Who has hit the most fours in Test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar has hit 2058 fours, the most of any batter in Tests.

Who are the top fours-hitters?

The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (2058), Rahul Dravid (1655), Brian Lara (1559) and Joe Root (1509).

Is this a career total?

Yes. It counts every fours the batter has hit across their Test career.

Most Fours 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	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	32	31258	42.51	52.31	36	63	1655	21
3	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	6	19753	60.51	52.88	34	48	1559	88
4	Joe Root	166	304	14114	25	24534	57.52	50.58	41	67	1509	46
5	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	29	22782	58.72	51.85	41	62	1509	73
6	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	17	22882	54.19	57.40	38	52	1491	51
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	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	15	22959	51.45	49.84	34	50	1387	61
10	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	49	27395	43.31	51.37	30	66	1285	36
11	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	6	10441	82.23	49.34	23	32	1233	91
12	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	46	22461	48.64	51.06	32	50	1175	20
13	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	28	20237	53.96	56.00	37	45	1172	67
14	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	16	18573	49.97	46.64	28	41	1170	14
15	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	13	15525	59.67	48.25	27	38	1165	24
16	Allan Border	156	265	11174	44	0	-	50.56	27	63	1161	28
17	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	34	17785	49.37	45.97	17	56	1135	5
18	Alec Stewart	133	235	8463	21	17389	48.66	39.54	15	45	1121	10
19	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	22	16345	54.02	49.60	25	46	1105	48
20	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19	19375	52.12	52.05	34	33	1082	70
21	Graham Gooch	118	215	8900	6	18075	49.23	42.58	20	46	1079	25
22	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	19	18306	51.97	54.06	33	38	1063	28
23	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14	14349	60.10	50.73	30	29	1049	82
24	Chris Gayle	103	182	7214	11	11970	60.26	42.18	15	37	1046	98
25	David Warner	112	205	8786	8	12517	70.19	44.59	26	37	1036	69
26	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	13	16608	55.57	46.85	30	31	1027	30
27	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	18	16077	54.51	50.66	22	46	1024	64
28	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	16	15327	66.04	51.12	34	45	1016	26
29	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	8	13255	61.72	47.28	23	35	985	81
30	David Gower	117	204	8231	18	16268	50.59	44.25	18	39	979	10
31	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	22	15456	55.92	49.10	28	27	978	39
32	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	12	14372	52.39	52.29	24	33	957	51
33	Ross Taylor	112	196	7683	24	12957	59.29	44.66	19	35	932	55
34	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7289	15	16783	43.43	45.27	21	34	922	12
35	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	24	15622	49.46	42.69	22	46	919	39
36	Stephen Fleming	111	189	7172	10	15652	45.82	40.06	9	46	917	26
37	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	12	14192	54.22	45.27	23	30	912	40
38	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	14	10698	65.18	40.07	14	31	910	59
39	Mike Atherton	115	212	7728	7	20609	37.49	37.69	16	46	904	4
40	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	17	14070	51.25	42.17	16	35	900	57
41	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6167	7	12270	50.26	41.95	14	26	887	47
42	Andrew Strauss	100	178	7037	6	14385	48.91	40.91	21	27	867	10
43	Cheteshwar Pujara	103	176	7195	11	16217	44.36	43.60	19	35	863	16
44	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	17	15360	52.27	41.81	20	47	844	41
45	Angelo Mathews	119	212	8214	27	16970	48.40	44.40	16	45	835	90
46	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	10	10685	54.51	43.79	14	29	831	42
47	Ben Stokes	121	218	7228	9	12374	58.41	34.58	14	37	830	136
48	David Boon	107	190	7422	20	18116	40.96	43.65	21	32	822	2
49	Mushfiqur Rahim	103	190	6806	16	14012	48.57	39.11	14	29	779	39
50	Graham Thorpe	100	179	6744	28	14693	45.89	44.66	16	39	778	9
51	Brendon McCullum	101	176	6453	9	9989	64.60	38.64	12	31	776	107
52	Dimuth Karunaratne	99	189	7172	7	13913	51.54	39.40	16	39	760	12
53	Greg Chappell	87	151	7110	19	0	-	53.86	24	31	755	16
54	Ramnaresh Sarwan	87	154	5842	8	12484	46.79	40.01	15	31	747	14
55	Michael Vaughan	82	147	5719	9	11184	51.13	41.44	18	18	742	22
56	Nasser Hussain	96	171	5764	16	14272	40.38	37.18	14	33	734	24
57	Mark Taylor	104	186	7525	13	18140	41.48	43.49	19	40	727	9
58	Tom Latham	95	171	6450	6	13390	48.17	39.09	17	31	722	22
59	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	6215	9	9852	63.08	45.03	22	21	720	19
60	Jonny Bairstow	100	178	6042	12	10228	59.07	36.39	12	26	719	56
61	Azhar Ali	97	180	7142	11	17033	41.93	42.26	19	35	694	22
62	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	16	12436	50.13	51.52	19	29	685	39
63	Marvan Atapattu	90	156	5502	15	0	-	39.02	16	17	685	4
64	Dean Elgar	86	152	5347	11	11190	47.78	37.92	14	23	684	26
65	Dinesh Chandimal	91	163	6458	15	12830	50.33	43.63	16	35	681	44
66	Tillakaratne Dilshan	87	145	5492	11	8379	65.54	40.98	16	23	677	24
67	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	20	6796	81.95	47.60	17	26	677	100
68	Usman Khawaja	88	159	6229	14	12757	48.82	42.95	16	28	664	28
69	Martin Crowe	77	131	5444	11	12190	44.65	45.36	17	18	659	27
70	Mark Boucher	147	206	5515	24	11005	50.11	30.30	5	35	656	20
71	Tamim Iqbal	70	134	5134	2	8852	57.99	38.89	10	31	655	41
72	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	20	11641	46.92	48.76	14	30	633	7
73	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	15	11462	50.27	36.46	13	27	633	63
74	Sir Ian Botham	102	161	5200	6	8565	60.71	33.54	14	22	621	67
75	Allan Lamb	79	139	4656	10	9058	51.40	36.09	14	18	618	20
76	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	6080	10	8011	75.90	41.93	14	35	616	6
77	Nathan Astle	81	137	4702	10	9479	49.60	37.02	11	24	612	39
78	Michael Slater	74	131	5312	7	9967	53.29	42.83	14	21	598	30
79	Kraigg Brathwaite	100	193	5950	10	14571	40.83	32.51	12	31	594	17
80	Mominul Haque	78	145	5131	10	9454	54.27	38.00	13	28	591	21
81	Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	15	5538	94.76	31.05	8	27	587	61
82	Ajinkya Rahane	85	144	5077	12	10256	49.50	38.46	12	26	578	35
83	Kusal Mendis	74	137	4765	6	8140	58.53	36.37	10	22	573	52
84	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	6868	22	11450	59.98	41.37	17	35	560	17
85	Mark Butcher	71	131	4288	7	10005	42.85	34.58	8	23	559	3
86	Robin Smith	62	112	4236	15	9279	45.65	43.67	9	28	558	11
87	Robin Smith	62	112	4236	15	9279	45.65	43.67	9	28	558	11
88	Travis Head	65	111	4592	6	6576	69.82	43.73	12	20	557	41
89	Shakib Al Hasan	71	130	4609	8	7473	61.67	37.77	5	31	556	28
90	Daniel Vettori	113	174	4531	23	7787	58.18	30.00	6	23	556	17
91	Mike Gatting	79	138	4409	14	9764	45.15	35.55	10	21	552	11
92	Daryll Cullinan	70	115	4554	12	9300	48.96	44.21	14	20	548	25
93	MS Dhoni	90	144	4876	16	8249	59.11	38.09	6	33	544	78
94	Andrew Flower	63	112	4794	19	10636	45.07	51.54	12	27	543	20
95	Hashan Tillakaratne	83	131	4545	25	0	-	42.87	11	20	540	1
96	Marlon Samuels	71	127	3917	7	8219	47.65	32.64	7	24	537	32
97	Saeed Anwar	55	91	4052	2	7265	55.77	45.52	11	25	535	14
98	Babar Azam	62	114	4481	9	8153	54.96	42.67	9	31	527	24
99	Marnus Labuschagne	63	114	4694	9	8987	52.23	44.70	11	25	524	15
100	Gautam Gambhir	58	104	4154	5	8067	51.49	41.95	9	22	517	10

Most Fours in Test Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has hit the most fours in Test cricket, 2058 in 329 innings while scoring 15921 runs. He is followed by Rahul Dravid (1655), Brian Lara (1559) and Joe Root (1509).

The most fours come from the great accumulators, piercing the field over many long Test innings. The table lists every leading hitter with innings and runs. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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