Individual Most Matches Career

Cricket in Test matches

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1975	43	2433	113	34.26	5	0	-	0.00	0	40	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	42	2632	196	33.31	4	8	2/16	59.75	0	29	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1991	42	3269	215	44.78	9	0	-	0.00	0	26	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	41	3636	187	54.26	12	0	-	0.00	0	11	0
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	41	1706	179	31.01	1	109	8/68	24.00	6	36	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2023	40	1019	65	18.87	0	153	8/15	28.96	8	9	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2023	39	277	29	7.69	0	117	6/47	35.97	5	22	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1991-2013	39	3630	241*	55.00	11	11	3/31	51.54	0	23	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	38	2945	191	47.50	7	2	2/32	53.50	0	12	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	38	278	30*	7.51	0	135	6/54	28.68	4	9	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1989	36	1673	149*	29.35	4	148	6/78	27.65	9	57	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	35	2493	244*	40.20	5	0	-	0.00	0	40	0
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1894-1909	35	1931	140	33.87	5	0	-	0.00	0	29	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1983	35	383	26	10.35	0	128	8/43	26.14	7	16	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1968-1981	34	1682	135	32.98	2	0	-	0.00	0	97	8
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	34	2266	208	44.43	5	7	2/65	99.14	0	24	0
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2023	34	2428	180	40.46	4	23	2/9	37.95	0	38	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	33	1900	105	29.68	1	0	-	0.00	0	22	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2015	33	1983	115	35.41	4	0	-	0.00	0	30	0
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	1996-2012	33	2166	233	38.67	2	0	-	0.00	0	47	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1947	33	2852	251	51.85	9	36	5/57	44.77	1	43	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1993	33	2233	145	42.13	5	0	-	0.00	0	18	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	33	1810	107	30.67	1	0	-	0.00	0	82	2
JH Edrich (ENG)	1964-1975	32	2644	175	48.96	7	0	-	0.00	0	16	0
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1896-1909	32	801	84	20.02	0	1	1/23	23.00	0	65	19
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	32	1664	133*	33.28	2	43	5/20	36.16	2	36	0
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	31	809	121	18.81	1	97	6/45	20.55	7	11	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1959	31	783	50	17.79	0	0	-	0.00	0	64	12
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	31	2856	277	51.00	9	0	-	0.00	0	34	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	29	1819	226	40.42	4	0	-	0.00	0	22	0
TW Hayward (ENG)	1896-1909	29	1747	137	35.65	2	12	4/22	40.50	0	14	0
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	29	2061	147	41.22	5	51	3/22	37.56	0	37	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	29	2434	281	49.67	6	0	-	0.00	0	36	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1985	29	2211	178	50.25	6	2	2/17	111.50	0	24	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	29	2175	182	49.43	9	0	-	0.00	0	26	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1968-1980	29	371	45*	12.79	0	105	7/50	26.38	4	14	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1938-1956	28	1842	184	42.83	5	3	1/18	99.33	0	17	0
EH Hendren (ENG)	1920-1934	28	1740	169	39.54	3	1	1/27	31.00	0	16	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1999	27	385	53	10.69	0	128	7/25	21.23	8	5	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1995	27	1661	160	37.75	4	0	-	0.00	0	19	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1955	27	2428	364	56.46	5	1	1/2	60.00	0	22	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2014	27	2158	227	44.95	4	1	1/10	158.00	0	17	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1934	27	2741	194	66.85	8	0	-	0.00	0	15	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2013-2023	26	1406	119	31.24	2	0	-	0.00	0	65	4
JT Tyldesley (ENG)	1899-1909	26	1389	138	30.86	3	0	-	0.00	0	12	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1993	25	759	69	28.11	0	78	7/78	34.58	3	15	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-1999	25	1095	102	26.07	1	28	4/75	60.35	0	38	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1990	25	1797	211	47.28	6	6	3/85	52.00	0	12	1
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2023	25	2042	186	47.48	8	0	-	0.00	0	26	0
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	25	2074	204	49.38	5	0	-	0.00	0	14	0
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2018	25	179	31	6.88	0	59	4/41	42.20	0	7	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	24	2068	169	51.70	6	0	-	0.00	0	50	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	24	1403	144	35.07	2	6	3/28	41.00	0	12	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	24	170	18	6.29	0	103	6/29	31.28	6	10	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2023	24	1562	155	36.32	4	41	6/36	38.95	2	20	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1977-1992	24	1304	164*	38.35	2	0	-	0.00	0	18	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	23	875	88	25.73	0	42	4/22	32.69	0	16	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1968	23	2111	256	63.96	5	4	2/47	57.75	0	19	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1991	23	1176	139	36.75	2	0	-	0.00	0	85	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	23	783	81	23.72	0	130	9/52	20.56	14	12	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1993-2003	23	1581	207	38.56	2	0	-	0.00	0	17	0
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2013	23	1821	195	41.38	3	10	5/104	60.30	1	23	0
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1881-1893	23	1277	164	35.47	3	0	-	0.00	0	29	0
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1890	23	901	149	25.02	1	48	7/36	20.66	1	16	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2023	22	543	62	17.51	0	114	7/103	28.36	7	9	0
WG Grace (ENG)	1880-1899	22	1098	170	32.29	2	9	2/12	26.22	0	39	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1953-1968	22	1075	111	31.61	1	1	1/34	74.00	0	24	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1953-1963	22	236	36*	12.42	0	69	7/57	30.98	3	11	0
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2001	21	767	94	25.56	0	7	2/29	72.00	0	16	0
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2018	21	1574	196	41.42	5	0	-	0.00	0	17	0
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	725	134	23.38	1	51	6/28	15.54	3	19	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	21	373	79	14.34	0	104	7/44	27.49	7	11	0
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2001-2011	21	779	89	22.25	0	0	-	0.00	0	66	2
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1955	21	1184	119	31.15	2	16	3/50	55.50	0	19	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	21	1303	110	36.19	1	44	4/53	37.79	0	37	0
GH Hirst (ENG)	1897-1909	21	744	85	24.80	0	49	5/48	32.34	3	15	0
PBH May (ENG)	1953-1961	21	1566	113	46.05	3	0	-	0.00	0	10	0
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2014	21	1238	122	32.57	3	1	1/41	77.00	0	36	0
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1912	20	210	38*	8.40	0	106	7/60	21.58	12	7	0
LC Braund (ENG)	1901-1908	20	830	103*	25.15	2	46	8/81	38.45	3	37	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-2003	20	1287	173*	33.00	3	4	4/42	45.25	0	23	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-2012	20	1649	118	49.96	5	1	1/2	2.00	0	11	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1977-1986	20	1550	172	51.66	8	0	-	0.00	0	19	0
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1893-1905	20	1415	144*	48.79	5	24	5/52	33.29	1	10	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1960-1973	20	1694	129	45.78	5	0	-	0.00	0	14	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1992	20	687	119	26.42	1	79	8/106	25.35	7	16	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-2008	20	512	87	21.33	0	111	8/141	30.32	10	9	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1991	20	1138	125	34.48	1	0	-	0.00	0	20	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1938	20	1705	187	56.83	7	1	1/11	223.00	0	7	0
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	427	83	14.72	0	101	7/31	16.98	5	17	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1968-1975	20	392	48	15.07	0	83	7/40	25.61	4	7	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2011	20	1421	161	39.47	4	0	-	0.00	0	21	0
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1930	20	578	54	19.93	0	83	6/99	30.60	6	7	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1984	20	1411	126	44.09	2	0	-	0.00	0	14	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	19	798	81	22.80	0	0	-	0.00	0	20	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1959-1968	19	1358	180	38.80	2	23	3/16	32.26	0	10	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2007-2014	19	990	224	35.35	1	0	-	0.00	0	56	15
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1973-1980	19	1325	127	42.74	4	1	1/7	53.00	0	16	0
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2012	19	296	57*	12.33	0	61	5/91	35.59	3	3	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1984-1991	19	440	57	19.13	0	87	5/29	22.51	7	7	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]