8.Allan Border: 4439 runs
Allan Border led Australia in 178 matches. He came reluctantly to the captaincy in a dark age for Australia after Kim Hughes’ tearful resignation at Brisbane in 1984-85, but eventually succeeded as a captain. Under his captaincy, Australia won its first World Cup. As a captain, he scored 4439 runs at an average of 32.16. This included 2 hundreds and 27 fifties.