Stokes to Sachin: Full list of players who played 100 Test matches and more

England's Anderson & Joe Root, Australia's Lyon and Smith, India's Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar and Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews are the only active cricketers who have played more than 100 Tests

Ben Stokes became the 76th player in the history of Test cricket to reach the milestone of 100 matches in red ball format. He would join a long list, which India’s Sachin Tendulkar tops, as he is the only player to have played 200 Tests.

As Ben Stokes gets ready to play his 100th Test, here’s a look at key players who reached the milestone and their unique contributions to cricket.

Active players who played more than 100 Tests

England’s James Anderson and Joe Root, Australia’s Nathan Lyon and Steve Smith, India’s Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews are the only active cricketers who have played over 100 Tests and are still playing the red ball format. Stokes would join the list to become only the eighth member of the club. David Warner is the last retired player to have featured in 100 Tests.

Player	Span	Matches	Runs	Batting Avg	100s	Wickets	Bowling Avg	Wickets	Catches
James Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	184	1351	9.19	-	695	26.34	32	105
Joe Root (ENG)	2012-2024	137	11468	49.64	30	65	43.87	1	188
Nathan Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	127	1455	12.54	-	517	30.73	23	60
Virat Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	113	8848	49.15	29	-	-	-	111
Steve Smith (AUS)	2010-2024	107	9634	58.03	32	19	53.05	-	180
Angelo Mathews (SL)	2009-2024	107	7502	46.02	16	33	54.06	-	73
Cheteshwar Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	103	7195	43.6	19	-	-	-	66

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Players with more than 150 Tests

Anderson is the only active crickets among 11 who have featured in 150 Tests or more in their career. Alan Border of Australia was the first to do so while the latest entrant on the list was England’s Stuart Broad. Broad and Anderson are the only two bowlers to have played more than 150 Tests.

Players with more than 150 Tests
Player	Span	Matches	Runs	Batting Avg	100s	Wickets	Bowling Avg	5W	Catches
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	15921	53.78	51	46	54.17	-	115
James Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	184	1351	9.19	-	695	26.34	32	105
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	168	13378	51.85	41	5	55.2	-	196
Steve Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	10927	51.06	32	92	37.44	3	112
Stuart Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	3662	18.03	1	604	27.68	20	55
Jack Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	13289	55.37	45	292	32.65	5	200
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	11867	51.37	30	9	98.11	-	66
Rahul Dravid (ICC/IND)	1996-2012	164	13288	52.31	36	1	39	-	210
Alaister Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	12472	45.35	33	1	7	-	175
Allan Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	11174	50.56	27	39	39.1	2	156

Players to take 150 wickets, score 3000 runs and play 100 Tests

Stokes will join an elite list of players who have scored more than 3000 runs and taken at least 150 wickets in Test cricket, and have featured in 1000 Tests. The list has his compatriot Stuart Broad, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, Australia’s Shane Warne and India’s Kapil Dev on it.

Players to take 150 wickets, score 3000 runs and play 100 Tests
Player	Span	Matches	Runs	Batting Average	100	Wickets	Bowling Avg	5W	Catches
Stuart Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	3662	18.03	1	604	27.68	20	55
Jack Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	13289	55.37	45	292	32.65	5	200
Shane Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	3154	17.32	-	708	25.41	37	125
Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	5248	31.05	8	434	29.64	23	64
Ben Stokes (ENG)	2013-2024	99*	6251	36.34	13	197	32.07	4	105

Players to have hit 100 sixes and played 100 Tests

Interestingly, in Test cricket’s more than 147 years of history and with as many as 75 players playing at least 100 Tests, only two have gone on to hit 100 sixes and play in 100 Tests as well. The names are New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum and England’s Stokes. They are the current captain-0coach duo who started the brand of cricket we know as Bazball.

Players to have hit 100 sixes and played 100 Tests
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Ave	SR	100	0	6s
Ben Stokes (ENG)	2013-2024	99	6251	36.34	59.31	13	14	128
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	101	6453	38.64	64.6	12	14	107
Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	96	5570	47.6	81.95	17	14	100

Full list of players who played 100 Test matches

Player	Span	Matches	Runs	Batting Avg	100s	Wickets	Bowling Avg	5W	Catches
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	15921	53.78	51	46	54.17	-	115
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	184	1351	9.19	-	695	26.34	32	105
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	168	13378	51.85	41	5	55.2	-	196
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	10927	51.06	32	92	37.44	3	112
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	3662	18.03	1	604	27.68	20	55
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	13289	55.37	45	292	32.65	5	200
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	11867	51.37	30	9	98.11	-	66
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	1996-2012	164	13288	52.31	36	1	39	-	210
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	12472	45.35	33	1	7	-	175
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	11174	50.56	27	39	39.1	2	156
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2014	149	11814	49.84	34	6	51.66	-	205
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	147	5515	30.3	5	1	6	-	532
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	3154	17.32	-	708	25.41	37	125
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	137	11468	49.64	30	65	43.87	1	188
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2012	134	8781	45.97	17	2	63	-	135
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	134	12400	57.4	38	-	-	-	182
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1992-2010	133	1261	11.67	-	800	22.72	67	72
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	133	8463	39.54	15	-	-	-	263
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	132	2506	17.77	1	619	29.65	35	60
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	936	7.54	-	519	24.44	22	29
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	5248	31.05	8	434	29.64	23	64
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	11953	52.88	34	-	-	-	164
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	128	8029	41.81	20	59	41.16	1	181
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	127	1455	12.54	-	517	30.73	23	60
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1987	125	10122	51.12	34	1	206	-	108
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	124	9282	46.64	28	-	-	-	108
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	124	8832	52.57	23	17	40.11	-	93
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	641	7.36	-	563	21.64	29	38
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	8540	50.23	24	32	61.37	-	122
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)	1992-2007	120	8830	49.6	25	-	-	-	81
IA Healy (AUS)	1988-1999	119	4356	27.39	4	-	-	-	366
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	118	7727	42.69	22	1	76	-	100
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	118	8900	42.58	20	23	46.47	-	103
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2017	118	10099	52.05	34	9	54.55	-	139
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	117	8231	44.25	18	1	20	-	74
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2014	117	9265	48.25	27	8	110.62	-	169
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	7487	42.29	18	1	8	-	65
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1992	116	6868	42.13	17	-	-	-	78
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	115	7728	37.69	16	2	151	-	83
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2015	115	8643	49.1	28	31	38.19	2	134
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1975	114	7624	44.06	22	-	-	-	120
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	114	8765	50.66	22	2	52	-	222
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	113	7212	42.17	16	32	52.53	-	71
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	113	8848	49.15	29	-	-	-	111
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2014	113	4531	30	6	362	34.36	20	58
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2022	112	7683	44.66	19	3	16	-	163
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2024	112	8786	44.59	26	4	67.25	-	91
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	7172	40.06	9	-	-	-	171
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	111	3089	24.32	1	355	29.58	12	31
ST Jayasuriya (SL)