List of Test cricket records

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Career runs and career average

For more details on this topic, see List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 Test cricket runs.

Most career runs

Runs	Player	Period
15,921 (329 innings)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2013
13,378 (287 innings)	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
13,289 (280 innings)	Jacques Kallis	1995–2013
13,288 (286 innings)	Rahul Dravid	1996–2012
12,203 (225 innings)	Kumar Sangakkara†	2000–Present
Last updated: 10 January 2015[37]

Most career runs – progression of record

Runs	Player	Record held until	Duration of record
239	Charles Bannerman	4 January 1882	4 years, 295 days
676	George Ulyett[a]	13 August 1884	2 years, 222 days
860	Billy Murdoch[b]	14 August 1886	2 years, 1 day
1,277	Arthur Shrewsbury	23 January 1902	15 years, 162 days
1,293	Joe Darling[c]	18 February 1902	26 days
1,366	Syd Gregory[d]	14 June 1902	116 days
1,531	Archie MacLaren[e]	13 August 1902	60 days
3,412	Clem Hill	27 December 1924	22 years, 136 days
5,410	Jack Hobbs	29 June 1937	12 years, 184 days
7,249	Wally Hammond	27 November 1970	33 years, 151 days
7,459	Colin Cowdrey[f]	23 March 1972	1 year, 117 days
8,032	Garfield Sobers	23 December 1981	9 years, 275 days
8,114	Geoff Boycott	12 November 1983	1 year, 324 days
10,122	Sunil Gavaskar	25 February 1993	9 years, 105 days
11,174	Allan Border	25 November 2005	12 years, 273 days
11,953	Brian Lara	17 October 2008	2 years, 327 days
15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	current	6 years, 116 days
Last updated: 10 January 2015[38] Notes: ^[a] Ulyett finished his career with 949 runs ^[b] Murdoch finished his career with 908 runs ^[c] Darling finished his career with 1,657 runs ^[d] Gregory finished his career with 2,282 runs ^[e] MacLaren finished his career with 1,931 runs ^[f] Cowdrey finished his career with 7,624 runs

Highest career average

Average	Player	Period
99.94 (80 innings)	Donald Bradman	1928–1948
63.05 (23 innings)	Mominul Haque	2013–2014
60.97 (41 innings)	Graeme Pollock	1963–1970
60.83 (40 innings)	George Headley	1930–1954
60.73 (84 innings)	Herbert Sutcliffe	1924–1935
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 10 January 2015[39]
Notes: If the qualification is removed, the highest career batting average list is topped by Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 in his only Test innings[40]

Innings or series

Highest individual score (see also List of Test cricket triple centuries)

Runs	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
400*	Brian Lara	v England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	2003–04
380	Matthew Hayden	v Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth	2003–04
375	Brian Lara	v England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	1993–94
374	Mahela Jayawardene	v South Africa	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	2006
365*	Garfield Sobers	v Pakistan	Sabina Park, Kingston	1957–58
Last updated: 10 January 2015[41]

Highest individual score – progression of record

Runs	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season	Test Match Number
165*	Charles Bannerman	v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1876–77	Test No. 1
211	Billy Murdoch	v England	The Oval, London	1884	Test No. 16
287	Tip Foster	v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1903–04	Test No. 78
325	Andy Sandham	v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1929–30	Test No. 193
334	Donald Bradman	v England	Headingley Stadium, Leeds	1930	Test No. 196
336*	Wally Hammond	v New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	1932–33	Test No. 226
364	Len Hutton	v Australia	The Oval, London	1938	Test No. 266
365*	Garfield Sobers	v Pakistan	Sabina Park, Kingston	1957–58	Test No. 452
375	Brian Lara	v England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	1993–94	Test No. 1259
380	Matthew Hayden	v Zimbabwe	WACA Ground, Perth	2003–04	Test No. 1661
400*	Brian Lara	v England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	2003–04	Test No. 1696
Last updated: 10 January 2015[42]

Most runs in a match

Runs	Scores	Player	Match
456	333 and 123	Graham Gooch	v India at Lord's, 1990
426	334* and 92	Mark Taylor	v Pakistan at Peshawar, 1998–99
424	319 and 105	Kumar Sangakkara†	v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2013–14
400	400*	Brian Lara	v England at St John's, Antigua, 2003–04
380	247* and 133	Greg Chappell	v New Zealand at Wellington, 1973–74
	380	Matthew Hayden	v Zimbabwe at Perth, 2003–04
Last updated: 10 January 2015[43]

Most runs in a series

Runs	Player	Series
974 (7 innings)	Donald Bradman	v England, 1930
905 (9 innings)	Wally Hammond	v Australia, 1928–29
839 (11 innings)	Mark Taylor	v England, 1989
834 (9 innings)	Neil Harvey	v South Africa, 1952–53
829 (7 innings)	Viv Richards	v England, 1976
827 (10 innings)	Clyde Walcott	v Australia, 1955
824 (8 innings)	Gary Sobers	v Pakistan, 1957–58
810 (9 innings)	Donald Bradman	v England, 1936–37
806 (5 innings)	Donald Bradman	v South Africa, 1931–32
798 (8 innings)	Brian Lara	v England, 1993-94
Last updated: 10 January 2015[44]

Most runs in an over

Last updated: 10 January 2015^[45]

Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Bowler	Venue	Season
28	4–6–6–4–4–4	Brian Lara	Robin Peterson†	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2003–04
	4–6–2–4–6–6	George Bailey†	James Anderson†	WACA, Perth	2013–14
27	6–6–6–6–2–1	Shahid Afridi	Harbhajan Singh†	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2005–06
26	4–4–6–0–6–6	Mitchell Johnson†	Paul Harris†	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2008–09
	4–0–6–6–6–4	Brian Lara	Danish Kaneria†	Multan Cricket Stadium	2006–07
	4–4–4–4–6–4	Craig McMillan	Younis Khan†	Seddon Park, Hamilton	2000–01
	4–6–6–0–4–6	Brendon McCullum	Suranga Lakmal	Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand	2014–15

Centuries

Most Test centuries

Centuries	Player	Matches	Innings	Inns/Century
51	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	6.4
45	Jacques Kallis	166	280	6.2
41	Ricky Ponting	168	287	7.0
38	Kumar Sangakkara†	130	224	5.9
36	Rahul Dravid	164	286	7.9
34	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	6.3
34	Brian Lara	131	232	6.8
34	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	7.4
32	Steve Waugh	168	260	8.1
30	Matthew Hayden	103	184	6.1
30	Shivnarine Chanderpaul†	158	269	8.9
29	Don Bradman	52	80	2.8
Last updated: 10 January 2015[46]

Fastest Test centuries

No. of balls	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
56	Viv Richards	v  England	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	1985–86
56	Misbah-ul-Haq	v  Australia	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	2014
57	Adam Gilchrist	v  England	WACA Ground, Perth	2006–07
67	Jack Gregory	v  South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1921–22
69	Shivnarine Chanderpaul†	v  Australia	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	2002–03
69	David Warner†	v  India	WACA Ground, Perth	2011–12
Last updated: 10 January 2015[47]

Most Test double centuries

Double centuries	Player	Matches
12	Donald Bradman	52
11	Kumar Sangakkara†	130
9	Brian Lara	131
7	Wally Hammond	85
	Mahela Jayawardene	149
Last updated: 10 January 2015[48]

Most Test triple centuries

Triple centuries	Player	Matches
2	Donald Bradman	52
	Virender Sehwag	104
	Chris Gayle†	103
	Brian Lara	131
Last updated: 10 January 2015[49]
Note: 17 other players have scored a triple century in a Test: see List of Test cricket triple centuries for more details Bradman also has the record for most scores of 250+ at five, Sehwag has four[50]

Most Test quadruple centuries

Quadruple centuries	Player	Matches
1	Brian Lara	131
Last updated: 10 January 2015[51]

Individual records (bowling)

Career

Most wickets in a career

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41
619	Anil Kumble	132	29.65
563	Glenn McGrath	124	21.64
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44
Last updated: 10 January 2015[52]

Most wickets in a career – Progression of record

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average	Record held until	Duration of record
8[a]	Alfred Shaw	1	10.75	31 March 1877	16 days
14	Tom Kendall	2	15.35	4 January 1879	1 year, 279 days
94[b]	Fred Spofforth	18	18.41	12 January 1895	16 years, 8 days
118	Johnny Briggs	33	17.75	2 January 1904	8 years, 355 days
141	Hugh Trumble	32	21.78	13 December 1913	9 years, 345 days
189	Sydney Barnes	27	16.43	4 January 1936	22 years, 22 days
216	Clarrie Grimmett	37	24.21	24 July 1953	17 years, 201 days
236	Alec Bedser	51	24.89	26 January 1963	9 years, 186 days
242[c]	Brian Statham	67	24.27	15 March 1963	48 days
307	Fred Trueman	67	21.57	1 February 1976	12 years, 323 days
309	Lance Gibbs	79	29.09	27 December 1981	5 years, 329 days
355	Dennis Lillee	70	23.92	21 August 1986	4 years, 237 days
373[d]	Ian Botham	94	27.86	12 November 1988	2 years, 83 days
431	Richard Hadlee	86	22.29	8 February 1994	5 years, 88 days
434	Kapil Dev	131	29.64	27 March 2000	6 years, 48 days
519	Courtney Walsh	132	24.44	8 May 2004	4 years, 42 days
532[e]	Muttiah Muralitharan	91	22.87	15 October 2004	160 days
708	Shane Warne	145	25.41	3 December 2007	3 years, 49 days
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	133	22.72	Current	7 years, 69 days
Notes ^[a] Allen Hill took the first Test wicket, but only two in the First Test match. Alfred Shaw (3/51 & 5/35) and Tom Kendall (1/54 & 7/55) both took eight wickets, but as Australia batted first Shaw was the first to take five wickets in an innings and the first to take eight Test wickets. Kendal overook him in the Second Test and Shaw subsequently increased his total to 12 wickets (15.35) in seven Tests[53] ^[b] Johnny Briggs equalled Fred Spofforth's record of 94 Test wickets on 29 December 1894 in the Second Test at Melbourne, as didCharles Turner two days later. Briggs overook Turner and Spofforth in the Third Test at Adelaide, which Turner missed, and became the first man to claim 100 Test wickets on 1 February 1895 in the Fourth Test at Sydney. Turner became the second three days later and ended with a total of 101 wickets (16.53) in 17 Tests[54] ^[c] Fred Trueman overtook Brian Statham's then record of 242 Test wickets and Statham subsequently increased his total to 252 wickets (24.84) in 70 Tests ^[d] Richard Hadlee overtook Ian Botham's then record of 373 Test wickets and Botham subsequently increased his total to 383 wickets (28.40) in 102 Tests ^[e] Shane Warne overtook Muttiah Muralitharan's then record of 532 Test wickets and Muralitharan subsequently increased his total to 800 wickets (22.72) in 133 Tests[55]

Best career average

Average	Player	Balls	Wickets
10.75	George Lohmann	3,830	112
12.70	/ John Ferris[a]	2,302	61
15.54	Billy Barnes	2,289	51
16.42	Billy Bates	2,364	50
16.43	Sydney Barnes	7,873	189
Qualification: 2000 balls bowled Last updated: 10 January 2015[56] Note: If the qualification is removed, the best career average record is at 0.00 runs per wicket (i.e. no runs were conceded). This record is shared by Englishmen A N Hornby, Wilf Barber and New Zealander, Bruce Murray who took one wicket without conceding a run[57] ^[a] John Ferris was one of a few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country. He played in eight Tests for Australia from 1886–87 and a single Test for England in South Africa in 1891–92.[58]

Best career strike rate

Strike rate	Player	Balls	Wickets
41.6	Dale Steyn	16,486	396
47.2	Vernon Philander	5,717	121
49.9	Kemar Roach	5,639	113
50.7	Ryan Harris	5,736	113
50.9	Mitchell Johnson	14,411	283
Qualification: 4000 balls bowled and need to have played in last year Last updated: 10 January 2015[59]

Most 5 wickets in an innings

5 wickets in an innings	Player	Matches
67	Muttiah Muralitharan	133
37	Shane Warne	145
36	Richard Hadlee	86
35	Anil Kumble	132
29	Glenn McGrath	124
Last updated: 10 January 2015[60]

Most 10 wickets in a match

10 wickets in a match	Player	Matches
22	Muttiah Muralitharan	133
10	Shane Warne	145
9	Richard Hadlee	86
8	Anil Kumble	132
7	Sydney Barnes	27
	Clarrie Grimmett	37
	Dennis Lillee	70
Last updated: 10 January 2015[61]

Series

Most wickets in a series

Wickets	Player	Series
49 (4 Tests)	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa, 1913–14
46 (5 Tests)	Jim Laker	v Australia, 1956
44 (5 Tests)	Clarrie Grimmett	v South Africa, 1935–36
42 (6 Tests)	Terry Alderman	v England, 1981
41 (6 Tests)	Terry Alderman	v England, 1989
	Rodney Hogg	v England, 1978–79
40 (5 Tests)	Shane Warne	v England, 2005
40 (6 Tests)	Imran Khan	v India, 1982–83
Last updated: 10 January 2015[62]

Innings

Best figures in an innings

Bowling	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
10–53	Jim Laker	v Australia (2nd innings)	Old Trafford, Manchester	1956
10–74	Anil Kumble	v Pakistan	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1998–99
9–28	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1895–96
9–37	Jim Laker	v Australia (1st innings)	Old Trafford, Manchester	1956
9–51	Muttiah Muralitharan	v Zimbabwe	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	2001–02
Last updated: 10 January 2015[63]

Best figures in an innings – progression of record

Bowling	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
7–55	Tom Kendall (in the inaugural Test Match)	v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1876–77
7–44	Fred Spofforth	v England	The Oval, London	1882
7–28	Billy Bates	v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1882–83
8–35	George Lohmann	v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1886–87
8–11	Johnny Briggs	v South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	1888–89
8–7	George Lohmann	v South Africa	St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1895–96
9–28	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1895–96
10–53	Jim Laker	v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1956
Calculated at the conclusion of each Test Last updated: 10 January 2015

Match records

Best figures in a match

Bowling	Player	Opponent	Venue	Season
19–90	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester, England,	1956
17–159	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1913–14
16–136	Narendra Hirwani	v West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1987–88
16–137	Bob Massie	v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	1972
16–220	Muttiah Muralitharan	v England	The Oval, London	1998
Last updated: 10 January 2015[64]

Individual records (fielding)

Most catches in Test career

Catches	Player	Matches
210	Rahul Dravid	164
205	Mahela Jayawardene	149
200	Jacques Kallis	166
196	Ricky Ponting	168
181	Mark Waugh	128
Note:The list excludes catches made as wicket-keeper[65] Last updated: 10 January 2015

Individual records (wicket-keeping)

Most dismissals

Dismissals	Player	Matches
555 (532 catches + 23 stumpings)	Mark Boucher	147
416 (379 catches + 37 stumpings)	Adam Gilchrist	96
395 (366 catches + 29 stumpings)	Ian Healy	119
355 (343 catches + 12 stumpings)	Rod Marsh	96
294 (256 catches + 38 stumpings)	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	90
Last updated: 10 January 2015[66]
Note: Alec Stewart took 277 dismissals but this includes 36 catches taken in 51 matches in which he was not the designated wicket-keeper

Most catches

Catches	Player	Matches
532	Mark Boucher	147
379	Adam Gilchrist	96
366	Ian Healy	119
343	Rod Marsh	96
265	Jeff Dujon	81
Last updated: 10 January 2015[67]

Most stumpings

Stumpings	Player	Matches
52	Bert Oldfield	54
46	Godfrey Evans	91
38	Syed Kirmani	88
38	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	90
37	Adam Gilchrist	96
Last updated: 10 January 2015[68]

Individual records (as an all-rounder)

10 Wickets and a Century in a Test Match

Player	Runs	Wickets	Date	Opponent	Venue
Ian Botham[69]	114	13—109	15 February 1980	v India	Mumbai, India
Imran Khan[69]	117	11—180	3 January 1983	v India	Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sakib Al Hasan[69]	137	10—124	3 November 2014	v Zimbabwe	Khulna, Bangladesh
Last updated: 10 January 2015[70]

Individual records (other)

Most matches played

Matches	Player	Period
200	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2013
168	Steve Waugh	1985–2004
168	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
166	Jacques Kallis	1995–2013
164	Rahul Dravid	1996–2012
Last updated: 10 January 2015[71]

Most matches played as captain

Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied
109	Graeme Smith	53	29	27	0
93	Allan Border	32	22	38	1
80	Stephen Fleming	28	27	25	0
77	Ricky Ponting	48	16	13	0
74	Clive Lloyd	36	12	26	0
Last updated: 10 January 2015 [72]

Most matches won as captain

Won	Player	Lost	Drawn	Ties	Matches
53	Graeme Smith	26	26	0	109
48	Ricky Ponting	16	13	0	77
41	Steve Waugh	9	7	0	57
36	Clive Lloyd	12	26	0	74
32	Allan Border	22	38	1	93
Last updated: 10 January 2015 [73]