Batting Most Fifties Career

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most fifties (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	50+	0	4s	6s
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	103	16	1477	96
HM Amla	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	69	13	1170	14
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	68	8	1024	64
GC Smith	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	65	10	1164	24
G Kirsten	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	55	13	922	12
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	40	11	887	47
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	40	16	655	20
D Elgar	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	37	13	684	26
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	34	10	548	25
F du Plessis	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	31	9	516	21
B Mitchell	1929-1949	42	80	9	3471	189*	48.88	158+	29.11	8	21	29	3	41+	1
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	29	11	409	33
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	28	7	411	33
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	76	4	2936	176	40.77	-	0.00	7	17	24	2	61+	7
AD Nourse	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	108+	63.88	9	14	23	3	115+	6
T Bavuma	2014-2023	57	97	12	2997	172	35.25	6206	48.29	2	20	22	9	362	7
AG Prince	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.70	11	11	22	7	397	13
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88	6	15	21	3	251+	5
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.00	5	16	21	9	409	22
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	20	4	256	22
JHB Waite	1951-1965	50	86	7	2405	134	30.44	287+	41.11	4	16	20	9	105+	1
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	78	5	2516	112	34.46	1063+	36.12	1	18	19	4	132+	6
RG Pollock	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48	7	11	18	1	246+	11
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	18	9	412	35
AC Hudson	1992-1998	35	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	17	7	254	5
DJ McGlew	1951-1962	34	64	6	2440	255*	42.06	3+	0.00	7	10	17	4	92+	2
AK Markram	2017-2024	37	67	1	2398	152	36.33	4032	59.47	7	10	17	6	353	12
JA Rudolph	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	17	8	362	7
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	16	3	206	11
AW Nourse	1902-1924	45	83	8	2234	111	29.78	705+	43.12	1	15	16	3	90+	0
EAB Rowan	1935-1951	26	50	5	1965	236	43.66	77+	29.87	3	12	15	4	14+	0
RA McLean	1951-1964	40	73	3	2120	142	30.28	157+	69.42	5	10	15	11	170+	12
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.92	6+	0.00	3	11	14	3	20+	8
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	14	9	250	13
AN Petersen	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	13	3	256	12
KC Bland	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.08	885+	37.74	3	9	12	2	123+	20
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28	4	8	12	2	122+	3
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.80	4	8	12	4	236	20
KG Viljoen	1930-1949	27	50	2	1365	124	28.43	-	0.00	2	9	11	5	37+	0
WR Endean	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.95	-	0.00	3	8	11	3	60+	1
HB Cameron	1927-1935	26	45	4	1239	90	30.21	-	0.00	0	10	10	3	43+	11
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	38	62	5	1718	177*	30.14	4128	41.61	3	7	10	8	237	5
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	9	7	144	2
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	29	2	1027	118	38.03	2538	40.46	2	6	8	2	107	1
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	31	1	1130	182	37.66	661+	64.29	3	5	8	2	113+	13
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	0	8	8	8	204	17
A Melville	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	0.00	4	3	7	2	58+	1
JAJ Christy	1929-1932	10	18	0	618	103	34.33	-	0.00	1	5	6	1	24+	3
A Bacher	1965-1970	12	22	1	679	73	32.33	490+	44.28	0	6	6	1	40+	0
GC White	1906-1912	17	31	2	872	147	30.06	-	0.00	2	4	6	3	55+	4
HE van der Dussen	2019-2022	18	32	2	905	98	30.16	2221	40.74	0	6	6	3	101	4
JW Zulch	1910-1921	16	32	2	983	150	32.76	837+	42.29	2	4	6	0	54+	1
IJ Siedle	1928-1936	18	34	0	977	141	28.73	-	0.00	1	5	6	3	38+	1
SJ Snooke	1906-1923	26	46	1	1008	103	22.40	600+	43.16	1	5	6	1	49+	0
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	25	47	1	1069	106	23.23	225+	66.22	3	3	6	7	33+	16
SC Cook	2016-2017	11	19	0	632	117	33.26	1402	45.07	3	2	5	3	66	0
PN Kirsten	1992-1994	12	22	2	626	104	31.30	2084	30.03	1	4	5	2	67	0
HR Lance	1962-1970	13	22	1	591	70	28.14	365+	38.08	0	5	5	1	42+	6
EL Dalton	1929-1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.72	-	0.00	2	3	5	1	16+	2
PL Symcox	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	5	1	80	12
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	17	27	1	819	154	31.50	942+	24.52	1	4	5	2	67+	2
AM Bacher	1996-1999	19	33	1	833	96	26.03	2058	40.47	0	5	5	3	108	3
KJ Funston	1952-1958	18	33	1	824	92	25.75	-	0.00	0	5	5	2	32+	3
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	24	43	6	883	89	23.86	-	0.00	0	5	5	1	36+	3
KA Maharaj	2016-2024	50	80	6	1135	84	15.33	1890	60.05	0	5	5	12	135	22
BA Richards	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	4	0	70	5
MJ Susskind	1924-1924	5	8	0	268	65	33.50	-	0.00	0	4	4	0	-	0
WW Wade	1938-1950	11	19	1	511	125	28.38	233+	30.47	1	3	4	3	7+	1
KD Petersen	2021-2024	14	25	0	704	82	28.16	1477	47.66	0	4	4	0	86	0
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	28	1	663	88	24.55	-	0.00	0	4	4	3	8+	3
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	15	28	1	544	90	20.14	423+	46.80	0	4	4	6	11+	0
AJ Hall	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	4	7	96	4
N Boje	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	0	4	4	5	184	6
DG Bedingham	2023-2024	4	7	0	347	110	49.57	513	67.64	1	2	3	0	48	7
BL Irvine	1970-1970	4	7	0	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	3	0	33	6
PGV van der Bijl	1938-1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	0.00	1	2	3	0	30+	3
GM Fullerton	1947-1951	7	13	0	325	88	25.00	-	0.00	0	3	3	1	2+	1
M van Jaarsveld	2002-2004	9	15	2	397	73	30.53	835	47.54	0	3	3	0	56	0
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	15	20	3	464	84	27.29	649	71.49	0	3	3	2	61	2
PL van der Merwe	1963-1967	15	23	2	533	76	25.38	157+	36.94	0	3	3	3	20+	1
K Verreynne	2021-2024	16	26	3	600	136*	26.08	1128	53.19	1	2	3	3	65	3
JC Watkins	1949-1957	15	27	1	612	92	23.53	-	0.00	0	3	3	2	37+	1
HG Deane	1924-1931	17	27	2	628	93	25.12	0+	0.00	0	3	3	1	0+	1
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	19	33	6	724	83	26.81	-	0.00	0	3	3	2	18+	0
HGO Owen-Smith	1929-1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	-	0.00	1	1	2	0	-	2
S O'Linn	1960-1961	7	12	1	297	98	27.00	125+	21.60	0	2	2	0	23+	1
PAM Hands	1913-1924	7	12	0	300	83	25.00	0+	0.00	0	2	2	2	2+	4
ARA Murray	1952-1954	10	14	1	289	109	22.23	-	0.00	1	1	2	1	23+	0
HJ Keith	1953-1957	8	16	1	318	73	21.20	-	0.00	0	2	2	3	28+	0
SJ Erwee	2022-2023	10	19	1	479	108	26.61	1107	43.27	1	1	2	2	56	0
M Jansen	2021-2024	13	21	4	401	84*	23.58	878	45.67	0	2	2	2	55	2
PNF Mansell	1951-1955	13	22	2	355	90	17.75	-	0.00	0	2	2	3	44+	0
PW Sherwell	1906-1911	13	22	4	427	115	23.72	337+	53.41	1	1	2	1	57+	1
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	23	4	298	73*	15.68	-	0.00	0	2	2	5	0+	4
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	18	26	7	359	67*	18.89	991	36.22	0	2	2	3	36	5
AEE Vogler	1906-1911	15	26	6	340	65	17.00	8+	25.00	0	2	2	4	15+	6
LJ Tancred	1902-1913	14	26	1	530	97	21.20	-	0.00	0	2	2	5	27+	1
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	30	7	455	59	19.78	0+	0.00	0	2	2	2	17+	4
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	31	7	348	69	14.50	-	0.00	0	2	2	5	5+	3
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	38	12	526	60	20.23	2+	0.00	0	2	2	4	20+	8

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]