Stats: Cricketers involved in most international defeats

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar who holds the record for playing most number of international matches (664) is also the player involved in most no.of international defeats (256).

Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka ranks second with a total of 240 losses out of the 586 matches, followed by Mahela Jayawardene who was involved in 232 defeats and is also the player with the highest success ratio.

Here are the top ten:

Player	Country	Matches Lost	Matches Played	Loss %
Sachin Tendulkar	India	256	664	38.55
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	240	586	40.95
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	232	617	37.60
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	229	446	51.34
Rahul Dravid	India	215	509	42.23
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	210	554	37.90
Brian Lara	West Indies	207	430	48.13
Chris Gayle	West Indies	200	399	50.12

Note: Stats updated till 1 July 2014.