HM Amla of South Africa completed 8000 test runs when he was on 8 during his knock  of 78 against England in the ongoing test at Nottingham on 14 Jul 17. At the end of his innings, his run aggregate read 8070. He became the 30^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to accomplish the feat. The performance of all the 30 batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
3	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
4	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	08
5	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
6	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131	232	06	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
7	S Chanderpaul	Win	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30	66	15
8	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
9	AR Border	Aus	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
10	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2017	142	255	15	11129	294	46.37	30	54	08
11	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
12	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
13	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	34	33	19
14	GC Smith	SAF	2002-2014	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	27	38	11
15	GA Gooch	Eng	1975-1995	118	215	06	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13
16	Javed Miandad	Pak	1976-1993	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43	06
17	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	1992-2007	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46	15
18	VVS Laxman	Ind	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14
19	MJ Clarke	Aus	2004-2015	115	198	22	8643	329*	49.10	28	27	09
20	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
21	V Sehwag	Ind	2001-2013	104	180	06	8586	319	49.34	23	32	16
22	IVA Richards	Win	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45	10
23	AJ Stewart	Eng	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14
24	DI Gower	Eng	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	18	39	07
25	KP Pietersen	Eng	2005-2014	104	181	08	8181	227	47.28	23	35	10
26	G Boycott	Eng	1964-1982	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	22	42	10
27	AB de Villiers	SAF	2004-2016	106	176	16	8074	278*	50.46	21	39	07
28	HM Amla	SAF	2004-2017	105	178	14	8070	311*	49.20	26	33	10
29	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	26	30	12
30	ME Waugh	Aus	1991-2002	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	20	47	19

 

HM Amla became the fourth South African batsman to total 8000 plus test runs after JH Kallis, GC Smith and AB de Villiers.

 

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
2	GC Smith	SAF	2002-2014	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	27	38	11
3	AB de Villiers	SAF	2004-2016	106	176	16	8074	278*	50.46	21	39	07
4	HM Amla	SAF	2004-2017	105	178	14	8070	311*	49.20	26	33	10