Who has scored the most fifties in Test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has 68 Test fifties, the most of any batter.

Who are the top Test fifty-makers?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (68), Joe Root (67), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (66) and Allan Border (63).

Does a fifty include hundreds?

No. A fifty is a score between 50 and 99; a score of 100 or more is counted as a hundred.

Most Fifties in Test Cricket

Rank	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	BF	S/R	AVG	100	50	4s	6s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	33	0	54.09	53.78	51	68	2058	69
2	Joe Root	166	304	14114	25	24534	57.52	50.58	41	67	1509	46
3	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	49	27395	43.31	51.37	30	66	1285	36
4	Allan Border	156	265	11174	44	0	-	50.56	27	63	1161	28
5	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	32	31258	42.51	52.31	36	63	1655	21
6	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	29	22782	58.72	51.85	41	62	1509	73
7	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	40	28903	45.97	55.37	45	58	1488	97
8	Alastair Cook	161	291	12472	16	26562	46.95	45.35	33	57	1442	11
9	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	34	17785	49.37	45.97	17	56	1135	5
10	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	17	22882	54.19	57.40	38	52	1491	51
11	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	15	22959	51.45	49.84	34	50	1387	61
12	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	46	22461	48.64	51.06	32	50	1175	20
13	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	6	19753	60.51	52.88	34	48	1559	88
14	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	17	15360	52.27	41.81	20	47	844	41
15	Stephen Fleming	111	189	7172	10	15652	45.82	40.06	9	46	917	26
16	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	18	16077	54.51	50.66	22	46	1024	64
17	Mike Atherton	115	212	7728	7	20609	37.49	37.69	16	46	904	4
18	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	24	15622	49.46	42.69	22	46	919	39
19	Graham Gooch	118	215	8900	6	18075	49.23	42.58	20	46	1079	25
20	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	22	16345	54.02	49.60	25	46	1105	48
21	Angelo Mathews	119	212	8214	27	16970	48.40	44.40	16	45	835	90
22	Sir Viv Richards	121	182	8540	12	0	-	50.23	24	45	0	84
23	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	28	20237	53.96	56.00	37	45	1172	67
24	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	16	15327	66.04	51.12	34	45	1016	26
25	Alec Stewart	133	235	8463	21	17389	48.66	39.54	15	45	1121	10
26	Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	21	0	-	52.57	23	43	0	48
27	Geoff Boycott	108	193	8114	23	0	-	47.72	22	42	0	8
28	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	16	18573	49.97	46.64	28	41	1170	14
29	Mark Taylor	104	186	7525	13	18140	41.48	43.49	19	40	727	9
30	Misbah ul Haq	75	132	5222	20	11726	44.53	46.62	10	39	511	81
31	Dimuth Karunaratne	99	189	7172	7	13913	51.54	39.40	16	39	760	12
32	Graham Thorpe	100	179	6744	28	14693	45.89	44.66	16	39	778	9
33	Clive Lloyd	110	175	7515	14	0	-	46.67	19	39	0	70
34	Desmond Haynes	116	202	7487	25	0	-	42.29	18	39	0	24
35	David Gower	117	204	8231	18	16268	50.59	44.25	18	39	979	10
36	Arjuna Ranatunga	93	155	5105	12	0	-	35.69	4	38	0	40
37	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	19	18306	51.97	54.06	33	38	1063	28
38	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	13	15525	59.67	48.25	27	38	1165	24
39	Chris Gayle	103	182	7214	11	11970	60.26	42.18	15	37	1046	98
40	David Warner	112	205	8786	8	12517	70.19	44.59	26	37	1036	69
41	Ben Stokes	121	218	7228	9	12374	58.41	34.58	14	37	830	136
42	Ken Barrington	82	131	6806	15	4242	160.44	58.67	20	35	429	20
43	Dinesh Chandimal	91	163	6458	15	12830	50.33	43.63	16	35	681	44
44	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	6080	10	8011	75.90	41.93	14	35	616	6
45	Azhar Ali	97	180	7142	11	17033	41.93	42.26	19	35	694	22
46	Cheteshwar Pujara	103	176	7195	11	16217	44.36	43.60	19	35	863	16
47	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	8	13255	61.72	47.28	23	35	985	81
48	Ross Taylor	112	196	7683	24	12957	59.29	44.66	19	35	932	55
49	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	17	14070	51.25	42.17	16	35	900	57
50	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	6868	22	11450	59.98	41.37	17	35	560	17
51	Mark Boucher	147	206	5515	24	11005	50.11	30.30	5	35	656	20
52	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7289	15	16783	43.43	45.27	21	34	922	12
53	Gordon Greenidge	108	185	7558	16	0	-	44.72	19	34	0	67
54	Doug Walters	74	125	5357	14	0	-	48.26	15	33	0	23
55	MS Dhoni	90	144	4876	16	8249	59.11	38.09	6	33	544	78
56	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	12	14372	52.39	52.29	24	33	957	51
57	Nasser Hussain	96	171	5764	16	14272	40.38	37.18	14	33	734	24
58	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19	19375	52.12	52.05	34	33	1082	70
59	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	6	10441	82.23	49.34	23	32	1233	91
60	David Boon	107	190	7422	20	18116	40.96	43.65	21	32	822	2
61	Babar Azam	62	114	4481	9	8153	54.96	42.67	9	31	527	24
62	Tamim Iqbal	70	134	5134	2	8852	57.99	38.89	10	31	655	41
63	Shakib Al Hasan	71	130	4609	8	7473	61.67	37.77	5	31	556	28
64	Ramnaresh Sarwan	87	154	5842	8	12484	46.79	40.01	15	31	747	14
65	Greg Chappell	87	151	7110	19	0	-	53.86	24	31	755	16
66	Tom Latham	95	171	6450	6	13390	48.17	39.09	17	31	722	22
67	Kraigg Brathwaite	100	193	5950	10	14571	40.83	32.51	12	31	594	17
68	Brendon McCullum	101	176	6453	9	9989	64.60	38.64	12	31	776	107
69	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	14	10698	65.18	40.07	14	31	910	59
70	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	13	16608	55.57	46.85	30	31	1027	30
71	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	20	11641	46.92	48.76	14	30	633	7
72	Alan Knott	95	149	4389	15	0	-	32.75	5	30	0	6
73	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	12	14192	54.22	45.27	23	30	912	40
74	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	10	10685	54.51	43.79	14	29	831	42
75	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	16	12436	50.13	51.52	19	29	685	39
76	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14	14349	60.10	50.73	30	29	1049	82
77	Mushfiqur Rahim	103	190	6806	16	14012	48.57	39.11	14	29	779	39
78	Saleem Malik	103	154	5768	22	0	-	43.69	15	29	0	7
79	Robin Smith	62	112	4236	15	9279	45.65	43.67	9	28	558	11
80	Robin Smith	62	112	4236	15	9279	45.65	43.67	9	28	558	11
81	Mominul Haque	78	145	5131	10	9454	54.27	38.00	13	28	591	21
82	Denis Compton	78	131	5807	15	2230	260.40	50.06	17	28	440	3
83	Matt Prior	79	123	4099	21	6647	61.66	40.18	7	28	492	16
84	Rohan Kanhai	79	137	6227	6	0	-	47.53	15	28	0	0
85	Usman Khawaja	88	159	6229	14	12757	48.82	42.95	16	28	664	28
86	Ravindra Jadeja	89	133	4095	26	7389	55.42	38.27	6	28	398	82
87	Bob Simpson	62	111	4869	7	0	-	46.81	10	27	0	2
88	Andrew Flower	63	112	4794	19	10636	45.07	51.54	12	27	543	20
89	Bill Lawry	67	123	5234	12	0	-	47.15	13	27	0	15
90	Asad Shafiq	77	128	4660	6	9588	48.60	38.19	12	27	512	29
91	Sir Richie Richardson	86	146	5949	12	0	-	44.39	16	27	0	23
92	Andrew Strauss	100	178	7037	6	14385	48.91	40.91	21	27	867	10
93	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	15	11462	50.27	36.46	13	27	633	63
94	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	22	15456	55.92	49.10	28	27	978	39
95	Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	15	5538	94.76	31.05	8	27	587	61
96	Roy Fredericks	59	109	4334	7	0	-	42.49	8	26	0	8
97	Temba Bavuma	66	114	3810	14	7794	48.88	38.10	4	26	434	16
98	Ian Michael Chappell	75	136	5345	10	0	-	42.42	14	26	0	15
99	Andrew Flintoff	79	130	3845	9	6197	62.04	31.77	5	26	513	82
100	Ajinkya Rahane	85	144	5077	12	10256	49.50	38.46	12	26	578	35

Most Fifties in Test Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most fifties in Test cricket, 68 half-centuries, alongside 51 hundreds in 329 innings. He is followed by Joe Root (67), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (66) and Allan Border (63).

Fifty after fifty over a long Test career is the sign of a batter who kept starting well against the best attacks; the truly great ones went on to convert many into hundreds. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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