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Cricket: Most Test Runs in Each Calendar Year

Name the batsmen who ended each year as the highest run getter in Test cricket since 1901. This is an extremely difficult quiz. Hence, the time given. A real test of Test cricket's bygone eras.
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Year
Country
Runs
Average
Answer
2022
PAK
1184
69.64
Babar Azam
2021
ENG
1708
61.00
Joe Root
2020
ENG
641
58.27
Ben Stokes
2019
AUS
1104
64.94
Marnus Labuschagne
2018
IND
1322
55.08
Virat Kohli
2017
AUS
1305
76.76
Steve Smith
2016
ENG
1477
49.23
Joe Root
2015
AUS
1474
73.70
Steve Smith
2014
SL
1493
71.09
Kumar Sangakkara
2013
AUS
1093
47.52
Michael Clarke
2012
AUS
1595
106.33
Michael Clarke
2011
IND
1145
57.25
Rahul Dravid
2010
IND
1562
78.10
Sachin Tendulkar
2009
SL
1234
72.58
Thilan Samaraweera
2008
SA
1656
72.00
Graeme Smith
2007
AUS
1601
59.29
Matthew Hayden
2006
PAK
1788
99.33
Mohammad Yousuf
2005
AUS
1544
67.13
Ricky Ponting
2004
AUS
1481
54.85
Justin Langer
2003
AUS
1503
100.20
Ricky Ponting
2002
ENG
1481
61.70
Michael Vaughan
2001
AUS
1391
63.22
Matthew Hayden
2000
PAK
1090
60.56
Inzamam-ul-Haq
1999
IND
1088
68.00
Sachin Tendulkar
1998
ENG
1222
43.64
Alec Stewart
1997
SL
1271
66.89
Sanath Jayasuriya
1996
ENG
793
61.00
Alec Stewart
1995
WI
1222
67.89
Brian Lara
1994
ENG
1136
49.39
Michael Atherton
1993
AUS
1241
62.05
David Boon
1992
AUS
812
54.13
David Boon
1991
ENG
1040
65.00
Graham Gooch
1990
ENG
1264
79.00
Graham Gooch
1989
AUS
1219
64.16
Mark Taylor
1988
WI
867
51.00
Sir Viv Richards
1987
IND
875
87.50
Dilip Vengsarkar
1986
ENG
1059
44.13
David Gower
1985
AUS
1099
64.65
Allan Border
1984
WI
1179
58.95
Sir Gordon Greenidge
1983
IND
1310
46.79
Sunil Gavaskar
1982
ENG
1095
49.77
Lord Ian Botham
1981
ENG
975
40.63
Sir Geoffrey Boycott
1980
AUS
953
59.56
Greg Chappell
1979
IND
1407
54.12
Sunil Gavaskar
1978
IND
1099
91.58
Sunil Gavaskar
1977
AUS
736
40.89
Greg Chappell
1976
WI
1710
90.00
Sir Viv Richards
1975
AUS
982
61.38
Ian Chappell
1974
ENG
1379
68.95
Dennis Amiss
1973
ENG
1085
63.82
Keith Fletcher
1972
NZ
672
96.00
Glenn Turner
1971
IND
918
83.45
Sunil Gavaskar
1970
AUS
530
58.89
Ian Redpath
1969
AUS
909
75.75
Doug Walters
1968
ENG
894
52.59
John Edrich
1967
ENG
750
93.75
Ken Barrington
Year
Country
Runs
Average
Answer
1966
WI
895
99.44
Sir Garfield Sobers
1965
ENG
895
59.67
Ken Barrington
1964
AUS
1381
60.04
Bob Simpson
1963
ENG
1015
53.42
Ken Barrington
1962
ENG
982
75.54
Ted Dexter
1961
ENG
1035
73.93
Ken Barrington
1960
WI
864
78.55
Sir Garfield Sobers
1959
AUS
671
61.00
Colin McDonald
1958
WI
1299
144.33
Sir Garfield Sobers
1957
ENG
701
50.07
Colin Cowdrey
1956
ENG
491
49.10
Peter Richardson
1955
WI
827
82.70
Sir Clyde Walcott
1954
ENG
830
55.33
Denis Compton
1953
AUS
948
63.20
Neil Harvey
1952
IND
576
52.36
Vijay Hazare
1951
ENG
903
64.50
Sir Len Hutton
1950
AUS
584
83.43
Neil Harvey
1949
ENG
800
66.67
Sir Len Hutton
1948
AUS
1025
113.89
Sir Donald Bradman
1947
ENG
1159
82.79
Denis Compton
1946
AUS
421
210.50
Sir Donald Bradman
1939
ENG
728
72.80
Sir Len Hutton
1938
ENG
666
74.00
Wally Hammond
1937
AUS
690
138.00
Sir Donald Bradman
1936
ENG
645
161.25
Wally Hammond
1935
SA
579
52.64
Bruce Mitchell
1934
AUS
758
94.75
Sir Donald Bradman
1933
ENG
934
103.78
Wally Hammond
1932
AUS
402
402.00
Sir Donald Bradman
1931
AUS
950
105.56
Sir Donald Bradman
1930
AUS
978
122.25
Sir Donald Bradman
1929
ENG
702
78.00
Wally Hammond
1928
ENG
879
67.62
Wally Hammond
1927
ENG
271
90.33
Herbert Sutcliffe
1926
ENG
486
81.00
Sir Jack Hobbs
1925
ENG
560
80.00
Herbert Sutcliffe
1924
ENG
527
75.29
Sir Jack Hobbs
1923
ENG
436
62.29
Charlie Russell
1922
SA
197
98.50
Herbie Taylor
1921
ENG
730
56.15
Herbie Collins
1920
ENG
250
62.50
Sir Jack Hobbs
1914
ENG
338
67.60
Sir Jack Hobbs
1913
SA
186
46.50
Herbie Taylor
1912
ENG
832
64.00
Sir Jack Hobbs
1911
AUS
583
72.88
Victor Trumper
1910
SA
862
66.31
Aubrey Faulkner
1909
AUS
396
39.60
Warren Bardsley
1908
AUS
359
51.29
Warwick Armstrong
1907
ENG
221
44.20
Charles Fry
1906
SA
437
54.36
Gordon White
1905
ENG
492
70.29
Sir Stanley Jackson
1904
AUS
388
48.50
Victor Trumper
1903
ENG
306
153.00
Reginald Foster
1902
AUS
1060
55.79
Clement Hill
1901
ENG
116
116.00
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