List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests

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 February 2025 ^[update] , 81 cricketers have reached this landmark, including 17 from England, the most among all Test-playing teams. ^[6]

Players with 100+ Test matches

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	2003–2024	188	[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	136	[76]
69	Joe Root †	5 February 2021	England	2012–present	152	[77]
70	Ishant Sharma	24 February 2021	India	2007–2021	105	[78]
71	Virat Kohli †	4 March 2022	India	2011–present	123	[79]
72	Angelo Mathews †	24 July 2022	Sri Lanka	2009–present	118	[80]
73	David Warner	26 December 2022	Australia	2011–2024	112	[81]
74	Cheteshwar Pujara	17 February 2023	India	2010–2023	103	[82]
75	Steven Smith †	6 July 2023	Australia	2010–present	116	[83]
76	Ben Stokes †	15 February 2024	England	2013–present	110	[84]
77	Ravichandran Ashwin	7 March 2024	India	2011–2024	106	[85]
78	Jonny Bairstow †	7 March 2024	England	2012–present	100	[86]
79	Kane Williamson †	8 March 2024	New Zealand	2010–present	105	[87]
80	Tim Southee	8 March 2024	New Zealand	2008–2024	107	[88]
81	Dimuth Karunaratne	6 February 2025	Sri Lanka	2012–2025	100	[89]
Last updated: 6 February 2025

† Still playing

By teams

Team	No. of Players
England	17
Australia	15
India	14
West Indies	9
South Africa	8
Sri Lanka	7
New Zealand	6
Pakistan	5
Total	81

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