| Player | Age | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Bardsley | 43y 216d | Australia | v England | Leeds | 10 Jul 1926 | Test # 165 |
| N Betancourt | 42y 242d | West Indies | v England | Port of Spain | 1 Feb 1930 | Test # 189 |
| SE Gregory | 42y 43d | Australia | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 May 1912 | Test # 121 |
| WW Armstrong | 41y 209d | Australia | v England | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 | Test # 135 |
| VY Richardson | 41y 98d | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Dec 1935 | Test # 247 |
| TW Graveney | 41y 39d | England | v Australia | Leeds | 25 Jul 1968 | Test # 640 |
| DS de Silva | 40y 266d | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 4 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 |
| CB Fry | 40y 46d | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 |
| WG Grace | 40y 26d | England | v Australia | The Oval | 13 Aug 1888 | Test # 29 |
| F Mitchell | 39y 288d | South Africa | v Australia | Manchester | 27 May 1912 | Test # 121 |
| HR Adhikari | 39y 190d | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 |
| A Shaw | 39y 124d | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1881 | Test # 5 |
| J Ryder | 39y 114d | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 | Test # 176 |
| GA Headley | 38y 236d | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 21 Jan 1948 | Test # 293 |
| HMRKB Herath | 38y 224d | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 | Test # 2228 |
| FR Brown | 38y 219d | England | v New Zealand | Manchester | 23 Jul 1949 | Test # 316 |
| AD Nourse | 38y 34d | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 |
| JC White | 38y 17d | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 8 Mar 1929 | Test # 180 |
| MH Mankad | 37y 264d | India | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 1 Jan 1955 | Test # 394 |
| Hon.FSG Calthorpe | 37y 229d | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 11 Jan 1930 | Test # 187 |
| JH Edrich | 37y 197d | England | v Australia | Sydney | 4 Jan 1975 | Test # 751 |
| KWR Fletcher | 37y 191d | England | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 |
| G Boycott | 37y 89d | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 18 Jan 1978 | Test # 815 |
| RB Kanhai | 37y 52d | West Indies | v Australia | Kingston | 16 Feb 1973 | Test # 714 |
| A Kumble | 37y 36d | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 22 Nov 2007 | Test # 1849 |
| R Illingworth | 37y 4d | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 12 Jun 1969 | Test # 653 |
| IWG Johnson | 36y 353d | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1954 | Test # 391 |
| FL Reifer | 36y 351d | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 |
| CG Greenidge | 36y 337d | West Indies | v Pakistan | Georgetown | 2 Apr 1988 | Test # 1095 |
| HDG Leveson Gower | 36y 238d | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 |
| CK Nayudu | 36y 238d | India | v England | Lord's | 25 Jun 1932 | Test # 219 |
| VS Hazare | 36y 236d | India | v England | Delhi | 2 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 |
| DL Murray | 36y 195d | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 |
| Asif Iqbal | 36y 168d | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 36y 168d | Pakistan | v South Africa | Dubai (DICS) | 12 Nov 2010 | Test # 1976 |
| FMM Worrell | 36y 130d | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 9 Dec 1960 | Test # 498 |
| AL Hassett | 36y 118d | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 |
| Nawab of Pataudi | 36y 98d | India | v England | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 | Test # 276 |
| L Amarnath | 36y 78d | India | v Australia | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 | Test # 290 |
| WM Wallace | 36y 77d | New Zealand | v South Africa | Wellington | 6 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 |
| Zaheer Abbas | 36y 52d | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 14 Sep 1983 | Test # 961 |
| L Hutton | 35y 348d | England | v India | Leeds | 5 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 |
| JE Emburey | 35y 301d | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 16 Jun 1988 | Test # 1099 |
| AJ Lamb | 35y 289d | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 5 Apr 1990 | Test # 1143 |
| G Giffen | 35y 277d | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1894 | Test # 43 |
| LJ Tancred | 35y 275d | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 8 Jul 1912 | Test # 124 |
| ME Chapple | 35y 215d | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1966 | Test # 602 |
| RT Stanyforth | 35y 208d | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 |
| AN Hornby | 35y 199d | England | v Australia | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 | Test # 9 |
| Lord Hawke | 35y 199d | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 |
| AO Jones | 35y 175d | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1908 | Test # 99 |
| DB Close | 35y 175d | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 18 Aug 1966 | Test # 609 |
| KA Maharaj | 35y 141d | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 28 Jun 2025 | Test # 2590 |
| DL Houghton | 35y 117d | Zimbabwe | v India | Harare | 18 Oct 1992 | Test # 1197 |
| JM Brearley | 35y 49d | England | v Australia | Lord's | 16 Jun 1977 | Test # 804 |
| RR Lindwall | 35y 23d | Australia | v India | Brabourne | 26 Oct 1956 | Test # 432 |
| James Lillywhite | 35y 20d | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 | Test # 1 |
| GA Gooch | 35y 12d | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 4 Aug 1988 | Test # 1102 |
| RD Jacobs | 35y 12d | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 8 Dec 2002 | Test # 1630 |
Records include the following recent matches:
Australia v England at Sydney, 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]
Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]
New Zealand v West Indies at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]
