Where do the numbers come from?

The totals are career figures from official Test and international records. The game only includes players who have retired from that format, so the numbers do not change.

What happens if the numbers are equal?

If both players have exactly the same total, either answer counts as correct.

Is my best score saved?

Yes, your best streak for each category is saved in your browser, so you can try to beat it next time.

Endless game

Higher or Lower?

Does the second player have more or fewer Test runs? Keep guessing right to build your streak.

Streak

Best

Graham Gooch

has

8,900

Test runs

Hashim Amla

has

Test runs than Gooch?

About the numbers

Career runs in Test cricket. Only players retired from Tests are included, so totals are final.

Want to see the full leaderboards? Browse our cricket records and football records, or play the daily Guess the Player puzzle.

The records behind the game

Higher or Lower uses three career records: Test runs, Test wickets and international goals for men’s national teams. Only players who have retired from that format are included, so every number is final and will not change while you play.

At the top of each list are the record holders. Sachin Tendulkar has the most Test runs with 15,921. Muttiah Muralitharan took 800 Test wickets, the most ever. In football, Ali Daei held the international goals record for many years before Cristiano Ronaldo passed him.

How to build a long streak

Think about how long a player’s career lasted and how often their team played. Players from England and Australia usually played more Tests than players from other countries, so their totals tend to be higher. Openers and top-order batters score more runs than middle-order players with the same average.

For goals, strikers who played in the 2000s and 2010s often have high totals because national teams play more matches now than in the past. Take your time: there is no clock, and one wrong answer ends the streak.

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Game FAQs

Higher or Lower: questions

You see one player with their career total and a second player with the total hidden. Decide whether the second player has a higher or lower total. Every correct answer adds one to your streak, and the second player becomes the next one to beat.