CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most fours

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most fours	Matches	Batting innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	2,058	200	329	15,921	46
2	Rahul Dravid	India	1,654	164	286	13,288	1
3	Brian Lara	West Indies	1,559	131	232	11,953	0
4	Joe Root	England	1,528	168	307	14,208	74
5	Ricky Ponting	Australia	1,509	168	287	13,378	5
6	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1,491	134	233	12,400	0
7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	1,488	166	280	13,289	292
8	Alastair Cook	England	1,442	161	291	12,472	1
9	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1,387	149	252	11,814	6
10	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	1,285	164	280	11,867	9
11	Virender Sehwag	India	1,233	104	180	8,586	40
12	Steven Smith	Australia	1,190	125	223	10,920	19
13	Steve Waugh	Australia	1,175	168	260	10,927	92
14	Hashim Amla	South Africa	1,170	124	215	9,282	0
15	Graeme Smith	South Africa	1,165	117	205	9,265	8
16	Allan Border	Australia	1,161	156	265	11,174	39
17	VVS Laxman	India	1,135	134	225	8,781	2
18	Alec Stewart	England	1,121	133	235	8,463	0
19	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1,105	120	200	8,830	0
20	Younis Khan	Pakistan	1,082	118	213	10,099	9
21	Graham Gooch	England	1,079	118	215	8,900	23
22	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	1,063	110	195	9,515	30
23	Matthew Hayden	Australia	1,049	103	184	8,625	0
24	Chris Gayle	West Indies	1,046	103	182	7,214	73
25	David Warner	Australia	1,036	112	205	8,786	4
26	Virat Kohli	India	1,027	123	210	9,230	0
27	AB de Villiers	South Africa	1,024	114	191	8,765	2
28	Kevin Pietersen	England	985	104	181	8,181	10
29	David Gower	England	979	117	204	8,231	1
30	Michael Clarke	Australia	978	115	198	8,643	31
31	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	957	90	156	7,530	0
32	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	932	112	196	7,683	3
33	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	922	101	176	7,289	2
34	Ian Bell	England	919	118	205	7,727	1
35	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	917	111	189	7,172	—
36	Justin Langer	Australia	912	105	182	7,696	0
37	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	910	110	188	6,973	98
38	Mike Atherton	England	904	115	212	7,728	2
39	Sourav Ganguly	India	900	113	188	7,212	32
40	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	887	90	154	6,167	0
41	Andrew Strauss	England	867	100	178	7,037	—
42	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	863	103	176	7,195	0
43	Mark Waugh	Australia	844	128	209	8,029	59
44	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	835	119	212	8,214	33
45	Ben Stokes	England	833	122	220	7,273	252
46	Marcus Trescothick	England	831	76	143	5,825	1
47	David Boon	Australia	822	107	190	7,422	0
48	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	787	105	193	6,876	—
49	Graham Thorpe	England	778	100	179	6,744	0
50	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	776	101	176	6,453	1
51	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	764	100	191	7,222	2
52	Greg Chappell	Australia	755	87	151	7,110	47
53	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	747	87	154	5,842	23
54	Michael Vaughan	England	742	82	147	5,719	6
55	Nasser Hussain	England	734	96	171	5,764	0
56	Mark Taylor	Australia	727	104	186	7,525	1
57	Tom Latham	New Zealand	722	95	171	6,450	—
58	Jonny Bairstow	England	719	100	178	6,042	—
59	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	694	97	180	7,142	8
60	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	685	93	166	6,534	—
60	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	685	90	156	5,502	1
60	Michael Hussey	Australia	685	79	137	6,235	7
63	D Elgar	South Africa	684	86	152	5,347	15
64	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	677	96	137	5,570	—
64	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	677	87	145	5,492	39
66	Usman Khawaja	Australia	664	88	159	6,229	0
67	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	659	77	131	5,444	14
68	Mark Boucher	South Africa	656	147	206	5,515	1
69	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	655	70	134	5,134	0
70	Carl Hooper	West Indies	633	102	173	5,762	114
70	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	633	81	132	5,462	15
72	Ian Botham	England	621	102	161	5,200	383
73	Allan Lamb	England	618	79	139	4,656	1
74	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	612	81	137	4,702	51
75	Mominul Haque	Bangladesh	603	80	149	5,219	11
76	Michael Slater	Australia	598	74	131	5,312	1
77	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	594	100	193	5,950	29
78	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	581	75	139	4,836	1
79	Ajinkya Rahane	India	578	85	144	5,077	—
80	Travis Head	Australia	567	67	114	4,653	16
81	Mark Butcher	England	559	71	131	4,288	15
82	Robin Smith	England	558	62	112	4,236	0
83	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	556	113	174	4,531	362
83	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	556	71	130	4,609	246
85	Babar Azam	Pakistan	554	65	120	4,688	2
86	Mike Gatting	England	552	79	138	4,409	4
87	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	548	70	115	4,554	2
88	MS Dhoni	India	544	90	144	4,876	0
89	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	543	63	112	4,794	0
90	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	540	83	131	4,545	0
91	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	537	71	127	3,917	41
92	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	535	55	91	4,052	0
93	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	534	69	123	4,431	43
94	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	527	65	117	4,730	14
95	Gautam Gambhir	India	518	58	104	4,154	0
96	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	516	69	118	4,163	0
97	Andrew Flintoff	England	513	79	130	3,845	226
97	Damien Martyn	Australia	513	67	109	4,406	2
99	Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	512	77	128	4,660	3
100	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	511	75	132	5,222	—

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.

What this table shows

Sachin Tendulkar leads this snapshot. Most fours: 2,058. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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