Proteas Men — Career Records, Stats & Leaderboards

Test — Most runs

Minimum 10 matches · since Dec 2002

Player	Inns	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Hashim Amla	121	9,146	18,223	50.19	1150	14
AB de Villiers	105	8,182	14,930	54.8	944	63
Graeme Smithpartial	93	7,572	12,459	60.78	953	19
Jacques Kallispartial	88	7,322	14,688	49.85	813	58
Dean Elgarpartial	85	5,347	11,190	47.78	686	26
Faf du Plessis	68	4,163	8,986	46.33	518	21
Temba Bavumapartial	64	3,810	7,794	48.88	434	16
Quinton de Kockpartial	54	3,300	4,652	70.94	411	33
Ashwell Prince	54	3,261	7,367	44.26	351	13
Aiden Markram	50	3,192	5,407	59.03	452	16
Mark Boucherpartial	71	2,909	5,872	49.54	331	11
Herschelle Gibbspartial	34	2,103	3,689	57.01	317	20
JP Duminy	43	2,103	4,544	46.28	251	13
Alviro Petersen	36	2,093	4,044	51.76	256	12
Vernon Philander	60	1,779	3,995	44.53	204	17

Test — Most wickets

Minimum 10 wickets · since Dec 2002

Player	Mat	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Dale Steyn	90	3001.1	9,661	431	22.42	3.22
Kagiso Rabada	72	2239.2	7,489	340	22.03	3.34
Morne Morkel	86	2749.5	8,550	309	27.67	3.11
Makhaya Ntinipartial	57	1972.4	6,545	225	29.09	3.32
Vernon Philander	64	1898.3	5,000	224	22.32	2.63
Keshav Maharaj	59	2051.2	6,370	218	29.22	3.11
Jacques Kallispartial	84	1636.3	4,760	140	34.00	2.91
Paul Harris	36	1434.5	3,835	99	38.74	2.67
Shaun Pollockpartial	27	1012.3	2,586	92	28.11	2.55
Marco Jansen	21	568.0	1,879	89	21.11	3.31
Andre Nelpartial	24	823.3	2,528	77	32.83	3.07
Anrich Nortje	19	509.3	1,870	70	26.71	3.67
Simon Harmerpartial	14	522.2	1,504	69	21.80	2.88
Duanne Olivier	16	382.0	1,432	59	24.27	3.75
Lungi Ngidi	20	429.4	1,356	58	23.38	3.16

Career records for South Africa's men's cricket team — batting and bowling leaders in Tests, ODIs and T20Is, computed ball by ball from every recorded match since 26 December 2002.

Frequently asked questions

What do the Proteas Men record tables show?

Career batting and bowling leaders per format, computed ball by ball from every recorded match since 26 December 2002. Every number links to the player's full career page.

Why are some careers marked partial?

Ball-by-ball coverage begins 26 December 2002. Players whose careers started earlier show recorded figures only, clearly badged as partial — they are never presented as complete career totals.

ODI — Most runs

Minimum 10 matches · since Dec 2002

Player	Inns	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
AB de Villiers	209	9,324	9,225	101.07	813	196
Hashim Amla	174	7,834	8,861	88.41	796	49
Quinton de Kockpartial	159	7,014	7,248	96.77	791	131
Faf du Plessis	135	5,445	6,175	88.18	493	61
Graeme Smithpartial	151	5,280	6,462	81.71	588	38
JP Duminy	173	4,928	5,858	84.12	342	67
Jacques Kallispartial	128	4,908	6,384	76.88	417	53
David Miller	150	4,573	4,396	104.03	341	143
Herschelle Gibbspartial	102	3,766	4,344	86.69	414	72
Aiden Markram	76	2,539	2,596	97.8	263	57
Rassie van der Dussen	63	2,529	2,912	86.85	197	47
Mark Boucherpartial	102	2,470	2,739	90.18	188	53
Heinrich Klaasen	55	2,131	1,816	117.35	199	72
Temba Bavumapartial	49	1,894	2,141	88.46	188	26
Rilee Rossouwpartial	35	1,239	1,313	94.36	131	22