| England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1981/82 | 1981/82 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1982/83 | 1982/83 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84 | 1983/84 | New Zealand | 2-0 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985 | 1985 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 | 1985/86 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1987 | 1987 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992 | 1992 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93 | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 | 1993 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 | 1993 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1993/94 | 1993/94 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 | 1994 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97 | 1996/97 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997 | 1997 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98 | 1997/98 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 1998/99 | 1998/99 | Pakistan | - |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 | 1999 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 | 2000 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 | 2000 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 | 2000/01 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001 | 2001 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | - |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002 | 2002 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Australia v Pakistan Test Series (in Sri Lanka/United Arab Emirates), 2002/03 | 2002/03 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 | 2003 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 | 2003/04 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 | 2003/04 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06 | 2005/06 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006 | 2006 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 | 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 | 2007/08 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010/11 | 2010/11 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011 | 2011 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 | 2011/12 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 | 2012/13 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 | 2014 | South Africa | 1-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 | 2015 | Pakistan | 2-1 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 | 2015 | India | 2-1 (3) |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16 | 2015/16 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016 | 2016 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17 | 2016/17 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2017 | 2017 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 | 2017 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018 | 2018 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 | 2018/19 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2019 | 2019 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21 | 2020/21 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021 | 2021 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22 | 2021/22 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2022 | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022 | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 | 2023 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 | 2023 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2023/24 | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2024 | 2024 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2024/25 | 2024/25 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2025 | 2025 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |