| Player | From | To | Span | Mat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Rhodes (ENG) | 1 Jun 1899 | 12 Apr 1930 | 30y 315d | 58 |
| DB Close (ENG) | 23 Jul 1949 | 13 Jul 1976 | 26y 356d | 22 |
| FE Woolley (ENG) | 9 Aug 1909 | 22 Aug 1934 | 25y 13d | 64 |
| GA Headley (WI) | 11 Jan 1930 | 21 Jan 1954 | 24y 10d | 22 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 15 Nov 1989 | 16 Nov 2013 | 24y 1d | 200 |
| AJ Traicos (SA/ZIM) | 5 Feb 1970 | 17 Mar 1993 | 23y 40d | 7 |
| JB Hobbs (ENG) | 1 Jan 1908 | 22 Aug 1930 | 22y 233d | 61 |
| G Gunn (ENG) | 13 Dec 1907 | 12 Apr 1930 | 22y 120d | 15 |
| SE Gregory (AUS) | 21 Jul 1890 | 22 Aug 1912 | 22y 32d | 58 |
| FR Brown (ENG) | 29 Jul 1931 | 30 Jun 1953 | 21y 336d | 22 |
| AW Nourse (SA) | 11 Oct 1902 | 19 Aug 1924 | 21y 313d | 45 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 17 Mar 1994 | 3 May 2015 | 21y 47d | 164 |
| Imran Khan (PAK) | 3 Jun 1971 | 7 Jan 1992 | 20y 218d | 88 |
| RB Simpson (AUS) | 23 Dec 1957 | 3 May 1978 | 20y 131d | 62 |
| MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 26 Nov 1954 | 13 Feb 1975 | 20y 79d | 114 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 30 Mar 1954 | 5 Apr 1974 | 20y 6d | 93 |
| Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK) | 26 Mar 1959 | 29 Mar 1979 | 20y 3d | 57 |
| HW Taylor (SA) | 27 May 1912 | 1 Mar 1932 | 19y 279d | 42 |
| B Mitchell (SA) | 15 Jun 1929 | 9 Mar 1949 | 19y 267d | 42 |
| DG Bradman (AUS) | 30 Nov 1928 | 18 Aug 1948 | 19y 262d | 52 |
| WW Armstrong (AUS) | 1 Jan 1902 | 16 Aug 1921 | 19y 227d | 50 |
| FJ Titmus (ENG) | 23 Jun 1955 | 30 Jan 1975 | 19y 221d | 53 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 10 Jul 1975 | 7 Feb 1995 | 19y 212d | 118 |
| DCS Compton (ENG) | 14 Aug 1937 | 5 Mar 1957 | 19y 203d | 78 |
| JM Anderson (ENG) | 22 May 2003 | 12 Sep 2022 | 19y 113d | 175 |
| WR Hammond (ENG) | 24 Dec 1927 | 25 Mar 1947 | 19y 91d | 85 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 22 Sep 1999 | 9 Nov 2018 | 19y 48d | 93 |
| C Washbrook (ENG) | 14 Aug 1937 | 28 Aug 1956 | 19y 14d | 37 |
| L Amarnath (IND) | 15 Dec 1933 | 15 Dec 1952 | 19y 0d | 24 |
| WG Grace (ENG) | 6 Sep 1880 | 3 Jun 1899 | 18y 270d | 22 |
| CG Macartney (AUS) | 13 Dec 1907 | 18 Aug 1926 | 18y 248d | 35 |
| S Venkataraghavan (IND) | 27 Feb 1965 | 29 Sep 1983 | 18y 214d | 57 |
| GA Faulkner (SA) | 2 Jan 1906 | 1 Jul 1924 | 18y 181d | 25 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 17 Feb 1982 | 10 Aug 2000 | 18y 175d | 93 |
| Majid Khan (PAK) | 24 Oct 1964 | 28 Jan 1983 | 18y 96d | 63 |
| A Kumble (IND) | 9 Aug 1990 | 2 Nov 2008 | 18y 85d | 132 |
| KG Viljoen (SA) | 24 Dec 1930 | 9 Mar 1949 | 18y 75d | 27 |
| B Sutcliffe (NZ) | 21 Mar 1947 | 1 Jun 1965 | 18y 72d | 42 |
| S Mushtaq Ali (IND) | 5 Jan 1934 | 10 Feb 1952 | 18y 36d | 11 |
| M Amarnath (IND) | 24 Dec 1969 | 15 Jan 1988 | 18y 22d | 69 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 13 Dec 1966 | 2 Jan 1985 | 18y 20d | 110 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 14 Dec 1995 | 30 Dec 2013 | 18y 16d | 166 |
| SR Waugh (AUS) | 26 Dec 1985 | 6 Jan 2004 | 18y 11d | 168 |
| CS Nayudu (IND) | 5 Jan 1934 | 14 Jan 1952 | 18y 9d | 11 |
| JMM Commaille (SA) | 1 Jan 1910 | 4 Jan 1928 | 18y 3d | 12 |
| LR Gibbs (WI) | 5 Feb 1958 | 5 Feb 1976 | 18y 0d | 79 |
| C Kelleway (AUS) | 9 Dec 1910 | 5 Dec 1928 | 17y 362d | 26 |
| TW Graveney (ENG) | 5 Jul 1951 | 17 Jun 1969 | 17y 347d | 79 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 23 Aug 1984 | 23 Jul 2002 | 17y 334d | 93 |
| M Muralidaran (ICC/SL) | 28 Aug 1992 | 22 Jul 2010 | 17y 328d | 133 |
| VM Merchant (IND) | 15 Dec 1933 | 7 Nov 1951 | 17y 327d | 10 |
| DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 6 Feb 1997 | 30 Nov 2014 | 17y 297d | 113 |
| JM Blackham (AUS) | 15 Mar 1877 | 20 Dec 1894 | 17y 280d | 35 |
| GOB Allen (ENG) | 27 Jun 1930 | 1 Apr 1948 | 17y 279d | 25 |
| L Hutton (ENG) | 26 Jun 1937 | 28 Mar 1955 | 17y 275d | 79 |
| G Boycott (ENG) | 4 Jun 1964 | 6 Jan 1982 | 17y 216d | 108 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 2 Feb 1973 | 10 Jul 1990 | 17y 158d | 86 |
| Harbhajan Singh (IND) | 25 Mar 1998 | 15 Aug 2015 | 17y 143d | 103 |
| Younis Ahmed (PAK) | 24 Oct 1969 | 9 Mar 1987 | 17y 136d | 4 |
| H Masakadza (ZIM) | 27 Jul 2001 | 15 Nov 2018 | 17y 111d | 38 |
| Intikhab Alam (PAK) | 4 Dec 1959 | 9 Mar 1977 | 17y 95d | 47 |
| W Bardsley (AUS) | 27 May 1909 | 18 Aug 1926 | 17y 83d | 41 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 26 Feb 2000 | 14 May 2017 | 17y 77d | 118 |
| Javed Miandad (PAK) | 9 Oct 1976 | 21 Dec 1993 | 17y 73d | 124 |
| DL Murray (WI) | 6 Jun 1963 | 12 Aug 1980 | 17y 67d | 62 |
| BRM Taylor (ZIM) | 6 May 2004 | 11 Jul 2021 | 17y 66d | 34 |
| SJ Snooke (SA) | 2 Jan 1906 | 22 Feb 1923 | 17y 51d | 26 |
| MW Gatting (ENG) | 18 Jan 1978 | 7 Feb 1995 | 17y 20d | 79 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 Aug 1997 | 18 Aug 2014 | 17y 16d | 149 |
| Hanif Mohammad (PAK) | 16 Oct 1952 | 27 Oct 1969 | 17y 11d | 55 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 26 May 2005 | 27 May 2022 | 17y 1d | 82 |
Dates are from debut to the final day of the player's last match
Records include the following recent matches:
England v South Africa at The Oval, 3rd Test, Sep 8-12, 2022 [Test # 2476]
England v South Africa at Manchester, 2nd Test, Aug 25-27, 2022 [Test # 2475]
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test, Aug 17-19, 2022 [Test # 2474]
