Records / Test matches / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Most matches in career

Most matches
Player Span Mat Runs HS Ave 100 Wkts BBI Ave 5 Ct St
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2013 198 15837 248* 53.86 51 45 3/10 54.68 0 115 0
RT Ponting (Aus) 1995-2012 168 13378 257 51.85 41 5 1/0 55.20 0 196 0
SR Waugh (Aus) 1985-2004 168 10927 200 51.06 32 92 5/28 37.44 3 112 0
R Dravid (ICC/India) 1996-2012 164 13288 270 52.31 36 1 1/18 39.00 0 210 0
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1995-2013 162 13128 224 56.10 44 288 6/54 32.43 5 194 0
AR Border (Aus) 1978-1994 156 11174 205 50.56 27 39 7/46 39.10 2 156 0
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2013 148 10830 203* 51.81 28 9 1/2 98.11 0 63 0
MV Boucher (ICC/SA) 1997-2012 147 5515 125 30.30 5 1 1/6 6.00 0 532 23
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 3154 99 17.32 0 708 8/71 25.41 37 125 0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2013 138 10806 374 49.56 31 6 2/32 49.50 0 194 0
VVS Laxman (India) 1996-2012 134 8781 281 45.97 17 2 1/2 63.00 0 135 0
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 1261 67 11.67 0 800 9/51 22.72 67 72 0
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1990-2003 133 8463 190 39.54 15 0 - - 0 263 14
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 132 2506 110* 17.77 1 619 10/74 29.65 35 60 0
CA Walsh (WI) 1984-2001 132 936 30* 7.54 0 519 7/37 24.44 22 29 0
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 131 5248 163 31.05 8 434 9/83 29.64 23 64 0
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2006 131 11953 400* 52.88 34 0 - - 0 164 0
ME Waugh (Aus) 1991-2002 128 8029 153* 41.81 20 59 5/40 41.16 1 181 0
SM Gavaskar (India) 1971-1987 125 10122 236* 51.12 34 1 1/34 206.00 0 108 0
Javed Miandad (Pak) 1976-1993 124 8832 280* 52.57 23 17 3/74 40.11 0 93 1
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-2007 124 641 61 7.36 0 563 8/24 21.64 29 38 0
IVA Richards (WI) 1974-1991 121 8540 291 50.23 24 32 2/17 61.37 0 122 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak) 1992-2007 120 8830 329 49.60 25 0 - - 0 81 0
IA Healy (Aus) 1988-1999 119 4356 161* 27.39 4 - - - - 366 29
GA Gooch (Eng) 1975-1995 118 8900 333 42.58 20 23 3/39 46.47 0 103 0
DI Gower (Eng) 1978-1992 117 8231 215 44.25 18 1 1/1 20.00 0 74 0
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2013 117 10486 287 56.98 33 0 - - 0 169 20
DL Haynes (WI) 1978-1994 116 7487 184 42.29 18 1 1/2 8.00 0 65 0
DB Vengsarkar (India) 1976-1992 116 6868 166 42.13 17 0 - - 0 78 0
MA Atherton (Eng) 1989-2001 115 7728 185* 37.69 16 2 1/20 151.00 0 83 0
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 1954-1975 114 7624 182 44.06 22 0 - - 0 120 0
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2008 113 7212 239 42.17 16 32 3/28 52.53 0 71 0
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2012 112 4516 140 30.10 6 360 7/87 34.42 20 58 0
SP Fleming (NZ) 1994-2008 111 7172 274* 40.06 9 - - - - 171 0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 1994-2009 111 3089 100* 24.32 1 355 7/71 29.58 12 31 0
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 1991-2007 110 6973 340 40.07 14 98 5/34 34.34 2 78 0
CH Lloyd (WI) 1966-1985 110 7515 242* 46.67 19 10 2/13 62.20 0 90 0
GC Smith (ICC/SA) 2002-2013 110 8753 277 48.62 26 8 2/145 110.62 0 160 0
G Boycott (Eng) 1964-1982 108 8114 246* 47.72 22 7 3/47 54.57 0 33 0
CG Greenidge (WI) 1974-1991 108 7558 226 44.72 19 0 - - 0 96 0
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 108 3781 111 32.31 2 421 7/87 23.11 16 72 0
DC Boon (Aus) 1984-1996 107 7422 200 43.65 21 0 - - 0 99 0
JL Langer (Aus) 1993-2007 105 7696 250 45.27 23 0 - - 0 73 0
V Sehwag (ICC/India) 2001-2013 104 8586 319 49.34 23 40 5/104 47.35 1 91 0
MA Taylor (Aus) 1989-1999 104 7525 334* 43.49 19 1 1/11 26.00 0 157 0
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 104 2898 257* 22.64 3 414 7/119 23.62 25 44 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 1994-2009 103 8625 380 50.73 30 0 - - 0 128 0
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1982-1999 103 5768 237 43.69 15 5 1/3 82.80 0 65 0
IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1992 102 5200 208 33.54 14 383 8/34 28.40 27 120 0
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2002 102 5762 233 36.46 13 114 5/26 49.42 4 115 0
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2013 101 2202 115 18.35 2 413 8/84 32.37 25 42 0
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-2004 101 7289 275 45.27 21 2 1/0 71.00 0 83 0
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 101 699 32* 9.84 0 390 7/37 28.82 18 25 0
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2012 100 7037 177 40.91 21 - - - - 121 0
GP Thorpe (Eng) 1993-2005 100 6744 200* 44.66 16 0 - - 0 105 0
M Azharuddin (India) 1984-2000 99 6215 199 45.03 22 0 - - 0 105 0
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 1439 53 12.40 0 405 8/45 20.99 22 18 0
CH Gayle (WI) 2000-2013 97 6836 333 42.45 15 72 5/34 42.00 2 89 0
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 1999-2008 96 5570 204* 47.60 17 - - - - 379 37
N Hussain (Eng) 1990-2004 96 5764 207 37.18 14 0 - - 0 67 0
RW Marsh (Aus) 1970-1984 96 3633 132 26.51 3 0 - - 0 343 12
APE Knott (Eng) 1967-1981 95 4389 135 32.75 5 - - - - 250 19
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2005-2013 94 7499 227 49.01 22 10 3/52 86.90 0 54 0
PA de Silva (SL) 1984-2002 93 6361 267 42.97 20 29 3/30 41.65 0 43 0
A Ranatunga (SL) 1982-2000 93 5105 135* 35.69 4 16 2/17 65.00 0 47 0
GS Sobers (WI) 1954-1974 93 8032 365* 57.78 26 235 6/73 34.03 6 109 0
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2004-2013 92 7275 329* 52.33 23 30 6/9 37.43 2 105 0
AN Cook (Eng) 2006-2013 92 7524 294 49.17 25 0 - - 0 82 0
TG Evans (Eng) 1946-1959 91 2439 104 20.49 2 - - - - 173 46
GR Viswanath (India) 1969-1983 91 6080 222 41.93 14 1 1/11 46.00 0 63 0
MS Atapattu (SL) 1990-2007 90 5502 249 39.02 16 1 1/9 24.00 0 58 0
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2008 90 6167 228 41.95 14 0 - - 0 94 0
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 1998-2010 90 7530 223 52.29 24 0 - - 0 65 0
RGD Willis (Eng) 1971-1984 90 840 28* 11.50 0 325 8/43 25.20 16 39 0
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

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