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 July 2023^[update], 75 cricketers have reached this landmark, including 15 from England and Australia, 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–present	183	[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	127	[76]
69	Joe Root †	5 February 2021	England	2012–present	136	[77]
70	Ishant Sharma	24 February 2021	India	2007–2021	105	[78]
71	Virat Kohli †	4 March 2022	India	2011–present	112	[79]
72	Angelo Mathews †	24 July 2022	Sri Lanka	2009–present	106	[80]
73	David Warner	26 December 2022	Australia	2011–present	112	[81]
74	Cheteshwar Pujara †	17 February 2023	India	2010–present	103	[82]
75	Steven Smith †	6 July 2023	Australia	2010–present	107	[83]
Last updated: 25 January 2024

† Still playing

By teams

Team	No. of Players
England	15
Australia	15
India	13
West Indies	9
South Africa	8
Sri Lanka	6
Pakistan	5
New Zealand	4
Total	75