Individual Most Matches Career

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	13206	224	55.25	45	291	6/54	32.63	5	196	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2014	149	11814	374	49.84	34	6	2/32	51.66	0	205	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-2012	146	5498	125	30.54	5	1	1/6	6.00	0	530	23
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	134	12400	319	57.40	38	0	-	0.00	0	182	20
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2010	132	1259	67	11.87	0	795	9/51	22.67	67	70	0
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	124	9282	311*	46.64	28	0	-	0.00	0	108	0
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	116	9253	277	48.70	27	8	2/145	110.62	0	166	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	114	8765	278*	50.66	22	2	2/49	52.00	0	222	5
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	111	3089	100*	24.32	1	355	7/71	29.58	12	31	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	6973	340	40.07	14	98	5/34	34.34	2	78	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2024	109	7608	200*	45.55	16	33	4/44	54.06	0	74	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	3781	111	32.31	2	421	7/87	23.11	16	72	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	7289	275	45.27	21	2	1/0	71.00	0	83	0
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	699	32*	9.84	0	390	7/37	28.82	18	25	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	6361	267	42.97	20	29	3/30	41.65	0	43	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	1699	80*	14.64	0	433	9/127	28.07	34	24	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	5105	135*	35.69	4	16	2/17	65.00	0	47	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	1251	76	13.59	0	439	7/51	22.95	26	26	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2012-2024	91	6899	244	41.31	16	2	1/12	99.50	0	58	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	90	5502	249	39.02	16	1	1/9	24.00	0	58	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	6167	228	41.95	14	0	-	0.00	0	94	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2013	87	5492	193	40.98	16	39	4/10	43.87	0	88	0
D Elgar (SA)	2012-2024	86	5347	199	37.92	14	15	4/22	44.86	0	92	0
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	944	40	11.65	0	309	6/23	27.66	8	25	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1989-2004	83	4545	204*	42.87	11	0	-	0.00	0	122	2
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2013	81	5462	231	48.76	14	15	4/49	45.93	0	45	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	79	5479	206*	43.14	15	0	-	0.00	0	83	10
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	652	37	10.68	0	330	8/71	22.25	20	18	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	70	4554	275*	44.21	14	2	1/10	35.50	0	67	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2010-2022	70	934	42	11.11	0	171	5/47	36.44	4	22	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2021	69	4163	199	40.02	10	0	-	0.00	0	63	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	3714	135	36.41	6	43	3/14	29.95	0	33	0
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	66	3665	162*	41.64	11	1	1/2	47.00	0	47	0
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1779	74	24.04	0	224	6/21	22.32	13	17	0
BKG Mendis (SL)	2015-2024	63	4112	245	36.07	9	1	1/10	118.00	0	93	0
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2024	62	905	47	11.45	0	291	7/112	22.05	14	30	0
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2015	58	2124	154*	29.50	4	0	-	0.00	0	124	32
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	58	3253	226	37.39	5	0	-	0.00	0	54	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	57	2997	172	35.25	2	1	1/29	61.00	0	28	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	54	3300	141*	38.82	6	0	-	0.00	0	221	11
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	54	3582	173	40.70	12	34	3/25	59.41	0	71	0
N Dickwella (SL)	2014-2023	54	2757	96	30.97	0	0	-	0.00	0	134	27
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1998	52	2576	225	29.27	4	0	-	0.00	0	56	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	52	2532	117	35.66	3	0	-	0.00	0	34	0
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	50	1135	84	15.33	0	158	9/129	31.99	9	16	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1951-1965	50	2405	134	30.44	4	0	-	0.00	0	124	17
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-2004	49	1933	132*	26.12	3	0	-	0.00	0	93	26
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1906	174	32.86	4	80	8/64	37.91	1	34	0
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	48	2622	222*	35.43	6	4	1/1	108.00	0	29	0
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2017	46	2103	166	32.85	6	42	4/47	38.11	0	38	0
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	360	35	9.00	0	134	7/128	32.87	4	29	0
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1924	45	2234	111	29.78	1	41	4/25	37.87	0	43	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-2004	44	1821	123	28.01	3	11	3/76	54.36	0	51	0
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2011-2022	44	2088	155*	26.43	3	0	-	0.00	0	36	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	1312	85	25.23	0	100	5/62	42.65	3	18	0
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2021	43	1303	95	18.88	0	161	6/32	35.90	8	19	0
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	42	3471	189*	48.88	8	27	5/87	51.11	1	56	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1998	42	1359	109	24.26	1	0	-	0.00	0	150	2
HW Taylor (SA)	1912-1932	42	2936	176	40.77	7	5	3/15	31.20	0	19	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	41	2516	112	34.46	1	123	6/53	26.22	5	48	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1996	41	2452	143	38.92	7	20	2/7	34.05	0	33	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2012	40	249	39*	8.30	0	100	5/42	37.84	3	10	0
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1964	40	2120	142	30.28	5	0	-	0.00	0	23	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-2001	40	555	51	9.40	0	85	6/60	41.87	3	18	0
JK Silva (SL)	2011-2018	39	2099	139	28.36	3	0	-	0.00	0	34	1
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-2007	38	1718	177*	30.14	3	0	-	0.00	0	27	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1968	113	39.36	3	75	4/65	33.82	0	49	0
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	460	46	10.69	0	103	6/127	37.87	3	16	0
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	37	2398	152	36.33	7	2	2/27	65.00	0	37	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	862	75	16.90	0	170	9/113	25.91	14	26	0
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	337	34	9.91	0	123	6/32	31.86	3	16	0
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	36	2093	182	34.88	5	1	1/2	62.00	0	31	0
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1998	35	2007	163	33.45	4	0	-	0.00	0	36	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1962	34	2440	255*	42.06	7	0	-	0.00	0	18	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	34	2960	231	53.81	9	0	-	0.00	0	12	0
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2009-2012	32	1792	111	32.58	2	1	1/26	86.00	0	27	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1993-2004	31	868	62*	19.72	0	69	6/72	42.31	3	14	0
WU Tharanga (SL)	2005-2017	31	1754	165	31.89	3	0	-	0.00	0	24	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	2516	201	45.74	6	40	5/85	34.05	1	35	0
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2010	30	275	64	11.45	0	101	5/50	33.15	3	7	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-2004	30	288	28*	8.47	0	64	5/20	33.70	1	4	0
WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	1630	162*	33.95	3	0	-	0.00	0	41	0
N Pradeep (SL)	2011-2017	28	132	17*	4.00	0	70	6/132	42.90	1	5	0
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2016-2024	28	91	13*	4.13	0	85	6/122	36.87	1	7	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	607	75*	21.67	0	116	6/38	24.18	9	9	0
KG Viljoen (SA)	1930-1949	27	1365	124	28.43	2	0	-	0.00	0	5	0
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	146	24	5.40	0	104	6/43	21.10	5	4	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1927-1935	26	1239	90	30.21	0	0	-	0.00	0	39	12
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1991-1999	26	1274	83	29.62	0	17	4/66	46.41	0	7	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	26	1965	236	43.66	3	0	-	0.00	0	14	0
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	26	1008	103	22.40	1	35	8/70	20.05	1	24	0
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	1754	204	40.79	4	82	7/84	26.58	4	20	0
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2008-2015	25	476	47	12.86	0	75	5/50	35.97	1	6	0
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	25	1069	106	23.23	3	63	6/26	31.68	1	9	0
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	526	60	20.23	0	84	6/51	31.32	3	27	0
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	24	1555	120	37.92	3	7	3/15	23.14	0	12	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1949-1955	24	883	89	23.86	0	0	-	0.00	0	13	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	24	1329	124	31.64	4	0	-	0.00	0	9	0
MVT Fernando (SL)	2016-2024	23	138	38	8.62	0	64	5/101	33.09	1	5	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	23	2256	274	60.97	7	4	2/50	51.00	0	17	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]