| Player | Team | Mat | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Cook | England | 159 | 11 May 2006 | 7 Sep 2018 |
| AR Border | Australia | 153 | 10 Mar 1979 | 25 Mar 1994 |
| ME Waugh | Australia | 107 | 3 Jun 1993 | 19 Oct 2002 |
| SM Gavaskar | India | 106 | 23 Jan 1975 | 3 Feb 1987 |
| BB McCullum | New Zealand | 101 | 10 Mar 2004 | 20 Feb 2016 |
| NM Lyon | Australia | 100 | 1 Aug 2013 | 28 Jun 2023 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa | 98 | 17 Dec 2004 | 2 Jan 2015 |
| AC Gilchrist | Australia | 96 | 5 Nov 1999 | 24 Jan 2008 |
| R Dravid | India | 93 | 20 Jun 1996 | 10 Dec 2005 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 93 | 8 Nov 2002 | 3 Jan 2013 |
| KC Brathwaite | West Indies | 90 | 16 Jun 2014 | 3 Jul 2025 |
| TWM Latham | New Zealand | 88 | 14 Feb 2014 | 14 Dec 2024 |
| GR Viswanath | India | 87 | 19 Mar 1971 | 30 Jan 1983 |
| ML Hayden | Australia | 86 | 31 Mar 2000 | 2 Jan 2008 |
| GS Sobers | West Indies | 85 | 11 Apr 1955 | 20 Apr 1972 |
| SR Tendulkar | India | 84 | 15 Nov 1989 | 15 Jun 2001 |
| MEK Hussey | Australia | 79 | 3 Nov 2005 | 3 Jan 2013 |
| JE Root | England | 77 | 12 Jun 2014 | 24 Jan 2020 |
| MV Boucher | South Africa | 75 | 14 Feb 1998 | 11 Aug 2004 |
| RT Ponting | Australia | 73 | 3 Nov 2004 | 26 Dec 2010 |
| DL Haynes | West Indies | 72 | 1 Dec 1979 | 16 Jun 1988 |
| SP Fleming | New Zealand | 72 | 1 Jul 1999 | 22 Mar 2008 |
| Asad Shafiq | Pakistan | 72 | 18 Oct 2011 | 21 Aug 2020 |
| IM Chappell | Australia | 71 | 28 Jan 1966 | 31 Jan 1976 |
| M Azharuddin | India | 69 | 28 Apr 1989 | 24 Feb 1999 |
| HM Amla | South Africa | 68 | 27 Apr 2006 | 14 Oct 2013 |
| N Kapil Dev | India | 66 | 16 Oct 1978 | 12 Dec 1984 |
| JE Root | England | 66* | 16 Jul 2020 | 31 Jul 2025 |
| APE Knott | England | 65 | 5 Mar 1971 | 25 Aug 1977 |
| IT Botham | England | 65 | 10 Feb 1978 | 2 Mar 1984 |
| N Kapil Dev | India | 65 | 13 Jan 1985 | 19 Mar 1994 |
| IA Healy | Australia | 64 | 15 Sep 1988 | 5 Oct 1994 |
| BC Lara | West Indies | 64 | 18 Apr 1992 | 26 Dec 1999 |
| MA Atherton | England | 63 | 19 Feb 1993 | 6 Aug 1998 |
| AJ Stewart | England | 62 | 20 Jun 1996 | 23 Aug 2001 |
| RB Kanhai | West Indies | 61 | 30 May 1957 | 14 Feb 1969 |
| IVA Richards | West Indies | 61 | 5 Jun 1980 | 11 Jan 1988 |
| DC Boon | Australia | 60 | 15 Mar 1990 | 25 Jan 1996 |
| A Kumble | India | 60 | 18 Oct 1992 | 2 Mar 2000 |
| JH Kallis | South Africa | 60 | 26 Dec 1997 | 2 Jan 2003 |
| MJ Prior | England | 60 | 6 Mar 2009 | 13 Dec 2013 |
| D Elgar | South Africa | 60 | 3 Nov 2016 | 3 Jan 2024 |
| MJ Clarke | Australia | 59 | 30 May 2008 | 14 Mar 2013 |
| SPD Smith | Australia | 59 | 14 Mar 2013 | 22 Mar 2018 |
| JR Reid | New Zealand | 58 | 23 Jul 1949 | 8 Jul 1965 |
| AW Greig | England | 58 | 8 Jun 1972 | 25 Aug 1977 |
| SMH Kirmani | India | 56 | 11 Sep 1979 | 31 Jan 1985 |
| ADR Campbell | Zimbabwe | 56 | 18 Oct 1992 | 14 Sep 2001 |
| SC Ganguly | India | 56 | 2 Aug 1997 | 8 Oct 2003 |
| IA Healy | Australia | 55 | 25 Nov 1994 | 14 Oct 1999 |
| DA Warner | Australia | 55 | 1 Aug 2013 | 22 Mar 2018 |
| GD McGrath | Australia | 54 | 1 Oct 1998 | 26 Dec 2002 |
| KP Pietersen | England | 54 | 21 Jul 2005 | 16 Jul 2009 |
| MV Boucher | South Africa | 54 | 13 Jan 2005 | 6 Feb 2010 |
| V Kohli | India | 54 | 22 Nov 2011 | 16 Mar 2017 |
| KJ Hughes | Australia | 53 | 1 Dec 1978 | 2 Jan 1983 |
| Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 53 | 14 Dec 1977 | 2 Jan 1984 |
| CA Walsh | West Indies | 53 | 12 Apr 1990 | 14 Mar 1997 |
| G Kirsten | South Africa | 53 | 26 Dec 1993 | 18 Mar 1999 |
| MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka | 53 | 20 Jun 1997 | 21 Jul 2002 |
| JL Langer | Australia | 53 | 23 Aug 2001 | 14 Oct 2005 |
| HM Amla | South Africa | 53 | 18 Dec 2013 | 21 Feb 2019 |
| M Labuschagne | Australia | 53 | 14 Aug 2019 | 11 Jun 2025 |
| FE Woolley | England | 52 | 9 Aug 1909 | 14 Aug 1926 |
| PBH May | England | 52 | 15 Aug 1953 | 2 Jul 1959 |
| RW Marsh | Australia | 52 | 27 Nov 1970 | 25 Aug 1977 |
| MA Taylor | Australia | 52 | 17 Mar 1994 | 2 Jan 1999 |
| A Flower | Zimbabwe | 52 | 18 Oct 1992 | 15 Jun 2001 |
| GS Chappell | Australia | 51 | 11 Dec 1970 | 25 Aug 1977 |
| DI Gower | England | 51 | 27 Nov 1981 | 5 Jun 1986 |
| AC Parore | New Zealand | 51 | 21 Nov 1996 | 30 Mar 2002 |
| Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 51 | 1 Nov 2015 | 16 Jul 2022 |
| SPD Smith | Australia | 51 | 4 Sep 2019 | 11 Jun 2025 |
| RJ Shastri | India | 50 | 24 Sep 1983 | 9 Dec 1989 |
* indicates an ongoing sequence
Records include the following recent matches:
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]
England v India at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]
