Name | Mat | Start | End | ||
1 | AN Cook (Eng) | 159 | 11 May 2006 | 7 Sep 2018+ | |
2 | AR Border (Aus) | 153 | 10 Mar 1979 | 25 Mar 1994+ | |
3 | ME Waugh (Aus) | 107 | 3 Jun 1993 | 19 Oct 2002+ | |
4 | SM Gavaskar (Ind) | 106 | 23 Jan 1975 | 3 Feb 1987 | |
5 | BB McCullum (NZ) | 101 | 10 Mar 2004 | 20 Feb 2016+^ | |
6 | NM Lyon (Aus) | 100 | 1 Aug 2013 | 28 Jun 2023 | |
7 | AB de Villiers (SAf) | 98 | 17 Dec 2004 | 2 Jan 2015 | |
8 | AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 96 | 5 Nov 1999 | 24 Jan 2008+^ | |
9 | R Dravid (Ind) | 93 | 20 Jun 1996 | 10 Dec 2005 | |
= | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 93 | 8 Nov 2002 | 3 Jan 2013 | |
11 | GR Viswanath (Ind) | 87 | 19 Mar 1971 | 30 Jan 1983+ | |
12 | ML Hayden (Aus) | 86 | 31 Mar 2000 | 2 Jan 2008 | |
13 | GS Sobers (WI) | 85 | 11 Apr 1955 | 20 Apr 1972 | |
14 | SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 84 | 15 Nov 1989 | 15 Jun 2001 | |
15 | KC Brathwaite (WI) | 79* | 16 Jun 2014 | 25 Jan 2024+ | |
16 | MEK Hussey (Aus) | 79 | 3 Nov 2005 | 3 Jan 2013+^ | |
17 | JE Root (Eng) | 77 | 12 Jun 2014 | 24 Jan 2020 | |
18 | TWM Latham (NZ) | 76* | 14 Feb 2014 | 6 Dec 2023+^ | |
19 | MV Boucher (SAf) | 75 | 14 Feb 1998 | 11 Aug 2004 | |
20 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 73 | 3 Nov 2004 | 26 Dec 2010 | |
21 | DL Haynes (WI) | 72 | 1 Dec 1979 | 16 Jun 1988 | |
= | SP Fleming (NZ) | 72 | 1 Jul 1999 | 22 Mar 2008+ | |
= | Asad Shafiq (Pak) | 72 | 18 Oct 2011 | 21 Aug 2020+ | |
24 | IM Chappell (Aus) | 71 | 28 Jan 1966 | 31 Jan 1976 | |
25 | M Azharuddin (Ind) | 70 | 28 Apr 1989 | 2 Mar 2000+ | |
26 | HM Amla (SAf) | 68 | 27 Apr 2006 | 14 Oct 2013 | |
27 | Kapil Dev (Ind) | 66 | 16 Oct 1978 | 12 Dec 1984 | |
28 | APE Knott (Eng) | 65 | 5 Mar 1971 | 25 Aug 1977 | |
= | IT Botham (Eng) | 65 | 10 Feb 1978 | 2 Mar 1984 | |
= | Kapil Dev (Ind) | 65 | 13 Jan 1985 | 19 Mar 1994+ | |
31 | IA Healy (Aus) | 64 | 15 Sep 1988 | 5 Oct 1994 | |
= | BC Lara (WI) | 64 | 18 Apr 1992 | 26 Dec 1999 | |
33 | MA Atherton (Eng) | 63 | 19 Feb 1993 | 6 Aug 1998 | |
34 | AJ Stewart (Eng) | 62 | 20 Jun 1996 | 23 Aug 2001 | |
35 | RB Kanhai (WI) | 61 | 30 May 1957 | 14 Feb 1969 | |
= | IVA Richards (WI) | 61 | 5 Jun 1980 | 11 Jan 1988 | |
37 | D Elgar (SAf) | 60* | 3 Nov 2016 | 3 Jan 2024+ | |
38 | DC Boon (Aus) | 60 | 15 Mar 1990 | 25 Jan 1996+ | |
= | A Kumble (Ind) | 60 | 18 Oct 1992 | 2 Mar 2000 | |
= | JH Kallis (SAf) | 60 | 26 Dec 1997 | 2 Jan 2003 | |
= | MJ Prior (Eng) | 60 | 6 Mar 2009 | 13 Dec 2013 | |
42 | MJ Clarke (Aus) | 59 | 30 May 2008 | 14 Mar 2013 | |
= | SPD Smith (Aus) | 59 | 14 Mar 2013 | 22 Mar 2018 | |
44 | JR Reid (NZ) | 58 | 23 Jul 1949 | 8 Jul 1965+^ | |
= | AW Greig (Eng) | 58 | 8 Jun 1972 | 25 Aug 1977+^ | |
46 | SMH Kirmani (Ind) | 56 | 11 Sep 1979 | 31 Jan 1985 | |
= | ADR Campbell (Zim) | 56 | 18 Oct 1992 | 14 Sep 2001 | |
= | SC Ganguly (Ind) | 56 | 2 Aug 1997 | 8 Oct 2003 | |
49 | IA Healy (Aus) | 55 | 25 Nov 1994 | 14 Oct 1999+ | |
= | DA Warner (Aus) | 55 | 1 Aug 2013 | 22 Mar 2018 |
+ = Ends with retirement or most recent match. * = Ongoing.
^ = Sequence covers entire career.
Matches with representative XIs not included.