List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests

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Sachin Tendulkar of India has played the most matches (200).

In the sport of cricket, playing 100 Test matches is considered to be a significant achievement. Colin Cowdrey of England was the first cricketer to have reached this landmark,[1] celebrating the occasion with a score of 104 runs against Australia in 1968 during the 1968 Ashes series.[2] In February 2021, Joe Root played his 100th Test during England's tour of India, in which he became the quickest player to reach that landmark,[3] and the first to score a double century in their 100th Test.[4]

Sachin Tendulkar of India is the only cricketer to have played in 200 Test matches, a milestone he reached in his final match, on 13 November 2013 against the West Indies, at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.[5]

As of March 2024, 80 cricketers have reached this landmark, including 17 from England, the most among all Test-playing teams.[6]

Players with 100+ Test matches[edit]

Following is the list of cricketers who have played 100 or more Test matches.[7][8]

No. Player Date Team(s) Span Total matches Ref.
1 Colin Cowdrey 11 July 1968  England 1954–1975 114 [9]
2 Geoffrey Boycott 2 July 1981  England 1964–1982 108 [10]
3 Clive Lloyd 28 April 1984  West Indies 1966–1985 110 [11]
4 Sunil Gavaskar 17 October 1984  India 1971–1987 125 [12]
5 David Gower 21 July 1988  England 1978–1992 117 [13]
6 Viv Richards 18 November 1988  West Indies 1974–1991 121 [14]
7 Dilip Vengsarkar 24 November 1988  India 1976–1992 116 [15]
8 Allan Border 24 December 1988  Australia 1978–1994 156 [16]
9 Kapil Dev 15 November 1989  India 1978–1994 131 [17]
10 Javed Miandad 1 December 1989  Pakistan 1976–1993 124 [18]
11 Gordon Greenidge 12 April 1990  West Indies 1974–1991 108 [19]
12 Desmond Haynes 4 July 1991  West Indies 1978–1994 116 [20]
13 Ian Botham 6 February 1992  England 1977–1992 102 [21]
14 Graham Gooch 29 January 1993  England 1975–1995 118 [22]
15 David Boon 21 April 1995  Australia 1984–1996 107 [23]
16 Steve Waugh 2 January 1998  Australia 1985–2004 168 [24]
17 Ian Healy 30 January 1998  Australia 1988–1999 119 [25]
18 Courtney Walsh 27 February 1998  West Indies 1984–2001 132 [26]
19 Mark Taylor 20 November 1998  Australia 1989–1999 104 [27]
20 Saleem Malik 10 December 1998  Pakistan 1982–1999 103 [28]
21 Mark Waugh 2 January 2000  Australia 1991–2002 128 [29]
22 Alec Stewart 3 August 2000  England 1990–2003 133 [30]
23 Michael Atherton 3 August 2000  England 1989–2001 115 [31]
24 Wasim Akram 29 November 2000  Pakistan 1985–2002 104 [32]
25 Shane Warne 8 March 2002  Australia 1992–2007 145 [33]
26 Sachin Tendulkar 5 September 2002  India 1989–2013 200 [34]
27 Carl Hooper 9 October 2002  West Indies 1987–2002 102 [35]
28 Brian Lara 26 December 2003  West Indies / ICC World XI 1990–2006 131 [36]
29 Gary Kirsten 18 March 2004  South Africa 1993–2004 101 [37]
30 Glenn McGrath 26 October 2004  Australia 1993–2007 124 [38]
31 Inzamam-ul-Haq 24 March 2005  Pakistan / ICC World XI 1992–2007 120 [39]
32 Graham Thorpe 3 June 2005  England 1993–2005 100 [40]
33 Sanath Jayasuriya 20 September 2005  Sri Lanka 1991–2007 110 [41]
34 Anil Kumble 18 December 2005  India 1990–2008 132 [42]
35 Ricky Ponting 2 January 2006  Australia 1995–2012 168 [43]
36 Muttiah Muralitharan 28 February 2006  Sri Lanka / ICC World XI 1992–2010 133 [44]
37 Rahul Dravid 18 March 2006  India / ICC World XI 1996–2012 164 [45]
38 Justin Langer 31 March 2006  Australia 1993–2007 105 [46]
39 Jacques Kallis 15 April 2006  South Africa / ICC World XI 1995–2013 166 [47]
40 Shaun Pollock 15 April 2006  South Africa 1995–2008 108 [48]
41 Stephen Fleming 15 April 2006  New Zealand 1994–2008 111 [49]
42 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 November 2006  West Indies 1994–2015 164 [50]
43 Mark Boucher 11 January 2007  South Africa / ICC World XI 1997–2012 147 [51]
44 Chaminda Vaas 1 December 2007  Sri Lanka 1994–2009 111 [52]
45 Sourav Ganguly 26 December 2007  India 1996–2008 113 [53]
46 VVS Laxman 6 November 2008  India 1996–2012 134 [54]
47 Matthew Hayden 28 November 2008  Australia 1994–2009 103 [55]
48 Mahela Jayawardene 3 January 2009  Sri Lanka 1997–2014 149 [56]
49 Makhaya Ntini 16 December 2009  South Africa 1998–2009 101 [57]
50 Daniel Vettori 27 March 2010  New Zealand / ICC World XI 1997–2014 113 [58]
51 Kumar Sangakkara 16 September 2011  Sri Lanka 2000–2015 134 [59]
52 Graeme Smith 19 July 2012  South Africa / ICC World XI 2002–2014 117 [60]
53 Andrew Strauss 16 August 2012  England 2004–2012 100 [61]
54 Virender Sehwag 23 November 2012  India / ICC World XI 2001–2013 104 [62]
55 Harbhajan Singh 22 February 2013  India 1998–2015 103 [63]
56 Kevin Pietersen 21 November 2013  England 2005–2014 104 [64]
57 Alastair Cook 13 December 2013  England 2006–2018 161 [65]
58 Michael Clarke 13 December 2013  Australia 2004–2015 115 [66]
59 Chris Gayle 8 June 2014  West Indies 2000–2014 103 [67]
60 Ian Bell 20 June 2014  England 2004–2015 118 [68]
61 James Anderson † 13 April 2015  England 2003–present 187 [69]
62 Younis Khan 25 June 2015  Pakistan 2000–2017 118 [70]
63 AB de Villiers 14 November 2015  South Africa 2004–2018 114 [71]
64 Brendon McCullum 12 February 2016  New Zealand 2004–2016 101 [72]
65 Stuart Broad 9 November 2016  England 2007–2023 167 [73]
66 Hashim Amla 12 January 2017  South Africa 2004–2019 124 [74]
67 Ross Taylor 21 February 2020  New Zealand 2007–2022 112 [75]
68 Nathan Lyon † 15 January 2021  Australia 2011–present 129 [76]
69 Joe Root † 5 February 2021  England 2012–present 140 [77]
70 Ishant Sharma 24 February 2021  India 2007–2021 105 [78]
71 Virat Kohli † 4 March 2022  India 2011–present 113 [79]
72 Angelo Mathews † 24 July 2022  Sri Lanka 2009–present 108 [80]
73 David Warner 26 December 2022  Australia 2011–2024 112 [81]
74 Cheteshwar Pujara † 17 February 2023  India 2010–present 103 [82]
75 Steven Smith † 6 July 2023  Australia 2010–present 109 [83]
76 Ben Stokes † 15 February 2024  England 2013–present 102 [84]
77 Ravichandran Ashwin † 7 March 2024  India 2011–present 100 [85]
78 Jonny Bairstow † 7 March 2024  England 2012–present 100 [86]
79 Kane Williamson † 8 March 2024  New Zealand 2010–present 100 [87]
80 Tim Southee † 8 March 2024  New Zealand 2008–present 100 [88]
Last updated: 22 March 2024

† Still playing

By teams[edit]

Team No. of Players
 England 17
 Australia 15
 India 14
 West Indies 9
 South Africa 8
 Sri Lanka 6
 New Zealand 6
 Pakistan 5
Total 80

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