| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1981/82 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1981/82 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Match | 1982/83 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1982/83 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1982/83 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1983/84 | New Zealand | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1984 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1985/86 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985/86 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1986/87 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1987 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Match | 1987/88 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1988 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 1989/90 | Australia | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Match | 1990/91 | India | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1990/91 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1991 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1991/92 | Pakistan | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1993/94 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1993/94 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1994 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 1994/95 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1994/95 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1995/96 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 1995/96 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1996/97 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996/97 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 1997 | West Indies | 1-0 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1997/98 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997/98 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 1997/98 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 1998/99 | Pakistan | - |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1999 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 1999/00 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1999/00 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2000/01 | South Africa | 2-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000/01 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | - |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2002 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2002 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2002/03 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2003 | West Indies | 1-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 2004 | Australia | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2004/05 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2004/05 | New Zealand | 1-0 (2) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2005/06 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2005/06 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005/06 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2006 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2006 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2006/07 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2007/08 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007/08 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2007/08 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2008/09 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2008/09 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2009/10 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010/11 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2011 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2011 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2011/12 | Pakistan | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2011/12 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2011/12 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2012/13 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2013/14 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2013/14 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | South Africa | 1-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2014/15 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | Pakistan | 2-1 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | India | 2-1 (3) |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka) | 2015/16 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2015/16 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2016 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2016 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2016/17 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2016/17 | South Africa | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2016/17 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2017 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2017 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2017/18 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2017/18 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2017/18 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies) | 2018 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018/19 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2018/19 | New Zealand | 1-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2018/19 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2018/19 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2019 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2019/20 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2019/20 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2020/21 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2020/21 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2020/21 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021/22 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2021/22 | India | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2022 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2022/23 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |