CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most fifties

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most fifties	Matches	Batting innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Joe Root	England	68	168	307	14,208	74
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	68	200	329	15,921	46
3	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	66	164	280	11,867	9
4	Allan Border	Australia	63	156	265	11,174	39
4	Rahul Dravid	India	63	164	286	13,288	1
6	Ricky Ponting	Australia	62	168	287	13,378	5
7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	58	166	280	13,289	292
8	Alastair Cook	England	57	161	291	12,472	1
9	VVS Laxman	India	56	134	225	8,781	2
10	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	52	134	233	12,400	0
11	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	50	149	252	11,814	6
11	Steve Waugh	Australia	50	168	260	10,927	92
13	Brian Lara	West Indies	48	131	232	11,953	0
14	Mark Waugh	Australia	47	128	209	8,029	59
15	AB de Villiers	South Africa	46	114	191	8,765	2
15	Graham Gooch	England	46	118	215	8,900	23
15	Ian Bell	England	46	118	205	7,727	1
15	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	46	120	200	8,830	0
15	Mike Atherton	England	46	115	212	7,728	2
15	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	46	111	189	7,172	—
21	Alec Stewart	England	45	133	235	8,463	0
21	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	45	119	212	8,214	33
21	Steven Smith	Australia	45	125	223	10,920	19
21	Sunil Gavaskar	India	45	125	214	10,122	1
21	Viv Richards	West Indies	45	121	182	8,540	32
26	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	43	124	189	8,832	17
27	Geoff Boycott	England	42	108	193	8,114	7
28	Hashim Amla	South Africa	41	124	215	9,282	0
29	Mark Taylor	Australia	40	104	186	7,525	1
30	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	39	110	175	7,515	10
30	David Gower	England	39	117	204	8,231	1
30	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	39	116	202	7,487	1
30	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	39	100	191	7,222	2
30	Graham Thorpe	England	39	100	179	6,744	0
30	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	39	75	132	5,222	—
36	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	38	93	155	5,105	16
36	Colin Cowdrey	England	38	114	188	7,624	0
36	Graeme Smith	South Africa	38	117	205	9,265	8
36	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	38	110	195	9,515	30
40	Ben Stokes	England	37	122	220	7,273	252
40	Chris Gayle	West Indies	37	103	182	7,214	73
40	David Warner	Australia	37	112	205	8,786	4
43	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	36	93	166	6,534	—
44	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	35	97	180	7,142	8
44	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	35	103	176	7,195	0
44	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	35	116	185	6,868	0
44	Gundappa Viswanath	India	35	91	155	6,080	1
44	Ken Barrington	England	35	82	131	6,806	29
44	Kevin Pietersen	England	35	104	181	8,181	10
44	Mark Boucher	South Africa	35	147	206	5,515	1
44	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	35	112	196	7,683	3
44	Sourav Ganguly	India	35	113	188	7,212	32
53	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	34	101	176	7,289	2
53	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	34	108	185	7,558	0
55	Babar Azam	Pakistan	33	65	120	4,688	2
55	Doug Walters	Australia	33	74	125	5,357	49
55	Leonard Hutton	England	33	79	138	6,971	3
55	MS Dhoni	India	33	90	144	4,876	0
55	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	33	90	156	7,530	0
55	Nasser Hussain	England	33	96	171	5,764	0
55	Younis Khan	Pakistan	33	118	213	10,099	9
62	David Boon	Australia	32	107	190	7,422	0
62	Virender Sehwag	India	32	104	180	8,586	40
64	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	31	101	176	6,453	1
64	Greg Chappell	Australia	31	87	151	7,110	47
64	Ian Redpath	Australia	31	66	120	4,737	0
64	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	31	100	193	5,950	29
64	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	31	87	154	5,842	23
64	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	31	110	188	6,973	98
64	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	31	71	130	4,609	246
64	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	31	70	134	5,134	0
64	Tom Latham	New Zealand	31	95	171	6,450	—
64	Virat Kohli	India	31	123	210	9,230	0
74	Alan Knott	England	30	95	149	4,389	—
74	Garry Sobers	West Indies	30	93	160	8,032	235
74	Justin Langer	Australia	30	105	182	7,696	0
74	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	30	81	132	5,462	15
78	Marcus Trescothick	England	29	76	143	5,825	1
78	Matthew Hayden	Australia	29	103	184	8,625	0
78	Michael Hussey	Australia	29	79	137	6,235	7
78	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	29	105	193	6,876	—
78	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	29	103	154	5,768	5
83	Denis Compton	England	28	78	131	5,807	25
83	Jack Hobbs	England	28	61	102	5,410	1
83	Matt Prior	England	28	79	123	4,099	—
83	Mominul Haque	Bangladesh	28	80	149	5,219	11
83	Ravindra Jadeja	India	28	91	136	4,160	356
83	Robin Smith	England	28	62	112	4,236	0
83	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	28	79	137	6,227	0
83	Usman Khawaja	Australia	28	88	159	6,229	0
91	Andrew Strauss	England	27	100	178	7,037	—
91	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	27	63	112	4,794	0
91	Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	27	77	128	4,660	3
91	Bill Lawry	Australia	27	67	123	5,234	0
91	Bob Simpson	Australia	27	62	111	4,869	71
91	Carl Hooper	West Indies	27	102	173	5,762	114
91	Kapil Dev	India	27	131	184	5,248	434
91	Michael Clarke	Australia	27	115	198	8,643	31
91	Richie Richardson	West Indies	27	86	146	5,949	0
91	Ted Dexter	England	27	62	102	4,502	66

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

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Joe Root leads this snapshot. Most fifties: 68. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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