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 26 February 2021, 70 cricketers have reached this landmark, including 15 from England, the most among all Test-playing nations.^[6]

Players with 100+ Test matches[]

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

Date	Player	Team(s)	Span	Total matches	Ref.
11 July 1968	Colin Cowdrey	England	1954–1975	114	[8]
2 July 1981	Geoffrey Boycott	England	1964–1982	108	[9]
28 April 1984	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	1966–1985	110	[10]
17 October 1984	Sunil Gavaskar	India	1971–1987	125	[11]
21 July 1988	David Gower	England	1978–1992	117	[12]
18 November 1988	Viv Richards	West Indies	1974–1991	121	[13]
24 November 1988	Dilip Vengsarkar	India	1976–1992	116	[14]
24 December 1988	Allan Border	Australia	1978–1994	156	[15]
15 November 1989	Kapil Dev	India	1978–1994	131	[16]
1 December 1989	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	1976–1993	124	[17]
12 April 1990	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	1974–1991	108	[18]
4 July 1991	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	1978–1994	116	[19]
6 February 1992	Ian Botham	England	1977–1992	102	[20]
29 January 1993	Graham Gooch	England	1975–1995	118	[21]
21 April 1995	David Boon	Australia	1984–1996	107	[22]
2 January 1998	Steve Waugh	Australia	1985–2004	168	[23]
30 January 1998	Ian Healy	Australia	1988–1999	119	[24]
27 February 1998	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	1984–2001	132	[25]
20 November 1998	Mark Taylor	Australia	1989–1999	104	[26]
10 December 1998	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	1982–1999	103	[27]
2 January 2000	Mark Waugh	Australia	1991–2002	128	[28]
3 August 2000	Alec Stewart	England	1990–2003	133	[29]
3 August 2000	Michael Atherton	England	1989–2001	115	[30]
29 November 2000	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1985–2002	104	[31]
8 March 2002	Shane Warne	Australia	1992–2007	145	[32]
5 September 2002	Sachin Tendulkar	India	1989–2013	200	[33]
9 October 2002	Carl Hooper	West Indies	1987–2002	102	[34]
26 December 2003	Brian Lara	West Indies / ICC World XI	1990–2006	131	[35]
18 March 2004	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	1993–2004	101	[36]
26 October 2004	Glenn McGrath	Australia	1993–2007	124	[37]
24 March 2005	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan / ICC World XI	1992–2007	120	[38]
3 June 2005	Graham Thorpe	England	1993–2005	100	[39]
20 September 2005	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1991–2007	110	[40]
18 December 2005	Anil Kumble	India	1990–2008	132	[41]
2 January 2006	Ricky Ponting	Australia	1995–2012	168	[42]
28 February 2006	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka / ICC World XI	1992–2010	133	[43]
18 March 2006	Rahul Dravid	India / ICC World XI	1996–2012	164	[44]
31 March 2006	Justin Langer	Australia	1993–2007	105	[45]
15 April 2006	Jacques Kallis	South Africa / ICC World XI	1995–2013	166	[46]
15 April 2006	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	1995–2008	108	[47]
15 April 2006	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	1994–2008	111	[48]
19 November 2006	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	1994–2015	164	[49]
11 January 2007	Mark Boucher	South Africa / ICC World XI	1997–2012	147	[50]
1 December 2007	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	1994–2009	111	[51]
26 December 2007	Sourav Ganguly	India	1996–2008	113	[52]
6 November 2008	VVS Laxman	India	1996–2012	134	[53]
28 November 2008	Matthew Hayden	Australia	1994–2009	103	[54]
3 January 2009	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1997–2014	149	[55]
16 December 2009	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	1998–2009	101	[56]
27 March 2010	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand / ICC World XI	1997–2014	113	[57]
16 September 2011	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2000–2015	134	[58]
19 July 2012	Graeme Smith	South Africa / ICC World XI	2002–2014	117	[59]
16 August 2012	Andrew Strauss	England	2004–2012	100	[60]
23 November 2012	Virender Sehwag	India / ICC World XI	2001–2013	104	[61]
22 February 2013	Harbhajan Singh	India	1998–2015	103	[62]
21 November 2013	Kevin Pietersen	England	2005–2014	104	[63]
13 December 2013	Alastair Cook	England	2006–2018	161	[64]
13 December 2013	Michael Clarke	Australia	2004–2015	115	[65]
8 June 2014	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2000–2014	103	[66]
20 June 2014	Ian Bell	England	2004–2015	118	[67]
13 April 2015	James Anderson	England	2003–2021	164	[68]
25 June 2015	Younis Khan	Pakistan	2000–2017	118	[69]
14 November 2015	AB de Villiers	South Africa	2004–2018	114	[70]
12 February 2016	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2004–2016	101	[71]
9 November 2016	Stuart Broad	England	2007–2021	149	[72]
12 January 2017	Hashim Amla	South Africa	2004–2019	124	[73]
21 February 2020	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2007–2021	108	[74]
15 January 2021	Nathan Lyon	Australia	2011–2021	100	[75]
5 February 2021	Joe Root	England	2012–2021	107	[76]
24 February 2021	Ishant Sharma	India	2007–2021	103	[77]
Last updated: 16 August 2021

 Still playing

By country[]

100 or more Tests by country

Teams	#Players
England	15
Australia	13
India	11
West Indies	9
South Africa	8
Pakistan	5
Sri Lanka
New Zealand	4
Total	70

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