Player Database

ABOUT THE DATABASE

This database holds 3,274 men who have played Test cricket, from 1877 to today, each with the official career record. For the 3,114 of them whose matches are in CricArcade's scorecard archive, the page adds a breakdown computed from those scorecards: best innings and best bowling linked to each match, the record against every opponent, at home and away, decade by decade and ground by ground, and the first and latest Test. Each profile opens with a short reading of the career: the debut, the most productive decade, the signature performance and, for captains, the record in charge.

The leading run-scorers are SR Tendulkar (15,921), JE Root (14,114) and RT Ponting (13,378); the leading wicket-takers M Muralidaran (800), SK Warne (708) and JM Anderson (704). The most-capped are SR Tendulkar (200 Tests), JM Anderson (188 Tests) and RT Ponting (168 Tests). Among batters with at least 20 innings, the highest averages belong to DG Bradman (99.94), AC Voges (61.87) and RG Pollock (60.97).

England have supplied the most players, 717, followed by Australia (474) and South Africa (372); in all, 12 countries are represented. The busiest decade for new Test players was the 2010s, with 426 debuts, and 487 players appeared in a single Test. Search by name below, or sort the list to browse it.