) | Australia | 619 |
| 75 | 1974 | Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) | England | 616 |
| 76 | 2002 | Michael Vaughan (England) | India | 615 |
| 77 | 1956 | Bert Sutcliffe (New Zealand) | India | 611 |
| 78 | 2018 | Virat Kohli (India) | Sri Lanka | 610 |
| 79 | 1939 | Wally Hammond (England) | South Africa | 609 |
| 80 | 1975 | Greg Chappell (Australia) | England | 608 |
| 81 | 1967 | Denis Lindsay (South Africa) | Australia | 606 |
| 82 | 1964 | Eddie Barlow (South Africa) | Australia | 603 |
| 83 | 2002 | Rahul Dravid (India) | England | 602 |