Top 5 leading run scorers in history of The Ashes

3. Steven Smith

Steven Smith, commonly known as Steve Smith, is the only active player in the list. Since 2010, one of the best batters of modern cricket has scored 3417 runs in 37 Ashes matches, including a highest score of 239. Again, in England, in the series, Smith has registered twelve hundreds and thirteen fifties. Smith's best Ashes moments were during the 2019 campaign at Edgbaston. In this match, he smashed back-to-back two centuries (144 and 142) in two innings. Smith rescued Australia from 122/8 with a magnificent 144 in the first innings. He followed it up with 142 in the second innings to lead Australia to a 251-run victory.