Combined Test, ODI and T20I records Cricket – Longest careers
Combined Test, ODI and T20I records
Players
Longest careers
Rank | Player | From | To | Span | Mat |
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🥇 1 | W Rhodes (ENG) | 1 Jun 1899 | 12 Apr 1930 | 30y 315d | 58 |
🥈 2 | DB Close (ENG) | 23 Jul 1949 | 13 Jul 1976 | 26y 356d | 25 |
🥉 3 | FE Woolley (ENG) | 9 Aug 1909 | 22 Aug 1934 | 25y 13d | 64 |
4 | GA Headley (WI) | 11 Jan 1930 | 21 Jan 1954 | 24y 10d | 22 |
5 | SR Tendulkar (IND) | 15 Nov 1989 | 16 Nov 2013 | 24y 1d | 664 |
6 | AJ Traicos (SA/ZIM) | 5 Feb 1970 | 25 Mar 1993 | 23y 48d | 34 |
7 | JB Hobbs (ENG) | 1 Jan 1908 | 22 Aug 1930 | 22y 233d | 61 |
8 | CO Obuya (KENYA) | 15 Aug 2001 | 23 Mar 2024 | 22y 221d | 179 |
9 | G Gunn (ENG) | 13 Dec 1907 | 12 Apr 1930 | 22y 120d | 15 |
10 | CH Gayle (ICC/WI) | 11 Sep 1999 | 6 Nov 2021 | 22y 56d | 483 |
11 | Shoaib Malik (ICC/PAK) | 14 Oct 1999 | 20 Nov 2021 | 22y 37d | 446 |
12 | SE Gregory (AUS) | 21 Jul 1890 | 22 Aug 1912 | 22y 32d | 58 |
13 | FR Brown (ENG) | 29 Jul 1931 | 30 Jun 1953 | 21y 336d | 22 |
14 | AW Nourse (SA) | 11 Oct 1902 | 19 Aug 1924 | 21y 313d | 45 |
15 | Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/PAK) | 2 Oct 1996 | 31 May 2018 | 21y 241d | 524 |
16 | JM Anderson (ENG) | 15 Dec 2002 | 12 Jul 2024 | 21y 210d | 401 |
17 | ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 26 Dec 1989 | 28 Jun 2011 | 21y 184d | 586 |
18 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 17 Mar 1994 | 3 May 2015 | 21y 47d | 454 |
19 | Imran Khan (PAK) | 3 Jun 1971 | 25 Mar 1992 | 20y 296d | 263 |
20 | N Gifford (ENG) | 18 Jun 1964 | 26 Mar 1985 | 20y 281d | 17 |
21 | Javed Miandad (PAK) | 11 Jun 1975 | 9 Mar 1996 | 20y 272d | 357 |
22 | SC Williams (ZIM) | 25 Feb 2005 | 8 Jul 2025 | 20y 133d | 265 |
23 | RB Simpson (AUS) | 23 Dec 1957 | 3 May 1978 | 20y 131d | 64 |
24 | MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 26 Nov 1954 | 13 Feb 1975 | 20y 79d | 115 |
25 | Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | 26 May 2005 | 28 Jun 2025 | 20y 33d | 474 |
26 | GS Sobers (WI) | 30 Mar 1954 | 5 Apr 1974 | 20y 6d | 94 |
27 | Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK) | 26 Mar 1959 | 29 Mar 1979 | 20y 3d | 67 |
28 | M Amarnath (IND) | 24 Dec 1969 | 30 Oct 1989 | 19y 310d | 154 |
29 | HW Taylor (SA) | 27 May 1912 | 1 Mar 1932 | 19y 279d | 42 |
30 | B Mitchell (SA) | 15 Jun 1929 | 9 Mar 1949 | 19y 267d | 42 |
31 | DG Bradman (AUS) | 30 Nov 1928 | 18 Aug 1948 | 19y 262d | 52 |
32 | FJ Titmus (ENG) | 23 Jun 1955 | 9 Mar 1975 | 19y 259d | 55 |
33 | WW Armstrong (AUS) | 1 Jan 1902 | 16 Aug 1921 | 19y 227d | 50 |
34 | GA Gooch (ENG) | 10 Jul 1975 | 7 Feb 1995 | 19y 212d | 243 |
35 | DCS Compton (ENG) | 14 Aug 1937 | 5 Mar 1957 | 19y 203d | 78 |
36 | WR Hammond (ENG) | 24 Dec 1927 | 25 Mar 1947 | 19y 91d | 85 |
37 | HMRKB Herath (SL) | 22 Sep 1999 | 9 Nov 2018 | 19y 48d | 181 |
38 | C Washbrook (ENG) | 14 Aug 1937 | 28 Aug 1956 | 19y 14d | 37 |
39 | L Amarnath (IND) | 15 Dec 1933 | 15 Dec 1952 | 19y 0d | 24 |
40 | PA de Silva (SL) | 31 Mar 1984 | 18 Mar 2003 | 18y 352d | 401 |
41 | WG Grace (ENG) | 6 Sep 1880 | 3 Jun 1899 | 18y 270d | 22 |
42 | A Nehra (Asia/IND) | 24 Feb 1999 | 1 Nov 2017 | 18y 250d | 164 |
43 | CG Macartney (AUS) | 13 Dec 1907 | 18 Aug 1926 | 18y 248d | 35 |
44 | Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) | 3 Apr 2003 | 11 Nov 2021 | 18y 222d | 392 |
45 | M Muralidaran (Asia/ICC/SL) | 28 Aug 1992 | 2 Apr 2011 | 18y 217d | 495 |
46 | S Venkataraghavan (IND) | 27 Feb 1965 | 29 Sep 1983 | 18y 214d | 72 |
47 | JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 14 Dec 1995 | 12 Jul 2014 | 18y 210d | 519 |
48 | A Kumble (Asia/IND) | 25 Apr 1990 | 2 Nov 2008 | 18y 191d | 403 |
49 | GA Faulkner (SA) | 2 Jan 1906 | 1 Jul 1924 | 18y 181d | 25 |
50 | A Ranatunga (SL) | 14 Feb 1982 | 10 Aug 2000 | 18y 178d | 362 |
51 | Mashrafe Mortaza (Asia/BAN) | 8 Nov 2001 | 6 Mar 2020 | 18y 119d | 310 |
52 | Wasim Akram (PAK) | 23 Nov 1984 | 4 Mar 2003 | 18y 101d | 460 |
53 | Majid Khan (PAK) | 24 Oct 1964 | 28 Jan 1983 | 18y 96d | 86 |
54 | CH Lloyd (WI) | 13 Dec 1966 | 6 Mar 1985 | 18y 83d | 197 |
55 | KG Viljoen (SA) | 24 Dec 1930 | 9 Mar 1949 | 18y 75d | 27 |
56 | B Sutcliffe (NZ) | 21 Mar 1947 | 1 Jun 1965 | 18y 72d | 42 |
57 | MN Samuels (WI) | 4 Oct 2000 | 14 Dec 2018 | 18y 71d | 345 |
58 | KD Karthik (ICC/IND) | 5 Sep 2004 | 2 Nov 2022 | 18y 58d | 180 |
59 | Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) | 6 Aug 2006 | 1 Oct 2024 | 18y 56d | 447 |
60 | H Masakadza (ZIM) | 27 Jul 2001 | 20 Sep 2019 | 18y 55d | 313 |
61 | DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) | 6 Feb 1997 | 29 Mar 2015 | 18y 51d | 442 |
62 | S Mushtaq Ali (IND) | 5 Jan 1934 | 10 Feb 1952 | 18y 36d | 11 |
63 | RB Kanhai (WI) | 30 May 1957 | 21 Jun 1975 | 18y 22d | 86 |
64 | FH Edwards (WI) | 27 Jun 2003 | 10 Jul 2021 | 18y 13d | 131 |
65 | SR Waugh (AUS) | 26 Dec 1985 | 6 Jan 2004 | 18y 11d | 493 |
66 | CS Nayudu (IND) | 5 Jan 1934 | 14 Jan 1952 | 18y 9d | 11 |
67 | JMM Commaille (SA) | 1 Jan 1910 | 4 Jan 1928 | 18y 3d | 12 |
68 | LR Gibbs (WI) | 5 Feb 1958 | 5 Feb 1976 | 18y 0d | 82 |
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Additional Information
Dates are from debut to the final day of the player's last match