The God Of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar leads the list of players to score most fifties in test. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is a distant second followed by Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid. There are 2 Indians in the list. Sachin also leads the list of most hundreds in tests. Every Player who has appeared on the list have player almost close to 130 test matches.
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Sl No | Player | Mat | 50's | Country |
1 | Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 68 | India |
2 | Jacques Kallis | 166 | 58 | South Africa |
3 | Ricky Ponting | 168 | 62 | Australia |
4 | Rahul Dravid | 164 | 63 | India |
5 | Shiv Chanderpaul | 164 | 66 | West Indies |
6 | Kumar Sangakkara | 134 | 52 | Sri Lanka |
7 | Allan Border | 156 | 63 | Australia |
8 | Alaister Cook | 161 | 57 | England |
9 | Mahela Jayawardene | 149 | 50 | Sri Lanka |
10 | Brian Lara | 131 | 48 | West Indies |
*Updated on 16 Sept 2020
There are two Sri lankan legends who also appear on the list of most fifties in test. With Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene having 52 and 48 fifties respectively. And to top it all Rahul dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are the other two asians to make it to the list.