Individual Most Matches Career

Most matches for South Africa in Tests

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	13206	224	55.25	45	291	6/54	32.63	5	196	0
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	5498	125	30.54	5	1	1/6	6.00	0	530	23
HM Amla	2004-2019	124	9282	311*	46.64	28	0	-	-	0	108	0
GC Smith	2002-2014	116	9253	277	48.70	27	8	2/145	110.62	0	166	0
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	8765	278*	50.66	22	2	2/49	52.00	0	222	5
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	3781	111	32.31	2	421	7/87	23.11	16	72	0
G Kirsten	1993-2004	101	7289	275	45.27	21	2	1/0	71.00	0	83	0
M Ntini	1998-2009	101	699	32*	9.84	0	390	7/37	28.82	18	25	0
DW Steyn	2004-2019	93	1251	76	13.59	0	439	7/51	22.95	26	26	0
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	90	6167	228	41.95	14	0	-	-	0	94	0
D Elgar	2012-2024	86	5347	199	37.92	14	15	4/22	44.86	0	92	0
M Morkel	2006-2018	86	944	40	11.65	0	309	6/23	27.66	8	25	0
K Rabada	2015-2025	73	1102	71	12.24	0	340	7/112	22.03	17	34	0
AA Donald	1992-2002	72	652	37	10.68	0	330	8/71	22.25	20	18	0
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	70	4554	275*	44.21	14	2	1/10	35.50	0	67	0
F du Plessis	2012-2021	69	4163	199	40.02	10	0	-	-	0	63	0
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	68	3714	135	36.41	6	43	3/14	29.95	0	33	0
T Bavuma	2014-2025	66	3810	172	38.10	4	1	1/29	61.00	0	32	0
AG Prince	2002-2011	66	3665	162*	41.64	11	1	1/2	47.00	0	47	0
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	1779	74	24.04	0	224	6/21	22.32	13	17	0
KA Maharaj	2016-2025	62	1334	84	15.33	0	218	9/129	29.22	12	23	0
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	58	3253	226	37.39	5	0	-	-	0	54	0
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	3300	141*	38.82	6	0	-	-	0	221	11
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	52	2532	117	35.66	3	0	-	-	0	34	0
AK Markram	2017-2025	50	3192	152	35.46	8	6	2/27	52.50	0	70	0
JHB Waite	1951-1965	50	2405	134	30.44	4	0	-	-	0	124	17
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	1906	174	32.86	4	80	8/64	37.91	1	34	0
JA Rudolph	2003-2012	48	2622	222*	35.43	6	4	1/1	108.00	0	29	0
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	2103	166	32.85	6	42	4/47	38.11	0	38	0
PR Adams	1995-2004	45	360	35	9.00	0	134	7/128	32.87	4	29	0
AW Nourse	1902-1924	45	2234	111	29.78	1	41	4/25	37.87	0	43	0
N Boje	2000-2006	43	1312	85	25.23	0	100	5/62	42.65	3	18	0
B Mitchell	1929-1949	42	3471	189*	48.88	8	27	5/87	51.11	1	56	0
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	1359	109	24.26	1	0	-	-	0	150	2
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	2936	176	40.77	7	5	3/15	31.20	0	19	0
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	2516	112	34.46	1	123	6/53	26.22	5	48	0
RA McLean	1951-1964	40	2120	142	30.28	5	0	-	-	0	23	0
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	38	1718	177*	30.14	3	0	-	-	0	27	0
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	1968	113	39.36	3	75	4/65	33.82	0	49	0
PL Harris	2007-2011	37	460	46	10.69	0	103	6/127	37.87	3	16	0
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	37	862	75	16.90	0	170	9/113	25.91	14	26	0
A Nel	2001-2008	36	337	34	9.91	0	123	6/32	31.86	3	16	0
AN Petersen	2010-2015	36	2093	182	34.88	5	1	1/2	62.00	0	31	0
AC Hudson	1992-1998	35	2007	163	33.45	4	0	-	-	0	36	0
DJ McGlew	1951-1962	34	2440	255*	42.06	7	0	-	-	0	18	0
AD Nourse	1935-1951	34	2960	231	53.81	9	0	-	-	0	12	0
K Verreynne	2021-2025	31	1266	136*	30.14	4	0	-	-	0	93	13
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	2516	201	45.74	6	40	5/85	34.05	1	35	0
WR Endean	1951-1958	28	1630	162*	33.95	3	0	-	-	0	41	0
PM Pollock	1961-1970	28	607	75*	21.67	0	116	6/38	24.18	9	9	0
KG Viljoen	1930-1949	27	1365	124	28.43	2	0	-	-	0	5	0
NAT Adcock	1953-1962	26	146	24	5.40	0	104	6/43	21.10	5	4	0
HB Cameron	1927-1935	26	1239	90	30.21	0	0	-	-	0	39	12
EAB Rowan	1935-1951	26	1965	236	43.66	3	0	-	-	0	14	0
SJ Snooke	1906-1923	26	1008	103	22.40	1	35	8/70	20.05	1	24	0
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	1754	204	40.79	4	82	7/84	26.58	4	20	0
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	25	1069	106	23.23	3	63	6/26	31.68	1	9	0
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	526	60	20.23	0	84	6/51	31.32	3	27	0
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	1555	120	37.92	3	7	3/15	23.14	0	12	0
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	24	883	89	23.86	0	0	-	-	0	13	0
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	24	1253	367*	35.80	3	38	4/32	26.00	0	31	0
RG Pollock	1963-1970	23	2256	274	60.97	7	4	2/50	51.00	0	17	0
TA Ward	1912-1924	23	459	64	13.90	0	0	-	-	0	19	13
KC Bland	1961-1966	21	1669	144*	49.08	3	2	2/16	62.50	0	10	0
AJ Hall	2002-2007	21	760	163	26.20	1	45	3/1	35.93	0	16	0
M Jansen	2021-2025	21	624	93	23.11	0	89	7/13	21.12	4	23	0
Imran Tahir	2011-2015	20	130	29*	9.28	0	57	5/32	40.24	2	8	0
L Ngidi	2018-2025	20	97	19	4.85	0	58	6/39	23.37	3	7	0
RO Schwarz	1906-1912	20	374	61	13.85	0	55	6/47	25.76	2	18	0
PL Symcox	1993-1998	20	741	108	28.50	1	37	4/69	43.32	0	5	0
AM Bacher	1996-1999	19	833	96	26.03	0	0	-	-	0	11	0
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	1130	182	37.66	3	0	-	-	0	57	2
NBF Mann	1947-1951	19	400	52	13.33	0	58	6/59	33.10	1	3	0
A Nortje	2019-2023	19	187	40	7.79	0	70	6/56	26.71	4	6	0
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	19	724	83	26.81	0	17	4/67	39.47	0	14	0
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	455	59	19.78	0	60	6/76	30.28	4	9	0
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	18	359	67*	18.89	0	85	6/23	24.27	5	11	0
KJ Funston	1952-1958	18	824	92	25.75	0	0	-	-	0	7	0
CR Matthews	1992-1995	18	348	62*	18.31	0	52	5/42	28.88	2	4	0
IJ Siedle	1928-1936	18	977	141	28.73	1	1	1/7	7.00	0	7	0
HE van der Dussen	2019-2022	18	905	98	30.16	0	0	-	-	0	23	0
HG Deane	1924-1931	17	628	93	25.12	0	0	-	-	0	8	0
T de Zorzi	2023-2025	17	919	177	30.63	2	0	-	-	0	13	0
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	348	69	14.50	0	50	6/46	35.76	5	9	0
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	17	819	154	31.50	1	0	-	-	0	3	0
GC White	1906-1912	17	872	147	30.06	2	9	4/47	33.44	0	10	0
AJ Bell	1929-1935	16	69	26*	6.27	0	48	6/99	32.64	4	6	0
M Hayward	1999-2004	16	66	14	7.33	0	54	5/56	29.79	1	4	0
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	663	88	24.55	0	18	4/93	45.61	0	13	0
D Olivier	2017-2024	16	66	15*	6.00	0	59	6/37	24.27	3	3	0
SJ Pegler	1910-1924	16	356	35*	15.47	0	47	7/65	33.44	2	5	0
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	1027	118	38.03	2	0	-	-	0	12	0
JW Zulch	1910-1921	16	983	150	32.76	2	0	-	-	0	4	0
DG Bedingham	2023-2025	15	828	110	36.00	1	0	-	-	0	17	0
EL Dalton	1929-1939	15	698	117	31.72	2	12	4/59	40.83	0	5	0
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	298	73*	15.68	0	40	5/58	45.67	1	8	0
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	15	544	90	20.14	0	48	6/92	29.60	4	7	0
CN McCarthy	1948-1951	15	28	5	3.11	0	36	6/43	41.94	2	6	0
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	15	464	84	27.29	0	38	5/33	37.26	1	9	0
RD Rickelton	2022-2025	15	897	259	37.37	2	0	-	-	0	7	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]