Here are the current top run-scorers in the 2025-2027 cycle of the World Test Championship:
Top Run-Scorers in WTC 2025-2027
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root (ENG) | 16 | 30 | 1272 | 160 | 47.11 | 5/4 |
| Harry Brook (ENG) | 16 | 29 | 1271 | 158 | 45.39 | 2/9 |
| Travis Head (AUS) | 13 | 25 | 1124 | 170 | 44.96 | 4/2 |
| Shubman Gill (IND) | 10 | 17 | 1024 | 269 | 68.26 | 5/2 |
| Ben Duckett (ENG) | 16 | 30 | 954 | 149 | 31.8 | 2/3 |
| KL Rahul (IND) | 11 | 20 | 931 | 137 | 49.0 | 3/4 |
| Jamie Smith (ENG) | 15 | 27 | 908 | 184* | 37.83 | 1/6 |
| Justin Greaves (WI) | 13 | 23 | 821 | 202* | 41.05 | 2/2 |
| Shai Hope (WI) | 11 | 21 | 792 | 140 | 37.71 | 3/2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja (IND) | 11 | 18 | 790 | 107* | 60.76 | 2/6 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) | 11 | 20 | 790 | 175 | 39.5 | 3/3 |
| AT Carey (AUS) | 13 | 23 | 721 | 106 | 34.33 | 1/5 |
| Rishabh Pant (IND) | 8 | 14 | 696 | 134 | 49.71 | 2/5 |
| Devon Conway (NZ) | 6 | 12 | 676 | 227 | 61.45 | 3/1 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN) | 7 | 13 | 676 | 148 | 56.33 | 3/2 |
Key Insights – Leading Run Scorers: WTC 2025-27
The battle remains intense among Joe Root, Harry Brook, Shubman Gill, Travis Head, KL Rahul, and Ben Duckett—the top-tier batters of England, India, Australia, and England, respectively. Five of them have already reached the 1,000-run mark as the tournament approaches its business end.
There are three upcoming Test series involving Australia, India, and New Zealand, where each team plays two series against the others, featuring a face-off among the top-performing batters on this list.
When it comes to batting averages, Gill tops the list as the only player scoring in the high 60s, with Devon Conway and Ravindra Jadeja also maintaining averages above 60 innings-wise.
Gill and Root also lead the century counts in this cycle of the tournament. Check the top century hitters in WTC 2025–27 here.
Series-wise Top Performers in WTC 2025-227
Shubman Gill scored 754 runs across 10 innings in the 2025 Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, the second-most by an Indian batter in a bilateral Test series
Gill’s 754 runs on the England tour are also the second-most by a captain in a bilateral Test series and the most by a visiting Test captain.
Rishabh Pant finished the England tour with 479 runs in seven innings, the most by an Indian wicketkeeper in an overseas bilateral Test series.
Travis Head in the Ashes 2025–26 scored a massive 629 runs in 10 innings, which played a major role in Australia’s series victory and earned him a spot in the top half of this list.
Joe Root scored his career’s first Test hundred on Australian soil. He scored an unbeaten 138 in the first innings of the 2025 Brisbane Test
This was Root’s 40th Test century, making him only the fourth batter to achieve this feat in red-ball cricket.
Root and Head also scored a 400-run series each against India when their respective teams played against the subcontinent side.
