Most Fours in Test

Most Fours in Test is a definitive metric of a batter's technical precision, their ability to find gaps in the field, and their sustained run-scoring efficiency over a long career. The all-time record is held by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who remains the only player in history to surpass the 2,000-mark with 2,058 fours.
Tendulkar is followed by the "The Wall" Rahul Dravid (1,654) and Ricky Ponting (1,509). As of April 2026, England's Joe Root is the leading active challenger, having amassed over 1,350 fours and steadily climbing the all-time leaderboard. This statistic highlights more than just scoring; it reflects a batter's mastery of ground strokes and their tactical dominance in navigating world-class bowling attacks through pure timing and placement rather than raw force alone.

RANK 1

Sachin Tendulkar

2058

Runs

15921

RANK 2

Rahul Dravid

1655

Runs

13288

RANK 3

Brian Lara

1559

Runs

11953

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	BF	HS	AVG	SR	Not Out	4s	6s	50s	100s
1	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	0	248	53.78	54.09	33	2058	69	68	51
2	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	31258	270	52.31	42.51	32	1655	21	63	36
3	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	19753	400	52.88	60.51	6	1559	88	48	34
4	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	22782	257	51.85	58.72	29	1509	73	62	41
5	Joe Root ENG	163	298	13943	24242	262	51.07	57.51	25	1492	46	66	41
6	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	22882	319	57.4	54.19	17	1491	51	52	38
7	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	28903	224	55.37	45.97	40	1488	97	58	45
8	Alastair Cook	161	291	12472	26562	294	45.35	46.95	16	1442	11	57	33
9	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	22959	374	49.84	51.45	15	1387	61	50	34
10	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	27395	203	51.37	43.31	49	1285	36	66	30
11	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	10441	319	49.34	82.23	6	1233	91	32	23
12	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	22461	200	51.06	48.64	46	1175	20	50	32
13	Steven Smith AUS	123	220	10763	19966	239	56.05	53.9	28	1172	67	44	37
14	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	18573	311	46.64	49.97	16	1170	14	41	28
15	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	15525	277	48.25	59.67	13	1165	24	38	27
16	Allan Border	156	265	11174	0	205	50.56	0	44	1161	28	63	27
17	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	17785	281	45.97	49.37	34	1135	5	56	17
18	Alec Stewart	133	235	8463	17389	190	39.54	48.66	21	1121	10	45	15
19	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	16345	329	49.6	54.02	22	1105	48	46	25
20	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19375	313	52.05	52.12	19	1082	70	33	34
21	Graham Gooch	118	215	8900	18075	333	42.58	49.23	6	1079	25	46	20
22	Kane Williamson NZ	108	192	9461	18198	251	54.68	51.98	19	1056	28	38	33
23	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14349	380	50.73	60.1	14	1049	82	29	30
24	Chris Gayle WI	103	182	7214	11970	333	42.18	60.26	11	1046	98	37	15
25	David Warner AUS	112	205	8786	12517	335	44.59	70.19	8	1036	69	37	26
26	Virat Kohli IND	123	210	9230	16608	254	46.85	55.57	13	1027	30	31	30
27	AB de Villiers SA	114	191	8765	16077	278	50.66	54.51	18	1024	64	46	22
28	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	15327	236	51.12	66.04	16	1016	26	45	34
29	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	13255	227	47.28	61.72	8	985	81	35	23
30	David Gower	117	204	8231	16268	215	44.25	50.59	18	979	10	39	18
31	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	15456	329	49.1	55.92	22	978	39	27	28
32	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	14372	223	52.29	52.39	12	957	51	33	24
33	Ross Taylor NZ	112	196	7683	12957	290	44.66	59.29	24	932	55	35	19
34	Ian Bell	118	205	7727	15622	235	42.69	49.46	24	919	39	46	22
35	Stephen Fleming	111	189	7172	15652	274	40.06	45.82	10	917	26	46	9
36	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	14192	250	45.27	54.22	12	912	40	30	23
37	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	188	6973	10698	340	40.07	65.18	14	910	59	31	14
38	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	7212	14070	239	42.17	51.25	17	900	57	35	16
39	Herschelle Gibbs	90	154	6167	12270	228	41.95	50.26	7	887	47	26	14
40	Andrew Strauss	100	178	7037	14385	177	40.91	48.91	6	867	10	27	21
41	Cheteshwar Pujara	103	176	7195	16217	206	43.6	44.36	11	863	16	35	19
42	Mark Waugh	128	209	8029	15360	153	41.81	52.27	17	844	41	47	20
43	Angelo Mathews SL	119	212	8214	16970	200	44.4	48.4	27	835	90	45	16
44	Marcus Trescothick	76	143	5825	10685	219	43.79	54.51	10	831	42	29	14
45	Ben Stokes ENG	120	216	7216	12348	258	34.85	58.43	9	828	136	37	14
46	David Boon	107	190	7422	18116	200	43.65	40.96	20	822	2	32	21
47	Brendon McCullum	101	176	6453	9989	302	38.64	64.6	9	776	107	31	12
48	Dimuth Karunaratne SL	99	189	7172	13913	244	39.4	51.54	7	760	12	39	16
49	Mushfiqur Rahim BAN	100	184	6510	13416	219	38.75	48.52	16	747	38	28	13
50	Ramnaresh Sarwan	87	154	5842	12484	291	40.01	46.79	8	747	14	31	15
51	Michael Vaughan	82	147	5719	11184	197	41.44	51.13	9	742	22	18	18
52	Mark Taylor	104	186	7525	18140	334	43.49	41.48	13	727	9	40	19
53	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	6215	9852	199	45.03	63.08	9	720	19	21	22
54	Jonny Bairstow	100	178	6042	10228	167	36.39	59.07	12	719	56	26	12
55	Tom Latham NZ	91	164	6261	13064	264	39.62	47.92	6	705	22	31	16
56	Azhar Ali	97	180	7142	17033	302	42.26	41.93	11	694	22	35	19
57	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	12436	195	51.52	50.13	16	685	39	29	19
58	Marvan Atapattu	90	156	5502	0	249	39.02	0	15	685	4	17	16
59	Dean Elgar	86	152	5347	11190	199	37.92	47.78	11	684	26	23	14
60	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	6796	204	47.6	81.95	20	677	100	26	17
61	Tillakaratne Dilshan	87	145	5492	8379	193	40.98	65.54	11	677	24	23	16
62	Dinesh Chandimal SL	90	161	6361	12703	206	43.56	50.07	15	668	44	34	16
63	Usman Khawaja AUS	88	159	6229	12757	232	42.95	48.82	14	664	28	28	16
64	Martin Crowe	77	131	5444	12190	299	45.36	44.65	11	659	27	18	17
65	Mark Boucher	147	206	5515	11005	125	30.3	50.11	24	656	20	35	5
66	Tamim Iqbal BAN	70	134	5134	8852	206	38.89	57.99	2	655	41	31	10
67	Carl Hooper	102	173	5762	11462	233	36.46	50.27	15	633	63	27	13
68	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	11641	231	48.76	46.92	20	633	7	30	14
69	Sir Ian Botham	102	161	5200	8565	208	33.54	60.71	6	621	67	22	14
70	Allan Lamb	79	139	4656	9058	142	36.09	51.4	10	618	20	18	14
71	Nathan Astle	81	137	4702	9479	222	37.02	49.6	10	612	39	24	11
72	Kraigg Brathwaite WI	100	193	5950	14571	212	32.51	40.83	10	594	17	31	12
73	Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	5538	163	31.05	94.76	15	587	61	27	8
74	Ajinkya Rahane	85	144	5077	10256	188	38.46	49.5	12	578	35	26	12
75	Kusal Mendis SL	73	135	4757	8116	245	36.87	58.61	6	572	52	22	10
76	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	6868	11450	166	41.37	59.98	22	560	17	35	17
77	Mark Butcher	71	131	4288	10005	173	34.58	42.85	7	559	3	23	8
78	Robin Smith	62	112	4236	9279	175	43.67	45.65	15	558	11	28	9
79	Mominul Haque BAN	75	139	4859	8922	181	37.66	54.46	10	557	21	25	13
80	Travis Head AUS	65	111	4592	6576	175	43.73	69.82	6	557	41	20	12
81	Shakib Al Hasan BAN	71	130	4609	7473	217	37.77	61.67	8	556	28	31	5
82	Daniel Vettori	113	174	4531	7787	140	30	58.18	23	556	17	23	6
83	Mike Gatting	79	138	4409	9764	207	35.55	45.15	14	552	11	21	10
84	MS Dhoni	90	144	4876	8249	224	38.09	59.11	16	544	78	33	6
85	Hashan Tillakaratne	83	131	4545	0	204	42.87	0	25	540	1	20	11
86	Marlon Samuels	71	127	3917	8219	260	32.64	47.65	7	537	32	24	7
87	Marnus Labuschagne AUS	63	114	4694	8987	215	44.7	52.23	9	524	15	25	11
88	Gautam Gambhir	58	104	4154	8067	206	41.95	51.49	5	517	10	22	9
89	Faf du Plessis	69	118	4163	8986	199	40.02	46.32	14	516	21	21	10
90	Damien Martyn	67	109	4406	8569	165	46.37	51.41	14	513	10	23	13