Test Records :- Most Fifties in a Career

# Player Name Team Mat Inns No Runs Ave HS 100s 50s 0s Period 1 Allan Border Aus 156 265 44 11174 50.5611 205 27 63 11 1978-1994 2 Rahul Dravid Ind 134 233 27 10823 52.5388 270 26 57 8 1996 3 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 159 261 27 12773 54.5855 248* 42 53 14 1989 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI 121 206 32 8576 49.2874 203* 21 52 12 1994 5 Jacques Kallis SA 131 221 33 10277 54.6649 189* 31 51 10 1995 6 Steve Waugh Aus 168 260 46 10927 51.0607 200 32 50 22 1985-2004 7 Ricky Ponting Aus 136 229 26 11375 56.0345 257 38 48 11 1995 8 Brian Lara WI 131 232 6 11953 52.8894 400* 34 48 17 1990-2006 9 Mark Waugh Aus 128 209 17 8029 41.8177 153* 20 47 19 1991-2002 10 Stephen Fleming NZ 111 189 10 7172 40.0670 274* 9 46 16 1994-2008 11 Mike Atherton Eng 115 212 7 7728 37.6976 185* 16 46 20 1989-2001 12 Graham Gooch Eng 118 215 6 8900 42.5837 333 20 46 13 1975-1995 13 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 120 200 22 8830 49.6067 329 25 46 15 1992-2007 14 Sunil Gavaskar Ind 125 214 16 10122 51.1212 236* 34 45 12 1971-1987 15 Alec Stewart Eng 133 235 21 8463 39.5467 190 15 45 14 1990-2003 16 Viv Richards WI 121 182 12 8540 50.2353 291 24 45 10 1974-1991 17 Geoff Boycott Eng 108 193 23 8114 47.7294 246* 22 42 10 1964-1982 18 Gordon Greenidge WI 108 185 16 7558 44.7219 226 19 40 5 1974-1991 19 Mark Taylor Aus 104 186 13 7525 43.4971 334* 19 40 5 1989-1999 20 VVS Laxman Ind 105 174 25 6741 45.2416 281 14 39 11 1996 21 Graham Thorpe Eng 100 179 28 6744 44.6623 200* 16 39 12 1993-2005 22 David Gower Eng 117 204 18 8231 44.2527 215 18 39 7 1978-1992 23 Desmond Haynes WI 116 202 25 7487 42.2994 184 18 39 10 1978-1994 24 Clive Lloyd WI 110 175 14 7515 46.6770 242* 19 39 4 1978-1994 25 Colin Cowdrey Eng 114 188 15 7624 44.0694 182 22 38 9 1954-1975 26 Arjuna Ranatunga SL 93 155 12 5105 35.6993 135* 4 38 12 1982-2000 27 Mahela Jayawardene SL 107 177 13 8747 53.3354 374 26 35 11 1997 28 Dilip Vengsarkar Ind 116 185 22 6868 42.1350 166 17 35 15 1976-1992 29 Ken Barrington Eng 82 131 15 6806 58.6724 256 20 35 5 1955-1968 30 Sourav Ganguly Ind 113 188 17 7212 42.1754 239 16 35 12 1996-2008 31 Gundappa Viswanath Ind 91 155 10 6080 41.9310 222 14 35 10 1969-1983