Stats: Most fours in international career

Sachin Tendulkar plays a cover drive

With 4076+ fours to his name, Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of players who have hit the most number of boundaries in their international career, all formats combined. He is followed by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. The two other Indians in this list are Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, at 4th and 9th spot respectively.

Player	Country	Matches	4s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	664	4076+
Ricky Ponting	Australia	560	2781
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	553	2743
Rahul Dravid	India	509	2604
Brian Lara	West Indies	430	2594+
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	616	2524
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	586	2486
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	516	2455
Virender Sehwag	India	374	2408
Chris Gayle	West Indies	398	2145

Note 1: Stats updated till 22 June 2014.

Note 2: ‘+’ indicates complete records are unknown.