CAREER LEADERBOARD

Men Test: Most appearances

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most appearances	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	200	200	329	15,921	46
2	James Anderson	England	188	188	265	1,353	704
3	Joe Root	England	168	168	307	14,208	74
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	168	168	287	13,378	5
3	Steve Waugh	Australia	168	168	260	10,927	92
6	Stuart Broad	England	167	167	244	3,662	604
7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	166	166	280	13,289	292
8	Rahul Dravid	India	164	164	286	13,288	1
8	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	164	164	280	11,867	9
10	Alastair Cook	England	161	161	291	12,472	1
11	Allan Border	Australia	156	156	265	11,174	39
12	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	149	149	252	11,814	6
13	Mark Boucher	South Africa	147	147	206	5,515	1
14	Shane Warne	Australia	145	145	199	3,154	708
15	NM Lyon	Australia	143	143	183	1,705	571
16	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	134	134	233	12,400	0
16	VVS Laxman	India	134	134	225	8,781	2
18	Alec Stewart	England	133	133	235	8,463	0
18	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	133	133	164	1,261	800
20	Anil Kumble	India	132	132	173	2,506	619
20	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	132	132	185	936	519
22	Brian Lara	West Indies	131	131	232	11,953	0
22	Kapil Dev	India	131	131	184	5,248	434
24	Mark Waugh	Australia	128	128	209	8,029	59
25	Steven Smith	Australia	125	125	223	10,920	19
25	Sunil Gavaskar	India	125	125	214	10,122	1
27	Glenn McGrath	Australia	124	124	138	641	563
27	Hashim Amla	South Africa	124	124	215	9,282	0
27	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	124	124	189	8,832	17
30	Virat Kohli	India	123	123	210	9,230	0
31	Ben Stokes	England	122	122	220	7,273	252
32	Viv Richards	West Indies	121	121	182	8,540	32
33	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	120	120	200	8,830	0
34	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	119	119	212	8,214	33
34	Ian Healy	Australia	119	119	182	4,356	—
36	Graham Gooch	England	118	118	215	8,900	23
36	Ian Bell	England	118	118	205	7,727	1
36	Younis Khan	Pakistan	118	118	213	10,099	9
39	David Gower	England	117	117	204	8,231	1
39	Graeme Smith	South Africa	117	117	205	9,265	8
41	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	116	116	202	7,487	1
41	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	116	116	185	6,868	0
43	Michael Clarke	Australia	115	115	198	8,643	31
43	Mike Atherton	England	115	115	212	7,728	2
45	AB de Villiers	South Africa	114	114	191	8,765	2
45	Colin Cowdrey	England	114	114	188	7,624	0
47	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	113	113	174	4,531	362
47	Sourav Ganguly	India	113	113	188	7,212	32
49	David Warner	Australia	112	112	205	8,786	4
49	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	112	112	196	7,683	3
51	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	111	111	162	3,089	355
51	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	111	111	189	7,172	—
53	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	110	110	175	7,515	10
53	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	110	110	195	9,515	30
53	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	110	110	188	6,973	98
56	Geoff Boycott	England	108	108	193	8,114	7
56	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	108	108	185	7,558	0
56	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	108	108	156	3,781	421
59	David Boon	Australia	107	107	190	7,422	0
59	Mitchell Starc	Australia	107	107	157	2,498	445
59	Tim Southee	New Zealand	107	107	156	2,245	391
62	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	106	106	151	3,503	537
63	Ishant Sharma	India	105	105	142	785	311
63	Justin Langer	Australia	105	105	182	7,696	0
63	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	105	105	193	6,876	—
66	Kevin Pietersen	England	104	104	181	8,181	10
66	Mark Taylor	Australia	104	104	186	7,525	1
66	Virender Sehwag	India	104	104	180	8,586	40
66	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	104	104	147	2,898	414
70	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	103	103	176	7,195	0
70	Chris Gayle	West Indies	103	103	182	7,214	73
70	Harbhajan Singh	India	103	103	145	2,224	417
70	Matthew Hayden	Australia	103	103	184	8,625	0
70	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	103	103	154	5,768	5
75	Carl Hooper	West Indies	102	102	173	5,762	114
75	Ian Botham	England	102	102	161	5,200	383
77	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	101	101	176	6,453	1
77	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	101	101	176	7,289	2
77	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	101	101	116	699	390
80	Andrew Strauss	England	100	100	178	7,037	—
80	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	100	100	191	7,222	2
80	Graham Thorpe	England	100	100	179	6,744	0
80	Jonny Bairstow	England	100	100	178	6,042	—
80	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	100	100	193	5,950	29
85	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	99	99	147	6,215	0
86	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	98	98	145	1,439	405
87	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	97	97	180	7,142	8
88	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	96	96	137	5,570	—
88	Nasser Hussain	England	96	96	171	5,764	0
88	Rod Marsh	Australia	96	96	150	3,633	0
91	Alan Knott	England	95	95	149	4,389	—
91	Tom Latham	New Zealand	95	95	171	6,450	—
93	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	93	93	159	6,361	29
93	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	93	93	155	5,105	16
93	Dale Steyn	South Africa	93	93	119	1,251	439
93	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	93	93	166	6,534	—
93	Garry Sobers	West Indies	93	93	160	8,032	235
93	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	93	93	144	1,699	433
99	Zaheer Khan	India	92	92	127	1,231	311
100	Godfrey Evans	England	91	91	133	2,439	—

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 appearances: 200. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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