Most Fifties Career in Test Cricket
| Player |
Span |
50s |
Mat |
Runs |
HS |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) |
1989-2013 |
68 |
200 |
15921 |
248* |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) |
1994-2015 |
66 |
164 |
11867 |
203* |
| Joe Root (Eng) |
2012-2025 |
66 |
156 |
13219 |
262 |
| Rahul Dravid (Ind) |
1996-2012 |
63 |
164 |
13288 |
270 |
| AR Border (Aus) |
1978-1994 |
63 |
156 |
11174 |
205 |
| RT Ponting (Aus) |
1995-2012 |
62 |
168 |
13378 |
257 |
| JH Kallis (SA) |
1995-2013 |
58 |
166 |
13289 |
224 |
| VVS Laxman (Ind) |
1996-2012 |
56 |
134 |
8781 |
281 |
| AN Cook (Eng) |
2006-2017 |
55 |
148 |
11631 |
294 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) |
2000-2015 |
52 |
134 |
12400 |
319 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) |
1997-2014 |
50 |
149 |
11814 |
374 |
| SR Waugh (Aus) |
1995-2004 |
50 |
168 |
10927 |
200 |
| BC Lara (WI) |
1990-2006 |
48 |
131 |
11953 |
400* |
| ME Waugh (Aus) |
1991-2002 |
47 |
128 |
8029 |
153* |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) |
1992-2007 |
46 |
120 |
8830 |
329 |
| IR Bell (Eng) |
2004-2015 |
46 |
118 |
7727 |
235 |
| GA Gooch (Eng) |
1975-1995 |
46 |
118 |
8900 |
333 |
| MA Atherton (Eng) |
1989-2001 |
46 |
115 |
7728 |
185* |
| SP Fleming (NZ) |
1994-2008 |
46 |
111 |
7172 |
274* |
| SM Gavaskar (Ind) |
1971-1987 |
45 |
125 |
10122 |
236* |
| IVA Richards (WI) |
1974-1991 |
45 |
121 |
8540 |
291 |
| AJ Stewart (Eng) |
1990-2003 |
45 |
133 |
8463 |
190 |
| SPD Smith (Aus) |
2010-2025 |
43 |
118 |
10424 |
239 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) |
1976-1993 |
43 |
124 |
8832 |
280* |
| G Boycott (Eng) |
1964-1982 |
42 |
108 |
8114 |
246* |
| AB de Villiers (SA) |
2004-2018 |
42 |
110 |
8338 |
278* |
| MA Taylor (Aus) |
1989-1999 |
40 |
104 |
7525 |
334* |