Tendai Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985) is a professional rugby union player who plays for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby.

He made his debut for the South African national team against Wales on 14 June 2008.

Tendai is estimated to be having a network of more than one million United state dollars.

He is the most capped prop in South African history with 114 caps, and the third most-capped Springbok of all time behind Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana.

In the year 2018, the highest-paid player was Sharks prop Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira who earned R3 744 796 through his Super Rugby contract.